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04.09.2026 - 00:26 [ Common Dreams ]

You Could Be Next: Trump’s Gestapo Tactics Are Getting Worse

You might even be murdered, without a trial finding you guilty of anything. In addition to Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota last January, ICE agents have murdered two others just this summer.

One was Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, murdered by ICE in Houston on July 7, 2026. Salgado Araujo had lived in the US for decades. ICE agents pursued him in unmarked cars and shot him while he was driving a work crew to a job site. The Department of Homeland Security claims Salgado Araujo tried to use his vehicle as a weapon against an officer, but witnesses dispute this account.

The other was Johan Sebastian Durán Guerrero, murdered by ICE on July 13, 2026, in Biddeford, Maine. Durán Guerrero was a 25-year-old immigrant from Colombia. Agents pursued him while he was driving to work. The Department of Homeland Security claims its agent feared for public safety as Durán Guerrero tried to drive away, but elected officials and family members dispute this account, noting that Durán Guerrero was not an intended target of the immigration operation.

None of these murders has been fully investigated.

31.08.2026 - 23:33 [ Candace Clips and Candace Owens / Youtube ]

Are Those Texts Even Real? | Candace Owens x Ana Kasparian

(Auvust 24, 2026)

Barely talked about politics. Never mentioned Charlie Kirk. Never discussed LGBTQ issues. That‘s the sworn testimony of the person closest to Tyler Robinson — and then came a text message confession detailing everything. Candace Owens and Ana Kasparian go through the motive nobody ever heard him discuss, the discovery requests the defense never received, and the confession that still hasn‘t been authenticated.

31.08.2026 - 23:28 [ Fox News ]

Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson‘s roommate and lover received limited immunity: prosecutors

(June 17, 2026)

Lance Twiggs, the transgender roommate and romantic partner of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson, was given limited immunity for a recorded statement he gave to authorities in April, according to a new court filing.

Prosecutors said in a filing on Tuesday that Twiggs was given „use-immunity“ for a statement that he offered to authorities on April 20. Prosecutors want to use Twiggs‘ recorded statement and his communications with Robinson around the time of Kirk‘s killing at the July preliminary hearing.

29.08.2026 - 18:59 [ Legal Tribune Online ]

Warum der Ver­fas­sungs­schutz schon jetzt heim­lich in Woh­nungen ein­b­re­chen darf

(August 24, 2026)

Die aktuelle Aufregung übersieht, dass die heimlichen Betretungsbefugnisse nicht neu sind – sondern längst Realität. Mitarbeiter des Landesverfassungsschutzes dürfen in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Bayern und Rheinland-Pfalz heimlich in Wohnungen einbrechen. So sehen es die dortigen Landesgesetze vor. In Bayern gilt das schon seit 2016.

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Das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz darf seit einer Reform der Sicherheitsgesetze nach 9/11 im Jahr 2002 heimlich Wohnräume überwachen. Zwar steht nicht im Gesetz, dass der Verfassungsschutz dafür auch einbrechen darf, um heimlich Technik anzubringen. Allerdings wird das in der rechtlichen Kommentierung zu § 9 Abs. 2 des Bundesverfassungsschutzgesetzes vorausgesetzt. Der notwendige Einbruch soll also schlicht mitgemeint sein.

19.08.2026 - 20:54 [ TheGuardian.com ]

The Guardian view on Israel’s death penalty: capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so

(March 31, 2026)

Execution will be the default for Palestinians found guilty of lethal attacks deemed as terrorist acts in the West Bank’s military courts – which have a conviction rate of around 96%. Amnesty International says that the system routinely relies on evidence extracted through torture and abuse. The death sentence will be imposed even if prosecutors do not seek it. Convictions need no longer be unanimous. There is no possibility of pardon. Executions must take place within 90 days. Within Israeli civilian courts, the new law imposes the death penalty for deliberately killing a person with the intention of “negating the existence of the State of Israel”. Life imprisonment can only substitute in unspecified “special” circumstances.

