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Nina Zeelen

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Eric Smit @esmit-thefirewall.eurosky.social · 9h
De lange arm van het Witte Huis reikt tot in het Science Park in de Amsterdamse Watergraafsmeer. Een rechtshulpverzoek was genoeg om de politie in beweging te zetten. Alleen omdat Trump c.s. zonder enige rechtsgrond een organisatie als terroristisch bestempelt. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Politie Amsterdam neemt op Amerikaans verzoek server in beslag van linkse internetdienstverlener A/I: organisatie zou ‘antifa’ faciliteren
Een eenheid van de Amsterdamse politie heeft dinsdag bij een datacenter op het Science Park in Amsterdam een server in beslag genomen van de Italiaanse internetdienstverlener Autistici/Inventati (A/I)...
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Why have Western journalists kept presenting tens of thousands of dead and maimed Palestinians as collateral damage, in a war of self-defence forced on the world’s most moral army, as the IDF claims to be? The answers for many people cannot but be tainted by a long-simmering racial bitterness."
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Pankaj Mishra · The Shoah after Gaza
Memories of Jewish suffering at the hands of Nazis are the foundation on which most descriptions of extreme ideology and...
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🔻 Eric van Kaathoven @ericvkaathoven.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Wisten we al maar toch…
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Timmermans als vijandbeeld om zaken te kunnen doen met Poetin (2014)
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Kremlin over telefoongesprek: Poetin en Rutte op één lijn
Het 'zeer intense' telefoongesprek tussen premier Mark Rutte en president Vladimir Poetin haalde in Rusland op een geheel andere manier de media dan in Nederland. Volgens de persdienst van het Kremlin...
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Rekenkamer Speelt Geen Rolex
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Putin's UsefulI Idiots: CDA & VVD Segers: "Poetin is een strateeg. Hij is een bluffer, hij doet alsof hij weet hoe het precies gaat lopen. Hij is uit op chaos en onrust in landen waarvan hij vindt dat ze in de Russische invloedssfeer horen. In feite is het in die regio sinds 2008 oorlog." (2021)
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Poetin's Pion "Medvedev stelde na ontmoeting met Rutte de samenwerking met NL als voorbeeld voor andere landen. Op vragen over spionageactiviteiten van Rusland in ons land, door AIVD aangestipt, wilde Rutte niet ingaan. Na Medvedev sprak Rutte met Poetin. Ook die prees de onderlinge banden." (2011)
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Met ’vriend’ Rusland komt alles ter tafel
<p>MOSKOU (ANP) – De leiders van Rusland en Nederland zijn zeer te spreken over de banden tussen beide landen. Op economisch terrein worden er steeds vaker zaken gedaan en meningsverschillen blijven n...
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Rutte's Open Door Policy "Rutte sprak zich uit voor liberalisatie van het visumregime tussen Rusland en EU. AIVD-chef Gerard Bouman liet weten dat spionage door Rusland in Nederland toeneemt. Er zou succes geboekt zijn in ontmanteling van Russische spionage activiteiten in meerdere landen." (2011)
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Rutte richt zich op economie, Rusland wil afschaffing visumplicht
Premier Rutte weigert commentaar te leveren op de uitwijzing over en weer van ten minste twee Russische en Nederlandse diplomaten dit jaar. Het jongste geval dateert van afgelopen zomer, toen een Nede...
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"Het angstverhaal wordt uitgemeten in tal van programma’s. In dit tempo duurt het 83 jaar voordat 🇷🇺 heel 🇺🇦 in handen heeft. De angst voor een invasie leidt af van wat 🇷🇺 in het Westen al doet. Zoveel mogelijk ellende veroorzaken door desinformatie. Daar moet je meer aandacht en geld voor hebben."
