@TheAtlantic @anneapplebaum 1).
„Christian nationalists want a religious state to replace our secular one. Tech authoritarians want a dictatorship of engineers, led by a monarchical CEO. @elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump might prefer an oligarchy that serves their business interests.
@TheAtlantic @anneapplebaum @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump 2).
[...] @elonmusk has personally taken it upon himself to destroy organizations built over decades to promote democracy and oppose Russian, Iranian, and Chinese influence around the world. For example, he described the journalists of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [1],
@TheAtlantic @anneapplebaum @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump 3).
who take extraordinary risks to report in Russia, Belarus, and in autocracies across Eurasia, as »radical left crazy people [2]«.”
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The @TheJusticeDept decision to drop corruption charges against @NYCMayor Eric Adams is one of the most corrupt acts by the federal law enforcement agency in its history.
@RonFilipkowski @TheJusticeDept @NYCMayor 2).
»A citizen who took bribes from men in power was not only corrupt in the common sense of the word, but corrupt in the classical;
@RonFilipkowski @TheJusticeDept @NYCMayor 3).
he was liable to become dependent on that source of supply and, like the soldiers of the late Roman Republic, to degenerate from a citizen into a client [1]«
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Nov. 15, 2023, @RepClayHiggins (@CaptClayHiggins) floated an unfounded conspiracy theory
@RonFilipkowski @RepClayHiggins @CaptClayHiggins 2).
that violence at the Jan. 6 protests were caused by @FBI agents infiltrating the protests through »ghost buses« and posing as @realDonaldTrump supporters [1].
@RonFilipkowski @RepClayHiggins @CaptClayHiggins @FBI @realDonaldTrump 3).
On March 19, 2024, Higgins voted NAY to House Resolution 149 Condemning the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation. He was one of nine Republicans to do so [2]”.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The South African government has denied its new law is tied to race and says Trumpʼs claims over the country and the law have been full of misinformation and distortions.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
@realDonaldTrump said land was being expropriated from Afrikaners – which the order referred to as »racially disfavored landowners« – when no land has been taken under the law. Trump also announced a plan to offer Afrikaners refugee status in the U.S.
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 3).
They are only one part of South Africaʼs white minority.
Influential Trump adviser @elonmusk – who was raised in South Africa – has also criticized South Africa’s government and claimed it is anti-white for years, although some have questioned his motivations.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„ @claudiatenney (@RepTenney) (R-N.Y.) wants @POTUS @realDonaldTrump's birthday to be a federal holiday.
@RonFilipkowski @claudiatenney @RepTenney @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
On Friday, the N.Y. congresswoman introduced in a news release what she called »Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act«, which would »permanently codify« June 14 as a federal holiday called »Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day«, according to the release.
@RonFilipkowski @claudiatenney @RepTenney @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 3).
The bill is listed as H.R. 1395 on the official U.S. Congress website.
@realDonaldTrump, who was born on June 14, 1946, shares the day with Flag Day, which celebrates the adoption of the American flag on June 14, 1777.
@yashar @Shayan86 1).
„The UK Foreign Office (@FCDOGovUK) advises against all travel to Iran, saying British and British-Iranian dual nationals are at »significant risk of arrest, questioning or detention«.
@yashar @Shayan86 @FCDOGovUK 2).
Having a British passport or connections to the UK »can be reason enough for the Iranian authorities to detain you«, it adds.
Mr and Mrs Foreman were heading for Australia on their journey across the globe and had crossed into Iran from Armenia on 30 Dec.
@yashar @Shayan86 @FCDOGovUK 3).
They planned to be in Pakistan by 4 January. After staying in the cities of Tabriz, Tehran and Isfahan, accompanied by a tour guide, they travelled on to Kerman, in east-central Iran, but never checked into their hotel there.
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„ @realDonaldTrump Is Rushing Toward a Deal With Pootin, Leaving Europe in the Dust
The groans and the anxious side glances gave way to silence as Vice President @JDVance took center stage in Munich to pour contempt on longstanding US allies and cut Europe down to size.
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It was an attack of unbridled ferocity in the name of free speech that laid bare the long-stewing hostility that @realDonaldTrump and his most senior aides feel for the EU – they see the bloc as a symbol of big government that constrains US companies.
@realDonaldTrump 3).
French President @EmmanuelMacron is looking to convene an emergency meeting of European leaders in an attempt to come up with a response.