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Republicans Privately Urging Trump To Not Be President Leading Up To Midterms
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Vierailin tänään Canatulla ja Solar Foodsilla Vantaalla.
Molemmat yritykset ovat omilla aloillaan maailmanluokan edelläkävijöitä. Ne kehittävät ratkaisuja tulevaisuuden suuriin haasteisiin.
Canatu on syväteknologiayritys, joka kehittää edistyneitä hiilinanoputkia sekä niihin liittyviä tuotteita ja tuotantolaitteita. Solar Foods on puolestaan proteiinituotannon globaali edelläkävijä, joka ratkoo maailmanlaajuista ruoantuotannon ongelmaa vähemmällä ympäristön kuormituksella.
Kansanedustaja tyrmistyi Venäjä-päätöksestä: "Moraalinen häpeä"
Suomi ei voi osallistua kisoihin joissa venäjä mukana. Tulossa MM-kisat joissa osallistujina venäjä, valko-venäjä ja USA?
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Russia can be brought to the negotiating table for a just and lasting peace only after it has been defeated in its war of aggression. Simple.
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
Trump pressures Lithuania to crack EU potash sanctions on Belarus
First the russian diesel over Canada.
Now belarussian potash.
Why not do regime change in belarus and secure all the potash the US wants for free?
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Russia’s deadly attack on the Dnipro train station is yet another brutal assault on Ukrainian civilians. It makes abundantly clear that Moscow is not interested in peace.
I extend my deepest condolences to the victims and their families.
At the EU-Canada Summit and the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Atlanta, I will urge partners to further strengthen our support for Ukraine and advance accountability, including through the Special Tribunal and Claims Commission.
Russia must be held accountable.
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On the night of October 29–30, 1937, Stalin’s NKVD executed 132 people in Minsk. Among them were Belarusian poets, writers, scientists and teachers.
Yuliy Taubin was just 26. Valery Marakou was 28. They were publishing books, translating foreign authors, falling in love and making plans. They should have had decades of life and work ahead of them.
Their books were banned, their manuscripts burned, their names erased from textbooks. The regime wanted people to forget they had ever lived. Some of their work is lost forever. We will never know what else they might have created.
Today, Belarusians are again imprisoned for their words and views. Books are banned, and cultural figures remain behind bars. When I think about 1937, I cannot help thinking about the families living with fear in Belarus now.
But the poems that survived are still being read, translated and set to music. We can still hear these poets speak about love, friendship, joy and uncertainty. We can recognise something of ourselves in their words.
On this Night of Executed Poets, I ask you to find one of their poems. Read it to yourself or someone you love. Learn about the person who wrote it.
We cannot return the lives that were taken. But we can keep their words alive and work for a Belarus where no one is punished for what they write, say or believe.
Join an event tonight:
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1. Abschaffung der EU-Roaminggebühren
2. Europaweite Notrufnummer 112
3. Fluggastrechte bei Verspätungen
4. Entschädigungen bei Flugausfällen
5. Fahrgastrechte im Bahnverkehr
6. Fahrgastrechte im Fernbusverkehr
7. Fahrgastrechte im Schiffsverkehr
8. Schutz bei Pauschalreisen
9. Insolvenzschutz bei Pauschalreisen
10. Europäische Krankenversicherungskarte
11. Gegenseitige Anerkennung von Führerscheinen
12. EU-weit gültiger Behindertenparkausweis
13. Vereinfachte grenzüberschreitende Mautzahlung
14. Einheitliche Fahrzeugsicherheitsstandards
15. Verpflichtende Sicherheitsassistenzsysteme
16. Einheitlicher USB-C-Ladeanschluss
17. USB-C-Pflicht für neue Laptops
18. Rufnummernmitnahme beim Anbieterwechsel
19. Transparenz bei Mobilfunkverträgen
20. Preisobergrenzen für EU-Auslandsgespräche
21. Netzneutralität
22. Grenzüberschreitende Streaming-Portabilität
23. Verbot ungerechtfertigten Geoblockings
24. Gewährleistungsrechte für digitale Produkte
25. Schutz beim Kauf digitaler Dienstleistungen
26. Recht auf Datenübertragbarkeit
27. Recht auf Löschung personenbezogener Daten
28. Transparenzpflichten beim Datenschutz
29. Mehr Transparenz auf Online-Marktplätzen
30. Einfachere Meldung rechtswidriger Online-Inhalte
