Volker

Volker

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Vassili Golod
@golod.bsky.social

Als Russland 2022 die gesamte Ukraine überfällt, flüchten die Lastivkas in den Westen Europas. Bis auf Vater Ruslan, der sich damals freiwillig für die Armee meldet. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt kann die Familie nicht ahnen, wie sehr der Krieg ihr Leben verändern würde. 1/4

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Heike Specht
@heikespecht.bsky.social

Am 8. März 1979 demonstrierten die Iranerinnen gegen die frauenfeindlichen Maßnahmen des neuen Regimes. Die Frauen hatten zusammen mit den Männern den Schah vertrieben und mussten nun erleben, dass Khomeini, frisch an die Macht gelangt, ihnen ganz gezielt die Freiheit nahm.

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Guido Kühn
@guido-kuehn.bsky.social

In den USA passiert, was man durchaus als den feuchten Traum der Neoliberalen, Konservativen und offenen Rechten hierzulande verstehen muss: von der Militarisierung der Polizei, über Menschenrechtsverachtung, der gemeinsamen Sprache bis zu einer Regierung, die Gesetze bricht und Gerichte angreift.

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Konstantin Kuhle
@konstantinkuhle.bsky.social

Nach der Gewaltenteilung des Grundgesetzes „verfügt“ der Bundeskanzler nicht, wer einem parlamentarischen Gremium anzugehören hat. Im Übrigen heißt es „Kontrollgremium“, damit es die Regierung kontrolliert – nicht, damit es ihr nach dem Mund redet.

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Alex Raufoglu
@ralexdc.bsky.social

Poland's top diplomat on russia: "Let’s give sanctions a chance" "We welcome initiatives in the US Congress and hope they’ll lead to a durable peace based on the UN Charter."

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Alex Raufoglu
@ralexdc.bsky.social

Zelenskyy's top aide to US Senators: "At one time, we gave russia strategic bombers because we wanted peace and guarantees. But Russia used them against us, shelling our people..."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Good friend of mine had a client arrested at an ISAP check-in today. They denied him permission to attend the check-in with his client and then only told him that she'd been arrested and sent over to 26 Federal Plaza after he demanded to know what had happened to her.

Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Four women taken out in handcuffs now, family and friends who'd been waiting outside break down in sobs.

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Justin Wolfers
@justinwolfers.bsky.social

This exchange is revealing, terrifying, and intellectually bankrupt. No world leader would ever want to enter a room to deal with this guy because he's a crank.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

KENNEDY: If Vietnam came to you and said, 'You win. We're gonna remove all tariffs and all trade barriers. Would the US please do the same?" Would you accept that deal? LUTNICK: Absolutely not. That would be the silliest thing we could do KENNEDY: What's the purpose of reciprocity then?

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Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social

"If you need to update Social Security about a move or bank account change, it could take longer than usual... "Changes like these may take longer, and thousands of Americans could see delays or even stopped checks in the meantime, employees warned USA TODAY..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

usatoday.comSocial security employees warn of delays: What the new priorities means for your benefitsSocial Security employees fear that adding complicated unpaid pension claims to their priority list will push routine needs to the back burner.

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Kate from Kharkiv
@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

Grateful to the journalists in Ukraine working tirelessly to keep the world informed on russian attacks on civilians—despite fading interest. That’s why I deeply appreciate Zarina and was glad to contribute a bit to her lates article. fresnoalliance.com/the-silence-...

fresnoalliance.comThe Silence of the Headlines - Community AllianceBY ZARINA ZABRISKY The Russian war of aggression has shattered Ukraine’s daily life. International coverage understates the scale of Russian attacks on the frontline territories and cities, said a Kha...

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Yashar Ali 🐘
@yasharali.bsky.social

Yes, which is why there are courthouses named after Thurgood Marshall. A Thurgood Marshall ship that is supplying a warship that will go on to kill civilians isn’t my idea of honoring his legacy and contribution.

William Easley@williameasley.bsky.social

I will counter this by saying that if you believe that the United States should be the shining example of liberal democracy then we should name things after figures from our history that best exemplify these values

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Elon Musk attacks Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ tax bill as ‘outrageous’ and says it will cause deficit to grow to $2.5tn – US politics live

theguardian.comElon Musk attacks Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ tax bill as ‘outrageous’ and says it will cause deficit to grow to $2.5tn – US politics liveBillionaire tech entrepreneur, who recently left the Trump administration, calls president’s tax and spending bill an ‘abomination’ Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the coming hours. We start with news that Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination”. Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has drawn widespread criticism from Democratic colleagues for admitting that not only did she not read Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill before voting for it, but she would have voted against it had she read thoroughly.The White House gloated on social media about the arrests of the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the suspected Boulder attacker, and joked about providing them with “six one-way tickets”. In the 48 hours since the firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, on a demonstration in support of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, Republicans politicized the attack, attempting to blame Democrats, including the state’s multiple Jewish leaders. Democrats denounced the Trump administration’s “cruel” decision to rescind health department guidance issued in the wake of the 2022 Dobbs decision, striking down the right to an abortion, that required hospitals to provide abortions to women in medical emergencies even in state’s with local bans on the procedure. Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers. A US judge on Tuesday ruled the US Bureau of Prisons must keep providing transgender inmates gender-affirming care, despite an executive order Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office to halt funding for such care. Continue reading...

