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26.10.2026 - 20:26 [ theAtlantic.com ]

Netanyahu Goes Into Full Panic Mode

For years, Israelis both pro- and anti-Netanyahu have advised against counting him out. That advice remains sound. He has a Nixon-like ability to reemerge improbably stronger every time his political career has been declared over.

18.10.2026 - 14:39 [ Bundesverfassungsgericht.de ]

Urteil vom 27. Februar 2008

Die heimliche Infiltration eines informationstechnischen Systems, mittels derer die Nutzung des Systems ĂŒberwacht und seine Speichermedien ausgelesen werden können, ist verfassungsrechtlich nur zulĂ€ssig, wenn tatsĂ€chliche Anhaltspunkte einer konkreten Gefahr fĂŒr ein ĂŒberragend wichtiges Rechtsgut bestehen. Überragend wichtig sind Leib, Leben und Freiheit der Person oder solche GĂŒter der Allgemeinheit, deren Bedrohung die Grundlagen oder den Bestand des Staates oder die Grundlagen der Existenz der Menschen berĂŒhrt. Die Maßnahme kann schon dann gerechtfertigt sein, wenn sich noch nicht mit hinreichender Wahrscheinlichkeit feststellen lĂ€sst, dass die Gefahr in nĂ€herer Zukunft eintritt, sofern bestimmte Tatsachen auf eine im Einzelfall durch bestimmte Personen drohende Gefahr fĂŒr das ĂŒberragend wichtige Rechtsgut hinweisen.

Die heimliche Infiltration eines informationstechnischen Systems ist grundsÀtzlich unter den Vorbehalt richterlicher Anordnung zu stellen.

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Das Schutzgut dieses Grundrechts ist die rĂ€umliche SphĂ€re, in der sich das Privatleben entfaltet (vgl. BVerfGE 89, 1 <12>; 103, 142 <150 f.>). Neben Privatwohnungen fallen auch Betriebs- und GeschĂ€ftsrĂ€ume in den Schutzbereich des Art. 13 GG (vgl. BVerfGE 32, 54 <69 ff.>; 44, 353 <371>; 76, 83 <88>; 96, 44 <51>). Dabei erschöpft sich der Grundrechtsschutz nicht in der Abwehr eines körperlichen Eindringens in die Wohnung. Als Eingriff in Art. 13 GG sind auch Maßnahmen anzusehen, durch die staatliche Stellen sich mit besonderen Hilfsmitteln einen Einblick in VorgĂ€nge innerhalb der Wohnung verschaffen, die der natĂŒrlichen Wahrnehmung von außerhalb des geschĂŒtzten Bereichs entzogen sind. Dazu gehören nicht nur die akustische oder optische WohnraumĂŒberwachung (vgl. BVerfGE 109, 279 <309, 327>), sondern ebenfalls etwa die Messung elektromagnetischer Abstrahlungen, mit der die Nutzung eines informationstechnischen Systems in der Wohnung ĂŒberwacht werden kann. Das kann auch ein System betreffen, das offline arbeitet.

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DarĂŒber hinaus kann eine staatliche Maßnahme, die mit dem heimlichen technischen Zugriff auf ein informationstechnisches System im Zusammenhang steht, an Art. 13 Abs. 1 GG zu messen sein, so beispielsweise, wenn und soweit Mitarbeiter der Ermittlungsbehörde in eine als Wohnung geschĂŒtzte RĂ€umlichkeit eindringen, um ein dort befindliches informationstechnisches System physisch zu manipulieren. Ein weiterer Anwendungsfall des Art. 13 Abs. 1 GG ist die Infiltration eines informationstechnischen Systems, das sich in einer Wohnung befindet, um mit Hilfe dessen bestimmte VorgĂ€nge innerhalb der Wohnung zu ĂŒberwachen, etwa indem die an das System angeschlossenen PeripheriegerĂ€te wie ein Mikrofon oder eine Kamera dazu genutzt werden.

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Art. 13 Abs. 1 GG vermittelt dem Einzelnen allerdings keinen generellen, von den ZugriffsmodalitĂ€ten unabhĂ€ngigen Schutz gegen die Infiltration seines informationstechnischen Systems, auch wenn sich dieses System in einer Wohnung befindet (vgl. etwa Beulke/Meininghaus, StV 2007, S. 63 <64>; Gercke, CR 2007, S. 245 <250>; Schlegel, GA 2007, S. 648 <654 ff.>; a.A. etwa Buermeyer, HRRS 2007, S. 392 <395 ff.>; Rux, JZ 2007, S. 285 <292 ff.>; Schaar/Landwehr, K&R 2007, S. 202 <204>). Denn der Eingriff kann unabhĂ€ngig vom Standort erfolgen, so dass ein raumbezogener Schutz nicht in der Lage ist, die spezifische GefĂ€hrdung des informationstechnischen Systems abzuwehren. Soweit die Infiltration die Verbindung des betroffenen Rechners zu einem Rechnernetzwerk ausnutzt, lĂ€sst sie die durch die Abgrenzung der Wohnung vermittelte rĂ€umliche PrivatsphĂ€re unberĂŒhrt. Der Standort des Systems wird in vielen FĂ€llen fĂŒr die Ermittlungsmaßnahme ohne Belang und oftmals fĂŒr die Behörde nicht einmal erkennbar sein. Dies gilt insbesondere fĂŒr mobile informationstechnische Systeme wie etwa Laptops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) oder Mobiltelefone.

