Daily Archives: 27. Mai 2019
U.S. Army’s Tweet Prompts Stories of Harmful Effects of Military Service
It was meant to be part of a social media tribute on Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday afternoon, the United States Army posted a video on Twitter featuring a scout in fatigues who said his service gave him the opportunity to fight for something greater than himself, making him a better man.
In its next tweet, the Army opened the floor and asked: “How has serving impacted you?”
The post was shared widely and received thousands of responses. But many were probably not what the Army was looking for.
I have been criticized recently for my foreign policy record so let me repeat: I make no apologies for opposing the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Yemen and now trying to prevent a war with Iran.
The Worst 2020 Election Interference Will Be Perfectly Legal
In 2016, at the single hottest and most contested moment of the Democratic presidential primaries, the Washington Post published no less than sixteen smear pieces against Bernie Sanders in the span of sixteen hours. This campaign by a newspaper which is solely owned by the richest man in the world (who also happens to be a CIA contractor and Pentagon advisory board member) was plainly geared at manipulating the 2016 presidential primary results. And, along with similar campaigns by the rest of the plutocrat-owned media which ranged from blacking out coverage on Sanders to deliberately manipulating narratives about him to circulating outright lies, it succeeded.
Sanders, Warren, and Wyden Slam Assange Indictment, a Renegade Use of the Espionage Act to Criminalize Journalism
The Justice Department filed 17 charges against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange on Thursday, deploying the controversial Espionage Act as a cudgel against First Amendment protections and press freedom. It’s the first time the U.S. government has used the Espionage Act to prosecute a publisher, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, along with Sen. Ron Wyden, who all have been outspoken on civil liberties issues, slammed the indictment.
Daniel Ellsberg: Espionage Charges Against Assange Are Most Significant Attack on Press in Decades
As the Justice Department charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act, we speak to Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. In 1971, he was charged with violating the Espionage Act for leaking a top-secret report on U.S. involvement in Vietnam to The New York Times and other publications. At the time, Ellsberg faced over 100 years in prison. He tells Democracy Now!, “There hasn’t actually been such a significant attack on the freedom of the press … since my case in 1971.”
SkyNews @AlexCrawfordSky was embedded with Bilal Kareem, an American convert to islam who illegally entered #syria to act as PR for AlQaeda. He‘s on the drone kill list. He interviewed suicide bombers & the us backed rebels who beheaded a child. Their excuse was “he’s not a boy”.
Bizarre that people saying the combined Remain vote share was higher than the combined Leave vote are not including the Tory result on the Leave side. If you do, as you obviously should, then Leave is clearly ahead
Really shameful bias from @BBCPolitics , the Tories are pro-Brexit, that is indisputable. But you‘ve lied to allow a narrative you prefer. Perhaps @Ofcom will do its job and crack down on your relentless bias. #brexit
Tory leadership hopefuls scramble to promise Brexit by Halloween after Euro election mauling by Farage: Party Brexiteers flock to No Deal in attempt to avoid catastrophic general election wipeout
– The Tories slumped to fifth in the European Elections with just 9% of the vote – the worst result in their history
– Leadership favourite Boris Johnson said the rout might become ‚permanent haemorrhage‘ without action
– Sajid Javid became the ninth MP to join leadership race, saying: ‚First and foremost, we must deliver Brexit.‘
– Rival Jeremy Hunt said party faced an ‚existential risk‘ without way out of the impasse that has delayed Brexit
– Andrea Leadsom said the UK ‚should never have been fighting these elections‘ and pushed her vision
– Dominic Raab warned voters could ‚rightly kick us out ‚ and said he would leave by October 31 ‚at the latest‘
Boris, Raab and Hunt warn humiliated Tories to deliver Brexit by October 31 or else after party’s worst EVER result
Mr Hunt tweeted: „Yes, we knew it was coming but still a painful result. Existential risk to our party unless we now come together and get Brexit done.
And Boris said the party were on their „final warning“ now.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph he said the party faced being „dismissed“ if it didn‘t get us out.
How I wish someone from the left was leading the fight for Brexit. Someone like Dennis Skinner.
Brexit Party Voters Half Tory, Quarter Labour
Rough breakdown from above is that half the Brexit Party’s voters came from the Tories, quarter from Labour. Labour also haemorrhaged votes to the Greens and LibDems. Problems for both Labour and the Tories look daunting.
Alles was die #spd jetzt nach den Wahlen absondert, können Sie ungelesen in die Tonne werfen! Sie kennen jeden Satz, jede Reaktion, jede Schlussfolgerung, jede Analyse schon auswendig.
Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Leader, Is Ousted in No-Confidence Vote
After about three hours of debate, a simple majority of lawmakers stood up in a demonstration of their withdrawal of trust from Mr. Kurz, 32, making him the first Austrian leader in more than seven decades to be removed from power by his peers in Parliament.
The removal of Mr. Kurz, just 17 months after he became chancellor, came despite a gain of 8 percentage points for his conservative People’s Party in the European Parliament elections.
Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG)
Art. 70 B-VG
(1) Der Bundeskanzler und auf seinen Vorschlag die übrigen Mitglieder der Bundesregierung werden vom Bundespräsidenten ernannt. Zur Entlassung des Bundeskanzlers oder der gesamten Bundesregierung ist ein Vorschlag nicht erforderlich; die Entlassung einzelner Mitglieder der Bundesregierung erfolgt auf Vorschlag des Bundeskanzlers. Die Gegenzeichnung erfolgt, wenn es sich um die Ernennung des Bundeskanzlers oder der gesamten Bundesregierung handelt, durch den neubestellten Bundeskanzler; die Entlassung bedarf keiner Gegenzeichnung.
(2) Die Mitglieder der Bundesregierung müssen nicht dem Nationalrat angehören, aber zum Nationalrat wählbar sein.
(…)
Art. 74 B-VG
(1) Versagt der Nationalrat der Bundesregierung oder einzelnen ihrer Mitglieder durch ausdrückliche Entschließung das Vertrauen, so ist die Bundesregierung oder der betreffende Bundesminister des Amtes zu entheben.
Live-Ticker: Bundesregierung abgewählt, Van der Bellen am Zug
Der Nationalrat hat der Bundesregierung das Misstrauen ausgeprochen. Jetzt ist der Bundespräsident am Zug. Wir berichten live.
Nationalrat beendet Regierung Kurz
Zum ersten Mal in der Zweiten Republik wird ein Kanzler mitsamt seinem Regierungsteam gestürzt – Kurz gibt um 18.30 Uhr Statement ab, Van der Bellen spricht um 21 Uhr
Parlament stürzt Österreichs Kanzler Kurz
Das österreichische Bundesparlament, der Nationalrat, hat der Regierung von Kanzler Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) das Misstrauen ausgesprochen.
Damit ist die Minderheitsregierung des Amtes enthoben.
Ruling conservatives, social democrats collapse in EU elections
The result was a dramatic defeat for the conservative and social democratic parties that governed Western Europe for decades and built the EU with the Maastricht Treaty adopted in 1992, after the Stalinist restoration of capitalism in Eastern Europe.
European elections 2019: Brexit Party dominates as Tories and Labour suffer
The Conservatives and Labour suffered heavy losses, with the former expected to get less than 10% of the vote.
European elections 2019: Power blocs lose grip on parliament
The big centre-right and centre-left blocs in the European Parliament have lost their combined majority amid an increase in support for liberals, the Greens and nationalists.
Europawahl: GroKo leidet, Grüne jubeln
Die Europawahl ist zum schwarzen Tag für die Parteien der Großen Koalition geworden: Die SPD fuhr am Sonntag auch in Norddeutschland zweistellige Verluste im Vergleich zur Wahl von 2014 ein. Die CDU verbuchte ihr historisch schwächstes Ergebnis bei einer bundesweiten Wahl, verlor sieben bis acht Prozentpunkte und kam lediglich in Niedersachsen und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern auf Platz eins
Satire? #DIEPARTEI und die #SPD sind sehr dicht beieinander in #FriedrichshainKreuzberg ?. Überragend hier #Grüne mit 40,3%. #Berlin #Europawahl2019
Kommunalwahl und Europawahl Ticker: Jenas OB nimmt zu vermeintlicher Wahlbehinderung Stellung
Der Wahlleiter der Stadt hatte gestern bestätigt, dass in zwei Stimmbezirken Wähler nicht mehr ihre Stimme abgeben konnten, weil sie aufgrund des Andrangs bis 18 Uhr nicht mehr ins Wahllokal eintreten konnten.
Ärger vor dem Wahllokal: Wähler kamen in Jena teils nicht zum Wählen
27. Mai 2019 / 03:01 Uhr
In #Jena konnten einige Wählende ihre Stimmen wegen der langen Wartezeiten nicht mehr abgeben.