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Opinie: We zijn in 2025 weer ten prooi gevallen aan het ‘de Russen komen’-virus
We zijn weer ten prooi gevallen aan het ‘de Russen komen’-virus uit de jaren tachtig, schrijft Hans Jaap Melissen. Vandaar die nieuwe Navo-norm van 5 procent. Zijn advies: laat je niet bang maken, en ...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 26/03/2026
‘The Europeans could have had little doubt that they were participating in an assassination campaign conducted on their own territory.’ Andrew Cockburn on Mossad’s assassination strategy and its legacy. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Andrew Cockburn · Beware the mattress: Mossad’s Kill List
Mossad relied heavily on assorted European security agencies for intelligence on Palestinian activities. Not only did...
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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Maar dat is dan toch openlijke oorlogsvoering dan?
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MediocreMigrant @seadanourhussen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Mona 'de kleren van de' Keijzer (cuz she fake, snap je) heeft 1 zetel (eentje!) en 100% airtime. De media-gaslighting is real. Al in 2019 heeft @sanderphilipse.bsky.social (waar ben je??) geanalyseerd hoe rechtsextremisten (toen Baudet) groot worden gemaakt door media www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
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Rechts profiteert in mediacratie
Tijdens de Provinciale Statenverkiezingen kwam een partij zonder verkiezingsprogramma en met kandidaten die veelal buiten de provincie wonen waarin ze verkiesbaar zijn, als grote winnaar uit de bus. Niet gek, als je bekijkt op hoeveel gratis campagnetijd en -ruimte in de media de partijleider kon rekenen.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Luistertip van @bosalomons.bsky.social
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Part One: How The Liberal Media Helped Fascism Win - Behind the Bastards
Robert sits down with best pal Michael Swaim to discuss the great liberal media organizations of Italy, Germany and the U.S. in the 1920s and 30s, and how they failed utterly to stop Mussolini and Hit...
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
“Het is nogal een verschil of je wil dat iedereen het volkslied zingt bij het openen van de scholen, of dat je een einde wil maken aan bezuinigingsbeleid. Voor dat laatste moet je echt bepaalde machtsverhoudingen in de samenleving verstoren. Daar is Wilders eigenlijk amper in geïnteresseerd.”
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Anton Jäger legt uit waarom radicaal-rechts gedijt in deze hyperpolitieke tijd
Politieke verontwaardiging is tegenwoordig overal. Maar omdat de traditionele instituties zijn uitgehold, blijft het engagement vluchtig. ‘Hyperpolitiek’ noemt de Belgische historicus Anton Jäger dat,...
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reijer hendrikse @reijer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Never forget: "Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments ... helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Staatsrechtgeleerde Breekt Lans Voor JA21 Voermans: "JA21 denkt: wij helpen niet bezuinigen, we gaan voor nieuwe verkiezingen. Dat dreigt. Haal andere bewindslieden aan boord. JA21 die Coenradie levert, een mooie prijs." Brekelmans: "Met andere partijen praten over hoe dit werkbaar wordt." (1/2026)
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reijer hendrikse @reijer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Just. Wow.
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Bo Salomons🔻 @bosalomons.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Mooi, oprotten uit Leiden. Maar ook: er waren drie partijen (VVD, Partij Sleutelstad en FvD) die blijkbaar niet mee wilden doen. Niet compleet verrassend...
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Europe’s aversion to regulation is now rivalled only by that of Silicon Valley’s tech billionaires. No coincidence. The latter stand to be among the biggest beneficiaries of the EU’s deregulation wave. Europe calls it competitiveness. Big Tech calls it a win.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Every establishment journalist is suddenly playing dumb about the most elementary of issues in international law. No states have a "right" to exist – least of all the apartheid, genocidal state of Israel. Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-no-...
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Listen: No state has a ‘right’ to exist – least of all an apartheid, genocidal state like Israel
Read by Matthew Alford
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The recent NATO summit will be remembered for the unsung death of Europe's much heralded defence sovereignty drive. By surrendering its military operations to Palantir Europe became even less sovereign than the Gurkhas were in Britain's Imperial Army... www.thetimes.com/article/fb34...
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Palantir Coup “NATO quietly puts trust in Palantir to decide troop movements and identify targets. ‘If NATO were to go to war, it would go to war using Palantir. It’s that comprehensive intelligence picture of threats to NATO and also the disposition of NATO assets and forces’, UK boss tells.”
