It's really quite a thing to have a Secretary of Energy who does not understand, ummm... energy.
It's really quite a thing to have a Secretary of Energy who does not understand, ummm... energy.
There's a lot going on, and a lot to argue about. But we should all be able to agree that the shocking levels of incompetence shown in the leadership of our federal government is both historically unmatched, and it hurts all of us.
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Auf Expert*innen hören ist Totalitarismus, sagt der US-Gesundheitsminister (der keinerlei Expertise im Gesundheitsbereich hat)
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
What? We don’t have to pay that, do we?” “Yes, of course. Who else? You’re the ones who want us to ship to the US, so you have to cover it.” Great astonishment from my friends from Florida.
Today with friends from Florida at a wine tasting in Tuscany. “What are the shipping costs to the US?” “€60 per case, plus the tax your government adds on.
What? We don’t have to pay that, do we?” “Yes, of course. Who else? You’re the ones who want us to ship to the US, so you have to cover it.” Great astonishment from my friends from Florida.
If it’s only a few large and small crowds, then in the eyes of the majority it can’t be all that bad. Where are the millions in the streets protesting against Trump?
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#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators. “There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
Heute wäre Anna Politkovskaia 67 Jahre alt geworden. Sie wurde 2006 wegen ihrer kritischen Berichterstattung über Putin und seine Kriegsführung gegen Tschetschenien ermordet. Die Drahtzieher wurden nicht ermittelt.
Zwei Drittel aller Schutzsuchenden von 2015 arbeiten heute. CDU-Generalsekretär Linnemann verbreitet aber falsche Zahlen zur Beschäftigungsquote. Faktencheck www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Drei US-Amerikaner aus dem Trump-Lager versuchen in Grönland offenbar, die Einheimischen aufzuwiegeln. Ein entsprechender Bericht macht weltweit Schlagzeilen, die dänische Regierung reagiert deutlich. Wie konkret sind die Pläne?
Molkerei-Milliardär Theo Müller ist mit AfD-Chefin Alice Weidel befreundet. So eng, dass er sie zu seiner pompösen Geburtstagsfeier Ende Mai einlud. Es waren noch andere extreme Rechte da - genauso wie gut vernetzte Wirtschaftsleute sowie Vertreter demokratischer Parteien. Unsere neue Recherche:
What I don’t understand is why people in the U.S. are so determined to have guns.
As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
They're now saying it out loud: The Administration's goal is to undo the political independence that Congress granted the Fed, so that the President can directly set rates.
Trump loves the uneducated!!
Do you honestly think European politicians take him seriously? They only deal with him because your country is such a big market and to keep him from doing too much damage internationally. He’s simply too stupid to understand how things are connected.
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Good Question
But unfortunately, it takes a certain level of intelligence to understand the connections. Trump’s supporters certainly don’t have that.
This is not surprising, but so appalling. About 180 FEMA staff members knew they would be risking their jobs to communicate the degradation of emergency response under Trump tells you how bad things are. We can't say we were not warned, but the people who warned us are being punished for doing so.
There's no bloody snowball chance in hell that he will ever get the Nobel peace price. We Norwegians aren't MAGA stupid, depraved, or corrupt. In Scandinavia, he wouldn't be qualified for a government position except one behind bars.
Are you sure?
Are they afraid of ordinary Americans? And those are supposed to defend your country. Good luck.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago: "If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
Man, when congressional Democrats finally wake up from their comas, they're going to be *so* slightly miffed at all this
Trump signs an executive order tasking Hegseth to establish "specialised units" within the National Guard to "deal with public order issues" across the US. Using the US Military against the American public.
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is planning to use the US military to invade US cities that vote Democratic because, in addition to raping children, two things that animate him most are rectifying narcissistic injury and hating Black people. Call your reps 202-224-3121 #RemoveTrump
America now
Sie sind auf der falschen Plattform. Das hier ist nicht „X“
Deutschlands vergessene Afghanen, die Pakistan nun aus von Deutschland angemieteten Unterkünften abschiebt: „Die Politik hat diese Menschen verraten und in eine noch schlimmere Lage gebracht“, sagt Elaha Hakim, Koordinatorin bei „Kabul Luftbrücke“ in Pakistan. „Ich schäme mich da, Deutsche zu sein.“
Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles seems to have been just the start of an authoritarian takeover of American cities. This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.
That is what they’ve said. But so far, visual reports from the streets of DC indicate that they are still unarmed. The NG is not the problem. ICE is already armed, poorly trained, lawless, masked, no uniforms, no badge numbers, no warrants, no accountability, radicalized, politicized, etc. etc.
