Joan van der Lingen
@joanlingen.bsky.social
Rotterdamse in hart en nieren. Jurist met brede ervaring, ook in TK en EP. Interesses: Politiek, kunst, wandelen, theater. Passie: een prettig en tolerant land om in te leven.
Democracy and tolerance are very important to me.
NO DM PLEASE. I won’t react.
Democracy and tolerance are very important to me.
NO DM PLEASE. I won’t react.
And how about Epstein's own materials? Only a part of them (like the infamous birthday book) have been released, although the estate has no objection to further release. What causes the delay?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Justice department can release Ghislaine Maxwell court materials, judge says
Records could be made public within 10 days under new Epstein Files Transparency Act
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And how about Epstein's own materials? Only a part of them (like the infamous birthday book) have been released, although the estate has no objection to further release. What causes the delay?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Weak and decaying? The almost 80-year old narcissist can't stop talking about himself, folks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from Ukraine
US president recycles far-right tropes on European immigration and presses Zelenskyy to accept his peace plan
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Weak and decaying? The almost 80-year old narcissist can't stop talking about himself, folks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Brief van Amerikaan in de NYT over na WOII:
It was possible to earn enough money to work your way through college. Housing was affordable. You didn’t need two incomes to buy your first home. Companies offered pensions and health insurance. Child care didn’t cancel out the second income.
It was possible to earn enough money to work your way through college. Housing was affordable. You didn’t need two incomes to buy your first home. Companies offered pensions and health insurance. Child care didn’t cancel out the second income.
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Brief van Amerikaan in de NYT over na WOII:
It was possible to earn enough money to work your way through college. Housing was affordable. You didn’t need two incomes to buy your first home. Companies offered pensions and health insurance. Child care didn’t cancel out the second income.
It was possible to earn enough money to work your way through college. Housing was affordable. You didn’t need two incomes to buy your first home. Companies offered pensions and health insurance. Child care didn’t cancel out the second income.
Het valt me op dat in Nederland ook veel mensen op X blijven, ondanks de dreigementen en beledigingen van Musk aan het adres van Europa, en ondanks wat X representeert. Stop daar toch mee! Dit is geen tijd om van 2 walletjes te eten
German institutions (finally) leaving X in droves. Time for gov.UK to do the same.
Wer sich selbst als Demokrat_in versteht, hat auf X längst nichts mehr zu suchen. Die Anwesenheit von dt. Politiker_innen aus dem demokratischen Spektrum legitimiert 1 Plattform, auf der Demokratiefeind_innen Hass, Hetze & Fakes feiern. Schluss damit! Deshalb hab ich soeben dies unterzeichnet! #eXit
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Het valt me op dat in Nederland ook veel mensen op X blijven, ondanks de dreigementen en beledigingen van Musk aan het adres van Europa, en ondanks wat X representeert. Stop daar toch mee! Dit is geen tijd om van 2 walletjes te eten
Niet zo gek dat jongens steeds moeilijker een vriendin vinden als ze hieraan een voorbeeld nemen. Nick Fuentes is een Nazi, een antisemiet en een vrouwenhater.
En: President Trump defended Mr. Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes. Hours later, Mr. Fuentes wrote “Thank you Mr. President!”
En: President Trump defended Mr. Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes. Hours later, Mr. Fuentes wrote “Thank you Mr. President!”
PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Niet zo gek dat jongens steeds moeilijker een vriendin vinden als ze hieraan een voorbeeld nemen. Nick Fuentes is een Nazi, een antisemiet en een vrouwenhater.
En: President Trump defended Mr. Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes. Hours later, Mr. Fuentes wrote “Thank you Mr. President!”
En: President Trump defended Mr. Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes. Hours later, Mr. Fuentes wrote “Thank you Mr. President!”
Europe, don't lag behind, use the frozen Russian assets, you can find a way to reimburse any losses to Belgium if necessary. But deliver the final blow to Russia NOW!!! Don't keep delaying until it's too late
"The Kremlin’s recent economic policies indicate that the Russian economy is doing markedly worse than Putin’s statements seek to suggest"
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 8, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to portray the Russian economy as able to support a protracted war in Ukraine.
understandingwar.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Europe, don't lag behind, use the frozen Russian assets, you can find a way to reimburse any losses to Belgium if necessary. But deliver the final blow to Russia NOW!!! Don't keep delaying until it's too late
Reposted by Joan van der Lingen
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Reposted by Joan van der Lingen
The Android version can be found at
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December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The Android version can be found at
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Daniel Mirer
Flooded parking lot, Utah
Flooded parking lot, Utah
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Daniel Mirer
Flooded parking lot, Utah
Flooded parking lot, Utah
Maybe Trump should do that in front of the cameras to give a good example to the rest of his administration and the American people
Wild that the Secretary of Transportation is out here pretending pull-ups are policy while the rest of us are just trying to make sure bridges don’t collapse and planes don’t fall out of the sky.
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Maybe Trump should do that in front of the cameras to give a good example to the rest of his administration and the American people
I hope there will come a time within the next 3 years when the American people will show Trump/Vance/Miller that this is nót what they want for their country. The time to save your democracy is now
This alone should be investigated by House Democrats
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I hope there will come a time within the next 3 years when the American people will show Trump/Vance/Miller that this is nót what they want for their country. The time to save your democracy is now
If the EU wants to show its strength (and it IS very strong and powerful) they will stick all heads together to find an imminent solution to the problem of Orbán/Hungary. They've been sabotaging us for years, after they used every subsidy and put the money right into the pockets of Orbán
💰SCOOP: Hungary is in advanced talks with Russia on a plan to bypass US sanctions on Serbia’s mostly Russian-owned NIS oil firm by having a Hungarian firm buy shares. My sources say this is foreign minister Péter Szijjártó’s main topic at today’s Moscow trip—just 11 days after Orbán's Kremlin visit.
