Analysts say ‘strategic leaks’ aim to influence public perceptions amid diplomatic impasse in US-Israel war on Iran.
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Lebanon‘s president says country has ‚no other choice‘ but to continue negotiations
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that negotiations are „safer than war“, adding that the country has „no other choice“.
„We have seen, and continue to see, the devastation and consequences of war. Negotiations will not solve the problem overnight, but they are a process that takes time, and we have no other choice,“ Aoun told reporters.
Der Krieg um die Wahrnehmung: Wie künstliche Intelligenz beginnt, öffentliche Realität zu formen
Hinzu kommt ein Faktor, der politisch bislang erstaunlich wenig diskutiert wird: KI-Systeme lernen, welche Inhalte besonders starke emotionale Reaktionen auslösen. Angst, Wut, Empörung und moralische Zuspitzung erzeugen Aufmerksamkeit, und Aufmerksamkeit ist die eigentliche Währung digitaler Plattformen. Dadurch entsteht ein Mechanismus, der gesellschaftliche Spannungen systematisch verstärken kann.
Die eigentliche Gefahr liegt dabei weniger in einzelnen Falschmeldungen als in der dauerhaften Veränderung öffentlicher Wahrnehmung. Wenn Menschen permanent mit emotionalisierten, algorithmisch optimierten Inhalten konfrontiert werden, verändert sich schrittweise die Art, wie politische Realität wahrgenommen wird. Komplexe Zusammenhänge werden auf Schlagworte reduziert, Gegner moralisch entwertet, Unsicherheit in Feindbilder übersetzt.
Pentagon chief Hegseth says US blockade on Iran ‚going global‘
„We‘re enforcing the blockade across the board against any ship of any nationality that is transiting to or from an Iranian port or territory,“ Caine said.
„We‘re closely tracking vessels of interest headed towards Iran and those moving away from Iran that were outside the blockade area when this blockade was ordered and … we‘re prepared and postured to intercept them,“ he said.
The U.S. naval blockade on Iran began on April 13.
WATCH: Hegseth calls U.S. war in Iran a ‚gift to the world‘
Watch the full news conference in the video player above.
Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Hegseth said the U.S. blockade of Iranian shipping will continue „as long as it takes“ to accomplish America‘s „bold and dangerous“ mission to end Iran‘s threat to global security.
Ex-US general explains why reopening Strait of Hormuz is harder than blocking Iran’s ports
Clark also said that Iran is aware of the strategic value of the Strait of Hormuz in negotiations: “More useful than a nuclear weapon. And they’ve used it,” he said. “And they don’t believe we have an answer for it.”
He added, “They know we don’t want to commit ground troops. They know we don’t want to take losses. We don’t want to get our ships close enough to be hit by their missiles … so this is a real tough military problem. That’s unfortunate because that’s driving their stance in the negotiations.”
In Dead of Night, Johnson Tries—But Fails—to Ram Through Domestic Spying Bill for Trump
In the 228-197 final vote, a total of four Democrats—Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, and Thomas R. Suozzi of New York—joined with all but 25 Republicans who voted to pass a 10-day extension. Twenty GOP members voted against it, while five did not vote.
Ahead of the votes—including on separate versions asking for a 5-year and then 18-month extensions of Section 702—opponents of any clean extension, including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), said anyone opposed to warrantless spying on Americans must vote no.
Jared Golden: I won’t seek reelection. Here’s why.
(November 5, 2026)
With that in mind, my calculus is straightforward: I know that if I were to continue my campaign, I would prevail. My record of winning the most challenging district held by any Democrat — of outperforming the top and bottom of the ticket four times — speaks for itself. Regardless of what angry partisan commentators may say, I retain the trust of the coalition of Democrats, independents and Republicans that has repeatedly defied the trends of political polarization by electing me.
I don’t fear losing. What has become apparent to me is that I now dread the prospect of winning. Simply put, what I could accomplish in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son.
Taktik des Terrorkrieges: Wahrnehmungs-Management, Verwirrung, gelenkte Querfront
(7. Juni 2017)
Ohne auf alle in der Dokumentation dargestellten Entwicklungen und Hintergründe einzugehen, beleuchtet diese u.a. die jahrzehntelange Taktik des „Wahrnehmungs-Managements“ (perception management), die Manipulation der Öffentlichen Meinung, die Lenkung vermeintlich verfeindeter oder sich gegenseitig bekriegender Gruppen durch die gleiche Hand (befördert durch die Unfähigkeit zu dreidimensionalem Verständnis von Politik, links vs rechts, progressiv vs reaktionär, oben vs unten) die gezielte Konfusion jedweder Opposition und die permanente Formwandlung der Macht und der Mächtigen, um sie nicht greifbar und damit unangreifbar erscheinen zu lassen.
