Deze week is Ontbijt met De @tijd.be eerder 𰻞𰻞面 met De @tijd.be. @roelverrycken.bsky.social en ik spraken onder andere over de open relatie van Xi en Poetin. P.S.: La Taverne de Zhao is absoluut een aanrader! www.tijd.be/dossier/ontb...

Sinologe Dorien Emmers: ‘Xi Jinping en Poetin? Dat is eerder een open relatie’

Ze doceert aan de KU Leuven en is in korte tijd een veelgevraagde China-uitlegger geworden. Maar het allerliefst spendeert Dorien Emmers haar tijd aan veldwerk op het Chinese platteland. Ontbijt met D...

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Holy moly! This isn’t wink-wink nudge nudge flirting with trutherism, it’s the whole thing. It was probably inevitable we ended up here.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

jeez louise -- Sen. Ron Johnson and Benny Johnson suggest 9/11 was an inside job and Johnson says he wants to hold hearings

Belgische proffen in de VS over Trumps oorlog tegen de universiteiten: 'We voelen ons soms zoals het orkest op de Titanic'

Belgische proffen in de VS over Trumps oorlog tegen de universiteiten: 'We voelen ons soms zoals het orkest op de Titanic'

Onder het mom van een strijd tegen woke en antisemitisme voert de regering-Trump een ongeziene kruistocht tegen de universiteiten. Belgische professoren in de VS spreken van een frontale aanval op de academische vrijheid en de wetenschap. 'Intellectuelen zijn nu eenmaal niet de grootste vrienden van mensen met dictatorambities.'

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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

"America’s new guard are almost all white, all male, and mostly unqualified to lead the departments they are vandalizing. It's not just foreigners who are remaking plans. US scientists are looking abroad. Trump has given the world a giant poaching opportunity." My column. www.ft.com/content/5100...

Ten weeks that shook the world

On many fronts, and with deliberate haste, America is vaporising its soft power

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Tesla ziet verkoop in België met twee derde terugvallen

Tesla ziet verkoop in België met twee derde terugvallen

Tesla is in vrije val in België. De verkoop van de elektrische wagens van Elon Musk daalde in maart met liefst 70 procent tot minder dan 1.000 stuks. De terugval past in een bredere Europese trend van fors dalende verkoopcijfers voor Tesla.

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Trump is in full banana republic mode and still not one Republican senator will stand up and be counted. Not one.

MS NOW@ms.now · last yr.

Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so

Salute to the Canadians for putting these ads up in downtown DC, they’re right and they should say it more 🫡

If only they had money. And power. And influence.

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · last yr.

Business leaders all across America are freaking out that Trump's tariffs will kneecap their firms. “There’s an overriding sense of helplessness” among executives. “CEOs are feeling stunned, and they’re not used to feeling like they don’t have good moves.” (gift link)

OSSOFF: Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct? RATLIFFE: No OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment

A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Pete Hegseth, in his Fox commentator days, about Hillary Clinton's emails: "Everyone knows what top secret means. … If you’re hiding that on a private server, that’s a very real problem and likely criminal charges [should] follow" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

> @newyorker.com 🇺🇸

If it’s fake, why would you be worried about it leaking?

JD Vance is now officially the most disliked new Vice President in American history, according to data.

J.D. Vance Is the Most Disliked New Vice President in History | Washington Monthly

The public isn’t taking to J.D. Vance's obnoxious style, which bodes well for politics in the post-Trump era.

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"when a reporter asked what Hegseth and Musk discussed, the billionaire responded: 'Why should I tell you?'" www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Elon Musk Leaves Pentagon After Discussions About China and Tech

The Trump adviser had been originally set to receive a top-secret briefing on war plan but revelations of the meeting caused a change of course.

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To be clear, Fox News is telling its audience that all of the unprovoked tariffs imposed on Canada by Trump are totally legal and fine, but that Canadian retaliatory tariffs are “the first official shot of the American-Canadian war”. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...

Jesse Watters: Canada "fired the first official shot of the American-Canadian war"

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I believe this is a world first: An intra-day tariff chart.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2y ago

This morning’s new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum are off, now that it's afternoon.

A lot of people who got the measles as children died or suffered lifelong disabilities as a result. The measles vaccine was a godsend to worldwide public health, and it’s an absolute scandal that this lethally ignorant dolt has any power over public health.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

RFK Jr: "It used to be that everybody got measles. And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection. The vaccine doesn't do that ... it used to be that very young kids were protected by breast milk. Women who get vaccinated do not provide that level of immunity."

holy shit -- Trump was reading from a literal Tesla sales pitch, complete with pricing, during his White House event with Elon Musk. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)

A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸

Coming soon to the Social Security payment system.

De 'duistere verlichting' van Musk, Vance en co. : Hoe radicale ideeën uit Silicon Valley rond Trump cirkelen

De 'duistere verlichting' van Musk, Vance en co. : Hoe radicale ideeën uit Silicon Valley rond Trump cirkelen

Presidenten moeten als CEO’s te werk gaan en bedrijven dienen een technocratische agenda. Radicale ideeën uit Silicon Valley die alleen op internetfora en in podcasts leefden, veroveren vandaag het Witte Huis. ‘Ik geloof niet dat vrijheid en democratie nog compatibel zijn.’

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“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

Mike Johnson: "We're transitioning from Bidenomics and the terrible economy that was delivered by the last administration. It takes a while to turn that ship around."

We kunnen op BlueSky helaas nog geen video's langer dan 30 seconden posten. Vergeef me deze link naar Instagram, maar kijk even mee naar hoe de Russische talkshows naar de uitspraken van Trump kijken... 😱 www.instagram.com/reel/DG3F3dw...

Olaf Koens on Instagram: "Geloof het of niet, deze talkshow is er iedere avond op de Russische staatstelevisie, en soms kan een uitzending drie uur lang duren. Behalve beroepsleugenaars schuiven er so...

22 likes, 0 comments - olafkoens on March 6, 2025: "Geloof het of niet, deze talkshow is er iedere avond op de Russische staatstelevisie, en soms kan een uitzending drie uur lang duren. Behalve beroep...

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a look at the s&p following the election of recent us presidents:

JD Vance in Munich: ‘If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you.’

Politico@politico.com · 2y ago

The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm told Republican lawmakers to stop holding in-person town halls amid a wave of angry backlash over the cuts undertaken by President Donald Trump's administration.

I knew this would happen, but it's still surreal to hear another nation's leader talk to us in a televised address the way US presidents have historically spoken to the citizens of countries led by dictators and despots.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Waitsfield on Saturday morning to protest Vice President JD Vance, who is visiting Vermont with his family for a ski trip this weekend.

‘He has the unwavering support of his maga base, the cowed compliance of his congressional caucus, and the backing of multibillionaires such as Jeff Bezos, who would rather diminish the vitality of his newspaper than risk the dinner invitations of the sovereign.’ www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Trump’s Disgrace

David Remnick on the temper of Trump’s Presidency—the threats and firings, the multiple DOGE fiascoes, the proposal to cleanse the Gaza Strip of two million Palestinians, and his showdown with Volodym...

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