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26.11.2025 - 13:44 [ NPR.org ]

Sen. Mark Kelly: Trump and Hegseth don‘t ‚understand the Constitution‘

On Monday, the Pentagon announced an investigation into Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot, for possible violations of military law for appearing in the video. The video was published as legal questions swirl around the Trump administration‘s deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities.

While the White House has since walked back the president‘s remarks calling the Senators‘ video „seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH,“ Kelly told All Things Considered he thinks President Trump is „declaring that loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death.“

26.11.2025 - 13:19 [ U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan ]

My Statement on FBI Request for Interviews

President Trump is using the FBI as a tool to intimidate and harass Members of Congress.

Yesterday, the FBI contacted the House and Senate Sergeants at Arms requesting interviews. No amount of intimidation or harassment will ever stop us from doing our jobs and honoring our Constitution.

We swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. We will not be bullied. We will never give up the ship.

26.11.2025 - 13:03 [ Congressman Chris Deluzio / X ]

President Trump is using the FBI as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress.

Yesterday, the FBI contacted the House and Senate Sergeants at Arms requesting interviews.

No amount of intimidation or harassment will ever stop us from doing our jobs and honoring our Constitution.

We swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. We will not be bullied. We will never give up the ship.

26.11.2025 - 12:54 [ Fox News ]

FBI scheduling interviews with 6 lawmakers who encouraged military members to refuse ‚illegal orders‘

On Monday, the Department of War announced that it has opened a formal review into allegations of misconduct against Kelly over the video.

The Pentagon said it may even call Kelly, a retired Navy captain, back to active duty to face court-martial proceedings or other administrative actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Four of the other Democrats are former military, but not retired and therefore are not subject to the UCMJ, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Slotkin is a former CIA officer.

24.11.2025 - 20:04 [ Sen. Elissa Slotkin / X ]

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

(November 18, 2025)

21.11.2025 - 10:18 [ U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan ]

Joint Statement from Lawmakers Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan

(November 20, 2025)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-02), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) released the following joint statement:

“We are veterans and national security professionals who love this country and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. No threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us from that sacred obligation.“

“What’s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law. Our servicemembers should know that we have their backs as they fulfill their oath to the Constitution and obligation to follow only lawful orders. It is not only the right thing to do, but also our duty.“

“But this isn’t about any one of us. This isn’t about politics. This is about who we are as Americans. Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity.“

“In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.“

“Don’t Give Up the Ship!”

21.11.2025 - 09:43 [ Sen. Elissa Slotkin / Youtube ]

President Trump threatened me and a group lawmakers. Here‘s my response.

(14 hours ago)

Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.

Here’s my response.

21.11.2025 - 09:13 [ Sen. Elissa Slotkin / X ]

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

(November 18, 2025)

17.11.2025 - 22:27 [ Politico.com ]

‘He got tired of me winning’: How Thomas Massie outmaneuvered Trump on Epstein

The president could order the release of the entire Epstein document trove at any time, vote or no vote. So far, he’s declined to do so.

Senate GOP leaders have not committed to holding a vote on the Epstein bill if the House passes it as expected this week. While Republicans still widely assume the measure will die in the other chamber, it will be hard to argue to GOP senators that they should take the political heat while their House counterparts get to take a consequence-free vote.

Massie has been working with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who authored a Senate version of the bill, to bring the matter to a head across the Rotunda. Senate Democrats are already exploring options to force a vote in the coming weeks.

17.11.2025 - 17:32 [ CNN ]

Trump urges Republicans to vote to release Epstein files, marking stark reversal

(updated 12 hours ago)

Trump’s reversal comes as expectations of mass GOP defections grew ahead of a House vote this week on an attempt to force the Justice Department to release all of the Epstein case files.

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California last week gathered enough signatures on a discharge petition to force such a vote.

Massie and Khanna appeared optimistic earlier Sunday about their bill’s chances of passing, insisting there was growing support among the GOP in the House.

07.11.2025 - 23:25 [ Trinidad Express ]

US Senate blocks bid to limit Trump’s war powers on Venezuela

A vote was held to discharge Resolution S.J.Res.90, the Venezuela Hostilities Removal Resolution, a resolution sponsored by Democrats Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff and Republican senator Rand Paul on October 16.

It aimed to invoke the 1973 War Powers Resolution which asserts that US military action should be approved by US Congress.

The motion was not agreed to, 49 US senators voting in favour, but 51 voting against.

07.11.2025 - 21:29 [ NYSfocus.com ]

Zohran Mamdani’s Next Big Battle is in Albany

(November 5, 2025)

The Working Families Party is open to backing a challenger to Hochul in the 2026 Democratic primary, including Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, who is running a longshot campaign to Hochul’s left.

