Maailma, politiikka ja huumori. Mostly in Finnish, occasionally in other languages.
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🚨 Detienen en La Habana a Yoani Sánchez, periodista crítica del gobierno cubano
La periodista Yoani Sánchez, directora del diario independiente 14ymedio, fue detenida este jueves en La Habana por elementos de la policía política. Desde ese momento, su equipo editorial reporta no tener información sobre su paradero.
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Israeli Court Extends Detention of Palestinian Journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh democracynow.org/2026/11/5/h…
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Just did a one-on-one with @piersmorgan.
But the panel before mine was frankly more explosive. @BlaiseMisztal of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, was on with @joekent16jan19 and Joe absolutely crushed him!
Piers asked Blaise if Israel has nuclear weapons, and Blaise gave the typical Israel lobby answer - feigning ignorance and claiming that he didn't know if Israel does or doesn't.
This annoyed the hell out of Piers who accused Blaise of lying, but Joe came in with the knock out blow:
How can you claim to KNOW that Iran has a nuclear weapons program but NOT KNOW that Israel has nuclear weapons???
Watch the clip when it's posted...
Virve Riikonen, @viriikonen.bsky.social retweeted
AIPAC spent $30 million against Abdul El-Sayed in the primary. Then they dropped another $9 million to support Mike Rogers.
Here's the good news. In response to AIPAC, ordinary Americans donated $12 million to Abdul.
They have the money. We have the people. Let's win.
Virve Riikonen, @viriikonen.bsky.social retweeted
Breaking news: Incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins has conceded to Democratic candidate Troy Jackson, flipping a seat that Collins has held for nearly 30 years. ft.trib.al/BpmGHS8
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Yes, as everyone knows, the holocaust began with a musical artist who championed love, respect, and an end to wars and injustice.
The bizarre extremes supporters of Israel's genocide go to justify the unjustifiable truly reveal their intellectual and moral poverty.
I was at this Macklemore concert in London, and I published a clip of his speech. It could not have been more inclusive, pro-love, pro-peace, and pro-respect of all peoples.
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New: The Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party says:
“Congresswoman Stevens is not a current member of the Michigan Democratic Party, nor will she be in the future.”
zeteo.com/p/breaking-haley-s…
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In the essential Policing the Crisis by legendary Stuart Hall and several other scholars studying power in the UK, the point is made the best I've seen: ruling class prefers to preserve its interests through a liberal facade, but at times it's necessary for the mask to come off.
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À quatre jours des élections de mi-mandat, les démocrates espèrent gagner l’État du Texas, historiquement très républicain, afin de reprendre le contrôle du Congrès américain.
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It’s wildly jarring to see media commentary about an election about Israel’s ‘soul’ from a locked down West Bank where Israeli army closures have sealed off towns and villages, settlers roam freely and terrorise Palestinians, schools are shut, commerce choked, and roads blocked.
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For those of you mercifully confused by this and her whole... thing, Nicki Minaj wants two things: a pardon for her brother (who was convicted of sexually abusing an 11 year old girl in New York State, a pardon that can only be granted by the governor) and a pardon for her husband (he didn't register as a sex offender in California, a federal offense, which can only be pardoned by the President.)
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"I have been a huge fan of Daniella for a long time... the glow in her eyes as she's celebrating!"
Bassem Youssef asks Daniella Weiss what her plans are with Egypt, after re-establishing settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.
📺youtu.be/Lq3U1EHwPuw
@piersmorgan | @Byoussef
Virve Riikonen, @viriikonen.bsky.social retweeted
While they may bring about limited positive developments, the elections show once again that a vast majority of Jewish Israelis support ongoing apartheid and war crimes.
Meanwhile, the majority of Palestinians all over the land support ending occupation and a peaceful solution
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Европейских представителей не пригласят на трехсторонние переговоры США, России и Украины, но они могут туда попасть, «если купят билеты» — помощник Путина: tvrain.tv/news/evropejskih-p…
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🔴 #ÚLTIMAHORA | El senador brasileño Flávio Bolsonaro ha abandonado el país con destino a Estados Unidos tras su derrota en la segunda vuelta de las elecciones, informó a Reuters un aliado del senador, confirmando así una noticia publicada anteriormente por los medios de comunicación.
El juez del Tribunal Supremo Federal Alexandre de Moraes ordenó ayer a Bolsonaro que entregue su pasaporte, con lo que prohibió su salida del país. La medida tiene relación con una investigación por blanqueo de capitales en su relaciones con el abogado Willer Tomaz, a su vez objeto de pesquisas iniciadas en torno a movimientos de capitales en el sector de las apuestas.
Más información en: jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/…
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El futbolista francés Kylian Mbappé ofreció disculpas públicas tras la difusión de un fragmento de entrevista en el que se refirió de manera indirecta a Mao Zedong, fundador de la República Popular China, como un dictador.
La controversia generó la rescisión inmediata de contratos patrocinadores con al menos tres firmas comerciales del país asiático —Dongpeng, Mengniu y Milkground—, además del bloqueo de sus perfiles en plataformas locales como RedNote y la eliminación de material promocional en diversos soportes publicitarios.
Más información en: jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/…
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So I talked to Piers Morgan for the first time. Turns out he has *very* strong opinions about a book he has not opened let alone read.
Also, Peter Thiel was nice to him, ergo... youtube.com/watch?v=SMFQBQx-…
