To everyone who insists that voting doesn't matter and it can never make a difference: Hungarians just voted out an autocrat who had been in power for over 15 years. Voting works.

First Canada Then Australia Then South Korea Now Hungary Next — America Fascism is failing - democracy is winning

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is doing something a decade of subsidies and mandates struggled to achieve: making millions of people want an EV who previously discounted them. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just from our 2016 and Brexit, it's pretty clear that Putin has been trying to reshape world politics to his advantage. May this truth become universally known and universally acknowledged, and may people universally say "retreat, you beast."

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

Something like this will have to happen in this country once Trumpism is defeated. In the absence of accountability, the world will rightly assume that it will happen again.

Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal. Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November. It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).

Hungarians defeated Orban the parasite despite massive adversaries in Russia and the US. Tonight I will celebrate! Thank you to all Hungarians!

May Victor Orbán simply be the first in a string of countries engaging in overdue housecleaning by kicking their authoritarian leaders to the curb.

Let today in Hungary be a warmup for what we can do, for what we can have.

We can all learn a lot from the (many young!) people of Hungary who have protested peacefully for years and who turned out in high numbers to vote their candidate and his party into power tonight! And this despite the fact that Orbán had backing from BOTH Russia and the USA! Well done, Hungary!! ✨

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The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.

Polls are closed in Hungary with 77.8% voter turnout. Wow! Here’s hoping Orban goes down!

Given the huge early turnout in Hungary odds seem very high that Magyar wil defeat Orbán very decisively; the question in that case would be whether Orbán goes with the Ukrainian electoral interference lie he has been preparing and whether foreign actors support him.

Germany’s former Vice Chancellor Habeck: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One thing that makes me an effete urban limousine liberal is that going to a UFC event sounds super gross.

Hungary’s parliamentary election turnout climbed to 54.14% by early afternoon, significantly exceeding 40% at the same point in 2022, with large queues forming at polling stations in Budapest. #Hungary

Péter Magyar casts his vote in Hungary today. Get Viktor Orbán outta there! Go Magyar!

And yet there are people who still think Russia didn’t get Trump elected in 2016! Even though US Intelligence uncovered a plot called “Project Lakhta” ordered directly by Putin that spread good media about Trump and fake dirt about Hillary.

Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Hello, beautiful Hungary! Today is your best, and perhaps last, opportunity to get rid of Viktor Orbán and his corrupt regime. Seize it!

BOOM! South Australia's power prices have plummeted as they near 100% renewables, proving to the world that relying on wind and solar with battery back-up is possible, more reliable and costs people less. THIS is how we avoid the next oil crisis. #EnergyRevolution

How sad that you CAN help the world, but CHOOSE not to! #TaxTheRich

NEW: Diddy files copyright infringement lawsuit against Peter Thiel, claiming “Everyone knows baby oil is my thing.”

You'll be hearing more about Rubio soon enough 😂

One night before the elections the great people of Hungary are on the streets, rejecting the malicious influence coming from Russia, Serbia and certain people from the USA. The crowds are huge across the country. They can write history tomorrow.

. Congress should subpoena Melania in the #Epstein investigation. .

Carney: "The days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to the United States are over." *thunderous applause*

Repost. My response is the same. They're going to have to put limits on numbers of executive orders and pardons too.

They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm. They impeached Richard Nixon for a bit of spying. What should Donald Trump get for corruption like this?

It’s still so strange to me that both russia and the USA are openly campaigning for Orbán 🤯

The best analysis of the Hungarian elections I've seen so far — by Dominik Dabrowski (insta) ;)

The fact that German companies have invested a lot in Hungarian production is the reason that the European Union has been so derelict in trying to rein in Orbán and his destruction of democracy. Delusions of Grandeur, Hungary Edition open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

America, we have a problem😳🤷‍♂️

When he launched this war, the President vowed regime change and “unconditional surrender.” What has he gotten? We went from Ayatollah Khamenei to Ayatollah Khameini Jr. - and are now negotiating over a 10-point plan written by the Iranians.

On national television Netanyahu is greeted with middle fingers following his defamatory remarks against the country. Netanyahu warned that countries, like Spain, which "attack" Israel will "pay a price".

Exactly right. Plenty of polls are orchestrated with bastardized methodologies and presented as fact. When this happens, betting markets are likely to over-perform as relatively predictive models. So there is never nothing, and to your point, I've undersold how optimistic these numbers look!

Jesus told me if you watch this you don’t need to go to church tomorrow.

Hungary’s prime minister is more important to Donald Trump than all of his voters put together, than all Americans, than America itself, and it’s not even close. I wrote an essay yesterday to explain why: snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungar...

On Sunday, Hungary will hold parliamentary elections. These elections loom large the world over. Viktor Orbán is a central figure in the international far right and his loss would be blow to familiar figures like JD Vance and Donald Trump, who are his pupils. snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungar...

Viktor Orbán is Europe’s most corrupt leader by far. He is a dishonest traitor who views helping Russia commit genocide in Ukraine as his main job. He is an enemy of Hungary and an enemy of decency

RUTTE: Russia is losing a massive number of people every month — 30,000 to 35,000 dead or seriously wounded. Can you imagine? The Soviets in the 1980s lost fewer than 20,000 troops over ten years in Afghanistan, and now Russia is losing that many in just three weeks.

HODGES: Russia not only can't defeat Ukraine, but it's actually moving in wrong direction in terms of casualties and territory, and dreaded winter is over. Ukrainians never going to quit, and for European countries best way to defend Europe is by making sure that Ukraine wins.

Because of concerns about the safety of using US Tech, France is getting rid of Windows from its Government computers. It's time, get all US Big Tech, Microsoft, Google, Palantir... out of Europe. It is a security threat.

Oil companies rake in €81.4 million extra daily in the EU as fuel prices soar... #climateemergency www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...

Don’t forget why Trump doesn’t want people to dig deeper. Hold him accountable!