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Loudéac, France. 1331 Romanians voted in the second round of the presidential elections. Over 82% voted for the far-right candidate. Many of them work in the nearby slaughterhouses. Both social media and part of the traditional media have been spreading clichés for days... 1/

Tranche de vie. Slice of life. First published on Twitter, 29 Dec 2024

I did not expect AUR to have colonial ambitions, yet here we are.

Voted.

Out of the 550 names planned to go on the new Canadian memorial to "Victims of Communism," more than half are people suspected of links to the Nazis: ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

1. Far right federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has just vacated all EEOC protections for gay and trans people in the work place. He says protections from "being fired" do not mean they are protected from harassment by Title VII. I cover this insane ruling here. Subscribe to support my journalism.

Far-right Romanian presidential candidate George Simion, the Kremlin's preferred choice in the second round of the RO presidential election, is already accusing the Moldovan government of trying to steal the elections because so many RO citizens there are voting...

Fête de l'Huma (version roumaine) ! No, seriously, if anyone attends this exquisite cultural event in Bucharest please share everything you learn about the dangers of the woke movement.

The fight against globalism continues. American Republicans in France support George Simion in the Romanian presidential race.

A very short thread, just to share a couple of recent articles related to the neofascist networks AUR is connected to. This is investigation by one investigation by journalist Mihaela Tănase (in Romanian). It's very detailed, so for my non-Romanian... 1/ context.ro/fratiile-leg...

I don't think debates can be game-changers but in yesterday's debate in Romania's presidential race Nicușor Dan did good, in my opinion, and George Simion made several tactical errors. 1) Simion did not walk back on his promise to lay off 500k state employees and even called... 1/

USR MP Claudiu Năsui (former 🇷🇴 economy minister) continues his fight against evil "socialists" Georgescu and Simion. Now, the photo illustrating socialism was taken in the US in 1932 and it's from the FDR library fund (depression era breadline).

Minima Moralia (note to my Romanian followers: the original Minima Moralia).

Now imagine you're a professor of medieval history lecturing on Caesaropapism. You haven't changed your slides in 26 years and suddenly this pops up.

January 1953. "Les Lettres françaises" publishes a lengthy article denouncing Virgil Gheorghiu, a Romanian living exile in France and author of "The Twenty-fifth Hour", as an antisemite. The author of the article is communist journalist... 1/ gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

🇵🇱💶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 The PiS government vowed to compensate the local authorities in case of loss of EU funds due to these resolutions, yet they caved in despite that. Troika always wins, after all.

Comparaison n'est pas raison, mais...