Daily Archives: 25. August 2020


25.08.2020 - 21:53 [ CounterPunch ]

The Architecture of Surveillance in Northern Virginia

Even assuming that most of their jobs are pointless, it’s a lot of damn people keeping our rebellious impulses in check. Then there’s Fort Belvoir, Andrews Airforce Base, Quantico, Anacostia-Bolling. US Defense Services. Navy Intelligence. Department of Homeland Security. The National Reconnaissance Office. The Bureau of Intelligence and Research. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis. The NSA, FBI, CIA. Booz Allen Hamilton. Boeing. Humana. Raytheon. BAE Systems. General Dynamics. Northrup Grumman. Lockheed Martin.

A truly high maintenance group, the ruling class.

25.08.2020 - 20:45 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Dominikanische Republik vereidigt neuen Präsidenten Luis Abinader

Ein wichtiges Wahlversprechen ist eine Finanzreform, um ausländische Investitionen zu erleichtern. Außenpolitisch möchte er die Dominikanische Republik noch enger an die USA binden. US-Außenminister Mike Pompeo war Gast bei der Vereidigungszeremonie Abinaders.

25.08.2020 - 20:26 [ Information Clearing House ]

The CIA Democrats in the 2020 elections

This list, however tedious—and hideous—is instructive. It gives a picture of the social elements that comprise a significant fraction of the Democratic Party. These candidates, drawn from the military-intelligence apparatus, demonstrate the real nature of this organization, a political instrument of Wall Street and the imperialist state.

25.08.2020 - 19:53 [ The Hill ]

Nationals Park to serve as polling site in November

The stadium, which has been closed to baseball fans this season due to the coronavirus, will be one of roughly 80 polling centers in Washington. It joins Capital One Arena — the home of the Washington Capitals and Wizards — which announced it will also be a polling place earlier this month.

25.08.2020 - 15:39 [ Movement for a People’s Party / Twitter ]

T minus five days…#PeoplesConvention

25.08.2020 - 15:22 [ New Yorker ]

Can Biden’s Center Hold?

After a career built on incremental progress, Joe Biden is promising a Presidency of transformational change. The election will test whether his campaign can bring together a divided Party and a beleaguered country.

25.08.2020 - 14:38 [ David Sessions / Twitter ]

Basically nobody in liberal circles is taking seriously the consequences of the fact that the exiled cadre of the Republican Party are building a massive power base in the Democratic Party

25.08.2020 - 14:34 [ Forbes ]

All The Republicans Who Have Endorsed Joe Biden For President

Though Trump has largely seized control of the Republican party and the loyalty of GOP officials, a number of prominent former GOP officials, and even some of his ex-staffers, have come out in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden.

25.08.2020 - 14:26 [ theHill.com ]

Bush endorsing Biden? Don‘t hold your breath

Behind the scenes, some Biden allies have been reaching out through backchannels to friends in the Bush universe to see if an endorsement would ever happen — or if it’s just a pipe dream.

“We tried a little unofficially to see if there was a way to make it happen but we couldn’t get there,” said one Biden ally. “And I do think it would make a difference because we’ve learned every vote counts.”

25.08.2020 - 13:17 [ Movement for a People´s Party ]

MOVEMENT FOR A PEOPLE’S PARTY PEOPLE’S CONVENTION, 2020, August 30

One week after the Democratic and Republican national conventions, people from all walks of life will come together to discuss the state of the nation and plans to form a major new political party in America. A party free of corporate money and influence. A people’s party.

Join us on Sunday, August 30, from 4-6 pm Eastern Time for The People’s Convention.

The Convention will be digital and broadcast live to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages with well over a million subscribers and followers. Sign up for more information and updates.

25.08.2020 - 13:15 [ Movement for a People’s Party / Twitter ]

Last week was the Republican convention, this week is Trump’s convention, and Sunday is the PeoplesConvention.org.

25.08.2020 - 12:02 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Personenkennziffer: Das Grundgesetz darf keine Kostenfrage sein

Die Bundesregierung will entgegen der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes eine universelle Personenkennziffer einführen. Eine erprobte datenschutzfreundliche Alternative lehnt sie ab, weil sie zu teuer sei. So geht das nicht! Ein Kommentar.

