„Es ist nicht die Rede Rubios, die Fragen aufwirft, sondern die Reaktion seiner europäischen Zuhörer.“ Brillanter Kommentar von Stephan Detjen. Auf den Punkt. www.deutschlandfunk.de/kommentar-2-...

„Rubio bekennt sich zu transatlantischer Partnerschaft“. Nein, das tut er nicht. Er bietet Europa die Hand, um an einem Projekt des White Nationalism mitzumachen, sofern Europa gewillt ist, sich in den Kulturkampf zu stürzen und die weiße/christliche „Identität“ Europas zu verteidigen. 1/x

Wenn die Stunde gekommen ist, wird die AfD den Öffentlich-Rechtlichen Anstalten trotzdem das Fell über die Ohren ziehen. Da sollte sich niemand Illusionen machen. #Miosga

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

"I'm not tearing it down, I'm just stripping it down to the studs" is the kind of "I found a loophole, catch me if you can!" answer you can always expect from Donald J. Trump.

Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.

Rad- und Fußwege sind auch Wochen nach dem ersten Eis nicht geräumt, die Tram fuhr tagelang entweder gar nicht oder kaum und die U-Bahn ist unregelmäßig, aber immerhin rollt der Autoverkehr munter durch Berlin. Oder wie die CDU sagen würde: "Mobilität für alle" möglich machen.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

The trivialisation of executions in the US by ICE in the German media as ‘shootings’ follows the logic of trivialising police violence in Germany.

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."

Unfassbar. Die grenzenlose Eskalation ist kein Auswuchs, sondern das Ziel.

Das sind natürlich beides keine Idealtypen, aber man kriegt die Lage schon ganz passabel gefasst mit Carney-Doktrin vs Merz-Doktrin.

"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.

Der grönländische Premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen hat in seiner Pressekonferenz übrigens gesagt, dass er keine Informationen über den "Deal von Trump/Rutte hat. Medien, die diesen "Deal" in Beiträgen nicht kritisch und mit Grönländischem Input einordnen, reproduzieren imperiale und koloniale Gewalt.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.

Trump's utterance that force would not be used against Greenland has no more weight than any other of his utterances, and it certainly does not amount to him "ruling out" the use of force in any meaningful way. Disappointing to see so many news outlets place that construction on what he said.

Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.

The Carney speech is worth reading in full: globalnews.ca/news/1162087...

I will never get over the fact that the Republican Party chose as its standard-bearer, and this country elected as its President, quite possibly the worst human being on the planet.

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good

Die Differenz zwischen den starken und kantigen Worten dieser Bundesregierung zu Themen wie Migration, Arbeit oder Sozialleistungen und ihrer Einsilbigkeit bei den tatsächlichen Krisen der Zeit ist schon ziemlich eklatant.

Arbeitet der Bundeskanzler eigentlich für uns oder wir für ihn? Bin verwirrt.

Ich wünsche mir einen Kanzler, der sich fragt, warum Menschen in unserem Land so oft krank werden, anstatt Menschen zu unterstellen, sie würden oft krankmachen. Dann könnte er vielleicht ernsthaft einen Beitrag zur höheren Produktivität leisten.

No, they should be impeaching & removing already. The fact it’s progressed this far is already a total abdication of their constitutional responsibilities.

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.

If Joe Biden, Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton had openly threatened to seize the territory of our NATO allies, Jake Tapper & every other CNN anchor would do nothing but point out how wildly illegal this is, how massively it endangers US national security, & how it is grounds for immediate impeachment.

Most Greenlanders are also citizens of the European Union with full rights through their Danish citizenship. So, dear EU, you can’t dodge this issue anymore.

EU citizens - especially those in Greenland - deserve a clear answer to the question of how EU leaders would react to attempts of the US to annex Greenland. Will there be a clear political and economic response? Or is it also going to be a "complex situation" to be "closely monitored"?

Schlicht erschütternd, wie Regierungen versuchen, Tatsachen zu vernebeln, sie nicht beim Namen zu nennen, Bürger:innen im Dunkeln zu lassen über die politische Realität. Das erodiert die Grundvoraussetzungen der Demokratie. Wer soll sich so motiviert fühlen, Demokratie aktiv zu gestalten?

„Die rechtliche Einordnung des US-Einsatzes ist komplex.“ Sagt der Bundeskanzler. Es stimmt freilich nicht.

"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"

Trump announcing to the world that the US will only let a puppet take over Venezuela.

Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.

Ganz im Ernst: Das ist ein erbärmliches Statement der EU und macht doppelte Standards unmaskiert sichtbar.

Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.

And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration. Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.

My wish for 2026 is that politicians and political analysts realize that public opinion is endogenous to elite behavior, that polling single issues tells us nothing about electorally successful strategies, that politics means shaping public opinion and that popularism is the death of progressivism.

Juli Zeh erklärt wieder, dass ihre Nachbarn keine Rechtsextremen sind. Und dass ist halt mal wieder vollkommen vorbei am Thema. Es ist nämlich total egal, ob die rechtsextrem sind oder nicht oder ob sie eigentlich die Demokratie gut finden, wenn sie mehrheitlich (51,x%) eine Partei wählen, die 1/7

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Okay, vielleicht habe ich mich hier zu höflich ausgedrückt. Wie kann es sein, dass wir als Europäer einen Mann, der persönlich von Putin ausgesucht wurde (WSJ), als Unterhändler akzeptieren, der eine neue Ordnung auf UNSEREM KONTINENT ausbaldowert?

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.