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Analyst, activist, journalist, teacher, adviser, Board member. EU politics and policy. Democracy defender, transparency & accountability campaigner. Former EU/NL politician and official. I make EU starter packs and lists. ↘️
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All set! #defenddemocracy #eu #ukraine #today

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It is today. #Brussels #Ukraine

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The thing about swastikas spray painted on the side of a cybertruck is there’s a 50/50 chance the owner did it.

submitted 20 hours ago • 57 comments

To strengthen Ukraine's position Estonia is sending 10,000 artillery shells and 750,000 food packages for Ukrainian fighters. At the earliest opportunity, this will be supplemented with our own defence industry products worth over 100 million euros. It is #UpToUkraine to decide its future.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1877 comments

The latest message from Elon Musk to federal employees. This comes after President Trump posted that he wanted Elon to get more aggressive.

submitted 19 hours ago • 136 comments

Er… ok. Thanks for the tip Guardian

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EU Council: “You were right all the time about Ruzzia, dear Baltics, sorry we didn’t listen to you”. Baltics: “We need to build more weapons and coordinate our armies, they might attack the EU soon”. EU Council: “Ah, come on, always so negative”.

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Global crisis style note: What Trump is doing to Ukraine is not 'blackmail', which would be demand for payment under threat of exposure of compromising information*. This is demand for payment under threat of violence/refusal to protect from violence. The word is 'extortion'.

submitted 22 hours ago • 28 comments

🚨 Brussels friends and colleagues, tomorrow will be a bright and sunny day. I know that many of us haven’t done much street protesting since we were students. It’s time to dust off your Doc Martens and stand up for democracy. And bring your kids! Let’s show Ukraine our love and strong support. 💙💛

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

If the United States is willing to extort with Starlink, assume AWS, Google, and Azure clouds are next. Ukraine today, whose turn is it tomorrow? Any US technology is now a liability. We need European solutions as fast as possible.

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"U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters."

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Hate-speech failures by Meta and X undermine German election

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Fun detail on former Belgian PM meeting Elon Musk. If 20 empty beer bottles can be considered a detail.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Soon DOGE and Kash Patel will be rummaging through all personal data held by US companies. The lesson here is not to regulate big tech less, but for everyone to move their data off US platforms pronto.

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We’re excited to introduce the Kyiv Independent’s first-ever print edition, a permanent record of Ukrainian resilience and life during wartime as told by our staff. The pre-order starts today: store.kyivindependent.com/products/the...

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Seems like a waste of a good asset for Europe to just take Russia’s frozen $300bn, when they could instead threaten to take it unless Russia makes concessions, highlight Russia’s refusal to make concessions, state that any concessions Russia does make are insufficient, and then take it.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Every Single Night

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For the evening crew, my piece about the German elections: “The EU was founded on the idea that economic and political unity would safeguard peace and prosperity. But unity requires leadership. As the largest member state in the EU, it’s not just Germany’s privilege but its duty to provide it.”

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Long live the Governor of Maine

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Wanneer stappen BBB, NSC en VVD uit dit extreemrechtse nepkabinet?

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Cover of NY Post(!) today

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👇👇Bardella ducks CPAC after Bannon Nazi salute. The European far right might be starting to wonder who they’ve jumped into bed with. Farage included. Johnson for sure.

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