Michael Bolzli

🧵/ Our February European Political Monthly survey once again finds attitudes to the USA hitting new lows

Net favourability of the USA in...
🇩🇪 -56 (down 5 from Jan)
🇫🇷 -52 (down 18)
🇮🇹 -43 (down 5)
🇪🇸 -41 (down 4)
🇬🇧 -41 (down 7)
🇵🇱 -5 (new)

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To be fair, it's also Friday the 13th

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

“Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question.

Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.

Putin finanziert seinen Krieg mit Erdöl: höchste Zeit, Russlands Schattenflotte zu stoppen Das Erdölgeschäft ist die Achillesferse des Regimes in Moskau. Umso unverständlicher ist, dass die Europäer nicht entschlossener dagegen vorgehen.

"Noch immer flossen nach offiziellen Angaben umgerechnet 85 Milliarden Franken in die Kasse des Kremls. Das ist mehr als die gesamte westliche Hilfe an die Ukraine – und der Hauptgrund, weshalb Putin das Geld nicht ausgeht."

www.nzz.ch/meinung/puti...

Explosionen in Kyjiw. Russland greift die Hauptstadt und weitere ukrainische Städte bei minus 20 Grad mit Raketen und Drohnen an.

Energieterror statt Waffenruhe.

Masked Federal agents arresting journalists in the night

An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:

The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files

Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others Shot and killed by immigration agents on a Minneapolis street, he wanted to be a ‘force of good in the world.’

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, an official said. He was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. nyti.ms/4t3ekJW

The Maga war on European democracy America’s national security strategy projects internal fears abroad

The Maga war on European democracy ft.trib.al/crWpcg8 | opinion

Währungskurse from hell: HBO Max kostet in Deutschland 6 Euro und in der Schweiz 10 Franken.

Der Versuch, die Geschichte umzuschreiben, ist üblicherweise ein klassisches Merkmal diktatorischer Regime.

Soll das Journalismus sein?

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.

All from his movies.

A man holds the remains of a Russian-made, inexpensive decoy drone made of foam and wood, known as a Gerbera, beside an Iran-designed Shahed-136 drone, known as a Geran-2.

Happy Hannukah

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Schweiz 2025: Kein Geld für den Nachtzug, aber noch mehr Subventionen für die Landwirtschaft.

Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.

Of course. Of course.

www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...

‘The Chinese will not pause’: Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban Exclusive: Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date

“If they were not mandatory, we would probably have 30% of our cars without seatbelts and if you consider the additional cost we probably wouldn’t have any cars with catalytic converters either unless they were mandatory”

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"Ein europäischer Bürger wird auf europäischem Boden von US-Sanktionen getroffen, weil er seinen Job bei einer Institution macht, die von der EU maßgeblich finanziert und unterstützt wird."

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

New US peace plan pushes Ukraine toward capitulation — here's what we know so far The United States is advancing a new peace proposal for ending Russia's war against Ukraine, a plan that Ukrainian officials say mirrors Moscow's maximalist demands and revives concessions the Kremlin...

⚡️ Update: Ukraine says Zelensky receives US draft plan to restart peace talks.

President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to discuss the available diplomatic options and the key elements needed to achieve peace with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Sachsen - Ministerpräsident Kretschmer will Rückkehr zu Energie aus Russland Sachsens Ministerpräsident Kretschmer hat sich für eine perspektivische Rückkehr zu Energielieferungen aus Russland ausgesprochen.

Gar keine gute Idee.
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Wieder so eine Nacht. Es ist schwer in Worte zu fassen, was Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer seit 2022 durchleben müssen. Russland terrorisiert Millionen von Menschen mitten in Europa.

Drüben bei LinkedIn gesehen und geklaut.

Schön zu wissen, was Apple mit meinem Geld anstellt.

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of training AI software. When …

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/