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Alvis Hermanis (@AlvisHermanis1)
Mēs mainām noteikumus · MMN valdes priekšsēdētājs
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https://t.co/urkfj1w9lm

The situation with foreigners in Latvia is much, much, much more serious than it seems from each person's personal point of view. Because the real scale of the threat is hidden from us by existing politicians and the media. There is a possibility that they themselves don't even realize it and have long since lost control of the situation. Latvia is perishing, and it is happening live on air. This article on the Telos portal helps open eyes a little (in the first comment). MMN is for them leaving. The word 'deportations' is disliked by many, but for Latvia's survival there is only one precondition: they must leave here, and there are no other options. Unfortunately, Kulberg's party AS will not help there, because they represent the interests of some big businessmen (LDDK and LTRK), whom they have brought here for their own needs. But MMN will cooperate only with those parties whose hand will not tremble on this issue and whose heart will be for preserving Latvia for our grandchildren too.

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Alvis Hermanis (@AlvisHermanis1)
Mēs mainām noteikumus · MMN valdes priekšsēdētājs
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The situation with foreigners in Latvia is much, much, much more serious than it seems from each person's personal point of view. Because the real scale of the threat is hidden from us by existing politicians and the media. There is a possibility that they themselves don't even realize it and have long since lost control of the situation. Latvia is perishing, and it is happening live on air. This article on the Telos portal helps open eyes a little (in the first comment). MMN is for them leaving. The word 'deportations' is disliked by many, but for Latvia's survival there is only one precondition: they must leave here, and there are no other options. Unfortunately, Kulberg's party AS will not help there, because they represent the interests of some big businessmen (LDDK and LTRK), whom they have brought here for their own needs. But MMN will cooperate only with those parties whose hand will not tremble on this issue and whose heart will be for preserving Latvia for our grandchildren too.

Migration
Evika Siliņa (@EvikaSilina)
Jaunā VIENOTĪBA · Ministru prezidente (demisionējusi)
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“What drone wall? Drones flew in, but no drone interceptor has been deployed. Although, as far as I know, drone interceptors were already ready and soldier training could have started. For industry, they were ready and tested,” says Defense Minister Raivis Melnis. https://t.co/p9mDE7mfHu

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Raivis Zeltīts (@RaivisZeltits)
Austošā Saule Latvijai · ASL valdes priekšsēdētājs
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That looks like hypocrisy. PRO's leadership was against rallycross in Riga - exhaust gases bothering them. So what is this?

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Otto Ozols (@OttoOzols)
Žurnālists, rakstnieks
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That, of course, applies to everyone else, but not to @AndrisKulbergs himself and his @Apvienotais_ list. The usual and banal story - a certain category of people is convinced that they are a more special category, that there is no need to answer for their words and deeds, because they are higher beings; if some scoundrel dares to ask for accountability, then they can be sent... to the PDz. But what else can be expected from a team that appointed police complaint officer @EdvardsSmiltens as Minister of Justice.

Bureaucracy
Elīna Treija (@Elina_Treija)
Rīgas domes deputāte
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🎯🇱🇻 “Voters of almost all political forces running in the 15th Saeima elections are concerned about immigration in Latvia. 💪 🫣 The only exception is supporters of the party 'Progresīvie', as concluded in a survey by research company SKDS commissioned by the portals 'Delfi' and LSM.” ⤵️ https://t.co/gxTdKCKIfe

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Otto Ozols (@OttoOzols)
Žurnālists, rakstnieks
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This indicates possible self-control problems of @AndrisKulbergs, inability to distinguish public communication from private emotions, and difficulty understanding that it is not only about the specific journalist. It is about the ability to be proper towards the taxpayer-funded budget and the ability to answer for one's actions and expenditures.

@OttoOzols @AndrisKulbergs "Why avoid" could be a combination of attitude towards the specific journalist + "drunk tweet". You can ask the same, but maybe you yourself tell the answer to the basic question in your summary.

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Budget
Filips Rajevskis (@Rajevskis)
Politiskais analītiķis
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In Latvia 🇱🇻, household 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 direct payments for health care ❤️‍🩹🩺, i.e. so-called 'out-of-pocket payments', reached 35.1% of all health care expenditure in 2023. Most EU countries have already compiled 2024 data @EU_Eurostat. Currently, it turns out that in Latvia 🇱🇻 the share of household 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 out-of-pocket payments is the highest among all EU 🇪🇺 countries.

