Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵

Eigenlijk is het raar dat de VVD en niet @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social aan de onderhandelingstafel zit. @robjetten.bsky.social heeft namelijk veel meer belang bij een minderheidskabinet zonder de VVD. Mijn analyse, voor de verandering weer een keer op @joop.nl :

Eerlijk gezegd niet verwacht deze.

Was er nou maar een kandidaat voor het Torentje beschikbaar geweest die decennia op het allerhoogste niveau van internationale topdiplomatie en politiek heeft geopereerd en die ons nu een minimale maar mogelijk cruciale voorsprong had kunnen bieden in dit angstaanjagende geopolitieke steekspel...

30 years ago Eric Cantona kicked a nazi and was banned from football for the remainder of the season, possibly dashing United's hope for the title. In 2021, he said about the incident: 'I have one regret. I would have loved to have kicked him even harder.' Legend.

"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that

I think "discussed" is too mild a phrasing. If US attacks Greenland, Europe should basically treat the US the same way they treat Russia.

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Journalist Casper Thomas over de vraag of het Trumps plan is de democratie in Venezuela te herstellen: “De Venezolanen moeten doen wat Trump zegt, dan is er per definitie geen sprake van democratie”. Nou beste Venezolanen die denken dat het beter wordt: here comes jullie nieuwe dictator. #nieuwsuur

Tip : afgezien van eten en drinken: neem een waterdichte doos met waxinelichtjes mee en een doos lucifers. Op één waxinelichtje overleef je het in de kou. Voor lange afstanden neem ik ook een dikke deken mee.

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🇪🇺 What a week, huh? 30 Dec.: Eurotunnel blocked due to power failure 31 Dec.: Finnish subsea cable cut in Gulf of Finland 2 Jan.: Latvian subsea cable cut in Baltic Sea 3 Jan.: Power failure affecting 45k Berlin households due to sabotage 4 Jan.: Greek airspace shut down due to "airborne jamming"

De iconische foto van de nieuwe #IranProtesten: Eén tegen velen. Niets meer te verliezen!

Update #IranProtests (11): Vijf dagen v landelijke protesten in #Iran hebben minstens 7 doden, 119 arrestaties en tientallen gewonden tot gevolg gehad, terwijl stakingen en demonstraties zich verspreidden naar meer dan 30 steden te midden v een verscherpt optreden van het Iraanse criminele regime. >

En toch blijf ik een beetje bang dat Trump ergens de komende week een aanval begint op Madurodam.

PVV'er die fameus werd met zijn AI-nazi-plaatjes en haat zaaien tegen Timmermans krijgt bij anti-Islam motie steun van VVD en JA21. Pieker je nog even door @henri.cda.nl?

Mensen, check altijd even wie je reskeet. "Jack Kimble, also known by his Twitter username @RepJackKimble, is a fictional and satirical character active on the social media websites Twitter and Bluesky"

The Trump regime repeatedly lied to Congress about their intention to pursue regime change in Venezuela. They didn’t get Congressional approval for regime change, but did it anyway. Demanding a briefing in response is both pathetic and nonsensical. Calling for impeachment is the obvious response.

the photographer was definitely like, "ok everybody, look tough!" but we know they're all just reading tweets with their arms crossed in a country club dining room divided up by bedsheets tacked to the beams

Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."

These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver. This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.

based on the most recent tweet visible on screen, this photo was taken in the hour that passed between these two posts... during which time the strikes were taking place. the most important thing in the room was tweets. they wanted to make sure people were posting about it.

De bommen vallen op amper 200 km van ons land. De oversteek van Venezuela naar naaste buur 'Koninkrijk der Nederlanden' bedraagt maar 25km. Het wordt eens tijd dat we onze koppen uit het zand gaan halen. Waar is de premier?

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Wat er vandaag in Venezuela gebeurde is allemaal al voorspeld. Niet per se in dit – uitstekende! – draadje van Clarkson, maar ook in de geschiedenis van bijvoorbeeld de Amerikaanse aanwezigheid in… Afghanistan.

Enter 2026; where a lawless international order is being determined by the United States. Looking forward to strong condemnations by our European leaders.

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Btw, the big story overhanging all of this is that US government is deadly serious in its stated plans to dominate and control the western hemisphere. Take the threats against Greenland very seriously indeed.

Ok, ik denk dat het tijd is om the stoppen met wapen export naar de VS.

Alright, can he now be removed from office, together with his VP who is in on this?

A very embarrassing moment for the FIFA Peace Prize committee

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 clearly states that the President may not send troops into hostilities or imminent hostilities without: - a declaration of war - specific congressional authorization - an attack on the United States And that the President must consult with Congress first.

Like clearly strange things are afoot at the Circle K we don’t also need to boost accounts that use unsourced/unverified statements for clout. If you are claiming a news org reported something, link to the reporting. FTR here’s the latest from @reuters.com

10 years after the referendum and the ONLY thing the minority who still support Brexit go on about, is winning that referendum (just). Why? Because it is the ONLY win Brexit has. The vote. Nothing since has been a win for Brexit. "Brexit has failed" Nigel Farage

Het lot van Cuypers-kerken in Amsterdam gaat jullie nogal aan het hart? Nou, op fietsafstand van de Vondelkerk staat er eentje die óók wel wat liefde kan gebruiken. De Sint-Urbanuskerk in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. Staat te koop, met parochie en bouwgrond: www.fundainbusiness.nl/religieus/ou...

Je kan een hoop over Nederland zeggen. Maar wij zijn hier - ook dankzij de brand in Volendam destijds - veel strenger op. Dit is echt bizar. Ze hadden gewoon hun hele plafond behangen met brandgevaarlijke geluidsabsorberende platen. Ongelofelijk.

For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok. Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.

Lekker gewerkt weer, die 77 jongens & meisjes politici Bedankt, namens alle mensen met schade of gewonden En ook die ~60.000 mensen van politie, brandweer, ziekenhuispersoneel enz. die vannacht werkten kunnen het zeer waarderen Fijn te zien dat die 77 politici (de helft plus 2) ergens voor stáán

Went to the Quarter tonight with some family here visiting. Teared up when we got to the memorial on Bourbon Street. Dear god, this has been such a horrid year for so many of us. Sending prayers and interpretive dances that 2026 will be kinder to us all.

Folks who aren’t in the space world won’t understand but let me say this—the magnitude of damage this administration has done to NASA and science research has set us back decades. It will take many many generations to get us back to where we were before Trump. And that’s assuming it’s funded

The SCALE of destruction is really hard to fathom. This, obviously, is just one example. It will take a *generation* or more to recover and much will be lost irrevocably. We are watching the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

For folks still struggling with the math: There are ~345 million US citizens. There are ~245 million white US citizens. This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people. Not "undocumented criminals." Not even "all undocumented people."

By this day in 2002 all Russian soldiers in Moldova and Georgia were promised to be removed. They were not. But please believe us when we negotiate now about our soldiers in Ukraine.

“Er wordt een enorme krater in de hulpverlening in Gaza geslagen”, aldus de directeur v Artsen Zonder Grenzen NL nu Israël diverse hulporganisaties de toegang tot Gaza verbiedt. Ongelofelijk toch?! Dit nu er nog steeds te weinig voedsel is en burgers omkomen door IDF-geweld. En de wereld kijkt toe.

Elke dag gaan onze fotografen op pad om nieuws, reportages en portretten te maken. Dagelijks kiest de fotoredactie van NRC de beste beelden uit hun werk. Ditmaal doen we het anders: onze fotografen kozen zelf hun mooiste foto of hun meest aangrijpende moment van 2025. buff.ly/dNNpvEQ