Mastodawn

"The U.S. right loved it. ...

The international ramifications will be huge. Among other things, Orbán was an enthusiastic Putin lackey, doing all he could to sabotage European aid to Ukraine. Peter Magyar, who declared in his victory speech that 'our country’s place is in Europe,' will presumably end the obstructionism."

#Orbán #Trump #Putin #JDVance #MAGA #Hungary
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"And we’ve had yet another confirmation that Trump is Midas in reverse: Everything he touches turns to, well, something other than gold."

#Orbán #Trump #Putin #JDVance #MAGA #Hungary
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/orban-falls

"The defeat of Viktor Orbán is a big, big deal. He’s not only a core symbol of the global authoritarian movement. His regime was also its laboratory, its rallying point and a source of funding, a location to operate from. ... This is a big and consequential defeat for global Team Strongman."

~ Josh Marshall

#Orbán #Trump #Putin #JDVance #MAGA #Hungary
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Orban Falls

The defeat of Viktor Orban is a big, big deal. He’s not...

TPM - Talking Points Memo

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-12-2026

"Trump’s promise to voters that he would lower prices, along with his crusade against immigrants, attacks on education and the courts, and vow to resurrect a patriarchy in which white Christian men would dominate women and people of color, was closely patterned on the 'illiberal democracy' of Viktor Orbán in Hungary."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Orbán #Trump #Putin #JDVance #MAGA #Hungary
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April 12, 2026

By the end of 2024, inflation in the U.S., which had soared in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdowns, was almost back to the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2%.

Letters from an American

Huntn00

@wdlindsy We must look at ourselves and consider how this pestilence ever won any election. We should not like what we see from white privilege to racist, xenophobia, an ultimately capitalism run amuck, with STUPID stirred in.
Understand the forces behind the stock market, only perceive chances at accruing capital. There appears to be little if any consideration towards, stability, morality, humanity. Zero thought is applied to team success, this is a dog eat dog environment as is.

Huntn00 1d ago

@wdlindsy And this is not a degrading trend that just started in 2016. It’s a trend that started in 1970, as capitalists organized, large corporations grew, accrual of capital became the ultimate goal, as our citizens became expendable, the intent of our constitution was degraded in the search for profits and some broke bad, choosing a bulldozer to finish us off. Trump is not merely one bad decision. He is the climax, $20T gone/stolen in under 2 years, the dagger to finish us off.