Trump en zoons eisen 10 miljard van belastingdienst om lekken aangiftes

De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump en zijn zoons Eric en Donald jr. eisen 10 miljard dollar (omgerekend zo'n 8,4 miljard euro) van de Amerikaanse belastingdienst en het ministerie van Financiën. Ze zeggen dat het ministerie en de fiscus te weinig hebben gedaan om het lekken van hun belastingaangiftes te stoppen.

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Ik werk aan een universiteit die zich na enig gesoebat met de bisschoppen nog steeds katholiek mag noemen, maar die besloten heeft om afscheid te nemen van het idee dat dingen ook nog betekenis kunnen hebben.

https://neerlandistiek.nl/2026/01/universiteit-zonder-betekenis/

De taal van het oude Gallië valt voor een redelijk groot deel te reconstrueren. Vandaag blog ik over de betekenis van enkele topografische.

https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2023/09/19/meer-plaatsnamen-in-het-gallisch/

As disasters fill the headlines, I'm more convinced than ever that hope is our first best weapon against climate change.

Every time I say this, though, there's an immediate knee-jerk reaction: “We don’t need hope, we need ACTION,” they say.

But here’s the thing: we will not act if we feel we have already lost, if there is no hope.

And that’s not all - there’s a positive feedback effect between action and hope. When we act, and join with others in doing so, and see that our voices do matter, our hope grows.

It is easy to focus on the negative and feel defeated, especially when it seems to be coming for us from every angle. “In a 2021 survey of 10,000 children and young adults from 10 countries (including the U.S.), 59 percent said they were very or extremely worried about climate change. More than half said they felt sad, anxious, angry, powerless, helpless or guilty. Three-quarters said they think the future is ‘frightening,’” says this article.

Stories of crisis make headline news every day, but there are many examples of hopeful stories that get lost between the doom and gloom – from companies, governments, people, and organizations taking action. (I mention these stories every week in my newsletter if you don't believe me! Subscribe here, it's free: https://www.talkingclimate.ca/)

If there was nothing we could do about climate change, giving up would be a logical response. The good news is, we can still make a difference, if we take swift action. When we realize that the future is in our hands, that means we can make a difference. That is what our hope is based on.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/what-is-best-weapon-against-climate-change-hope-1815325