This is not about growing up. They’re Putin’s stooges and when he says jump, they ask how high. Growing up won’t change that.

Typical Trump move, mugging a rape victim.

Not really, it seemed fairly low-effort.

But we’re talking about now, not then.

we need to fight disinformation and far-right propaganda on social media

Find, then degrade, deny and destroy, the sources of the propaganda, and do the same to the conduits.

Especially since it’s hard to legislate out foreign influence as they are, by definition, foreign.

You punish those in your country who are selling out to foreign influence.

Israel is an important military stronghold against eastern powers and will continue to hold special privileges.

Tell me all the times Israelis have died to protect their Western allies.

Typical Trump deal: nothing substantial, but he loudly claims credit for it anyway.

Hamster hands.

If Europe shows resolve, Russia’s ambitions will crumble.

Better to ask what failure of the system made that party popular in the first place.

In the case of the US, it was propaganda by a hostile country, and by malefactors of great wealth whose interests aligned with that hostile country. In the former case, an act of war; in the latter, treason.

The paradox of tolerance. Parties that violate the social contract of mutual tolerance deserve to be banned.

I thought Germany had laws banning fascist parties?

You have to give info, it doesn’t have to be yours.