Die untenstehenden und in der Dokumentation über die Jahrzehnte genannten Beispiele sind im Zuge der Entwicklung von informationstechnischer Technologie, weltweitem Einsickern von kapitalistischen (Denk)Strukturen und deren Verschmelzung („Globalisierung“), sowie Terrorkrieg in den letzten bald sechzehn Jahren praktisch auf jedes Land bzw jede Region übertragbar.
On Iran, Gabbard Turned Intelligence Duties Over to Trump
Ms. Gabbard does not quickly turn on her allies, and she showed little desire to throw Mr. Kent under the bus or attack him. But she has remained in her position by being a careful student of Mr. Trump, and knows how to stay on his good side. And critiquing the president’s view of the threat from Iran was clearly not the way to keep your job.
So she came up with her line that it is Mr. Trump, not the intelligence community, that determines what constitutes a threat.
Despite Greenland crisis, Trump suggests NATO owes him help on Iran war after U.S. support for Ukraine. ‘We’ve been very sweet’
Just two months ago, NATO was in the middle of an existential crisis over President Donald Trump’s insistence that the U.S. take control of Greenland. He threatened tariffs and refused to rule out military action, but eventually backed down.
Then on Sunday, Trump demanded the alliance help him clear the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blocked since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on the Islamic republic two weeks ago.
‘I’m demanding these countries come in’: Trump presses seven nations to police Strait of Hormuz
“We’re talking to countries about policing the straits because they are the ones — you know, we don’t get oil, very little, 1%. China, as an example, gets about 90% of its oil from the Hormuz Strait. It’d be nice to have other countries policing with us. And we’ll help, and we’ll work with them.”
He added that the responsibility should lie with nations whose economies rely on the route. “I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is their own territory,” he said.
Confused Trump, 79, Forgets What Country His Father Was Born in
(March 3, 2026)
The 79-year-old said his father was born in Germany as he fielded questions from reporters on his unauthorized war with Iran.
“My father was born,” Trump said while gesturing towards Merz. “He knows all about my father. My father was born there.”
“So, you know, there are places that you sort of automatically very, very feel warmly about,” Trump added.
In fact, the president’s father, Frederick Trump Jr., was born in the Bronx in New York City in 1905. It was his father’s parents — Trump’s grandparents — who were born in what was then the German Empire, specifically in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Trump says Israel didn‘t force his hand on Iran strikes
(March 3, 2026)
U.S. President Donald Trump was asked Tuesday if Israel forced his hand on launching strikes on Iran. Trump said no and added, ‚I might have forced their hand.‘ The president, who appeared alongside the German chancellor, took aim at Iranian leadership and defended U.S. conduct as conflict escalates in the Middle East.
‘Few will mourn’: UK defence secretary slams Iran’s Khamenei after death
Healey noted that around 300 UK armed forces personnel were “within several hundred yards” of drones and missiles that Iran fired at a US military base in Bahrain, while two ballistic missiles were “fired in the direction of Cyprus” on Saturday.
“It demonstrates how our bases, our personnel, military and civilians at the moment are at risk with a regime that is increasingly indiscriminate, widespread and uncontrolled in the attacks it’s mounting,” he said.
UK Defence Chief calls Iranian regime ‘source of evil’ after Khamenei killed
Giving the first UK Government response to Mr Khamenei’s death, Healey told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips: “I think few people will mourn the Ayatollah’s death, not least the family and friends of those thousands of young protesters murdered on the streets of Iranian cities.
“Iran and the regime he’s led for so long, it’s a source of evil, murdering its own citizens and sponsoring and exporting terror, including to countries like Britain.”
Susanne Marie Schäfer als „unbelehrbare Staatsfeindin“ zum Tode verurteilt – Gedanken zur Meinungsfreiheit
Susanne Marie Schäfer hat die „Kriegsmoral untergraben“ und wird als „unbelehrbare Staatsfeindin“ zum Tode verurteilt – im „Namen des deutschen Volkes“. Das war im Januar 1945. Das Vergehen von der in Schwetzingen Geborenen: Sie hatte sich regimekritisch geäußert. Die Nazis sahen in ihr eine Hetzerin. Zuerst erfolgte eine Verurteilung wegen „Heimtücke“. Schäfer hielt sich aber nicht zurück. Nach ihrer Haftentlassung stellte sie in ihrem Mietshaus gegenüber ihren Mietern Kriegserfolge der Wehrmacht infrage. Das war ihr Todesurteil. Stichwort: „Wehrkraftzersetzung“. Ihre Hinrichtung erfolgte am 23. Februar 1945. Die Geschichte lehrt uns: Auf die Meinungsfreiheit kommt es vor allem dann an, wenn sie sich gegen die vorherrschende Politik richtet.
