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A quick reminder that the current odds for the next president in 2028 has Vance as the clear favorite. Even with Trump gone, we have to assume that the rift between Europe and the GOP will last for many years to come.

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This is true. But it will require real sacrifices from Europe. Moderate defense spending increases will not be enough. Letting the UA military fight alone may not be enough. Once again, we need a paradigm shift regarding what is possible.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

I think there is a case to be made that Zelensky hastened split between the US and UA. That was a mistake by him, because every day that US weapon transfers continue is a good day for UA. But the trajectory was already clear. Trump and Vance would have found an excuse to betray UA sooner or later.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

If Biden had said this, it would have been irrefutable evidence of his cognitive decline. In Trump's case, it just proves that his cognitive capacity was never great to begin with.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This sounds reasonable? Getting rid of the debt brake doesn't force you to underbalance your budget, you can still do austerity politics if that's your jam.

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Öcalan letter: PKK should lay down its arms, dissolve. anfenglishmobile.com/news/Imrali-...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Ironically, Trump is reviving liberalism outside the US right now. His attacks against Canada massively boosted the liberal party. The support for AfD benefitted the left in the German election. His attacks on the EU will create the most pro-European electorate that the union has ever seen.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Seems to me that this may hurt the US more than Canada? It's the US that strives to be a global power and thus needs eyes everywhere.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Challenging day for those of us who support all three of a strong 🇬🇧 defence posture, generous international development approach & influential diplomacy. Times are tough. But all the more reason to invest in all the above

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

Called it

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

If he can pull this off, that's some impressive political maneuvering. Fingers crossed! The debt brake needs to go, for Germany's sake and for Europe's.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I present to you the next deputy director of the FBI!

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🇩🇪 has voted: CDU/CSU can govern with SPD alone but centrist parties loose 2/3 majority, preventing them from implementing constitutional changes without the far-left Die Linke or the radical-right AfD party. What do these results mean for 🇪🇺, 🇺🇦 & response to 🇺🇸? 🧵 1/8 www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

The US administration is one step away from claiming divine right as the basis of Trump’s legitimacy

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Starlink in Ukraine operates based on paid contracts. If it’s being used as an extortion tool, then other countries should consider it a potential security risk - just like Russian gas used for blackmailing. If Ukraine is cut off, it would be wise for Europe to reconsider its use

submitted 7 days ago • 56 comments

Impopulär åsikt kanske, men jag tycker att akademisk frihet gäller även för personer (som Wennström) som är helt ute och cyklar.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

submitted 7 days ago • 212 comments

Bold and honest. Merz: “we need to have discussions with both 🇬🇧 and 🇫🇷 about whether nuclear sharing… could apply to us” “Merz acknowledged that Macron has repeatedly extended such an offer to Berlin —only for previous 🇩🇪 governments to leave the question unanswered”

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

Third world country levels of corruption.

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Trump managed to get John Bolton and Bernie Sanders to agree on foreign policy. Pretty incredible achievement.

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

Incredible exclusive interview by South Korea's Chosun Ilbo (from Kyiv) of the two North Koreans captured in Kursk. www.chosun.com/english/nort...

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

People often assume the emotions associated with cruelty are hatred and anger, but it’s actually pleasure and joy. Fascists relish their cruelty. They roll it around on their tongue like a mouthful of full-bodied wine. They laugh as they harm.

submitted 10 days ago • 114 comments

Not sure about some of these proposals, but this list is definitely in the direction Europe needs to be thinking.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Intelligence suggests #Putin is going through the motions and still thinks he can eventually control all of #Ukraine, the sources told NBC News. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... #Russia

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Consider the following scenario. Trump imposes tariffs because "the US is being taken advantage of". The EU responds with similar tariffs. Trump then threatens to withdraw all troops from Europe unless the EU tariffs are dropped and the EU start paying for US presence. What does the EU do then?

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Jag hade också det här problemet när jag växte upp, grät inte från 12 till runt 17. Som tonåring insåg jag att oförmåga att gråta var ett sorts känslomässigt handikapp som förhindrade mig att uppleva delar av vad det är att vara människa. Så jag övade på att gråta tills jag lärt mig det igen.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that refraining from provoking the authoritarian is not how it works. Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.

submitted 12 days ago • 273 comments