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Must-watch: Finland's President Stubb (LSE PhD, former PM) explains our changing world order with rare clarity.

Fresh from meeting Trump, he outlines:
• His "Triangle of Power" theory (West-East-South)
• A concrete Ukraine ceasefire plan (April 20th)
• Why cooperation trumps conflict for global challenges

15 minutes, no fluff. youtube.com/watch?v=DI-smLououQ

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@HarriettMB I do expect @antidiskriminierung and @AuswaertigesAmt to affirm #AntiDiscrimination #laws and either force the #US embassy & consulates to comply with #Germany's laws or close and cease operations.

If the #USA refuses to acknowledge that, they there is no basis for #diplomacy and I urge #contractors to press charges for #blackmail and #coercion if they get approached to fulfill for such #racist, #sexist, #ableist and otherwise #discriminatory demands because doing so violates national and #EU #laws!

I think that we the people of #Europe must acknowledge that the #world has changed. No longer are tranquility, #peace, #diplomacy ruling, but #war, #imperialism, evil. We #Europeans must remain united. No matter what.
We face an era of imperialism: the #USA, willing to conquer #Greenland, #China spreading their might. We shall remember that China is mass-killing people, spreading #propaganda and mass #surveillance across society.
The age of imperialism and tension is back, but the #EU is united.

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The “Friday night massacre,” as #USIP’s employees were terming the sweeping terminations, is the latest action in what has become a rapid fire of sudden cuts & hostile takeovers across govt & quasi-govt agencies over the past 2 months, implemented by #Musk & #DOGE.

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#USIP employees told WaPo that 200–300 people — nearly the entirety of USIP’s HQ staff — had been fired. The employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of #retribution from the #Trump admin, said some employees were offered severance & one additional month of health insurance, in exchange for their signatures to WAIVE their RIGHTS to sue.

#Musk / #DOGE fires nearly all staff at US Institute of #Peace HQ

The #Trump admin summarily fired the staff of the #USIP late Friday night, <2wks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded org’s president & installing in his place an agent of #tech billionaire #ElonMusk’s DOGE….

#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
washingtonpost.com/national-se

The Washington Post · DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquartersBy Abigail Hauslohner
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"OK, Musk, challenge accepted.

Specific line items on #DOGE's wall of receipts, explaining how these violated the Rubio guidance on protecting lifesaving activities.

A blanket purchase #USAID order for humanitarian kitchen sets. Wasteful?

USAID KITCHEN SETS HAVE THEIR OWN ENTRY IN THE NAT MUSEUM OF AMERICAN #DIPLOMACY.

#DOGE could've take 10 seconds to google that.

Another CXL contract: bulk purchase of Aquatabs -purifies water so that it's fit for HH consumption."
-J Konyndyk