Leo

Leo

@leoemanuel.bsky.social

Here to discuss history, left wing politics and movies. Enjoys hiking, music (jazz, Motown, blues, 80's and 90's pop), arts, dancing and the occasional trip to the pub with friends.

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Att Svenska regeringen hålls utanför samtalen är inte så märkligt med tanke på M, KD och SD:s nära relation till amerikanska och israeliska högerextremistiska rörelser som i sin tut står nära Ryssland. Faktumet att Pål Jonsson guidade runt MAGA-tjänstemän på Muskö är otroligt oroväckande.

omni.seSverige och Danmark hölls utanför: ”Väldigt skeptisk”Varken Sveriges statsminister Ulf Kristersson eller Danmarks Mette Frederiksen informerades om grannländernas telefonsamtal med Vladimir Putin.

Kontakter med MAGA riskerar att information hamnar hos Ryssarna.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

Donald Trump Jr. spent time hunting in Mongolia this summer with Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev. ​Reports reveal that Trump Jr. arrived in Mongolia in late August, where he was joined by Kremlev and oligarch Artur Martirosov, who flew in from Kazakhstan. The group spent two

Nu börjar jag bli lite trött på att ingen journalist frågar ut Ringqvist om varför hon vägrar stötta en regering med V-ministrar. Om hon säger vad hon är rädd för kan de ju skriva ett avtal där de förbinder sig att inte göra det utpekade. Alla borde be henne förklara sig!

omni.seS pressar C och V: ”Det är hästen som måste dricka”Centerpartiet och Vänsterpartiet måste ”modifiera sina ställningstaganden” för att leva upp till löften till sina väljare om att leda Sverige i en ny riktning. Det säger Socialdemokraternas utbildning...

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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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Tip to all British opinion makers, political parties and movements: reach out and engage with EU counterparts to see what is possible when it comes to rejoining.

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Ge en gåva för framtiden med ditt testamente. En testamentsgåva till Reportrar utan gränser kan omsättas i skyddsutrustning till journalister i krig, stöd till journalister som tvingas fly auktoritära länder och till föreläsningar om pressfrihet och demokrati för gymnasieelever i Sverige. 👇

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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

Hoppas nu att justitiedepartementet ser till att åtala de politiker och borgmästare som har samarbetat med USA för att sqbotera valet.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

GUARDIAN: “Lula’s win is bad news for Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for that botched power grab… also a blow for Donald Trump, the Bolsonaro clan’s most important international ally.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. Trumpworld isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating. Same playbook, same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's poison.

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Russia is stepping up the number of Africans it recruits to counter a personnel shortage in its military and is targeting some of the continent’s most dysfunctional states for manpower. Read more: bloom.bg/4AeYSxd 📷: AFP/Getty Images

Antingen åtstramningspolktik eller... inget? Är väl självklart att det inte kommer bli bättre om de enda alternativ som presenteras suger. Det är löjligt att politiker och media är så rädda för att ens prata om skattehöjningar på de rikaste.

omni.seFranska regeringen i låst läge: ”Kniven mot strupen”Samtidigt som franska väljare kräver höjda lärarlöner och minskade levnadskostnader står Frankrike på randen till en finanskris. Det säger tidigare premiärministern Michel Barnier till Politico.

Den representativa demokratin, där etablerade partier väljer vem vi kan rösta på, kan ge upphov till en politisk kast som saknar förmågan att utveckla samhället. Men när nya partier uppstår ur en folkrörelse kan förändring gå ganska snabbt ändå.

Fascismen är beroende av en borgarklass som äger tillräckligt stor del av samhället för att kontrollera vilken information som sprids och vad som förblir okänt. Fascism uppstår inte pga invandring.

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Replying to @rafiews.com

Great observation by Jones Manoel, a leading left-wing politician and historian and recently elected congressman.

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An arrest warrant has been issued against Salvador's secretary of transport, one of Brazil's largest Lula-voting hubs, for keeping dozens of buses off the streets today. Again: what’s happening in Brazil is criminal.

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Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

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Google was really trying to hide its water use figures, to the degree that it got the council to try to keep its water use figures secret. The community finally got the actual numbers and found out Google was using 29 percent of the water in the community. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

wired.comWhat the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From AbroadParis Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.

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Netanyahu said that an Iranian nuclear strike on Israel would be like “10,000 tons of TNT falling on a country the size of New Jersey (22,610 km2).” Netanyahu has dropped 223,000+ tonnes of explosives on Gaza (365 km2) - the equivalent of ~22 nukes on 1.6% the size of New Jersey

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"Lärarfacket har kämpat i åratal för att få ett tak på deras undervisningstid. Nu har de fått den, i stället ska de behöva kämpa för att inte gå back på förändringen. Ska lärarna strejka för något är det för det här..." www.folkbladet.nu/2026-10-23/s...

folkbladet.nuLedare: ”Ska lärarna strejka för något är det för det här”Den efterlängtade reformen om ett tak för undervisningstiden får inte mynna ut i en dubbel bestraffning för lärarna, skriver Linda Westerlind.

