“Trump’s America is not merely indifferent to Europe – it’s positively hostile to it. That has enormous implications for the continent and for Britain, which too many of our leaders still refuse to face.
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The motive hardly matters: whether the US regards the EU as an enemy for transactional or ideological reasons, it now sees it as an enemy.
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[Mark] Rutte warns of war, urging Europe to prepare itself, yet he has nothing to say about the one-time ally across the Atlantic…
We asked over 100 people in sports which leaders they most admire. Here are the top 40 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6945825/2026/01/15/top-leaders-in-sports-2025-most-admired/
Conservative leaders sour on codifying Donald Trump's drug pricing policy
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5734862-conservative-leaders-oppose-trump-drug-pricing-policy/
Chrome: Google kappt Support für älteres macOS
Das vor weniger als fünf Jahren erschienene macOS 12 alias Monterey ist bei Googles Browser bald raus. Sicherheitslücken bleiben bestehen.
https://www.
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Wilco:
🎵 Box Full of Letters
#Wilco
https://thebrotherszero.bandcamp.com/track/box-full-of-letters-wilco
https://open.spotify.com/track/1s7EkHScCg3jvGxxnI7jg0
I’ll let Letterkenny say what I think about this (I thought for sure I had already posted this clip up here, since apparently not, it’s long overdue) https://mastodon.social/@Wraithe/116066743468588206
Wat laten ze zich in de luren leggen.
Rubio is diplomatieker. De toon is anders. Maar de inhoud is even fascistisch.
Europese leiders voorzichtig optimistisch na speech buitenlandminister Rubio https://nos.nl/l/2602403
Steve Bannon, one of the leading figures behind President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement discussed opposition strategies against Pope Francis with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Bannon, a former White House adviser to Trump, told Epstein that he wished to “take down” the leader of the Catholic Church.
In June 2019, Bannon wrote to Epstein: “Will take down Francis. The Clintons, Xi, Francis, EU
– come on brother.”
This exchange came years after Epstein served a lig…
GOP leaders throw cold water on Trump's credit-card push (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/13/congress/trump-credit-cards-thune-johnson-00725061
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p147#a260113p147
Newsom hires former CDC leaders as public health advisers (Joseph Choi/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5649676-newsom-hires-ex-cdc-officials/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p88#a251215p88