Ik heb zonet zitten uitzoeken welke minister in het vorige kabinet eigenlijk verantwoordelijk was voor die bespottelijk lage gasreserves. En het zal je niet verbazen. Toch weer een VVD’er, hè?

Bad immigration economics assumes every extra person is one less seat. Good economics notices they also bring a seat, a side dish, and demand for the bloke selling drinks. The first story is fear; the second is how economies work.

Dat komt omdat we woningen beschouwen als een markt. Woningen zijn geen “markt” maar een fundamentele basisbehoefte. We hebben een fundamentele basisbehoefte veranderd in een markt met winnaars en verliezers. Zolang deze attitude niet verandert, zal er nooit iets verbeteren.

Is Volt nu werkelijk de enige partij die verstandige dingen zegt over hoe we deze energiecrisis moeten doorstaan? En waarom gaat de SP altijd mee in dat auto-populisme?

Gasprijzen zijn nu lager dan in het najaar van 2021, toen Rusland eerst haar EU-bergingen leeg liet en vervolgens haar leveringen aan de EU beperkte. Uw gaskosten zijn wel hoger, omdat de gasbelasting sinds 2021 met ruim 30 €ct/m3 is gestegen. #grafiekvandedag

Lastige keuze...

Q: Will we see ICE arresting illegal migrants at airports? TRUMP: Yeah. That's why the Democrats are going crazy. ICE loves it because they're able to now arrest illegals as they come into the country. It's very fertile territory.

Looks like they have no idea what they’re there for either.

* Face Palm Sunday

Hoe groepje miljardairs honderd-plus miljoen £ investeert in thinktanks en mediabedrijven. Oud-minister Byrne over zijn onderzoek: “It maps the financial architecture of Britain’s populist right – and found a media-political complex of extraordinary scale, built in plain sight in just five years”.

'There is nobody who knows more about making stock markets plunge than me' (Or make energy prices explode, to benefit the Kremlin and OPEC dictatorships) PS: 40% of all Epstein files remains unpublished, since August

Protesters gathered in Trafalgar Square as it filled with voices condemning ICE terror From London, a clear message rang out state violence will not be ignored. When abuse goes unchecked, the world responds. Solidarity doesn't stop at borders.🇬🇧

Belangrijkste thema’s volgens I&O: - wonen - veiligheid - verkeer/openbaar vervoer - natuur - zorg voor ouderen / wmo - opvang asielzoekers Uitslagenavond NOS: - AZC’s - AZC’s - AZC’s - AZC’s nos.nl/l/2606880

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

Kleine antifa hopeium skeet; ja de groei van FvD is schokkend, zeker met zoveel onmiskenbaar fascistische pannekoeken op verkozen plekken. Dat gezegd, wat ik van ze als onderzoeker weet zijn het ook allemaal lui die totaal incapabel zijn om normaal te doen. En in de lokale politiek kan je je /

Reject the evidence is the final, most essential command.

De winnaar van de verkiezingen van gisteren: GL/PvdA

Stem vandaag in het belang van de meest kwetsbaren, het meest weerloze.

Donald Trump’s America.

BREAKING! Juliana Stratton has defeated Raja Krishnamoorthi—and his $30M in AIPAC, MAGA, and Crypto money—and has won the Democratic Nomination for US SENATE from Illinois!

Sorry, Krishnamoorthi. Like most things, crypto also can't buy a Democratic primary.

Pretty dark

De Kristi Noem van de Lage Landen.

Rutte is simpelweg een verrader die ons overlevert aan MAGA.

We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.

De Telegraaf, the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, recently published an interview with a woman promoting €1,600 seats on private evacuation flights from Dubai. Bellingcat found that her image was likely AI-generated, and flight data suggests no such plane took off. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Narrator: The Straits, in fact, were in Dire shape.

“Roof het Klimaatfonds maar leeg, stelde PVV’er Elmar Vlottes voor.” Wat ben ik blij dat al die kleinburgerlijke partijen, die niet langer kunnen denken dan de waan van de dag, niet meer in de regering zitting nemen. Deze partijen staan voor stilstand en kortzichtigheid waarna verval volgt.

We hebben iets teveel bezuinigt op jou onderweis

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

This is the guy who likes to downplay non-fatal injuries suffered by US service members in combat.

A study of social media content 18-24-year olds see in #Finland, #France and #Romania shows that algorithms overwhelmingly feed them right-wing political content - whether or not the users are interested. Three country average for right wing content was 58% - in Finland, 67%! yle.fi/a/74-20214134

Wat is dat toch met al die neokapitalistische Jesus freaks die cultuuroorlogje willen spelen om studenten uit te buiten. En waarom laten instellingen dit soort charlatans toe? Extreem rechtse oplichters niet welkom op de campus, hoe moeilijk is het ? 🤷🏽‍♂️ #Campus #Kirk www.ad.nl/binnenland/w...

Wasted paradise. Workers and residents clear marine debris and plastic waste washed ashore during the monsoon season from Jimbaran Beach on Indonesia's resort island of Bali 📸 Lana Priatna

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

Ruben L. Oppenheimer sees a curtain of falling bombs that will have escaped the notice of many Americans. Ruben L. Oppenheimer ziet een gordijn aan vallende bommen, dat veel Amerikanen zal zijn ontgaan. #epstein #trump #files #guilty #distract

Don’t get distracted ! #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles

This isn’t a hallucination, Michael Gove. You’ve never explained the millions you disbursed to buddies with your crony Covid Contracts. Cashing in on the worst public health crisis in a century should disbar people from public life permanently. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...

In januari werden Saoedi-Arabië, de VAE, Qatar, Koeweit en Azerbeidzjan enthousiast lid van Trumps 'Peace Board'. Twee maanden later zitten ze midden in Trumps oorlog...

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues.

“Covering up the crimes with crimes”

There won’t be $5B of US arms “aid” to Ukraine next year, as Rutte suggests here. The 2026 US defense budget mentions an amount of $400 MILLION. The 5 BILLION Rutte mentioned refers to US arms SALES to other NATO countries, who will then pass the goodies on to Ukraine. That’s BUSINESS, not aid.

After Iran’s strikes, Greece is rehearsing technology, hardware and its alliance with Cyprus as part of its plans to operate a Shield of Achilles across the Aegean and east Mediterranean. open.substack.com/pub/johntpsa...

❗️A Russian jam-resistant receiver «Kometa-M» was found in the wreckage of an Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone that attacked the British RAF Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus.

Right now UK is pretty much running the electrical grid on renewables and Nuclear.