The Dutch chip sector with ASML, ASMI and with Besi is crucial for the US already with Biden. If Europe plays it well both Europe and the Americans could benefit and make us stronger against China.

Like this deal !

Nvidia announces $500 billion investment in US
Nvidia has announced that it will invest $500 billion in the US over the next four years. Production of Nvidia's next-generation AI chip, known as Blackwell, has already begun at TSMC's new factory in Phoenix Arizona.

Nvidia is also building supercomputer production facilities in Texas in partnership with Foxconn and Wistron Corp, the company said in a statement Monday. "Mass production" is expected to ramp up over the next 12 to 15 months. "The addition of U.S. manufacturing will help us better meet the massive and growing demand for AI chips and supercomputers, strengthen our supply chain and increase our resilience," CEO Jensen Huang said in the statement.

Navalny was no saint but the way he let Putin sweat was great LOL.

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Four journalists who worked for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died last year, have been convicted in Russia. They will all spend 5.5 years in prison for "extremism".

The journalists worked for the anti-corruption organization "Fund for the Fight against Corruption", founded by Navalny. In 2021, a court declared it extremist . Anyone accused of having ties to the organization is therefore at risk.

The trial of Antonina Favorskaya, Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov and Artyom Kriger began in October and took place behind closed doors. They have always denied that they work for an extremist group. They say they are being prosecuted because they are a thorn in the side of the Kremlin.

Since the invasion of Ukraine, repression in Russia against domestic and foreign journalists has increased significantly. According to the organization Reporters Without Borders, 32 journalists are currently imprisoned in Russia.

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Favorskaya (35) became known as the woman who made the last video footage of Navalny. A day before his death, she was present at a court hearing in the Ural town of Charp, above the Arctic Circle, where Navalny was seen on a screen. Navalny died there last year under suspicious circumstances.

Favorskaya also reported from the place where Navalny was held, and after his death she accompanied his mother, who tried in vain for days to free her son's body for burial.

Producer and cinematographer
Like fellow convict Kriger (24), Favorskaya is affiliated with the SotaVision agency, which is active in following legal cases. The other two suspects, Gabov (38) and Karelin (42), worked as freelance producers and cameramen, including for the international news agencies AP and Reuters. In that capacity, they sometimes also worked for Navalny's media organization in the past.

Earlier this year, three lawyers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3.5 to 5.5 years, also for participating in an “extremist organization”.

Navalny was a good man for the most part. He wanted a free Russia. Whatever he said when he was a young nationalist should be forgiven. Are you telling me you've never said anything you later regretted?

FREE ANTONINA!

Meloni has become one of the strongest voices in the EU this is not new though she, Mark Rutte and others have been working on immigration for a while now.


'Mediator' Meloni must save European furniture during Trump's visit
By Chris Koenis ·13 hours ago· Amended: 10 hours ago

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is traveling to the White House for a key meeting with President Trump. EU leaders are hoping the right-wing conservative politician can help ease US tariffs. But why her? Five questions and answers.

Meloni is officially visiting the US today as part of a state visit. The topic of the conversation will however be the import duties. She is the first European leader to visit Trump since the pause of the tariffs on the EU.

1. Why this visit?
At the top of the agenda is the trade war that Trump has unleashed. Although his most extreme import duties on European goods have been paused for 90 days, all EU countries, including the Netherlands, still face a hefty standard duty of 10 percent.

In addition, defense will probably be discussed. Italy's defense spending is rising, but the country does not meet the NATO standard that Trump insists on. He has threatened several times that allies who do not contribute enough will not be able to count on American military aid.

2. Why is Meloni travelling and not, for example, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen?
Meloni has a good relationship with Trump, with whom she shares an ideology as party leader of the populist radical right party Fratelli d'Italia. Meloni was also the only European leader to attend Trump's swearing-in as president earlier this year. Trump called her a "fantastic leader and person".

