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Retired Finn living in rural France. Double nationality. News addict. Fan of our two wire-haired dachshunds. Suomeksi sama. Och samma på svenska.
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Jos ekstrapoloidaan todella pitkälle, niin Venäjä-USA -yhteenliittymällä on valmiiksi miehitysjoukkoja Euroopan maiden sisällä. brilliantmaps.com/american-mil...

Kuka voisi hyötyä Trumpin hallinnon tyhmyydestä, kuka ihmeessä? "CNN:n lähteiden mukaan ainakin kaksi ulkovaltaa on avannut rekrytointisivustot ja alkanut pommittaa liittovaltion työntekijöitä Linkedinissä." www.hs.fi/maailma/art-... #tyhmät

Based. #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsARussianAsset #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #DumpTrump #Ukraine️ #PutinIsaWarCriminal #RussiaIsATerroristState #Trump #SlavaUkraini

On vaikea löytää asteikkoa, joka riittäisi kuvaamaan, miten rajusti Trump ja Vance rikkoivat diplomatian pitkiä perinteitä tänään Valkoisessa talossa. Enää ei tarvitse pohtia, onko Trump Putinin ohjauksessa. Seuraava kysymys: onko Yhdysvallat valmis seuraamaan presidenttiään Kremlin syliin?

Russian Lawmaker Predicted the Trump-Vance Ambush of Zelensky State Duma member Oleg Morozov said the meeting would be a lesson in humiliation, designed to condition Zelensky to capitulate to the US—and later to Russia. Me for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: www.thedailybeast.com/russian-lawm...

This is the problem in the US that has enabled the extreme polarisation and Trump’s power. Once a society does not agree on a shared reality and the principles of the system anymore, its game over. European countries must be really careful not to lose the shared reality too

Accurate. This should wake up even most wishful of the old allies of the US (you know, ones with whom US has built bridges for decades if not longer) and make it abundantly clear, that US has new allies now. Ones we used to know as enemies of the free world. Russia, North Korea and their ilk.

Bullies know this, and it pisses them off to no end. All it takes to get a great suit is money and couple of visits to a reputable tailor. But we all must build our character by ourselves over the years and, usually, starting with less than exquisite materials. And we must always wear what we got.

This.

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Carl Sagan predicted the future of the United States in his 1995 book "The Demon-Haunted World", warning of a time when critical thinking declines, misinformation spreads, and technological power is concentrated in the hands of a few. 30 years later, how accurate was his prediction?

No nyt tämäkin selvis😅

The Süddeutsche calls it a "scandal in the White House." That scandal, it says, is Trump threatening Zelenskyy with stopping US support and accusing him of starting World War III. Remember that Trump *always* projects. He is starting World War III with the US on the wrong side.

If you could find a way to generate electricity from Ronald Reagan spinning in his grave you'd be able to power the Eastern Seaboard right now.

The best explanation for Trump’s Ukraine strategy (from someone with a long career in D.C.): The deal was always going to be so unacceptably bad that Ukraine would have to reject it. Trump can then say we tried to make peace but Ukraine (& Europe) didn’t want peace. And wash his hands of it.

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

True. But also: They enjoyed blaming the victim. Perverse.

Agree. At this point, you disrespect Ukraine, you disrespect Europe. This would’ve been unacceptable towards any European leader but the fact that Zelenskyy leads a country at war makes it the greatest possible insult.

Trump isn’t fooling anyone. Trump and Vance were the only disrespectful people in that room.

Zelensky has led the Ukrainian people against Russian aggression for over 3 years. He has aged 30 years in that time. And there he sits in the Oval Office with two mindless gorillas threatening him and shouting utter nonsense at him. Never in my life have I seen anything so undignified.

Trump inherited a Goldilocks economy. But he may destroy it faster than even pessimists imagined paulkrugman.substack.com/p/surprise-c...

Suomen pitää harkita F-35 -hävittäjähankintaa ja muita aseostoja USA:sta uudelleen. USA:aan ei voi luottaa.

Trump Team Weighs Pulling Funding for Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine And so it continues. Disinformation informing political decisions can be lethal. www.bloomberg.com/ne... 1/3

I don't want to sound depressing, but Donald Trump is about to kill a lot of people.

This will be seen in Europe and the UK as an egregious attack on the rule of law and human dignity, aided and abetted by elements of the current US administration, who evidently see this as fan service.

Austria has just kicked the far right out of power !💪🇦🇹🇪🇺👇 I'm sharing this as it won't get much of a mention, what with it not fitting the "Europe turning far right" angle everyone jumps on 😀

Billionaires are not “scared” and are not “bending the knee.” Billionaires are being freed from the shackles of needing to pretend to care about other people.

👀🤬 First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people Lubbock city spokesperson Lauren Adams confirmed the death Wednesday. It wasn't clear the age of the patient, who died overnight. www.wfaa.com/mobile/artic...

My Stones? Rolling.

If you're curious how a democracy transitions from a free press to state-run media, this is the kind of step you'd expect to see.

“In a remarkable feat, Trump has united US allies - against the US.”

"What [Trump] is doing is not about making a tough peace deal with Russia, recalibrating NATO, or protecting Ukraine’s democracy. He is merely setting the terms of a new alliance and relationship with the criminal Russian dictatorship — directed against the European democracies." bit.ly/41hinVV

Muuten, mikä on tilanne Venäjän konsulaatin suhteen Maarianhaminassa? Joko sopimusta ollaan irtisanomassa?