“We will make that decision, likely in late January or early February, shortly after we see the governor’s executive budget proposal,” Gripper said. “She’s going to have to prove to her own party why she shouldn’t be primaried.”

22.10.2025 - 11:15 [ Wafa.ps ]

Israel‘s Knesset to vote today on bill to annex the occupied West Bank

TEL AVIV, October 22, 2025 (WAFA) – The Israeli Knesset (parliament) will vote on Wednesday on a bill to annex the occupied West Bank to Israel by imposing „Israeli sovereignty“ over areas there.

According to the Israeli public radio, „Kan,“ the head of the far-right „Noam“ party, Avi Maoz, will be the one who will submit the bill for a vote.

01.10.2025 - 21:58 [ ORF.at ]

„Five Eyes“ hinter den Entschlüsselungsplänen des EU-Ministerrats

(29.11.2020)

Gemeint ist ein erster Schritt zu einer EU-weiten Regulation, die Plattformbetreiber de facto verpflichten wird, Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung mit einem Generalschlüssel auszuhebeln. Dass diese vom britischen Geheimdienst GCHQ vorgeschlagene Methode favorisiert wird, bestätigte de Kerchove ganz nebenbei in einem am Freitag von der Nachrichtenagentur AFP verbreiteten Interview. Ein frisch geleaktes Dokument des Rats dokumentiert die tiefe Involvierung der Spionageallianz „Five Eyes“ in die Entschlüsselungspläne.

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Was de Kerchove, der auch die Gaming-Websites als überwachungspflichtig ins Spiel gebracht hatte, geflissentlich verschwieg, ist, wozu dies in jedem EU-Staat unweigerlich führen wird, dessen Gesetze den Geheimdiensten ein Mandat zum Anzapfen der Glasfaserleitungen zum Zwecke der „Gefahrenverhütung“ bzw. der „Nachrichtenaufklärung“ verleihen.

27.09.2025 - 23:49 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

MK Odeh to Submit Bill to Knesset to Recognize Palestinian State

“I welcome the decision of the UK, France, Australia, Canada and other countries to recognize a Palestinian state,” he wrote in X, adding that the Palestinian people are no better or worse than anyone else, but nevertheless deserve the right to self-determination. “On the first day of the winter session, I will place on the Knesset table a bill to recognize a Palestinian state. Because there are two people here, and the State of Israel must also recognize this simple fact.”

Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman told The Jerusalem Post that the recognition of a Palestinian state by “Western powers is an important step, but it is not enough, too little too late.” Touma-Sliman said that Palestinian state recognition “must be the beginning of a serious pressure campaign on Israel and its backers in the White House, including economic measures and arms embargoes.” “The world knows that the destruction of Gaza must end, and a Palestinian state must be established alongside Israel. It is time for action,” she said.

02.09.2025 - 22:59 [ USConstitution.co ]

Constitution and Treaties: Constitutional Basis for Treaty-Making

Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution grants the President the power to make treaties, with the advice and consent of the Senate. This process requires a two-thirds Senate vote for a treaty to become law, ensuring that no single individual can unilaterally decide the nation‘s international commitments.

31.07.2025 - 10:39 [ ORF.at ]

„Five Eyes“ hinter den Entschlüsselungsplänen des EU-Ministerrats

(29.11.2020)

Gemeint ist ein erster Schritt zu einer EU-weiten Regulation, die Plattformbetreiber de facto verpflichten wird, Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung mit einem Generalschlüssel auszuhebeln. Dass diese vom britischen Geheimdienst GCHQ vorgeschlagene Methode favorisiert wird, bestätigte de Kerchove ganz nebenbei in einem am Freitag von der Nachrichtenagentur AFP verbreiteten Interview. Ein frisch geleaktes Dokument des Rats dokumentiert die tiefe Involvierung der Spionageallianz „Five Eyes“ in die Entschlüsselungspläne.

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Was de Kerchove, der auch die Gaming-Websites als überwachungspflichtig ins Spiel gebracht hatte, geflissentlich verschwieg, ist, wozu dies in jedem EU-Staat unweigerlich führen wird, dessen Gesetze den Geheimdiensten ein Mandat zum Anzapfen der Glasfaserleitungen zum Zwecke der „Gefahrenverhütung“ bzw. der „Nachrichtenaufklärung“ verleihen.

26.07.2025 - 11:42 [ wohnen-im-eigentum.de ]

Heizkostenverordnung: Fernablesung wird Pflicht

(November 30, 2011)

Mit der Novellierung der Heizkostenverordnung wird die europäische Energieeffizienz-Richtlinie (EED) in deutsches Recht umgesetzt.

