Election experts pushed back Friday after US Attorney General Todd Blanche refused to rule out the possibility that the Department of Justice could try to stop states from certifying elections in November.
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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Article. I.
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Section. 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
Day after meeting opposition chiefs, Golan says Arab parties could be in next government
(September 27, 2026)
Yair Golan, chair of the left-wing Democrats party, said Sunday that an Arab party could be part of the next government, exposing a fault line among opposition leaders less than a day after they met to coordinate their campaigns and pledged not to attack one another ahead of the October 27 election.
“We believe that an Arab party can be part of the government. It is natural, right, appropriate and democratic,” Golan told the Kan public broadcaster.
French presidential race largely unaffected by unrest, first post-riot poll shows
Far-right front-runner Marine Le Pen is still ahead of the pack, and far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon remains in a close race for second place.
Trump gives ‘warrior’ Netanyahu ‘complete and total endorsement’ for reelection
“Bibi Netanyahu has been Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition,” writes Trump, “including that coming from even Israel, itself.”
Trump says Netanyahu has “endured and, in fact, he has thrived!”
“I have watched Bibi under the most trying of times,” writes Trump. “Normal men or women in such situations would have wilted under the pressure — But Bibi did not wilt, he actually got stronger, and maintains that same Strength today. This is the kind of Partner that the United States of America is demanding of Israel, a Country for which it has done so much.”
אנחנו מגנים בחריפות את הפריצה האלימה הערב למטה הקמפיין העברי של הרשימה המשותפת בתל אביב.
בריוני ימין המזוהים עם עוצמה יהודית, המעורבים בקמפיין הבחירות שלה, פרצו למקום ותקפו פעילים ובני נוער שהשתתפו באירוע במועדון ״הגדה השמאלית״.
הכתובת על הקיר, ואסור לחכות לאירוע הבא כדי להבין את חומרת המצב ולפעול בנחישות.
היינו מצפים ממשטרת ישראל לחקור את האירוע ולמצות את הדין עם האחראים, אבל כשהגורמים הפוליטיים שמלבים את ההסתה הם גם אלה ששולטים במשטרה, קשה לצפות ממנה לפעול בנחישות הנדרשת.
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Right-Wing Activists Disrupt Tel Aviv Screening Hosted by Arab-Jewish Party
Witnesses said the activists assaulted attendees and tried to reach the floor housing the Joint List‘s election headquarters; police arrived after they were removed
Israel‘s Most Consequential Election?
Watch an expert conversation previewing Israel‘s historic October 27 elections.
Israeli voters head to the polls on October 27, and the stakes are exceptionally high.
‘The truth is Cuba has already fallen’: the United States’ strategy to subdue the island
(October 2, 2026)
“The president says anything and Marco Rubio finds himself in a very difficult position to react to what he says,” says Andy Gómez, the former director of the Cuban and Cuban American Studies Institute at the University of Miami, who helped shape a policy proposal for U.S.-Cuba relations in the Obama era. “The scene is like a soap opera, a soap opera lived every day in Miami and in Cuba. There is a major global problem with the war with Iran, for which no solution is in sight; so Cuba has had to wait.”
We Are All Living at the Mercy of Donald Trump’s Brain
(August 18, 2026)
And in truth, whatever happens as far as Iran is concerned (or for that matter Greenland) by the time this piece appears, who among us won’t have long known that, with such a president, we simply couldn’t be in a stranger, more happenstantial, less predictable universe? For all I (we) know, by the time it comes out or anytime thereafter, “our” president could be doing more or less anything, including, say, kidnapping the first secretary of the communist party and leader of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez. After all, if he could do so for Venezuela’s leader, why not Cuba’s?
The truth is that Donald Trump’s brain, returned to the White House by 49.8% of American voters in 2024, should make us all anxious (even them). At any moment, any thought might enter it and the next thing you know… well, unfortunately, you already do know that, whatever it might be, we’re not likely to know until it smacks us all in the face!
