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(the midterms can't come soon enough)

Beginning to think that the Trump presidential library, like TrumpCoin, or in an earlier era, his hotels, is just a useful front for processing bribes to the President.

Israel told people to evacuate Beirut’s southern suburbs — then hit city’s center The deadly strikes on the Lebanese capital shattered neighborhoods where many people had taken refuge after being displaced by earlier Israeli bombardments.

Israel told people to evacuate Beirut’s south suburbs — then hit city’s center - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Unvarnished gutter racism akin to what you'd hear out of the mouth of eugenicist Social Darwinists in the early 20th century.

Die Frage ist ja nicht ob, sondern wann US-Waffenlieferungen auch für europäische NATO-Staaten zum unberechenbaren Glücksspiel werden

“Another way to look at this is that billionaires have joined a war on professional administrative class of public servants precisely because of their proximity to formal mechanisms of accountability.”

That part! Everything from documentation to compliance mechanisms to whistleblowing is a threat.

two men sit in front of a sign that says dealbook summit ALT: two men sit in front of a sign that says dealbook summit

Imagine if this guy showed up at your front door and said, “I’m here to collect all of your personal information and while I’m doing that I’m going to clear up some misconceptions about the Nazis.”

This isn't accidental oversight by our media. It's malicious complicity.

Mir scheint, so lange eine der Kriegsparteien Handelsschiffe beschießt und unter ihre Kontrolle bringt, brauchen wir uns über eine Mission deutscher Minensucher in der Straße von Hormus nicht wirklich Gedanken zu machen.

16. We should applaud those who attempt to build where the market has failed to act. The culture almost snickers at Musk's interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves . ... Any| curiosity or genuine interest in the value of what he has created is essentially dismissed, or perhaps lurks from beneath a thinly veiled scorn. 17. Silicon Valley must play a role in addressing violent crime. Many politicians across the United States have essentially shrugged when it comes to violent crime, abandoning any serious efforts to address the problem or take on any risk with their constituencies or donors in coming up with solutions and experiments in what should be a desperate bid to save lives. 18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service. The public arena— and the shallow and petty assaults against those who dare to do something other than enrich themselves-has

19. The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is corrosive. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing much at all. 20. The pervasive intolerance of religious belief in certain circles must be resisted. The elite's intolerance of religious belief is perhaps one of the most telling signs that its political project constitutes a less open intellectual movement than many within it would claim. 21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures... have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what? Excerpts

(Ja: „neutering“ heißt wirklich Kastration, es ist die einzig korrekte Übersetzung). Palantir meint, zwischen „Kulturen“, die „essentielle Fortschritte gebracht haben“ und solchen unterscheiden zu können die „regressiv und schädlich“ seien.

Definiere Größenwahn:

Das Software-Unternehmen #Palantir veröffentlicht auf X jetzt ein „Manifest“ (Buchauszug, zu dessen Autoren CEO Alex Karp gehört), das dröhnend solche Befehle vorträgt wie „Die Nachkriegs-Kastration Deutschlands und Japans muss aufgehoben werden“.

Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public.

4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software. 5. The question is not whether A.I. weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose. Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications. They will proceed. 6. National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost. 7. If a U.S. Marine asks for a better rifle, we should build it; and the same goes for software. We should as a country be capable of continuing a debate about the appropriateness of military action abroad while remaining unflinching in our commi

8. Public servants need not be our priests. Any business that compensated its employees in the way that the federal government compensates public servants would struggle to survive. 9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. The eradication of any space for forgiveness—a jettisoning of any tolerance for the complexities and contradictions of the human psyche—may leave us with a cast of characters at the helm we will grow to regret. 10. The psychologization of modern politics is leading us astray. Those who look to the political arena to nourish their soul and sense of self, who rely too heavily on their internal life finding expression in people they may never meet, will be left disappointed. 11. Our society has grown too eager to hasten, and is often gleeful at, the demise of its enemies. The vanquishing of an opponent is a moment to pause, not rejoice.

12. The atomic age is ending. One age of deterrence, the atomic age, is ending, and a new era of deterrence built on A.l. is set to begin. 13. No other country in the history of the world has advanced progressive values more than this one. The United States is far from perfect. But it is easy to forget how much more opportunity exists in this country for those who are not hereditary elites than in any other nation on the planet. 14. American power has made possible an extraordinarily long peace. Too many have forgotten or perhaps take for granted that nearly a century of some version of peace has prevailed in the world without a great power military conflict. At least three generations — billions of people and their children and now grandchildren — have never known a world war. 15. The postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone. The defanging of Germany was an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price. A similar and highly theatrical commitment to Japanese

Ein Softwareunternehmen ruft öffentlich zur Errichtung einer neuen Weltordnung auf, garniert mit Positionen, die man nur rechtsextrem nennen kann.

