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Marxism: A Religion of Destruction and Resentment Marxism is not an economic theory. It is a religion for destructive and resentful losers. The *Communist Manifesto* opens with spiritual language. Marx and Engels declare that “a specter is haunting Europe—the specter of communism”—and that “all the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance” to exercise this specter. Academics and useful idiots claim that the doctrine aims to redistribute wealth in order to create a more equitable world, erasing the distinction between the haves and the have-nots. It is all about love and compassion, guys. Yet, in the roughly 12,000 words of the authorized *Communist Manifesto*, Marx does not use these words of positive affirmation. “Neighbor” is not mentioned, “redistribute” does not appear, and “love” is used twice—but not in reference to loving anybody else. Now consider the opposite. “Violent” or “violence” is used seven times; “overthrow,” nine times; “radical,” fifteen times; “force,” “forced,” or “forcible,” forty-seven times; and “abolish” or “abolition,” sixty-one times. The doctrine is presented as something achieved through violence, revolution, and theft. The one place Marx gets concrete is in his list of ten measures, and every one of them involves a seizure, a confiscation, or an abolition. Of the classless heaven that is supposedly meant to follow, he says almost nothing. Rather, writing to Arnold Ruge in September 1843, Marx claims that his program is “the ruthless criticism of all that exists”—that everything is worthy of criticism—and builds his work from there. Perhaps he was echoing a line from Goethe’s *Faust* that had caught his attention: “All that exists deserves to perish,” a line spoken by a devil. This is another pattern in Marx’s thought. He is not a reformer aiming to make a tweak here or there. His language is totalizing: all, every, everything. Marxists constantly claim that real communism has never been tried. They argue that totalitarian psychopaths such as Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot were merely defects or deviations. Yet their attempts to control everything, down to thought itself, echo the dogma of the *Communist Manifesto*.

At a press conference today the Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar claimed that FBI Director @Kash_Patel is not a lawyer. He said this twice. However, it is common knowledge that Kash Patel has a law degree and significant legal experience. This guy is so embarrassing for #Hungary #KashPatel #LegalExpertise #HU

I don't think anyone in this country wasn't influenced by Dolly Parton. She was always kind. She was always giving. She always cared about others. Philanthropy was everything to her. I spent some time with Dolly twice in my life. Once, my husband and I met her at Trader Vic's in https://t.co/y4dpCLyLR6 #DollyParton #Philanthropy #Kindness #Thetweetdoesnotexplicitlymentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Kysymys @PetteriOrpo , kun tässä sulla on ollut oikeistohallitus, niin miksi näitä nyt puhuttuja leikkauksia ei ole tehty? Me kaikki kyllä näimme, että erilaiset hallituskumppanin esittämät leikkaukset saivat aikaan Kokoomuksen riveissä ennen näkemätöntä vastustusta. Tuo sama porukka meinaa leikata 8 miljardia? Vaalitappion jälkeen voit sitten tyytyväisenä selittää, että kyllä me olisimme leikanneet vaikka totuuden hetket on käsillä nyt. Se on sinun hallituksesi syy, että seuraava vaalivoitto menee demareille koska et pitänyt lupaustasi ja hallitusohjelmaasi talouden tasapainottamisesta. Ja kaikille, jotka miettivät Orpon johtaman Kokoomuksen äänestämistä: fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. https://t.co/AMl8FJbrY4 #Suomi #Politiikka #Vaalit

Empirical analyses by DIW researchers show that, in an economy in the euro area, higher government spending has more than twice the short-term output impact of tax cuts. 🔗 Find the full study here: https://t.co/8vza5XCUY9 https://t.co/OzKxHgmMdt #EuroArea #GovernmentSpending #EconomicImpact #EU

Agências de Chaeyoung (TWICE) e Zion.T negaram os rumores de término: “Olá. Gostaríamos de apresentar o posicionamento oficial de ambas as partes sobre os rumores de término entre Zion.T e Chaeyoung, divulgados hoje. 1. Os rumores de término são completamente infundados. Após confirmarmos diretamente com os artistas, verificamos que os dois continuam mantendo um relacionamento positivo e saudável. 2. Aviso sobre medidas rigorosas contra a disseminação de informações falsas Ambas as agências continuarão monitorando a situação para garantir que a reputação dos artistas não seja prejudicada por artigos infundados e especulativos, pela disseminação de informações falsas que divergem da verdade ou por publicações maliciosas. Declaramos claramente que tomaremos medidas legais rigorosas contra a publicação e disseminação de conteúdos sensacionalistas baseados em fatos não verificados. Além disso, pedimos seu apoio a Chaeyoung, que recentemente anunciou um novo começo ao estabelecer sua gravadora independente, ‘LIL FANTASY’. Também pedimos seu contínuo interesse e apoio ao trabalho musical diversificado e ativo de Zion.T. Obrigado.” #TWICE #ZionT #Fofocas