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SD: Ali hör inte hemma i Sverige, pga hans skulder och att han bott med en gängkriminell. Men när det kom fram att Jimmie Åkesson spelat bort en halv miljon på ett år på nätcasinon var det en ”privatsak” och han bjöd gängkriminella på sitt bröllop. Svenska medier har misslyckats så otroligt.

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"In recent weeks, Russia has ramped up those efforts. Most of the Russian content so far, spread by bot networks around the world, has targeted Democratic candidates, especially in closely contested Senate races that could determine control of Congress." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/u...

nytimes.comCovert Russian Group Targets James Talarico With Baseless Claims in Texas Senate RaceRussian influence operations appear to be stepping up efforts to meddle in the midterms, according to intelligence officials. Most are targeting Democrats.

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Fick idag beslut från IMY där de konstaterar att Polismyndigheten har brutit mot kamerabevakningslagen genom att inte upplysa om kamerabevakning vid Göteborgs Centralstation. Polisen har alltså under långt tid massövervakat människor där utan att upplysa om det. Oerhört allvarligt.

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Enjoy these sky-high oil prices, America... ...because they may soon *double*. Trump and his crazy Republicans are promising to restart the Iran War the second you leave the voting booth. Only Democrats can stop them. Maybe that’s something to consider while *inside* the booth?

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A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

If you recieve asylum in Sweden, you now need to seek permission to travel between regions. This is so fucked up.

Peter Hellman@hrhellman.bsky.social

Skriver såhär på fredagskvällen på SvD Debatt om det absurda i den nya mottagandelagen där människor begränsas till att bara få röra sig inom ett län. www.svd.se/a/xlpLjV/sve...

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France and Britain conducted first-ever joint nuclear exercise

eualive.netFrance and Britain conducted first-ever joint nuclear exerciseThe air forces of France and the United Kingdom have conducted their first joint nuclear exercise, marking a new stage in the strategic rapprochement of Europe’s only two nuclear-armed states. French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin announced the drill on social media. “For the first time, Typhoon fighters from the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom joined Rafale fighters from the French Air and Space Force to take part in an exercise organized by the strategic air forces of the nuclear aviation component,” she wrote. “This is a decisive stage in the defence cooperation between France and the United Kingdom, demonstrating the coordination and commitment of the two European nuclear states to the security of Europe and reliable deterrence.” Pour la première fois, les Typhoon de la @RoyalAirForce ont rejoint les Rafale de @Armee_de_lair pour participer à un exercice organisé par les forces aériennes stratégiques de la composante nucléaire aéroportée. Un jalon décisif de la coopération de défense 🇫🇷🇬🇧, démontrant la… pic.twitter.com/1UHdyBdK60 — Catherine Vautrin (@CaVautrin) October 23, 2026 According to the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, the exercise – codenamed ‘Rummy’ – took place on the evening of 21 October. French Rafale jets took off from the Saint-Dizier air base in northeastern France and were escorted by British RAF Typhoon fighters. The aircraft simulated a nuclear strike over the Mediterranean. No nuclear weapons were carried or used; the activity was a training simulation only. British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting stated: “In an increasingly dangerous world, our adversaries should be in no doubt: the United Kingdom and France stand together in their commitment to European security and to maintaining the deterrence that has helped preserve peace for generations.” The exercise rests on the operational framework of the Northwood Declaration, signed on 10 July 2025, by French President Emmanuel Macron and then-British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The declaration provides for strategic and doctrinal coordination between the two countries’ independent nuclear forces while fully preserving the sovereignty and sole command authority of each nation. It affirms that there is no extreme threat to Europe that would not prompt a response from both countries. This development also aligns with a broader French nuclear concept presented by Macron in March 2026, aimed at strengthening the European dimension of French nuclear deterrence amid evolving strategic threats. The initiative is based on the principle of expanding cooperation with European partners without questioning national sovereignty. Roughly ten European countries – including Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland – have joined or expressed interest. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has previously stressed that any potential European “nuclear umbrella” should complement, rather than replace, the existing U.S. nuclear shield. France maintains an arsenal of approximately 290 nuclear warheads (primarily submarine- and air-launched), the world’s fourth-largest, at an annual cost of roughly €5.6 billion. The United Kingdom possesses around 225 warheads. Both arsenals remain far smaller than those of the United States and Russia (each exceeding 5,000). The joint exercise occurs against a backdrop of ongoing tensions with Russia and broader European concerns about the reliability of U.S. security commitments. U.S. nuclear expansion talks in Europe: strengthening the umbrella or fueling escalation? This article draws on reporting by EUalive’s partner European Pravda . Caption: Photo shared on X by French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin .

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1) Netanyahu announces a lockdown (and Gaza-style ethnic cleansing in the West Bank) in response to what they claim was an attack on IDF troops (ahead of the elections) 2) says Iran is planning attacks to influence the elections against him. (Translation: he wants more war to try to save himself)