There could hardly be a more shocking contrast with the near-total impunity of Israelis killing Palestinians in the West Bank, amid increasing – and increasingly systematic – state-backed settler violence.

13.08.2026 - 03:46 [ Time Magazine ]

How the Iran-Contra Scandal Impacts American Politics Today

(May 14, 2025)

The revelation of the intertwined scandals captivated Americans. Between the fall of 1986 and the fall of 1987, more than seven out of 10 Americans watched some of the televised congressional hearings about Iran-Contra. But once it became clear that Democrats would not impeach Reagan, public interest waned. Unlike Watergate, when a smoking gun tape implicated President Richard Nixon, to many, the 1980s scandal seemed a blur of byzantine Cold War diplomacy, opaque Swiss bank accounts, and a large cast of forgettable middlemen. The country boxed up the ugly affair and stored it in the attic of its memory.

It did so even as the scandal persisted and investigators indicted dozens of administration officials. In 1988, Reagan’s vice president, George H.W. Bush, won the presidency, and throughout his entire administration, those responsible for Iran-Contra dodged the political and legal consequences of their actions.

09.08.2026 - 16:03 [ Al Jazeera ]

Netanyahu believes he can ‘continue to act with impunity’

Xavier Abu Eid, a political analyst and former adviser to the Palestinian negotiations team, says the Board of Peace and Resolution 2803 of the UN Security Council were accepted late last year because it was argued at that time that they were the only way to end the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

“But it was very clear from the very beginning that the 20-point plan of President Trump and the 15-point disarmament and implementation plan that followed were more about meeting Israeli interests than the Palestinian right to self-determination,” he said.

08.05.2026 - 08:45 [ Al Jazeera ]

WATCH: The Palestinian shot dead hours before his son was born

Nayef Samaro left work in Nablus to run errands for his wife, who was hours away from delivering their first son by caesarean section.

The 26-year-old soon-to-be father was excited, despite the Israeli army raiding his city.

But before the birth, an Israeli soldier shot Nayef in the head, leaving him to bleed out in the street.

He never saw his son.

Watch our report here:

08.05.2026 - 08:10 [ Times of Israel ]

Herzog met secretly with pro-Netanyahu journalist Bardugo to discuss pardon — report

President Isaac Herzog secretly met with journalist Jacob Bardugo, a confidante of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in late March to discuss the premier’s request for a pardon, Channel 12 news reports.

The nighttime meeting at an apartment in Shoham, which was not revealed to the public, took place shortly before Herzog urged dialogue between the sides on a plea bargain. It also came about after bitter criticism of Herzog by Bardugo on the pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 for not pardoning the prime minister, who has refused to admit wrongdoing despite High Court precedent indicating he must do so for a pardon.

04.05.2026 - 18:25 [ theCradle.co ]

‚Killing like we haven‘t since 1967‘: Top Israeli general brags about shooting Palestinians in occupied West Bank

“A plasterer in [the West Bank city of] Ramallah earns 1,500 shekels ($510) a month and a plasterer in [the Israeli town of] Ramle earns 7,000 shekels a month, so of course he‘s willing to risk being shot in the knee or a week of detention, if he succeeded in crossing over and can work in a bakery,” Bluth explained.

“There are a lot of ‘limping monuments’ in Palestinian villages, of those who tried to [cross the barrier], so there is a price being paid,” he boasted.

The Israeli general also said Palestinians throwing rocks were engaged in “terrorism,” while bragging about how many his troops had killed last year.

04.05.2026 - 18:20 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel killing Palestinians ‘like we haven‘t since 1967’, top commander says

Israel’s top commander in the occupied West Bank has said the army is killing Palestinians at levels “not seen since 1967”, according to Haaretz.

Avi Bluth, head of the Israeli army’s Central Command, made the remarks in a closed forum, where he also defended looser rules of engagement allowing troops to fire at unarmed Palestinians.

He acknowledged a discriminatory approach whereby Jewish Israeli stone-throwers are not targeted while Palestinians carrying out similar acts are fired at.

„In three years, we have killed 1,500 terrorists,“ he said, referring to Palestinians.

