Ben Van den Brande

Life could be worse.

Fascism - rule by dictator
Oligarchy - gvt by wealthy few
Theocracy - ruled by religion
Kakistocracy - gvt by least qualified

America has produced a most unique system of government

A theofascoligkakracy

If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.

#pediatriccancer #cancermom

Was wel niet in een centrum van een grote stad. Was meer iets zoals Wijnegem.

Melk de massa uit ten voordele van de aandeelhouder. Zuig ze leeg en werp ze weg. Dàt is wat Nullo Noels hier bijna hardop zegt.
#walgelijk

Are we great yet?

So the United States has been lying to the courts.

Who knew and when did they know it?

"zum kotsen"

Thoughts and prayers.

Trump is a tyrant who is laying the groundwork for ethnic cleansing, and the mass repression of political opponents.

As an Ashkenazi Jew, there really isn’t a scarier situation to find one’s self in. The idea the threat to American Jews comes from the left is completely deranged.

The President—who uses antisemitic slurs—is building concentration camps and an enormous secret police force.

Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!

Just because he pulled out doesn’t mean it’s over. Rapists never understand that

#NoWar #ImpeachTrump

What will happen if the United States bombs Iran? Trump campaigned as a peacemaker, promising to "end the endless foreign wars." Less than six months into his presidency, things have changed.

1. The "crisis" in Iran was solved in 2015. The United States and others negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which imposed a rigorous inspection regime that cut off Iran’s path to a bomb.

Then Trump withdrew from the agreement for no reason.

Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned a Virginia sheriff who had been convicted of federal bribery charges and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

Weekend developments in the Gangster State: Trump pardoned a sheriff convicted of taking bribes from local rich people in a "cash-for-badges" scheme as Trump consolidates wealth, power and racism in MAGA.

I’ve been begging Dem reps to adopt criminal framing for Trump and GOP actions.

Because it’s clear, memorable, and has the benefit of being true.

The president is a convicted criminal.

He is out on bail.

His EO’s are illegal.

DOGE’s actions are illegal.

ICE is kidnapping people.

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Republicans ready to invoke the 25th amendment for Biden but make it Trump

Niet écht akkoord. We zijn absoluut nog niet op het punt van 'boredom' zoals Fukuyama beschrijft. Het is m.i. de toenemende ongelijkheid en de bijbehorende (positieve) feed-back-loop die zorgt voor macht concentratie die de democratie bedreigt. Dus dat is wederom iets om voor te 'strijden'.

Want 'consuminderen' betekent kluizenaar gaan wezen in een bos 🙄

A political cartoon by Slyngstad, dated 2025, depicts a man wearing a red "MAGA" hat sitting at a desk, looking concerned. He has a beard and is speaking, with a speech bubble that reads: "I was okay with the anti-trans stuff, demonizing immigrants, the gay bashing, sexism toward women, rounding people up off the street because of their skin color, all the other outright racism, but now I'm starting to think this could affect me." In front of him is a computer monitor displaying a graph with a downward-trending red line and the headline "MARKETS IN FREE-FALL."

It’s sadly accurate.

The slow but very real progression into fascism as charted by the evolution of the LEGO police officer minifigs And then four pictures of minifigs

Darwin. I't ll be alright.

Haha! In NHS ziekenhuizen in Westminster

De VRT zette haar kroonjuweel ‘Thuis’ niet gewoon in de etalage: ze verkocht het onder de toog Gwendolyn Rutten (Open Vld) is Vlaams Parlementslid en burgemeester van Aarschot.

De VRT zette haar kroonjuweel ‘Thuis’ niet gewoon in de etalage: ze verkocht het onder de toog

Randdebielen.