tinywitch75

🇪🇺 Weidwund. 😢History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. E.O.H.😍
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[tinywitch75 @tinywitch75]

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[Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire]

“Two decades ago, a president embraced information that turned out to be wrong, and disaster followed.
Today, a president disregards assessments that proved to be right, and the predictable comes to pass. There’s a failure of intelligence there too” https://t.co/knx0hwTTPB

[For Fooksake!!! @glrglr13]

@Roshan_Rinaldi @Martina Trump has been in power for 2% of our nation's history but is responsible for 25% of our debt.

It's almost like he's bad at business.

[Bürgis Watch @BurgerleinWatch]

Mit besten Grüßen an Alexander Dobrindt...

FRAGE DES TAGES:

[Ben Hodges @general_ben]

Brilliant rebuttal and explanation by @AdamKinzinger of nonsensical attacks on NATO and allies.

[tinywitch75 @tinywitch75]

@AdamKinzinger

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Ok. Here we go

Ari, you know better than this. You’ve been inside the room. You understand how alliances actually function, not just how they’re talked about on cable hits.

NATO was never meaningfully consulted here. Not brought in as partners. Not treated as allies whose buy-in mattered. Instead, for years they’ve been publicly dressed down, threatened, and told outright that they’re on their own. When the President of the United States repeatedly questions the value of the alliance, floats walking away from Article 5, and even talks about things like taking Greenland, you don’t get trust—you get hedging.

So now there’s a major war raging on their own continent, and those countries are being asked to stretch even thinner for an operation they had no role in shaping, led by a president who has made clear he views alliances as transactional at best and disposable at worst. Of course they’re cautious. Of course they’re calculating risk. And yes—of course they’re worried they’ll be left holding the bag when Trump inevitably changes course or loses interest.

That’s not freeloading. That’s rational behavior in response to uncertainty we created.

You’re right that some European countries have underinvested in defense. That’s been true for years, and many have started correcting it—especially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But let’s not pretend this moment exists in a vacuum. Trust is cumulative. And it’s been burned down repeatedly.

And the idea that this is about “refusing to help the U.S. rid the world of Iran” ignores the bigger strategic picture. European nations are dealing with an active land war, energy insecurity, domestic political strain, and the very real possibility that U.S. commitments to NATO could evaporate overnight. You don’t expand commitments under those conditions—you consolidate.

You know this, Ari. And I think you know why this argument doesn’t hold up.

But somewhere along the way, you traded that understanding for applause lines. You’ve sold yourself at the altar of popularity instead of leveling with people about the complexity here.

Alliances aren’t maintained by ultimatums and public humiliation. They’re maintained by trust, consultation, and consistency. We’ve offered too little of that lately—and now we’re seeing the result.

[Muzeum Auschwitz @MuzeumAuschwitz]

6 kwietnia 1888 | W Tomsku urodził się Polak Piotr Kownacki. Adwokat.

W #Auschwitz od 24 lipca 1941 r.
Nr 18469
Zginął w obozie 17 sierpnia 1942 r

[tinywitch75 @tinywitch75]

@MuzeumAuschwitz

[Auschwitz Exhibition @auschwitzxhibit]

Remember that taking pictures at the #AuschwitzExhibition is allowed as long as it doesn't disturb other visitors. Flash, professional equipment or selfie sticks are forbidden without a permit.

➡️ Last days at the CMC.

You can share your pictures with #NotLongAgoNotFarAway.

[Grim Creeper @OrkReaper]

Ukraine is a better member of NATO than the United States... and isn't even a member.

Let that sink in.

[tinywitch75 @tinywitch75]

@AuschwitzMuseum

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

6 April 1928 | French Jewish girl Simone Zilberstein was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 817 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

France Has Moved All Its Gold Out of the United States

The Banque de France has completed a full withdrawal of its gold reserves from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Between July 2025 and January 2026, 129 tonnes of French gold stored in New York were sold and replaced with equivalent bullion purchased in Europe. All of France’s 2,437 tonnes of gold now sit in Paris. Every last bar.

