Eelco Meijer
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Keep this in mind when reading the nice articles about the diplomatic tone of Marco Rubio’s remarks in Munich. The deaths of millions and millions of people are on him.
I still think the best way to think of the ending of US AID is as the single worst genocide committed by any one US presidential administration.
even given all the horrific things the US has done, it's not really that close. 750k dead already; expected 14 million.
even given all the horrific things the US has done, it's not really that close. 750k dead already; expected 14 million.
this is exactly why I am absolutely not willing to overlook anyone who was once “advocating for ending USAID” as merely committing a little oopsie-daisy-booboo, by the way
February 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Keep this in mind when reading the nice articles about the diplomatic tone of Marco Rubio’s remarks in Munich. The deaths of millions and millions of people are on him.
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We blijven regering Trump begrijpen door de lens van de Wereld van Gisteren. Die ging over Regels. Cruciaal was consistentie. Daarmee bouwde je geloofwaardigheid op.
De nieuwe wereld gaat over Macht. Dan maakt consistentie niet uit. De regering Trump zegt maar wat.
Die speeches kun je dus negeren
De nieuwe wereld gaat over Macht. Dan maakt consistentie niet uit. De regering Trump zegt maar wat.
Die speeches kun je dus negeren
Rubio zinspeelt op meer samenwerking VS met Slowakije en Hongarije: eerst vriendelijk woorden, zucht van verlichting bij politici, commentatoren en veel media en nu dit. Raken we nooit van onze nativiteit af?
Rubio zinspeelt op meer samenwerking VS met Slowakije en Hongarije
Amerikaanse minister Marco Rubio sprak zondag met premier Robert Fico en president Peter Pellegrini over energie en defensie.
fd.nl
February 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
We blijven regering Trump begrijpen door de lens van de Wereld van Gisteren. Die ging over Regels. Cruciaal was consistentie. Daarmee bouwde je geloofwaardigheid op.
De nieuwe wereld gaat over Macht. Dan maakt consistentie niet uit. De regering Trump zegt maar wat.
Die speeches kun je dus negeren
De nieuwe wereld gaat over Macht. Dan maakt consistentie niet uit. De regering Trump zegt maar wat.
Die speeches kun je dus negeren
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"When Musk & Hegseth argue that a racially diverse nation is inherently weak, they're not returning us to some long-established American tradition from which we've recently strayed. They are, instead, parroting the exact same propaganda that Nazi Germany promoted against America during World War II"
All right, I got mad enough to write a full post about all this:
Diversity Is Our Strength
This morning, Elon Musk – the world's richest man and a key ally to the president of the United States – posted the content below to the white nationalist chat room and CSAM emporium he owns
There's ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
February 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
"When Musk & Hegseth argue that a racially diverse nation is inherently weak, they're not returning us to some long-established American tradition from which we've recently strayed. They are, instead, parroting the exact same propaganda that Nazi Germany promoted against America during World War II"
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Rahman is de best ingevoerde analist van Brussel.
Lijkt me echt goed als hier een autopsie van komt: hoe ontstond nu het beeld bij zoveel NL media dat die speech van Rubio okay was, en zelfs een 'toegestoken hand'? Hebben NL media daar geen mensen rondlopen? Kunnen die nadenken? Met wie praten ze?
Lijkt me echt goed als hier een autopsie van komt: hoe ontstond nu het beeld bij zoveel NL media dat die speech van Rubio okay was, en zelfs een 'toegestoken hand'? Hebben NL media daar geen mensen rondlopen? Kunnen die nadenken? Met wie praten ze?
No senior EU officials I've spoken to have a positive assessment of Rubio's speech. Not one
February 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Rahman is de best ingevoerde analist van Brussel.
Lijkt me echt goed als hier een autopsie van komt: hoe ontstond nu het beeld bij zoveel NL media dat die speech van Rubio okay was, en zelfs een 'toegestoken hand'? Hebben NL media daar geen mensen rondlopen? Kunnen die nadenken? Met wie praten ze?
Lijkt me echt goed als hier een autopsie van komt: hoe ontstond nu het beeld bij zoveel NL media dat die speech van Rubio okay was, en zelfs een 'toegestoken hand'? Hebben NL media daar geen mensen rondlopen? Kunnen die nadenken? Met wie praten ze?
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Not even subtle about it, is she?
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Not even subtle about it, is she?
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Routinized crime against humanity #39. These small boats are not capable of reaching U.S. and non-lethal means of interdiction are available. Where are the JAGs in all this? Surely these are illegal orders to commit murder of civilians?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
New U.S. Boat Strike Kills 3 in the Caribbean
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Routinized crime against humanity #39. These small boats are not capable of reaching U.S. and non-lethal means of interdiction are available. Where are the JAGs in all this? Surely these are illegal orders to commit murder of civilians?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
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"The decisions amount to a sweeping legal rebuke of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Yet the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely even after courts ruled the policy was illegal."
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"The decisions amount to a sweeping legal rebuke of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Yet the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely even after courts ruled the policy was illegal."
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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"Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found."
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found."
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voor die laatste Tesla-rijder die nog denkt dat Musk EV's bouwde vanwege het milieu....
New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>>
floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
February 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
voor die laatste Tesla-rijder die nog denkt dat Musk EV's bouwde vanwege het milieu....