#CHAEYOUNG compartilhou uma carta em seu Instagram sobre sua saída da JYP. 🏰 “Olá, aqui é a Chaeyoung. Queria compartilhar isso primeiro com os ONCE e com a minha família, que sempre esteve ao meu lado. Estou muito animada para entrar em um novo capítulo e trazer meu novo LIL FANTASY, um mundo onde posso explorar e construir minha música. Quero agradecer profundamente a todos da JYP e à Team TWICE por acreditarem em mim e me apoiarem ao longo desses 14 anos. E às minhas integrantes do TWICE, que são sempre minha força e minhas maiores apoiadoras: obrigada, e eu amo vocês mais do que as palavras podem expressar. Acima de tudo, por favor, saibam que nada muda com o TWICE. Tudo o que recebi é graças ao meu tempo como integrante do TWICE, que sempre será minhas raízes. Espero que tanto a Chaeyoung do TWICE quanto a Chaeyoung do LIL FANTASY possam continuar criando músicas que também tenham significado para vocês. Este é um novo desafio para mim, e prometo continuar crescendo para me tornar uma pessoa e uma artista ainda melhor. Obrigada por sempre acreditarem em mim. Eu amo vocês!” #TWICE #트와이스 @JYPETWICE #Chaeyoung #JYP #TWICE

The third time this has happened. Twice in NATO exercises in Estonia (2025) and then Sweden (2026). Now in the US. We need a re-think on modern war-fighting. And learn from Ukraine. If NATO troops continue to get creamed by Ukrainian drone units, just bring them into NATO. #NATO #ModernWarfare #UkraineDrone #EE #SE #US #UA

"A única coisa que realmente quero dizer aos ONCEs é que, mesmo que eu esteja seguindo para um novo capítulo para assumir novos desafios, TWICE, o centro da minha vida, permanecerá inalterado, exatamente como é agora. Estar diante dos ONCEs como integrante do TWICE será sempre minha primeira prioridade." #TWICE #ONCE #Kpop

#JEONGYEON compartilhou uma carta em seu Instagram sobre sua saída da JYP. "Olá, aqui é a Jeongyeon. Depois de pensar muito sobre como expressar meus sentimentos, estou compartilhando esta carta com todos vocês. A JYP tem sido minha segunda casa desde a minha adolescência; um lugar onde passei tanto tempo e criei tantas memórias preciosas. Agora estou me preparando para começar um novo capítulo em um novo lugar. Deixar um lugar que me é tão familiar foi difícil no início, mas consegui encontrar coragem graças às minhas integrantes e aos nossos ONCEs, que sempre acreditaram em mim. Sou profundamente grata às minhas integrantes e aos ONCEs; as palavras não conseguem expressar completamente minha gratidão. Também sou muito grata à família JYP, que me ajudou a me tornar a pessoa que sou hoje. A única coisa que realmente quero dizer aos ONCEs é que, mesmo que eu esteja seguindo para um novo capítulo para assumir novos desafios, TWICE, o centro da minha vida, permanecerá inalterado, exatamente como é agora. Estar diante dos ONCEs como integrante do TWICE será sempre minha primeira prioridade. Vou me preparar passo a passo, com todo o meu coração, tanto para minha jornada como Jeongyeon do TWICE, que vocês amaram tanto, quanto para os novos desafios que virão pela frente como Yoo Jeongyeon. Agradeço do fundo do meu coração por acreditarem em mim e sempre permanecerem ao meu lado. Como ainda temos tanto tempo pela frente para criar novas memórias, vou me esforçar para preencher esses momentos de uma maneira ainda mais bonita com os ONCEs. Obrigada, sempre." #TWICE #트와이스 @JYPETWICE #TWICE #JYP #ONCE

