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Jokainen taloiden mittari on punaisella, koska oikeisto on päässyt viimeinkin tekemään pidäkkeittä sitä politiikkaa, jota se haluaa. Meillä on hallitus, jonka politiikka on silkkaa painajaista kaikille muille, paitsi kouralliselle rikkaita, jotka saavat verohelpotuksia. yle.fi/a/74-20253481

Orpon puhtaan talousoikeistolainen vaalikausi jää historiaan peruttujen ilmastotoimien, suurtyöttömyyden ja heikon kasvun myötä kasvaneeseen julkiseen velkaantumiseen. Vaalien kysymys pitäisi olla, kannattaako tätä todella jatkaa ja mitä tilalle. Ei, miten tätä jatketaan isommalla annoksella.

The question isn't 'can Europe defend itself'. It's 'does Europe, collectively, want to defend itself'

Standards of US diplomacy have degraded a bit

The bestest president ever loves Denmark now, based on airy deals from one of his two brain cells. Saturday he wanted more immigrants from non shit house countries like Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Sunday he didn’t want any immigrants from Norway. My Norway is now, officially a shit house country.

🚨 EXPLOSIONS! Kyiv is under ballistic missile attack. Russians targeted thermal power plants.

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Bolsonaro is summoned by federal police to turn in his passport oglobo.globo.com/politica/ele...

Flavio Bolsonaro loses his immunity since he did not run for re-election as Senator. Flavio Bolsonaro is widely expected to flee to the United States

Russian operatives set fire to a Romanian arms factory a month ago states Romanian intelligence services. informat.ro/en/current-a...

🔥 One of the results of a Ukrainian missile strike on a russian military base. The strike reportedly caused severe destruction to the facility.

"The CLAAAAAW!" Ukraine is using drones with mechanical claws to recover downed drones to make repairs or salvage parts.

New satellite imagery shows Russia expanding Geran drone infrastructure at Hvardiiske airfield in occupied Crimea. More than 20 earth-protected shelters and around 40 smaller garages are being built for storage, maintenance and launch preparation. #Ukraine

🇷🇸 Serbia's election-winning Student List vows to halt arms exports reaching Ukraine via Western intermediaries, Reuters reports. It also rejects EU sanctions on Russia. Jovo Bakić calls Moscow a "historic partner and protector."

Back to the attack on the university campus in Kyiv. These students were on the same route and lucky for them they were not nearer the dormitory, when a missile exploded ahead of them. #RussiaIsATerroristState

This chart is insane. This shows Russia's casualties over time compared to Russia's territorial gains in Ukraine over the last five years. No sane or rational person would say continuing the war to try and take more of Ukraine's territory is worth the casualties.

russian missiles hit a #Kyiv university campus, a park, the metro area and residential buildings, causing casualties, injuries, trapped victims and extensive damage. Rescue operations continue; further strikes, including "suicide drones," are possible.

This is what the US, China, and Russia cooperating in an effort to end the rules-based international order looks like

Daily truck traffic from Rostov Oblast to occupied Crimea via the R-280 highway has fallen from around 2,000 to just 800–1,000, a decline of 50–60% since Ukraine launched its mid-range strike campaign against Russia’s land corridor to Crimea in May 2026.

President Zelenskyy's planned visit to Brussels this week for high-level talks with the US, EU and NATO has reportedly been cancelled. Dmytro Lytvyn, Zelenskyy's comms adviser, told reporters on Monday that Kyiv could no longer confirm the visit because of changes to the American side's plans.

Swiss court finds Belarusian man guilty over disappearance of Lukashenko opponent reut.rs/4BqF8I1

Koulutus tuottaa valtion kassaan moninkertaisesti siihen asetetut investoinnit keskipitkällä ja pitkällä aikavälillä. Miksi kuuntelemme sellaista valtionvarainministeriötä, joka sanoo koulutusleikkausten olevan taloudellisesti järkeviä? Hehän vain osoittavat haluavansa ajaa taloutta alas.

“but surely the far-right power grab in MY country will be different”

It's remarkable to me that, even as France, Germany and Spain flirt with the temptation of far-right rule, voters with long-term experience of it in Poland, Hungary and now Serbia have gone to such great efforts to rid themselves of it.

In yesterday’s deserved euphoria over Vucic’s defeat and Lula’s knife-edge re-election, no one noticed that Bulgaria held presidential elections. The pro-Russian incumbent underperformed and the pro-EU challenger beat the polls but turnout was a paltry 20%. Impossible to guess how the runoff will go

If you wonder why Im only classifying them by geopolitical stance and suspect this buries nuance, consider this: the pro-Ru incumbent’s main message going forward: “we will spread our message of peace” and her backer, the PM: “on Sunday we will choose peace or war”. This is a geopolitical election!

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Good grief

Pro-Kremlin candidates 52%

OMG, both political extremes in France are pro-Putin and against supporting the struggle for justice, rule-of-law or democracy of Ukraine. And this country would provide Europe's new nuclear umbrella? This is all very bad for the unity, strength and, ultimately, values of Europe.

This is what Lyman in the Donetsk region looks like right now. Another small town that the Russians continue to turn into ruins. Unfortunately, people still remain in the city, mostly living in basements.

Food and water have long been gone. Ukrainian soldiers share their scarce provisions with them, which they receive via drone deliveries.

Any talks/negotiations about a post-war security arrangement for Europe need to start from the indisputable fact that Russia’s neighbours have an acute need of protection from Russia whereas Russia has no demonstrable need for protection (and it already has nukes for that).