𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 𝕮𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖇𝖊 2 Profile picture
🤍💙🤍 Anglo-Saxon Cat; liberal utilitarian; anti-conservatist; anti-trumpist. Continued here: https://t.co/UfyWai58Bs
Feb 25 4 tweets 2 min read
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„ @realDonaldTrump says @VP @JDVance will lead a »war on fraud« [1]” [...] „in Democratic-led »Calif., Mass., Maine« and other states... [2].” 2).
@POTUS's „words follow several SNAP fraud busts in Mass. totaling tens of millions of dollars by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and state Auditor’s Office [3].”

Feb. 24, 2026
Feb 25 7 tweets 2 min read
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„That @realDonaldTrump often lies is, in itself, not proof of irrationality. That he is encouraged to believe his own lies is more serious. Many of the US president’s foreign counterparts deal with the Trump challenge by trying to stoke his vanity. 2).
@SecGenNATO, Mark Rutte, depicts Trump as a »Daddy« who is doing the manly things necessary to keep the family safe. Assuming Rutte does not believe his flattery, the aim is to boost Trump’s ego so as to steer his actions.
Feb 25 4 tweets 1 min read
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„An @NPR investigation [2], published the morning of the president’s State of the Union address, 2).
alleges that @TheJusticeDept withheld dozens of documents from its Epstein release that may pertain to a woman who accused @realDonaldTrump and Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a minor [2].”

Feb. 24, 2026
Feb 24 5 tweets 1 min read
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„In a letter to the Government Accountability Office and the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Democratic Richard @SenatorDurbin said credible whistleblowers told him that »[not only are] the @FBIDirectorKash's 2).
Director’s misuse and mismanagement of these aircraft problematic to taxpayers, they materially harm the mission of the very agency he has sworn to lead«.
Feb 24 7 tweets 2 min read
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„In secret briefings held in Washington and Silicon Valley, national security officials warned executives from companies like Apple, Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm that China was making plans to retake Taiwan, which Beijing has long considered a breakaway territory. 2).
A Chinese blockade of Taiwan, the officials said, could choke the supply of computer chips made on the island and bring the U.S. tech industry to its knees.
Feb 24 5 tweets 1 min read
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„With 264 in favor and 133 opposed, the measure known as the Rotor Act failed to meet the two-thirds threshold required under a fast-track procedure typically used for noncontroversial measures. 2).
The bill requires most aircraft operating in the U.S. to use advanced tracking technology and increases scrutiny of military flights in congested aviation corridors.
Feb 24 7 tweets 2 min read
@ChrisMurphyCT @NTarnopolsky 1).
„Under the Biden administration, Tahnoon’s efforts to get AI hardware had been largely stymied over fears that the sensitive technology could be diverted to China. @ChrisMurphyCT @NTarnopolsky 2).
Of particular concern was one of Tahnoon’s own companies, the AI firm G42, which had stoked alarm among intelligence officials and lawmakers over its close ties to the sanctioned tech giant Huawei and other Chinese firms.
Feb 24 7 tweets 4 min read
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„Im Jahr 2019 hatte Andrew in einem Interview der »BBC Newsnight« Virginia Giuffre (1983–2025) [1] [2] [3] [4] im Fall Epstein widersprochen. Giuffre hatte Andrew beschuldigt, sie als Minderjährige sexuell missbraucht zu haben [3] [5]. 2).
In ihren Schilderungen hatte sie auch erwähnt, dass Andrew beim Tanzen stark geschwitzt habe. Der Prinz behauptete, er habe zum fraglichen Zeitpunkt nicht schwitzen können,
Feb 24 6 tweets 2 min read
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„In a wide-ranging @FT interview on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian president warned that without firm western security guarantees Moscow would use a ceasefire to rebuild its forces for another assault. 2).
@ZelenskyyUa also urged the EU to stop prevaricating and to fix a date for Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, saying it should be as early as 2027.
Feb 24 4 tweets 1 min read
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„Officials working with Donald Trump’s »Board of Peace« are exploring setting up a stablecoin for Gaza as part of efforts to reshape the devastated Palestinian enclave’s economy, according to five people familiar with the discussions.

[...] 2).
Work on the idea is being led by Liran Tancman, an Israeli tech entrepreneur and former reservist who is now working as an unpaid adviser to @realDonaldTrump's »Board of Peace«, the US-led body tasked with rebuilding Gaza, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Feb 24 5 tweets 1 min read
@TomaszJanusz @GrzegorzBraun_ @KoronyPolskiej

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„A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Bombay High Court, seeking action against BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar for allegedly delivering provocative speeches against the Christian community.

