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Frans Henraat

@fmmh.bsky.social

Dutch, social democrat, retired chartered accountant, living in Costa Rica.

795 Followers  |  614 Following  |  609 Posts  |  Joined: 12.11.2024  |  2.0209

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"Regime is poisoning us
We demand international investigation!"
#Tbilisi tonight #GeorgiaProtests

06.12.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...

This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream

04.12.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12868    πŸ” 5695    πŸ’¬ 665    πŸ“Œ 423
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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.

ICE agents have arrested and separated a father and his six-year-old son.

Tearing children away from their parents is cruel, and this family must be reunited.

03.12.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has β€œburrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

NEW: DOGE is far from dead, contrary to recent reporting. Instead, its operatives have β€œburrowed into” federal agencies β€œlike ticks.”

Here’s what the DOGE crew is up to now:

From @makenakelly.bsky.social @telliotter.bsky.social

02.12.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 14
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Russia is a terrorist state!
#MakeRussiaPay

5/5

02.12.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

If Ukraine falls, Georgia falls, then all the other Russian satelites, then the smaller countries of Eastern Europe. Putin has been fighting a hybrid war against the west for over 10 years, buying politicians in governments and oppositions, sowing division, using our own prejudices to divide us.

01.12.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukraine has one of the best trained and experienced armies in the world right now. That military strength is just as valuable as its raw materials. Europe NEEDS Ukraine, both in NATO and the EU.
#SlavaUkraini πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ•Š

02.12.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dans un monde de rapports de force, parler ne suffit pas. Pour peser il faut agir. L’Europe ferait bien de le comprendre, rapidement.

02.12.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s your daily reminder - in case anyone feels sorry for that Russian tanker hit that was allegedly transporting β€˜just’ sunflower oil - Russia fckng stole it from Ukraine.

02.12.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Kremlin Butcher, now 25 years into his reign, turned up at a command post of Russia’s occupying forces and called his own invasion, launched to keep himself and his corrupt oligarchs in power, and which has cost hundreds of thousands of Russian lives;

02.12.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Trump administration’s values and ideology are much closer to Putin’s regime than to Europe’s.

We don’t have much in common, and this will lead to increasing isolation of the US and, as a result, its weakening.

Trump is China’s best chance at overtaking the US

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Trump is China’s and Russia’s best chance at ending US hegemony as soon as possible.

He is making the US weak

02.12.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜Labour had the chance to reshape the country – and didn’t have the confidence to do it’ | The News Agents Rachel Reeves second budget continues to prove a headache for the chancellor – and the Labour government, with claims she misled voters before delivery. Whether true or not, what does this latest…

"When Labour came to power 18 months ago, it had the chance to be [Clement] Atlee, it had the chance to be [Aneurin] Bevan.

"All these moments that should be big actually feel lost in the muddiness of compromise"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...

02.12.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4
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Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Keir Starmer says Exclusive: PM hits back at critics as he insists Rachel Reeves right to impose Β£26bn worth of tax rises at budget

Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Starmer says.

Made difficult by poor policies.

Could have
Aligned taxation of dividends and capital gains with wages, lift personal allowance.

Nationalised energy/water, end profiteering, cut inflation, reduce business and household costs.

01.12.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 5

UK Govt bends to Trump's imperialism. NHS to pay 25% more (3bn) for drugs after UK–US tariff deal.

Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.

Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?

01.12.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 259    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4

This woman is disgusting.

01.12.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.

01.12.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2843    πŸ” 538    πŸ’¬ 226    πŸ“Œ 40

Dear Belgians.
Now you must help and put pressure on your Prime Minister @deweverbart.bsky.social, who is actively helping #Russia in its attack on #Europe.

This is completely destructive for Belgium's reputation and credibility.

#Belgium #Ukraine

01.12.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump wants the entire Western Hemisphere. Putin wants most or even all of Europe.

01.12.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

No!

01.12.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very embarrissing!

01.12.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

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The proposal included provisions requiring Ukraine to accept β€œfull amnesty for Russians accused of war crimes” as part of a wider settlement framework.

This encompasses people already under ICC investigation or indictment because the clause did not exclude senior officials or specific offenses.

01.12.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

I doubt that the ICC in The Hague recognises pardons by Trump..

01.12.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aeschylus: β€œEven in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

01.12.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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I like women in general, but this one is extremely ugly.

01.12.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

EU Commission Executive Vice-President Ribera:

Europe "must stand united, defend our values and resist pressure."

I will say the quiet part loud: from Russia AND the U.S.

01.12.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Trump got the MRI as a follow up on his injured ear.

01.12.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2558    πŸ” 273    πŸ’¬ 155    πŸ“Œ 14

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