Koen Decoster

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@JuliaDavisNews As lovers of national tradition, Russians in positions of power just can’t help themselves: they are bound to call for reckless escalation. One does wonder whether they never think the day might come that someone in power takes their dangerous nonsense as serious advice?

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@ParisAMDParis Il fut un temps… Je passais par là chaque fois que j’étais à Paris.

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@gregalmonte_ @atrupar Fair point, but cut him some slack: pretty sure he honestly doesn’t remember saying that. 🙄

[Joshua McElwee @joshjmcelwee]

Pope Leo on Thursday decried political leaders who invoke religious beliefs to justify conflicts or nationalist policies, calling that a form of blasphemy, or a serious sin that disrespects or insults God. For @Reuters

https://t.co/z2YM4CsLJk

[Johanna Nyman @JohannaNyman5]

Now that Putin openly declares that the Kremlin’s goal is to “liberate Russia’s historical lands,” we can dismiss the NATO-expansion lie promoted by Moscow and its apologists to falsely justify this war, and recognize it for what it is: age-old Russian imperialism.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Until the Russians give up their colonial ambitions, the war will not end

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly and explicitly outlined his continued commitment to his maximalist war aims in Ukraine — the same aims for which Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022.

Putin’s statements continue to demonstrate that he will not be satisfied with a peace agreement based on the US-proposed 28-point peace plan.

Robust security guarantees for Ukraine are essential to ensure that any future agreement produces a sustainable peace, but the Kremlin has been publicly rejecting the idea of such guarantees.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Kupyansk and Pokrovsk. Russian forces recently advanced near Kupyansk, Siversk, Pokrovsk, and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.

[Eurobarometer @EurobarometerEU]

The new #Eurobarometer shows
🔹3 in 4 feel they are EU citizens
🔹74% say their country benefits from EU membership
🔹Top concerns: Ukraine, immigration, international situation, security & defence, prices, economy
https://t.co/bTQgAhcnt1

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

This is a sick man.

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@EJdc @wordcook @JohannaNyman5 I meant: a willingness to acknowledge the world of facts. Pretty sure you know what I meant. If you prefer to live in a North-Korean style world of propaganda about your god-emperor and erase and rewrite your memory several times a week, there’s indeed no point in us talking.

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@wordcook @EJdc @JohannaNyman5 I’m a traditional Catholic. Right now, Pascal’ « Pensées » is on my night table. I still remember the second commandment. And Americans used to do so as well.

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@wordcook @EJdc @JohannaNyman5 1) there’s the internet. 2) the US used to be about Freeform and opportunity for all, the rule of law, judge a man by his character, not the color of his skin. What happened to all of that???

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@EJdc @wordcook @JohannaNyman5 1) we love and honor the US of old.
2) if you can’t see that MAGAstan is the exact opposite of the old US in terms of values, there’s no point in us talking…
3) The EU is a bastion of the values the Greatest Generation in the US fought for. MAGA is an affront to their memories.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.

Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin: "There’s no “deal” to be had with Ukraine, only an agreement on its surrender"

Glad you bastards finally admit it: you never wanted peace-you wanted Ukraine, always.

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@oida_grantler @kajakallas Dear fellow pretzel lover, here’s some info on that: https://t.co/3XKplUabqD

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@michaellinder @nypost The West shouldn’t be too proud about it’s Ukraine policy. Here in
Europe, we kept telling ourselves that our strong trade relations with Russia would keep Putin from fighting wars on the European continent. After 2008 (Georgia) and 2014 (Ukraine), we should have known better.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

37% of Republicans say the Holocaust was exaggerated or didn’t happen, 36% say the moon landing was fake, and 41% believe 9/11 was an inside job.

Houston, we have a problem.

[Koen Decoster @KoenDecoster1]

@DecodingFoxNews @Real_RobN Also: these are non-citizen numbers, not the same as illegal migrants.