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Joerg Lau
@joerglau.bsky.social

Smart thread on the magic 5% defense spending plea

Kristi Raik@kristiraik.bsky.social

A good overview of Europe’s agony in managing the transatlantic relationship. But I find the division to “countries that support so-called strategic autonomy” and “those who believe the transatlantic relationship must be defended at all costs” really problematic - why?👇 www.ft.com/content/e335...

ft.comEurope confronts Trump’s triple threat on Ukraine, Nato and tradeOfficials fear that the US president will play the big issues off against each other over five weeks of wide-ranging talks

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Publika.ge
@publikage.bsky.social

1/ Georgia’s fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, is calling on the U.S. and EU to respond as Georgian Dream moves to censor a critical TV channel through new amendments to the broadcasting law:

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Publika.ge
@publikage.bsky.social

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2/ According to Formula, the party also objected to the broadcaster referring to Bidzina Ivanishvili as an “oligarch.” Similarly, Mtavari says the complaint concerns the use of terms such as “oligarch,” “oligarch’s ministry,” and “political prisoners.”

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Publika.ge
@publikage.bsky.social

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3/ In the case of TV Pirveli, the complaint alleges that the journalist should not have used terms like “regime,” “Russification,” or “clan-based court.”

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Georg Restle
@georgrestle.bsky.social

„WELT“-Herausgeber Ulf Poschardt findet ernsthaft, Journalisten hätten gegenüber der Polizei eine „Fürsorgepflicht“. Größer könnte der Graben kaum sein. Nein, Journalisten haben gegenüber Beamten, die das staatliche Gewaltmonopol ausüben, vor allem eins: Eine Kontrollpflicht.

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#TuckFrump
@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social

Nazi's gonna Nazi!

Jennifer C@thejenniwren.teamlh.social

1/2 Today in Minneapolis, ICE/FBI raided a taco restaurant, yes, you read that correctly, a taco restaurant, dressed in full battle gear—long guns, body armor, the whole damn militarized show. Do they think they’re in a war zone? This is about instilling terror, rooted in racism. It won’t work.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

Yeah I’ve had my disagreement with CBO’s analyses in specific cases, but I’ve never questioned their dedication to neutrality.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

CBO is a nonpartisan, neutral org. Its director, Phill Swagel, worked in the GWBush administration and was appointed by Republican lawmakers to his current post. For many reasons, it's laughable that he or his professional colleagues would be cooking the books to help Democrats.

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Adam Parkhomenko
@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social

You all know me very well by now and there is nothing more that I love than a Democrat who speaks and writes the way that I do and we do in our daily newsletter. This is some PhD level shit right here.

Rep. Jamie Raskin@raskin.house.gov

Now even someone on ketamine, mushrooms and Ecstasy can see it.

wsj.comElon Musk Calls Trump Megabill a ‘Disgusting Abomination’The former White House cost-cutting czar stepped up his criticism of the tax-and-spending bill just as the Senate is trying to quickly pass the measure and get it signed into law by July 4.

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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

"The official also said that the timing of the announcement -- occurring during Pride month -- was intentional." I've seen enough. We can confidently declare the Trump administration to be the biggest collection of assholes in American history.

Philip Bump@pbump.com

The correlation between being insecure and ostentatiously trying to present yourself as tough remains incredibly strong. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

military.comHegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from ShipDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.

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Oliver von Dobrowolski
@vondobrowolski.de

Meine Fresse, da haben wir mal wieder einen Minister, dem gar nichts peinlich ist… Wie viele Justizminister:innen sieht man denn in Robe, welche Gesundheitsminister:innen im Kittel oder wie häufig wurde der/die Kulturstaatsminister:in im Ballettdress gesichtet?

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

The Trump admin. is using the claim that immigrants “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years. But what do the courts say? @mtredden.bsky.social‬ explains.

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Drew McWeeny
@drewmcweeny.com

Pride Month so far: Jonathan Joss is murdered in a disgusting hate crime and the Navy intentionally announces they are changing the name of the USNS HARVEY MILK. America... now more than ever... David Lynch's words ring loudly. "Fix your hearts or die." This cannot be our normal.