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Jan Arild Snoen

@snoen.bsky.social

Forfatter, spaltist, foredragsholder, samfunnsdebattant. USA-ekspert! ;-) Publiserer på snoen.substack.com. Siste bok: Trump og fascismen.

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Jeg mener det var et billig poeng.

06.03.2026 19:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Aner ikke hva du mener.

06.03.2026 18:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Er jo kjekt å kunne stole på et mystisk vesen som alltid tilgir deg, uansett hvor stor drittsekk du er. I den moderne versjonen trenger du ikke engang å betale for det!

06.03.2026 16:52 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Massive war price tag could be a massive problem for GOP leaders The prospect of a ballooning new spending bill has GOP leaders bracing for a messy internal fight.

Capitol Hill Republicans are about to confront a staggering price tag for Trump’s Middle East war.

Some GOP lawmakers are hearing estimates that the Pentagon is spending as much as $2 billion a day.

06.03.2026 16:16 — 👍 225    🔁 127    💬 45    📌 60

Ser ut til å være iransk tv som melder. Kan også være gamle bilder. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

06.03.2026 16:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hvis dette stemmer kan vi fort se oljepriser godt over 100 dollar.

06.03.2026 16:02 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Vi vet alle svaret: Trump ødelegger økonomien for å få oppmerksomheten vekk fra Epstein-filene ;-)

06.03.2026 15:39 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I avdelingen for billige poenger skårer denne ganske bra.

06.03.2026 15:06 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Here's the point to remember about the brutal negative revisions in today's job market report: They aren't saying the labor market showed green shoots that withered. It's saying that there never were any green shoots. They were an illusion.

06.03.2026 14:05 — 👍 1382    🔁 524    💬 59    📌 33
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The U.S. economy has lost jobs since "Liberation Day."

06.03.2026 13:37 — 👍 541    🔁 167    💬 34    📌 19
a graph of year-on-year change in US Blue Collar Employment

a graph of year-on-year change in US Blue Collar Employment

The US continues losing blue-collar jobs—year-on-year job losses have hit 238k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace, while growth in construction remains low

06.03.2026 13:52 — 👍 179    🔁 68    💬 5    📌 12
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Iran-krigen, dag 7 Kan bensinprisen stoppe krigen?

Ny Iran-oppdatering. Skriver om amerikanske meningsmålinger, økende bensinpris, olje som begrunnelse for krigen, Irans strategi, Pottery Barn rule, atomvåpenprogrammet, regimeskifte og mulig kurdisk bakkeinvasjon. snoen.substack.com/p/iran-krige...

06.03.2026 09:21 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Barn og unge med innvandrerbakgrunn leser mest bøker I 2025 var det barn og unge med innvandrerbakgrunn som i størst grad leste bøker på fritiden, og spesielt unge jenter. Denne gruppen besøkte også folkebibliotek mest.

Jeg vet at det ikke passer i den dominerende historiefortellingen for tiden, men det er ikke bare elendighet i integreringen. Barn og unge med innvandrerbakgrunn leser mer enn andre. www.ssb.no/kultur-og-fr...

06.03.2026 07:22 — 👍 89    🔁 18    💬 6    📌 1

Mer russisk olje skal slippe inn i oljemarkedet via India for å dempe stigningen i oljeprisen, for å hjelpe amerikanske forbrukere.

06.03.2026 07:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trumps egen war of choice, og den resulterende lille ubekvemligheten for hans bilkjørende velgere, er viktigere enn Ukrainas forsvarskrig.

06.03.2026 06:13 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

I will miss Kristi Noem's inimitable constitutional insights, as when, asked by Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. at a Senate hearing to define "habeas corpus," she replied, "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."

06.03.2026 02:15 — 👍 2172    🔁 385    💬 69    📌 24
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Taiwan's Modern Miracle The AI Boom Has Delivered a 2nd Economic Miracle to Taiwan, Pushing GDP Growth Above 23%. It Must Navigate Rising Geopolitical & Economic Tensions to Keep it.

