Reposted by sarah jeong
Yet again, the EU surrenders to Trump.
After facing pressure from the US State Department, @kajakallas.bsky.social's EU foreign service pulled out of a conference this week at the last minute – because one of the panels dared to discuss American disinfo in Europe.
theguardian.com
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
![“You think we’re getting a little too close to Meta?” [John Georges, co-owner of Georges Media Group, the state’s largest media organization and parent company of the state’s largest newspaper, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate], asked. “I’m not afraid of the sun. You know — Icarus? I’ll get as close to the sun as I can.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mencpxk4spd3xn3qotwkyyqf/bafkreia33tcihiyejau2ixybgiv7jkvehdllebx47swwbiuevu54p574ry)
![Earl Ninsom's constellation of Thai restaurants-
Eem, Langbaan, Hat Yai, Paadee, Phuket Cate, and OK Chicken & Khao Soi (the latter was
erroneously listed as two separate restaurants on the Go Portland Go website) -all appeared on the coalition's list as of Friday, August 28. But after the Mercury asked about the restaurant's group decision to join, Ninsom said the company would be withdrawing its support.
"When I listened to them, it's focusing on using the budget for housing the homeless, making the city clean and inviting for residents and tourists, Ninsom wrote in an August 28 text message. He added that after he received a message from his business partner, Eric Nelson, "it seemed like the organization wasn't [doing] what they understood it to be doing."
By that evening, Ninsom's restaurants had disappeared from the site.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4t2ziwnnescprzorvmrfduey/bafkreig65d2i3h4mdwowolkz3ppsh633glrhmm3i3swahixsgxda44k6iu)
