He wants to be president so bad, Nosferatu sitting next to him can taste it.
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Formerly with Dutch military intelligence (MoD) and counter-terrorism (MoJ) Former optimist (Opinions are mine, usual caveats apply, etc.) Re-posting is not by definition endorsement
JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
El-Sayed: "They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, If you can't say the name -- it's Abdulrahman -- keep the name out your damn mouth."
Calling rising experts with big ideas - submit your writing to the Bulletin! thebulletin.org/next-generat...
Today in Moscow in 1963, diplomats Dean Rusk (United States), Andrei Gromyko (Soviet Union), and Alec Douglas-Home (United Kingdom) signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the signatory states from testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, underwater, and in outer space.
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 16h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
💥 Israeli invaders, illegally present on Lebanese soil, are setting fire to forests and farmland across South Lebanon. This is deliberate. They are burning centuries-old ecosystems and wiping out livelihoods to ensure displaced families have nothing left to return to. 8/5 @sarahabdallah.bsky.social
For the first time in weeks, the IDF issued an evacuation notice to the village of Al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon. According to the statement, Hezbollah violated the ceasefire and the IDF will act against the organization with force.-Kann
The Lebanese pro-Iranian Al-Mayadeen channel is reporting on "relatively positive moods" prevailing in Tehran regarding the Strait of Hormuz issue. According to the report, it is not unlikely that Oman and Iran will reach an agreement on the strait, "provided that the US ceases its interventions."
#Taiwan launches 10-day annual #HanKuang exercise to test command flexibility www.reuters.com/world/china/... #China
Taiwan launches major war games to test command flexibility
Taiwan began major military drills on Wednesday to test commanders' ability to fight on the fly when enemy movements defy expectations, while temporarily limiting internet access for the first time, ...
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#Taiwan annual military exercise commenced www.bairdmaritime.com/security/nav...
Inside Taiwan's new military drills: Limited internet and wartime simulations
Taiwan began major military drills on Wednesday to test commanders' ability to fight on the fly when enemy movements defy expectations, while temporarily limiti
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Taiwan kicks off Han Kuang 42 military exercise 19:44 Army, Navy and Air Force launch drills around Taiwan https://taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/6415506 #news #taiwan
Taiwan kicks off Han Kuang 42 military exercise | Taiwan News | Aug. 5, 2026 19:44
Army, Navy and Air Force launch drills around Taiwan | Aug. 5, 2026 19:44
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FBI Director Kash Patel told Reuters that over the past year, the Bureau has established new, what he described as "non-traditional partnerships" with Russia and China in the field of law enforcement to strengthen efforts against transnational crime. 📷 Photo: Reuters
OFF TOPIC : Footage of the eruption of Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala.
Bedenker Krijn ter Braak overweegt doorstart van Zomergasten www.spreekbuis.nl/bedenker-kri...
Bedenker Krijn ter Braak overweegt doorstart van Zomergasten - Spreekbuis.nl
Krijn ter Braak, de bedenker van Zomergasten, overweegt om het programma na het afscheid bij de VPRO elders voort te zetten. De inmiddels 85-jarige programmamaker zegt in een interview met Recorder Ma...
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Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/david-elli... CNN reporters were not amused by David Ellison's op-ed in the NYT.
![The piece was "insulting," one CNNer told Status, adding, “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS. You can’t just write an op-ed and erase that.” Another CNNer said it was obvious to them Ellison "says whatever is best for him to get the merger through."
"The thing David Ellison seems to be missing is the wild mismanagement and disrespect that Bari [Weiss] has displayed at '60' and CBS," a third CNNer told Status. "These people just simply do not know what they are doing. We see it. And we don’t want it here."
Indeed, several CNNers said that Ellison's stewardship of CBS News had caused them to lose confidence in his ability to run a news organization and sour on his repeated assurances about respecting the independence of newsrooms. In The Times essay, Ellison wrote, "I understand that promises from an executive in the middle of a merger invite skepticism. So judge us by the year we just had."
But the last year at CBS News has been an unmitigated disaster. Most notably, Ellison allowed his handpicked news chief to take a sledgehammer to "60 Minutes," firing multiple correspondents and senior executives from television news' most prestigious broadcast—in most of the cases, without ever stating a cause for the dismissals. Beyond that, Weiss' tenure has been defined by her expunging those she is not ideologically aligned with, presiding over the worst ratings of the century for flagship programs like the "CBS Evening News" and "CBS Mornings," establishing a cozier relationship with an overtly corrupt White House, and sending employee morale cratering to astonishing lows.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreicybrw5xm7wnrleduxjtlfwlrcvjzs7qwwjijswwlluzh5x67iadi)
The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
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“If you are tasked and paid by a Russian state entity to say something, that is not freedom of expression. That is subversion by an enemy state.” open.substack.com/pub/alexzfin...
France Moves to Expel a Russian Propagandist
Will the move set up a court battle to test the line between freedom of expression and protection of the constitutional order?
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Fascistoïde pyromanen met afgeplakte kentekens, daar is natuurlijk door politie, justitie of politiek niks tegen te beginnen…
❗️The blown-up 🇷🇺Russian entrepreneur was also the author of a large Russian military Telegram channel with 600 thousand subscribers.
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦@militarynewsua.bsky.social · 7h ago❗️Near 🇷🇺Yekaterinburg, the car of the director of a Russian FPV drone manufacturing company exploded. The injured person is in intensive care in serious condition.
MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds 1) MI6 (Great Britain) 2) DGSE (France) 3) AIVD (Netherlands) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds
UK’s Secret Intelligence Service praised for playing long game and having ‘a taste for dirty tricks’
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'AIVD behoort tot beste inlichtingendiensten van Europa'
'AIVD behoort tot beste inlichtingendiensten van Europa'
Het Franse weekblad L'Express heeft een ranglijst gemaakt van inlichtingendiensten, waar de Nederlandse dienst op de derde plaats staat.
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🤓 Update: In the Sverdlovsk region, the director of Upyr FPV drone manufacturing company was blown up in his car. He is in serious condition.
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 7h ago💥 A car belonging to the director of a Russian FPV drone manufacturing company exploded near Yekaterinburg He is in intensive care in serious condition
As of this week, Dutch frigate HNLMS De Ruyter accommodates an international staff in preparation of a possible 'Multinational Military Mission for the Strait of Hormuz' (MMM-SOH). Should it materialize, the mission will be led by France and the UK. HNLMS De Ruyter has extensive C2 facilities.
Hans de Vreij@vreij.bsky.social · 7h ago'Het luchtverdedigings- en commandofregat Zr. Ms. De Ruyter huisvest vanaf deze week een multinationale staf. Dit gebeurt om goed te kunnen voorbereiden op een eventuele missie in de Straat van Hormuz. Dat meldt minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius aan de Tweede Kamer.' www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieu...
Drone attack on an oil refinery in Ufa, Russia. ~1,500 km from Ukraine's border.
2/3 What is seen in ALL (non Russian) headlines I have seen, is factually correct: a drone has hit, or struck, or crashed into, a busy beach & people are dead. But it's important to actually read the story (TND⬇️) Details of dead & injured are attributed to Russian authorities.