31. Mindestens zwei Jahre gesetzliche Gewährleistung
32. 14-tägiges Widerrufsrecht bei Onlinekäufen
33. Transparente Preisangaben
34. Verpflichtende Grundpreisangaben
35. Schutz vor irreführender Werbung
36. Schutz vor unfairen Vertragsklauseln
37. Verbot versteckter Online-Zusatzkosten
38. Verbot voreingestellter kostenpflichtiger Extras
39. Transparenz bei personalisierten Preisen
40. Schutz vor gefälschten Kundenbewertungen
41. EU-Schnellwarnsystem für gefährliche Produkte
42. Einheitliche Spielzeugsicherheitsstandards
43. Verbesserte allgemeine Produktsicherheit
44. Grenzüberschreitender Verbraucherschutz
45. Europäisches Verfahren für geringfügige Forderungen
46. Einheitlicher SEPA-Zahlungsverkehr
47. Grenzüberschreitende SEPA-Lastschriften
48. Gleiche Gebühren für vergleichbare Euro-Zahlungen
49. EU-weite Echtzeitüberweisungen
50. Gebührenbegrenzung bei Echtzeitüberweisungen
51. IBAN-Empfängerabgleich gegen Überweisungsbetrug
52. Begrenzte Verbraucherhaftung bei Kartenmissbrauch
53. Stärkere Authentifizierung beim Onlinebanking
54. Mehr Wettbewerb bei Zahlungsdiensten
55. Vergleichbare Bankkontogebühren
56. Recht auf ein Basiskonto
57. Verpflichtende Allergenkennzeichnung
58. Einheitliche Nährwertkennzeichnung
59. Gemeinsame Arzneimittelsicherheitsstandards
60. Anerkennung von Berufsqualifikationen
61. Grenzüberschreitende Sozialversicherungskoordination
62. Erleichterte grenzüberschreitende Gesundheitsversorgung
63. Verbesserte Rechte auf Reparatur
64. Verlängerte Haftungsfrist nach Reparatur
65. Vereinfachte Nachhaltigkeitsberichtspflichten
66. Bürokratieentlastung für kleinere Importeure
67. Vereinfachungen in der EU-Agrarpolitik
68. Vereinfachte InvestEU-Förderverfahren
Peter Vesterbacka retweeted
Ukrainians exercised their right to self-determination and established their own state. But there is no separate Donbas nation. Russians already have a state of their own. Those who wish to live in Russia are free to move there
Donbas has a right to secede from Ukraine if Ukraine had a right to secede from the USSR. You cannot uphold the right of self-determination in one case but not in the other.
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Ukraine seceded as a Soviet republic with explicit secession rights under the 1977 USSR Constitution; Donbas was an oblast in unitary Ukraine, whose constitution makes its territory indivisible. 2014 Donbas referendums lacked legal basis and were illegitimate.
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The Trump-putin “Blood Diesel" scam is collapsing.
Trump and putin thought they could cut a shady backroom deal to pump Russian oil into America. Instead, their shadow fleet of sanctioned tankers is floating aimlessly in the ocean, unwanted and locked out!
Sanctioned shadow ships like the Talisman and Leruo are drifting toward the U.S. carrying putin’s toxic cargo, but nobody wants to touch it.
Washington and Moscow are urging American companies to purchase Russian blood diesel at significant discounts, but businesses are concerned about legal and reputational risks due to sanctions, writes The Washington Sun.
According to the publication, at least three tankers carrying Russian diesel set sail toward the US in mid-October after Trump temporarily allowed such supplies. The vessels are scheduled to arrive at American ports after the midterm elections, but there are still no buyers for the cargo.
Instead of the US, the tankers may be redirected to Brazil, which is already purchasing significant volumes of Russian diesel fuel.
While the White House tried to cook up a temporary waiver, the strict sanctions from the EU, Canada, and the U.K. remain fully in place, leaving these vessels legally toxic worldwide.
State leaders like those in New Jersey are stepping up, threatening legal blocks to keep these rogue vessels away from regional ports.
Lawmakers, including Senator Richard Blumenthal are warning shipping companies and ports that executive loopholes do not override federal congressional laws banning Russian oil. Touch this cargo, and face severe legal consequences!
“Any company or individual thinking about purchasing Russian diesel should be aware that they’re committing a crime and that Congress is watching,” Blumenthal told The Sun in a statement. “Also, they may be held accountable by a future administration even if this one looks the other way.”
You can't bypass federal law, international sanctions, and a disgusted public just to bail out the Kremlin.
Turn those ghost ships around!
