“Many people on both sides of the hiring equation—whether because of convenience, self-protection, or resentment—have abandoned even the pretense of courtesy, resulting in a job market that’s as rude as it is dysfunctional,” Franklin Schneider argues:

www.spiegel.de/ausland/wie-... Geschäfte machen mit der Organisierten Kriminalität - scheint ja auch dem Anwalt Merz nichts auszumachen

www.spiegel.de/politik/joha... Auf welchem Planeten lebt der?

The Tina Peters "pardon" is a lot like the pardons for fake electors facing state-level investigations, which @dfriedman.bsky.social first reported on, months before they happened. The difference is Peters is actually in prison, and her supporters are definitely gonna notice when she stays there.

BIG NEWS: A federal grand jury has AGAIN refused to indict NY AG Letitia James in the Eastern District of Virginia — this time in Alexandria. This is just a week after the DOJ tried and failed to secure a grand jury indictment in Norfolk.

Trump is a lying, conning crook; it's as simple as that.

Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map. This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026. The vote failed big, 19/31. The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!

The EU triggers emergency powers (under Art 122) to permanently immobilize Russian assets to help rebuild what Russia destroyed. This is European sovereignty in action.

Vielleicht sollten alle europäischen Unternehmen mal kritisch ihre Cloud-Strategie hinterfragen. Vor den "Zugriffsrechten" der amerikanischen Behörden auf Informationen in Clouds ist man nicht sicher. Da hilft euch im Zweifelsfall auch eine europäische Tochter nix. www.heise.de/news/Gutacht...

🚨BREAKING: In a powerful reproach to President Donald Trump, the Indiana Senate voted against a mid-decade redistricting that would have gerrymandered the state’s congressional maps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

#DeadlineWH #EpsteinFiles #FBICoverup

FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa” Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing. newrepublic.com/post/204308/...

The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.

T’s Putin dependency, revenge schemes and crazy lifetime fascination with tariffs, bombing boats and shooting American protesters are not the priorities Proj 2025 wants focused upon. They want to quickly assure the US is an aristocratic/CEO run, White nationalist country before midterms.

"When power fears the light, truth is the only torch left standing." We have never seen a presidency as criminal, lawless, and corrupt as the fascist authoritarian Trump regime. No other presidency is even close. 😳👇

Thankfully, the Polish doctor who was arrested for providing a medically necessary later abortion has had her criminal investigation dropped. Prosecutors deemed that she did not violate Poland’s strict abortion laws. An anti-choice fanatic who attacked her is facing criminal charges for assault.

Over the last year, Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of many wealthy business executives with ties to his regime, businesses, or campaign. If you’re rich, well-connected, or have something to offer Trump, a presidential pardon is a possibility. The White House is now a pay-to-play.

It’s awful that so many women have achieved so much under such bullshit circumstances while I’m sure the men surrounding her got credit for more than they did & much earlier in their careers

Hopper chose to fight sexism by ignoring it, focusing on her work and outperforming expectations. Known for her engaging lectures and inspirational quotes, she mentored many young people in computing. President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 2016. /end

Hopper’s high military rank later in her career helped neutralize some of the gender discrimination she might have faced in the corporate world. However, she was voted “Man of the Year” by the Data Processing Management Association in 1969, an ironic reminder of the prevailing gender norms. /6

Hopper retired in 1966 at age 60 but was recalled to active duty in 1967 to standardize the Navy’s computer languages. She remained on active duty until she finally retired as a rear admiral in 1986 at age 79. She was the oldest active duty commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy at the time. /5

After the war, Hopper worked for the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and developed the A-0 compiler, which translated mathematical code into machine code. She devised the theory that programming languages should use English commands and developed FLOW-MATIC, which later became COBOL. /4

Hopper joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1943, obtaining a special exemption because she was 15 pounds underweight. She was assigned to the Harvard Computation Project, where she became one of the first programmers for the Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale electro-mechanical computers. /3

Hopper earned a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in 1928 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University in 1934, a rare achievement for a woman at the time. Despite her academic excellence, she faced prejudices against women while pursuing her degrees and teaching mathematics. /2

#ResistanceRoots Grace Hopper was born on this day in 1906 in New York City. Hopper was a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy and a pioneering computer programmer who was called “Amazing Grace” and the “grandmother of the computer age” for her innovative work. /1

Standing with members of @sbworkersunited.org in Chicago today, demanding fair pay and dignity on the job. This holiday season, choose solidarity. Don’t cross the picket line.

Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State. We haven't skipped a beat since. www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...