[...] @TomaszJanusz @GrzegorzBraun_ @KoronyPolskiej 2).
It requested the court to direct the state to register a First Information Report (FIR) against Padalkar under Sections 153A (promoting enmity between groups), 196 (promoting enmity based on religion, etc), 351 (criminal intimidation),
Feb 24 4 tweets 2 min read
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– „»The US president is waging an all-out war on press freedom and journalism« – said Clayton Weimers, executive director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) USA [1] [2]. – » @realDonaldTrump is a press freedom predator.” 2).
The @POTUS has never concealed his contempt for traditional media such as 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝖄𝖔𝖗𝖐 𝕿𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 (@nytimes), @ABC, @CNN and @NBCNews. Even in his first term he branded them »fake news« and an »enemy of the people«.
Feb 24 5 tweets 1 min read
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Peter Mandelson „has long been criticised for his close relationship with Epstein, with whom he maintained contact even after the financier was convicted of child sex offences in 2008. 2).
A tranche of Epstein’s emails, released by @TheJusticeDept last month, showed that their friendship spanned much of Lord Mandelson’s time in public life and allegedly included conversations about confidential government decisions.

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Feb 23 4 tweets 1 min read
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„No matter how much @realDonaldTrump talks about peace talks, European leaders are wary of a deal that rewards Pootin and heightens the danger from Russia. They want to inflict more pain on Pootin, not ease the pressure at the negotiating table.

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There can be no agreement on the war in Ukraine without considering the broader impact on Europe, for the simple reason that Pootin has tried to justify his war by seeking a new security regime across the continent.”

Feb. 24, 2026
Feb 23 5 tweets 1 min read
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„British police have arrested former cabinet minister Peter Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office because of his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, days after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was detained on similar grounds. 2).
The @UKLabour insider, who was elevated to the House of Lords after decades of senior roles in public life, was seen being arrested at his London home and taken for questioning by police.

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Feb 23 4 tweets 1 min read
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„Monatlich 16 Stück will der französisch-deutsch-spanische Luft- und Raumfahrtkonzern hier dann produzieren. Jeweils fünf Wochen soll es dauern, um einen aus rund 3800 Einzelteilen bestehenden Satelliten fertigzustellen. 2).
Die erste Auslieferung ist für Ende dieses Jahres geplant. Auch eine höhere Rate wäre möglich, betont man bei Airbus. Aus Rücksicht auf die Zulieferer, die sich je zur Hälfte auf Nordamerika und Europa verteilen, bleibe man aber erst mal bei den angestrebten 16 im Monat.”
Feb 23 4 tweets 1 min read
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„The battlefields of eastern Ukraine have become a proving ground for new technologies of death, and for the countermeasures devised to blunt them. 2).
Electronic warfare saturates the front, jamming signals and forcing drone operators into a contest of adaptation, troops and analysts say.

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Gone are mechanised columns that mounted the armoured assaults in the first year of the full-scale war.”

Feb. 23, 2026
Feb 23 4 tweets 1 min read
@TheMaineWonk @mike_deal1 1).
„ @Kash_Patel put up an unbothered front after he was caught partying with Olympians on taxpayers’ dime. @TheMaineWonk @mike_deal1 @Kash_Patel 2).
The @FBIDirectorKash, 45, stirred an uproar Sunday when he was caught reveling with Team USA after they emerged victorious in their highly anticipated match against Team Canada.
Feb 23 5 tweets 3 min read
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This is not Vladivostok [1]; this photo below from 2007 shows one of the last trams in Astrakhan [2]. Tram transport in this city operated from 1900 to 2007 [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. 3).
Decision to eliminate urban rail transit contributed to Astrakhan being recognized as the worst city in the RF in terms of urban transport in 2021 [9]. However, from 2023 onwards the situation is gradually improving [10].
Feb 23 8 tweets 4 min read
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„The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. 2).
They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.”

Paraphrase from 1940 of a fragment of the Book of Hosea (8:7) by the Air marshal of the RAF Bomber Command (@RoyalAirForce), Sir Arthur „Butch” Harris (1892–1984) [1] [2] [3].
Feb 22 5 tweets 2 min read
@BBCWorld @Shayan86 1).
„Violence erupts after Mexican security forces kill drug cartel boss «El Mencho« [1] [2] [3] [4]” @BBCWorld @Shayan86 2).
„The military operation against Oseguera [1] follows a pressure campaign from the @realDonaldTrump administration on Mexican President @Claudiashein's government to ramp up its crackdown on drug trafficking, including U.S. threats to intervene directly in Mexico [5].”