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Daily Archives: 25. Juni 2026
Mamdani slate sweeps Democratic primaries in New York, ousts 2 incumbents from Congress
U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and is in his fifth term, was defeated by Mamdaniâs most polarizing pick, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist who once helped organize pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.
U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman, a two-term incumbent, was beaten by the Mamdani-backed former city Comptroller Brad Lander, a fixture among New York progressives who has often shown sympathy to the democratic socialist movement. And another Mamdani ally, democratic socialist state Assembly Member Claire Valdez, defeated the handpicked successor of retiring U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez.
âEs gibt keine Gesellschaft mehr. Was es gibt, ist eine transnationale Sicherheitselite, die damit beschĂ€ftigt ist, die Welt mit Ihren Steuergeldern unter sich (und ihresgleichen) aufzuteilen.
Die Kriegstreiber in diesem Land und anderen LĂ€ndern haben ein BĂŒndnis geschlossen, um Geld aus den USA, der EU, aus jedem NATO-Staat heraus- und zu den eigenen (Finanz-)Eliten zurĂŒckzuschleusen, indem sie es im Blut der Menschen waschen, das in den Kriegen in Afghanistan, dem Irak, Somalia, dem Jemen, Pakistan vergossen wird.â
JĂŒngere werden vielleicht erschrecken, und vielleicht auch Vergessliche unter den Ălteren, weil die SĂ€tze, die Julian Assange 2011 auf der Antikriegsdemonstration in London gesagt hat, SĂ€tze sind, die er gestern gesagt haben könnte. Sie beschreiben nĂ€mlich ein Muster: das Muster westlicher Wertekriege und ihrer drei wiederkehrenden Wesensmerkmale: Die Werte, mit denen sie legitimiert werden, gibt es nĂ€mlich nicht – jedenfalls nicht bei denen, die vorgeben, sie mit vorgehaltener Waffe zu vertreten. Und: Sie – ausnahmslos Angriffs- & Profitkriege – werden von der als âVerteidigungsbĂŒndnisâ vermarkteten NATO âantizipiertâ, orchestriert & exekutiert und ziehen die weitere Vermögenskonzentration in den HĂ€nden Weniger nach sich, womit sie – ausnahmslos, aber nicht ausschlieĂlich – der Profitmehrung professioneller Kriegsprofiteure dienen.
Immer dasselbe – in zeitlichen Schleifen, auratischen Wellen, historischen Episoden. Dasselbe eine Muster, wieder und wieder: dieselben knarzenden Argumentationsschemata & Narrationsabsolutismen. Dieselben Behauptungen, Tatsachenverdrehungen, Selbstvergewisserungen.
Dazu der immer selbe Raub an der Gesellschaft und den Menschen, die sie tragen. Dieselbe soziale Verarmung, dieselbe geistige Leere und dieselbe ethische Verelendung. Und immer dasselbe Elitenbereicherungs-, âSicherheitsâ-, âFeindesâ- & Tötungsmuster. Wieder und wieder und wieder.
Wir, die wir alt genug sind, uns (mit Assange) an die letzte Welle westlicher Wertekriege zu erinnern, können den erinnerungslosen JĂŒngeren heute nur eines sagen, nĂ€mlich: dass sie sich einmal erinnern werden. Wenn sie, nachdem (in 15 Jahren) die nĂ€chste Welle westlicher Wertekriege losgebrochen sein wird, ihrerseits auf erinnerungslose Junge treffen.
Assange hatte schon damals und hat noch heute recht. Wir mĂŒssen eigene Netzwerke und BĂŒndnisse schlieĂen, um unsere Werte gegen den eigennĂŒtzigen Zynismus der Kriegstreiber zu behaupten. In diesem Land und anderen LĂ€ndern.
Heute vor 2 Jahren war Julian Assange nach 14jÀhriger politischer Verfolgung & Haft endlich wieder frei.
MoPH: Cumulative toll of aggression since March 2 reached 4230 martyrs, 12179 wounded
NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total toll of the aggression from March 2 to June 25 has reached 4230 martyrs and 12179 wounded.
MoPH: Three martyrs, one wounded in Israeli enemy strike on car in Mayfadoun town
(46 min ago)
NNA – The Ministry of Public Health‘s Emergency Operations Center on Thursday issued a statement, announcing that „the Israeli enemy strike targeting a car in the town of Mayfadoun, Nabatieh district, resulted in the martyrdom of three persons and the injury of another.“
Israeli Drone Reported Flying Over Beirut, Southern Suburbs
(7 hours ago)
NNA – An Israeli surveillance drone on Thursday was reported flying over Beirut and its southern suburbs.
Drones and decomposing babies: What‘s in UN report on Israel‘s genocide of Palestinian children
„Even after the October 2025 ceasefire, children continue to be killed and seriously injured, with continued disregard by Israel for the ceasefire and for the protection owed to Palestinian children under international law,“ the Indian lawyer and judge said.
The commission, which previously concluded that Israel bore responsibility for genocide in Gaza, found that children were targeted in two ways: directly, through precision weapons including quadcopters and sniper rifles, and indirectly, through the systematic destruction of the conditions necessary for their survival.
It named specific Israeli military units responsible for killings and urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prioritise crimes against children in its ongoing investigation.
Below, we highlight the report‘s key findings.
Israel deliberately targeting children in ongoing genocide against Palestinians, UN commission finds
(June 24, 2026)
In a report published Tuesday, the commission â which last year concluded Israel had committed genocide in Gaza â found that Israeli military operations have continued causing âunprecedented death, injury and traumaâ to Palestinian children.
