<![CDATA[Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can.]]>Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. Being associated with Trump or Russia is now a bad thing, which is good for democracy in Europe. Thank you, people from Hungary. You might have started something that is bigger than just this election!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3df68f1d-3c03-4e8a-9a01-773de328dc6c/hungary-proves-that-neither-russia-nor-trump-can-sway-votes-the-way-they-think-they-can.RSS for NodeWed, 15 Apr 2026 00:42:57 GMTSun, 12 Apr 2026 19:43:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:34:27 GMT]]>@Heliograph ... and all that without shots fired, without bloodbath or dead people πŸ•ŠοΈ @jwildeboer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Irisherself/statuses/116395059965499629https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Irisherself/statuses/116395059965499629Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:34:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:28:59 GMT]]>@Irisherself I remember watching the news at the time, seeing entire families with kids climbing the consulate fences and walls and then walking out on foot across country to reach the west... we were all holding our breaths hoping no one shoots... and it worked and reunited what should never have been separated in the first place ✌️✊
@jwildeboer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/Heliograph/statuses/116394802531816963https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/Heliograph/statuses/116394802531816963Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:28:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:59:19 GMT]]>@jwildeboer With a margin this big, I imagine OrbΓ‘n and his handlers saw no real scope to contest the results?

I am already quietly beginning to fear the ways in which state actors will ramp up their attempts to sabotage things in the EU; a defeat this resounding will have set off very loud alarm bells all the way through Beijing, Moscow and Washington*.

*: To think that we have to now include Washington (& the CIA) in said company is in itself *extremely* concerning, but here we are.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116394685840007752https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116394685840007752Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:59:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:50:38 GMT]]>@bzdev Were I the facetious type, I might say something along the lines of "I guess the people who paid for Citizens United to go their way will have felt they got their money's worth then?"

@jwildeboer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116394651721254876https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116394651721254876Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:50:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:43:03 GMT]]>@dianea It seems they have failed tonight in Hungary. Before that they failed in Poland. Maybe they are not that powerful and their influence is cracking? I am always the optimist.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.wildeboer.net/users/jwildeboer/statuses/116394385939643886https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.wildeboer.net/users/jwildeboer/statuses/116394385939643886Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:43:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:37:54 GMT]]>@jwildeboer

Unfortunately, we are ruled by billionaire owned media that will spin reality to align with their owners

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116394365689374461https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116394365689374461Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:37:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:27:55 GMT]]>@jwildeboer

reuters.com

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Any entity funded by the fossil fuel industry and its massive system of international public corruption needs to acknowledge the fate that awaits.

https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/

People tire of the high prices & fossil fuel funded fascism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html

People want cheaper renewable energy, wind & solar.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-plummeting-cost-of-renewable-energy/

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The average cost per unit of energy generated across the lifetime of a new power plant. This data is expressed in US dollars per kilowatt-hour. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in living costs between countries.

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People want to ditch waste like data centers.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116394326461896461https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116394326461896461Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:27:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:12:53 GMT]]>@jwildeboer I am in the centre of Budapest at 1am - cars with horns blaring, streets packed with very happy (some pretty drunk) people, lot of cheering and flag waving. Not see this since Athens in the early 80s when the left finally won power.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IncHulk/statuses/116394267374840477https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IncHulk/statuses/116394267374840477Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:12:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:01:00 GMT]]>@jwildeboer
After his effects on the late Pope and now Orban's, re-election, may I suggest that Trump send Vance on a diplomatic mission to Russia's Putin?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116393984684159801https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116393984684159801Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:01:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:24:55 GMT]]>@Irisherself πŸ‘†πŸ‘‡πŸ€ž
https://mastodon.social/@MissingThePt/116393730049244006

