Kenneth Manusama

Gisteren verscheen weer de Amerikaanse Toestanden nieuwsbrief, over 'Rededicate250' van afgelopen zondag en de vraag of Amerika een christelijk land is. Wat bedoelt men met 'Amerika is een christelijk land'? Wat willen die christenen bereiken? open.substack.com/pub/amerikaans…

Morgen nemen @Blogaap en ik een bonus aflevering op van 'De Toestand in de Wereld', tijdens de NextGen: Security Conference The Hague, met als gast niemand minder dan @CarolineGruyter! Hou Spotify en YouTube in de gaten deze week! nextgensecurityconference.nl

Just learned about the concept of a “telescope ranch” in Texas. People pay to have their $10,000+ telescope rigs set up in the middle of TX to avoid light pollution. Every night the roof rolls back off the warehouses. Then you can remote in to your telescope and use it from anywhere in the world.

Every time we see hundreds of bicycles outside a high school, we no longer despair for the human race. To Dutch people, it barely registers. But this scene represents something profound: freedom and autonomy for young people—without the stress, cost, or danger of needing a car.

Iranian forces have opened fire on US aircraft in the Persian Gulf.

JFK's last Memorial Day, 1963:

Major shake-up: The European Commission prepares to merge multiple directorates into large departments, moving closer to functioning as a 'true EU government'. The foundation for a potential federal executive led by her successors

🇩🇪 GERMANY’S WAR MACHINE AWAKENS: RHEINMETALL RUNS 24/7 AS 🇪🇺 EUROPE REARMS Germany’s leading defense company Rheinmetall has significantly ramped up production, operating around the clock in three shifts to meet surging demand for ammunition and armored vehicles. The expansion reflects Europe’s broader push to strengthen military readiness amid heightened tensions following Russia’s war in Ukraine, with defense manufacturing across the continent entering a new high output phase.

“Man bij recreatieplas boos op blije mensen”

Deze omschrijving van Nederlanders is bijna een halve eeuw oud.

🔴 🚄 Coup de chaud dans les trains. Des passagers ont souffert dans un Paris Nice, immobilisés sur les voies en plein soleil pendant près de 4h. Les voitures n'étaient pas climatisées. Les passagers ont dû descendre du train pour pouvoir respirer. #JT20H

Daarmee bewijst de DNC het punt van de analyse en de kiezer: jullie luisteren niet naar de kiezer. Later meer over dit 192 pagina's tellende rapport.

Onder publieke druk publiceerde de Democratic National Committee een ongeredigeerde, kritische analyse van de verloren 2024 verkiezingen, geschreven door Dem consultant Paul Rivera. Wat snel opvalt zijn de DNC aantekeningen die kleinzielig overkomen.> d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/05…

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I’m starting to think that I’m the only right-winger on this platform who believes that climate change is a real phenomenon. Not saying it hasn’t been exaggerated in the media, but I just don’t see how you can wholesale reject it.

NEW: Dem AGs unilaterally decline Vance's 11th-hour invitation, writing in a letter to the VP that the "short notice does not match the spirit of collaboration that has long defined our joint efforts with federal partners." politico.com/05/25/2026/doc…

An ad that argues private equity has too much power is taken down off the air by a private equity funded company that owns the team, the TV station that airs the team’s games, and the newspaper that covers the team. Platner couldn’t have written the script better himself.

I'll say this much, if Republicans nominate Rubio, Democrats have to think long and hard about who they run. A lot of the anti-Trump previously Republican-leaning suburban vote could snap right back to Rubio under the wrong circumstances.

Brilliant piece @adamliptak The Founders worried about a demagogue. What they couldn’t anticipate or counter was a President who lacked moral self-governance - no capacity or interest in controlling their demons; selfish desires or ambitions. nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/…

One of the downstream consequences of pretending that Trump was ever fit to be president is that the GOP is training its voters to want unserious performers and conspiracy theorists (as Trump was/is) to play a serious role in American politics and that should scare us all.

NEW: Increasingly in @SarahLongwell25's focus groups, a name keeps popping up among MAGA voters as someone they'd like to see lead the ticket in 2028. That someone: @RealCandaceO thebulwark.com/p/were-not-tal…