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Obama’s Warning to the Lawless Era Obama lawlessness warning during 2025 rally addressing Trump administration's recklessness

Obama’s Warning to the Lawless Era

PeanutsChoice 03/11/2025

Obama lawlessness warning — Former U.S. President Barack Obama calls for renewed defense of rule of law...

Trump’s Shadow Government: Project 2025 and the Quiet Takeover of Power Project 2025 political concept image showing Washington D.C. under stormy skies symbolizing government control and division.

Project 2025 political concept image showing Washington D.C. under stormy skies symbolizing government control and division.

Trump’s Shadow Government: Project 2025 and the Quiet Takeover of Power

PeanutsChoice 30/10/2025

Project 2025 is reshaping U.S. governance from within. As Donald Trump centralizes executive control, Europe braces for...

Trump Went East. Europe Went Quiet. Transatlantic trust crisis 2025 — symbolic split between U.S. and EU drifting toward Asia; minimalist red-line aesthetic, no text, small COE logo top-right

Trump Went East. Europe Went Quiet.

PeanutsChoice 30/10/2025

Transatlantic trust crisis 2025 as Trump pivots to Asia: tariffs trimmed after the Busan meeting with Xi,...

2 000 Votes, Two Visions: The Dutch Election That Split a Nation Dutch election 2025 split image showing symbolic stage lights between D66 and PVV, representing a divided Netherlands.

Dutch election 2025 split image showing symbolic stage lights between D66 and PVV, representing a divided Netherlands.

2 000 Votes, Two Visions: The Dutch Election That Split a Nation

PeanutsChoice 30/10/2025

Dutch election 2025 results remain undecided as D66 and PVV are separated by just 2,000 votes —...

Lost Again: The U.S. Built a DNA Database Instead of a Child-Tracking System Family Reunification Task Force 2025: symbolic border imagery showing child separation, loss, and data surveillance under U.S. DNA tracking policies.

Family Reunification Task Force 2025: symbolic border imagery showing child separation, loss, and data surveillance under U.S. DNA tracking policies.

Lost Again: The U.S. Built a DNA Database Instead of a Child-Tracking System

PeanutsChoice 28/10/2025

The Family Reunification Task Force 2025 was meant to bring children home. Instead, it’s shrinking while the...

Hurricane Melissa: When the Ocean Sends the Bill Hurricane Melissa — NOAA satellite imagery showing the powerful Category 5 storm approaching the Caribbean, captured by GOES-16 (Public Domain).

Hurricane Melissa — NOAA satellite imagery showing the powerful Category 5 storm approaching the Caribbean, captured by GOES-16 (Public Domain).

Hurricane Melissa: When the Ocean Sends the Bill

PeanutsChoice 27/10/2025

Hurricane Melissa is rewriting hurricane physics. The storm reached Category 5 in a single day — shattering...

Trump’s New War on Medicine: From Tylenol to Vaccines, Science Becomes the Enemy Trump vaccine misinformation — symbolic editorial illustration showing a pregnant woman and child divided by a red digital barrier, representing how disinformation endangers vaccination trust and maternal-child health. Created for Citizen of Europe (October 2025).

Trump vaccine misinformation — symbolic editorial illustration showing a pregnant woman and child divided by a red digital barrier, representing how disinformation endangers vaccination trust and maternal-child health. Created for Citizen of Europe (October 2025).

Trump’s New War on Medicine: From Tylenol to Vaccines, Science Becomes the Enemy

PeanutsChoice 27/10/2025

Trump vaccine misinformation is putting science under siege again. From Tylenol panic to vaccine delay myths, experts...

The United States of Fear: How Trump’s Second Term Is Built on Emergency Powers Trump emergency powers 2025 — A symbolic image of power and isolation capturing the tone of Donald Trump’s second-term governance through emergency powers, featuring a stark red-and-black palette and Citizen of Europe logo top-right.

The United States of Fear: How Trump’s Second Term Is Built on Emergency Powers

PeanutsChoice 27/10/2025

Trump emergency powers 2025 reveal how 41 active emergencies shape U.S. governance and democratic erosion under Trump’s...

Europe’s Early Bird Flu Wave: From Coops to Checkout Bird flu Europe 2025 — A solitary chicken stands in a misty field at dawn, symbolizing early H5N1 outbreaks spreading across European farms.

Bird flu Europe 2025 — A solitary chicken stands in a misty field at dawn, symbolizing early H5N1 outbreaks spreading across European farms.