The timing is hard to ignore. With Trump tearing up the postwar rulebook and transatlantic trust at historic lows, France has quietly made sure its financial bedrock is no longer stored on American soil.

The operation generated a 13 billion euro windfall on the back of record-high gold prices, turning a 7.7 billion euro loss in 2024 into an 8.1 billion euro profit in 2025. Macron essentially got paid to exit.

And France is not alone.

Germany still holds 1,236 tonnes of gold at the Federal Reserve, roughly 37 percent of its total reserves. The pressure to bring it home is building fast. Michael Jäger, head of the Association of German Taxpayers, has been blunt: Trump is unpredictable, does everything to generate revenue, and Germany’s gold is no longer safe in the Fed’s vaults.

That is the mainstream conversation in Berlin.

France has already acted. Germany is watching and calculating. The age of trusting Washington with Europe’s gold may be quietly coming to an end. As absolutely everything else.

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

This is the problem. When it comes to empowering Trump’s nominees and agenda, Dems should start at no.

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

Dems should no longer vote for a SINGLE nominee. And make it clear that leading the senate will mean NO Supreme Court Justices, NO cabinet appointments, NO tyranny.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

No one seems to notice the “Praise be to Allah,” part, which Trump would say was a jest, if asked. But imagine Biden or Obama saying it & the GOP response. Trump is completely off the rails & the GOP response is pretending it’s not happening. More here: https://t.co/PEJGWFOo5L

[Thomas 📯 @PolitBanause]

Die Anfänge der Sozialdemokratie zeichneten Fahrradclubs, der Kümmerer in der Nachbarschaft, Hausaufgabenhilfe, politische Stammtische usw. aus.

In den Stadtteilen war der Sozialdemokrat der Ansprechpartner. Sozialdemokratie war keine Partei. Sie war das Leben.

[Thomas 📯 @PolitBanause]

Einer der wichtigsten Tweets der letzten Monate auf dieser Plattform.

Warum?
Weil es eine Gegenstrategie für linke Parteien aufzeigt.
Anders gesagt: Der Tweet ist ein Appell an ursozialdemokratische Wurzeln.

[Furor Teutonicus @Regenbogenpfert]

Die AfD baut nicht nur Wahlkampf.
Sie baut Milieu.
Kneipen, Weingüter, Treffpunkte, Stammtische.
Nicht weil sie plötzlich so gesellig wäre, sondern weil rechte Politik genau dort stark wird, wo sie sich als Alltag tarnen kann.

Das ist der eigentliche Trick:
Erst Aperol, Weinabend und „offenes Mikro“.
Dann Gewöhnung gefolgt von Verharmlosung.
Am Ende Hegemonie.
Die #AfD besetzt keine Räume, weil sie das Dorfleben so liebt.
Sie besetzt Räume, weil verlassene Räume politisch billig zu haben sind.

Und die anderen Parteien haben ihr diese Einflugschneise oft selbst freigeräumt:
zu selten vor Ort, zu steril, zu verwaltet, zu fern vom wirklichen Alltag.
Rechte Macht entsteht nicht nur durch Hass.
Sie entsteht auch durch Geselligkeit, wenn niemand widerspricht und irgendwann alles „ganz normal“ wirkt.

Die AfD baut also nicht einfach Treffpunkte.
Sie baut die Kulisse, in der ihre Radikalität harmlos aussieht.
Und wer das für Folklore hält, hat nicht verstanden, wie politische Landnahme funktioniert. 🤷‍♀️

https://t.co/tqNEiof2O5

[Katharina Kanzan @kathakritzelt]

Die Weißstorch-Population in Deutschland hat mit rund 14.400 Brutpaaren ein Rekordhoch erreicht. Das ist der höchste Stand seit Beginn der Zählungen im Jahr 1934.
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Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.