26.5.2018
Europawahl in Deutschland 2019
In Deutschland wurden 96 Europaabgeordnete gewählt; dies entsprach der nach dem Vertrag von Lissabon möglichen Höchstzahl von Mandaten für einen Mitgliedstaat der Europäischen Union.
EU election results 2019: across Europe
Latest estimated, provisional and official results from the European Parliament as they come in from the 28 member states
C‘est l‘heure des combats et des caractères. Réaction à l‘annonce des résultats des élections européennes de 2019. #ElectionsEuropeenne2019
«Nous serons des parlementaires de combat» Réaction de @ManonAubryFr suite à l‘annonce des résultats des élections européennes. #Europeennes2019 #ElectionsEuropeenne2019 #ElectionsEuropeennes2019
So looks like EU voters weren‘t much interested in Varoufakis #diem25 and in their own words: „A European Spring“.
A Macron aide has described the results as ‚respectable‘
EU polls show Macron‘s LREM behind Le Pen‘s National Rally
Early results estimated the RN would take 23.2 percent of vote, over 21.9 percent for the Renaissance coalition that Macron’s Republic on the Move with the Modem and other centrist and liberal parties.
Mainstream Media rarely have .@labourleave people on so here are my few thoughts on the #EUelections2019 #Labour #BrexitParty please share.
GroKo nach den Wahlen: Im freien Fall
Die Zeiten solcher SPD-Ergebnisse sind wohl vorbei, vielleicht für immer. Der Trend ist schon lange kein Genosse mehr und der Zeitgeist auch nicht. Aber dass es so schlimm kommen würde – damit hätten selbst die Pessimisten unter ihnen in ihren gruseligsten Albträumen nicht gerechnet.
Tory leadership race: Open warfare as Hammond tells no-deal Brexit candidates they will be toppled
The race to be the next prime minister has descended into open warfare after the chancellor threatened to join fellow Tories in toppling any leader pursuing a no-deal Brexit.
Philip Hammond’s extraordinary intervention came after Dominic Raab predicted MPs would fail to stop him taking the UK out of the EU without a deal on Halloween night, if he won the contest.
Raab: I Will Not Ask for Brexit Extension
Raab insists he will not ask for a Brexit extension beyond October…
The message of the European election results is clear. If we go on like this, we will be dismissed
They gave us one chief task: to deliver Brexit. They have so far given us almost three years to do it. We have flagrantly failed to carry out their instructions. We have missed deadline after deadline, broken promise after promise; and today our employers – the people – have figuratively summoned us to the Human Resources…
Jeremy Corbyn hints Labour could back second referendum after party punished at European elections
Reacting as the results rolled in, Mr Corbyn said the issue „will have to go back to the people, whether through a General Election or a public vote“.
Mr Corbyn added: „Labour will bring our divided country together so we can end austerity and tackle inequality.
The idea that anyone would see these extraordinary results for the Brexit Party and jump to the conclusion that Labour should back a second referendum is madness. Labour must stand for working people or we stand for nothing.
‚Now leave… or else‘: Victorious Farage threatens to unleash his Brexit party at General Election after Tories and Labour are humiliated in Euro vote after failure to deliver on result of referendum
On a dramatic political night:
– Boris Johnson seized on the ‚rout‘ for the Tories to make his case to succeed Theresa May and pull the country out of the EU on October 31 come what may, while Chancellor Philip Hammond warned that any attempt to force a No Deal Brexit could collapse the Government;
– Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was a ‚painful result‘ and there was an ‚existential risk to our party unless we now come together and get Brexit done‘;
– Mr Farage‘s Brexit Party polled above 50 per cent of vote share in some areas and looked set for 31 per cent nationally;
EU Parliament Final Results (GB): BXP: 29 (+29) LDM: 16 (+15) LAB: 10 (-9) GRN: 7 (+4) SNP: 3 (+1) CON: 4 (-16) PLC: 1 (=) UKIP: 0 (-24) Changes w/ 2014 #EP2019
European Election as full Britain PR 2019
UK results in full: Brexit Party claims more than 30% of vote
Nigel Farage‘s Brexit Party has swept to victory in the European Parliament elections, claiming around a third of the vote share.
With Scotland and Northern Ireland still to declare, the Brexit Party has won 28 of the 73 British EU seats up for grabs.
LIVE UPDATES: Brexit Party storms to victory in European elections
After 10 of the 11 constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales had declared, the Brexit Party had 28 seats, overhauling the 24 MEPs that Mr Farage’s former party Ukip sent to the European Parliament in 2014.
The Lib Dems, who were reduced to just a single MEP in 2014, were on 15.