Former Australian PM Turnbull: What #Trump and #Orban’s goal is to divide, take advantage of those divisions. This is supported by the right-wing media in America, particularly Fox, and it's doing unbelievable damage to your country. #ClusterFox
V Telex.hu:
'Acc to #Hungary ’s PM there was agreement among the #V4 countries that #Russia 's aggression was a gross violation of international law and that #Ukraine should be helped.
#Orbán it is in Hungary's interest, and it is the country's most important national security concern, not to share a border with Russia, because we have bad memories of that.'
To all these big fans of #putin#GOP or #trump or #orban who don't want admit that orange dictator larva and many far-right European politicians are Russian assets, I want ask a simple question - do you always need to perform biopsy and a DNA test to decide that you see a duck?
Today, we had a largish raid group of 11+ to take on an #OriginFormePalkia in - it turned out to be a good raid.
Just for fun, my strongest ditto was backing up my mega salamence who was in #1 position. Turns out that the ditto's shapeshift did not cancel out my salamance's mega form which was a happy surprise 😁
The Hungarian parliament's vote, which is expected to pass smoothly after a visit by Swedish Prime Minister #UlfKristersson last Friday during which the two countries signed an arms deal, will end months of delays to complete #Sweden's security policy shift. #Russia#Ukraine#Orban
Prime Minister Viktor #Orban of #Hungary endorsed #Sweden’s #NATO membership after blocking it for 19 months, saying that the two countries are “ready to fight for each other.” - NYT
@GottaLaff Wow, that's a nice switch.
"Prime Minister Viktor #Orban of #Hungary endorsed #Sweden’s #NATO membership after blocking it for 19 months, saying that the two countries are “ready to fight for each other.” - NYT"
Even the Serbian President reacted to the news of Navalny's death, but Orbán and Szijjártó did not
Among the EU member states only the members of the Hungarian government did not react to the news of the death of the Russian opposition politician and activist.
Orbán faces the biggest challenge of his political career
The Hungarian prime minister, who championed the clean, moral, conservative life for years, was hoisted by his own petard. The question is whether he can ride out the storm once more.
#Hungary 's #Orban says in his state of the nation speech that Budapest will ratify #Sweden 's #NATO accession - doesn't mention this time that it should be subject to an internal debate in #Fidesz - still not an absolute firm confirmation yet
Pressure on Orban grows amid child sex abuse scandal
Hungarian opposition leaders gathered in front of the prime minister’s office denounced Orban’s silence on the issue and saying it indicated deeper structural problems
The backlash has grown expanding into direct criticism of #Orban’s government, associated #cronyism & corruption
Asking if Hungarians think it normal a few families own half the country
Tens of thousands rally against Hungary's Orban after sex abuse pardon scandal
Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Friday at the biggest rally against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government for years, after a sex-abuse case pardon by President Katalin Novak caused public uproar and led to her resignation.
#Hungary right now!! Anti-government demonstration and solidarity with victims of child abuse.
(There is a recent ongoing scandal that so far resulted in two high-ranking #Fidesz cronies resigning because they signed a pardon for a convicted abuser, probably due to his govt connections.)
What Now for Orban’s ‘Christian Family Values’ After Hungarian President Resigns?
Novak was the public face and driver of Fidesz’s campaign to present Hungary as a bastion of Christian family values. Her resignation over the pardoning of a paedophile’s accomplice compromises Orban’s domestic and international messaging.
🔴 #Hungary has been shaken by the sudden resignations of the two most popular and successful women in an otherwise strongly male-dominated governing party
This has become the biggest threat to Prime Minister Viktor #Orban since he returned to power in 2010
President Katalin #Novak and former Justice Minister Judit #Varga have both taken responsibility for the decision to grant clemency to Endre K, former deputy director of a state orphanage
Some thoughts to those inclined to take the word of 'respectable' public figures (who are actually authoritarians and even génocidaires), and to those who have grown cynical of all lying politicians:
There used to be a concept called 'leaving hostages to fortune', in which public figures learned to avoid making promises or offering falsehoods that were vulnerable to thwarting/exposure by future contingencies.
Under the assumption that having your lies exposed or rash promise invalidated would be potentially career-ending, it used to sometimes be reasonable to operate on an epistemic criterion of "embarrassment", where we could increase our level of trust in a statement made by a public figure if it (a) wasn't currently able to be confirmed but (b) it seemed obvious that they would get caught out for lying if it were not true. I.e. "They wouldn't lie about that, right?"
However, the information landscape has profoundly shifted in recent years. (Or has seemed to for some people. See below)
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#Putin, #Trump, #Netanyahu, #Modhi and other recent authoritarian strongmen (#Orbán, #Erdoğan, #Bolsonaro, etc) have discovered just how effective the #FirehoseOfDisinformation is in an age of deliberate political dysfunction, polarised electorates, microtargeted #disinformation and the general milieu of ecocidal late capitalist societal crumbling ('the Crumbles'). Their supporters generally either never hear about the debunking, reject all evidence that conflicts with their commitments (#IdentityProtectiveCognition), or don't care and openly embrace #authoritarian doublethink (cf #MAGA, widespread #Israeli support for increased violence in #Gaza, #Russian troll farmers).
Ukraine believes that #Starlinks SpaceX's satellite internet device, are used by Russia. Musk has denied this.
Although Starlinks are 'geofenced', #SpaceX can control where operate, recent tweets from #Musk and SpaceX have not mentioned any investigation in Ukrainian claims.
Hungarian PM #orban “The best prospect for it [#ukraine would be to form a buffer zone between #Russia and the West…Russia will never accept an #EU and #NATO member...on its doorstep.”
Recently, Orban said that #Serbia should join EU before Ukraine, otherwise EU ‘will lose’ it to #china
Hungary’s Parliament Approves Sweden’s NATO Bid After Stalling (www.nytimes.com)
Budapest had been the final obstacle to the Nordic country’s joining the alliance, which has been trying to isolate Russia over its war in Ukraine.