Diese Software hat in deutschen Behörden NICHTS verloren.

Trump, IRS In Talks To Settle U.S. President's $10 Billion Lawsuit Trump's adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization are also plaintiffs.

Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion.

I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.

Machado überreicht Trump ihre Friedensnobelpreis-Medaille In einem symbolischen Schritt hat die venezolanische Oppositionsführerin Machado ihre Friedensnobelpreis-Medaille dem US-Präsidenten übergeben. An Trumps Meinung, wer Venezuela führen soll, hat das of...

Das Jahr hatte bereits ein paar schöne Momente.

Paris–Berlin mit E-LKW: Die Tour von Milence zeigt, dass emissionsfreier #Schwerlastverkehr Realität wird. Kurzfristig braucht es #Unterstützung für den Hochlauf, langfristig muss der Markt tragen. #ETrucks #EU

Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.

that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury...

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Die Korruption, Gier und Unfähigkeit dieser Typen hat schon zehntausenden Menschen das Leben gekostet.

New era alliance management…

China steigt um Die meistverkauften Personenfahrzeug-Marken in China 2025, nach Antrieben, in Mio.

Weil Markus Söder vor wenigen Tagen noch einmal betonte, dass das Aus des Verbrenner-Aus 2035 definitiv die Position Deutschlands ist, um die Autoindustrie zu retten: Hier mal Zahlen vom größten Automarkt der Welt, wo wir über Jahrzehnte unsere Gewinne einfuhren.

Klimaschutz - Umweltminister Schneider will Moorfläche mit Förderung fast verdoppeln Die Bundesregierung will die Fläche intakter Moorböden in Deutschland durch ein Förderprogramm fast verdoppeln.

Das sind richtig gute Nachrichten!
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"Judge Millwood wrote in her ruling that she believed that Mr. Ross’s younger son ... had used his position as a government employee to have Ms. Ross-Mahé arrested."

The backstory here is a battle over the spouse's estate.

The use of state repression for venal purposes also features in Fallada.

July 21 1935: The Führer orders a new reception hall and ballroom to "entertain foreign diplomats" at the Chancellery. Underneath the dance floor is an air raid shelter. A 2nd deeper bunker is built next to this in 1944, where he would spend his last days as the Reich collapsed.

Ich finde das wirklich beunruhigend. Eine kleine Gruppe sehr lauter, sehr emotionalisierter Leute gibt inzwischen den Ton an, unterstützt von Millionärsgeld und Fachleute werden schlicht nicht mehr eingebunden.
Alles fürs Gefühl.

Iran: Nobelpreisträgerin Narges Mohammadi offenbar in kritischem Zustand Der Zustand der Frauenrechtsaktivistin Narges Mohammadi soll sich massiv verschlechtert haben. Ihr Bruder sagt, das Regime in Teheran verweigere ihr im Gefängnis die medizinische Versorgung.

Der Zustand der Frauenrechtsaktivistin Narges Mohammadi soll sich massiv verschlechtert haben. Ihr Bruder sagt, das Regime in Teheran verweigere ihr im Gefängnis die medizinische Versorgung.

Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids The move comes amid rising tensions between the administration and American Catholics.

INBOX: Amid rising tendons between Trump and Pope Leo, the administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.

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Aus aktuellem Anlass die Erinnerung, dass Werner Patzelt, einst Deutschlands prominentester Politikwissenschaftler und Politikberater der CDU Sachsen, Forschungsdirektor des Mathias Corvinus Collegiums (Brüssel) ist, Orbáns rechtsradikaler Kaderschmiede, wo letzte Woche auch JD Vance zu Gast war.

Das ist mir auch in den Sinn gekommen. Aber das ist jetzt schon noch einmal ne andere Kategorie.

Mir fällt kein Fraktionsvorsitzender der Kanzler-Fraktion ein ( in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik), der sich dermaßen illoyal gegenüber dem eigenen Kanzler verhalten hat wie Jens Spahn.

Hinzukommt ein hoch problematisches Verhaltensmuster im persönlichen Bereich.

Man staunt.