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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

Deze malloot was bijna onze premier geweest: ‘desnoods stappen we uit de EU’

@bvdbraak.bsky.social is weer scherp en vernietigend over de minister die volgens Schoof Nederland van het stikstofslot gaat trekken. Wie niets begrijpt, kan ook niets, behalve in de weg liggen.

Poldertrumpisme

De beslissende fase voor Amerika om een democratie te blijven is aangebroken.

Dit.Kabinet.Kan.Niets Maanden overleg levert geen doorbraak: land nog steeds op stikstofslot www.nu.nl/stikstof/635...

Trump’s war on the judiciary gets to the next level of insanity www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...

Het is een val. Er is niets dat de OekraĂŻners, of Mark Rutte, of Georgia Meloni, of kraaltjes en spiegeltjes doen om Donald Trump over te halen. De Amerikanen zijn aan de kant van de Russen. De verdediging van OekraĂŻne komt op onze schouders te liggen.

Applying the same rules as for China. Note: China is a single-party state run by the Communist Party. The US used to be a rule of law democracy.

En het kabinet leutert voort …

Rule of law? Nah, such a 2024 thing!

Wat een ongelofelijk stelletje amateurs, maar dankzij BBB kunnen we straks gelukkig wel met de stoptrein van Veendam naar Musselkanaal

US recognition of Crimea's forceful annexation would stand in stark contrast to Cold War refusal to accept the annexation of the Baltic States

Nogal zurige necrologie in de NRC die de paus kwalijk neemt dat hij rooms-katholiek is. Franciscus, de eerste niet-Europese paus, was sociaal progressief maar op andere vlakken net zo oerconservatief als zijn voorgangers www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Paus Franciscus (88) overleden Bijzondere paus, tegenwicht in het ikkerige-tijdperk

Exactly like Jesus would have said.

Sign of the day…

Namens @atlascontact mag ik een exemplaar van het interessante boek ‘De Ware Vrijheid’ verloten! Interesse? Retweet dan dit bericht en volg mij. De winnaar wordt op maandagavond 21 april 2025 om 20.00 uur bekend gemaakt.

Trump and Rubio plan to close the *entire* State Department division covering Africa, and close *all* US embassies south of the Sahara. Just insane. They’ll be drinking champagne in Beijing and Moscow tonight. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

Pope Francis in Easter Urbi et Orbi message: “How much violence we see, often even within families, directed at women and children! How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized, and migrants!” (Full Text) press.vatican.va/content/sala...

Onze dochter woont in Zweden. Daar kennen ze het wonderschone woord lagom, waarbij het gaat om ‘precies genoeg’. Waarom heb je meer nodig dan genoeg is of waarom doe je met minder als het ook genoeg kan zijn. Pas dit toe op eten, familie, werk of je interieur enz. Mooi woord: #lagom

Bizar…

The Dutch coastal zone is flowering

The US walking away from the war, probably means getting back to business with Russia, which will help the Russian war effort. Wake up Europe. www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/e...

Something incredible is happening in the USA and we better pay attention. Unfortunately there are politicians in the Netherlands who love to act in the same way.

"It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power" From David Brooks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

'We are all afraid': Republican US Senator Lisa Murkowski disclosed that the threat of political retaliation from President Donald Trump is real enough to make her anxious about speaking out about his tariffs, executive orders and cuts to federal agencies reut.rs/4j7FbPw

The Trump/Harvard fight seems to develop into a defining moment for the attempt to coerce US private institutions and society to whims of the president. Congress is out of sight. If Harvard looses this fight there are no restraints to the tentacles of autocratic rule. www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/u...

'The untold story of how Trump shocked Europe in a few short days. “It made me want to throw up,” a Paris-based ambassador said.' www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Het feit dat partijleiders zwijgen over welke urgente problemen nu worden opgelost doet vermoeden dat er niet eentje wordt opgelost door dit Stilstandskabinet. Coalitiepartijen pronken met successen, maar zwijgen over bezuinigingen www.nu.nl/politiek/635...

February 1972, Nixon's visit to Beijing marked a historic US-China farewell to hostilities. Mao surprised everyone by meeting Nixon just three hours after his arrival. Their one-minute handshake in Mao's study symbolized the end of decades-long tensions between the two nations. This in contrary w T

Trumps nominierter Staatsanwalt fĂźr DC war 150 Mal (!) bei Russia Today und Sputnik auf Sendung. Was kann schon schief gehen ... www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

I am old enough to remember when yesterday the US Vice President told Europe to be more independent on the world stage. In either way, Europe should choose Europe.

Mooi stuk over #wolvendebat @groene.nl 'Ze laten zien hoe de #wolf in de retoriek van radicaal rechts-populistische politici strategisch wordt ingezet als symbool van angst, verlies en ressentiment (...)

The Trumpist wrecking ball swings to the next target. After the crushing of bilateral relations the demolition now turns to international fora and institutions…

Perched in pine with silent grace, A fluffy gaze, a moonlit face. Ears like tufts, eyes full of lore, A tiny guardian of forest lore. ©️ wouterfaasse #Forest #Owl #Birds

"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."