Not a recommended source, but an interesting perspective:

Party’s over: Trump takes fizz out of election night as embassies ditch soirees

U.S. election night 2024 promises to be a sober affair in Europe.

In stark contrast to pre-pandemic ballots, U.S. election night 2024 promises to be a sober affair in Europe, with U.S. officials in most European power centers having ditched the usual festivities. Embassies from Brussels to London, Paris and Berlin have decided against holding their usual watch parties.

The reason? The Trump effect. Many officials are still smarting from the shock 2016 election, when Donald Trump unexpectedly beat Hillary Clinton for the presidency — a political earthquake that left many top members of America’s diplomatic corps exposed as they absorbed the stunning election results in the presence of hundreds of journalists, foreign diplomats and officials who had been invited to election night parties.

“I don’t think there was appetite to watch another Trump victory,” said a senior diplomat based in Europe, adding that the 2016 embassy events had been “calamitous.”

That cringe moment was captured by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, who recalled in her autobiography how she had invited all female ambassadors to the U.N. to her residence for an election night bash only to watch her dreams of America’s first woman president go up in smoke.

Similar scenes played out in embassies across Europe. In Brussels in November 2016, then-Ambassador Anthony Gardner hosted an election party in the regal U.S. Embassy on Boulevard du Régent in Brussels. Attendees entered through the foyer under a smiling portrait of then-Commander in Chief President Barack Obama.

Attendees enjoyed wine and amuse-bouches as they watched the results roll in on giant TV screens. But as it became apparent voters were breaking for Trump, the mood darkened; one woman wept quietly. Trump’s poll-defying win revived uncomfortable Brussels bubble memories of the shock Brexit referendum result a few months earlier.

This time around, then, Europe is hedging its bets. The U.S. Mission in Brussels is not hosting a party (though the U.S. ambassador to Belgium will host a breakfast the following day).

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-us-election-eu-embassies-hillary-clinton/

>>21904229

>colonel klink is with us!

Hmmm.

>>21904284

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>>21904347

>BDT.

>Think currency.

>Think fireworks.

>Thwarted.

New York

CNN

A man convicted in federal court for the 2017 terror bombing attack in a New York City subway station was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.

Akayed Ullah could be seen on footage in an underground tunnel walkway detonating a bomb on his person during morning rush hour December 11, 2017. Six people were injured in the blast. Ullah injured his hands and stomach.

The tunnel connects two subway lines beneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a major transit hub in Manhattan that accommodates 220,000 passenger trips a day.

The 31-year-old Bangladeshi man was convicted on six counts after a one-week trial in the Southern District of New York in 2018. Two of the charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction, carried a maximum sentence of life in prison.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/us/nyc-terror-attack-subway-bomber-life-in-prison/index.html

BDT = Bangladeshi Taka, currency.

>>21904495

They thought the SHEEP would follow the STARS.

Q

I'll tip my hat to the new Constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

Don't get fooled again, no, no

Yeah

Meet the new boss

Same as the old boss

>>21904605

>Q came to POL because POL was being used and they "took control".

POL was groomed by NSA. How did 'Capture the Flag' proceed? Anyone can be an Anon. Kek.

>>21904640

Elon was a compromised target of [them] until freed and repurposed.

He's now exploiting the Howard Hughes/'Tony Stark' model of Intelligence Community/Defense Industrial Complex/Aerospace Magnate model that [they] created and prepared the public for. He plays the role well.

>>21904758

I'll take "Miami Vice", "Dark Desert Highway", and "Tron" for $1000, Alex.

>>21904802

>Tomorrow is Vindication Day, anons.

Tomorrow is also an opportunity to limit losses to 4-6%, which appears to be a mission objective. Prepare for additional psywar developments.

>>21904851

>Anons, are you excited?

Affirmative. Closure.

>Are you comfy?

Absolutely.

>Is the Movie almost over?

Are there objectives yet to be achieved? We must limit losses to 4-6% somehow. That may require additional patience, but watch and understand that it is necessary for the benefit of our nation, our heritage, and our collective future.

>>21904958

>>Is the Movie almost over?

>no

But we are getting close to the good part!