„So how is there no intifada? Why aren’t they taking to the streets? Why is the Palestinian public indifferent? Why are there no disturbances?“ Bluth, a settler who has been the Israeli army commander in the West Bank since 2024, added.

29.04.2026 - 18:36 [ Times of Israel ]

Netanyahu trial cross-examination interrupted as PM leaves for urgent security meeting

The proceedings were significantly interrupted, however, after he excused himself from the Tel Aviv courtroom just 30 minutes after the hearing began for what he said was an urgent security-related call at the Kirya military headquarters.

He was granted permission to halt proceedings for the security consultation despite the court rejecting a request from the premier’s lawyer Amit Hadad to shorten Wednesday’s testimony by three hours due to a “security-related schedule.”

29.04.2026 - 18:32 [ Anadolu ]

Israeli court rejects Netanyahu request to delay today’s corruption trial session until noon: Report

Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu had requested overnight that the Jerusalem District Court limit his appearance on Wednesday to three hours, but the court denied the request.

The report added that Netanyahu cited “security-related schedule” to justify shortening the duration of the hearing.

26.04.2026 - 18:37 [ New York Times ]

Israel’s President, Putting Off Decision on Pardon for Netanyahu, Will Push for Plea Deal

Mr. Herzog, the officials said, believes that there are many options beyond the binary pardon-or-no-pardon choice, and that the main role of Israel’s president is to foster unity. So he does not plan to say yes or no to Mr. Netanyahu’s request for a pardon at this stage, the officials said, preferring to try to resolve the issue through negotiations.

17.04.2026 - 19:31 [ Mediapart.fr ]

Garde à vue de Rima Hassan : comment des policiers ont pisté l’eurodéputée

Visée par une enquête pour apologie de terrorisme ouverte le 27 mars 2026, la députée européenne LFI a fait face à une débauche de moyens policiers. Sa ligne téléphonique a été tracée pour consigner tous ses déplacements depuis le 1er janvier. « Il n’existe aucune justification à ces mesures », s’indigne son avocat.

17.04.2026 - 19:28 [ Middle East Monitor ]

France under fire over alleged surveillance of pro-Palestine MEP

Hassan had been under surveillance since January 2026, with authorities reportedly geolocating her phone and closely tracking her movements and daily schedule, reported Mediapart, a French investigative online newspaper.

Opposition lawmakers have condemned the alleged surveillance as a “state scandal.”

Antoine Leaument, a lawmaker from the left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI), called on Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin to provide an immediate explanation regarding the claims.

17.04.2026 - 19:21 [ Mediapart.fr ]

Questions persist over prosecution of radical-left French MEP Rima Hassan for ‚condoning terrorism‘

(April 4, 2026)

On Thursday, expressions of support came almost entirely from LFI and the far-left. For the anti-capitalist NPA, Olivier Besancenot expressed his “solidarity with Rima Hassan” on X, as did Nathalie Arthaud, the spokesperson for the Trotskyist Lutte ouvrière (LO).

Two former LFI members, Alexis Corbière and Clémentine Autain, also spoke out. “A member of the European Parliament placed in police custody for a retweet? Freedom of expression applied selectively is not the Republic,” said the latter. “The disproportionate repression of expressions of support for Palestine is clear, it must stop,” wrote the former.

On Friday, a handful of elected representatives from other parties began to join the chorus of criticism, including the communist MP Elsa Faucillon, who deplored a “relentless campaign revealing the mobilisation of the state apparatus against any solidarity with Palestine” and the Green MP Benjamin Lucas, who denounced “double standards”. Another Green MP, Sandrine Rousseau, expressed her “support” for Rima Hassan.

More surprisingly, the socialist MEP Chloé Ridel, a close ally of the Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure, also commented: “Everything about the police custody imposed on the European Member of Parliament Rima Hassan is disproportionate and violates her parliamentary immunity, whatever our disagreements. Was Louis Sarkozy [editor‘s note, son of former president Nicolas Sarkozy and a political commentator] placed in custody when he said about Palestinians ‘let them all die’?”

