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15:25 [ El Pais ]

‘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.”

15:05 [ Common Dreams ]

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 DĂ­az-Canel BermĂșdez. 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!

14:57 [ Los Angeles Times ]

Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally

Trump said he wanted to “see a tremendous victory” in the November election, “’cause it verifies all the things we did. And again, remember, with the war it’s just artificial, it’s a little bit high.”

“It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe,” he continued. “They can take out a city, let ’em take out Los Angeles, let ’em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.”

The crowd cheered.

05.10.2026 - 20:34 [ Amnesty International USA / X ]

Nearly 240 dead in this illegal campaign of extrajudicial killings, i.e., murder at sea. Where is Congress to stop the horror?

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01.10.2026 - 00:52 [ Common Dreams ]

Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Rationale for Hiding Memo on ‘Cold-Blooded Murder’ at Sea

A key memo from the Office of Legal Counsel at President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has underpinned the administration’s yearlong campaign of bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, and the White House has been adamant that the document should be kept secret.

But on Wednesday, Judge Paul Engelmayer in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected the administration’s rationale for keeping the memo hidden, saying that the Department of Defense and US Southern Command have adopted its contents as its “working law” while conducting 70 strikes on boats and killing at least 234 people who officials claimed, without evidence, were “narco-terrorists.”

29.09.2026 - 23:32 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Diese Geheimdienstreform betrifft uns alle

Die Geheimdienstreform betrifft Ärzt:innen und ihre Patient:innen. Sie schrĂ€nkt die Vertraulichkeit im Behandlungszimmer ein.
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Die Geheimdienstreform betrifft Journalist:innen und ihre Quellen. Sie höhlt die Grundlagen der journalistischen Arbeit aus.
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Die Geheimdienstreform betrifft Klimaaktivistinnen und Sitzblockierer. Sie geraten schneller ins Visier der Dienste.
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Die Geheimdienstreform betrifft AutowerkstĂ€tten. Deren Mitarbeitende werden zu ErfĂŒllungsgehilf:innen der Dienste.

Die geplanten Gesetze verpflichten jede Menge private Akteure, den deutschen Geheimdiensten zuzuarbeiten. Neben Anbietern von digitalen Diensten und Telekommunikation sind hier auch explizit AutowerkstÀtten und Kfz-Hersteller erwÀhnt.
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Die Geheimdienstreform betrifft dich, wenn du durch ein Einkaufszentrum lĂ€ufst. Denn die Dienste könnten dich kĂŒnftig dabei beobachten.
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Die Geheimdienstreform betrifft alle, die das Internet nutzen. Denn der BND darf faktisch alle ĂŒbertragenen Daten abschnorcheln und durchsuchen.

28.09.2026 - 19:17 [ ZDFHeute.de ]

BND und Verfassungsschutz: So weit sollen die Befugnisse der Nachrichtendienste reichen

(September 24, 2026)

Zudem werden Analyse- und Überwachungsbefugnisse ausgebaut, beispielsweise mit Blick auf den Einsatz kĂŒnstlicher Intelligenz, Speicherfristen oder die Übermittlung von Informationen an andere Behörden.

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Im Fall des BND heißt es im Entwurf, er soll bei einer „spezifischen GefĂ€hrdungslage“ auf Ziele „einwirken“ dĂŒrfen. Gemeint sind beispielsweise Hackbacks, also Gegenangriffe im Netz oder Manipulationen von Bauteilen.

Im Fall des Verfassungsschutzes sind einige konkrete Maßnahmen bereits im Entwurf aufgezĂ€hlt, etwa das „VerfĂ€lschen“ von Informationen oder die BeeintrĂ€chtigung von „Tatmitteln“.

23.09.2026 - 22:40 [ theHill.com ]

Trump’s approval plunges into the 20s, and Republicans give up

An American Research Group poll published this week found Trump’s approval at just 29 percent — a new low for his presidency and a flashing warning sign for the congressional Republicans being dragged beneath the waves by the president’s plummeting popularity.

20.09.2026 - 13:05 [ France24.com ]

Cuba hit with another nationwide blackout amid US fuel blockade

Cuba suffered a total blackout after the collapse of its electrical grid on Friday. The blackout is the latest of at least six partial or total grid collapses since the beginning of this year, as the island grapples with an ongoing US fuel blockade.

18.09.2026 - 15:43 [ Fox News ]

Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war

Since 2023, the sharpest decline in support for Israel — down at least 20 points — comes from women, Hispanic voters, voters under age 45, voters with a college degree and Democrats. Republican support has fallen 10 points during the same time.

