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In den USA passiert, was man durchaus als den feuchten Traum der Neoliberalen, Konservativen und offenen Rechten hierzulande verstehen muss: von der Militarisierung der Polizei, über Menschenrechtsverachtung, der gemeinsamen Sprache bis zu einer Regierung, die Gesetze bricht und Gerichte angreift.
June 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Has it occured to Donald he could prove Elon wrong by just releasing the Epstein files?
June 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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“Vladimir, STOP!”
June 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Nach der Gewaltenteilung des Grundgesetzes „verfügt“ der Bundeskanzler nicht, wer einem parlamentarischen Gremium anzugehören hat. Im Übrigen heißt es „Kontrollgremium“, damit es die Regierung kontrolliert – nicht, damit es ihr nach dem Mund redet.
Ein Unions-Abgeordneter sagte der taz, die Entscheidung sei seines Wissens nach von Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz persönlich verfügt worden. Einen solchen Eingriff der Exekutive in parlamentarische Angelegenheiten habe es seit vielen Jahren nicht gegeben.
Kiesewetter fliegt aus Kontrollgremium: Abgestraft für eine klare Haltung?
Das Kontrollgremium der Geheimdienste wird neu gewählt. Nicht mehr dabei: CDU-Mann Roderich Kiesewetter. Er hatte sich wiederholt gegen Merz positioniert.
taz.de
June 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Poland's top diplomat on russia: "Let’s give sanctions a chance"

"We welcome initiatives in the US Congress and hope they’ll lead to a durable peace based on the UN Charter."
June 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Zelenskyy's top aide to US Senators: "At one time, we gave russia strategic bombers because we wanted peace and guarantees. But Russia used them against us, shelling our people..."
June 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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French pilots of Mirage 2000 have made a demonstration flight over the Black Sea, "drawing" the Ukrainian trident.

The route was clearly visible on Flight Radar.

Thank you, France! 🇫🇷🇺🇦
June 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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‼️ Russia: “Cargo transportation by river transport in Russia in April decreased by 39.3% y/y”

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www.interfax.ru/business/102...
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Good friend of mine had a client arrested at an ISAP check-in today. They denied him permission to attend the check-in with his client and then only told him that she'd been arrested and sent over to 26 Federal Plaza after he demanded to know what had happened to her.
Four women taken out in handcuffs now, family and friends who'd been waiting outside break down in sobs.
June 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
June 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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This exchange is revealing, terrifying, and intellectually bankrupt. No world leader would ever want to enter a room to deal with this guy because he's a crank.
KENNEDY: If Vietnam came to you and said, 'You win. We're gonna remove all tariffs and all trade barriers. Would the US please do the same?" Would you accept that deal?

LUTNICK: Absolutely not. That would be the silliest thing we could do

KENNEDY: What's the purpose of reciprocity then?
June 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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"If you need to update Social Security about a move or bank account change, it could take longer than usual...

"Changes like these may take longer, and thousands of Americans could see delays or even stopped checks in the meantime, employees warned USA TODAY..."

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Social security employees warn of delays: What the new priorities means for your benefits
Social Security employees fear that adding complicated unpaid pension claims to their priority list will push routine needs to the back burner.
www.usatoday.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Buyer's remorse.
June 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Grateful to the journalists in Ukraine working tirelessly to keep the world informed on russian attacks on civilians—despite fading interest. That’s why I deeply appreciate Zarina and was glad to contribute a bit to her lates article.
fresnoalliance.com/the-silence-...
The Silence of the Headlines - Community Alliance
BY ZARINA ZABRISKY The Russian war of aggression has shattered Ukraine’s daily life. International coverage understates the scale of Russian attacks on the frontline territories and cities, said a Kha...
fresnoalliance.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Let’s be clear about 2 things:

1) Elon doesn’t care about the debt. If he did he’d advocate for the rich paying more taxes, not less.

2) Watching him turn on Trump is highly enjoyable.
June 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Trumpers are not targeting waste and fraud, they are determined to engage in waste and fraud.
DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one
June 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Yes, which is why there are courthouses named after Thurgood Marshall.

A Thurgood Marshall ship that is supplying a warship that will go on to kill civilians isn’t my idea of honoring his legacy and contribution.
I will counter this by saying that if you believe that the United States should be the shining example of liberal democracy then we should name things after figures from our history that best exemplify these values
June 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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There is voluminous evidence of Ukrainian children being taken to Russia against their will and forcibly Russified. Some of that evidence is provided by Russian officials who have bragged about it. More bad faith and phony diplomacy from Russia:
A Gross and Brazen ‘DOGE Check’ Scam
A conservative PAC with past ties to top Trumpworld figures is telling voters they can get a $5,000 DOGE check. It’s a lie.
www.thebulwark.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Thirty-two years of proving there’s no one way to serve.

Listen here: warontherocks.com/ep...
June 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Turns out FN has lost the bid for Verney-Carron as the court has selected Rivoliers bid.

www.francebleu.fr/infos/econom...
Rivolier reprend le fabricant d'armes stéphanois Verney-Carron - ici
Le tribunal de commerce de Saint-Étienne a tranché mercredi 4 juin entre les deux offres en lice pour la reprise de Verney-Carron. Il a choisi celle de l'entreprise ligérienne Rivolier.
www.francebleu.fr
June 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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😲😲😲

Image 1: Belaya air base, June 4.
Images 2-4: Olenya air base, June 4.
June 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Elon Musk attacks Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ tax bill as ‘outrageous’ and says it will cause deficit to grow to $2.5tn – US politics live
Elon Musk attacks Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ tax bill as ‘outrageous’ and says it will cause deficit to grow to $2.5tn – US politics live
Billionaire tech entrepreneur, who recently left the Trump administration, calls president’s tax and spending bill an ‘abomination’ Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the coming hours. We start with news that Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”. Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has drawn widespread criticism from Democratic colleagues for admitting that not only did she not read Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill before voting for it, but she would have voted against it had she read thoroughly.The White House gloated on social media about the arrests of the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the suspected Boulder attacker, and joked about providing them with “six one-way tickets”. In the 48 hours since the firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, on a demonstration in support of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, Republicans politicized the attack, attempting to blame Democrats, including the state’s multiple Jewish leaders. Democrats denounced the Trump administration’s “cruel” decision to rescind health department guidance issued in the wake of the 2022 Dobbs decision, striking down the right to an abortion, that required hospitals to provide abortions to women in medical emergencies even in state’s with local bans on the procedure. Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers. A US judge on Tuesday ruled the US Bureau of Prisons must keep providing transgender inmates gender-affirming care, despite an executive order Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office to halt funding for such care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Smart thread on the magic 5% defense spending plea
A good overview of Europe’s agony in managing the transatlantic relationship.
But I find the division to “countries that support so-called strategic autonomy” and “those who believe the transatlantic relationship must be defended at all costs” really problematic - why?👇
www.ft.com/content/e335...
Europe confronts Trump’s triple threat on Ukraine, Nato and trade
Officials fear that the US president will play the big issues off against each other over five weeks of wide-ranging talks
www.ft.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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1/ Georgia’s fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, is calling on the U.S. and EU to respond as Georgian Dream moves to censor a critical TV channel through new amendments to the broadcasting law:
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM