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@BasedMikeLee Were you dropped on your head as a baby? I mean, seriously.

Have you ever wondered why the U.S. government seems always to get bigger, more powerful, and more expensive, even when Republicans are in charge? I’m convinced it has a lot to do with the way the left has weaponized the Capitol Hill press corps. The Capitol Hill press consists overwhelmingly of far-left progressive activists. In the Senate, they follow lawmakers from meeting to meeting in the hallways, aggressively interrupting conversations and barking questions that sound faintly journalistic but are little more than progressive talking points. Many of their questions seem far more designed to move lawmakers to the left—and shame us when we don’t—than to elicit information with any journalistic objectivity. It appears to be working, as Republican lawmakers routinely help Democrats enact Democrat priorities. Meanwhile, you essentially never see Democrats helping Republicans enact conservative priorities. While it’s difficult to prove the causal connection between this aggressive form of “journalistic advocacy” and Republican lawmakers’ eagerness to advance the ball for Democrats, I’m firmly convinced that the left is getting its money’s worth out of this exclusive lobbying force—which has no significant, conservative counter-balance. It’s arguably the most effective lobbying force money can buy.

@EGFReceptor @EricTrump Ignorant fool.

Piers - I love you but it didn’t work out too well for you last time… start by taking back London and reestablishing freedom of speech. Just a suggestion… 🤣

I've taught European history for 30 years. Americans have always asked me how the Holocaust was possible, how Germans could have enabled a madman reveling in mass murder to carry out his plans. Now we can see in real time how this is enabled; now we have front-row seats.

@Microinteracti1 @anders_aslund I don’t follow your accounting. If France sold bullion in the US and simultaneously repurchased in Europe, presumably at a nearly identical price, how does that generate an EUR 8.1 bn profit? It’s a switch in terms of location and grade, not a sale.

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

@TheFl0orIsLaVa @MalcolmNance The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubed….

Well, well, well... if it isn't the consequences of your own actions .

This wasn’t necessarily the most diplomatic of speeches at the OSCE Ministerial in 🇲🇹 , but it was certainly truthful, to the point and effective. @radeksikorski 🇵🇱

@Philmag33210 @J_Bardella Et que se passerait-il apres la censure…?

@J_Bardella Tout petit Jordan Tu viens nous dire que tu ne voteras pas la motion de censure? Les français peuvent aussi te dire que lors des prochaines élections ils ne voteront ni pour toi ni pour ton "parti". Avec de la "chance" ton prochain score au élections sera de 1,1 millions de voix

Le Rassemblement National vient de remporter une victoire en obtenant de Michel Barnier l’annulation de la taxe de 3 milliards d'euros sur l’électricité. Grâce à notre action déterminée, les prix de l’énergie n'augmenteraient pas pour les Français en 2025, si cette promesse est bien respectée et si elle n'est pas financée par d'autres hausses d'impôts et de taxes. Nous serons vigilants. Mais nous ne pouvons en rester là. D'autres lignes rouges demeurent. Le Premier ministre doit également renoncer au déremboursement supplémentaire de médicaments, mesure inacceptable alors que des millions de Français renoncent à se soigner faute de moyens et que, dans le même temps, la coûteuse AME est maintenue pour les clandestins. La France qui travaille ou qui a travaillé doit être entendue : il faut un moratoire sur toute nouvelle création ou hausse d'impôt et de taxe, des mesures fortes en faveur de la compétitivité de nos TPE-PME, et la réindexation des pensions dès le 1er janvier. Un sérieux tour de vis migratoire et pénal doit être engagé, sans que l'on se paye de mots et de promesses : notre pays ne peut plus accueillir une immigration de masse qui bouleverse son identité et pèse lourdement sur ses comptes publics. Ces mesures de bon sens sont réalistes, rapidement applicables et attendues par une immense majorité de Français. Le Premier ministre ne peut y rester sourd. Il lui reste quelques jours.

@annickrippe1 @J_Bardella C’est clair que vous n’avez rien compris apres Brexit.

@J_Bardella Et ça ? 👇

@J_Bardella RN are not serious, and not ready for government. Barnier is trying to prevent the national finances from falling into the abyss, and RN refuse to consider any spending cuts. Once the markets shun French debt, cutbacks will be even larger, and you will own the problem. Fools.

