Here's how the corruption works: Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it Friday: FDA changes the policy

BREAKING: Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier. NL investment screening authority sees the purchase as posing "a possible risk to the public interest." NL govt now adopts the advice, just before EU Commission comes with Tech Sovereignty Package. www.politico.eu/article/neth...

Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈

So Trump blew up Obama's deal with Iran, launched a new war, depleted our arsenal, cost us tens of billions, exposed the US as weaker to the world, and ended up just going back to a version of Obama's deal but worse? Do I have that right?

@heuswaar.bsky.social @jaapfriso.bsky.social geen saai potje

Column Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, HP/De Tijd, 21 mei 2026:

De natuurkunde leert ons dat je momentum kunt stoppen door mee te veren; zo vang je een inkomende bal soepel op. Bij de bestrijding van vreemdelingenhaat is het echter precies omgekeerd. Meeveren verschaft extra momentum. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...

GOD. DAMN. This Louisiana man fucking COOKED like I’ve seen very few people cook before.

Een bom ontploft bij het partijgebouw van de grootse Nederlandse regeringspartij... En dat is niet de opening van iedere nieuwsite in Nederland? Wat is er aan de hand, collega's?

Vance says that stopping funding for Ukraine is one of his proudest achievements in this administration. ​I’m watching this stunningly cruel speech from Ukraine, as Russia continues to kills us every day. Just today, they killed 8-year-old boy in Cherkasy and five people in Dnipro.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.

After CD, going full retro on DVD as well. Good I always kept all the discs.

I cannot adequately explain how fucked up the World Cup situation is wihen the president of a host nation *threatens the safety* of one of the participants (Iran). The USA should be removed as a host nation and if it's not, the games shoud be boycotted and ANYONE WITH A MORAL CENTER should see that.

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

Satellite company @planet.com has announced a *14 day delay* to the release of imagery in the MidEast. This will be a huge setback for those trying to verify events in the region.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino at Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ meeting.

A video shared on President Trump’s Truth Social account depicts the Obamas as apes.

@robjetten.bsky.social @henri.cda.nl waarom niet de hypotheek rente aftrek maximeren op 500.000 euro? Hoeveel levert dat op?

People abroad will never believe how we Dutch make our way to work every day.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

Grafiek komt uit dit verhaal van @ftm.nl. Lees het voor meer wetenswaardigheden over de heilige H. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/st...

Today, federal forces deployed heavy waves of chemical munitions impacting a peaceful daytime protest where the vast majority of those present violated no laws, made no threat, and posed no danger to federal forces.

This was the kind of treatment the union activists got today from Oregon’s largest unions alongside coalitions like @jwjpdx.bsky.social. They fired projectiles and injured many demonstrators and broke out neighbors windows. Gas for a half dozen miles in each direction. #iceout

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

Trump thinks he was in Iowa yesterday. He has no idea where he is.

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France will ban public officials from using American platforms including Google Meet, Zoom and Teams for videoconferencing. The decision, to shift activities onto a French platform, comes amid rising sensitivity in the EU about the deep reliance on US services. www.politico.eu/article/fran...

@mathijsbouman.nl wat verwacht jij voor EUR/USD in 2026?

Footage taken moments before a struggle shows that the man was filming, holding a phone in his right hand, backing up. His left hand is up, visible, palm facing out, as he backs away from the area. An agent uses his right hand, on the torso of the victim, pushing him back, while the man complies.

This is extrajudicial murder. It’s a paramilitary execution of an unarmed civilian in cold blood. Horrifying.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.

In de VS marcheren fascisten letterlijk door de straten, arresteren mensen met een kleur en iedereen die hen helpt. Hier hoopt men op ‘structurele samenwerking’ met extreemrechts. Intussen zijn we druk met de precieze definitie van fascisme en of het benoemen ervan niet tot PoLaRiSaTiE leidt.

Ontluisterend verslag met maar één mogelijke conclusie: Forum voor Democratie is onversneden nazisme.

“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.” So, same as Canadians.

Donald Trump's AI-generated "Board of Peace" logo is so bad it doesn't even have Greenland on it, the territory he almost took the US to war this week to seize. No, really, look closely:

Toch wel fijn dat ook de landsadvocaat het nu bevestigt. Het maakt geen reet uit dat je een afspraak hebt met Microsoft dat je spullen op een datacenter in de EU komen te staan. De lange arm van de Amerikaanse wet komt tot in de polder: debatdirect.tweedekamer.nl/2026-01-21/d...

He just called it "Iceland". We've lost track of which Atlantic island we're extorting Europe for.

Gov. Newsom at Davos rips into world leaders who think they can appease Trump: “I should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders.…this is pathetic”

President Trump announces that from Feb. 1, there'll be a 10% tariff on all goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands and Finland, increasing to 25% on June 1, until a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland by the US.

When the racist meme becomes national policy

Ik kan gewoon niet meer - net gehoord dat een van de grootste verwerkers van privégegevens binnen de overheid druk bezig is met zijn totale migratie naar Microsoft Azure. En de mensen die het tegen zouden kunnen houden worden buitengesloten & hebben het opgegeven. Stukje: berthub.eu/articles/pos...

The president appears to be in a k hole on stage.

This is today in Minnesota. A swarm of ICE thugs bashed in the door with guns aimed. Everyone has to watch and share. This is now Sunday in America.

Goede weekend besteding, luisteren naar Gorki middels de 10 cd box en de biografie lezen van mijn oude buurman @leonverdonschot.bsky.social

Befehl ist befehl.