Securitas
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I spend too much time tweeting about security issues and geopolitics. Not a professional. Occasional posts in German.
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· Mar 16
"The president continued, offering a threat: “So maybe we have to look at the judges, because that’s very serious. I think it’s a very serious violation.”"
"Today, the world’s richest man shared an X post identifying the daughter of the judge who ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze [...]"
"Today, the world’s richest man shared an X post identifying the daughter of the judge who ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze [...]"
Trump Threatens to 'Look At' Judges Blocking Musk's DOGE Actions
Trump is defying court rulings against Elon Musk’s DOGE project, threatening judges, and dismissing concerns about conflicts of interest.
www.rollingstone.com
Repeat after me: Hostile takeover. End of rule of law. Dictatorship.
This is where you are headed, America.
This is where you are headed, America.
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Russia unleashed another massive barrage of missiles and drones on Kyiv overnight, knocking out power, water and heating to much of the Ukrainian capital and plunging it deeper into crisis amid the harshest winter of the war.
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Russia knocks out power, heating and water to Ukraine’s freezing capital
[FREE TO READ] Missile and drone barrage unleashed on Kyiv comes hours after Donald Trump invited Vladimir Putin to join his ‘Board of Peace’
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January 20, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Russia unleashed another massive barrage of missiles and drones on Kyiv overnight, knocking out power, water and heating to much of the Ukrainian capital and plunging it deeper into crisis amid the harshest winter of the war.
as.ft.com/r/57c18f60-4...
as.ft.com/r/57c18f60-4...
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Yes, it’s a confirmation of what everyone said would happen. But a confirmation is still useful.
“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Yes, it’s a confirmation of what everyone said would happen. But a confirmation is still useful.
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Sicherheitspolitische Debatten im deutschsprachigen Europa leiden unter einem fundamentalen Wahrnehmungsdefizit: Militärische Bedrohungsszenarien bleiben abstrakte Gedankenspiele, nicht existenzielle Fragen von Leib, Leben und Wohlstand.
January 20, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Sicherheitspolitische Debatten im deutschsprachigen Europa leiden unter einem fundamentalen Wahrnehmungsdefizit: Militärische Bedrohungsszenarien bleiben abstrakte Gedankenspiele, nicht existenzielle Fragen von Leib, Leben und Wohlstand.
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No wonder Trump treats Europe as a vassal, because European leaders act like vassals.
"Yes my liege, of course my liege, why your boots are so tasty my liege"
"Yes my liege, of course my liege, why your boots are so tasty my liege"
Mark Rutte: where’s daddy?
Posting your private sycophantic notes on Truth Social…
Posting your private sycophantic notes on Truth Social…
January 20, 2026 at 7:38 AM
No wonder Trump treats Europe as a vassal, because European leaders act like vassals.
"Yes my liege, of course my liege, why your boots are so tasty my liege"
"Yes my liege, of course my liege, why your boots are so tasty my liege"
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A Kyiv resident shared how he stays warm inside a tent in his apartment, without electricity or heating.
"This is how we slept. It’s very warm and cozy here.Since we only have power for about an hour a day, I’m afraid that during the other 23 hours it could freeze and turn to ice."
📹: Hromadske
"This is how we slept. It’s very warm and cozy here.Since we only have power for about an hour a day, I’m afraid that during the other 23 hours it could freeze and turn to ice."
📹: Hromadske
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 AM
A Kyiv resident shared how he stays warm inside a tent in his apartment, without electricity or heating.
"This is how we slept. It’s very warm and cozy here.Since we only have power for about an hour a day, I’m afraid that during the other 23 hours it could freeze and turn to ice."
📹: Hromadske
"This is how we slept. It’s very warm and cozy here.Since we only have power for about an hour a day, I’m afraid that during the other 23 hours it could freeze and turn to ice."
📹: Hromadske
We can safely assume an acceleration of influence campaigns in other European countries, too - Americans are trying hard to support far right, extremist wings and parties in "allied" countries.
It will be interesting seeing those parties handle his policy of conquest in Europe.
It will be interesting seeing those parties handle his policy of conquest in Europe.
Trump deploys US diplomats in Paris to threaten the magistrate handling the corruption case against Marine Le Pen.
January 20, 2026 at 7:09 AM
We can safely assume an acceleration of influence campaigns in other European countries, too - Americans are trying hard to support far right, extremist wings and parties in "allied" countries.