And as always, the soldiers will gladly and most willingly follow the orders.
Why do you actually talk more with the perpetrators and less with the victims? And then you even believe the perpetrators. What a strange country.
Can we talk about that headline? If it’s true, you don’t need “Democrats say.” If it’s untrue, don’t put it in a headline. Either way, you’re fucking reporters. Find out what’s true, and write that.
Das ist unfassbar: @abgeordnetenwatch.de stellt eine Anfrage an das Wirtschaftsministerium & will wissen: Was steht in Unterlagen zu Lobbytreffen von Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche? Das Ministerium droht mit Bearbeitungsgebühren von bis zu 4.000 € – obwohl ein Gericht das für rechtswidrig erklärte.
“Papers, please”
As someone who was born and grew up in East Germany I completely get how you must have felt on that occasion. And, yes it’s shocking to see the same things happening now in Trumpland.
Journalist? USA? That doesn’t fit
Ein US-Präsident mit einem Kapperl, auf dem steht: „Ich hatte mit allem recht“. Ein verhaltensauffälliger Achtjähriger im Körper eines 79jährigen - und mit den Atomcodes. 🤯
Why?
This is the kind of choice that leads to a military that tells you you’ll take Kyiv the first day
Rangappa: Do you believe that Ghislaine Maxwell is guilty? Ferguson: Yes Rangappa: She denied her guilt the interview. Ferguson: Most criminals lie, newsflash. That's, like, not shocking. Rangappa: Then why on Earth would you believe anything she said?
Und dann wird sich gewundert, dass viele Menschen mit der EU nichts anfangen können und wollen. Schade
Es geht immer noch peinlicher. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/andr...
You can be sure that the world knows it.
I wish you many supporters for your future challenges. Hopefully, the United States won’t continue to sink into a state where the current political situation apparently doesn’t matter at all to many of its people.
We only ever read about the Democrats in California. Apparently, there aren’t any left in the other states
Kein Witz: In Berlin soll vor Kitas wieder Tempo 50 erlaubt werden. Die Begründung der CDU-geführten Senatsverkehrsverwaltung? "In die Kita gehen die Kinder nicht allein. Die Eltern sind dazu verpflichtet, sie dorthin zu bringen. Ein Schulweg ist etwas anderes." 🤯
Wie möchten wir denn bitteschön auf Putin Druck machen?
And who among you, or your media, tells him that he’s lying?
Neue Details zum Umgang mit den Afghaninnen und Afghanen, die in Pakistan auf Ausreise warten. Christoph Reuter berichtet im Spiegel, ihre Pässe seien von deutscher Botschaft eingezogen; darunter auch 50 von Menschen mit gültigen Visa, um Einreise zu verhindern. 1/x www.spiegel.de/ausland/absc...
www.zdf.de/video/shows/... Im Sommer 2021 floh die Bundeswehr aus Afghanistan. Die Taliban waren wieder an der Macht. Gefährdeten Menschen wurde eine sichere Ausreise zugesagt. Die zukünftige Bundesregierung hat schon angekündigt, das Programm zu beenden. Wie konnte es dazu kommen?
Man kann sich für sein Land in diesem Fall nur schämen.
Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
US media is in the fetal position, living in a delirious haze, desperately trying to pretend everything is normal and this is all boring everyday politics, even as federal troops flood into DC and the entire western world mounts emergency missions to slow Trump down
Wenn ich noch eine journalistische Anfrage zu den "laufenden Friedensverhandlungen" bekomme, trete ich in einen unbefristeten Interviewstreik. Es gibt keine Friedensverhandlungen. Es gibt keine Waffenstillstandsverhandlungen. Es gibt einen diplomatisch dilettierenden und marodierenden
Das erlebe ich leider sehr häufig. Wenn man es anspricht, erntet man nur Unverständnis und Ausreden www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/a...
Please entertain my simple question. If the 'federal agents' are 'unidentified', how do we know they are actually 'federal agents' and not just some random kidnappers masquerading as 'federal agents'?
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
Abortion bans are not about objection to abortion, but about objection to women’s autonomy and freedom from male control. The anti-choice movement often has no objection to abortions that are instigated and commanded by men.
700.000 people live in Washington and only hundreds of people took to the streets? I’m sure that if something like this happened in one of our cities, hundreds of thousands of people would immediately be out on the streets
A reminder that the initial days of this takeover have given no pretense whatsoever to escalate to an *armed* occupation. If anything, it’s emphasized how dumb and wasteful this is. So Trump arming the occupation troops is a sign that want more violence.
