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BREAKING: WHITE FLAG! Historic loser Donald Trump CAVES and says that he'll accept the blue tsunami and will try to work with Democrats.
We won so big that he can't even claim it was rigged this time...
“I am absolutely willing to accept those results,” Trump told The New York Times.
He's already blaming his party's collapse at the ballot box on the candidates themselves, even though exit polls prove that Americans despise Trump and his policies. They're fed up with endless wars, high gas prices, and rampant corruption in the White House.
“We’ll work with the Democrats, and we’ll, you know, look forward to working with them. We’ll probably work something out," Trump added.
Of course, he'll have no choice but to "work" with Democrats because we now control the House and Senate. His somewhat conciliatory reaction to this overwhelming blowout shows that he's worried. He knows that we have subpoena power now and the moment that these new senators and representatives are sworn in, Democrats are going to launch a sprawling wave of investigations into his crimes.
We also can't rule out the possibility that Trump will reverse course, cry foul, and try to claim the election was "stolen" in the coming days. But even then, he won't be able to do a thing now that we've won so big!
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Last night Trump said he could have won Vietnam in a week. His plan was “going after Ho Chi Minh City.”
Ho Chi Minh City was Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Our ally. The enemy’s capital was Hanoi. We bombed it.
He called the presidents who fought that war stupid, then explained how he’d have won it by attacking our own side.
58,220 Americans died in that war. Trump got five deferments. Now he’s telling the rest of us how easy it would have been.
He’s had more than fifty years to learn which side we were on. He still hasn’t. That alone should disqualify him from sending anybody else’s kids to war.
Instead, he’s weighing more strikes on Iran after Tuesday. His administration has reportedly considered using the “mother of all bombs,” the one he calls “like a tiny nuclear bomb.”
The man who thinks we should have bombed our ally’s capital gets to choose the targets.
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𝗪𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗸𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗲𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶̈𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝗱𝗲 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗢 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘁, 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗴 𝗼𝗺.
De NAVO is een defensief bondgenootschap, geen organisatie die landen verovert. Landen worden niet ingelijfd, maar vragen zelf het lidmaatschap aan. Alle NAVO-leden moeten daarmee instemmen. Dat is het soevereine recht van ieder land.
De vermeende Russische angst voor een NAVO-aanval mist bovendien geloofwaardige onderbouwing. Er is geen overtuigend bewijs dat de NAVO plannen had om Rusland aan te vallen. Die dreiging wordt door Poetin juist handig uitgebuit. Als autoritair leider heeft hij baat bij een permanente externe vijand: het voedt nationalisme, rechtvaardigt repressie en helpt zijn macht in stand te houden.
En stel jezelf eens deze eenvoudige vraag: als de NAVO werkelijk van plan was Rusland aan te vallen, waarom hadden zoveel NAVO-landen jarenlang hun defensie zo zwaar verwaarloosd? In 2021 voldeden slechts 7 van de 30 NAVO-landen aan de 2%-norm voor defensie-uitgaven. Dat is niet bepaald het beeld van een bondgenootschap dat zich op een aanvalsoorlog voorbereidt.
De Russische invasie heeft juist bewezen waarom buurlanden bescherming zoeken bij de NAVO.
Sinds wanneer geeft de angst van een dictator hem het recht om andere landen hun vrijheid en bondgenootschappen te ontzeggen?
Wie de NAVO blijft aanwijzen als schuldige, moet eerst uitleggen waarom Rusland Oekraïne is binnengevallen. Want dát is de verantwoordelijkheid waar het werkelijk om gaat.
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We miepen wat af in NL.
Maar we doen het beter dan bijna alle andere landen in de wereld, blijkt uit Global Social Progress Index.
‘Loesje’ schreef jaren geleden al: ‘Als je niet tevreden bent met Nederland, moet je eens in de wereld gaan wonen…’
Rapport:
‘The Netherlands ranks 7th globally on the 2026 Global Social Progress Indexwith an overall score of 88.97 out of 100. [1]
Placed firmly within Tier 1 (the highest tier of social progress), the country stands out for effectively turning its economic resources into high-quality living standards. This aligns with other broad metrics; for instance, the Netherlands was ranked the #1 country in the world for overall Quality of Life’.
Eens?
socialprogress.org/social-pr…
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Thanks to Trump, we Dutch have gone from respecting the United States to shaking our heads in disbelief at what America has become. Every year, on May 4 and 5, we remember the horrors of World War II and celebrate our liberation. We have never forgotten the American soldiers who helped free us from the Nazis. We still honor those who gave their lives on Dutch soil.
And what happened under Trump? American authorities removed memorial panels honoring Black American soldiers at the military cemetery in Margraten, because they feared angering his administration. Imagine that. Men who helped liberate our country, whose sacrifices we still honor more than 80 years later, had their stories taken off display because of Trump's political agenda.
What a fucking disgrace.
We haven't forgotten what those American soldiers did for us. And we won't forget what happened in Margraten either.
