Jonathan van Eerd

Headshot of young Leo during his ‘Growing Pains’ days

Leo, more recently, in a tuxedo

Born Nov. 11, 1974, Leonardo DiCaprio is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley’s age on the day ‘Cocoon’ was released. Congrats Leo! You’ve reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

😂 next one will make sure the numbers are beautiful 😝

«Wir dürfen uns auf keinen Fall an die EU anhängen. Trump mag uns auch genau deshalb, weil wir nicht in der EU sind.» Nochmals Martullo-Blocher, im gleichen Gespräch

Magdalena Martullo-Blocher, Erbin (7/15)

«Trump liebt die Schweiz.» Nochmals Martullo-Blocher im «Tages-Anzeiger», 7. Februar 2025

Magdalena Martullo-Blocher, Nationalrätin #SVP (6/15)

«Trump und ich sind beide Down-to-Earth-Unternehmer.» Magdalena Martullo-Blocher im «Blick», 7. Februar 2025

Magdalena Martullo-Blocher, Ems-Chemie (5/15)

«Ich bin überzeugt, dass Novartis und Roche beten, dass nicht Harris Präsidentin wird.» Markus Somm, sog. Amerikaexperte, in der SRF-«Arena», 23. August 2024

Markus Somm, Chefredaktor «Nebelspalter» (3/15)

«Aussenpolitisch ist Kamala Harris das grössere Risiko als Trump.» NZZ-Chefkommentar Eric Gujer kannte die Zukunft, 26. Juli 2024

Eric Gujer, Chefredaktor @nzz.ch (2/15)

Geballte Wirtschaftskompetenz Bürgerliche und ihre Liebe zu Trump: Die besten Zitate

Wir haben einen grossen Schwerpunkt zu Trump und seinen Zöllen. Aber bevor wir am Ende dieses Threads dazu kommen, zuerst einige Zitate:

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Selbstüberschätzung/Selbstgefälligkeit war schon immer eine Schweizer Tugend... (Meist gepaart mit Minderwertigkeitskomplex)

Wenn der Faschismus wiederkommt, wird das deutsche Feuilleton nicht sagen „Scheise. Faschismus.“

Es wird sagen: „Faszinierend.“

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Konzentrationslager für „psychisch Kranke“ in den USA

Summer of Our Discontent by Thomas Chatterton Williams review – the liberal who hates leftists In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action

what is great about this review is that the author is clearly sympathetic to the premise but can’t get past the basic fact that the author is a vacuous fool www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

„The speed at which we went from “Don’t call us Nazis or fascists” the week before to “Yes we want fascism and Hitler was right” was head spinning.“ 🤣

trump vs the internet this week

USA verbrennen 500 Tonnen Notnahrung – statt sie Kindern in Krisengebieten zu liefern Die US-Regierung hat ihre Nahrungsmittelhilfen für die Ärmsten der Welt eingestellt. Jetzt werden hochkalorische Kekse verbrannt, statt Kinder zu ernähren.

USA verbrennen 500 Tonnen Notnahrung – statt sie Kindern in Krisengebieten zu liefern.

White House eyeing five-seat GOP pickup in Texas in midterms as part of redistricting push | CNN Politics President Donald Trump told Texas Republicans on Tuesday the White House believes the GOP can flip as many as five US House seats as part of a Republican redistricting effort in the state, according t...

When @daniellemoodie.bsky.social and I keep saying Trump is never leaving office, well, there's a reason.

He will do everything in his power, including cheating, to stay and Republicans will enable him. Worst case - martial law and triggering the insurrection act.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/p...

I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.

The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.

lol😆 This is the way.

Donald Trump läutet ein neues Eis-Zeitalter ein Der US-Präsident verwandelt die Migrationspolizei in seine Privatarmee.

Donald Trump läutet ein neues Eis-Zeitalter ein

Donald Trump läutet ein neues Eis-Zeitalter ein www.watson.ch/!737880805

Jüngste Hitzewelle – deutlich mehr Tote durch Klimawandel Der vergangene Monat war der heisseste Juni in Westeuropa seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen. Die Folgen sind gravierend.

Heisstester Juni seit Messbeginn in Westeuropa – deutlich mehr Tote durch Klimawandel.

'Time to recruit some churches': Experts blast new rules on pulpit politics The Internal Revenue Service promulgated a set of new rules on Monday that allow churches to endorse and donate to political candidates, The New York Times reported on Monday. The new rules were creat...

Theocracy here we come.

The IRS just superseded the law enshrined in the US Tax Code.

It came up with new rules that allow churches to endorse and donate to political candidates.

Guarantee they want a lawsuit so they can push it to the SC and get rid of the Johnson amendment for good.

Vogel Strauss wie die 08/15-Bürger und Medien 🫣😬

‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics "We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...

New from me: An exclusive interview with David Suzuki, who talked about reaching the conclusion that humanity has failed in the fight against climate change, and why communities should start preparing for more destructive natural disasters #cdnpoli #cdnenviro

www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...

Historically, perhaps the most important question deciding the fate of democracy has been: Will mainstream conservatives and centrist elites hold the line against the extreme Right - or give themselves permission to accommodate and support the extremists as a way of consolidating their own power?

PRESS ON

Modern right wing "vice signaling," IMO, is a social-media-era iteration of a political tradition historian Joseph Fronczak has called "participatory anti-democracy." I like that term because it captures the pleasure people feel when they participate in illiberal and expulsive political movements.

So ICE and CBP officers whipped out their dicks at a playground at a school.

They then urinated on the school property. The school is also next to two other schools.

Multiple officers were caught on security cameras urinating in public on the school property.

Do y’all feel safer yet?

Will civil servants guard against illiberal power grabs? Lessons from Israel’s judicial overhaul

New, at Can We Still Govern: Both authoritarians and anti-authoritarians buy the idea that bureaucrats can thwart illiberal governments.
New research using the Israeli judicial overhaul suggests that the potential for bureaucratic resistance is exaggerated.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/will-civil...