25.08.2020 - 11:58 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Innenministerium will trotz besserer Alternative zentrale Personenkennziffer einführen

Auch absehbar ist, dass in der seit Jahrzehnten vorherrschenden Spirale der beständigen Ausweitung der Befugnisse des Sicherheitsapparates, die Zugangs- und Zugriffsschwellen für Polizei und Geheimdienste weiter abgesenkt werden. Auch für diese ist die Verwaltung von Daten anhand einer individuellen Personenkennzahl natürlich interessant.

25.08.2020 - 11:55 [ Glenn Greenwald / Twitter ]

But one thing I will say for the establishment wing of the Democratic Party: they want power, and will do what they have to in order to get it. That‘s how they see the game. And beating them will require actually caring about obtaining power, too, not self-glorifying gestures.

25.08.2020 - 11:42 [ ZDF ]

„Lockdown nicht noch einmal so machen „

(20.08.2020)

Der NRW-Gesundheitsminister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) räumt ein: „Heute würde Politik einen Lockdown nicht noch einmal so machen wie im März. Man würde es differenzierter umsetzen.“

25.08.2020 - 11:40 [ Statistisches Bundesamt / Twitter ]

Das #Bruttoinlandsprodukt ist im 2. Quartal 2020 gegenüber dem 1. Quartal 2020 – preis-, saison- und kalenderbereinigt – um 9,7 % gesunken.

Lesen Sie alle Details in unserer Pressemitteilung:

25.08.2020 - 09:10 [ ORF.at ]

Athen und Ankara kündigen Militärmanöver an

Der deutsche Außenminister Heiko Maas (SPD) startet einen Vermittlungsversuch im Gasstreit zwischen den beiden Ländern. Dazu reist er zu Gesprächen nach Athen und Ankara.

25.08.2020 - 06:30 [ i24news.tv ]

UAE canceled trilateral meeting with US, Israel over F-35 sales: report

However, the UAE decided to cancel the public vent in a bid to protest the statements on the prospect of the US selling advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to the Gulf Kingdom coming from the Israeli security establishment.

Earlier reports in the Israeli media suggested that the sales of F-35s and other advanced military hardware to the UAE came as a secret clasue in the accord to normalize the ties.

25.08.2020 - 06:17 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu Has Become All-powerful Even Though Most Israelis No Longer Believe a Word He Says

Outside Netanyahu’s fanatic base, no one in his right mind believes Netanyahu anyway. A poll released on Sunday by Channel 13 revealed that 50 percent of the Israeli public assumes that Netanyahu’s top priority in running the country is to is avoid his upcoming criminal trial, currently slated to start in January. Only 18 percent believe that Netanyahu’s actions stem from love of country and another 14 percent cite ideological differences with the center-left.

25.08.2020 - 06:09 [ ORF.at ]

Neuwahl in Israel vorerst abgewendet

Kurz vor Ablauf einer Frist billigte das Parlament in Jerusalem gestern eine Gesetzesinitiative, die weitere Zeit für die Verabschiedung des Haushalts einräumt. Hätte die Knesset nicht rechtzeitig zugestimmt, hätte sich das Parlament automatisch aufgelöst. Die vierte Wahl in weniger als zwei Jahren wäre die Konsequenz gewesen.

25.08.2020 - 06:04 [ Haaretz ]

At 11th Hour, Israeli Parliament Staves Off Election With 120-day Extension of Budget Deadline

Over the past few days, sources in both parties assessed that the chances that the rotation agreement, which would see Gantz replacing Netanyahu as prime minister, actually being fulfilled are not particularly high, and that the next elections are just a matter of time.

25.08.2020 - 05:55 [ Cenk Uygur / Twitter ]

Every cable news pundit told you that you definitely shouldn’t pick @BernieSanders in primaries because Republicans will call him a socialist, Marxist & communist. These are literally the words used to describe Biden tonight at #RNC2020. That’s what they call us no matter what!

25.08.2020 - 05:44 [ Glenn Greenwald / Twitter ]

Why do establishment Democrats want to make politics about personal lives, culture wars, personality contests — everything *except* politics? This is why. It‘s rational for them to do it:

25.08.2020 - 05:38 [ Robert Reich, Berkeley prof, frmr Sec of Labor / Twitter ]

In the middle of a pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, America’s billionaires have made a fortune:

25.08.2020 - 04:26 [ CBS News / Youtube ]

Watch live: President Trump speaks at RNC

(8 hours ago)

President Trump is scheduled to speak at RNC Monday, 12:30PM ET.