It will be interesting seeing those parties handle his policy of conquest in Europe.
It will be interesting seeing those parties handle his policy of conquest in Europe.
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Trump deploys US diplomats in Paris to threaten the magistrate handling the corruption case against Marine Le Pen.
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Trump deploys US diplomats in Paris to threaten the magistrate handling the corruption case against Marine Le Pen.
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"The U.S. has quietly completed its withdrawal from al-Asad air base in Iraq’s Anbar Province, the Iraq Defense Ministry said, bringing to a close more than two decades of American military presence in the western part of the country."
@defensenews.bsky.social
www.defensenews.com/news/pentago...
@defensenews.bsky.social
www.defensenews.com/news/pentago...
US completes withdrawal from al-Asad airbase, Iraq says
The move brings to a close more than two decades of American military presence in the western part of the country.
www.defensenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:27 AM
"The U.S. has quietly completed its withdrawal from al-Asad air base in Iraq’s Anbar Province, the Iraq Defense Ministry said, bringing to a close more than two decades of American military presence in the western part of the country."
@defensenews.bsky.social
www.defensenews.com/news/pentago...
@defensenews.bsky.social
www.defensenews.com/news/pentago...
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Wenn ich lese, wie sich die baltischen Staaten, Norwegen, Finnland, Schweden oder Polen seit dem 24.2.2022 mit einem Krieg auseinandersetzen, vermisse ich ein Mal mehr das Informieren und Handeln hierzulande.
Norwegen: Staat kündigt Beschlagnahmung von Eigentum im Kriegsfall an
13.500 Norweger erhalten Post von den Streitkräften: Im Krisen- oder Kriegsfall könnten bestimmte private Vermögenswerte beschlagnahmt werden. Eine Maßnahme, die zeigt, wie ernst Oslo den Ernstfall pl...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Wenn ich lese, wie sich die baltischen Staaten, Norwegen, Finnland, Schweden oder Polen seit dem 24.2.2022 mit einem Krieg auseinandersetzen, vermisse ich ein Mal mehr das Informieren und Handeln hierzulande.
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Good diplomatic reasons for Europeans to try to appeal for calm and work it out behind the scenes with the US.
But just this morning Trump posted pictures of him putting the flag on Greenland, and presenting his conquests of Greenland and Canada to European leaders.
But just this morning Trump posted pictures of him putting the flag on Greenland, and presenting his conquests of Greenland and Canada to European leaders.
January 20, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Good diplomatic reasons for Europeans to try to appeal for calm and work it out behind the scenes with the US.
But just this morning Trump posted pictures of him putting the flag on Greenland, and presenting his conquests of Greenland and Canada to European leaders.
But just this morning Trump posted pictures of him putting the flag on Greenland, and presenting his conquests of Greenland and Canada to European leaders.
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The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
Tidligere forsvarssjef om Trumps USA: – Neo-fascistisk bananrepublikk (+)
Tidligere forsvarssjef Sverre Diesen mener USA er blitt «en normløs og fiendtlig innstilt stormakt», og advarer samtidig mot å feste vår lit til Europa. Harald Sunde mener det haster med en plan B.
www.dn.no
January 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
@rikefranke.bsky.social is right. Do read this piece.
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
@rikefranke.bsky.social is right. Do read this piece.
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“Americans are neither materially nor psychologically ready for this future. They have grown accustomed to the world operating in a certain way: Largely agreeable and militarily passive European and Asian allies cooperate with the United States on economic and security issues”
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“Americans are neither materially nor psychologically ready for this future. They have grown accustomed to the world operating in a certain way: Largely agreeable and militarily passive European and Asian allies cooperate with the United States on economic and security issues”
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An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Einer der besten deutschen Journalisten im Bereich Sicherheitspolitik wird in diesen Zeiten sicherlich kein irrelevantes Buch geschrieben haben. Könnte vielleicht was für euch sein.
Heute erreicht mich diese Meldung meines Verlags.
Sechs Wochen noch, kein Tag zu früh für dieses Buch, an dem mir sehr viel liegt.
Vorbestellen könnt Ihr es hier, oder besser noch in Eurer lokalen Buchhandlung:
shorturl.at/qf6Zw
Sechs Wochen noch, kein Tag zu früh für dieses Buch, an dem mir sehr viel liegt.
