Jon S. Olsen

Jon S. Olsen

@jonso.no

From Norway. Former photojournalist, now an IT sysadmin. Passionate about photo, tech, news, and politics. Have followed US politics for almost a decade. Still can’t understand how Americans managed to elect the moron Donald Trump as president - twice!

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President Zelensky thanked Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb for their unwavering support and daily attention to protecting lives. “Together we are stronger,” he said, also thanking Norway and Finland. #Ukraine

I’m from Norway, and I’ve deleted all my accounts on US-based social media platforms except Bluesky, which I still trust—for now. I’m looking forward to seeing European alternatives emerge. We simply can’t trust tech companies that have rolled over for the Trump administration.

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My take from the Smith hearings: To be a GOP senator today, you have to be a lying piece-of-shit, who puts loyalty to party & our lying piece-of-shit president, above their oaths to the Constitution & their obligations to tell the truth & do what rights to the American people! Repost if U agree

Hey, USA… you’re missing a raccoon! 🇺🇸🦝 Soccer superstar Erling Haaland brought one home to Norway. Here’s the little fugitive arriving with him at Oslo Airport yesterday. 😂

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The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Nobody is vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, and Trump knows it. This is a visible example of his corruption--a no-bid contract to some crony followed by sky-high cost overruns, and shoddy construction to boot. Classic Trump: I didn't fuck up, it was my enemies.

Trump keeps posting that America was once the laughingstock of the world, but now that he’s president, it has never been more respected. As a Norwegian, I can 100% confirm that Donald Trump is a laughingstock here up north.

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William Boyle: “The private sector vs. public sector MYTH... "One key insight is to dispel the myth, pervasive in America and dangerously infective elsewhere, that the private sector does everything well and the public sector does everything poorly.” #Pinks evonomics.com/how-norway-d...

evonomics.comHow Norway Dispels the Private vs Public Sector Myth - EvonomicsA strong state capable of building infrastructure is not enough. It must also be an inclusive state.

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Melania Trump wants these photos and emails to be scrubbed from the Internet. Please stop liking and sharing them. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

I’m from Norway, the country where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded each year. I can say with fairly strong confidence that Donald Trump will never be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This prize is not given to presidents who use the military against their own people.

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Democrats remain on X because they think they have greater reach. The numbers are all fake, though. Take a look at these identical posts from Elizabeth Warren. X followers: 6.6 million X reposts: 1,321 X likes: 4,489 Bluesky followers: 390,400 Bluesky reposts: 1,500 Bluesky likes: 3,600

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Pete Hegseth installed a make-up station at the Pentagon. JD Vance loves a smoky dark eyeliner. Trump cakes on orange base till he resembles an Oompa Loompa. And these guys say LGBTQs are threatening gender norms?

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So the White House story is now: “We didn’t mean to threaten Harvard, because we didn’t mean to send the threatening letter we sent, but when Harvard rejected the threats we made but didn’t mean to make, we decided to threaten them twice more.” The country is now run by thugs and idiots.

nytimes.comTrump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With HarvardAn official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.