Progressive ass opp

🔗 duppy (@9inobby)

Merkel withheld information about Russia's intention to blackmail Europe with gas, German outlet reports.
Former Chancellor Angela Merkel knew of Russia’s plans to limit gas supplies to pressure the Nord Stream 2 launch, but concealed this information before stepping down in late 2021, according to Handelsblatt.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/angela-merkel-kanzlerin-hielt-informationen-ueber-wladimir-putins-erpressungstaktik-zurueck/100042871.html

Rise and shine, it's democracy time! ⛅🗳️

Last call to #UseYourVote in the #EUelections2024. People in 21 countries are heading to the polls today - will you be one of them? 🇪🇺

🔗 European Parliament (@Europarl_EN)

after a year and a half of throwing everything at the wall, Sunak has finally reached the Truss Line once more

🇽🇰🏳️‍🌈 Kosovo PM Albin Kurti led the LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in Prishtina.

🔗 kos_data (@kos_data)

Another successful Pride Parade took place in the heart of Prishtina, celebrating love, acceptance, and equality. Our strength, as individuals and as a country, lies in embracing our diversity and ensuring freedom and dignity for all.

🔗 Albin Kurti (@albinkurti)

Gantz’s decision does not put Netanyahu’s government in immediate danger – his party was not part of the prime minister’s coalition, which retains a majority with 64-seats in the 120-member Knesset, Israel’s parliament. It would however leave the war cabinet, set up four days after Hamas’ October 7 attack, without representation from any party other than Netanyahu’s Likud.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/09/middleeast/benny-gantz-resignation-post-war-plan-gaza-intl-latam

ALERTE INFO | Emmanuel Macron a annoncé ce soir la dissolution de l'Assemblée nationale.

https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1799879000879423772

France: French President Emmanuel Macron (RE-RE) states that he will dissolve the national parliament for snap elections. This decision follows the poor result from the Bd'E list his party was leading in the European Parliament election, which only received 15.2% of the votes per an Ifop Fiducial exit poll.

🔗 Europe Elects (@EuropeElects)

🇫🇷🗳 Une carte qui surprend sans surprendre.

Italy (European Parliament election), SWG poll:

FdI-ECR: 27-31%
PD-S&D: 21.5-25.5%
M5S-NI: 10.0-14.0%
FI/NM-EPP: 7.5-9.5%
LEGA-ID: 7.5-9.5%
AVS-LEFT|G/EFA: 4.0-6.0%
SUE-RE|S&D: 3.5-5.5%
A-RE: 3-5%
PTD-LEFT|G/EFA: 1.5-2.5%
L-*: 1-2%

🔗 Europe Elects (@EuropeElects)

All things being equal, 'I hope people find it in their hearts to forgive me' does not sound like a winning election slogan.

Huge if true

Donald Trump says Taylor Swift is “unusually beautiful” in new ‘Apprentice’ book:

“I think she’s beautiful — very beautiful! I find her very beautiful. I think she’s liberal. She probably doesn’t like Trump. I hear she’s very talented. I think she’s very beautiful, actually — unusually beautiful! […] She is liberal, or is that just an act? She’s legitimately liberal? It’s not an act? It surprises me that a country star can be successful being liberal.”

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/donald-trump-taylor-swift-beautiful-liberal-apprentice-1236030425/