Metaphor alert

Denn es verharmlost die AfD, wenn Merz sie mit einem politischen Gegner vergleicht, der sich innerhalb des demokratischen Spektrums bewegt. Und dann die Töchter im Dunkeln wieder. Ich weiss nicht, wie oft man es noch sagen muss, aber wer diese Narrative bedient, hilft nur der Far Right.

Arch humanist Bertrand Russell gives fascists Oswald Mosley a double-barreled reply of a letter:

Bitte lest's euch das Buch von Virginia Guiffre durch. Sie war eine tapfere Frau, die sich wehrte. Unterstützt das & bekämpft die sexuelle Gewalt die junge Frauen heute weiterhin erleiden. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Das ist das Europa, das sich Merz, Weidel, Söder, Meloni, Orban, Le Pen und Co wünschen: Rentnernationen ohne Rentenbeitragszahler. So kurzsichtig kann man nur agieren, wenn man weiß, dass die eigenen Schäfchen im Trockenen sind. Und seine Wählerschaft an einen arischen Babyboom glauben lässt.

Unser Finanzminister verlautbart:

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Starke Rede von Afeni Evans! We the people 🔥🔥

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

#nokings macht wirklich Laune. Ich hätte nicht erwartet, dass so hart ein Zeichen gesetzt ist. Wunderschön ist das. Und Timothy Snyder ist auch da.

Look at this turnout in Charlotte! #NoKings (via Marco Foster/Threads)

Great Slogan! Go out and Protest against this lawlessness! #nokings (Refers to Martin Niemöller's poem)

On April 1, ICE apprehended 47 people — including 9 children — at a birthday party in Dripping Springs, Tex. The agency’s only disclosure about the raid describes the operation as targeting people believed to be connected to the Tren de Aragua gang. 🧵

Archimedes offers up 60 seconds of purring, for those who need it. 🧘

The USofA stands against Kings and for the rule of law, not by law.

Be safe and have fun out there at those peaceful patriotism parties today, y’all. Don’t forget to tag us in your pics of the best signs. #NoKings 🇺🇸

Strike on civilian vehicle by Israeli military marks deadliest violation of eight-day ceasefire with Hamas.

Under 🍊💩the rule of law in the US is optional www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump begnadigt verurteilten Betrüger George Santos. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

PS to Charly Kirk, an to-the-point observation by W. Kamau Bell

Gut so! Über diesen Rechtsspruch soll nicht einfach Gras wachsen. Korruption schädigt unser Land.

You can't make this up: while the Defense Secretary violates umpteenth security protocols, while Trump's envoy to Russia disregards secrecy protocols, all in mids of this security cluster fuck it's John Bolton of all people who is dragged in front of a court. This is not DoJ it is the D of Revenge.

ICE are tax-funded goons who do Trump's bidding.

More betterness for oligarchs!

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social says Republicans have been successful with a clear message of division, which helps Trump, Musk and the Billionaires keep us divided as they “get away with highway robbery” — and to counter that Dems need to be equally clear in their message of solidarity.

🔴 Die US-Regierung rekrutiert tausende Personen für die Abschiebebehörde ICE. Bis zu 50.000 $ Einstellungsbonus, Hilfe bei Studiengebühren und viele weitere Benefits. Qualifikationen? Kaum nötig. Wir müssen verstehen, was da passiert: Die rechte Trump-Clique baut sich mit Staatsgeld eine Miliz auf.

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts. We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

30.11. in Wien Her mit den Männer Winterklamotten, die ihr nicht mehr tragt. Und her mit den Powerbanks, die eh nur in der Schreibtischschublade rumliegen. Und mal ehrlich, brauchst den den Schalfsack echt noch? Hier wär jemand, der ihn braucht.

"(Officers) refuse to recognize local or court authority. A judge says you can’t arrest journalists. Watch us. A judge says we have to wear badges. No. State law says we can’t drive around in unmarked vans? Too bad. Elected officials who want to see what is going on should prepare to be arrested."

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

Jobseeker, Sleadord Mods: Hilfsloser Zorn, von Bürokratie bevormundet, vom Staat verachtet. youtu.be/Udp6fZ9vWCI?...

#bitterirony #whatourfathersfoughtfor

Kudos to ⁦‪@mehdirhasan‬⁩. Not only did he invite me on his show in 2018 to talk about my investigation into Farage’s funders (no UK channel ever did). But he also asked a former colleague of Nathan Gill’s in the EU parliament whether UKIP had ever taken Russian bribes 🔥

Trump in Bob Geldof mode: "GIVE ME YOUR F***ING MONEY!!!"

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Their combined evils will effect generations to come!

ICE is shooting and murdering people. With real bullets. From real guns. If you think they only use rubber bullets or paintballs, no—they are using real guns with real bullets #DefundICE #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

It's a shame Orwell is so often reduced to 1984 and Animal Farm, which are so commonly abused to have become worthless cliches, when his non-fiction is so interesting and still relevant today. His obsession with language and politics is particularly interesting to think about now

Update #Serbien: Es finden weiterhin täglich Proteste, Aktionen zu unterschiedlichen Problemen bzw. Repressionen statt. Heute ging es in Belgrad u.a. um den Bildungssektor. Es ist mittlerweile wirklich allen klar, dass das Vučić-Regime das staatliche Bildungssystem vollständig zerstören möchte. 1/x

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@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

The least surprising news ever. But also thank you to @robevansgdn.bsky.social & @direthoughts.com for shining a light on how two Silicon Valley lobbyists have joined forces to advance their billionaire-funded techno-accelerationist agenda into the heart of UK govt.

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

Die Klimakatastrophe wird uns wesentlich mehr Schaden zufügen als die Kosten der Massnahmen gegen den CO2 Ausstoß. Steuern wir gemeinsam gegen den Klimakollaps solange wir die Möglichkeit dazu haben.