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Bei der Neuinstallation von Messgeräten zur Verbrauchserfassung (Zähler, Heizkostenverteiler) dürfen ab 01.12.2021 nur noch fernablesbare Geräte eingebaut werden (sogenannte Walk-by- und Drive-by-Technologien). Mithilfe der Funktechnik können die Zählerwerte automatisiert ausgelesen werden, ohne dass hierfür die Wohnungen bzw. Häuser betreten werden müssen.

02.07.2025 - 23:18 [ Middle East Eye ]

UK government designates Palestine Action a ‚terrorist organisation‘

British MPs have voted 385 to 26 in favour of legislation to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.

The designation makes it a criminal act to support the group and places it in the same category as violent groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

The order is expected to come into effect later this week. Once it does, supporting Palestine Action will become a criminal offence, with membership or expressing support for the direct action group punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Legal action is being taken to temporarily block the order, with a hearing scheduled for Friday at London‘s High Court.

25.06.2025 - 17:37 [ TheAtlantic.com ]

Buy, Borrow, Die: How to be a billionaire and pay no taxes

(March 17, 2025)

Step one: buy. The average American derives most of their disposable income from the wages they earn working a job, but the superrich are different. They amass their fortune by buying and owning assets that appreciate.
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Instead of selling their assets to make major purchases, the superrich can use them as collateral to secure loans, which, because they must eventually be repaid, are also not considered taxable income.
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According to a provision of the tax code known as “stepped-up basis”—or, more evocatively, the “angel of death” loophole—when an individual dies, the value that their assets gained during their lifetime becomes immune to taxation.
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“Only morons pay the estate tax,” Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive and the then–chief economic adviser to Donald Trump, memorably remarked in 2017.

18.06.2025 - 00:49 [ New York Times ]

Lawmakers Revive War Powers Debate as Trump Threatens Iran

In the House, a Democrat and a Republican teamed up on Tuesday to introduce a resolution that would require congressional approval before U.S. troops could engage in offensive attacks against Iran. The measure by Representatives Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, and Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, underscored a view held by many in Congress that Mr. Trump should not be able to decide on his own whether the United States wades deeper into the conflict. Thirteen additional Democrats signed on to the resolution, but no Republicans so far were supporting the effort.

12.06.2025 - 18:18 [ New York Times ]

Netanyahu Survives a Vote to Dissolve Parliament but Emerges Weakened

By bringing the bill to a vote, the opposition parties planned to exploit a fight within the governing coalition over the contentious, decades-old policy that has largely exempted ultra-Orthodox men who are studying religion in seminaries from compulsory military service.

12.06.2025 - 01:55 [ Times of Israel ]

Edelstein says ‘agreements reached on principles’ for Haredi draft bill, signaling end to coalition crisis

Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, who heads the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, releases a statement declaring that “after long deliberations, we have reached agreements on principles on which to base a proposal for the enlistment law,” signaling an end to the coalition crisis.

11.06.2025 - 20:28 [ Times of Israel ]

Coalition scrambles for deal with Haredim ahead of preliminary vote to dissolve Knesset

If the legislation to dissolve the Knesset passes its preliminary vote today, it would still need to pass three further votes to take effect. If it is voted down, the opposition will have to wait six months to bring another Knesset dissolution bill to a vote.

11.06.2025 - 20:26 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Netanyahu using Iran tension, threats to try and stop Knesset dispersion vote

The opposition bills calling for the dissolution of the Knesset are expected to be brought up between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m., with a special plenary session set to honor Argentinian President Javier Milei, who is visiting the Knesset on Wednesday. The session will also include a speech by Netanyahu.

08.06.2025 - 16:15 [ CalMatters.org ]

California Democrats push to block ICE from schools, hospitals and shelters

(June 5, 2025)

ICE last week raided two San Diego restaurants in a search for workers allegedly living in the country illegally, setting off a confrontation with protesters outside. Immigration agents in April showed up trying to speak with students at two Los Angeles elementary schools; school administrators turned them away. That month they also detained a group of day laborers in the parking lot of a Pomona Home Depot.

The lawmakers’ proposals sailed through the Legislature so far, and passed the Senate this week with near-unanimous support from Democrats. They now head to the Assembly.

06.06.2025 - 20:43 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Änderung des BKA-Gesetzes: Wenig Zeit, wenig Verbesserung

Ende Juli läuft die Frist ab, die das Bundesverfassungsgericht im vergangenen Oktober für eine Neuregelung von Teilen des BKA-Gesetzes gesetzt hat. Dabei geht es um die Frage, wie Daten in der polizeilichen Datenbank INPOL gespeichert werden dürfen, und Befugnisse zur Überwachung von Kontaktpersonen potenzieller Terrorist:innen.
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Es darf demnach nur überwacht werden, wenn eine Person „in nicht nur flüchtigem oder zufälligem Kontakt“ zu jemandem steht, der ebenfalls heimlich überwacht werden dürfte. Das ist laut dem Vorschlag der Fall, wenn die vermeintliche Kontaktperson beispielsweise von der Vorbereitung weiß oder Vorteile aus der Tat ziehen könnte.

