Daily Beast: While campaigning for Victor Orban, JD Vance railed against “European political leaders” whom he cast as hostile to both Hungary & the U.S. Those same leaders were quick to celebrate Orbán’s loss.
No amount of lies can hide JD Vance's failure.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
Daily Beast: While campaigning for Victor Orban, JD Vance railed against “European political leaders” whom he cast as hostile to both Hungary & the U.S. Those same leaders were quick to celebrate Orbán’s loss.
No amount of lies can hide JD Vance's failure.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
Pretty weird to watch Orban lose and concede and say "see, democracy in the US is fine if that can happen" instead of "oh shit we're worse than Hungary"
Pretty weird to watch Orban lose and concede and say "see, democracy in the US is fine if that can happen" instead of "oh shit we're worse than Hungary"
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VON DER LEYEN: People of Hungary have spoken and reclaimed their European path. This is a victory for fundamental freedoms. To the Hungarian people: you’ve done it again, against all odds.
VON DER LEYEN: People of Hungary have spoken and reclaimed their European path. This is a victory for fundamental freedoms. To the Hungarian people: you’ve done it again, against all odds.
"Today, Hungary had the highest voting turnout since the fall of communism.
An Orban party Mayor defected & voted for the opposition. All across the country, people told me they are done with corruption and Russian influence.
Tonight is likely the end of Orban"
"Today, Hungary had the highest voting turnout since the fall of communism.
An Orban party Mayor defected & voted for the opposition. All across the country, people told me they are done with corruption and Russian influence.
Tonight is likely the end of Orban"
Trump called the Pope “WEAK on Crime.”
Two-thirds of Italians already can’t stand him and now he’s picked a fight with the Pope.
Even Meloni, his closest European ally, called his words “unacceptable.”
#Trump #PopeLeo #Italy
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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OBSERVATION:
The fact the people of Hungary overwhelmingly took their country back and are restoring democracy signifies something extremely important.
The bots, all the misinformation, all the Russian disinformation . . . Simply. Didn't. Work. Spectacularly.
This, alone, gives me hope.
The fundamental deal between rightwing populists and the conservative-business community is "don't become embarrassing to us" and it's surprising how few of them can hold up their end. Now Orban's gone it's Erdogan, Modi and damn few else.
Piskov: "Moscow was not friends with Orban, we had a working dialogue with him"
Kremlin unfollowed its ex😆
It was a tough week for JD Vance, failing to help Viktor Orban and failing to negotiate peace with Iran. So when do we stop judging him just on his potential?
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One of the first measures by Péter Magyar in Hungary is to limit terms, blocking Viktor Orbán from coming back.
We approve. Great idea.
But annonce it today is reckless. It fuels division, humiliates the losing side, and weakens democracy.
This is Trump playbook and European leaders applause.
One of the first measures by Péter Magyar in Hungary is to limit terms, blocking Viktor Orbán from coming back.
We approve. Great idea.
But annonce it today is reckless. It fuels division, humiliates the losing side, and weakens democracy.
This is Trump playbook and European leaders applause.
One of the first measures by Péter Magyar in Hungary is to limit terms, blocking Viktor Orbán from coming back.
We approve. Great idea.
But annonce it today is reckless. It fuels division, humiliates the losing side, and weakens democracy.
This is Trump playbook and European leaders applause.
One of the first measures by Péter Magyar in Hungary is to limit terms, blocking Viktor Orbán from coming back.
We approve. Great idea.
But annonce it today is reckless. It fuels division, humiliates the losing side, and weakens democracy.
This is Trump playbook and European leaders applause.
Start at around 16:30 to listen to the former CFO of Google suggesting our country take the Orban-esque step of slapping an exit tax on Canadians who work abroad so as to repay the cost of their education. And listen to all the Liberals clap like fucking seals at this appalling illiberal nonsense.
“Oh, they're going to fuck it up for sure. Can't they hit the target? Because they're just incompetent idiots!”: Russians are enthusiastically commenting on the air strikeon a chemical plant in the Vologda region
When I visit a European country, they always look for the next available spot to stamp my passport so that four stamps fit on one page. In Rome, the guy just opened to the last page and stamped the middle of the page, and it’s not even straight. 😂
Music to my ears. Magyar said that #Ukraine is the victim of this war, and no one should be telling Ukrainians on what terms they must accept peace. No country should be forced to give up its territory.
