<![CDATA[An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate.]]>An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. We live in weird times.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3c97873d-b5a4-476a-954f-9be0446fa8db/an-election-where-both-russia-and-the-usa-support-the-same-candidate.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 17:38:56 GMTSun, 12 Apr 2026 07:27:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:11:38 GMT]]>@HeptaSean @jwildeboer

See Bálint Magyar's "Post-Communist Mafia State" https://muse.jhu.edu/book/44666/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/resipiscent/statuses/116390723513942007https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/resipiscent/statuses/116390723513942007Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:11:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:56:14 GMT]]>@jwildeboer same criminals, same targets

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/ten700/statuses/116390662954646983https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/ten700/statuses/116390662954646983Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:56:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:53:13 GMT]]>@sus @jwildeboer I personally won't have that much of a problem with other countries interfering _against_ Orbán, Trump, Putin, the Iranian regime, Netanyahu, Meloni, … Surely not if other countries' civil societies do it, but also not really if other countries' governments do.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/HeptaSean/statuses/116390651089765360https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/HeptaSean/statuses/116390651089765360Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:53:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:44:21 GMT]]>@jwildeboer I would say: where the USA openly supports and sides with a Russian dictator.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/truls46/statuses/116390616224074429https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/truls46/statuses/116390616224074429Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:44:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:37:55 GMT]]>@jwildeboer Putin and Trump supporting the same candidate isn't _that_ weird, though. They want the same world. A world of old white men fighting over superiority. A world like a toxic sports competition.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/HeptaSean/statuses/116390590874965205https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/HeptaSean/statuses/116390590874965205Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:37:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:35:44 GMT]]>@marlin I hope they keep it up in the votes too. Because that's where the real count happens. Go, Hungary! Vote for democracy!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.wildeboer.net/users/jwildeboer/statuses/116390582307073141https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.wildeboer.net/users/jwildeboer/statuses/116390582307073141Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:35:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:33:59 GMT]]>@jwildeboer On a positive note, the people of Hungary seem to disagree in the polls.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://haminoa.net/users/marlin/statuses/116390575422613761https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://haminoa.net/users/marlin/statuses/116390575422613761Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:33:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:33:55 GMT]]>@jwildeboer Elections where other countries openly support candidates is such a problem. Bad enough when the election interference was only behind the scenes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://timeloop.cafe/users/sus/statuses/116390575187155046https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://timeloop.cafe/users/sus/statuses/116390575187155046Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:33:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:29:53 GMT]]>@jwildeboer
USA 2024? 🤔

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