This is a grim story, on the President and his Administration exerting political pressure to have an accused sex trafficker who boasts of beating and coercing women freed. Gift link.

How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed

Barred from leaving Romania, Andrew Tate courted powerful figures on the American right, from Tucker Carlson to Barron Trump. Then an extraordinary...

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This story is hard to believe, even by 2025 standards. The U.S. government spent more than a year trying to extradite a Belarusian woman to the U.S. for trial on having smuggled sensitive aviation equipment into Russia. Now she’s on trial, but the Trump administration is trying to deport her. Favor for Putin? https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/12/10/extradition-deportation-belarus-russia/ #uspol #russia

I recommend reading this piece by Michele Serra in La Repubblica on the false dilemma of Europe choosing between peace and freedom.

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Pace o libertà, dilemma europeo

#uspol #eu #europe #democracy

Gata Sports Tours is at a new stadium (for Gata): Estadi Johan Cruyff, watching Barça Femení take on Benfica in Champions League. Barça up 3-1 at minute 59. We’re also wondering when “Sweet Caroline” became standard in Spanish ⚽️ - we’ve been at 7 matches, 5 home teams, and all or almost all have played it. #championsleague #fcbarcelona #benfica