The Italian prime minister has been cautious about criticizing Trump's erratic foreign policy and his tactless and factually incorrect statements about the EU and Ukraine. She was remarkably calm when Trump initially imposed a 20 percent tariff on all goods from the EU, saying that "scaremongering does much more damage than import tariffs."

At the same time, Meloni is known within the EU as a pragmatic head of government who is prepared to cooperate and compromise. This is in contrast to other populists within the EU, such as Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán and Serbian President Vucic. In this way, Meloni can suddenly grow from a feared populist to the savior of the EU.

3. What do other countries think about Meloni traveling to Washington?
France and Germany in particular, traditionally the two major powers within the EU that have a lot of influence, will not be entirely reassured that Meloni will be their mouthpiece. The Italian once described the euro as a form of slavery and has not traditionally been known as someone who defends European values ??and integration. "Bring down this EU," she said in a speech at the ultra-conservative CPAC conference in the US in 2019.

Meloni is also friends with businessman Elon Musk, who has emerged as a controversial Trump administration adviser. Musk recently angered many European politicians by expressing support for the controversial German political party AfD and the British right-wing extremist activist and hooligan Tommy Robinson.

4. What does the EU want?
As much free trade as possible. For that, the European trading bloc is probably prepared to buy extra gas or other raw materials from the Americans, for example, or to scrap import duties on American cars. Because that seems to be the easiest way out of the trade conflict between the US and Europe: a new deal that Trump can sell at home as an American victory.

Here's how Trump announced his original import duties:

Trump in speech: 'Other countries have plundered us'
The EU especially does not want the conflict to turn into a years-long trade war with tariffs on both sides. That could also hit the European economy quite hard and even push a trading country like the Netherlands into a recession in the worst-case scenario.

5. But is that what Meloni wants?
That remains to be seen. Meloni also has to deal with import duties in her own country, which are damaging the Italian economy. The other EU leaders therefore hope that Meloni will act as a mediator who defends the interests of all EU countries. After all, Italy is also an export country with a trade surplus of 40 billion euros with the US.

If she succeeds, it would also increase her own power within the EU. "If she eases the negotiations with Trump without punishing Europe, she will come out much stronger," Italian political analyst Lorenzo Castellani said in an interview with Reuters.

BREAKING ! MASS SHOOTING AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

These mass shootings are just ridiculous at this point. My uncle went to FSU. Later switched to be UCF because it was closer to his family and friends

Forza Meloni !

2 innocent young people died 6 badly injured very sad, it happens so often the general public becomes numb
In my Youth this never happened.

Meloni is a true conservative and she is a real fighter also she want a Europe based on Judeo-Christian values that is what made Europe great.

I wish everybody a Happy Easter !

I'm surprised you like Meloni. Growing up, she was a big fan of Mussolini, which raises some red flags for me. She is also vehemently against the legalization of cannabis, even the light stuff. While I agree with her on some issues like the pushback against woke culture and her stance on immigration, overall, I think she's a little too conservative for my taste.

Happy Easter H!

You're right she is far from perfect but the two good things you mention matters to me most.
Meloni is a Catholic and a conservative, and believes in defending "God, fatherland and family." She is opposed to euthanasia, same-sex marriage and same-sex parenting, saying that nuclear families are exclusively headed by male–female pairs.
But It's not unusual in conservative circles to have that opinion i don't necessarily agree with that but I respect it.
I think the MSM here in the way they report about feared European populists on the right isn't always fair in general.

Samuel was an interesting Dutch Golden Age painter known for his 3D art.

For those interested in the Dutch Golden Age, I personally love History. It brought me back to it when Trump talked in January about the Golden Age of America lol.

The media not providing fair coverage to a conservative? Shocker.

Happy Easter H!

There is a reason FOX News is the most watched channel in the US, I am a huge supporter of starting a FOX News Europe !

Happy Easter to you too.

VERY interesting interview given by Lindy Li. It's an hour and 45 minutes long but well worth your time. A former DNC fundraiser who left the party towards the end of Biden's term.