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Nato quietly puts trust in Palantir to move troops and identify targets
Mark Rutte announced a ‘big reveal’ about aircraft at the summit in Ankara, but an AI innovation for defence against Russia is more contentious
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The Palantir Coup
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Antoaneta Roussi @antoanetaroussi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
NATO has no viable alternative to #Palantir’s battlefield AI technology, a top alliance commander told me this week, warning that Europe must move much faster if it wants to reduce its dependence on U.S. defense tech. www.politico.eu/article/nato...
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NATO commander: Europe has no alternative to Palantir’s warfare tech
Those seeking alternatives need to prove they can be delivered quickly, said Adm. Pierre Vandier, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 05/08/2026
Palantir’s EU tax tricks exposed as unions demand tougher rules on public contracts
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Palantir’s EU tax tricks exposed as unions demand tougher rules on public contracts
Throught data, defence and AI, Palantir is worth €278bn. They owe the EU €12m in taxes, but member states keep indulge the multi-national's monopoly of public procurement contracts. That seems to be changing.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 28/09/2026
It’s time to: ✔️Terminate contracts with Palantir and say NO to future public contracts ​​✔️Develop alternatives that safeguard people from mass surveillance ✔️Protect democracy by investing in people, not corporations Read all about it 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/09/n...
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No place for Palantir in a democratic Europe! | Corporate Europe Observatory
Over 120 campaigning organisations and unions across Europe, including CEO, Global Justice Now and EPSU have issued a joint call to governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public...
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The Palantir Coup
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Rutte-Palantir Coup "Nato quietly puts trust in Palantir to move troops and identify targets. Rutte announced a ‘big reveal’ about aircraft, but an AI innovation is more contentious. France and Germany have resisted use of Palantir, whereas Britain, Sweden and the Netherlands have taken it up."
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Nato quietly puts trust in Palantir to move troops and identify targets
Mark Rutte announced a ‘big reveal’ about aircraft at the summit in Ankara, but an AI innovation for defence against Russia is more contentious
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Rutte-Palantir Coup "NATO acquired Palantir's Maven System. No European parliament debated this acquisition. No European government voted on the terms under which its military would depend on American AI. This is no longer a technology policy debate. It is a European security emergency." (Mar 2025)
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Europe's AI sovereignty just became a security emergency | Euractiv
Strategic autonomy is impossible when the cognitive infrastructure of your military depends on technology whose terms of use are dictated by a foreign government
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Official statements from both leaders touted deeper integration with Palantir, particularly regarding defence and NATO. Asked whether this burgeoning partnership was wise for Europe’s eastern flank, Kubilius said he did not know what had been discussed or agreed upon by the leaders and Alex Karp.”
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Kubilius: 'Palantir is a great company'
As the presidents of Lithuania and Poland meet the CEO of controversial tech company Palantir Technologies at the United Nations General Assembly this week, the EU's defence chief has come out in supp...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 10/10/2026
As Trump himself said, this entire campaign is about protecting Netanyahu.   Words of condemnation aren't enough, ICC members must take action to defend the rule of law. Remember, ICC prosecutors have the authority to open criminal investigations against ANYONE who obstructs justice.
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EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
Navi Pillay sat in the court's appeals chamber.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nederland Sloopt ICC
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
Elites are pathetic, contemptible cowards, part batrillion.
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 08/10/2026
Seattle just said no. It's the first U.S. city to bar big grocers from using your data and AI to charge you more than your neighbor, while keeping coupons and senior and veteran discounts intact. Congratulations to @mayor.seattle.gov and the City Council on setting the standard.
