We are told that politics is a game, a sport, a show. After our lived experience over the last decade, who could doubt that? But this week has shown something more primitive; a kind of politics that does not argue, persuade, or even entertain. It simply bludgeons. It is the politics of the cudgel.

There comes a moment when the violation of sanctuary demands more than elegant speeches about peace. When churches become crime scenes and bedrooms become graveyards, eloquence becomes complicity. What Ukraine needs — what those dead children in Kyiv needed — is not our sympathy but our weapons.

The Russians invented a word ("по́шлость") for this kind of vulgarity because they had to live with it. Sadly, as we now enter similar waters, we may need to find new English words to convey these same concepts. #Trump

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1/ Every so often, this video of André Rieu’s orchestra playing Voilà makes the rounds on right-wing Twitter, captioned something like: "A magnificent example of the European culture we’re told doesn’t exist." Let’s talk about how unintentionally hilarious that is. 🧵

Today is Poland’s national day of remembrance for the victims of the Volyn massacres — one of the darkest and most painful chapters in Polish-Ukrainian history. Tens of thousands of Polish civilians were murdered in Volyn and Eastern Galicia between 1943–45.

The executive branch can be powerful and unitary without the judiciary being required to grovel or tiptoe in its presence. For the Court to pretend that its powers are diminished when the subject is government overreach is a disingenuous excuse for inaction. bgwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/r...

I refuse to pretend that modern politics is biblical destiny. Israel's government makes political decisions based on national interest not divine command. To suggest otherwise is dangerous confusion. I wish leaders who claim Christ would remember the difference. bgwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/g...

Once again, the mask has slipped. In the clear light of day, before the eyes of a free people, a sitting United States Senator was seized, thrown to the ground, and shackled like a common felon—for no crime but the speaking of plain and inconvenient truths to power.

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Favorite #Eurovision NQ’s of the past 5 years: 2025: 🇨🇿 Kiss Kiss Goodbye 2024: 🇨🇿 Pedistal 2023: 🇱🇻 Aijā 2022: 🇲🇰 Circles 2021: 🇦🇺 Technicolor

Nawrocki is unlikely to become a great statesman of reconciliation. But his opening message to Zelenskyy was more balanced than some had feared. The road to historical reckoning between 🇵🇱 and 🇺🇦 is long and it runs through minefields—literal and metaphorical. But it is a road worth walking, together.

When I was very young, my grandfather Chester passed away. I never really got to know him. What I did know came in fragments—war stories, old photographs, and eventually, a few notebooks my dad found while sorting through his things after he died.

I still believe in capitalism. But I believe in democracy more. And right now, the former is actively threatening the latter. If that means voting for reform, taxing wealth, and even calling billionaires what they are – a threat to the public good – then so be it. Whatever. Eat the rich, I guess.

The Viennese Waltz; How #Eurovision (barely) Avoided Stepping In It bwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/t...

Poland wins the tele-vote in Ireland and Iceland and comes a close second in the UK. Polish diaspora putting in work for their girl today! So proud of the Polish/Polonia ESC community and I really believe there are special days ahead for us and TVP if we stay the course! #Eurovision #Gaja

My final rankings for #Eurovision 2025.

My family’s 2025 Eurovision votes: Wife: 4 votes 🇱🇻 Son: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇱🇻, 1 vote 🇳🇱 Daughter: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇪🇸, 1 vote 🇫🇷, 1 vote 🇬🇷 Me: 2 votes 🇫🇷, 2 votes 🇵🇱

No power at my house and the power company is estimating that it won’t be back online until… 1 hour after Eurovision ends. 🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

🇵🇱🇺🇦🇱🇹🇪🇪🇱🇻 Every country of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the current ESC field qualified for the final! Congratulations! #Eurovision

Do Europeans use 'jumped the shark'? Or is that just for countries that grew up on Happy Days? Because Malta just launched over the shark in a jetpack. I’m no prude, but that was way too much. Just… no. #ESC #Eurovision

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: there really ought to be a word for the Eurovision equivalent of sportswashing. Because that’s what we’re seeing—song after song, year after year—PR campaigns wrapped in glitter and melody. #Eurovision

Let’s gooooooooooo

#Justyna 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

Has anyone considered offering Gabry Ponte the right to call "Tutta l’Italia" the official theme song of Eurovision 2025 in exchange for giving his spot in the final up to Belgium?! #ESC2025 #Eurovision

I don’t usually yell at the television. Not full-volume, not arms-flailing. But today? Eurovision 2025 Semifinal 1? I lost it. We all did. Because, to quote those lovely ladies from the U.K.; what the hell just happened?! bwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/w...