Germany‘s political center fights for relevance after far-right and far-left gains
(October 2, 2026)
Berlin‘s markets brim with the rich pickings of harvest. Picking up her weekly shopping, pensioner Ute Istock quips that the choice of apple varieties is as broad as that of candidates on the ballot sheets in last month‘s city election — adding that this is not necessarily a good thing.
„Voting has become tricky,“ Istock admits. „It‘s no longer clear how a party will end up governing effectively because there are too many parties and forming viable majorities is becoming impossible.
Anhörung vor Kontrollgremium: BND-Chef warnt vor „gewaltsamem Konflikt mit Russland“
Bei ihrer jährlichen Anhörung warnten die Nachrichtendienste erneut vor einem Anschlagsrisiko – und drängten auf mehr Befugnisse.
Deutschland: AfD erreicht 30 %, während CDU/CSU in der INSA-Umfrage auf 18 % fällt
Die Umfrage wurde unter 1.202 Befragten durchgeführt. SPD und Grüne liegen mit jeweils 14 Prozent gleichauf, während die Linkspartei auf 10 Prozent kommt. Das BSW und die FDP würden jeweils 4 Prozent erreichen und damit unter der Fünf-Prozent-Hürde bleiben.
Die Daten weisen auch auf ein hohes Maß an Unzufriedenheit mit der Regierungsarbeit hin: 79 Prozent der Befragten erklärten, sowohl mit der Amtsführung von Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz als auch mit der Arbeit der Bundesregierung unzufrieden zu sein
Pakistan says Mecca pact members to hold emergency talks on engaging Houthis
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, the pact‘s three members, will decide next steps at the meeting, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told a news conference. He said the date would be confirmed later.
Tajani holds talks with Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Al-Zouba: focus on de-escalation and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea
(September 16, 2026)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani had a telephone conversation today with the Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Zouba. During the conversation, Tajani expressed Italy’s concern at the ongoing escalation in the country, reiterating its firm condemnation of the recent attacks by Houthi militias against the civilian population, the Yemeni regular forces and Saudi Arabia.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs then expressed Italy’s full support for the internationally recognised government of Yemen, as well as Italy’s commitment to facilitating the resumption of the peace process and to providing humanitarian assistance to the local population, which has been ravaged by years of conflict.
Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon Call for Curbs on Artificial Intelligence
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Watch live coverage from Washington, D.C., as U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and conservative commentator Steve Bannon address the Pro-Human Assembly. In a rare political alignment, Sanders and Bannon gather to discuss artificial intelligence regulations, tech oversight, and guardrails for rapid AI development.
Nachschlag Nr. 1 zu „Ein neuer Mantel für die PDS“
von Hermann Ploppa
tand: 12.August 2005
Es sind jetzt knapp zwei Wochen vergangen, seitdem ich mein Dossier in Berlin veröffentlicht habe. Seitdem gibt es Bemerkenswertes zu ergänzen.
Neue Dokumente und neue Ereignisse haben die im Dossier geäußerten Vermutungen weiter untermauert.
Zunächst einmal: Da wir ja über keine geheimen Gesprächsprotokolle irgendwelcher bösen Konspirateure aus verqualmten Hinterzimmern verfügen, können wir bislang keinen justitiabel und wissenschaftlich einwandfreien Beweis für die Annahme bieten, Kreise innerhalb der PDS hätten eine Westausdehnung über eine „Tarnfirma“ WASG geplant und betrieben.