18.09.2026 - 15:11 [ Al Jazeera ]

Poll shows 60 percent of US voters think decision to launch war against Iran was wrong

Sixty percent said launching military action against Iran was the wrong decision, compared with 37 percent who supported it.

18.09.2026 - 08:36 [ FirstPost.com ]

US clears way for $24.3-bn military aircraft sale to Saudi Arabia amid West Asia war

“This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a major non-Nato ally that is a force for political stability and economic progress in the Gulf region,” the State Department said in its official notification.

Officials said the proposed deal would enhance Saudi Arabia’s ability to deter existing and future threats, strengthen its homeland defence and improve interoperability with US, regional and Nato forces.

18.09.2026 - 07:45 [ USA Today ]

Judge orders Trump to give 30-day notice before any demolition of Kennedy Center

A federal judge effectively blocked President Donald Trump from taking immediate action to demolish the Kennedy Center, ordering on Sept. 17 that the center provide a 30-day notice to plaintiffs before any demolition or other major changes to the center‘s main building can begin.

It means the legality of any attempt to demolish the Kennedy Center ‒ which Trump has argued is necessary without substantial renovations ‒ would likely be subject to the judge‘s review during the 30-day period.

18.09.2026 - 07:43 [ CNN ]

Trump seen with ‘Kennedy Center demolished’ poster; judge orders 30-day notice before any major changes

Trump has sought to rename the memorial to President John F. Kennedy after himself, recasting it as the “Trump-Kennedy Center” last year. Cooper had ruled that only Congress can enact such a change and the name was removed from the building’s facade.

16.09.2026 - 22:56 [ Antiwar.com ]

Speaker Johnson Cancels Thursday House Session, Pushing Hegseth Impeachment Vote Until After Midterms

Massie argued in his eight articles of impeachment for Hegseth that passing the concurrent War Powers Resolution was one of the multiple ways Hegseth and the administration are breaking the law by continuing the Iran war.

The articles also address how Hegseth has ignored US laws designed to mitigate civilian casualties, his role in extrajudicial executions at sea (strikes on alleged drug-running boats), the attack on Venezuela to abduct President Maduro, the bombing campaign in Yemen last year, and his efforts to chill free speech.

12.09.2026 - 15:56 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Die „Authorization For Use of Military Force“ vom 14. September 2001 im Wortlaut

(August 19, 2014)

Radio Utopie dokumentiert dieses in jeder Hinsicht verheerende historische ErmÀchtigungsgesetz im Wortlaut.

11.09.2026 - 14:40 [ Nicolas J.S. Davies / Mintpress.com ]

Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen: Calculating the Millions-High Death Toll of America’s Post-9/11 Wars

(26.4.2018)

As Barbara Lee presciently warned her colleagues before she cast her lone dissenting vote in 2001, we have “become the evil we deplore.” But these wars have not been accompanied by fearsome military parades (not yet) or speeches about conquering the world. Instead they have been politically justified by “information warfare” to demonize enemies and fabricate crises, and then waged in a “disguised, quiet, media free” way, to hide their cost in human blood from the American public and the world.

After 16 years of war, about 6 million violent deaths, 6 countries utterly destroyed and many more destabilized, it is urgent that the American public come to terms with the true human cost of our country’s wars and how we have been manipulated and misled into turning a blind eye to them – before they go on even longer, destroy more countries, further undermine the rule of international law and kill millions more of our fellow human beings.

05.09.2026 - 17:03 [ Common Dreams ]

‘We Are in a Constitutional Crisis’: Congress Urged to Sue Trump to End Iran War

With no end in sight to President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, Congress is being urged to take legal action to bring the conflict to an end.

Jamal Abdi, executive director at National Iranian American Council (NIAC) Action, said on Wednesday that Congress must go to court to enforce the war powers resolution that passed in the House and the Senate earlier this year.

04.09.2026 - 01:39 [ ANewPolicy.org ]

Joint Letter to Chairmen Wicker and Rogers and Ranking Members Reed and Smith Opposing Further U.S.-Israel Defense Integration

Dear Chairmen Wicker and Rogers and Ranking Members Reed and Smith,

As you enter into conference to resolve the differences between the House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R.8800) and the pending Senate bill (S.4784), We, the undersigned U.S. organizations, strongly urge you to reject the entrenchment of U.S. and Israeli defense collaboration, which goes against U.S. national interests and values, and would expand the risk of U.S. complicity in, and exposure to, human rights violations, war crimes, and genocide.