Newsom: He is a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time while having a conversation like this? Someone who is weak, broken. His weakness is masquerading as a strength. The most unpopular president in modern history.
Vladimir Putin has clearly made a calculation, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues: Donald Trump, to use the language he once hurled at Volodymyr Zelensky, has no cards, and his fond wish to be seen as a peacemaker can be safely ignored.
Trump will unbedingt einen Ukraine-Deal (und dafür den Friedensnobelpreis). Da er den von Putin in Alaska nicht bekam, wird Zelenskyi in Washington liefern müssen. Es wird ein furchtbares Treffen werden. Putin sitzt derweil in Moskau und lacht sich scheckert. „The art of the deal — ну да, конечно!“
That was foreseeable, and the costs and effort could have been spared. Trump is not intelligent enough to operate and negotiate on the international stage.
These cowardly clowns should NOT be allowed to wear face masks and not have a nametag and badge number clearly displayed. They are our employees and transparency should be mandatory! And what the hell is with the camo? Are they in a jungle? Cosplaying morons...
Apparently, no one has the backbone to contradict him — least of all journalists.
The President of the United States is accusing an unnamed government official of deliberately falsifying official reports on crime. That's a pretty big accusation! Certainly a scandal, maybe even a crime. Anyone want to press him to provide some, you know, proof?
Trump 2028 isn’t a joke. Donald Trump doesn’t believe the rules apply to him, and he’ll do anything in his power to hijack a 3rd term. Wake up, America. You will not have a country if Trump rigs this election.
Just to say this plainly: what you're looking at here is a federal police force accountable only to the president rolling up to intimidate the governor of California as he announces his plan to counter a federal legislative coup out of Texas which will ensure their permanent presence in our streets
You actually arrest people for throwing a sandwich? Our police officers would have caught it, eaten it, or thrown it back—and laughed about it.
Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car. BIG crowd of people shouting at police. "Fuck you!" "What is wrong with you!" "You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
His voters are not interested in facts or truths. They believe unconditionally and without thinking only what Trump tells them
Just an honest labor statistician collecting the data, crunching the numbers, and reporting them fairly, and definitely not an extremist ideologue with an axe to grind, unshackled from respect for the law or political norms.
Is he sick?
Das darf einfach keine offizielle Nachricht sein. Medien arbeiten an der Konstruktion der Realität. Übernehmt endlich Verantwortung.
Diese Regierung ist mitten in einer autoritären Machtübernahme und besetzt gerade die Hauptstadt militärisch, beschränkt Presse-und Meinungsfreiheit, kidnapped PoC, lässt sie verschwinden, baut Konzentrationslager - aber die Tagesschau übernimmt die Behauptungen dieses Regimes einfach.
Since we passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have tried over and over to repeal it. And over and over, they’ve failed — in part because millions of people now depend on the ACA for quality, affordable health care.
Where does the US government actually find so many people who are willing to lie and apparently have no fear of the consequences?
Violent crime is at an all-time low in D.C. the NYT acting as stenographers for the administration is shameful - this is an authoritarian crackdown on an overwhelmingly Democratic city. Accepting and amplifying the framing of the Trump admin is wildly irresponsible.
In Germany, the training for police officers and similar professions takes at least 3 years. So where do all these ICE agents suddenly come from? How long does their training take?
Trump: "The crime numbers [in D.C.] get worse." Official statistics: Violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low. The Trump regime is inventing lies to justify military control over our cities. It's what dictators do.
I feel this should be a bigger story, right?
Ich wünsche mir Robert Habeck noch viel mehr zurück, als ich es eh schon gedacht habe.
Dass BILD Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf im Nachhinein noch mit Dreck bewirft, ist niederträchtig, aber in gewisser Weise erwartbar. Aber dass sich die FAZ ebenfalls daran beteiligt (und partout nicht davon lassen will), finde ich im höchsten Maß verstörend und verwerflich.
Der Umgang der FAZ mit der Kritik vom Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf ist ein Paradebeispiel für das, was wir hier auch leider ganz überwiegend von Journalisten (Gendern fast unnötig) erleben. Statt Selbstkritik zu üben oder auch nur für eine Moment still zu sein, wird auf die Kritiker*innen losgegangen.
Faszinierend, mit welcher Dünnhäutigkeit die FAZ auf die berechtigte Kritik von Brosius-Gersdorf reagiert - und mit welcher Selbstgerechtigkeit da (bisher ausschließlich von Männern) nochmals nachgetreten wird.