Was komplett in dem neuen Entwurf für Kontaktpersonen fehlt, sind Begrenzungen der heimlichen Überwachung für den Kernbereich der Privatsphäre, also diejenigen privaten Bereiche des Lebens, die nicht überwacht werden dürfen. Ebenso gibt es im schwarz-roten Änderungsvorschlag keine Ausführungen, wie etwa die Überwachung von Kontaktpersonen dokumentiert werden muss.

06.06.2025 - 04:15 [ Reuters ]

Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as opposition moves to dissolve parliament

A member of Israel‘s right-wing coalition threatened to quit the cabinet on Wednesday and support an opposition motion to dissolve parliament tabled for next week, piling pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Latest opinion polls suggest that Netanyahu‘s coalition would lose power if an election was held today, with many voters unhappy over the continued war in Gaza prompted by the attack by Hamas militants on southern Israel in October 2023.

05.06.2025 - 10:17 [ Times of Israel ]

Shas said planning to back Knesset dissolution over stymied draft-exemption bill

Speaking with the Haaretz daily following a faction meeting held to discuss whether or not to support the UTJ-led move, a Shas source said that the party will push to dissolve the Knesset, a move that would strip the coalition of its majority and trigger new elections.

05.06.2025 - 10:16 [ Times of Israel ]

Elections may loom as senior rabbis tell Haredi UTJ party to bolt coalition

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was teetering Wednesday after the spiritual leaders of Degel Hatorah, one of the two factions that make up the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, instructed their MKs to introduce a bill to dissolve the Knesset due to the coalition’s failure to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from conscription — a longstanding UTJ goal.

On Wednesday morning, Degel Hatorah chair MK Moshe Gafni received the instructions from rabbis Moshe Hirsch, the dean of Bnei Brak’s Slabodka yeshiva, and Dov Lando, the senior leader of the so-called Lithuanian stream of non-Hasidic ultra-Orthodoxy and the chairman of the faction’s ruling Council of Torah Sages.

29.05.2025 - 22:37 [ News.az ]

Spanish parliament fast-tracks Israel arms embargo bill

(May 27, 2025)

The Sumar, Podemos, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Basque EH Bildu and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) parties submitted a petition to the Congressional Bureau demanding the urgent procession of the bill, said the El Mundo newspaper, News.Az reports.

The request, also supported by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Party, was approved, halving the timeline and accelerating the process.

07.05.2025 - 18:46 [ ORF.at ]

„Five Eyes“ hinter den Entschlüsselungsplänen des EU-Ministerrats

(29.11.2020)

Gemeint ist ein erster Schritt zu einer EU-weiten Regulation, die Plattformbetreiber de facto verpflichten wird, Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung mit einem Generalschlüssel auszuhebeln. Dass diese vom britischen Geheimdienst GCHQ vorgeschlagene Methode favorisiert wird, bestätigte de Kerchove ganz nebenbei in einem am Freitag von der Nachrichtenagentur AFP verbreiteten Interview. Ein frisch geleaktes Dokument des Rats dokumentiert die tiefe Involvierung der Spionageallianz „Five Eyes“ in die Entschlüsselungspläne.

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Was de Kerchove, der auch die Gaming-Websites als überwachungspflichtig ins Spiel gebracht hatte, geflissentlich verschwieg, ist, wozu dies in jedem EU-Staat unweigerlich führen wird, dessen Gesetze den Geheimdiensten ein Mandat zum Anzapfen der Glasfaserleitungen zum Zwecke der „Gefahrenverhütung“ bzw. der „Nachrichtenaufklärung“ verleihen.

09.04.2025 - 17:02 [ Netzpolitk.org ]

Automatisierte Rasterfahndung: Tür zu für Palantir und Co.

Palantir arbeitet schon heute mit den Polizeien in Hessen, Hamburg und Nordrhein-Westfalen eng zusammen. In welchem Ausmaß und mit welchen Palantir-Softwarefunktionen und wie genau dabei auch höchst sensible Informationen über Menschen verarbeitet werden, ist öffentlich nicht einsehbar und strukturell geheim. Wie die namensgebenden Palantíri in Tokiens „Der Herr der Ringe“ bleiben die Softwaresysteme des Konzerns in geheimen Räumen, nur konzerneigene Hüter haben echten Zugang. Der Konzern Palantir entzieht sich der öffentlichen Diskussion weitgehend und damit der Rechenschaft.
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Es ist daher nicht länger die Frage, ob die Systeme von Palantir und Co. ethisch und rechtlich problematisch sind und gesellschaftsfeindlich und demokratiezerstörend eingesetzt werden könnten, sondern wie dies verhindert werden kann.