13.04.2026 - 18:48 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu Corruption Trial Testimony Delayed Due to ‚Security and Political Reasons‘

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s request to delay testifying in his criminal trial was accepted by judges on Sunday due to „security and political“ reasons related to „the dramatic events that have occurred in the State of Israel and throughout the Middle East in recent times,“ according to a letter sent to judges.

11.03.2026 - 11:32 [ BBC ]

Jeffrey Epstein had two key aides – why do they still control his money and secrets?

Richard Kahn (l) and Darren Indyke (r) have rarely been photographed in public

24.02.2026 - 08:42 [ CBS News ]

Newly unearthed DEA document from Epstein files raises question: Did Epstein facilitate drug trafficking?

The document includes a DEA case number and lists the case‘s opening date as Dec. 17, 2010 in New York. It notes that the matter is „judicial pending,“ indicating that the investigation remained active at the time the memo was drafted 5 years later. One law enforcement source told CBS News that this designation suggests investigators may have been awaiting court approval for search warrants or other legal action.

Another law enforcement source said it likely meant an arrest of someone associated with the case had been made. CBS News could not confirm that because the names of other targets were redacted from the document.

10.02.2026 - 15:46 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Warum der Staat potentiell jedes Verbrechen ungestraft begehen kann

(Februar 21, 2020)

Wir haben bereits dargelegt, warum es in Deutschland keine unabhängige Justiz und damit keine vollständige Gewaltenteilung gibt – weil das Grundgesetz den Staat nicht ausdrücklich dazu zwingt. Das Grundgesetz schreibt dem Staat lediglich die Unabhängigkeit der Richter vor, nicht die der Justiz insgesamt. Daraus interpretiert der Staat für sich das Recht, die Staatsanwaltschaften bzw Ankläger der Exekutive anzugliedern.

Auf Bundesebene heißt das konkret: der Generalbundesanwalt und seine Behörde (allgemein Bundesanwaltschaft) unterstehen dem Justizminister. Daraus schlussfolgert, dass nach eventuellen Staatsverbrechen und / oder Verfassungsbrüchen durch ihre eigenen Organe – Kanzleramt, Ministerien, Behörden, Militär, Geheimdienste, etc, – die Regierung gegen sich selbst ermitteln müsste.

Zieht also die Bundesanwaltschaft bzw der Generalbundesanwalt ein Verfahren an sich, zieht es die Regierung an sich.

Verbleibt noch die Möglichkeit, dass das Parlament Untersuchungsausschüsse einsetzt, dass durch diese die betreffenden Staatsverbrechen aufgeklärt und dann öffentlich bekannt werden, dem folgend durch Wahlen eine Änderung der parlamentarischen Mehrheiten erfolgt, dann eine Neuwahl des Kanzlers / der Kanzlerin durch das Parlament, dann durch den Kanzler / die Kanzlerin eine Ernennung eines neuen Justizministers erfolgt (Minister / Ministerinnen werden nicht gewählt), dann durch den Justizminister / die Justizministerin eine Ernennung eines neuen Generalbundesanwalts oder eine Anweisung an den amtierenden Generalbundesanwalt erfolgt Ermittlungen gegen die damaligen oder immer noch amtierenden staatlichen Funktionäre bzw Stellen aufzunehmen und dass dieser dann der Anweisung des vorgesetzten Justizministers folgt. Wobei dann ggf die Ermittlungen durch die Regierungsbehörden (Geheimdienste, Bundeskriminalamt) erfolgen müsste, gegen die ermittelt wird.

10.02.2026 - 15:37 [ Zeit.de ]

Grüne verlangen von Bundesregierung Ermittlungen zu Jeffrey Epstein

„Die Haltung der Bundesregierung zu den Epstein-Files zeigt eine Ignoranz für die mögliche größere Dimension des Skandals, die gefährlich und mindestens fahrlässig ist“, sagte die Parlamentarische Geschäftsführerin der Grünen im Bundestag, Irene Mihalic, den Zeitungen des RedaktionsNetzwerks Deutschland (RND).