Vorbestellen könnt Ihr es hier, oder besser noch in Eurer lokalen Buchhandlung:
shorturl.at/qf6Zw
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Einer der besten deutschen Journalisten im Bereich Sicherheitspolitik wird in diesen Zeiten sicherlich kein irrelevantes Buch geschrieben haben. Könnte vielleicht was für euch sein.
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Beijing watching a completely mentally unstable U.S. President reorient all U.S. foreign policy to coerce Brussels:
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Beijing watching a completely mentally unstable U.S. President reorient all U.S. foreign policy to coerce Brussels:
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If Washington keeps going down this path, Europeans will become (a) more hostile towards America and (b) more friendly towards China. And as a bonus, European middle powers will develop nuclear weapons
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If Washington keeps going down this path, Europeans will become (a) more hostile towards America and (b) more friendly towards China. And as a bonus, European middle powers will develop nuclear weapons
Trump isn't focused on a "Russian threat". He is using this phrase as an excuse because he believes he can sell his imperial ambitions better this way.
Trump is a notorious liar, you need to treat him as such.
Trump is a notorious liar, you need to treat him as such.
Question in Copenhagen: why is Trump focussed on a Russian threat that doesn't exist (in Greenland) as opposed to one where it does (Ukraine)?
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Trump isn't focused on a "Russian threat". He is using this phrase as an excuse because he believes he can sell his imperial ambitions better this way.
Trump is a notorious liar, you need to treat him as such.
Trump is a notorious liar, you need to treat him as such.
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Dass Trump ein idealtypischer Narzisst ist, ist inzwischen ein Allgemeinplatz. Die Bestrafungs- und Belohnungslogik, nach der er handelt, bringt aber auch seinen zutiefst autoritären Charakter zum Ausdruck.
Über den autoritären Charakter hatte ich in der Pandemie einen kurzen Artikel geschrieben: +
Über den autoritären Charakter hatte ich in der Pandemie einen kurzen Artikel geschrieben: +
Diktaturfans auf deutschen Straßen
Die Anti-Corona-Proteste kommen in einem antiautoritären Gewand daher - als Widerstand gegen einen Staat, der zur Diktatur verkommt. Doch das ist mehr Schein als Sein, meint Elvira Rosert.
www.nd-aktuell.de
January 19, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Dass Trump ein idealtypischer Narzisst ist, ist inzwischen ein Allgemeinplatz. Die Bestrafungs- und Belohnungslogik, nach der er handelt, bringt aber auch seinen zutiefst autoritären Charakter zum Ausdruck.
Über den autoritären Charakter hatte ich in der Pandemie einen kurzen Artikel geschrieben: +
Über den autoritären Charakter hatte ich in der Pandemie einen kurzen Artikel geschrieben: +
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45% in Europe (EU10) see China as "a necessary partner", 51% say the same about the US. Impressive numbers.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests
Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
45% in Europe (EU10) see China as "a necessary partner", 51% say the same about the US. Impressive numbers.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And we thought the crazy stuff was in history books only.
January 19, 2026 at 9:20 AM
And we thought the crazy stuff was in history books only.
Imagining a scenario where Trump gets pulled out of office and officially diagnosed with dementia. How many enablers and members of the GOP will excuse all of his behavior with the diagnose and proceed as normal - never looking at their own decisions?
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Imagining a scenario where Trump gets pulled out of office and officially diagnosed with dementia. How many enablers and members of the GOP will excuse all of his behavior with the diagnose and proceed as normal - never looking at their own decisions?
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🔴 The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Kyiv plays out on a whole new scale.
As temperatures steady at around −15°C ❄️, people are trying to survive in unheated flats, with very little running water, only a couple of hours of electricity each day, and the threat of renewed russian attacks.
As temperatures steady at around −15°C ❄️, people are trying to survive in unheated flats, with very little running water, only a couple of hours of electricity each day, and the threat of renewed russian attacks.
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
🔴 The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Kyiv plays out on a whole new scale.
As temperatures steady at around −15°C ❄️, people are trying to survive in unheated flats, with very little running water, only a couple of hours of electricity each day, and the threat of renewed russian attacks.
As temperatures steady at around −15°C ❄️, people are trying to survive in unheated flats, with very little running water, only a couple of hours of electricity each day, and the threat of renewed russian attacks.
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent