RE: https://mastodon.social/@euobserver/116121192004360019

Yeah, it makes this easier: "the European People’s Party (EPP), together with other conservative and far-right parties, is playing a central role in dismantling EU standards on health, environmental, social rights, and digital protections — including the corporate sustainability rules and the anti-deforestation law."

In Spanish we say: "a disfrutar lo votado." #YouVotedForIt

(No, Germans, you did not HAVE to vote CDU just because the SPD is spineless and has a Gazprom lobby wing, etc. etc.)

A look at Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, Trump’s pick to be the top US military officer

President Donald Trump’s choice to be the top U.S. military officer, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, endeared himself to the commander in chief through his military call sign, “Razin,” during a meeting in Iraq years ago. Officials who have served with Caine describe him measured and apolitical. Trump said Friday night that Caine was his pick to be the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. That announcement came in the same social media post in which he fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. Chris Miller, who was Trump’s last acting defense secretary in his first term, describes Caine as "nontraditional" but says he “definitely knows how the Pentagon works.”

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A look at Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, Trump’s pick to be the top US military officer

President Donald Trump’s choice to be the top U.S. military officer, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, endeared himself to the commander in chief through his military call sign, “Razin,” during a meeting in Iraq years ago. Officials who have served with Caine describe him measured and apolitical. Trump said Friday night that Caine was his pick to be the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. That announcement came in the same social media post in which he fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. Chris Miller, who was Trump’s last acting defense secretary in his first term, describes Caine as "nontraditional" but says he “definitely knows how the Pentagon works.”

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A look at Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, Trump’s pick to be the top US military officer

President Donald Trump’s choice to be the top U.S. military officer, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, endeared himself to the commander in chief through his military call sign, “Razin,” during a meeting in Iraq years ago. Officials who have served with Caine describe him measured and apolitical. Trump said Friday night that Caine was his pick to be the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. That announcement came in the same social media post in which he fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. Chris Miller, who was Trump’s last acting defense secretary in his first term, describes Caine as "nontraditional" but says he “definitely knows how the Pentagon works.”

AP News
A look at Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, Trump’s pick to be the top US military officer

President Donald Trump’s choice to be the top U.S. military officer, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, endeared himself to the commander in chief through his military call sign, “Razin,” during a meeting in Iraq years ago. Officials who have served with Caine describe him measured and apolitical. Trump said Friday night that Caine was his pick to be the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. That announcement came in the same social media post in which he fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. Chris Miller, who was Trump’s last acting defense secretary in his first term, describes Caine as "nontraditional" but says he “definitely knows how the Pentagon works.”

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@eunews Nothing breaks Fidesz brains as hard as Romania getting richer than Hungary and Hungarians taking buses to go work across the border though. #YouVotedForIt
Reminder: 25% Tariffs on flowers will send prices thru the roof for Valentines Day Coffee another export will raise prices on everything from Folgers, Maxwell House, Dunkin Donuts and other coffee shops #ColumbianTariffs #YouVotedForIt
Bluesky

Bluesky Social
@katzenberger @EUCommission And Europeans have put the EPP in charge of the EU for a quarter of a century (with a slight wobble in 2019). Large enough majorities have rewarded conservatives for their disastrous handling of the financial crisis and an entire generation condemned to stagnation via austerity and dependencies on cheap Russian gas and US defence by voting for even more conservatives and giving the EPP even more power in 2024. #youvotedforit
@clickhere @EUCommission
None of that matters as long as Europeans keep voting for EPP parties for the *fifth "European" elections in a row*. A quarter century of putting conservatives in charge, even after their disastrous handling of the financial crisis. People who vote in free and fair elections get what they deserve. #youvotedforit
@pmroman @pgcd
Oh no, they don't mean it like that!
Yes, yes they do. Revealed preference via their vote. Elections have consequences. Even European ones. #youvotedforit