Stefan Kirchner 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇮🇱🇨🇦
@stefankirchner.bsky.social
Writer & government advisor. Former lawyer, professor, EMT & firefighter. Working on disaster law, environment, energy & climate law, human rights & IHL. Germany & Ireland.
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Interesting summary on why so many institutions in the US seem to fail to effectively resist the rapid descent into fascism: a fundamental misunderstanding about the limits of input legitimacy in a system nominally based on democracy, separation of powers and the rule of law.
people are mad about this but it's just on-its-face true. trump won the popular vote and because of a few decades of the media priming people to believe that only conservatives can truly represent The People, that popular vote victory was treated as a defacto enabling act
Society generally has recognized him as the embodiment of the will of the Volk in a way that transcends and supercedes the Constitution
August 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Interesting summary on why so many institutions in the US seem to fail to effectively resist the rapid descent into fascism: a fundamental misunderstanding about the limits of input legitimacy in a system nominally based on democracy, separation of powers and the rule of law.
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PARIS (AP) — Interpol said Tuesday it was removing a most-wanted designation for anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, who is sought by Japan over an encounter with a whaling ship and who was jailed for several months last year in Greenland.
Interpol takes anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson off its most-wanted list
PARIS (AP) — Interpol said Tuesday it was removing a most-wanted designation for anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, who is sought by Japan over an encounter with a whaling ship and who was jailed for several months last year in Greenland.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
PARIS (AP) — Interpol said Tuesday it was removing a most-wanted designation for anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, who is sought by Japan over an encounter with a whaling ship and who was jailed for several months last year in Greenland.
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This administration let people die who could have been saved. The responsibility could not be more clear & direct.
Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
www.cnn.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This administration let people die who could have been saved. The responsibility could not be more clear & direct.
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Als Robert Habeck aus dem Urlaub kam und von demonstrierenden Bauern (darunter Rechtsextreme) bedrängt wurde, hat keiner gesagt: Das stärkt die Grünen, wir müssen sie argumentativ stellen! Nein, da sollte Habeck die bedrohliche "Kritik" ernst nehmen. Heute sagt das keiner zu Weidel.
July 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Als Robert Habeck aus dem Urlaub kam und von demonstrierenden Bauern (darunter Rechtsextreme) bedrängt wurde, hat keiner gesagt: Das stärkt die Grünen, wir müssen sie argumentativ stellen! Nein, da sollte Habeck die bedrohliche "Kritik" ernst nehmen. Heute sagt das keiner zu Weidel.
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Monitoring channels report that russia has launched drones from 6 different directions. We expect over 500 drones to attack Ukraine tonight ‼️
July 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Monitoring channels report that russia has launched drones from 6 different directions. We expect over 500 drones to attack Ukraine tonight ‼️
The attacks against the Druze people in Syria are genocidal in nature because they are aimed at erasing the Druze community in their home region in the South of Syria. The situation is similar to the situation in Kosova in 1999. All states are obliged to prevent genocide. 1/2
July 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The attacks against the Druze people in Syria are genocidal in nature because they are aimed at erasing the Druze community in their home region in the South of Syria. The situation is similar to the situation in Kosova in 1999. All states are obliged to prevent genocide. 1/2
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Trump’s rolling campaign of shakedown censorship, blackmail and purge has now felled the Late Show. But Stephen Colbert, a true-blue patriot and comic genius who skewers dunce-tyrants for a living, is irrepressible and invincible.
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent late-night critics
www.washingtonpost.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Trump’s rolling campaign of shakedown censorship, blackmail and purge has now felled the Late Show. But Stephen Colbert, a true-blue patriot and comic genius who skewers dunce-tyrants for a living, is irrepressible and invincible.
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Belgian authorities are using messages printed on bread bags to warn the elderly about cybercrime threats
The bags contain tips on dealing with scammers who request PINs and passwords
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
The bags contain tips on dealing with scammers who request PINs and passwords
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Politie waarschuwt voor cybercriminelen op broodzakken in het Pajottenland | VRT NWS: nieuws
In het Pajottenland waarschuwt de lokale politie voor internetcriminaliteit. Met de campagne "laat je niet in 't zak zetten" geeft de politie tips op broodzakken.
www.vrt.be
July 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Belgian authorities are using messages printed on bread bags to warn the elderly about cybercrime threats
The bags contain tips on dealing with scammers who request PINs and passwords
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
The bags contain tips on dealing with scammers who request PINs and passwords
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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Well, the internal order targeting solar and wind permitting is no longer secret.
You can read it here. #greensky #energysky
You can read it here. #greensky #energysky
Departmental Review Procedures for Decisions, Actions, Consultations, and Other Undertakings Related to Wind and Solar Energy Facilities | U.S. Department of the Interior
Consistent with Executive Order (EO) 14315, entitled “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources,” EO 14156, entitled “Declaring a National Energy Emergency,”...
www.doi.gov
July 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Well, the internal order targeting solar and wind permitting is no longer secret.
You can read it here. #greensky #energysky
You can read it here. #greensky #energysky
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“The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law,” Aziz Huq argues—a dramatic change in the way that Supreme Court dissents work.
The Court’s Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something
Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.
bit.ly
July 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law,” Aziz Huq argues—a dramatic change in the way that Supreme Court dissents work.
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Derzeit läuft eine Lobbyschlacht gegen das Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung der Natur.
taz.de/Gesunde-Boed...
taz.de/Gesunde-Boed...
