This is probably the real goal of the "annex greenland" talk from trump, just dial up the pressure so lobbying is easier
So disgusting, Biden is genuinely the most evil politician of the past 10 years
You gotta be seriously dumb to completely hop on the anti-maduro bandwagon as a left-leaning government in south america. Like ok do your whole "dictator dictator dictator" spiel but at the end of the day if you're completely backing the destabilization campaign you're just gonna get hit with more asylum seekers and you're missing out on the potential of a strong venezuelan economy in the region
It would unironically be an incredibly positive thing if "the far-left" could actually swing an election, specifically from the dems to the reps.
It would at least mean that it existed politically in someway. But it's not the case
I wonder what's going on. The PT's radicalism in foreign policy usually compensates for moderate domestic policy, but I iirc lula's government has been even less than moderate on that front, and now they're even moderating foreign policy wise. Might just be that there are local elections in brazil rn and he doesn't want to rock the boat
The only reason ukraine is still fighting is because of a line of credit between kiev and washington, what a joke
Just came across these 3 things about the recent german regional elections.
"Most BSW voters come from former Linke voters, non-voters or CDU. Minimal weakening of the AfD", also minimal weakening of the SPD, the question may still be open as to how the party will fare in other regional elections where Die Linke already barely exists.
According to Adam Tooze the Thuringian branch of the AfD is its most radical branch
Holy shit they are so fucking stupid, holy fuck I can't believe this is real news
Odete Santos, a prominent portuguese communist and feminist passed away recently, she was an MP for years and many portuguese women grew up watching her defending women's rights and the right to abortion in parliament and outside it. Rest in peace.
Choice quote: "And I ask of the economists, politicians, moralists, if they have already calculated the number of individuals that must be condemned to misery, to unjust work, to demoralization, to infamy, to ignorance, to unbeatable disgrace, to absolute penury, in order to produce a single rich man?"
Video of desperate Zelensky: "If you can't give us some financial support, okay please give us credit and we will give you back money."
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Funny portugal news
An MP from the far right Chega party (which has 50 seats and is 3rd place), Miguel Arruda, has been named a suspect for the crime of stealing bags from airports and filling his office with them. The same day this was revealed a Vinted account (online shopping plarform) thought to belong to Arruda and featuring a ton of clothes being sold for 1 euro each (what a steal!) was deleted. He kicked himself out of the party's what'sapp group before the party leader got the chance to do it but he's decided to keep his seat (and salary).
It's ironic because the party and its MPs are constantly talking about "bandits" and wanting to send politicians to jail. The guy was also elected from the Azores archipelago district, which means he has a very thick azorian accent and that made his interview trying to deny the accusations pretty funny, he just said "I don't feel like I'm guilty". This past week 2 pranksters managed to get him on a call by pretending to be far-right activists and when they asked him about his relation to Mario Machado (a far right criminal who was in jail for years for killing a black person in the 90s and after being released basically made a joke about wanting to sexually assault a leftist activist and got sued into being in jail again) he said "I belong to mario" 2 times, he's since clarified that he was just joking. Raising questions about explicit connections between Machado and the Chega party.