Auch hat man sich den Vorgang nicht so vorzustellen, daß hier ein Fahrplan aufgestellt wurde, dessen Stationen sodann penibel abgehakt worden wären. Vielmehr wurde ein Problem erkannt (das Aussterben der PDS); sodann wurde ein Konzept „angedacht“ (PDSPlus von Michael Brie im Mai 2003). Es bedurfte aber letztlich doch der vorgezogenen Neuwahl sowie der sanften Verkupplungserpressung durch Lafontaine, damit das angedachte Übernahmekonzept praktisch umgesetzt werden konnte…
Ein neuer Mantel für die PDS
(Juli 2005)
Es gibt eine Reihe von Indizien, daß die PDS, zusammen mit Kollaborateuren bei der WASG, die Übernahme schon lange geplant hatte. Vordenker der PDS hatten das Konzept einer westdeutschen Sozialpartei links von der SPD schon ab 2002 in der Schublade. Die PDS-Vordenker taten dieses aus nackter Überlebensnotwendigkeit. Denn die PDS ist hoffnungslos überaltert. Ihre traditionellen Infrastrukturen brechen im Raketentempo weg. Die PDS-Führung leidet unter Relitätsverlust und zieht sich in parlamentarisch-administrative Sphären zurück. Die Strukturkrisen der PDS werden nach der Wahlniederlage bei der Bundestagswahl 2002 offensichtlich. Dies ist der Wendepunkt, wo bei der PDS-eigenen Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung laut nachgedacht wird über Rettungswege.
Eine RLS-Studie von Ende 2002 von André Brie/Michael Brie/Michael Chrapa geht noch von einer inneren Reformfähigkeit der PDS aus, und macht eine Reihe vernünftiger Vorschläge. Jedoch bringt der nachfolgende Geraer Parteitag bei der PDS keine Reformansätze. Der alte Schlendrian geht weiter. Daraufhin verfaßt Michael Brie im Mai 2003 eine Studie mit einem ganz neuen Konzept: PDSPlus. Die PDS soll sich wenigstens als Volkspartei in Ostdeutschland konsolidieren. Das Überleben der PDS ist aber nur denkbar, wenn in Westdeutschland eine neue Sozialpartei gegründet wird, die dem Anschein nach selbständig ist. Ein „personeller Kern“ soll aber tatsächlich die Anbindung an die PDS gewährleisten. Die neue Westpartei soll jene Wähler erreichen, die nicht mehr die Altparteien wählen, aber auch die PDS nicht wählen wollen.
Im Februar verfaßt PDS- und RLS-Mitglied Ralf Krämer auf westdeutscher Seite das Gründungsmanifest dieser neuen Sozialpartei West. Durch eine geschickte Heimlichtuerei wird die Mainstreampresse angelockt, und das Wort von der linkspopulistischen Partei macht die Runde. Gesprächskreise gründen sich in Westdeutschland. Sie bilden den Kern der neuen Sozialpartei. PDS-Strategen wie Joachim Bischoff leiten die spontanen Inititiativen in die richtigen – PDS-kompatiblen – Kanäle.
Diesen Kreisen ist schon lange klar, daß im Falle eines angestrebten gemeinsamen Wahlkampfauftrittes der neuen WASG und der alten PDS nur eine der beiden Parteien ihre Liste beim Wahlleiter anmelden kann…
Netanyahu says Israel to expand settlements in West Bank despite global backlash
“We cannot ignore the numbers: 104 communities that we established and legalised together, and 160 farms, with more to come,” Netanyahu said.
Israel has faced growing international outrage over its settlement expansion, as violence by settlers against Palestinians soars.
US giving Netanyahu free pass on Gaza plan: Palestinian politician
“Netanyahu is stalling, and he is abusing the whole situation, and he is continuing the bombardment,” Barghouti told Al Jazeera.
“Unfortunately, the Trump administration is not responding to the challenge that Netanyahu put on table. Netanyahu rejected the peace plan. He rejected what was proposed. He rejected what Palestinians accepted and has shown great flexibility towards. And the United States, instead of telling Netanyahu that he has to respect what he has accepted before and start implementing it, they’re giving him leeway,” he said.
Israeli forces carry out large explosion in Markaba town- Marjeyoun district, Fires break out in Bani Hayyan due to Israeli artillery shelling ofTown
NNA – Marjeyoun – Israeli enemy army carried out a large explosion in the town of Markaba, Marjeyoun district.
NNA correspondent reported that fires broke out in the town of Bani Hayyan, Marjayoun District, as a result of ongoing Israeli artillery shelling of the town.
