Reuters reported in January that Abu Dhabi-based DarkMatter provided staff for a secret hacking operation, codenamed Project Raven, on behalf of an Emirati intelligence agency. The unit was largely comprised of former U.S. intelligence officials who conducted offensive cyber operations for the UAE government.
Daily Archives: 9. Juli 2019
Statement zum tragischen Tod von Suzanne Eaton
Der Tod von Suzanne Eaton, Wissenschaftlerin am Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik und am Biotechnologischen Zentrum der TU Dresden, ist leider Gewissheit. Das MPI teilte mit, dass die Polizei ihre Leiche am Abend des 8. Juli gefunden hat. Die Behörden haben ihre Untersuchung der Vorkommnisse, die sich am Nachmittag des 2. Juli ereignet haben könnten, noch nicht abgeschlossen.
Missing American scientist found dead in Crete
Dresden University’s Max Planck Institute, where Eaton was a research group leader, described her in a statement on its website as “a leading scientist in her field, a strong athlete, runner and senior black belt in Tae Kwon Do.”
Tensions Between Pelosi and Progressive Democrats of ‘the Squad’ Burst Into Flame
Six months into the new House Democratic majority, long-simmering tensions between the speaker and the squad — Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts — have boiled over in the most public of ways, setting off a flurry of criticism of Ms. Pelosi among liberal activists and reinvigorating a debate within the party about how best to stand up to President Trump.
Republicans have no problem giving over $1 trillion in tax breaks to the rich and massive corporations. But when it comes to canceling student debt or tuition-free college, we „can‘t afford it.“ What hypocrisy!
Enshrined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights are freedoms that many have fought and sacrificed to protect. We cannot be complacent and allow them to be undermined.
New York Times Kisses Nancy Pelosi’s Ass – Again!
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Why is Nancy Pelosi slamming AOC and helping Trump?
Pelosi‘s criticism came after a June 25 vote in which the four were the only Democrats to oppose a House bill to provide funding for the crisis at the southern border because as they put it in a statement, „in good conscience, we cannot support this supplemental funding bill, which gives even more money to ICE and CBP and continues to support a fundamentally cruel and broken immigration system.“
Pelosi on disagreement with Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, Pressley: ‚They‘re four people and that‘s how many votes they got‘
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in an interview with a New York Times opinion columnist, said that despite their popularity, progressive congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) each only get one vote.
Pelosi‘s comments follow a recent split between the four lawmakers and more moderate House Democrats over a House-passed spending measure aimed at helping migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
How about we all form a new party? True Labour?
Whilst I remain an MP I will never support a second referendum in any form, the decision to leave the EU was made in 2016 and we should respect that!
Democracy: the unfinished revolution
To that end, spiked is launching a programme of radical democratic reform. Fighting for Brexit remains the priority, but we must also look beyond Brexit and make the case for reforms that will disempower unelected elites and empower the public. Over the next five weeks we will outline our five key cries – listed below – and after that we will publish a series of essays and articles making the case for popular sovereignty, democratic engagement, a philosophy of nationhood and a universalism based on democratic nations, not unaccountable global elites.
To kick off, here are the five reforms spiked thinks we need now to start the process of energising popular democracy.
Labour as we knew it is no more
Today is a tragic day in the Labour Party’s history, and a fatal day for British democracy. It is, potentially, the beginning of the end of the Labour Party as we know it.
The announcement from .@jeremycorbyn and @UKLabour today means that Labour is now a remain party and that means one thing. We have lost 5million Labour Leave voters, possibly 100 MPs will lose their seats and Jeremy has lost the next general election
Labour: betrayer of the working class
In backing Remain, Corbyn has turned Labour into an authoritarian tool of the establishment.
Labour-Chef Corbyn unterstützt zweites Referendum
Der neue britische Premierminister sollte das Vertrauen haben, ihren Deal oder „No-Deal“ der Öffentlichkeit zur Abstimmung vorzulegen. Unter diesen Umständen „würde Labour für einen Verbleib werben“.
EU MUST BE JOKING: Labour officially backs Remaining in the EU in huge Brexit betrayal to millions of voters
In a bombshell announcement Jeremy Corbyn said today that his party will back another divisive vote to stop Brexit – as long as the Tories are still in power.
After years of flip-flopping on the issue, he said that no matter what Brexit deal the next PM gets with the EU, they should put it back to the people for another say.
Brexit news – live: Corbyn says Labour will back Remain in new referendum as MPs’ bid to block no-deal rejected
However his message, which came during a day of meetings with senior party figures, raised fresh questions over Labour‘s Brexit strategy in a general election.
It comes as attempts to stop the next prime minister forcing through a no-deal Brexit by Halloween were rejected by the deputy speaker.
As Dominic Grieve fails again, MPs are no closer to stopping no-deal
Grieve‘s plan was less concerned with the meat of the legislation itself than it was with giving MPs opportunities to impose their will on an executive determined to leave the EU without an agreement. Now that is has failed, the legal path to progrogation remains clear to a prime minister sufficiently motivated to take it – though the politics are still tricky.
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Lagarde als EZB-Präsidentin nominiert
Die EU-Finanzminister haben Lagarde offiziell als Präsidentin der Europäischen Zentralbank nominiert. In ersten Gesprächen kursieren bereits Vorschläge, wer ihr an der Spitze des Internationalen Währungsfonds nachfolgen soll.