Why isn't the US president elected directly by the people but instead by an electoral college, which twice this century has elected a president who lost the popular vote? The ignorance on this issue among people who don't know their own electoral system is staggering. #ElectoralCollege #PopularVote #PoliticalIgnorance #US

Elon Musk reveals what happens when a rocket launch needs approval from Fish and Wildlife Elon: "Nonetheless, we were forced to kidnap a seal, strap it to a board, put headphones on the seal and play sonic boom sounds to it to see if it would be distressed." Elon: "This is an actual thing that happened. This is actually real. I have pictures." Before the seal, there was a shark. Elon: "One of the things that was a bit of a challenge at one point is that they were worried about our rocket hitting a shark." He asked for the data to calculate the odds. They refused, in case shark hunters got hold of it. Elon: "Then they said, well, there's another part of Fish and Wildlife that can do this analysis. I'm like, well, why don't you give them the data? They don't, we don't trust them. Like, excuse me, but they're literally in your department." Then a second agency raised whales. Elon: "If our rocket does hit a whale, which is extremely unlikely beyond all belief, that whale has some seriously bad luck. It's the least lucky whale ever." The seal test was for launches out of Vandenberg, where the seal population has been rising for years. Elon: "So if anything, rocket booms are an aphrodisiac based on the evidence." Elon: "The amazing part is how calm the seal was. Because if I was a seal, I'd be like, this is the end. They're definitely gonna eat me." Elon: "Its seal buddies are never gonna believe him that he got strapped to a board and they put headphones on his ears." They did it twice. Elon: "I don't think the public is quite aware of the madness that goes on." https://x.com/NarutoNolimits/status/2084355472723968245