It's time for America to turn the page on Trump. We Dutch dealt Geert Wilders an electoral defeat. You Americans have the power to do the same to Trump and his sick, far-right political movement.
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En Moslim, Christen en Jood lopen een bar binnen....
Klinkt als begin van slechte grap, hè?.
Dit is geen grap en zeker geen slecht verhaal.
Luister maar.
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🚨🇺🇸 This may become one of the biggest political and corruption scandals in American history – directly connected to the Kremlin.
According to The New York Times, a $25 billion Alaska gas project discussed in U.S.-Russia talks had alleged secret Russian financing and involved people connected to Trump’s circle.
But if you look at the behavior of the White House from this perspective, the questions become even bigger. Intelligence support for Ukraine was disrupted, NATO and EU allies were attacked rhetorically, Putin was praised, and Starshield restrictions complicated Ukrainian operations.
🇺🇦 And if Musk is so concerned about Russian soldiers, there is a very simple solution: they can stay home in Russia and live. The moment they cross Ukraine’s internationally recognized border, Ukraine has every right to defend itself.
So the real question is: are American interests being sacrificed for Russia-linked business interests?
Share to spread the truth, tell me what you think in the comments, and subscribe to demonstrate your solidarity with Ukraine. 🔥💙💛
#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsCollapsing #MakeRussiaSmallAgain #Ukraine
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If you haven’t watched this yet please do.
I don’t care if you are Republican or Democrat, if this doesn’t move you to vote against the current state of affairs nothing will.
Our grandchildren will watch this clip in history class, to better understand the political climate during Trumpism.
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This Australian's reply to Trump's rant about “NATO not being there for America” is perfect.
"Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage.
You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates.
Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban in Afghanistan thanked you very much for losing again.
And you're calling Greenland poorly run?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no.
'NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years.
And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess.
So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your f----- mouth."
Credit to: Jim Keller
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𝗪𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗽𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗲𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶̈𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗮𝘁.
In 1993 had ik een zaak in Litouwen. Ik sprak er met tal van mensen, bezocht musea en hoorde verhalen die me zijn bijgebleven. De Sovjet-Unie was net uiteengevallen en mensen durfden eindelijk weer vrijuit te spreken over wat hun was aangedaan.
Na de Sovjetannexatie volgden repressie, russificatie, censuur en massadeportaties. Boeken werden vernietigd. Intellectuelen, politieke tegenstanders en vermeende staatsvijanden werden naar Siberië gedeporteerd, vaak onder omstandigheden die hun overlevingskansen dramatisch verkleinden. Hele gezinnen werden ontworteld. Een volk moest niet alleen zijn vrijheid inleveren, maar zag ook zijn nationale identiteit en cultuur onder druk gezet.
En toch hoor je hier mensen doodleuk beweren dat Oekraïne zich maar moet overgeven. Op basis waarvan eigenlijk? Welke garantie bestaat er dat overgave duurzame vrede brengt, dat de bezetter de Oekraïense identiteit respecteert of dat de bevolking haar vrijheid behoudt?
Wie de geschiedenis van de Baltische staten kent, weet dat Russische overheersing geen abstract geopolitiek begrip is. Ze heeft concrete gevolgen gehad voor miljoenen mensen. Litouwers, Letten en Esten weten uit ervaring waarom onafhankelijkheid geen luxe is, maar een fundamenteel recht dat je niet zomaar opgeeft.
Wie Oekraïne tot overgave maant zonder die geschiedenis ernstig te nemen, doet geen realistisch vredesvoorstel. Diegene schuift de risico's en de mogelijke gevolgen van bezetting gewoon door naar de Oekraïners zelf. Het is gemakkelijk om andermans vrijheid op te offeren wanneer je zelf niet onder de bezetter hoeft te leven.
En laten we ook niet doen alsof de geschiedenis ophoudt bij de grens van Oekraïne. De Baltische staten hebben hun onafhankelijkheid niet herwonnen om ooit opnieuw onder Russische heerschappij te belanden. Hun historische ervaringen verklaren hun veiligheidszorgen. Die wegwuiven zonder de feiten te kennen, is geen realisme, maar historische blindheid.
Ik raad iedereen die zo gemakkelijk over Oekraïense overgave praat aan om zich eerst grondig in de geschiedenis te verdiepen. Lees de getuigenissen van overlevenden. Bestudeer de deportaties en de Sovjetrepressie. En stel jezelf vervolgens één ongemakkelijke vraag: zou je zelf bereid zijn je vrijheid, je taal en de toekomst van je kinderen op te geven omdat anderen dat de gemakkelijkste weg naar vrede vinden?
Een vrede die wordt afgedwongen door de vrijheid van het slachtoffer op te offeren, verdient kritische toetsing. Niet de Oekraïners moeten zich verantwoorden omdat ze hun land en vrijheid verdedigen. Wie hun overgave eist, moet uitleggen welke concrete garanties die overgave biedt en wie de prijs betaalt als die garanties niets waard blijken.