Inside the growing rift between Iran’s dealmakers and ultraconservatives
It was in this climate that a leaked video of Mohammad-Bagher Kharrazi, the brother-in-law of Masoud Khamenei, the younger brother of Iran’s supreme leader, emerged as part of what critics describe as a broader hard-line campaign.
In the video, Kharrazi claimed that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had “formally and publicly announced” that if Pezeshkian attempts to resign one more time, his resignation would be accepted.
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Soon afterward, however, another audio file surfaced in which Ali Saeedi, a conservative senior figure close to the Khamenei‘s office, claimed that the supreme leader had expressed support for the negotiations and criticised hard-line opposition to diplomacy.
According to Saeedi, Khamenei told one of his brothers: “I have never opposed negotiations, and I still do not. I was the one who authorised the negotiations, and I am not satisfied with the hard-line positions adopted by some people.”
Saeedi also claimed that Khamenei supports Ghalibaf, saying: “He is like [the late Quds Force commander] Haj Qassem Soleimani.”
Can Netanyahu say just what he likes?
(October 25, 2015)
A political consultant once related how he lunched with Benjamin Netanyahu, who ordered a hamburger with fries. He was not supposed to be eating such foods – doctor’s orders. As they were finishing up, Bibi’s wife, Sarah, came in, saw the evidence and began to see red. Netanyahu, all righteous indignation, looked her straight in the eye and said he had eaten no such hamburger. The storyteller said he was convinced at that moment that Netanyahu himself believed it.
If apocryphal, it is definitely in character. Netanyahu regularly embraces bad ideas or even lies so totally that he convinces himself of their rightness. Others start to believe them too. His outlandish idea, uttered in a speech, was that Hitler would have been happy with just expelling Jews if a Palestinian, the then grand mufti of Jerusalem, had not suggested annihilation instead.
Israel rejects Trump’s Gaza peace plan, saying no withdrawal until Hamas disarms
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country has rejected the latest US-backed peace plan for Gaza, demanding the full disarmament of Hamas before any Israeli forces withdraw.
The comments come more than a week after Trump announced a breakthrough in negotiations, with his Board of Peace (BoP) issuing a new 15-point plan aimed at securing lasting peace in the territory
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issues drastic new demands of the US, as conditions for reopening Hormuz
Iran’s politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council says the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States “corrects its behavior,” and issues drastic new demands that could shake up talks on a deal to manage the waterway and traffic on it.
Iran’s state broadcaster publishes the statement by the council’s secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a commander in the powerful Revolutionary Guard.
US not directly updating Israel on talks with Iran: Report
The US has not been providing direct briefings to Israel on discussions with Iran, leaving Tel Aviv authorities receiving much of the information indirectly, the Israeli Channel 12 reported.
Ist Verfassungsbruch schon Alltagserscheinung in Deutschland?
Hat das Folgen?
Nein, denn wie gesagt, es gibt keinerlei vorgesehene Sanktionen bei Verstoß einer Regierung gegen das Grundgesetz.
Staatsrechtler zur aufgeschobenen Ministervereidigung: „Merz handelt verfassungswidrig“
Es geht hier immerhin um eine der größten Regierungsumbildungen in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik. Und da soll es für einen Teil der Abgeordneten nicht möglich sein, für einen Tag aus dem Urlaub zurückzukehren? Unabhängig davon ist diese Norm aber schlicht geltendes Verfassungsrecht und an dieses hat man sich zu halten. Ich finde es schon einigermaßen verstörend, dass diese Frage überhaupt aufgeworfen wird. Wir betreten da gefährliches Terrain, wenn wir verfassungsrechtliche Vorgaben aus Opportunität einfach links liegen lassen.
Elders warn of potential disappearance of Palestinian territories
Four members of the Elders group of international figures founded by Nelson Mandela have warned of the potential disappearance of the Palestinian territories and called for an end to Israeli „impunity“.
They said in a statement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s government was seeking „to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically.“…
Sonntagsfrage Bundestagswahl
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