.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.
Berlin erwartet mit 41 Grad am Wochenende einen neuen Hitzerekord und das im Juni. Ja, der Klima- wandel ist zweifellos für diese brutale Hitzewelle verantwortlich aber wer Millionen kleine Heizungen in Form von Autos in unseren Städten als „Freiheit“ verkauft, Plätze wie den Berliner Gendarmenmark für 21 Millionen Euro „nachhaltig“ umgestaltet und dabei völlig auf Bäume verzichtet, sich dafür feiert im 21. Jahrhundert für 2,5 Milliarden Euro neue Autobahnen durch die Stadt zu fräßen und die einzige autobefreite und begrünte Straße der Stadt wieder zurückbaut, weil Berlin sich ja das „Auto nicht verbieten lasse", muss sich über diese Hitze nicht wundern und ist dafür maßgeblich selbstverantwortlich.
Wir könnten unsere Städte um 4 Grad runterkühlen, mit weniger Autos, mehr Bäume, mehr Parks und Plätze statt immer mehr Parkplätze. Einfach mit gesundem Menschenverstand und weniger Ideologie. Die Klimakrise darf nicht als Ausrede fürs Nichtstun dienen. Paris hat gezeigt: Den grünen Umbau unserer Städte haben wir selbst in der Hand. Man muss es nur wollen!
Unten und in der Mitte wird jeder Euro kontrolliert, oben wird Vermögen in Familienstiftungen hin- und hergeschoben, bis das Finanzamt ins Leere greift.
Genau der Stoff, aus dem Politikverdrossenheit gemacht wird.
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV humiliates fake Catholic J.D. Vance after he flew all the way to Rome to invite him to America’s 250th anniversary by bluntly rejecting the offer.
The public embarrassments never end with this oaf...
Instead of traveling to the States, Leo will spend July 4th on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a major entry point for migrants entering into Europe from Africa. Rather than engage in Trump's jingoistic celebration of American military might, the pope is calling attention to the very same class of people that this White House spends much of its time demonizing.
The rebuke of the invite is noteworthy because Vance personally invited the pope to the 250th celebration during his visit to Rome last year. This marks yet another instance of Leo snubbing the Trump administration, following soon after he rejected an invitation to join Trump's corrupt "Board of Peace."
Vance likes to make a big show of being a Catholic convert, but everything he does is profoundly out of step with Catholic morality. He's a key member of a regime that's brutalizing migrants on a daily basis and Pope Leo has made defending migrants a cornerstone of his papacy.
Trump has vowed that this July 4th will be "the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen" but judging by the deeply embarrassing failure that was his big military parade, our expectations are low. Pope Leo ain't missing much!
Please ❤️ and share if you're a fan of Pope Leo!
I'm a former defense attorney and currently a civil liberties attorney with no political dog in this fight. I watched the video at least 10 times from different angles and at different speeds and waited to offer an opinion, which I still reserve the right to change if additional information changes the calculus.
It is very clear that the officers instigated the confrontation. The woman initially tried to wave them past her.
ICE officers have no authority to search a US citizen or arrest her (unless there's probable cause to believe she's harboring undocumented individuals, not a contention here). A woman surrounded by masked, armed men who have no law enforcement authority over her has every right to try to escape. Video shows her steering wheel is turned to the right, clearly an attempt to leave WITHOUT hitting anyone and steer clear of the officer standing towards the front of her car. That officer had time to step to the side, which is where he was when he shot her.
Even a real police officer would not have the right to shoot at her for trying to flee. This is well-established in the case law; deadly force may not be used simply to prevent someone from getting away. Given that the ICE officers had no law enforcement authority to begin with, AND the video footage shows she was trying to escape a perceived threat, not to kill anyone, the crime is all the more inexcusable.
I'm praying for the victim's family, especially her children. I'm also praying for all the conservatives who are so unprincipled and lost they're excusing this terrible crime, and gloating over a death that will leave three young children motherless, because of the victim's politics.
"Lieber besetzt als tot!" ruft @nymoen_ole in jede Kamera, die er finden kann.
@ToniHofreiter war seit Beginn des russischen Überfalls 6 × in der Ukraine & berichtet hier mal, was "besetzt" unter russischer Herrschaft bedeutet:
„Wir reden uns nach wie vor, gerade in Deutschland, ein, dass es uns schon nicht so hart treffen wird. […] Es ist ganz bewusst eine Agenda, Desinformationen zu streuen & das Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft zu erodieren & fossile Interessen aggressiv zu vertreten“
@beyond_ideology
Ich mache sowas eigentlich nie, aber ich bin mittlerweile wirklich verzweifelt. Mein Kater Radahn ist schwer krank und die Kosten für Klinik, Medikamente und Untersuchungen sind inzwischen kaum noch tragbar für uns. Jede Unterstützung, jeder Euro, würde uns unglaublich helfen. Danke ❤️
https://t.co/FXMMo2g8TG
Stellt euch vor, wir hätten einen BK, der stolz verkündet:
„Seit Mai haben wir mehr Lehrer und Pflegepersonal eingestellt, mehr Wohnraum geschaffen, mehr Bäume gepflanzt, mehr Tierleid beendet als im gesamten Jahr 2024. Gemeinsam wollen wir noch besser werden.“
Ein Träumchen.
40 % der Offenbacher*innen haben keinen deutschen Pass – Rekord in Hessen.
Zweiter Rekord: Offenbach hat die niedrigste Kriminalitätsrate in Hessen und bundesweit ist man aut Platz 4.
Die Stadtbilddebatte, die letztlich Kriminalität mit Migration verknüpft, läuft an Fakten vorbei
‼️Die Petition hat grosse Aufmerksamkeit erreicht.
Über 1 Million Aufrufe und fast 160.000 Unterschriften!
Bitte macht mit.
Hass im Netz muss bekämpft und bestraft werden.
Wir dürfen Vorgänge wie bei @dunjahayali nicht hinnehmen.
Hier der Link:
https://t.co/Q5FcMtT7Kz
Hervorragender Bericht von @Kulturzeit über die Absetzung von Jimmy Kimmel. Anschauungsunterricht, wie schnell eine Demokratie in ein faschistisches Regime kippen kann.
What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.
This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.
We cannot dare to be silent or complacent in the face of this frontal assault on free speech.
We, the People, deserve better.
Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley: “Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be assassinated. But I’m overwhelmed seeing the flags of the United States of America at half-staff calling this nation to honor and venerate a man who was an unapologetic racist and spent all of his life sowing seeds of division and hate into this land. And hearing people with selective rage who are mad about Charlie Kirk, but didn’t give a damn about Melissa Hortman and her husband when they were shot down in their home, tell me I ought to have compassion for the death of a man who had no respect for my own life. I am sorry, but there’s nowhere in bible where we are taught to honor evil. How you die does not redeem how you lived. You do not become a hero in your death when you are a weapon of the enemy in your life”
Jedes Wort ein Volltreffer. Jeder Gedanke präziser als die hunderttausenden Zeitungsartikel über die typischen deutsche „politischen“ Standarddebatten. Ein Debakel, dass die Kunst klarere Gedanken hinbekommt als die ganzen „politischen“ Beobachter.
In June 2025, Democratic elected official Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, along with their dog, were assassinated by a Trump supporter
Trump did not lower the flags to half-mast
He did not attend their funeral
President Biden, on the other hand, knelt before their coffins