25.08.2020 - 04:24 [ Basler Zeitung ]

Republikanischer Parteitag: «Sie benutzen Covid, um Wahl zu stehlen»

«Sie benutzen Covid, um eine Wahl zu stehlen», sagte Trump. «Sie benutzen Covid, um unser Volk, unser ganzes Volk, um eine freie und faire Wahl zu betrügen.»

Zum Abschluss der weitgehend virtuellen Veranstaltung wollte Trump ursprünglich am Donnerstag mit einer Rede im Weissen Haus die Nominierung annehmen.

25.08.2020 - 04:18 [ Forbes ]

Trump Claims Democrats Are ‘Using Covid’ To ‘Steal The Election’ In First Convention Speech

President Trump set a dark tone in his first speech of the Republican National Convention on Monday, accusing Democrats of exploiting the pandemic to steal the election, and calling the push for mail-in voting the “greatest scam in the history of American politics,” even as he joked himself about serving “12 more years” in office.

25.08.2020 - 03:31 [ Phil Kerpen / Twitter ]

The CDC no longer recommends asymptomatic testing, even post-exposure.

25.08.2020 - 03:29 [ Washington Post ]

CDC drops 14-day self-quarantine recommendation for international and out-of-state travelers

The CDC’s updated travel guidance states that all returning travelers should social distance, wear a cloth face covering, wash their hands often and watch for symptoms. Notably, those are all basic measures the CDC has highlighted to Americans to follow since the beginning of the pandemic, regardless of whether traveling is involved.

25.08.2020 - 03:23 [ THE ACTIVATED PODCAST / Youtube ]

NEW ANGLE FROM POLICE SHOOTING JACOB BLAKE IN KENOSHA WISCONSIN

Jacob Blake was shot 7 times in the back yesterday in front of his children by a police officer in Kenosha Wisconsin. Protests and riots then followed. Reports state he is still alive in critical condition.

25.08.2020 - 03:02 [ KARE 11 / Youtube ]

RAW VIDEO: Jacob Blake police shooting

Warning: this unedited eyewitness cell phone footage shows the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Aug. 23, 2020. This video contains graphic imagery and language that some may find difficult to watch.

25.08.2020 - 02:52 [ Inquirer.com ]

National Guard called in after police shoot a Black man, Jacob Blake, from behind, in Kenosha, Wis.

The man who claimed to have made the video, 22-year-old Raysean White, said that he saw Blake scuffling with three officers and heard them yell, “Drop the knife! Drop the knife!” before the gunfire erupted. He said he didn’t see a knife in Blake’s hands.

The governor said that he has seen no information to suggest Blake had a knife or other weapon, but that the case is still being investigated by the state Justice Department.

25.08.2020 - 02:21 [ PBS NewsHour / Youtube ]

WATCH LIVE: 2020 RNC Night 1 | Direct Feed featuring Tim Scott, Nikki Haley and Donald Trump, Jr.

Tonight is the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention. The RNC events begin at 8:30 p.m. EDT and will feature the following speakers:

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina
Donald Trump, Jr., the president‘s son
U.S. Rep Jim Jordan of Ohio
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana
Nikki Haley, former UN ambassador and governor of South Carolina

25.08.2020 - 02:06 [ Wall Street Journal ]

New Covid-19 Cases in U.S. Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Two Months

The nation reported 34,567 new cases on Sunday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, reaching the lowest level in more than two months and marking the ninth straight day with fewer than 50,000 new cases. That is down from 44,572 on Saturday and the lowest since June 22, when the U.S. reported 30,536…

25.08.2020 - 01:55 [ ZDF ]

Gesundheitsminister: Testpflicht beenden

Es ist noch unklar, wann die Neuregelung kommen soll. Im Gespräch sind der 15. September oder der 1. Oktober.

Das dürfte am Donnerstag bei der Videokonferenz von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) mit den Ministerpräsidenten der Länder besprochen werden. Beratungen der Länderchefs mit der Kanzlerin zum gemeinsamen Vorgehen in der Pandemie hatte es zuletzt im Juni gegeben.

25.08.2020 - 01:51 [ Lessentiel.lu ]

Testpflicht könnte wegen überlasteter Labore fallen

(24.08.2020)

Die Corona-Pflichttests für Reiserückkehrer aus Risikogebieten könnten nach dem Sommer wieder abgeschafft werden. Einen entsprechenden Vorschlag hat Bundesgesundheitsminister Jens Spahn (CDU) nach Informationen der Deutschen Presse-Agentur seinen Amtskollegen aus den Ländern für deren Schaltkonferenz an diesem Nachmittag vorgelegt.