@jwildeboer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/Heliograph/statuses/116393842780696043https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/Heliograph/statuses/116393842780696043Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:24:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:13:38 GMT]]>@jwildeboer We have laws about reporting non-trivial campaign contributions, but it takes time for those reports to be processed, so with a large infusion of cash in the last two weeks or so, nobody really knew where it was coming from. Because most states are "winner takes all" for electoral college votes, that cash was used to target those states where the vote could go either way.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bzdev/statuses/116393798423773524https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bzdev/statuses/116393798423773524Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:13:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:13:27 GMT]]>@bzdev @jwildeboer we have laws in Europe about campaign financing a those needs to be transparent, at least in countries I live(d)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.cz/ap/users/115531591970190639/statuses/116393797710730005https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.cz/ap/users/115531591970190639/statuses/116393797710730005Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:13:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:11:42 GMT]]>@jwildeboer. I'm very happy for all the Hungarian people πŸ‘.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AJ_andrew69/statuses/116393790852897204https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AJ_andrew69/statuses/116393790852897204Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:11:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:08:33 GMT]]>@jwildeboer At the tail end of the last U.S. presidential election, I got desperate emails from the Harris campaign about how they were being outspent in "swing states". Some billionaires who wanted Trump in put up a large chunk of change for those last couple of weeks, and that was used to run lots of attack ads against Harris.

That behavior is a risk factor for Europe as well. We tried to fix it, but a U.S. Supreme Court decision declared the campaign-finance law unconstitutional.
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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bzdev/statuses/116393778441401703https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bzdev/statuses/116393778441401703Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:08:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:50:34 GMT]]>@jwildeboer First points went to Poland, don't forget.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/users/alison/statuses/116393707755425461https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/users/alison/statuses/116393707755425461Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:50:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:47:22 GMT]]>@jwildeboer it was a different september eleven but as impactful

"Thousands East Germans streamed into to take the opportunity, resulting in an exodus that accelerated the collapse of the on 9 November 1989"

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Irisherself/statuses/116393695166912857https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Irisherself/statuses/116393695166912857Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:47:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:44:49 GMT]]>@jwildeboer ...and they did it _again_ !! It was who in 1989 opened their consulate doors to East Germans wanting to flee the regime, and the Hungarian consulate/embassy let them enter and cross into the west... that underpinned the "tear down that wall" momentum πŸ‘βœŠ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Irisherself/statuses/116393685137496678https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Irisherself/statuses/116393685137496678Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:44:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:33:32 GMT]]>@Frantasaur @jwildeboer
It doesn't matter why. 'Orban was send home the day after his visit'.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vosje62/statuses/116393640743684357https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vosje62/statuses/116393640743684357Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:33:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:32:19 GMT]]>@vosje62 @jwildeboer JD’s charisma at work

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/mkoek/statuses/116393636003374698https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/mkoek/statuses/116393636003374698Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:32:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:28:12 GMT]]>@vosje62 @jwildeboer doesn’t trump send Vance in to take the blame when they already know it’s fucked?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Frantasaur/statuses/116393619809615938https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Frantasaur/statuses/116393619809615938Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:28:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:18:23 GMT]]>@jwildeboer Yes, that’s what I’m hoping for too, and it lets me go to bed a little more at ease tonight.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/stevvest/statuses/116393581193452116https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/stevvest/statuses/116393581193452116Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:18:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:05:09 GMT]]>@jwildeboer agree!!! Hopefully a song of more to come!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/mvrenselaar/statuses/116393529154298536https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/mvrenselaar/statuses/116393529154298536Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:05:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:56:18 GMT]]>@jwildeboer
No, because now I saw that urban has admitted his defeat.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/dve/statuses/116393494325245452https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/dve/statuses/116393494325245452Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:56:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hungary proves that neither Russia nor Trump can sway votes the way they think they can. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:51:28 GMT]]>@dve Ah, the German "yes, but" that always will be among the first five replies to any of my posts πŸ˜‰ Yes, I am sure I will still be right tomorrow. Wanna bet? πŸ˜‰

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.wildeboer.net/users/jwildeboer/statuses/116393475339493168https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.wildeboer.net/users/jwildeboer/statuses/116393475339493168Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:51:28 GMT