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Filips Rajevskis (@Rajevskis)
Politiskais analītiķis
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@AndrisKulbergs It turns out, the VK Innovation Laboratory costs us €1M a year for 5 (!) employees. Here's where you can save a whole million! And the labor market will also benefit if these 5 people can apply their design thinking to developing new products or services in the private sector :)

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Andris Velps (@AndrisVelps)
Austošā Saule Latvijai · ASL valdes loceklis
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Stealing is an integral part of the Rusnya mentality. It starts with small things until it grows into refined crimes and manipulations. Scams, schemes, parasitism - and doing it all with great shamelessness. Beata 'Somiņa' is in her true environment - with New Unity. The right values and needs. A foot soldier who will carry out all the commands. Rest assured... wherever JV's useful idiots sit, there are envelope wages, pumping money out through NGOs and theft.

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Jānis Hermanis (@J_Hermanis)
Mēs mainām noteikumus · Finanšu eksperts
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As can be inferred from various international comparisons in which Latvia 🇱🇻 outpaces other countries in the proportion of public-sector employees, we are probably a great power of such 'shadowers', 'observers', and 'controllers'. https://t.co/ZEdoy1IFCD

Solvita Gulbe on superfluous positions in the state administration. A general cleanup of the state administration means reviewing each position and the qualifications of each employee. Taxpayers can no longer support all the superfluous 'shadowers' and 'observers' - employees whose duties are actually performed by others. https://t.co/FHtrNvtf9a

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Andris Velps (@AndrisVelps)
Austošā Saule Latvijai · ASL valdes loceklis
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EXCLUSIVE: Former NBA first-round pick Royce White says he's declaring for the 2027 WNBA Draft, claiming he now identifies as transgender for the purpose of playing professional basketball. The 6-foot-8 former Houston Rockets draft pick follows fellow former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, who announced his own plans to declare amid the growing debate over transgender athletes in women's sports. White told Fox News Digital he believes he'd be 'unstoppable' in the WNBA and suggested he could pursue legal action if denied an opportunity to play. White said the move is meant to challenge the WNBA to clearly define its eligibility rules for transgender athletes, saying: 'I'd like to know what the parameters are.'

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Ilze Indriksone (@IIndriksone)
Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!"-"Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK" · Izglītības un zinātnes ministre
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@IvoButkevics These phrases give me shivers, but try getting SIF support without the 'water of sustainability'. In @kustiba3plus project applications, Latvian=practical has always been there, yet for years they get the 'basket' because the lobbying we carry out and the traditions we have maintained for 35 years are not considered sustainably justified.

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Andris Velps (@AndrisVelps)
Austošā Saule Latvijai · ASL valdes loceklis
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The Kremlin and its ideology did not arise yesterday and will not end with the change of a single ruler. Russian imperialism and the desire to impose its cultural space on neighboring peoples has existed for centuries - regardless of who sits in the Kremlin at the time. The question is not about individual artists' personal attitudes toward the regime, but about the preservation of a global Russian cultural and language dominance in Latvia's public space.

@AndrisVelps I didn't understand. Do you consider Galkins to be the Kremlin's cultural space?

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Gints Aizupietis (@a_gints)
Mēs mainām noteikumus · MMN pārstāvis
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25 years ago today, on August 9, 2001, a suicide bomber walked into a crowded Sbarro restaurant in the heart of Jerusalem at lunchtime and detonated a bomb packed with explosives and metal designed to tear through human bodies. Hamas claimed responsibility. The same Hamas some people today insist on repackaging as the benevolent "freedom fighters" of an oppressed people. More than 130 people were wounded. Sixteen people were ultimately murdered. This thread is about who they were.

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Gints Aizupietis (@a_gints)
Mēs mainām noteikumus · MMN pārstāvis
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Zelensky says Russia fired 61 missiles, 56 of them ballistic, over 1,560 drones and 1,540 guided bombs at Ukraine this week alone. Kharkiv, Odesa, Pavlograd and 9 other regions hit. 2 killed in Kharkiv after a drone took out four floors of a residential building. https://t.co/pe4mPhUf2l

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