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Art. 13 Abs. 1 GG schĂŒtzt zudem nicht gegen die durch die Infiltration des Systems ermöglichte Erhebung von Daten, die sich im Arbeitsspeicher oder auf den Speichermedien eines informationstechnischen Systems befinden, das in einer Wohnung steht
(vgl. zum gleichlÀufigen VerhÀltnis von Wohnungsdurchsuchung und Beschlagnahme BVerfGE 113, 29 <45>).

18.10.2026 - 14:29 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Karlsruhe erlaubt PrĂ€ventiv-Spionage und TotalĂŒberwachung Einzelner

(Februar 27, 2008)

Karlsruhe: Die Salamitaktik der Polizeistaatler ist heute im Grundsatz aufgegangen. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat heute zwar das NRW-Verfassungsschutzgesetz gekippt und ein neues Grundrecht auf „GewĂ€hrleistung der Vertraulichkeit und IntegritĂ€t informationstechnischer Systeme“ geschaffen. Das zĂ€hlt aber nicht, wenn Exekutivbehörden „tatsĂ€chliche Anhaltspunkte einer konkreten Gefahr“ haben.

Und:„Die Maßnahme kann schon dann gerechtfertigt sein, wenn sich noch nicht mit hinreichender Wahrscheinlichkeit feststellen lĂ€sst, dass die Gefahr in nĂ€herer Zukunft eintritt“.

17.10.2026 - 12:25 [ theDailyBeast.com ]

Trump’s MAGA Pals Push Sinister Martial Law Plot

Tina Peters, a prominent MAGA election activist, met with Trump in October. She was convicted in 2024 of crimes tied to a breach of election equipment, then freed this year after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, commuted her sentence. Peters and her attorney, Peter Ticktin, also visited Trump at the White House in late June.

Ticktin, who is Trump’s childhood friend, was among the speakers on a Sept. 30 video call for MAGA election activists streamed on Rumble. They warned of widespread election security breaches they believe will hit in November, and they urgently pushed for remedies.

17.10.2026 - 12:23 [ theAtlantic.com ]

The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms

(September 23, 2026)

The way Ticktin sees it, there are three possible outcomes this fall. The first—a smooth election—won’t happen in his view because, he claims without evidence, Democrats already cheated in the primaries. The second is that Trump takes action before the election to prevent cheating. The last option is that Trump tries to declare martial law on or around November 3. “Either martial law, or step aside,” he told us about Trump’s choices in the last scenario. When we asked about the prospect of riots if Trump tries to overturn the election results, Ticktin said he was not concerned. “Believe me, our armed forces are a lot bigger than they are,” he said.

17.10.2026 - 10:43 [ Predict.org ]

Gas Prices and the 2026 Midterms

(March 26, 2026)

Few economic indicators hit voters as fast or as visibly as the price of gasoline. Academic research stretching back decades confirms what political operatives have long understood intuitively: when gas prices rise sharply, presidential approval falls, and when approval falls heading into a midterm, the president’s party loses seats. That chain is being tested dramatically right now.

17.10.2026 - 10:40 [ theAtlantic.com ]

Gas Prices Could Cost Republicans the Midterms

(September 14, 2026)

If Democrats manage to take back the House and Senate in November despite an inhospitable electoral map, the Trump effect on gas prices may well be the reason.

17.10.2026 - 10:36 [ Neues Deutschland ]

Trumps Drohung: HĂ€nde hoch, Diesel her!

(October 1, 2026)

Alles nur, weil Trump seine Umfragewerte mit einem kurzen MilitĂ€r-Quickie im Iran pushen wollte. Das jedoch löste eine destruktive Kettenreaktion sondergleichen aus, wie ein Elefant, nein, eine Atombombe im Porzellanladen. Diese Ära wird in ein paar Jahren zumindest gute Serien auf Netflix oder HBO erzeugen, und man wird sich fragen, wie zum Teufel ein Mensch wie Trump je an die Macht kommen konnte.

17.10.2026 - 09:05 [ New York Times ]

Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday night exempting Russia from a new sanctions measure that Congress passed last month, offering another economic lifeline to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin as the United States turns to Russia for help in lowering gas prices.

17.10.2026 - 09:01 [ Associated Press ]

Trump puts new Russia sanctions that he recently signed into law on hold, citing national interest

Trump’s unexpected decision comes a week after he stunningly said the U.S. had agreed to purchase diesel from Russia to try to bring down global energy prices, despite that potentially hurting Ukraine in its war with Russia.

An AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll published Oct. 1 found that Americans disapprove of the president’s handling of the Iran war and blame him for higher prices.

11.10.2026 - 00:18 [ Reuters ]

US seizes $3 million in fuel shipments to Cuba as crackdown continues

(October 7, 2026)

The US said on Wednesday it had seized 90 separate shipments of biodiesel bound for Cuba worth nearly $3 million, the second time ​in a week US authorities have announced the seizure of „illegal“ fuel ‌en route to the island nation.

10.10.2026 - 23:07 [ theHill.com ]

Trump rips Zelensky amid Russia diesel deal feud: ‘I suggest they get a new leader’

It comes as the president faces growing pressure to address concerns over mounting energy costs due to global fuel shortages during the U.S.’s military operations against Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war.

06.10.2026 - 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.”

06.10.2026 - 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!

06.10.2026 - 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.”

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.