#BloodDiesel #Russia #StandWithUkraine #Accountability
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Росія вдарила по перону та звичайному потягу в Дніпрі. Загинуло щонайменше 14 людей. Мої співчуття рідним. Це страшні втрати. Співчуття і побажання швидкого одужання всім пораненим. Дякую всім, хто в цей дуже непростий день рятує. Ви зберігаєте життя – найцінніше, що в нас є.
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To speak honestly is one of our weapons, to be open, and to be clear. Not to play games with our partners. This is my rule of thumb. There is a lot of pressure on Ukraine at the moment, and of course I have to be louder. And I will be, because it's part of our defense strategy. We are not trying to be somebody else. If I feel that dangerous things are looming over Ukraine, I have to defend my country. And I do what I can, like our soldiers on the battlefield and people who work for Ukraine. And I, the President, have to use every format of diplomacy.
From an interview with The Sun. (2/3)
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The White House's new program of protecting Russia has ramped massacres all across Ukraine.
The Trump/Musk cabal now directly responsible.
Dad over dead.
Fucking carnage in Chernihiv.
Russian scums hit city center with "Banderol" (small-sized cruise missile).
Two 15-years-old girls were killed who were walking down the street at the time.
Videos 1 and 2 show a dad over a body of his dead daughter. On 2nd video his scream is heard on the background: "Noooo!".
@POTUS, @SEPeaceMissions, you like it? You are also involved in this.
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Russia is 100% responsible for this devastating war and every life destroyed by it
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Venäläisiä ja valkovenäläisiä urheilijoita huoltojoukkoineen ei pidä päästää Suomeen Rukan maailmancupiin. Kansainvälinen hiihtoliitto FIS on avannut heille mahdollisuuden kilpailla neutraaleina. Pidän tätä vakavana virheenä keskellä Venäjän raakaa hyökkäyssotaa Ukrainassa.
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"Within days, Russian soldiers poisoned their dog, an Alabai, along with all the other large dogs in Oleshky. They killed Liudmila’s nextdoor neighbor and raped his wife. A local butcher disappeared; no one knew whether he was also killed. Some neighbors were detained and beaten. Armed, masked soldiers searched Liudmila’s home three times, confiscating the couple’s Ukrainian passports and leaving them with no documents. And yet, Liudmila and Andriy stayed. They got a new puppy, also an Alabai. Russian troops started to move into civilian houses, parking tanks in what once were gardens."
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How many times must this be repeated?
russia will continue its mass crimes until it is defeated. Ukrainians don't need condolences, but weapons to destroy russian military bases.
Let’s stop repeating the fanciful mantra about a “just and lasting peace.” Diplomacy leads nowhere.
Thank you for your condolences, António. Today, Russia carried out cynical strikes that claimed the lives of 19 people. Another 71 people were injured, including 11 children. Dozens of those wounded are now in hospitals. Our medical professionals are providing care and doing everything they can to save lives.
Once again, Russia is showing its true attitude towards de-escalation and the efforts by Ukraine, the United States, Europe, and our other partners around the world to end this war and stop the killings.
Of course, support from the EU and every EU Member State is extremely important to us right now. We deeply appreciate all the assistance you are providing. We must further mobilize our joint efforts ahead of this winter to ensure that Ukraine has the necessary capabilities to defend itself against Russian missiles and drones.
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You know, I've been racking my brain trying to remember when else in history a great military power launched a war of aggression against a neighboring country, failed to defeat it on the battlefield for years -- and then the leadership of another great power (which the aggressor had regarded as its archenemy until just yesterday!!) engaged in petty, sordid collusion with the aggressor, made a complete 180-degree turn, and began actively working to force its undefeated victim into capitulation and extinction as a nation.
I'm honestly trying to think of historical precedents -- but it seems that never before in the history of this world under the heavens has there been such a spectacular display of deranged idiocy.
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Mitä ihmettä - Musk olisi muka rahastanut myös USA asevoimien Starlink/Starshield -sopimuksilla?
Ei, ihastellaan me vaan sitä sen uutta lentävää autoa, mitäs pienistä etiikka / isänmaallisuus -jutuista.
“This spring, the U.S. military faced a similar dilemma in the Middle East. According to a Reuters report that cited Pentagon documents, U.S. forces used Starshield to pilot their drones for strikes against Iran. When SpaceX found out, it raised the price for Starshield service in that region from roughly $5,000 per terminal per month to $25,000. The Pentagon agreed to pay.
In Ukraine, Musk could be attempting a similar upsell.”
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