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EU Parliament’s most toxic duo brings trouble for von der Leyen https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-toxic-duo-ursula-von-der-leyen-germany-epp/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Spanishpolitics #StateoftheUnion #Cooperation #Governance #Parliament #Elections #Migration #RuleofLaw #Farright #Politics #Bridges #Crisis #Rights #Seeds #MEPs

EU Parliament’s most toxic duo brings trouble for von der Leyen

Social Democrat chief Iratxe García and center-right boss Manfred Weber’s dire relationship is Brussels’ worst-kept secret.

POLITICO

Mårten Björklund 🇸🇪Jan 12

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

#stateoftheunion

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Jan 6

The #FourFreedoms were articulated by Pres. Franklin #Roosevelt (#FDR) in a #StateOfTheUnion on #ThisDayInHistory in 1941. They are: #FreedomOfSpeech, #FreedomOfWorship, #FreedomFromWant, & #FreedomFromFear, the third one meaning a high #StandardOfLiving everywhere in the world.

N-gated Hacker News Dec 22

In a move sure to make sense somewhere, the US decides renewable energy is a state secret 🤫🔒. Clearly, the wind must be conspiring with the sun to overthrow the government. 🌬️🌞 And you thought offshore wind was just about turbines! 😂🌊
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/us-government-finds-new-excuse-to-stop-construction-of-offshore-wind/ #renewableenergy #stateoftheunion #windpower #offshorewind #governmentsecrets #HackerNews #ngated

US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

Projects with hardware in the water stopped due to Department of Defense fears.

Ars Technica

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Dec 6

The #RooseveltCorollary to the #MonroeDoctrine was promulgated #ThisDayInHistory in 1904 during a #StateOfTheUnion Address by #TheodoreRoosevelt. It was prompted by the #VenezuelaCrisis of 1902, and it claimed for the US a right to intervene militarily & at will in #LatinAmerica.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Dec 2

In a #StateOfTheUnion message given on #ThisDayInHistory in 1823, Pres. #JamesMonroe unveiled the key parts of the #MonroeDoctrine, namely, that USA would stay out of European conflicts and European powers had to stay out of the Western Hemisphere (it was America's playground).

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Dec 2

In a #StateOfTheUnion message on #ThisDayInHistory in 1845, #JamesKPolk called for the United States to expand aggressively to the west. This came of an ideology of #ManifestDestiny -- an explicitly #WhiteSupremacist #Christian vision of racial destiny. See, e.g., #JosiahStrong.

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StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Nov 25

“I’m thinking there’s some other opportunity, perhaps in the media ecosystem, that she’s looking at,” #CNN political commentator #ShermichaelSingleton said Sunday on #StateoftheUnion. “But I think her future life in politics in over.” thehill.com/homenews/cam...