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Pope Francis visited the Regina Coeli prison in Rome and shook hands with the inmates. He probably will not have a problem doing the same with J.D.Vance. The best thing the latter can hope for.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Liberation day is not on April 2 but the day Trump leaves the White House. Better sooner than later.

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"Wij willen kennis terug opwaarderen. Twintig jaar geleden waren Vlaamse leerlingen de Europese top in wiskunde. Sindsdien zijn we dramatisch gezakt. Omdat we lesuren volstoppen met ballast. Verkeersveiligheid? Voedingsleer? Nee" Uren godsdienst: 2 www.gva.be/regio/antwer...

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The president of the US turns out to be a car salesman, too. He really has unlimited talents

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Wie zit er rond de tafel voor Oekraïne en de Verenigde Staten in Saudi-Arabië? www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... In Saudi-Arabië?! Grotesk. Waarom niet in Parijs of Londen ?

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Kandidaat-voorzitter N-VA Valerie Van Peel:"Ik ben niet meer de persoon van een jaar geleden" www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... Een sterke kandidate

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... In case you have any doubt

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... An absolute read

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The reason Trump wants peace at all costs in the war between Ukraine and Russia is NOT because he cares about human life, on the contrary. He wants to hijack the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama received it, and this has been haunting his mind ever since. Obama is his permanent nightmare.

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"From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent,” Winston Churchill ( March 1946). That same iron curtain lies now in the middle of the Atlantic.

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When you hear the praising comments about the recent realty show of Trump by MAGA republicans, you think, is this the USA, or is this North Korea?

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Since the US government decided to befriend authoritarian regimes, the Free World needs a new leader. Europe can fill that role. We may not be ready yet, but make no mistake, we will get there.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"Amerika wordt weer Amerikaanser": Michiel Vos over 37 dagen Trump II vrtnws.be/p.x6kQMK37bJ1 Het omgekeerde, Amerika wordt meer en meer een autocratie

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... I don't understand why the BBC World News spent the full 75 minutes on this junk. Information value: zero

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The population of the UK, France (two nuclear powers), Germany, Poland and Ukraine is more than double that of Russia. Europe can defeat them. Send troops to the border. The time is now. Don't let the initiative go to Trump.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Experts say that Russia can sustain the current war for another year and a half at most. It is time for Europe to start defending its territory.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

President Macron is going to Washington. What a waste of time!

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