Birgitta Hammarström

Kommunikationskonsult, Hammarstöm Information. Tidigare presschef och ekonomijournalist, intresserad av ekonomi, språk och samhällsfrågor.

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

European democracies are on the verge of electing leaders who answer directly to Moscow.

The image of European politicians participating in Russia's flagship economic event should shock the conscience of the West. This event is a dark reminder of the immense danger looming over the continent.

The traditional pillars of European strength and stability, specifically France, Germany, and the UK, are at risk of being hijacked by political networks beholden to the Kremlin.

Preventing the National Rally, LFI, AfD, and Reform UK from winning the next round of elections is an absolute necessity for European security. Letting these parties take control would be a catastrophic failure that dissolves NATO solidarity and fractures the European Union from within. These movements are Trojan horses engineered to surrender Western leverage to the Kremlin.

Citizens in these countries need a massive wake-up call regarding the reality of their political choices. Voting for these organizations is not a harmless protest against the establishment. It is an act of betrayal against your own nation and the wider free world. It is a vote for Putin.

We must do a vastly superior job of fighting these parties on the political battlefield. Their deceptive messaging must be confronted at every turn, their funding sources must be investigated, and their lies must be utterly crushed by an informed and determined public

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

Today, Russia damaged:

- Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a nearly 1,000-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site;
- The Mystetskyi Arsenal cultural complex in Kyiv;
- The Dovzhenko Film Studio in Kyiv;
- The Kharkiv Art Museum;
- The House of Chamber and Organ Music in Dnipro.

These are not military targets. This is Ukrainian culture, history, art, and identity.

So tell us again, what exactly is Russia fighting for? Or is it fighting against the very existence of Ukraine itself?

[Pattie Schultz @EverydayGene]

@BohuslavskaKate

[The Persian Jewess @persianjewess]

Iranian hairstylist Ami Moghadam received death threats for posting videos of women receiving haircuts on Instagram.

So she decided to troll the Islamic Regime and their oppressive mandatory hijab laws in the most epic, hilarious way possible. 😂

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

The U.S. debt has just crossed $39 trillion. Trump alone is responsible for almost 30% of it.

So far, Trump has added roughly $12–13 trillion to the debt across his two terms in office. That is nearly 30% of ALL U.S. national debt accumulated since 1789.

Just think about this: over 250 years, 44 presidents accounted for 70% of the debt. In less than 6 years, Trump alone added 30%. That is about 18 times more than the average U.S. president in history.

He is truly the worst presidents in U.S. history, causing more harm to the country than anyone else. And we will be paying for his actions long after he is gone.

[AnatolijUkraine @AnatoliUkraine]

Kaja Kallas is saying out loud what many European leaders quietly understand:

A united Europe is one of the few entities on Earth large enough to resist pressure from Washington, Moscow and Beijing at the same time.

That’s exactly why extremists, oligarchs and foreign influence networks work so hard to keep Europe fragmented, paranoid and internally divided.

Empires prefer neighbors.
Not rivals.

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

Absolutely horrifying and painful footage.

russia is wiping another Ukrainian city off the map while the world stays silent.

Kostiantynivka: from 70,000 people to a ghost town under nonstop russian bombs.

Why does the world keep allowing this horror?

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Here’s something I’d like to ask Pete Hegseth.

Why is Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner parading around in the Middle East, trying to raise billions for his private equity firm while we are in the middle of a war?

We deserve answers.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

20,000 teddy bears on the National Mall representing the 20,000 Ukrainian children taken from their families by Putin’s brutal invasion.

We must stand with Ukraine.

We are here. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦

[Nicolas Tenzer @NTenzer]

We should repeat this every day: russia is intentionally murdering Ukrainian children, day after day, for the sheer pleasure of it.
We can never forgive this—above all, we have no right to forgive it.
These crimes will haunt the russians—all russians—for as long as they exist.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

In honor of Vance's visit to Hungary, where he will campaign for Viktor Orban, I am reposting this article: Orban's Hungary is one of the poorest countries, and certainly the most corrupt and least free country, in the EU. Vance wants this for America?
https://t.co/Qx1CaKNL2E

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

When the whole world learned about Bucha. About Ukrainians butchered in the streets of Bucha by Russian occupiers. About our people tortured in basements. About those shot on the roads. About adults and children whose bodies were found in graves in Bucha. Everyone saw the horror that Russia and its aggression bring. They saw what Ukraine is really defending itself against.

Today, on the fourth anniversary of Bucha’s liberation from Russian occupiers, we honored the memory of Ukrainians who were killed and tortured there. We remember and will never forget what the enemy did. Every Russian murderer, executioner, and terrorist must be held accountable for every crime against our people.

Blessed be the memory of everyone whose lives were taken by Russia – to all who were killed in Bucha and across Ukraine at the hands of Russian occupiers.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

My Favorite sign of all time at a No Kings Protest.

So F--king True!

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

This is the third major investigation of Hungarian corruption by the same @FT team.

[UNITED24 @U24_gov_ua]

This is the reality for thousands of Ukrainian children today.

Instead of playing in a park — flowers on a heroic father’s grave. Instead of his warm hands — cold granite, that she kisses goodbye.

Help protect the lives of those they died for: https://t.co/4Os08VprA0

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

Melika Azizi is 18 years old. The regime wants her dead because she isn't afraid of them.
​While the world slept, they raided her home. While they beat her in Lakan Prison, she held her head high. When the judge handed down a death sentence, she didn't beg for her life—she demanded justice for the fallen.
​"How can I stay silent?" she asked.
​We cannot be the ones who stay silent while they try to hang a teenager for her bravery. Silence is a death sentence. Noise is a lifeline.
​ACT NOW: Save this post. Share it. Tag three friends who will help spread her name. We have to make the cost of executing her higher than the cost of letting her go.
​#MelikaAzizi #SaveMelika #StopExecutionsInIran #HumanRights

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Trump is alone. That’s different from the United States being alone.

May I be so bold as to address myself to America’s allies and friends? I have some thoughts... https://t.co/QEfU6YcRh0

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Sean, thanks to you, we know what a true friend of Ukraine is.
You have stood with Ukraine since the first day of the full-scale war.
This is still true today.
And we know that you will continue to stand with our country and our people.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

Decades ago, people lined up by the hundreds for vaccines because they had seen the diseases and understood the importance of protection.

Ironically, vaccines have been so successful that many today have forgotten the danger they were designed to prevent.

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

Where is the world’s outrage?

Overnight, a russian missile wiped out half of an apartment building.

9 people killed so far.
Among them — two children: a 9-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl.
15 more injured.

And the world keeps scrolling.