@__JNH37 @NUFC What a waste of time, effort and money.

@dawngpsalm63 @VigilantFox Are you really that stupid ?

WOW!!! It’s like I KNOW deep in my heart , we are dealing with evil 😈 people BUT every time I hear and see President Trump say it out loud that we are dealing with really evil people, dangerous people, it makes it ALL SOOO MUCH MORE REAL 😳and serious. Does anyone else feel this way ✝️🙏🏼🇺🇸 Lord Jesus help us!

🚨 NEW: Donald Trump says he thinks he knows who controls Biden. This is how he describes them: “You’re fighting off very evil forces, and they’re very smart forces. There are people [who] control Biden. Totally true. I think I know who they are largely, but there are people that control. They’re very smart, very energetic. Possibly, they’re real believers [in] their sick ideology.”

@RadResearcher @LTCPeterLerner @UNRWA Really? You have experience with intelligence gathering and targeting protocols? Grow up.

@LTCPeterLerner @UNRWA If it was so precise why didn't you know their names earlier in the day

Gathering intelligence is a slow process. These are the first 9 terrorists we’ve identified as eliminated in the precision strike on the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists using @UNRWA school in Nusairat. The strike was conducted against 3 classrooms they were using for planning and executing attacks against Israel and @IDF. The video reveals the limited strike. Notice how the carpets remained in place on the 1sr floor.

@SamanthaTaghoy Really? This 14 year record of incompetence and divisiveness isn’t enough to fully convince you that a term out of office might be the best option for the Conservatives? Really?

This is the first General Election I will be old enough to vote in. I’ve been a Conservative Party member since I was 15. I campaigned for them and ran for local office in their name. I was always certain my first GE vote would be for them, too. But right now, I’m not so sure.

@DavidGHFrost Worthless advice from one of the Tories’s dumbest Brexiters. Incredible you were rewarded you with honours after the fiasco of your Brexit negotiations. Prepare to be decimated on July 4th, watch the country eventually rejoin / associate with the EU in some fashion.

"The Tories are teetering on the edge of the abyss" I have been warning for two years that a meltdown was coming if the Conservative Party didn't get back to conservatism. This week it arrived. The Party has to go in hard on Labour now, because it doesn't have any other options left after this mishandled campaign. There's plenty of material for it - but will anyone be listening? A lot is at stake in the next few days. The Party can't afford more mistakes - and it must give up the fantasy that governing from the centre, and failing to offer voters a real choice, can be a route to success. My @Telegraph column tonight. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/0…

@RnaudBertrand Now show total emissions and emissions per capita. China’s performance is feather less impressive. But not what your paymasters want you to put out.

This is easily the best graphs I've seen of who actually walks the talk in clean energy. China is by far the biggest investor in clean energy on the planet with nearly $700bn invested in 2024, 3.7x what it invested in fossil fuels. North America on the other hand is by far the biggest investor in fossil fuels (about twice more than the Middle-East!) and invest less than half what China does in clean energy...

@RnaudBertrand You really have gone native. Ridiculous comment.

That's quite a number: Hungary attracted 44.1% of all Chinese investments in Europe in 2023, more the "big three" (Germany, France, UK) combined. Say what you will about Orban's approach, he delivers for Hungary...

@Cycling_Alex @RishiSunak It’s “you’re”, not “your”.

To all those who served: Thank you. #DDay80

@RishiSunak Your government is raising taxes every year by not changing income tax thresholds in line with inflation. And taxes have never been higher, as proportion of GDP. You are in no position to criticize how Labour will deal with your mess.

You heard it. We heard it. #ITVDebate

@JilliansPics Scam

Why bother your head if there is the simplest way?

@RnaudBertrand Keep the Chinese propaganda coming, Comrade Bertrand. How much are they paying you?

Very unsurprising: Epoch Times, the media arm of the Falun Gong cult, was found to be running a big money-laundering operation for crime proceeds. Nobody could have expected one of the most unethical cults in the world to run its operations by the book... theguardian.com/media/article/…