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If the EU wants to show its strength (and it IS very strong and powerful) they will stick all heads together to find an imminent solution to the problem of Orbán/Hungary. They've been sabotaging us for years, after they used every subsidy and put the money right into the pockets of Orbán
Now that Trump has thrown Europe under the bus it's time to draw your attention once again to this marvellous app. As I still have an iPhone it's that version, but you can also find the Android version online
apps.apple.com/nl/app/buyeu...
apps.apple.com/nl/app/buyeu...
BuyEuropean AI-app - App Store
Download BuyEuropean AI van Felix Graeber in de App Store. Bekijk schermafbeeldingen, beoordelingen en recensies, gebruikerstips en meer games zoals BuyEuropean…
apps.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Now that Trump has thrown Europe under the bus it's time to draw your attention once again to this marvellous app. As I still have an iPhone it's that version, but you can also find the Android version online
apps.apple.com/nl/app/buyeu...
apps.apple.com/nl/app/buyeu...
Prachtige resultaten. Maar Yesilgöz zal reclassering wel te woke vinden
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/o...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/o...
Onderzoek hogeschool Saxion: elke euro in reclassering levert samenleving 2 euro op
Reclasseringswerk levert de samenleving tweemaal zoveel op als het kost. Elke euro voor het begeleiden van verdachten en veroordeelden met als doel recidive te voorkomen, genereert ongeveer 2 euro aan...
www.volkskrant.nl
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Prachtige resultaten. Maar Yesilgöz zal reclassering wel te woke vinden
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/o...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/o...
En wat zal het gevolg zijn van het belonen van fout gedrag? Continue dreiging met crisis? Dat kunnen we echt niet gebruiken
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Informateur Buma zal wel geen hond hebben. Een puppycursus had de formatie kunnen helpen
www.volkskrant.nl
December 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
En wat zal het gevolg zijn van het belonen van fout gedrag? Continue dreiging met crisis? Dat kunnen we echt niet gebruiken
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
It's an absolute disgrace. When I'm in Amsterdam many Americans act like they own the place, but it seems Trump and Vance actually think they do
We've got more than twice the number of people in Europe and who the fuck do you think you are?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
We've got more than twice the number of people in Europe and who the fuck do you think you are?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
European Council president warns US not to interfere in Europe’s affairs
The new US national security strategy codifies a seismic shift in transatlantic relations, say experts
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It's an absolute disgrace. When I'm in Amsterdam many Americans act like they own the place, but it seems Trump and Vance actually think they do
We've got more than twice the number of people in Europe and who the fuck do you think you are?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
We've got more than twice the number of people in Europe and who the fuck do you think you are?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
So now Trump will fill the role himself, not hindered by any knowledge on the situation in the Middle East
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist
Former UK leader loses out on key role in transitional authority after objections from Arab and Muslim nations
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
So now Trump will fill the role himself, not hindered by any knowledge on the situation in the Middle East
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nobody in Europe trusts America anymore. It's a disgrace that Trump is encouraging fascist minority parties in Europe to try and bring down democracy in European countries
62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security.
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Nobody in Europe trusts America anymore. It's a disgrace that Trump is encouraging fascist minority parties in Europe to try and bring down democracy in European countries
Ik zit Pauw en De Wit terug te kijken. Henk Kamp. Eerst benoemt hij de 5 zetels verlies van GL-PvdA in 2025 (de 8 zetels winst in 2023 noemt hij niet).
Ook noemt hij uiteraard niet de 2 verloren verkiezingen op rij, in totaal 12 zetels kwijt, van de VVD.
Kan die man weg?
Ook noemt hij uiteraard niet de 2 verloren verkiezingen op rij, in totaal 12 zetels kwijt, van de VVD.
Kan die man weg?
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Ik zit Pauw en De Wit terug te kijken. Henk Kamp. Eerst benoemt hij de 5 zetels verlies van GL-PvdA in 2025 (de 8 zetels winst in 2023 noemt hij niet).
Ook noemt hij uiteraard niet de 2 verloren verkiezingen op rij, in totaal 12 zetels kwijt, van de VVD.
Kan die man weg?
Ook noemt hij uiteraard niet de 2 verloren verkiezingen op rij, in totaal 12 zetels kwijt, van de VVD.
Kan die man weg?
Reposted by Joan van der Lingen
Completely agree. Sure, Americans voted this guy in but the Republicans in Congress are the reason Trump and his cronies are in office and destroying our democracy. And SCOTUS is an accomplice.
(cartoon from 2022)
(cartoon from 2022)
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Completely agree. Sure, Americans voted this guy in but the Republicans in Congress are the reason Trump and his cronies are in office and destroying our democracy. And SCOTUS is an accomplice.
(cartoon from 2022)
(cartoon from 2022)
Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies
The justices seem likely to allow Trump to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, a ruling that could overturn a nine-decade-old precedent that insulated some agencies from political influence by the executive.
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies
The justices seem likely to allow Trump to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, a ruling that could overturn a nine-decade-old precedent that insulated some agencies from political influence by the executive.
Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s embattled pick as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, said Monday she would leave her post after a federal appeals court ruled last week she was serving unlawfully in the role.
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s embattled pick as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, said Monday she would leave her post after a federal appeals court ruled last week she was serving unlawfully in the role.