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Toms Zariņš

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Vēsturnieks, LU HZF pētnieks, redaktors StratCom at Progresīvie

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Reizēm ar draugiem runājam par to, cik nenormāli gudra lieta Latvijā ir gan vienas personas partiju ziedojumu griesti, gan neļaušana ziedot juridiskām personām. Paldies visiem, kuri savā laikā cīnījās par šo.

05.03.2026 08:39 — 👍 24    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Russia says ready to ship 9.5 million oil barrels to India amid supply crisis India has witnessed a vulnerability in terms of its crude reserves, following the breakout of the Middle East crisis. At present, it has crude stocks covering 25 days of demand along with low inventor...

Remember when Trump promised that India would stop buying Russian oil? Well it turns out that Trump's decision to bomb Iran has had the exact opposite effect, leading to a surge of Russian oil being sent to India. www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...

04.03.2026 15:51 — 👍 576    🔁 202    💬 18    📌 12

"Atkarīgs, cik daudz ārlietu ministre ieguļās..." #knl

04.03.2026 20:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hegseth today: We don't actually have any clear purpose or guideposts or objectives in mind, the metrics are shifting...but "we are just getting started."

Yikes.

04.03.2026 14:43 — 👍 548    🔁 158    💬 56    📌 12
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What the Iran war means for Ukraine Europeans fear a distracted U.S. will lose interest in pushing Vladimir Putin toward peace — as America burns through stocks of the missiles that Kyiv desperately needs.

Lielākais ieguvējs no kara Tuvajos Austrumos šobrīd ir Putins.

Nav runa tikai par to, ka Ukraina pazūd no ziņu lentēm.

Ieroči, kas nepieciešami Ukrainai, šobrīd tiek izmantoti Irānā.

Tomēr arī Ķīna, nafta un LNG spēlē par labu Putinam - 1/4

www.politico.eu/article/dona...

04.03.2026 06:48 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

Interesanti, vai būs reize, kad es Swedbank aplikācijas vietā neatvēršu Mobilly un otrādi

03.03.2026 10:34 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

French nukes: It's hard to overstate how much of a sea change it is that countries such as the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Germany are open to talking with France about nuclear deterrence. We have been getting used to it — but it's a major, major shift.

02.03.2026 20:01 — 👍 328    🔁 69    💬 6    📌 9
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Joint declaration of President Macron and Chancellor Merz

Here is the full joint Macron-Merz statement, which also includes the ambition to increase European capabilities below the nuclear threshold. A real signficant shift in the European security architecture unfolding:

02.03.2026 16:02 — 👍 32    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

Very significant: "France said in-depth talks had already been conducted with Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, and Sweden, and they were willing to move ahead with deeper co-operation."

02.03.2026 14:31 — 👍 66    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 2
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Macron says France will increase its nuclear warheads for the first time in decades French President Emmanuel Macron says that France will increase its number of nuclear warheads from the current level of below 300, but he did not give a figure for the increase.

France will increase its number of nuclear warheads from the current level of below 300, French President Emmanuel Macron said. It will be the first time France increases its nuclear arsenal since at least 1992.

02.03.2026 14:54 — 👍 203    🔁 82    💬 19    📌 25

Kudors "Šodienas jautājumā".

02.03.2026 19:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Danmark får rolle i fransk atomafskrækkelsesprogram

PM Frederiksen confirms: Denmark in strategic cooperation on nuclear deterrence with France
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

02.03.2026 17:41 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Iespējamā interešu konflikta dēļ ministrs maina akcionāra pārstāvi «Latvijas Valsts mežos» Zemkopības ministrijas valsts sekretārs Ģirts Krūmiņš, kurš pēdējos gadus bijis ministrijas kā akcionāra pārstāvis "Latvijas Valsts mežos" (LVM), no janvāra beigām no šiem pienākumiem ir atbrīvots. LT...

Vai kaut kas tamlīdzīgs vispār ir noticis jebkad agrāk?

Vai ir bijusi situācija, kad valsts kapitālsabiedrības akciju turētājs ir ministrijas departamenta direktors?

www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...

