Bert Schotanus

@bertschotanus.bsky.social

No ideological home. No party line to hold. Just a genuine attempt at accuracy, and the intellectual honesty to sit with uncertainty when the evidence doesn’t settle things cleanly.

Donald Trump told reporters he feels "badly" for Max Miller, a Republican congressman accused of abusing his wife, and hopes Miller can "work it out." The only thing less surprising than a Republican politician abusing his wife is Donald Trump empathizing with the abuser.

Fox Propaganda wanted President Obama in jail for ObamaCare and called President Biden a dictator for trying to erase student debt, but haven’t said one word about the orange felon trying to fund Jan 6 terrorists, protecting pedos or committing money laundering. Funny how that works.

Israel said the war was about the hostages. All 251 were returned by January 26, 2026. Hamas hasn’t fired a rocket into Israeli territory since April 2025. Sixteen months. Israeli strikes on Gaza haven’t stopped for a single day. So what is their excuse now?

Dat er een link is met ‘statelijke actoren’ in aanloop naar en communicatie over Ceuta-drama begint duidelijk te worden. Als je als Nederlands politicus de extreemrechtse campagne steunt en daardoor meehelpt Europese eenheid te splijten zoals deze landen willen, heb je wel wat uit te leggen, ja.

Nina Zeelen@ninazeelen.bsky.social · 2d ago

US-Israeli-Moroccan Nexus “The recent border crossings were, therefore, part of efforts of the growing US-Israeli-Moroccan nexus—codified and strengthened by the so-called Abraham Accords—to weaken a progressive European government, divide Europe, and undermine international law and human rights.“

French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡

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In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission. The government has paid millions to private contractors to surface everything from potential threats to agents to

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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How is this not THE story right now? He’s doubling down again, but this time claiming something exists that obviously doesn’t exist at all. WTF is the media?😡 Why isn’t every question about when he will release these moving camera tapes so that we all can see what the horrible dems have done?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "We have photographs or tapes -- like moving cameras, right? -- where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife."

Reminder: Todd Blanche has… -Weaponized the DOJ to persecute Trump’s political foes -Purged hundreds of career DOJ lawyers -Botched the release of the Epstein files and ignored victims’ wishes He can’t be trusted and has no business being Attorney General. The Senate must reject him.

🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Min. says Strait of Hormuz will only open when US stops all its violations 🔸Iran said it is not currently negotiating w/ the US, but is holding bilateral talks w/ Oman to establish a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the safe passage of vessels...

🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Strait of Hormuz will only open when US stops all its violations

🔸Iran said it is not currently negotiating with the United States, but is holding bilateral talks with Oman to establish a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the safe passage of vessels.

🔸Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the negotiations concern only Iran and Oman as the two coastal states, while other countries may play either a constructive or destructive role.

🔸Baghaei stressed that “agreeing on a shipping route is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one, for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.”

🔸He said the Strait has remained disrupted since February 28, 2026, when the U.S. and Israel launched their military assault on Iran, adding:

 ➤ “As long as the United States continues its malicious actions, as long as the maritime siege of Iran continues, as long as the United States’ military aggression against Iran and its interests continues, and as long as all the violations that the United States has committed during this period continue, then, of course, no significant changes will occur in the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.”

🔸Baghaei added that negotiations with Oman are limited to the Strait of Hormuz, while issues between Iran and the United States would only be addressed at a later stage, depending on how the situation develops.Bild