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Why I'm not watching Eurovision this year
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (1822+ words) Gulf Stream Blues Why I'm not watching Eurovision this year The EBU's refusal to meaningfully change the voting rules has made the contest feel like a pre-ordained propaganda exercise to many fans. It's a tragic self-own against European soft power....
Pentagon memo shows Trump is using NATO to control and extort Europe
2+ week, 2+ day ago (961+ words) Gulf Stream Blues Pentagon memo shows Trump is using NATO to control and extort Europe A leaked Pentagon document outlines options to punish European countries who don't join the Iran War, including expelling Spain from NATO and threatening Britain's Falkland…...
Sanchez hopes to revive Europe's left with anti-Trump resistance
2+ week, 6+ day ago (187+ words) Gulf Stream Blues Sanchez hopes to revive Europe's left with anti-Trump resistance President von der Leyen's conservative European Peoples Party, which has governed the EU for two decades, has spent a year flattering and appeasing a US president who has…...
Sanchez, as Europe's conscience, reminds us we do have leverage
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (331+ words) We know why they won't say anything " they're scared. They're scared of exactly the kind of reaction that Trump has doled out on Spain, and their cowardice has overwhelmed any sense of morality or decency they may have once had…...
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro S'nchez Is Rewriting the Political Playbook
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (101+ words) Gulf Stream Blues Spain's Prime Minister Pedro S'nchez Is Rewriting the Political Playbook In today's interview with Mark Leon Goldberg on Global Dispatches we talked about why Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has zigged while all other European leaders shave…...