02.03.2026 13:25 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Iespējamā interešu konflikta dēļ ministrs maina akcionāra pārstāvi «Latvijas Valsts mežos» Zemkopības ministrijas valsts sekretārs Ģirts Krūmiņš, kurš pēdējos gadus bijis ministrijas kā akcionāra pārstāvis "Latvijas Valsts mežos" (LVM), no janvāra beigām no šiem pienākumiem ir atbrīvots. LT...

Ne tikai aiz loga, bet arī Zemkopības ministrijā temperatūra kāpj: www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...

02.03.2026 09:24 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack.

"The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

complete insanity

02.03.2026 03:10 — 👍 8665    🔁 2170    💬 660    📌 514
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Pasniegti "Lielie Kristapi"; gada labākā filma – "Tumšzilais evaņģēlijs" 1. martā ceremonijā Kongresu namā pasniegtas nacionālās kinobalvas "Lielais Kristaps".

Galveno balvu jaunajā "Lielā Kristapa" nominācijā "Labākā filma" ieguva Oskara Rupenheita krimināldrāma "Tumšzilais evaņģēlijs".

01.03.2026 22:19 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Kāda forša Veispalam runa "Lielajā Kristapā"

01.03.2026 19:40 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A mad king's illegal war on Iran is a cry for regime change...in Washington | Will Bunch Democracy really did die in darkness as Donald Trump's unconstitutional war on Iran stamps America as a dictatorship.

No wonder Trump went to war with Iran in the dead of night, with the Capitol empty, most Americans soundly asleep

This war is illegal. Full stop. The worst abuse of presidential power in American history aims to cement a dictatorship on U.S. soil

My instant column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

28.02.2026 18:32 — 👍 3409    🔁 1076    💬 75    📌 52

Es esmu joku policija!

28.02.2026 22:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just days ago, we found out that Trump is circulating an executive order claiming that China interfered in the 2020 election as a pretext to declare a national emergency and ultimately to declare extraordinary presidential powers over voting.

28.02.2026 19:53 — 👍 1552    🔁 465    💬 71    📌 12

Tās nebija manas domas… 🙃

28.02.2026 22:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Sociālo tīklu speciālisti.

28.02.2026 12:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Metodička!

28.02.2026 11:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bija un daudz prominentāka lieta par vimpeļiem. Big deal! Ar visiem ordeņiem pa virsu vēl un tā tālāk.

28.02.2026 10:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thank God for the FIFA Peace Prize

28.02.2026 08:36 — 👍 798    🔁 153    💬 27    📌 15

Skatos, ka arī Latviju ar sasniegusi ne ar ko nepamatotā centristu cīņa par galēji labējiem vēlētājiem.

27.02.2026 07:10 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Gaidām latviskas notis mūzikā

JV mudina noteikt radio programmu apraidi tikai latviešu valodā

27.02.2026 07:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 6    📌 0
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Rysk drönare närmade sig franska hangarfartyget i Malmö – stördes ut En rysk drönare har närmat sig det franska hangarfartyget Charles de Gaulle, som just nu befinner sig i Sverige. Det erfar SVT. Drönaren upptäcktes av det svenska försvaret som inledde motåtgärder mot...

A Russian drone approached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which is currently visiting Malmö, Sweden.

The drone was detected and electronically repelled by the Swedish Armed Forces.

26.02.2026 12:58 — 👍 77    🔁 18    💬 1    📌 3

Pastkastē lapiņa ar tekstu rokrakstā krieviski "насчет крыши" (par jumtu) un telefona numuru. Es tagad domāju, vai tas ir tas, ko es domāju, kas tas ir #tumšzilaisevanģēlijs

26.02.2026 07:43 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Finland to boycott Milan-Cortina Paralympics opening ceremony Finland will boycott the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics after the IPC granted wildcard entries to Russian and Belarusian athletes. Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Poland will al...

"Estonia, Latvia and Poland will also stay away from the ceremony."

www.helsinkitimes.fi/themes/theme...

26.02.2026 05:21 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0