Bestimmte Jenoptik-Blitzer nicht verwertbar
Das Saarbrücker Amts- und das Saarländische Oberlandesgericht waren dem aber nicht nachgekommen, weil das Gerät eine Zulassung der Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt hatte. Erst das Verfassungsgericht hat nun drei Sachverständige angehört – und dem Autofahrer Recht gegeben.
Italy Orders 24 to Life for Disappearing Italians During Operation Condor in South America
The present ruling changed the January 2017 judgment which sentenced only eight people to life in prison and 19 others were acquitted.
Italy: Court jails 24 for roles in Operation Condor
Peruvian Gov´t Approves Open-Pit Mining Project Amid Opposition
The right-wing Peruvian government has authorized United States (U.S.) firm Southern Copper to begin the major open-pit mining construction project „Tia Maria“ before the environmental permit runs out, despite strong social resistance by environmental groups and local residents.
Lateinamerika: Schädliche Investitionsschutzabkommen
Diese supranationalen Schiedsgerichte sind für Multis dank Klauseln zu Investor-Staats-Schiedsverfahren in Freihandels- und Investitionsschutzabkommen zugänglich und ermöglichen es ihnen, die nationalstaatlichen Gerichte zu umgehen und souveräne Staaten vor privaten Schiedsgerichten für hunderte von Millionen zu verklagen. Das Internationale Zentrum zur Beilegung von Investitionsstreitigkeiten (International Center for Settlement of Investments Disputes, ICSID) der Weltbank ist das bekannteste Schiedsgericht. Bei diesen „Gerichten“ handelt es sich um Panels aus je drei hochbezahlten Handels- und Unternehmensanwälten, die nichts mit rechtsstaatlichen Gerichten zu tun haben.
USA sanktionieren kubanische Ölfirma
„Die Vereinigten Staaten haben kein Recht, einseitige Maßnahmen gegen Unternehmen aus Kuba oder einem anderen Land, die mit Venezuela Geschäfte machen, zu ergreifen. Es ist eine Verletzung des Völkerrechts, der Normen, die den Handel regeln, und ein Angriff auf die Beziehungen zwischen souveränen Staaten.“ Die Regierung Trump hat die Unterstützung Kubas für Venezuela mehrfach als Begründung genutzt, um verschärfte Blockademaßnahmen gegen den Nachbarstaat zu rechtfertigen, wobei sie in Venezuela tätige kubanische Ärzte als Soldaten bezeichnet.
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Religious Fanatics Have Hijacked America‘s Israel Policy. And They‘re Not Even Evangelicals
Trump‘s extremist, maverick pro-settler envoys, David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt, aren‘t resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They‘re fueling it – and Congress should investigate
Dogs of War Howl for Blood in Iran While Americans Cheer US Bombers on July 4th
Last week‘s display was a chilling reminder of the horrific deaths caused by successive administrations‘ propensity for war
FBI, ICE find state driver’s license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches
Thousands of facial-recognition requests, internal documents and emails over the past five years, obtained through public-records requests by researchers with Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology and provided to The Washington Post, reveal that federal investigators have turned state departments of motor vehicles databases into the bedrock of an unprecedented surveillance infrastructure.
Police have long had access to fingerprints, DNA and other “biometric data” taken from criminal suspects. But the DMV records contain the photos of a vast majority of a state’s residents, most of whom have never been charged with a crime.
The explicit threats to basic democratic values and core liberties – including a free press – posed by the ascension to power of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil are now being fully realized in response to our reporting. I‘ll be on @democracynow tomorrow at 8 am EST to discuss this.
Noam Chomsky on the US attempt to extradite Assange: „But why should the United States have the power to control what others are doing elsewhere in the world? I mean, it’s an outlandish situation. It goes on all the time. We never even notice it.“
U.S. State Department approves possible $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of M1A2T Abrams tanks, Stinger missiles and related equipment at an estimated value of $2.2 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday, despite Chinese criticism of the deal.
Deutschland im Syrien-Krieg
Der Einsatz erfolgt ohne jegliche Grundlage im internationalen Recht. Eine solche Grundlage könnte lediglich ein Mandat des UN-Sicherheitsrats oder eine Bitte der syrischen Regierung um Unterstützung schaffen. Beides liegt nicht vor. Das Gleiche träfe auf die Entsendung deutscher Bodentruppen zu, die ebenso völkerrechtswidrig wäre und faktisch einer illegalen Besatzung gleichkäme.
Arabische Waffenbrüder
Am 12. Juni haben Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und Scheich Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, der Kronprinz von Abu Dhabi, anlässlich eines Gesprächs in Berlin die Vertiefung der Kooperation beschlossen. Man werde „auf eine noch umfassendere Partnerschaft hinarbeiten“, heißt es in einer Gemeinsamen Erklärung, die beide Seiten bei dem Zusammentreffen unterzeichneten. Darin wird nicht nur eine intensivere außenpolitische Kooperation etwa im Mittleren Osten sowie im Sahel als Ziel beschrieben, sondern etwa auch das Vorhaben, den „bilateralen Dialog“ zwischen den Streitkräften beider Länder zu stärken.