Westerse trend: aanhoudend dalende criminaliteitscijfers. Ons land ligt dit jaar op koers voor het laagste aantal gevallen van moord of doodslag sinds 1974.

Weet iemand in welke taal de naam iDeal een minder gelukkige associatie heeft? Ik kan het niet bedenken, ik elk geval voor de genoemde landen

Nederland is veiliger dan ooit maar op rechts blijft men obsessief de strenger straffen knop indrukken. Ridicuul en voor de betrokken gestraften ook gewoon schadelijk.

Finland says to raise reservist age to 65

And the planet

Orbanism: manipulate the electoral process by controlling what news people get to watch. Weiss was placed at the head of the CBS news division specifically to kill stories like this.

A ‘donation’ of a couple of million ought to do it

There is nothing wrong with so-called ‘beta males’. Society needs a lot more of them: emotionally mature, socially aware. There is a lot wrong with self-loathing ‘beta males’ pretending to be something they’re not. Men like Andrew Tate, basically.

#Christmas in #Aleppo

Respectfully, he belongs in a cell in The Hague

The Epstein Blackout is really something.

Rechts verdienmodel: datmagjenietzeggen™️

Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

Correct, last night was a big victory for the EU. It showed that it is just as capable now as it was during the early pandemic of taking consequential decisions in a crisis situation. It also showed that eurobonds have become the tool of choice for financing large common projects.

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I see Politico is trying to spin the use of eurobonds to finance Ukraine’s budget to the tune of €90 billion as “a populist win”. If that’s correct, long live populism.

Redemption

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

De arrogante blokkeertactiek van Yesilgöz leidt dus tot nog meer zetelverlies na wat al het slechtste TK-verkiezingsresultaat in 50 jaar was…

Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’

684 Russian airstrikes in a single day… War crimes.

Have a look if you have any interest at all in the reparations loan for Ukraine. All the legal and financial details that are tough but necessary to understand. 👇

In de nieuwe bussen in regio Utrecht zit een houder voor je telefoon in de leuning voor je, die ook een oplader is én een leeslamp. Oh ja én een bekerhouder, leesplank en kapstok.

For 20 minutes, Americans watched Donald Trump address the nation, “drenched in pure panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he’s doing a great job,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

The choice EU leaders face today is not the reparations loan vs. "Eurobonds". The choice is agreeing on a workable solution that rapidly gives a lot of money to Ukraine vs. going back to the drawing board with no clear idea where to go next while Ukraine's money is running out. Should be obvious.

The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.

Trump’s poll numbers are tanking, which means Johnson no longer has the same degree of control over his caucus

This is what political suicide looks like

"We shall exact any sum, impose any burden, inflict any hardship, oppose any friend and befriend any foe to assure the wealth and power of me, my family and friends." - www.ft.com/content/b17e... via @FT

A good first step towards a closer relationship between UK and EU, not a large one but a useful one as a trust-building exercise. The strategy should be to rebuild as much of the pre-Brexit legislative and programmatic framework as possible, while consistently calling it “Getting Brexit done”.

“Trump administration officials have been pushing European governments ― those they consider friendliest at least ― to reject the plan to use €210 billion in Russian assets to fund Ukraine, four EU officials involved with the discussions told POLITICO…” The Trump agenda: divide and weaken the EU

‘Criminaliteit onder asielmigranten, blijkt uit onderzoek, is een probleem van een kleine minderheid. En het is niet groter dan onder de autochtone bevolking. Uit de registraties blijkt dat 97 procent van asielmigranten door de politie ‘nooit’ van een misdrijf is verdacht’ www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Goh, nu blijkt dat de uiterst rechtse coalitie van PVV, VVD, NSC en BBB toch 1 resultaat tot stand heeft gebracht: na vijf jaar daling leven weer meer mensen in armoede! Zo meldt het CBS👇🏼 nos.nl/artikel/2594...

Dit is iets 'Rotterdams'. Politici daarvandaan denken nog steeds, dat zij beter dan anderen 'de erfenis van Pim' begrijpen en LPF'ers als Eerdmans beter snappen dan collega's van elders. Hugo de Jonge had eenzelfde affect. Noem het 'urbane regiorancune'. www.groene.nl/artikel/onde...

Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98. She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...

Applications from US researchers to come to Germany have doubled. www.spiegel.de/start/usa-ve...

This is extremely important

Tariffs gonna tariff

Zelensky noemde de moeders die elke nacht met hun kinderen slapen in kelders. Elke nacht. De moeder met kinderen die onze familie te logeren had afgelopen zomer verheugende zich hier het meeste op: Slapen bij een raam.

None dare call it treason

One of the key promises: Ukraine becomes a member of the EU…

Moreel falen van D66 en CDA als ze hieraan meewerken

No, clearly not co-opted in any way

Shorter Trump: “Enough about him, let’s talk about me”

Het is weer eens tijd voor crisisoverleg in het meervoudig gevallen rompkabinet

13 years ago today.

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