THE LEFT WILL RALLY AROUND ANYONE THEY SEE AS CURRENTLY USEFUL:

It's crazy watching the moderate left defend Piker. This guy is basically Nick Fuentes of the left but he gets invited to Oscar parties, is objectively evil in very obvious ways, and is not very smart

Why circle the wagons for this guy? https://t.co/QufwFs06Of

— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) April 13, 2026

On the other hand, anyone is disposable once they aren’t anymore.

And that is in Hungary, which does not have much of a democratic tradition.  People who suggest that democracy seriously is in danger in the United States need to rethink their world views (this claim however is slightly exaggerated).  The problem instead is that democracy does not always bring you desired results…

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ORBÁN CONCEDES DEFEAT IN HUNGARIAN ELECTION:

Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s pro-Russian prime minister, conceded defeat on Sunday, bringing an end to his authoritarian 16-year rule after an election seen as the Europe’s most consequential election this year.

Peter Magyar, the 45-year-old leader of the centre-Right Tisza party, won a landslide victory and promised to repair relations with the EU and Nato, which were badly strained by Mr Orbán’s blocking of policies helpful to Ukraine.

In the campaign, the Fidesz party leader accused Volodymyr Zelensky and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, of plotting with Mr Magyar to drag Hungary into the war.

“Together we have freed Hungary,” Mr Magyar told a delirious crowd of supporters on the banks of the Danube, “My friends you have worked a miracle. Hungary has written history.”

Worst. Autocrat. Ever:

How did Orban’s ‘autocratic regime’ end?

He was… voted out? https://t.co/RaxBv9xLye

— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) April 12, 2026

But is the globalist left celebrating a little too much and too early?

Because Orban is a known bad quantity and Magyar isn't yet.

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) April 12, 2026

I gather Magyar is similarly anti-immigrant to Orban, possibly moreso. I think the lib victory lap is gonna be short lived

— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) April 12, 2026