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Wilson signs ordinance banning AI, data-driven price changes at grocery stores
A new law will change how grocery stores in Seattle use shoppers' personal information when setting prices at the register.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Soldiers have a duty to reject orders to commit war crimes. They also have a duty to report war crimes when they occur. That's what the Israeli soldiers did in the film NAZA. Netanyahu wants to prosecute them.” - @kennethroth.bsky.social
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NAZA: Netanyahu orders identification and prosecution of film’s interviewees
Israeli PM calls for criminal investigation into soldiers and officers interviewed in Guardian-produced documentary
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A new report finds wealth inequality in Canada is reaching new heights, with a tiny elite enjoying lavish lifestyles while the many are left in the cold. The problem is not just moral obscenity but that democracy is perverted by vast wealth concentration.
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Robber Barons Are Doing Better Than Ever
A new report finds wealth inequality in Canada is reaching new heights, with a tiny elite enjoying lavish lifestyles while the many are left in the cold. The problem is not just moral obscenity but that democracy is perverted by vast wealth concentration.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"In the UK, the wealth of the 200 richest families grew from 6% to 20% of GDP from 1994 to 2025. In the US, the wealth of the 400 richest households grew from 2% to 20% of GDP from 1982 to 2025. The surge in wealth concentration is a real threat to democracy." - @haugejostein.bsky.social
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
We cannot allow this kind of wealth concentration in the hands of so few. It’s an existential threat to freedom and liberal democracy. It’s time to start treating it as such. Tax these bloated ticks sucking the lifeblood out of civil society. Tax them and regulate their businesses. Humble them.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/05/2026
What millions of Americans hate is the extreme concentration of wealth and political power in the United States. Billionaires and their families accounted for a staggering 19% of federal campaign contributions. This is sick. This is not democracy. trib.al/aKdh4qy
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/06/2025
Yes, Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. trib.al/z9gnYeW
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How the Billionaires Took Over America
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here’s how we let it happen.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Wealth of 157 UK billionaires now equals £670bn, 22% of GDP. Return on wealth (dividends and capital gains) is taxed at lower rates than wages. Extreme concentration of wealth facilitates political power, corruption, economic control. Wither democracy.
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Wealth of Britain’s 157 billionaires now equal to 22% of country’s GDP
This ‘ghost GDP’ shows how headline economic growth is increasingly disconnected from reality for most, says report
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Welke inkomens gingen er sinds 2011 het meest op vooruit? Eén keer raden
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The United States this century feels like an experiment in how much wealth concentration a democracy can tolerate.
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Ellen van Reesch @ellenvr.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Vermogensongelijkheid en democratie gaan slecht samen. De rijksten kopen de macht en worden daarmee nog rijker. Het is misselijkmakend.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"Palantir is dé pijler onder een centraal dataplatform voor de opsporing van zware criminaliteit. Dick Schoof was degene die in 2011 tekende voor geheimhouding. Het is opmerkelijk dat het gebruik door de politie zo lang geheim is gebleven. Er is geen controleorgaan en een wettelijk kader ontbreekt."
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Het Nederlandse leger doet al jaren in het geheim zaken met de omstreden techreus Palantir – net als de politie
Het Amerikaanse softwarebedrijf Palantir is diep verweven met de regering-Trump, maar ook met het Nederlandse leger. Dat doet al sinds 2010 zaken met het bedrijf, blijkt uit onderzoek van Follow the M...
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The Rights Forum @therightsforum.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Israël probeert de publieke opinie en politieke besluitvorming in Nederland naar zijn hand te zetten, bijvoorbeeld via het verspreiden van desinformatie. Dat staat in een nieuw rapport van de NCTV. 
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Israël vormt een bedreiging voor de Nederlandse samenleving, waarschuwen inlichtingendiensten - The Rights Forum
Voor een rechtvaardig Midden-Oosten beleid
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
VVD Is Staatsgevaarlijk
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Yesilgöz en Schoof kochten omstreden Israëlisch spionagesysteem, hielden dit geheim voor Kamer - Joop - BNNVARA
Yesilgöz en Schoof kochten omstreden Israëlische spionagesysteem, hielden dit geheim voor Kamer.
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
NEW: A politician investigating Pegasus spyware… had their phone hacked with Pegasus multiple times. The compromises came days ahead of key meetings of the spyware inquiry Story with @lhn.bsky.social
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EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.
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