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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 3h

Statsbudsjettet: Rekordstor bruk av oljepenger gir forutsigbart mye misnøye fra pressegrupper/partier som ikke har fått sitt. En del mindre kutt vil bli reversert i forhandlingene. Det øker oljepengebruken ytterligere (eller de finner noen juksekutt), siden skattenivået er omtrent låst.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 4h

15 October 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Jacques Wisznia, was born in Paris.

In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Vintage black and white photo of a young boy with neatly combed hair, wearing a sweater and collared shirt.

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 6h

Viktig avsløring fra Politico. Jazzing med gutta blant unge og ikke fullt så unge republikanere. Litt rasisme og Hitler-spøker mellom venner skader vel ingen? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 20h

Andelen som identifiserer seg som ikke-binære faller igjen kraftig på amerikanske universiteter. unherd.com/newsroom/why...

Why are fewer young people identifying as trans?

A surprising shift is taking place in the gender and sexual identities of young Americans. Data from my new Centre for Heterodox Social Science report, “The Decline of Trans and Queer Identity among Y...

unherd.com

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 1d

SSB drøfter i dette ferske notatet problemstillingen at "minstepensjonister" ikke finnes i det nye pensjonssystemet. De foreslår å erstatte med «nedre halvdel av garantipensjonsintervallet». Jeg har en mistanke om at dette ikke vil slå an i den allmenne debatten :-). www.ssb.no/sosiale-forh...

Hvordan definere «minstepensjonist» i ny folketrygd?

Denne rapporten drøfter alternativer til begrepet «minstepensjonist» ettersom dette er en definisjon som tilhørte gammel folketrygd og vil forsvinne ut av pensjonssystemet over tid. Ingen født i 1963 ...

www.ssb.no

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 2d

Er vi sikre på at First har skrevet den pressemeldingen selv?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Trump didn’t just instruct his cronies to look into Letitia James to see what they could rustle up. Instead, he twisted the entire federal government into a shape designed to produce the criminal indictment he demanded. Be shocked, if you still can be.

The Insidious Effort To Rationalize Trump’s Lawfare

This is not a president justified in going after those who went after him. It’s a person making a mockery of our justice system.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 3d

For USA-nerdene er denne litt morsom.

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Tankesmien Civita @civita.bsky.social · 3d

Har bodøværingene blitt stormannsgale?

Les historien om hvordan en av Norges største byer havnet i luksusfellen:

Har bodøværingene blitt stormannsgale?

Dette er historien om hvordan en av Norges største byer havnet i luksusfellen. Bodø kommune er nå kandidat til Sløseriprisen 2025.

www.minerva.no

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

If I’m reading this right — and I’m not 100% sure I am, given the split order — this would appear to bar Trump from *using* the National Guard in Illinois, but not prevent the Texas National Guard from being deployed to Illinois at the base they’re currently in. They don’t have to go home yet.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3d

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals PARTIALLY grants the stay sought by the Trump Administration.

The stay is GRANTED as to federalization of the National Guard.

But it is DENIED as to deployment.

So deployment still BLOCKED, but troops "do not need to return to their home states."

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

ARLINGTON, VA—Saying the Pentagon had acted swiftly on an insider tip about the vessel having a “big adventure” planned, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. military had car...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 4d

Rand Paul om å blåse båter med angivelige narkosmuglere i småbiter. reason.com/2025/10/08/t...

The Constitution does not allow the president to unilaterally blow suspected drug smugglers to smithereens

If the Trump administration wants to use military power, it should seek authorization from Congress, says Sen. Rand Paul.

reason.com

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 4d

Denne støtteerklæringen vil nok veie tungt når Trump saksøker Nobelkomiteen, Kongen og Haaland, og forlanger 18 fantasillioner i erstatning for tort og svie. :-)

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4d

⚡️Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision, wins thanks from Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Trump's peacekeeping efforts and said the Nobel committee's decisions to award the honor to "people who have done nothing for peace" damaged the prize's reputation.

Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision, wins thanks from Trump

Putin praised Trump's peacekeeping efforts and said the Nobel committee's decisions to award the honor to "people who have done nothing for peace" damaged the prize's reputation.

kyivindependent.com

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 4d

Veldig bra at AP har tatt til vettet og snudd angående den ekstremt ulønnsomme Stad-tunellen. "Anti-sløsepartiet" Frp vil fremdeles sløse, akkurat som med Nord-Norge-banen. Jeg har ikke fått med meg om Høyre har turt å mene noe i dag.

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 5d

Stephen Miller er viktigere for Trump de fleste du har hørt mer om. Har publisert en lang artikkel om ham i dag. Dersom du blir skremt, har du oppfattet det riktig. snoen.substack.com/p/trumps-rev...

Trumps ørevisker

Stephen Miller er trolig USAs farligste mann, og visestabssjef i Trumps Hvite hus.

snoen.substack.com

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 5d

Nei. Hun sa at de skulle se på saken igjen når nye kostnadsanslag ble lagt frem.

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Morten Myksvoll @mortenmyksvoll.bsky.social · 5d

Ser fleire saker om fredsprisen som refererer at Trump seier han har stoppa 6-7 krigar. Det er ikkje berre lov å ta med at det ikkje stemmer — det er nødvendig. Poenget med nyheitssaker er å spreie fakta, ikkje løgner. At noko er i sitatform betyr ikkje at det er unntatt frå faktasjekk.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5d

The EU has signaled it won't give in to pressure from Washington to tear up its green rules in order to firm up a deal on tariffs, the bloc’s top trade official has told member countries.

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 5d

Frp vil gjerne snakke om sløsing med offentlige midler. Men når regjeringen endelig har tatt til vettet og stopper Stad-tunnelen, hvem er først på banen og forlanger mer sløsing? e24.no/norsk-oekono...

NRK: Regjeringen skrinlegger Stad skipstunnel

Regjeringen skrinlegger Stad skipstunnel. Tunnelen blir rett og slett for dyr, mener statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap).

e24.no

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 5d

Kommende torsdag snakker Jonas Bals og jeg om det som foregår i USA på Litteraturhuset i Fredrikstad. litthusfred.no/event/usa-pa...

USA på vei mot stupet? | Litteraturhuset Fredrikstad

Donald Trump setter inn militære styrker mot landets egne innbyggere, omtaler innvandrere som skadedyr og trosser domstolenes beslutninger. Denne kvelden stopper vi opp og spør: Hvor er USA på vei?

litthusfred.no

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 5d

The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.

What changed over the past seven months of war in the Middle East?

The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.

reason.com

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 5d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 5d

% who say Donald Trump should / should not be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize

U.S. adults: 25% / 58%

Democrats: 4% / 87%
Independents: 15% / 63%
Republicans: 56% / 24%

October 9 | 2,725 U.S. adults | Margin of error ±3%

Full survey link in reply

Screenshot of a table with the title, "Do you think that Donald Trump should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?"

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