Die Taten, die im Raum stehen, seien „widerwärtig“ und dürften nicht ungesühnt bleiben, sagte Mihalic. Sie forderte eine umfangreiche Aufklärung der Frage, inwiefern Politiker und Behördenmitarbeiter oder Personen, die den deutschen Staat repräsentieren, in den Akten auftauchten.

27.01.2026 - 17:20 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Anhörung zum Gesetzentwurf: Bundespolizei soll Staatstrojaner nutzen dürfen

Dazu gehört die neue Regelung zu einer Version des Staatstrojaners, die im Amtsdeutsch „Quellen-Telekommunikationsüberwachung“ heißt. Diese Form des Staatstrojaners wird durch den Gesetzentwurf erstmals für die Bundespolizei zur Abwehr von Gefahren eingeführt.

Die „Quellen-TKÜ“ lehnt zwar ihren Namen an die Überwachung laufender Telekommunikation an, ist aber praktisch ein Hacking-Werkzeug. Die dafür notwendige Schadsoftware wird unter Ausnutzung von Sicherheitslücken heimlich auf einem Endgerät aufgebracht und zeichnet die gewünschten Inhalte unbemerkt vom Nutzer auf.

27.01.2026 - 17:10 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Nach Strom-Anschlag von Berlin: Dobrindt will gegen Linksextremismus aufrüsten

Bereits kurz nach dem Anschlag auf das Berliner Stromnetz hatte Dobrindt zusätzliches Personal für die Nachrichtendienste und mehr digitale Befugnisse angekündigt. So solle jetzt in den Sicherheitsbehörden die Abwehr in diesem Bereich personell verstärkt werden, ohne dass dies zu Lasten der Abwehr von Gefahren aus anderen Extremismusbereichen gehe, so der Innenminister. Bei der digitalen Datenanalyse, der automatischen Gesichtserkennung und der Speicherung von IP-Adressen sollen Ermittler zudem mehr Befugnisse erhalten.

27.01.2026 - 04:07 [ Thom Hartmann / Common Dreams ]

The Trump-Vance-Noem-Bovino Message to Americans: Obey or Die

Back in 1980, I went into Uganda during the Civil War against Idi Amin to take over a refugee camp up in the Karamoja region. When I was leaving the country, going through the Entebbe airport (which had only intermittent electricity and considerable damage from the war), I was confronted by three armed men, two of them Tanzanian soldiers (who’d just successfully occupied the country as Amin fled to Saudi Arabia) and one a local Ugandan policeman.

One of the soldiers had an AK-47 over his shoulder and he grabbed the clip and rotated the gun down so the barrel was pointed right at my nose from a distance of about 6 inches.

“I could kill you right here, right now,” he said with a smile, “and nobody will ever know. Nobody will ever punish me. Now, give us half of your money.”

His message was essentially the same message that the Trump regime is trying to communicate to all of us today:

24.01.2026 - 15:25 [ Common Dreams ]

FBI Agent Resigns in Protest as Trump DOJ Investigates Renee Good—Not the ICE Agent Who Killed Her

As the New York Times reported Friday, FBI agent Tracee Mergen, acting supervisor of the office’s Public Corruption Squad, resigned after senior FBI officials in Washington pushed her to end a civil rights probe into the killing. The agency is focusing on investigating Good and her wife, who were legally observing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, instead of determining whether ICE agent Jonathan Ross used excessive force.

An FBI source told CBS News that Mergen “would not bow to pressure” from the agency’s leaders.

21.01.2026 - 23:22 [ MSN.com ]

Ghislaine Maxwell Says She’d Answer Congress’s Questions If She Gets Immunity or Clemency

In a letter to the House Oversight Committee, Maxwell’s lawyer David Markus said she would appear only after resolving her appeal of her sex-trafficking conviction before the Supreme Court. Markus added that Maxwell would require immunity for any questioning, saying she couldn’t risk further criminal exposure, and would need a list of questions in advance.
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Maxwell was responding to a subpoena for her testimony from the committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer (R., Ky.). Without the requested assurances, Markus said in the letter, Maxwell would invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

“Of course, in the alternative, if Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency, she would be willing—and eager—to testify openly and honestly,” Markus told Comer.