#Oekraïne #BaltischeStaten #Litouwen #RussischeGeschiedenis #Sovjetbezetting #Vrijheid #Zelfbeschikking #InternationaalRecht #GeschiedenisDoetErtoe
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THIS IS BARON. Baron is unemployed.
Baron is unemployed, yet somehow managed to rake in a cool $150 million last year.
Baron is unemployed, yet somehow managed to rake in a cool $150 million last year, AND NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN CARES.
Remember when those same Republicans tried to get President Biden IMPEACHED because his son sold paintings for $50,000.
I do.
Hypocrites.
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BREAKING NEWS: Billionaire Sir Richard Branson launches a SCATHING attack on Trump and his disgusting coziness with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
This is EXACTLY the kind of thing that gets under Trump’s skin...
"I never thought I’d have to say this in my lifetime, but it’s 2026, and unfortunately, nothing is the way it used to be," wrote Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, on LinkedIn. "The Trump administration has become an enabler of autocrats and dictators, placing their personal whims ahead of the interests of the American people and the free world. What is it about Putin that makes President Trump fawn over him?"
"How can America’s allies ever trust this administration again, when it is now turning against them in a time of war and suffering?" he asked.
Trump has repeatedly betrayed our Ukrainian allies in recent days. First, he announced a shocking deal with Putin to allow millions of barrels of diesel onto global markets—a move that will inject cash directly into the Russian war machine. Then, he launched a concerted smear campaign against President Zelenskyy, claiming that Putin is "easier to deal with."
The betrayals escalated when Washington failed to provide its customary early warning to Kyiv regarding an imminent Russian ballistic missile attack. Now, it appears the White House has ordered a temporary suspension of Starshield—a military version of Elon Musk’s Starlink, upon which the Ukrainian armed forces rely.
"The throttling of Starlink/Starshield and the inexplicable failure to provide advance warning of Russian missile launches have already led to the needless deaths of Ukrainian civilians," Branson wrote. "How much worse can it get?" "If one thing is clear, it’s that European leaders must move past the initial shock of Trump’s recent actions and step up. This is as much about European freedom as it is about Ukraine’s sovereignty. Both are worth fighting for," he continued. "Every option should now be on the table—from transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, to delivering advanced weapons systems like the German Taurus."
"Why, oh why, is this happening? We cannot allow the free world to be dismantled before our very eyes," Branson concluded.
We couldn’t agree more. Trump is an enemy of Ukraine, an enemy of democracy, and an enemy of the American people. When the Democrats regain power, we will have a major task ahead of us. Every trace of this monstrous man’s legacy must be erased.
Please ❤️ and share if you think Trump is Putin’s puppet!
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Make sure to share this photo across all platforms of one of the Greatest President’s in the history of the United States of America because Trump won’t allow it up be unveiled & hung in the White House because he’s so jealous of him & petty.
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Well said. Fauci is a very wise man with an incredible trackrecord. But people nowadays don't care about facts anymore. They take pride in being stupid and petty and worship total idiots.
A Lifetime of Service Deserves to Be Remembered
Whatever your views on COVID-19, I think it’s important to judge a person’s life by the whole of their contribution, not by a single chapter.
Dr. Anthony Fauci devoted more than 50 years to medicine, science and public service. He directed the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly four decades and advised seven U.S. presidents from both major political parties.
Long before COVID-19, he was widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on infectious diseases. He was one of the many scientists, clinicians and public health leaders whose work during the HIV/AIDS crisis helped transform HIV from what was almost always a death sentence into a manageable chronic disease for millions of people. He also played major roles in advancing research on Ebola, SARS, MERS, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria and many other infectious diseases.
His scientific record is remarkable: more than a thousand peer-reviewed publications, thousands of citations by fellow researchers, and numerous honours, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science. Few physicians will ever have a résumé that approaches his.
That doesn’t mean every decision made during COVID was beyond criticism. Science evolves, evidence changes, and public health decisions made during an unprecedented pandemic continue to be debated. It is entirely reasonable to examine those decisions critically.
But reducing Dr. Fauci’s entire career to political slogans or social media memes ignores a lifetime spent trying to understand disease, improve treatments and save lives.
I admire him not because I think he was infallible—no scientist or doctor is—but because he dedicated his life to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: protecting people from infectious diseases. Whether future historians and the scientific community ultimately agree with every decision he made during COVID or not, his decades of contributions to medicine have already left an extraordinary mark on the world.
That’s the legacy I choose to remember.
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No other president in US History has ever been this rude, insulting or ignorant!
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So yesterday Donald Trump posted a video of him crashing Stephen Colbert's final show, and literally throwing him in the garbage, and of course, I had to FIX it.
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Wat een achterlijk land kunnen we toch zijn.
BREAKING: Brand gesticht bij #AZC in Loosdrecht door sierfakkels. Gaat bijna overslaan naar het gebouw. Geen brandweer in de buurt vooralsnog. Politie voert druk overleg maar grijpt nog niet in.





