The commission describes what it says is the deliberate targeting of children as a key indicator of Israeli authoritiesâ genocidal intent to destroy the Palestinian people, including after a ceasefire in Gaza took effect.
âEven after the October 2025 ceasefire, children continue to be killed and seriously injured, with continued disregard by Israel for the ceasefire and for the protection owed to Palestinian children under international law,â said Srinivasan Muralidhar, chairman of the commission.
Caving to Trump âTemper Tantrum,â Two Republicans Flip to Block Iran War Powers Resolution
Two Senate Republicans who supported a previous resolution calling for an end to the US war on Iran changed their votes late Wednesday after President Donald Trump publicly and privately berated GOP lawmakers, calling them âlosersâ who provided âaid and comfort to the enemy.â
In Wednesdayâs procedural vote, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)âwho reportedly got into a shouting match with Trump over the Iran war during a closed-door lunch hours earlierâsided with virtually every other Republican in opposing the war powers resolution, just a day after he supported a separate, symbolic resolution calling for the removal of US forces from the conflict. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) also switched, changing his vote to âpresentâ at the urging of the president.
Senate rejects measure to restrict Trump‘s Iran war powers as key Republicans shift votes
Updated on: June 24, 2026 / 11:37 PM EDT / CBS News
Later in the day, however, signs emerged that some of the Senate Republicans who had previously voted to constrain Mr. Trump‘s war powers were reconsidering.
Cassidy was briefed on Iran at the White House by Vice President JD Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff, the senator confirmed on X, writing that the conversation „address[ed] many of my concerns.“ Cassidy voted against advancing the resolution Wednesday night.
And Paul voted present on Wednesday, despite voting in favor of the last several Iran war powers resolutions. He said on X his goal was to „give the President more space and leverage to negotiate a lasting peace.“
Trump has testy meeting with GOP senators, telling Cassidy at one point to sit down
Updated on: June 25, 2026 / 12:07 AM EDT / CBS News
President Trump‘s meeting with Republican senators on Wednesday turned testy, and at one point, he sternly told Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy to sit down, after questions arose about the War Powers Resolution, according to sources directly familiar with the meeting.
Trump Lashes Out at âMeaninglessâ Senate Rebuke Over Iran War
Jun 24, 2026 11:30 AM CET)
Trump claims that his war on Iran doesnât need congressional approval because a cease-fire that took effect on April 8 effectively ended it. His Administration also argues that the 1973 law is âunconstitutionalâ and that the Administration only complies with parts of it to maintain good relations with the legislative branch.
Others, however, argue that Congressâ authority over declarations of war allows for the method. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D, N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who sponsored the House war powers resolution, said in a statement that he will make sure that the Administration adheres to it: âRegardless of what President Trump says, this measure is binding under the War Powers Resolution, and I will explore all legal avenues to ensure the Executive complies with the will of Congress.â
Gaza death toll rises to 73,035 since October 2023
GAZA, June 22, 2026 (WAFA) â Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Monday that the death toll from the Israeli military offensive on Gaza has risen to 73,035 Palestinians killed and 173,368 injured since October 2023.
According to the sources, hospitals across the Gaza Strip received the bodies of three Palestinians over the past 24 hours. Another 11 wounded Palestinians were also admitted for treatment.
The sources added that since the start of the current ceasefire on October 11, 2025, the number of Palestinians killed has reached 1,024, while the number of injuries has risen to 3,260. In addition, 784 bodies have been recovered from different areas of the Strip.
2 major earthquakes strike northern Venezuela, near Caracas
The epicenters, which USGS estimated to be about 3 miles apart, were near the town of MorĂłn on Venezuela‘s Caribbean coast, some 100 miles west of Caracas.
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„This doesn‘t happen very often,“ Earle said. „When they‘re right together it‘s hard to understand what would happen.“
The strongest of the „doublet,“ as the USGS described the twin quakes, is the largest earthquake to strike Venezuela since 1900, when a 7.7-magnitude quake hit the country, according to USGS.
UN: Israel tötete gezielt palÀstinensische Kinder
– Eine UN-Kommission stuft die gezielten israelischen Angriffe auf Kinder im Gazastreifen als Völkermord ein.
– Fast ein Drittel der Toten durch israelische Angriffe sind demnach Kinder.
– Israel weist die VorwĂŒrfe als «zutiefst fehlerhaft und einseitig» zurĂŒck und wirft der Hamas vor, Kinder systematisch als KĂ€mpfer und Schutzschilde einzusetzen.
Israel committed genocide in Gaza, deliberately targeted Palestinian children: UN report
Published on Tuesday, the report was based on work by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, that took place last year. At that time, the commission concluded that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
The COI‘s report also found that the „intense scale and systematic nature of the Israeli military operations have continued,“ causing unprecedented death, injury and trauma to Palestinian children. Israel denies the allegations and says the commission‘s report is propoganda meant to vilify the country.
U.N. Report Says Israeli Killings of Gaza Children Post-Truce Amount to Genocide
A U.N. report released on Tuesday accused Israeli security forces of abuse and deliberate killings of Palestinian children eight months after Israel and Hamas reached a truce in the Gaza Strip.
The report was compiled by an independent commission of three senior international jurists who investigated the violence. It concluded that the killings were part of a strategy to destroy the future of Palestinians in Gaza and said that this amounted to genocide.