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This is so much worse than what took down Nixon, difference was that then the media did not like Nixon and wasn't trying to help him and today the media is controlled by the Epstein-Oligarch class and so is part of the same conspiracy that Trump is and buries it
This is crazy — why is Pam Bondi *defiantly* awarding privilege to an email that was only between Jeff Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell, about Donald Trump’s relationship with Epstein? www.youtube.com/shorts/eAbuj...
Goldman Presses for Full Epstein Email — Bondi Says “Privileged” | APT
YouTube video by APT
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February 13, 2026 at 3:58 AM
This is so much worse than what took down Nixon, difference was that then the media did not like Nixon and wasn't trying to help him and today the media is controlled by the Epstein-Oligarch class and so is part of the same conspiracy that Trump is and buries it
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As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
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Zeer realistisch voorbeeld hoe toenemend extreem weer een steeds grotere invloed krijgt op de samenleving. In de eerste plaats in Spanje en Portugal, maar ook elders. Enige remedie: stoppen met het verbranden van fossiele brandstoffen en emissies uit de veehouderij! www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Aanhoudend noodweer ten zuiden van Pyreneeën leidt tot crisis in landbouw en lege schappen: ‘Duizenden hectaren zijn overstroomd’
Noodweer: De hevige regenval waar Spanje, Portugal en Marokko al sinds het begin van dit jaar mee kampen, heeft grote gevolgen voor de agrarische sector. In Spanje wordt de schade op drie miljard euro...
www.nrc.nl
February 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Zeer realistisch voorbeeld hoe toenemend extreem weer een steeds grotere invloed krijgt op de samenleving. In de eerste plaats in Spanje en Portugal, maar ook elders. Enige remedie: stoppen met het verbranden van fossiele brandstoffen en emissies uit de veehouderij! www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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"We cannot afford to overcome. We are too busy doing GoFundMes for the funerals of our friends whose previous GoFundmes failed to cover their health care."
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"We cannot afford to overcome. We are too busy doing GoFundMes for the funerals of our friends whose previous GoFundmes failed to cover their health care."
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
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It wasn’t pointless. People are paying attention, and this will not end well for Pam Bondi, Trump or the Republicans. What we are witnessing is a cumulative effect, with each action adding to a growing body of evidence that will eventually erupt and take down this regime.
House Judiciary hearing was largely pointless because Bondi as usual was an obnoxious ass playing to an audience of one, Jordan refused to enforce regular order, and Dems overall didn’t make effective use of the limited opportunities they had.
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
It wasn’t pointless. People are paying attention, and this will not end well for Pam Bondi, Trump or the Republicans. What we are witnessing is a cumulative effect, with each action adding to a growing body of evidence that will eventually erupt and take down this regime.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Moskowitz: "Trump's name appears more times in the Epstein files than God's name appears in the book about God"
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Moskowitz: "Trump's name appears more times in the Epstein files than God's name appears in the book about God"
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BALINT: Was the president aware of Secretary Lutnick's ties to Epstein when he chose him to lead the Department of Commerce?
BONDI: Chris Malen was a Border Patrol agent----
BALINT: So I'm going to conclude that he did know!
BONDI: Shame on you
BALINT: This is pathetic! This is not a game
BONDI: Chris Malen was a Border Patrol agent----
BALINT: So I'm going to conclude that he did know!
BONDI: Shame on you
BALINT: This is pathetic! This is not a game
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
BALINT: Was the president aware of Secretary Lutnick's ties to Epstein when he chose him to lead the Department of Commerce?
BONDI: Chris Malen was a Border Patrol agent----
BALINT: So I'm going to conclude that he did know!
BONDI: Shame on you
BALINT: This is pathetic! This is not a game
BONDI: Chris Malen was a Border Patrol agent----
BALINT: So I'm going to conclude that he did know!
BONDI: Shame on you
BALINT: This is pathetic! This is not a game
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This is it.
Pam Bondi's sole job.
Protect Trump, criminals, and pedophiles.
Pam Bondi's sole job.
Protect Trump, criminals, and pedophiles.
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is it.
Pam Bondi's sole job.
Protect Trump, criminals, and pedophiles.
Pam Bondi's sole job.
Protect Trump, criminals, and pedophiles.
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
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Big tech is overal in het onderwijs. Maar op een basisschool in Zutphen komen de Amerikaanse giganten er niet in
Big tech is overal in het onderwijs, maar op deze basisschool komen Amerikaanse giganten er niet in
www.volkskrant.nl
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Big tech is overal in het onderwijs. Maar op een basisschool in Zutphen komen de Amerikaanse giganten er niet in
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Courage and clarity — wow
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Courage and clarity — wow
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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My quick take after reading FBI's Fulton County affidavit: it's a bunch of discredited recycled BS peddled for years by election deniers and it's appalling that a judge signed off on a warrant for the raid based on the "evidence" presented here
Affidavit for Fulton County FBI raid is out & begins with massive red flag, noting that "criminal investigation originated from referral sent by Kurt Olsen, [Trump's] Director of Election Security & Integrity"
Olsen was leader of 'Stop the Steal' in 2020 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Olsen was leader of 'Stop the Steal' in 2020 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
My quick take after reading FBI's Fulton County affidavit: it's a bunch of discredited recycled BS peddled for years by election deniers and it's appalling that a judge signed off on a warrant for the raid based on the "evidence" presented here