“These edibles ain’t shit.” *two minutes and fifteen seconds later* #ESC2025

The Sauna Steals the Show: Why KAJ Will Win Eurovision 2025 Alternative headline; its Louane-over. Switzerland closes France's Eurovision victory-path. #ESC #Eurovision2025 #KAJ #Louane #ZoeMe #JJ bwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/t...

Just doing my patriotic duty for my Polish mama krolowa. #Esc2025 #gaja

Will #VAEB make the #Eurovision2025 Finals? Sadly, I suspect the answer may be "No." My predictions: bwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/e...

My #ESC2025 Semifinal #2 predictions are now live! Guaranteed Qualifiers: 🇫🇮🇦🇹🇮🇱🇲🇹 Likely Qualifiers: 🇨🇿🇦🇺🇱🇹 Just Making It: 🇬🇷🇦🇲🇱🇻 Just Missing Out: 🇮🇪🇩🇰🇷🇸 Not Likely to Compete: 🇲🇪🇬🇪 What do you think?! bwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/05/12/e...

My Eurovision 2025 Semifinal 1 analysis is live now. Safe Qualifiers: 🇸🇪🇪🇪🇺🇦🇳🇱🇦🇱 Solid Qualifiers: 🇵🇱🇧🇪🇳🇴 Tipped to Qualify: 🇸🇮🇨🇾 Just Missing Out: 🇸🇲🇮🇸 Not Likely to be Competitive: 🇦🇿🇭🇷🇵🇹

My wife and I were expecting twins last year and we lost one with the other being born extremely prematurely. And hearing this song by #Louane in English had me ugly crying, no lie. I still really truly believe that if she nails the vocals, she’s winning this contest in a week. #esc

My name is Brandon, I'm a Eurovision enthusiast from the United States, and these are my 37 hot takes on each act in #ESC2025, ranked with where I believe each act deserves to finish. You can read my full writeup on this years contest here: bwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/e...

Do I adequately convey that I don't fancy #PARG that much? #ESC

Well... he seems like an absolute delight. #ESC2025

Eurovision kicks off in 7 days. My view of where the contest is at and how I believe each act should place. #ESC2025 #Eurovision2025 #Eurovision bwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/e...

Lord knows I’m a religious person, but has anyone noticed like the… somewhat over the top number of religious references by Rece Davis in the ESPN NFL draft coverage this year?

We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.

🇵🇱🇩🇪🇦🇹🇷🇺 Reminds me of an old joke: Nov 1918 A Polish clerk in Lublin cries with joy as he removes the portrait of tsar. A Polish teacher in Poznań smiles as she removes the portrait of Bismarck. A Polish shopkeeper in Kraków sheds a sad lonely tear as he removes the portrait of Franz Joseph.

Any night in which Stephen Miller is big mad is a good night for America.

Find someone who loves you as much as economically illiterate conservatives love citing the DOW’s dead cat bounce.

Lithuanians are some of the best people in the world. And we as Americans are lucky to call them our friends.

“What did they expect?” is kind of a misleading question. The people who supported them didn’t expect something very specific. They expected to own the libs. They expected people they resented to suffer. The expected the world to burn. It wasn’t about specifics.

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Let’s be clear; a lot of Biden economic policy sucked. Trade barriers were too high, there was too much focus on industrial policy and too little on innovation, he didn’t have the handle on inflation he pretended to, and the white collar job market blew. None of that is half the disaster Trump’s is.

Hahahaha Get fucked you South African POS.

Strom is looking up at us with a very pissed off expression today.