When Belém Shines and Berlin Stumbles - a Sentence That Shames a Government
Belém - Friedrich Merz apparently wanted to share only a brief impression after his return from Belém. What followed was nationwide criticism in Brazil, accusations of arrogance, xenophobia and a President Lula who did not hesitate ...
A Breakthrough in the Shadows - and a President Losing Control
The evening in Washington had barely ended when it became clear that the Senate would wave through the Epstein file without a single change, without hearings, without delay. A decision whose clarity ...
“Things Happen” - Trump’s Alignment With the Crown Prince and a Deal That Reaches Far Beyond Khashoggi
In the Oval Office, two men sit next to each other who know exactly what is at stake that afternoon. On one side Donald Trump, the president who is back at the lever ...
427 to 1 - and a lone Trump loyalist stands against the release of the Epstein files - The vote is a catastrophe for Trump
The US Congress sent a clear signal on Tuesday. With 427 to 1 votes, the House of Representatives approved the release of the Epstein file. A rare moment of bipartisan unity - ...
“You are part of the coverup. Some of them need to go to prison.” - The war inside MAGA - An investigative report
The MAGA world is on fire - open, visible, unmistakable. In the place where absolute allegiance ruled for years, loyalty is now breaking apart like a rotting orange tree. Trump is losing control over the people who once ...
First Consequences - The Fall of a Man Who Should Have Known Better
There are withdrawals from public life that happen quietly, almost imperceptibly. And then there are those that resemble a political thunderclap because they expose a truth that had been pushed aside for years ...
It is becoming tighter for Trump - The connection that was never meant to be seen - and that he still cannot explain
There are political stories that lie in the dark for a long time until one discovery tears everything open. An analysis of private messages from Jeffrey Epstein’s communications archive belongs exactly in this category ...
“And whoever refuses then will have to explain why they protected alleged offenders” – A President in Decline
Donald Trump has long relied on the belief that no one could politically harm him. A president who presents himself as invulnerable, who displays his ...
The world is burning – and in Belém the streets are demanding answers
Belém showed this weekend what happens when a climate summit does not take place in sterile halls but in the middle of a city that breathes, sweats and struggles. Thousands of people moved through the streets, colorful, loud and ...
November 18, 2025 – News Brief
Europe arms up – France delivers up to 100 fighter jets to Ukraine! France is sending a clear signal while Washington hesitates: Paris plans to sell up to 100 Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine –...
November 17, 2025 – News Briefs
The small return to Morro Bay! Sometimes nature creates moments that begin so quietly you almost miss them - and yet they stay with you for a long time. In Morro Bay ...
James Comey: A case on the edge - and a judge who speaks of misconduct at the Justice Department
The case against James Comey suffered a new and serious shock on Monday. In Alexandria, Virginia, a federal judge declared that the Justice Department may have committed misconduct – a word that is rarely...
Operation Midway Blitz - and the madness goes on and on
Ernesto Diaz thought in the first seconds that he was being mugged. A masked man grabbed his left shoulder, pushed him against a vehicle, and the pain shot up his arm ...
Maduro Sings “Imagine” by John Lennon – and Reality Stays Outside
Nicolás Maduro knows how to build a backdrop. On Saturday he stood on a stage, surrounded by supporters in red shirts, cameras of state television close to his face - and grabbed ...
The President in the Trap - and a Power Struggle That Shakes Washington
Donald Trump wanted to keep this chapter closed at any cost. For weeks, he resisted every move in Congress that could force the release of the Epstein file. But on Monday night, ...
Charlotte in a State of Emergency
Charlotte experienced a low point this weekend unlike anything the city had seen in years. Within a few hours, the everyday life of a metropolis that is usually shaped by Latin American life, international immigration and ...
A flying moment - and a congressman in serious need of explanation
Brad Sherman understands the mechanics of public outrage better than many of his colleagues. For nearly three decades he has served as a Democratic representative from California in the House of Representatives, an experienced budget and foreign policy specialist, ...
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has arrived off the coast of Venezuela
Arauca, Colombia - The USS Gerald R. Ford, the most advanced aircraft carrier of the United States, has arrived in the Caribbean. A ship of enormous presence, accompanied by fighter jets and destroyers ...
November 16, 2025 – News Briefs
When a minister mistakes war for his own personal cinema! One begins to wonder whether this minister is confusing war with a casting call for Apocalypse Now 2 - so readily does he ...