Europe’s Early Bird Flu Wave: From Coops to Checkout

PeanutsChoice 26/10/2025

Bird flu Europe 2025 — An unusually early H5N1 outbreak has spread across ten EU states, forcing...

In the Shadows: The Five Architects Behind Trump’s Second-Term Agenda Trump inner circle 2025 — abstract network of power and Washington shadows, dark cinematic composition symbolizing hidden influence, Citizen of Europe logo top right.

In the Shadows: The Five Architects Behind Trump’s Second-Term Agenda

PeanutsChoice 26/10/2025

Trump inner circle 2025 exposes the five unelected power brokers shaping America’s second Trump term—from budgets and...

The Price of Hunger: America’s Food-Aid Shutdown US food aid — Charcoal drawing showing a robed figure offering bread to a bureaucrat stamping DENIED, symbolizing hunger and bureaucracy.

US food aid — Charcoal drawing showing a robed figure offering bread to a bureaucrat stamping DENIED, symbolizing hunger and bureaucracy.

The Price of Hunger: America’s Food-Aid Shutdown

PeanutsChoice 25/10/2025

US food aid faces a critical breakdown as SNAP benefits are frozen amid Washington’s budget fight. The...

The Algorithm Knows You’re Angry — That’s the Point social media algorithm anger 2025 — abstract digital composition symbolizing emotional engagement and algorithmic control in online platforms, header image for Citizen of Europe analysis.

social media algorithm anger 2025 — abstract digital composition symbolizing emotional engagement and algorithmic control in online platforms, header image for Citizen of Europe analysis.

The Algorithm Knows You’re Angry — That’s the Point

PeanutsChoice 24/10/2025

social media algorithm anger 2025 — Europe’s new transparency laws expose how outrage fuels engagement. The system...

Europe’s LNG Ban on Russia: Strong Words, Weak Deadlines EU sanctions Russia LNG 2025 — industrial LNG terminal at dusk, cranes and tankers under grey sky, symbolizing Europe’s delayed energy sanctions.

EU sanctions Russia LNG 2025 — industrial LNG terminal at dusk, cranes and tankers under grey sky, symbolizing Europe’s delayed energy sanctions.

Europe’s LNG Ban on Russia: Strong Words, Weak Deadlines

PeanutsChoice 24/10/2025

EU sanctions Russia LNG 2025 expose a slow, lawyer-driven system. The LNG “ban” runs until 2027, frozen...

US Pushes Europe to Bend Its Climate and Human-Rights Law EU Climate and Human-Rights Law under US Pressure — symbolic image of EU and US flags overlapping, representing the transatlantic debate on sustainability and ethics.

EU Climate and Human-Rights Law under US Pressure — symbolic image of EU and US flags overlapping, representing the transatlantic debate on sustainability and ethics.

US Pushes Europe to Bend Its Climate and Human-Rights Law

PeanutsChoice 24/10/2025

EU Climate and Human-Rights Law faces new pressure from Washington and Doha as the US and Qatar...

The Architecture of Power: How History Is Being Erased

The Architecture of Power header image depicts a long, sunlit East Wing corridor of the White House. In the distance, faint silhouettes of former First Ladies — Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Michelle Obama, and Jill Biden — appear as soft reflections on the marble floor. Their presence feels ghostly yet dignified, symbolizing how the East Wing’s demolition erases a century of women’s influence within American democracy. The mood is elegant and haunting, with warm gold and ivory tones suggesting memory and loss.

The Architecture of Power: How History Is Being Erased

PeanutsChoice 23/10/2025

The Architecture of Power explores how Trump’s East Wing demolition turns preservation into precedent, erasing history and...

Steadfast Noon: The Dutch Connection Steadfast Noon 2025 NATO nuclear exercise at Volkel Air Base, Netherlands — F-35 Lightning II on tarmac under stormy sky, captured for Citizen of Europe.

Steadfast Noon 2025 NATO nuclear exercise at Volkel Air Base, Netherlands — F-35 Lightning II on tarmac under stormy sky, captured for Citizen of Europe.

Steadfast Noon: The Dutch Connection

PeanutsChoice 22/10/2025

Steadfast Noon reveals how the Netherlands quietly anchors NATO’s nuclear network—balancing trust, secrecy, and strategy at Volkel...

The Premonition of taz: American Psycho II American Psycho II 2025 — symbolic header image for a European warning about Trump’s second term

The Premonition of taz: American Psycho II

PeanutsChoice 22/10/2025

American Psycho II 2025: A European analysis of Trump’s second term—how rule-by-memo, Schedule F, and fear management...