Die Strategie der Rechten, das Vertrauen der Bürger*innen in die staatlichen Institutionen und in die Medien zu zerstören, mit der Absicht, dann "als starker Mann für Ordnung zu sorgen" — wie es von NSDAP bis MAGA das Playbook war — funktioniert: www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/alle...

Trump haßt uns, okay können wir sehr gut mit leben, wenn uns ein seniler schmutziger Verbrecher uns haßt. Aber dann bitte keinen Staatsbesuch und bitte nicht mal so tun, als wenn man diese obszöne Kreatur auch noch hoch achtet! www.politico.com/news/magazin...

This is Trump's America -- where an American walking down the street doing nothing wrong can be chased, assaulted, and detained by armed thugs who refuse to even look at his proof of citizenship. Trump has repeatedly said Somali Americans are "garbage," so now DHS is treating them that way.

Deutschland will kriegstüchtig werden, und signalisiert schon mal der ganzen Welt, dass man dt. Soldat:innen nicht helfen sollte. Dobrindt u. Merz werden so zum Sicherheitsrisiko 🤦‍♂️ 👉Dobrindt entzieht afghan. Ortskräften Aufnahmezusage www.fr.de/politik/dobr...

Corruption pays off

Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center

Ich weiß...das Problem ist, wie es die EU zerstört, wenn Merz förmlich dazu einlädt, die EU zu sprengen, indem bilaterale Deals verhandelt werden. Das ist doch der absolute GAU.

Mich wundert das überhaupt nicht. Die ganze CDU Riege ist vom Magamief durchdrungen. Wir können nur hoffen, dass sie nicht institutionell bis zum Ende der Legislaturperiode etwas gravierend kaputt machen.

Kaum jemand, aber die meisten bekommen nicht mit, was hier Fundamentales geschieht. Das ist doch das Problem. In den Nachrichtensendungen und großen Medien wird das wegberichtet und die Gefahr nicht thematisiert, weil #Merz mit Samthandschuhen angefasst wird. Der Großteil will das nicht:

Also man hört ja schon länger einzelne Buzzwords oder Phrasen von ihm, die direkt von MAGA stammen. Aber ich hätte nie gedacht, dass er sich sich so offen und klar gegen die EU und auf die Seite einer aufstrebenden Diktatur stellt. Wer in D will das eigentlich?

Meine Güte, #Merz macht es immer schlimmer. Er nimmt seine Aussage von gestern nicht zurück, formuliert sie nur etwas um. Aussage bleibt gleich. Und dann antwortet er auf die Frage, ob er sich bei Trumps Kritik an der Migrationspolitik in Europa angesprochen fühle...wie ein braver Schüler. 😖

Er hat es heute sogar nochmal verschlimmbessert:

Verheerender und vielsagender Satz von Kanzler Merz zur Unterwanderung des europäischen Zusammenhalts durch die US Regierung unter Trump, gerichtet an die USA: „Wenn ihr mit Europa nix anfangen könnt, dann macht wenigstens Deutschland zu eurem Partner." Es ist nicht zu fassen.

Anscheinend geht's immer noch schlimmer. Die Vollversion der neuen US-Sicherheitsstrategie, treffend „NSC-1488” getauft, fordert, Polen, Österreich, Ungarn & Italien aktiv aus der EU herauszulösen. + die extreme Rechte zu unterstützen. Die USA stellen sich auf die Seite Putins. (@jmkorhonen.fi)

For the first time in its history, the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (FE) described Russia and China as threats in its annual threat assessment and added the U.S. to the list: "The US is now using its economic and technological strength as a means of power, even against allies and partners."

"🇷🇺 bereitet sich auf einen Krieg gg. die NATO vor. Das bedeutet nicht, dass eine Entscheidung getroffen wurde, einen solchen Krieg zu beginnen, aber 🇷🇺 rüstet auf u. baut d. Kapazitäten auf, um diese Entscheidung treffen zu können." Deshalb brauchen wir eine Wehrpflicht, um wehrfähig zu werden.

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

A billboard in Richmond, Kentucky.

WARNING: THIS IS THE MOST CORRUPT DANGEROUS REGIME EVER! Trump 1.0 wasn’t even close!

ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”

„Absurder Merz-Plan entlarvt“ - und man weiss nicht, welcher Plan GENAU gemeint sein könnte. Spoiler: hier geht es um 1.637 #Milliarden Zusatzkosten durch verlangsamte #Energiewende, weil #Merz „etwas weniger“ tun will🤷‍♂️

Die Menschheit schafft sich und den Planeten ab

www.spiegel.de/ausland/usa-... Erst Mord und jetzt also offener Raub