12.01.2026 - 18:12 [ Junge Welt ]

Großer Stromausfall in Berlin: »Sicherheitspaket« gegen links

(heute)

Am Sonnabend erschien auf dem Portal »Indymedia« schließlich ein weiterer Text, in dem sich Unbekannte mit – offenbar nur der Polizei bekannten – Details zum ersten Brandanschlag 2011 auf eine Kabelbrücke am Ostkreuz als »Vulkangruppe – Das Grollen des Eyajfjallajökull« bezeichnen. Im Text werden vier seit dem 7. Januar erschienene »Vulkangruppen«-Texte als Fakes bezeichnet,

12.01.2026 - 18:02 [ Spiegel.de ]

Spying on the Left: Berlin Officials Knew All About British Agent‘s Activities

(January 27, 2011)

Mark Kennedy spent years embedded in the European left-wing scene and infiltrated German activist groups as well — at the behest of German officials, SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned. He is also suspected of having participated in illegal activities in Germany.

12.01.2026 - 17:57 [ theGuardian.com ]

British police spy unlawfully operated in Germany, court finds

(October 11, 2022)

Kennedy, a member of a covert British police unit, spent seven years spying on environmental and leftwing activists until he was unmasked in 2010.

During his deployment he travelled outside Britain and spied on activists in at least 14 countries. After his unmasking, German police were forced to admit that Kennedy had worked for three German states during at least five visits to the country between 2004 and 2009.

12.01.2026 - 17:49 [ Jacobin ]

The Infiltrator and the Movement

(April 23, 2014)

Modern political policing began in Britain in the 1880s, with the establishment of the Metropolitan Police’s Special Branch, the cocoon from which sprung the undercover policing operations decades later. The Branch originally aimed to combat Irish Fenians — armed fighters seeking independence from Britain — but soon expanded to keep tabs on foreign anarchists, suffragettes, and anticolonial Indians.

At the end of the 1800s, an undercover Branch officer infiltrated the Legitimation League — which campaigned to de-stigmatize bastard children — and orchestrated the League’s collapse. This operation set the tone for what was to come: intense, deeply personal infiltration of any political group that challenged the status quo.

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From British Fascisti to the English Defence League, the UK’s security services have routinely refused to consider far-right groups subversive. Indeed, there is evidence, both here, in Europe, and across the Atlantic, of longstanding collaboration between elements of the security services and the far right.

12.01.2026 - 17:40 [ ButenUnBinnen.de ]

Bremer Linksextreme enttarnen offenbar V-Mann des Verfassungsschutzes

(heute)

Die Enttarnung des Informanten geht aus einem internen Schreiben der Gruppe hervor. „Wir haben ihn konfrontiert, und er hat zugegeben, dass er Ende 2017 erstmals vom Bremer Verfassungsschutz kontaktiert wurde und seitdem regelmäßige Treffen in einem Rhythmus von zwei bis vier Wochen stattgefunden haben“, heißt es in dem Schreiben, das buten un binnen vorliegt. Man müsse davon ausgehen, dass der Informant sämtliche internen Informationen, die er innerhalb der „Interventionistischen Linken“ (IL) erlangt habe, an den Verfassungsschutz weitergeleitet habe. Im Laufe dieser Woche wolle die Gruppe die Identität des Informanten öffentlich machen.

12.01.2026 - 17:35 [ NDR ]

Im inneren Kreis

(April 1, 2024)

Und auch im idyllischen Heidelberg hat sich der Polizist Simon B. 2010 eigens an der Universität immatrikuliert, um linke Studierende auszuspähen, die nicht im Traum damit gerechnet hätten, einmal ins Fadenkreuz staatlicher Überwachung zu geraten.

Eindrucksvoll erzählen die Protagonisten aus ganz unterschiedlichen Perspektiven ihre Geschichten.