My Name Is on a File On a case I was never summoned to, and a price I do not pay alone By Adham Hasanin Egyptian journalist and political writer, based in the Netherlands | July 2026 In 2024, I learned that my name had been entered into a case. Case number 1282. Listed as a "defendant." I was never summoned, and no one called to tell me the exact charge. I found out the way anyone in my position finds out — from a colleague, from a quick search of my own name, from another journalist who called to ask: "Did you know your name is on file?" I do not want to overdramatise the story. No cinematic manhunt, no car tailing me down a European street. What happened is simpler and crueller than that: a state thousands of kilometres away opened a file bearing my name, without my knowledge, without any way for me to defend myself within it, without even anyone standing before me to answer. The charge is not based on any act I committed. The charge is that I wrote. An article, an opinion, a tweet — it makes no difference. What matters is that the words were read, and someone decided they were dangerous enough to become a case number. I. How Do You Know You Are Accused? This question seems like a technicality, but it is in fact the heart of the whole matter. I received no official letter. No lawyer knocked on my door carrying documents. No one from an embassy or consulate called to inform me. The knowledge itself arrived by accident — a passing search, or a message from a friend asking: "Where did you see your name?" This small detail reveals something far larger than a mere administrative oversight. When you are not formally notified that you are accused, you do not even have a clear starting point from which to act. You do not know exactly when the file was opened. You do not know who decided to include your name. You do not know whether a hearing was held, a decision was made, or even whether an investigation took place at all. You simply discover, one day, that you have become "accused" within a legal system that never gave you the chance to know its rules. This ambiguity is not a flaw in the procedure; it is the procedure itself. A case opened without a clear announcement, with no trial date set, performs its full function even while suspended indefinitely. It does not need a conviction to frighten; it is enough that it simply exists. II. The Charge That Needs No Crime In conventional legal systems, a case begins with an act: theft, assault, fraud — something material that can be proven or disproven. But my case, like many others, began with a word. I stole nothing. I assaulted no one. I incited no violence, called for no chaos. I wrote an opinion. I analysed a policy. I criticised a decision. That is the entirety of it. And yet this simple act — writing — became the basis for a legal file bearing a number and classified under a security heading. The paradox is that this kind of charge requires no fixed standard. What counts as "dangerous" today may not be tomorrow, and vice versa. There is no published list of forbidden words, no clear criterion distinguishing incitement from opinion. This deliberate ambiguity — or perhaps unintentional, but effective regardless — leaves every writer living in a state of permanent unease: will this sentence be the one that opens a file bearing my name? III. The Real Danger Is Not to Me Many ask me: "Can they reach you in the Netherlands?" The honest answer: no, not directly. I am here, in a country governed by the rule of law, physically protected by Dutch police, and no one can arrest me on the basis of a case in another country absent a valid extradition treaty and supporting facts. This is not my first concern. My real concern is that this case does not target me alone. It targets those around me. My family in Egypt. People walking down the street, opening their front door, with no connection to politics whatsoever — and suddenly someone is asking about them because I wrote a word from here. This is not a threat spoken aloud. No one calls to say: "If you continue, we will do such-and-such." The message arrives without anyone saying it — through the kind of questions asked of my family, through their timing, through the silence that meets me when I try to learn the details. Sometimes it is a "routine" phone call from some office, asking about my place of residence, my activities, or people I am in contact with. None of it is an explicit threat, but the timing alone is enough to deliver the message. This is precisely the mechanism by which this kind of pursuit operates: it does not need to touch me physically to affect me. It is enough to make me know that the people I love are exposed to harm because of what I write. IV. I Am Not an Exception It would be easy for an article like this to turn into a personal complaint, and I am careful that it should not. Case 1282 is not an isolated incident, and if I stay silent about it I become complicit — unintentionally — in concealing a pattern that genuinely exists. There are others like me — far more than me — whose names sit in similar files, some of whom have no platform to speak from as I do. Journalists, activists, even ordinary people who never practised journalism but shared a post or left a comment. Case 1282 is not an exception; it is a method of operation. Someone writes from abroad, someone else decides they are "dangerous," and the matter shifts from opinion to legal file, without a real trial, without even a clear official announcement that a charge exists at all. More dangerously, this pattern is not confined to Egyptians alone, nor to any single country. It is a recurring tactic used by several regimes seeking to pursue voices beyond their borders without bearing the burden of actual proof or a transparent legal process. The open, unannounced file serves the same purpose everywhere: it frightens without convicting, and keeps the writer in a permanent state of tension without ever offering him the chance to defend himself. V. What Has Actually Changed in Me I will not say this made me stronger. The phrase is worn out, usually deployed to prettify a painful experience, and I refuse to do that. What actually happened is simpler and more honest: I began writing more slowly. Not less candidly — I still say what I believe, still criticise what deserves criticism. But I have become more aware that every sentence I write from here may carry a price I am not the only one paying. This awareness slows the writing, not because I am censoring myself out of fear for my own safety, but because I am thinking about who might pay the price on my behalf. And this is precisely the point of such a case, whether intended or a by-product of a broader mechanism. Actual arrest is not required for censorship to function. No summons is required, no trial, not even a clear charge. It is enough to know your name is written on a piece of paper somewhere, to make you think twice before writing the next time. VI. Why I Continue Regardless A reader might ask: if the price is this clear, why keep writing? Would silence not be safer, for you and for your family? The answer is not as heroic as it might sound, but it is honest: because silence does not solve the problem, it postpones and expands it. If I stopped, and others like me stopped, the mechanism that produced Case 1282 would keep operating with no voice to expose it. Files would keep opening, names would keep being entered, families would keep being questioned, with no one outside the circle of direct victims ever knowing this was happening at all. Writing about this experience, for all its risks, is the only way I have to make this pattern visible. When an article like this is published, the file no longer remains a secret between a government body and an isolated writer; it becomes part of a public record that other journalists, human rights organisations, and even international institutions can follow and document. Conclusion: A Price Not Paid Once I am still writing. More slowly than before, but still writing. And Case 1282 remains open, suspended, with no set date for a hearing or a verdict, exactly as it began. This very ambiguity is the message. An authority that opens a file and never closes it, never tries its subject, never even clearly states what the charge is — is not pursuing justice. It is pursuing something else entirely: that everyone who thinks of writing knows the price is possible, even if not certain. And that everyone who has already written carries that price with them wherever they go, however far they travel from the source of the case. This is the true price of a single word: not one arrest at one moment, but a continuous state of uncertainty that lives with you every time you open a blank page to write. Adham Hasanin is an Egyptian journalist and political writer based in the Netherlands.

It is much simpler: We know what we emitted since we know how much fossil fuel was burned. It’s twice as much as has accumulated in the atmosphere. So nature hasn’t been a source but a sink: oceans and forests took up half. And that’s also observed fact. https://t.co/akUoOCNCiR #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #CarbonSink #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.