Gesunde Böden, Gewässer, Wälder: Bauernverband möchte lieber keinen Naturschutz
Drei Wirtschaftsverbände schreiben ans Kanzleramt, um die Verordnung zur Wiederherstellung der Natur zu beseitigen. Sie nutzen ein bewährtes Argument.
taz.de
July 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Derzeit läuft eine Lobbyschlacht gegen das Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung der Natur.
taz.de/Gesunde-Boed...
taz.de/Gesunde-Boed...
💬 #Germany won't supply #Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles, but will provide Kyiv with Patriot air defense systems purchased from the U.S., German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.
kyivindependent.com/germany-wont...
kyivindependent.com/germany-wont...
Germany won't supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles, urges weapons makers to step up, defense minister says
"Industry needs to ramp up its capacities. That applies to ammunition, to drones, to tanks — really to almost every area," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.
kyivindependent.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Let's do this 🇳🇴🇺🇦 and include 🇫🇴🇮🇸🇬🇱🇲🇩 as well. #EUenlargement2025
Got a funky idea:
Norway should join the EU and insist on joining in the same enlargement round as Ukraine. That would tip the scales as even Hungary wouldn’t oppose Norway’s membership.
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But first, the EU needs to get over the fish
Norway should join the EU and insist on joining in the same enlargement round as Ukraine. That would tip the scales as even Hungary wouldn’t oppose Norway’s membership.
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But first, the EU needs to get over the fish
Böll EU Brief 04/2025 | Northern EU enlargement in sight? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union
Northern EU accession is becoming a political possibility that requires attention. Bundling enlargement could help build momentum. A carefully sequenced enlargement round that includes both Nordic and...
eu.boell.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Let's do this 🇳🇴🇺🇦 and include 🇫🇴🇮🇸🇬🇱🇲🇩 as well. #EUenlargement2025
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NEW: Bishop Rojas of San Bernardino has dispensed his Diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass due to ongoing ICE raids.
July 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
NEW: Bishop Rojas of San Bernardino has dispensed his Diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass due to ongoing ICE raids.
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Justice Sotomayor: "Today's order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial."
July 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Justice Sotomayor: "Today's order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial."
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NEW: SCOTUS shoots down a federal judge’s effort to protect eight men from being expelled—without due process—to South Sudan, where they face torture and death.
Dissenting, Sotomayor says the court’s “indefensible” decision makes it complicit in “lawlessness.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Dissenting, Sotomayor says the court’s “indefensible” decision makes it complicit in “lawlessness.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
July 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
NEW: SCOTUS shoots down a federal judge’s effort to protect eight men from being expelled—without due process—to South Sudan, where they face torture and death.
Dissenting, Sotomayor says the court’s “indefensible” decision makes it complicit in “lawlessness.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Dissenting, Sotomayor says the court’s “indefensible” decision makes it complicit in “lawlessness.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Trump is stabbing Ukraine in the back in broad daylight and you can bet he’s still going to press his claim on Ukrainian mineral rights.
July 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trump is stabbing Ukraine in the back in broad daylight and you can bet he’s still going to press his claim on Ukrainian mineral rights.
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Trump is up to something, he's been barricading the White House and US treasury overnight.
June 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Trump is up to something, he's been barricading the White House and US treasury overnight.
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ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
apnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...
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BREAKING: #SCOTUS lifts nationwide order requiring Trump administration give advance notice/chance to object before deporting foreigners to 3rd countries they often have no ties to. 3 liberals dissent, say court is 'rewarding lawlessness.' w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Supreme Court OKs rapid deportations to countries where immigrants have no ties
The high court’s majority offered no explanation for its ruling.
www.politico.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
BREAKING: #SCOTUS lifts nationwide order requiring Trump administration give advance notice/chance to object before deporting foreigners to 3rd countries they often have no ties to. 3 liberals dissent, say court is 'rewarding lawlessness.' w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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It is hard to express enough how terrible today's decision is.
ICE will now send people to countries they've never been to or even heard of — Mexicans to South Sudan, Vietnamese to Libya, Venezuelans to Kosovo —and those people will have no right to challenge that decision.
ICE will now send people to countries they've never been to or even heard of — Mexicans to South Sudan, Vietnamese to Libya, Venezuelans to Kosovo —and those people will have no right to challenge that decision.
June 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It is hard to express enough how terrible today's decision is.
ICE will now send people to countries they've never been to or even heard of — Mexicans to South Sudan, Vietnamese to Libya, Venezuelans to Kosovo —and those people will have no right to challenge that decision.
ICE will now send people to countries they've never been to or even heard of — Mexicans to South Sudan, Vietnamese to Libya, Venezuelans to Kosovo —and those people will have no right to challenge that decision.
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DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
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A divided Supreme Court lifted a judge’s order that required Trump’s administration to give people 10 days notice and a chance to object before they are deported to a so-called third country
Supreme Court Blocks Deportation-Notice Rule in Win for Trump
A divided US Supreme Court lifted a judge’s order that required President Donald Trump’s administration to give people 10 days notice and a chance to object before they are deported to a so-called third country.
bloom.bg
June 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A divided Supreme Court lifted a judge’s order that required Trump’s administration to give people 10 days notice and a chance to object before they are deported to a so-called third country
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Die Abschaffung der letzten Reste des #Völkerrechts durch die coalition of white supremacists ist auch Teil dessen, was ich #Arschlochisierung nenne: die Wiederherstellung einer Welt, in der nur die Reichen und Mächtigen Rechte haben.
June 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Die Abschaffung der letzten Reste des #Völkerrechts durch die coalition of white supremacists ist auch Teil dessen, was ich #Arschlochisierung nenne: die Wiederherstellung einer Welt, in der nur die Reichen und Mächtigen Rechte haben.