Fun fact. In 1996 Ukraine handed over nuclear weapons to Russia "in exchange for a guarantee never to be threatened or invaded".

It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C., as a trial run for a possible military occupation of the United States. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run

‼️ 🇺🇦 Präsident Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський "Sämtliche Details bezüglich Ende der Tötungen, Ende des Kriegs habe ich vor, mit dem Präsident Trump in Washington am Montag zu besprechen. Ich bin für die Einladung dankbar" ⬇️

Meanwhile in einem anderen Universum 👇

BREAKING: The conservative Wall Street Journal Editorial Board just issued a SCATHING op-ed detailing how Trump failed to get any concessions from Putin while Putin managed to play Trump like a fiddle to get what he wanted: “It was notable that Mr. Putin spent most of his

Alaska erinnert nun doch an München 1938: Der Aggressor wird belohnt und erhält Land, das Opfer sitzt gar nicht mit am Tisch. Und die Europäer schauen durch die Finger nytimes.com/live/2025/08/1… via @NYTimes

Israel's assassination of Palestinian journalists "is not killing in the context of war," says U.N. special rapporteur Irene Khan. "It is a deliberate strategy to stop independent voices reporting." democracynow.org/2025/8/12/iren…

Schrecklich. Humanitäre Hilfe für Palästinenser bewusst als Todesfallen aufgestellt?

Arnie wirkt empört und verzweifelt zugleich über den Verlauf des Alaska-Gipfels

Mark Zuckerberg has spent $110M to buy 11 houses in one Palo Alto neighborhood. He's turning the homes into a compound. That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe. I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.

'Children in Gaza don't matter now,' said the 'moderate' IDF general haaretz.com/opinion/2025-0….

The Israeli military said it will soon forcibly displace Palestinian civilians from Gaza City “to ensure their safety,” even as it has repeatedly bombed areas it had declared as safe zones. trib.al/mEy9iRf

Of the 1.1M children in Gaza, nearly all require mental health or psychosocial support. Most have been out of school for nearly two years. After Israel’s 11-week blockade on food this year, all children younger than 5 are at risk of acute malnutrition. trib.al/D0kl0wv

The Netanyahu government is already perpetrating a Nakba against the Palestinians of the West Bank, and is planning to inflict another on Gazans. It's time to end the disaster that the settlement movement has inflicted on Israel | Amos Schocken🇮🇱 haaretz.com/opinion/2025-0…

The only person worth talking about after the Alaska spectacle is not a politician, but a journalist. Her name is Rachel V. Scott, Senior Political Correspondent at ABC News. She was the one who asked Putin the question that mattered: “Will you stop killing civilians?” 1/n

For 22 months, Israel has pursued a policy of systematically destroying Palestinian life in Gaza. Senior officials in government and the military openly speak of devastation and annihilation. The remarks by former head of Military Intelligence Aharon Haliva are part of a long

Dieht tatsächlich komisch aus. Aber mit gleich 3 EU-Vertretern in DC aufkreuzen geht auch nicht. Die Kommissionspräsidentin vertritt hier alle. Ein Anlass die EU-Strukturen schlanker zu machen? Z.B.: Präsident von Rat und Kommission zusammen zu legen wäre die Antwort

Bemerkenswert: Bill Clinton bedauert im Rückblick, dass er die Ukraine zur Aufgabe ihrer Atomwaffen gedrängt hat. Für ein Sicherheitsversprechen Russlands, das unter Putin nichts wert ist.

Tief verstörend, wie die mutige israelische Menschenrechtsaktivistin Yuli Novak die Wandlung ihres Landes zu Tätern im Genozid beschreibt sueddeutsche.de/politik/israel…

Hoffentlich führen die beeindruckenden Massenproteste in Israel dazu, dass der Öffentlichkeit bewusst wird, welche Verbrechen das eigene Militär in Gaza begeht. Anzeichen gibt es, berichten Korrespondenten theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…