Specifically, we are deeply concerned by Section 219 in the House NDAA and Section 1217 in the Senate version, which establish a new U.S. Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative aimed at accelerating joint research, development, and integration of Israeli-origin and jointly developed defense technologies into U.S. military systems and programs of record. This would expand U.S-Israeli military integration across some of the most sensitive domains of emerging technology, including quantum computing, AI and autonomous systems, cyber and electronic warfare, directed energy, and defense industrial base co-production, while expediting pathways from R&D into procurement.

04.09.2026 - 01:32 [ NST.com.my ]

56 US groups urge Congress to drop Israel defence ties provision

The provision would deepen cooperation between the US and Israeli defence sectors by accelerating joint military technology development and other partnerships. The bill passed the House of Representatives in July and awaits Senate action.

The provision of the 2027 National Defence Authorisation Act, known as Section 219, seeks to set up frameworks for joint ventures, licensing agreements and US-based co-production partnerships with the Israeli industry.

In Thursday‘s letter addressed to leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, 56 groups said deeper integration with Israel‘s defence sector would be „exceptionally dangerous“ and urged lawmakers to remove the provision.

03.09.2026 - 10:20 [ Democrats / US House Foreign Affairs Committee ]

Ranking Members Meeks, Smith, Himes, and Thompson Introduce War Powers Resolution to End Trump’s Illegal Boat Strikes

September 2, 2026

Washington, DC — Marking one year since the Trump administration’s first boat strike, U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced a War Powers Resolution today to block the administration from continuing to use U.S. Armed Forces to conduct strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific.

“One year ago today, the Trump administration launched a campaign of extrajudicial killings, using the U.S. military and taxpayer dollars to execute at least 227 individuals without due process or a credible national-security justification. The administration calls this counternarcotics. However, it remains unclear whether these operations have made any real difference in stemming the flow of illegal drugs into the United States, and they were never authorized by Congress. A year later, the administration has little to show for this lawless campaign except a mounting body count, a massive price tag, and a stain on the American conscience.

03.09.2026 - 10:10 [ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ]

ACLU Demands End to the Trump Administration’s Illegal Year-Long Boat Strikes Campaign

In Just One Year, the Trump Administration’s Bombing Campaign Has Killed at Least 227 People, Including Fishermen and Farmhands

03.09.2026 - 10:00 [ Common Dreams ]

Trump Condemned for 200+ Extrajudicial Killings After Yearlong Murder Spree at Sea

Wednesday marked one year since President Donald Trump began bombing boats allegedly smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean—a grim anniversary that sparked a fresh wave of condemnation from rights advocates across the United States and beyond.

03.09.2026 - 09:23 [ Senator Jeff Merkley / Youtube ]

Six months of Trump’s illegal war of choice. It’s cost us dearly.

(August 28, 2026)

03.09.2026 - 09:14 [ kobi5.com ]

Merkley criticizes Trump’s 6-month Iran war while urging War Powers vote

(August 31, 2026)

In his address, Merkley outlined the severe consequences of the conflict, saying it has failed to control nuclear materials while at the same time has strengthened Iranian hardliners, fractured alliances, and enriched Russia. He also highlighted the human and military costs, pointing to deaths and injuries among U.S. service members and depleted domestic munitions.

Since the start of the war on February 28th, 18 service members have died and 757 have been wounded. Furthermore, Merkley warned that the war is financially pressing Americans against the wall as skyrocketing gas, diesel, and fertilizer prices hit families and farmers hard.

03.09.2026 - 08:48 [ Reuters ]

Iran war escalation raises concern over civilian death toll

The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll ​after Iran reported 18 dead in the last U.S. assault, including four killed and dozens wounded at a wedding.
Iran‘s health minister said 18 people were killed ‌and 108 wounded in Tuesday night‘s U.S. strikes across Iran. The Iranian Red Crescent said four people were killed and 67 wounded at a wedding ceremony near the coast of the Strait of Hormuz.

31.08.2026 - 00:46 [ Consortium News ]

Twilight’s Last Gleaming

There is a point in the decline of republics when the problem is no longer that government breaks its own laws. Governments will always behave unlawfully. The deeper problem comes when the constitutional machinery designed to prevent those acts stops functioning — when spending becomes detached from arithmetic, presidential power becomes detached from law and Congress and the courts become detached from the Constitution.

That’s where America is today.

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The twilight of our constitutional republic has not arrived because the sun suddenly disappeared. It has arrived because, little by little, nearly everyone became accustomed to the darkness.

30.08.2026 - 23:46 [ Tucker Carlson ]

LEAKED: Pentagon Nuclear Plans Prove the US Is Out of Options. Joe Kent on What Comes Next.

How close are we to nuclear war? According to Joe Kent, a lot closer than you think.