Trump Demeans Himself as He Attacks the Supreme Court
President Trump owes the Supreme Court an apology—to the individual Justices he smeared on Friday and the institution itself. Mr. Trump doubtless won’t offer one, but his rant in response to his tariff defeat at the Court was arguably the worst moment of his Presidency.
Trump Stuns Governors With Foul-Mouthed Rant at SCOTUS
“President Trump became enraged after learning of the Supreme Court’s ruling during the Governors’ breakfast,” Senior White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes wrote on X. “He at one point ranted against the decision and the court, saying ‘these f–king courts, ’ a source familiar with the matter told me.”
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision came down about 30 minutes into the annual governors’ breakfast on Friday morning.
Trump’s Attack on the Supreme Court Was Unhinged Even for Him
Perhaps, at next week’s State of the Union address, he’ll blame the actual Phantom of the Opera.
Tötungen in Iran: EU stuft Revolutionsgarde als Terrororganisation ein
Weiter nannte Wadephul die destabilisierende Rolle des Iran in der Region, die von der Revolutionsgarde verantwortet werde. Zudem stecke sie hinter Anschlagsversuchen in Deutschland und Europa. Sie habe Blut an ihren Händen, so der Bundesaußenminister.
Trump says rare earths are part of his Greenland deal. It’s ‘completely bonkers’
“The idea of turning Greenland into America’s rare-earth factory is science fiction. It’s just completely bonkers,” said Malte Humpert, founder and senior fellow at The Arctic Institute. “You might as well mine on the moon. In some respects, it’s worse than the moon.”
Despite its name, approximately 80% of Greenland is covered with ice. And mineral extraction — or just about anything — in the Arctic can be five to 10 times more expensive than doing it elsewhere on the planet.
Stocks Jump After Trump Announces Greenland Agreement—Dow Rises Nearly 600 Points
In a Truth Social post later in the day, Trump called the threatened tariffs off and announced a “framework” for a deal concerning the island, but offered few details about an agreement.
Crucial Quote
“I think it puts everybody in a really good position especially as it pertains to security and minerals and everything else,” Trump told reporters.
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw – Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
Yet what matters isn’t the specific phrases, but the overall message: Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him.
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
President Trump is now claiming that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a message he sent to Norway’s prime minister over the weekend.
Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s leader, received the text message on Sunday, three European officials familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Aschewolke auf Euer Haupt, Ihr Schwachköpfe
(May 25, 2011)
Es braucht eigentlich nur drei Sätze, um dieses ganze erbärmliche Debakel von Bananenrepublik zu umschreiben:
„Die Aschewolke aus Island hat Norddeutschland gar nicht erreicht. Das haben Messungen des Instituts für Physik der Atmosphäre beim Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt in Oberpfaffenhofen ergeben.“
Und:
„Sobald die Berechnungen des Vulkanaschezentrums in London sagten, dass die Grenzwerte überschritten seien, müsse dies als Wahrheit angenommen und eins zu eins umgesetzt werden.„
Mensch, macht doch einfach den Kopp zu, klappt die Republik hoch und legt Euch wieder hin.
DIE EU-AGENDA „SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY“ (III): Die Hintergründe des Flugverbots und wie es zustande kam
(April 19, 2010)
Es gibt weltweit neun „Volcanic Ash Advisory Center“ VAACs. Doch diese sind Teil der Wetterbehörden der Staaten, in welchen sie stationiert sind.
Das „Volcanic Ash Advisory Center“ VAAC in London ist Teil des „Meteorologischen Büros“ („Met Office“). Das „Met Office“ wiederum ist eines von nur zwei weltweit existierenden „World Area Forecast Centers“ (WAFC), auf welches die ICAO in ihrem Ausweichplan Bezug nimmt. Das gesamte Wetterbüro („Met Office“) wiederum gehört zum britischen Verteidigungsministerium.
Laut der offiziellen Zuteilung der von der ICAO eingerichteten neun existierenden „Beratungszentren für Vulkanasche“ („Volcanic Ash Advisory Center“) ist für unseren Luftraum nicht das VAAC in London, sondern das VAAC in Toulouse zuständig.
Trotzdem bleiben hier in Mitteleuropa derzeit Zehntausende Menschen am Boden, treten Milliardenschäden auf, müssen Regierungen mit dem Zug fahren und spielt sich ein surreales Schauspiel Orwell´schen Ausmaßes ab, nur wegen der Computersimulation einer Abteilung des britischen Verteidigungsministeriums: dem „Volcanic Ash Advisory Center“ in London.
Keine Regierungsbehörde, nirgendwo, nicht die Europäische Raumfahrtagentur ESA, nicht das „Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt“ (DLR), nicht der deutsche Wetterdienst, keine Wissenschaftler oder Akademiker, keine der vielen finanziell überfinanzierten „Institute“ oder gar Parlamentarier taten in den letzten Tagen irgendetwas. Niemand. Alle saßen sie nur rum und erzählten Dreck.