Interesting stuff from @josephpolitano.bsky.social on Taiwan's ongoing economic miracle:

05.03.2026 21:10 — 👍 66    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0

Feilbombinger vil skje i større kriger. Men Hegseths lempfeldige forhold til rules of engagement og AI-bruk er ikke beroligende.

06.03.2026 05:58 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Justice for Cricket!

05.03.2026 20:01 — 👍 765    🔁 191    💬 23    📌 13

Governøren oppnevner en ny som sitter til valget i november, der Mullin var på valg. Oklahoma er en av de sikreste republikanske statene.

05.03.2026 19:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Asle Toje sier Caritas betalte for Venezuela-tur. Caritas finner ingen betalinger Nobelkomiteens nestleder sier bistandsgigant betalte hotell og honorar. Caritas finner ingen utbetalinger til Toje, og deres tidligere generalsekretær «husker ikke».

Pussig. Dette burde være lett å oppklare. Toje har vel sendt faktura, som han kan gi pressen en kopi av? e24.no/naeringsliv/...

05.03.2026 19:12 — 👍 46    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
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Noem out, Trump picks Mullin as DHS secretary The South Dakota Republican was the public face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

Jeg forventet at Trump skulle sparke noen på nyåret. Det tok litt lenger tid enn jeg trodde. Men når det nå skjer, er det ikke overraskende at det er Noem som er ute. Mullin har forøvrig utmerket seg som en komplett Trump-papegøye, men det er vel det som skal til. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

05.03.2026 18:54 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Trump forlanger at buddy Netanyahu benådes på forhånd. (Han gjorde det forrige sommer også). Lov og rett? Nei, det er for de andre. Når jeg snakker om Trump, viser jeg gjerne dette bildet. (Tidligere diktator i Peru). www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

05.03.2026 18:10 — 👍 24    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Fox News Poll: Views are divided on US action against Iran New poll reveals voters split 50-50 on Iran military action despite 61% viewing country as security threat. Trump's handling criticized by majority.

Målingene har vist en moderat økende støtte til Trumps krig. Denne hos Fox er den første som viser 50-50. www.foxnews.com/politics/fox... Det er rom for at trenden kan fortsette litt til, men apetitten for en langvarig kriger liten.

05.03.2026 06:12 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade, especially Energy, traveling through the Gulf. This will be available to all Shipping Lines. If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible. No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD. The United States' ECONOMIC and MILITARY MIGHT is the GREATEST ON EARTH - More actions to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

President DONALD J. TRUMP

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade, especially Energy, traveling through the Gulf. This will be available to all Shipping Lines. If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible. No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD. The United States' ECONOMIC and MILITARY MIGHT is the GREATEST ON EARTH - More actions to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

So now we're putting dollars that we borrow & pay interest on to insure tankers carrying gulf states' oil to China?

Makes perfect sense.

04.03.2026 11:47 — 👍 44    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 1

A short- to mid-term military risk isn't the US running out of interceptors or PGMs in this conflict per se. It is the opportunity costs.

04.03.2026 11:09 — 👍 75    🔁 20    💬 4    📌 0
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Cornyn did so well that Trump could finally endorse him Even in the most heavily Republican counties where Attorney General Ken Paxton might have expected to benefit from a MAGA base, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn largely held his own.

Cornyn did so well that Trump could finally endorse him

04.03.2026 08:06 — 👍 31    🔁 12    💬 4    📌 3
Screenshot of a warning to Americans to "depart now via commercial means due to serious safety risks" from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Screenshot of a warning to Americans to "depart now via commercial means due to serious safety risks" from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Warning American citizens to evacuate over a dozen countries three days into this war, when commercial flights are already shut down, demonstrates the Trump Administration’s lack of planning or coordination.

03.03.2026 22:21 — 👍 356    🔁 99    💬 26    📌 5
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Ja, og tilsvarende om demokratene velger moderate eller progressive. Og det kan i neste omgang si noe, men ikke mye, om hvilket parti som vinner i november.

04.03.2026 06:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0