CNN has been a household name for many years in Europe and still the news channel we Dutch watch for world news big things like 9/11 and the following Iraq war.
But I'm convinced if FOX has also an European HQ and Broadcast they would do great many conservative Dutch people find FOX News important to get a complete picture of not only American but also world news.

CNN is trash here in the States and their ratings reflect that.

Fox News is a joke. If you’re looking to join a cult that worships authority and shuts down critical thinking, go ahead and tune in. CNN isn’t innocent either, but at least we should all agree that facts should come first, something both outlets conveniently forget.

Even the BBC is not 'neutral'.
Accusations of a left-wing bias were often made against the corporation by members of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet in the 1980s.

The Dutch Universities will receive more than 700 million less than previously expected until 2028. Minister Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) wants to make the Dutch language the norm again at colleges and universities. Dutch universities say they are taking their own measures to limit the influx of international students into higher education.

The violent pro-Palestinian demonstrations have finally opened up some eyes.

America puts $5 million on the head of Dutch IS terrorist Khadra Essa: who ordered corporal punishment, execution and murder
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The US State Department's Rewards for Justice program is offering a maximum of $5 million bounty on the head of Dutch IS terrorist Khadra Essa. According to the department, she played a key role as a chief instructor in the female terrorist battalion Nusaybah Khatibah.

According to the ministry, the Somali-born Dutch woman traveled to Syria in 2014, where she joined IS. The terrorist group trained her in the use of weapons, explosives and suicide operations. She is also said to have recruited new members and called on her fellow believers to commit suicide attacks, including abroad. Essa led a group that enforced Islamic law with violence against other women. She is said to have imposed corporal punishment and even ordered executions and murder.

The US State Department is putting a bounty of up to $5 million on the head of Dutch IS terrorist Khadra Essa.
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If the information from the US is correct that Khadra Essa is Dutch, then she managed to stay well under the radar. She is not on the terrorism sanctions list and no bells ring for experts on the Dutch jihad scene.

The Nusaybah Khatibah (IS-NK) women's battalion is named after Nusaybah, the first convert to Islam according to traditional stories. The unit was founded in 2016 in the Syrian capital Raqqa, at the time the capital of the caliphate. Many Dutch supporters settled in the city. IS-NK had hundreds of trained members and still exists despite the collapse of the terrorist caliphate. According to the Americans, the group still poses a threat, also to Western countries.

Western jihad women sentenced for participating in IS-NK
A number of returned Western jihad women have already been convicted for participating in IS-NK. The judiciary suspected the Gouda jihad woman Ilham B. of having been part of that group, but on appeal there was insufficient evidence for this. The American Allison Fluke was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 as the leader of the group. Another woman, the German Marcia M., had made electronics for bomb belts. Carla-Josephine S., also a German IS member, was convicted because she let her children participate in IS training. The youngest was only six.

Khadra Essa 'held kidnapped children captive'
The Americans accuse Essa of holding several kidnapped children captive. Like the American siblings Yusuf and Zahra Shikder, whose mother was killed in an attack. The mother had kidnapped her children to Syria in 2015 without their father's permission.

BBC is actually one of the more fair outlets in existence today, but it is certainly not perfect. Yeah, Thatcher wasn't a big fan of the BBC (LOL), but it was a different company then. I admired Thatcher. My dad did as well.

One of the greatest men who ever lived

I agree Reagan was huge in a difficult time !

I can listen to him all day ! Check this out amigo !

Even the BBC is not 'neutral'.
Accusations of a left-wing bias were often made against the corporation by members of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet in the 1980s.[/quote]

Don't forget the US has been funding left wing media outlets with tax payer money, including the BBC. Go DOGE!

Sadly, not here in the US. Antisemitism is on the rise and attacks on Jewish students are basically not considered hate crimes anymore.

I mixed them up sorry Yale.

Rubio said it right I think it is VERY disrespectful behavior if they come to some of the best Universities in the world to study like Harvard.
A dutch professor who also worked at Harvard confirmed there is a problem at the best schools.