Truth Matters — Britain’s New War on Lies Tests the Meaning of Democracy Truth Matters UK initiative illustrated through a magnifying glass revealing clear truth amid blurred newsprint — symbolizing the UK’s struggle between fact and control

Truth Matters UK initiative illustrated through a magnifying glass revealing clear truth amid blurred newsprint — symbolizing the UK’s struggle between fact and control

Truth Matters — Britain’s New War on Lies Tests the Meaning of Democracy

PeanutsChoice 22/10/2025

Truth Matters UK — the government’s campaign against disinformation — is raising questions about free speech, trust,...

The Silent Break: Why the Netherlands No Longer Trusts U.S. Intelligence Netherlands US intelligence sharing depicted by an isolated United States flag glowing faintly in darkness while Europe remains connected — symbolizing shifting alliances and selective trust.

Netherlands US intelligence sharing depicted by an isolated United States flag glowing faintly in darkness while Europe remains connected — symbolizing shifting alliances and selective trust.

The Silent Break: Why the Netherlands No Longer Trusts U.S. Intelligence

PeanutsChoice 21/10/2025

Netherlands U.S. intelligence sharing takes a historic turn as Dutch agencies limit what they share with Washington,...

Japan’s Iron Lady: When Breaking a Glass Ceiling Tests Japan’s Democracy Japan first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi at a press briefing in Tokyo, 2025 — symbolizing a turning point in Japan’s democracy.

Japan first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi at a press briefing in Tokyo, 2025 — symbolizing a turning point in Japan’s democracy.

Japan’s Iron Lady: When Breaking a Glass Ceiling Tests Japan’s Democracy

PeanutsChoice 21/10/2025

Japan first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi takes office in 2025, marking a political milestone that blends...

Two Europes, One Budget: How the EU’s Next Trillion Redraws Power eu budget 2028 2034 proposal — Conceptual digital image showing Europe divided between modern and rural regions, symbolizing EU economic disparity and cohesion challenges. Citizen of Europe logo visible top-right.

Two Europes, One Budget: How the EU’s Next Trillion Redraws Power

PeanutsChoice 20/10/2025

EU budget 2028 2034 proposal shifts billions from cohesion to defence, redefining solidarity inside the Union. Critics...

Jet Controversy – DHS Redefines America DHS Gulfstream Jets 2025 government purchase image showing a Gulfstream G700 on a runway at dusk symbolizing luxury, authority, and controversy over spending.

DHS Gulfstream Jets 2025 government purchase image showing a Gulfstream G700 on a runway at dusk symbolizing luxury, authority, and controversy over spending.

Jet Controversy – DHS Redefines America

PeanutsChoice 20/10/2025

DHS Gulfstream Jets 2025 — The Department of Homeland Security faces scrutiny for ordering two $100 million...

US Colombia 2025: The Price of Partnership US Colombia 2025 — a moody image of a drone above a misty tropical skyline, symbolizing America’s expanding southern frontier through partnership and surveillance.

US Colombia 2025 — a moody image of a drone above a misty tropical skyline, symbolizing America’s expanding southern frontier through partnership and surveillance.

US Colombia 2025: The Price of Partnership

PeanutsChoice 20/10/2025

US Colombia 2025 reveals how Washington extends border control through partnerships and data. America’s southern frontier now...

Beijing’s Long Game: What Stability Really Means in 2025 China stability 2025 — a grayscale view of Shanghai’s skyline reflected on calm water, symbolizing the balance between control and stagnation in China’s 2025 economic strategy.

China stability 2025 — a grayscale view of Shanghai’s skyline reflected on calm water, symbolizing the balance between control and stagnation in China’s 2025 economic strategy.

Beijing’s Long Game: What Stability Really Means in 2025

PeanutsChoice 20/10/2025

China stability 2025 marks a deliberate trade of growth for control. Beijing’s leadership prioritizes predictability, security, and...

When the Cloud Sneezes: Amazon’s Global Outage Shows How Small the Internet Really Is AWS outage 2025: A ghostlike figure taking a selfie under hanging spiders, symbolizing digital disruption during a global cloud failure.

AWS outage 2025: A ghostlike figure taking a selfie under hanging spiders, symbolizing digital disruption during a global cloud failure.

When the Cloud Sneezes: Amazon’s Global Outage Shows How Small the Internet Really Is

PeanutsChoice 20/10/2025

AWS outage 2025 disrupted online systems across continents, exposing how fragile the global cloud ecosystem remains when...

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