Robert Bas
@rpbas.bsky.social
(Ex)journalist (NOS, ANP, AD, Havenloods). Speelt Bandoneon & tuba. NL’er, maar woont nu in Sibiu/Hermannstadt in Transsylvanië (Roemenië)
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
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Musk's app now removing community notes on the posts of Putin's propagandists.
"For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
"For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Musk's app now removing community notes on the posts of Putin's propagandists.
"For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
"For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
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Son of president who shut down US corruption watchdogs slams Ukraine for corruption #Ukraine
Son of president who shut down US corruption watchdogs slams Ukraine for corruption
kyivindependent.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Son of president who shut down US corruption watchdogs slams Ukraine for corruption #Ukraine
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Kremlin tevreden over Trumps Security Strategy, ze haddrn het zelf kunnen schrijven
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view
The U.S. National Security Strategy described Trump's vision as one of "flexible realism."
www.reuters.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Kremlin tevreden over Trumps Security Strategy, ze haddrn het zelf kunnen schrijven
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7 December 1939 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Joan Vintura, was born in Amsterdam.
In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
7 December 1939 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Joan Vintura, was born in Amsterdam.
In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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🇺🇦🇳🇱🇧🇪🇱🇺 Gezamenlijke verklaring Oekraïne, Nederland, België en Luxemburg n.a.v. bijeenkomst OVSE:
▪️ Rusland moet onmiddellijk een einde maken aan zijn agressieoorlog tegen Oekraïne.
▪️ Rusland moet verantwoording afleggen voor alle misdaden die tegen Oekraïne en zijn bevolking zijn gepleegd.
▪️ Rusland moet onmiddellijk een einde maken aan zijn agressieoorlog tegen Oekraïne.
▪️ Rusland moet verantwoording afleggen voor alle misdaden die tegen Oekraïne en zijn bevolking zijn gepleegd.
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🇺🇦🇳🇱🇧🇪🇱🇺 Gezamenlijke verklaring Oekraïne, Nederland, België en Luxemburg n.a.v. bijeenkomst OVSE:
▪️ Rusland moet onmiddellijk een einde maken aan zijn agressieoorlog tegen Oekraïne.
▪️ Rusland moet verantwoording afleggen voor alle misdaden die tegen Oekraïne en zijn bevolking zijn gepleegd.
▪️ Rusland moet onmiddellijk een einde maken aan zijn agressieoorlog tegen Oekraïne.
▪️ Rusland moet verantwoording afleggen voor alle misdaden die tegen Oekraïne en zijn bevolking zijn gepleegd.
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This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
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Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
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Dit is het leger waar we ons aan vastklampen
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Dit is het leger waar we ons aan vastklampen
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En ja hoor, daar is Rotterdam weer. @eevaliukku.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
En ja hoor, daar is Rotterdam weer. @eevaliukku.bsky.social
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A scientific journal retracted a study which found that glyphosate — the active ingredient in one of the most widely used herbicides on the planet — does not pose a human health risk, igniting a debate over the chemical’s possible link to cancer.
A retracted study on Roundup reignites debate over its potential cancer risk
The 2000 study in the scientific journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology had concluded that the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, did not pose a cancer risk to humans.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A scientific journal retracted a study which found that glyphosate — the active ingredient in one of the most widely used herbicides on the planet — does not pose a human health risk, igniting a debate over the chemical’s possible link to cancer.
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Tategate: How a Human Trafficking Suspect Was Protected by Trump’s Whitehouse. #SpookyConnections #3E #EndImpunity
Tategate: How a Human Trafficking Suspect Was Protected by Trump’s Whitehouse
Uncovering how Andrew Tate’s trafficking case became entangled with the Trump White House, foreign influence networks, and the vulnerabilities of U.S. federal institutions. Examines DHS interference, ...
spookyconnections.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Tategate: How a Human Trafficking Suspect Was Protected by Trump’s Whitehouse. #SpookyConnections #3E #EndImpunity
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Thread on the huge shift in US policy towards Russia visible in the new National Security Strategy - the biggest change since the collapse of the USSR. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Thread on the huge shift in US policy towards Russia visible in the new National Security Strategy - the biggest change since the collapse of the USSR. 🧵
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Trump has no real peace plan. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Russia just to make business deals with the Russians to enrich themselves and their friends in exchange for selling out Ukraine and NATO countries.
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Trump has no real peace plan. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Russia just to make business deals with the Russians to enrich themselves and their friends in exchange for selling out Ukraine and NATO countries.
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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🇺🇸🇪🇺 US may partially "withdraw" from NATO by 2027, — Reuters
Washington demands that Europe take over most of NATO's conventional defense functions — from intelligence to missiles — by 2027
Washington demands that Europe take over most of NATO's conventional defense functions — from intelligence to missiles — by 2027
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🇺🇸🇪🇺 US may partially "withdraw" from NATO by 2027, — Reuters
Washington demands that Europe take over most of NATO's conventional defense functions — from intelligence to missiles — by 2027
Washington demands that Europe take over most of NATO's conventional defense functions — from intelligence to missiles — by 2027
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🦅🔥 Unmanned systems forces hit Syzran oil refinery.
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🦅🔥 Unmanned systems forces hit Syzran oil refinery.
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Washington has been privately pressing European governments to block an EU proposal to deploy immobilized Russian funds for Ukraine’s financing needs, according to European diplomats quoted by Bloomberg. euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/05/u...
US presses EU states to reject Plan using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine — Bloomberg
Washington has been privately pressing European governments to block an EU proposal to deploy immobilized Russian funds for Ukraine’s financing needs, according to European diplomats quoted by…
euromaidanpress.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Washington has been privately pressing European governments to block an EU proposal to deploy immobilized Russian funds for Ukraine’s financing needs, according to European diplomats quoted by Bloomberg. euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/05/u...
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Vorige week zegde Mona Keijzer Nieuwsuur af over dit zelfde onderwerp omdat ze ook een vraag kon krijgen over haar gekat op de NOS. Dat gedrag wordt beloond, want nu kan ze over haar plan ouwehoeren bij een andere talkshow.
Vanavond in Pauw & De Wit: Marco Borsato werd vandaag vrijgesproken. Geert-Jan en Carry Knoops schuiven aan. We praten met Mona Keijzer over haar nieuwe voorstel om Oekraïense vluchtelingen na 2027 mee te laten draaien als volwaardige burgers. En Renske Leijten over de formatie.
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Vorige week zegde Mona Keijzer Nieuwsuur af over dit zelfde onderwerp omdat ze ook een vraag kon krijgen over haar gekat op de NOS. Dat gedrag wordt beloond, want nu kan ze over haar plan ouwehoeren bij een andere talkshow.
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Russia is falsely claiming to have captured Dobropillia near Huliaipole, according to the Ukrainian General Staff. A Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group infiltrated the village outskirts, taking advantage of bad weather. The group has since been eliminated.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Russia is falsely claiming to have captured Dobropillia near Huliaipole, according to the Ukrainian General Staff. A Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group infiltrated the village outskirts, taking advantage of bad weather. The group has since been eliminated.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon released an 84-page report on Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss military strikes. It found he risked putting troops in danger.
Pentagon releases report on Hegseth’s Signal chats
The agency watchdog investigated whether the Defense secretary violated the agency’s standards for sharing classified information and put troops in danger.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon released an 84-page report on Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss military strikes. It found he risked putting troops in danger.