The Gulf Connection – Trump’s Quiet Rise Inside Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate Empire
The scene speaks for itself: A sitting U.S. president who discusses security agreements, nuclear technology and regional power questions in Riyadh, while at the same time opening doors that lead directly into private business floors ...
Die Wut der Menschen, die eine ganze Nation ins Zittern bringt
Veracruz – Mexiko erlebte an diesem Wochenende einen Ausbruch, der sich schon lange angebahnt hatte. In mehr als 50 Städten strömten Menschen auf die Straßen, vereint durch eine Mischung aus…
Frozen Future – Europe’s Struggle Over 140 Billion, Burning Apartment Blocks in Kyiv and Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Oil Facilities
It is the moment when even the familiar formulas of diplomacy no longer hold. Brussels negotiates, the capitals hesitate, and time in Kyiv runs faster than Europe wants to admit ...
The 2,000-Dollar Lie – and a President who once again plays for time
Our research quickly revealed what the White House is hiding: behind Trump’s loudly announced 2,000-dollar “dividend checks” there is no financing, no concept, no law – nothing but a claim that sounds powerful ...
Forsthaus Rampensau - or why aliens would not save us but only observe us
There are reality shows so absurd that they seem as if they were not produced for humans at all. The Kaizen Blog had one such Joyn experience: Forsthaus Rampensau ...
November 15, 2025 – News Briefs
Orbán’s Defiance Grows: Hungary Takes EU’s Russia-Energy Phase-Out to Court! Hungary is openly breaking with the European Union over its plan to end imports of Russian oil and gas. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced ...
Driven by pressure from critical journalists, New Mexico struggles for the truth about Epstein’s desert kingdom
Zorro Ranch, a remote estate in the desert of New Mexico, has long been a place of silence. That, at least, is how the state of New Mexico treated it until now. A hilltop, a mansion, ...
The Return of the Guardians - How Indigenous Peoples in Belém Are Changing the Course of the World
They came in boats, buses, trucks, on foot and with the unshakable determination of those who know that time is running out for them. From the Andes of Ecuador, the rainforests of Peru, ...
The President Looks for an Exit - and Turns the Justice Department into a Circus
Pam Bondi’s reaction was so quick that it was hard to tell where the order ended and the execution began. No sooner had Donald Trump publicly demanded that Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman ...
Trump’s Great Defeat of November 14 – The President Who Suddenly Buckles
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, November 14, 2025, that eliminates tariffs on a wide range of products without replacement – beef, coffee, tropical fruits. Goods that ...
November 14, 2025 – News Briefs
America’s Shadow War – Trump’s 20th Boat Strike Pushes the Death Toll to 80! The US military’s 20th strike on a supposedly drug-laden boat has once again left four people dead in the Caribbean Sea ...
Everything is just fraud - The cult in the West Wing - How the White House sacrifices every reality to whitewash Trump
It was the moment that revealed everything about this administration: instead of seriously addressing the growing number of explosive Epstein emails, press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped before the public and turned the ...
The president who forgot his promise and is witnessing how some Republicans have sided with the Democrats
Donald Trump began the second run of his presidency with big words: less global politics, more affordable living, jobs for Americans first. But in recent months a different reality has ...
The Burning Point of Belém – How the World Falters on Ending the Fossil Era
Belém, Brazil – These days, Belém is not only the gateway to the Amazon but the place where it will be decided whether the world is ready to take its own future seriously ...
How Stupid Is the AfD, Actually?
There are political promises so bold that one could at least acknowledge the courage behind them. And then there is the AfD, which distributes campaign pledges with a mix of cluelessness and chutzpah that would make ...
The Great Immigration Party of Mar-a-Lago
There is something touching about the way Donald Trump proves year after year that no one floods the United States with foreign workers more consistently than he does himself – only in ...
The Day Trump’s “Genius” Policies Caught Up With Wall Street
New York experienced on this Thursday the moment when the financial markets stopped lying to themselves. A day when the fantasy of the boundless power of artificial intelligence collided head-on with reality ...
November 13, 2025 – News Briefs
Hello, Mister President! - Silent, almost in a hurry, he slips past the journalists he usually insults and poses for in front of the cameras. Step by step, the…
The Price of Truth – How Europe’s Patience Is Fading and Zelenskyy Struggles in the Whirlpool of a New Corruption Scandal
Zelenskyy stands before journalists in Kyiv, but the real question has long been hanging heavily over the city: How deep does this new corruption scandal truly go? The resignations of ministers, the removal of half ...
Epstein to Bannon - the Manipulation Behind the Kavanaugh Hearing
There are moments when political history tilts because someone in the background throws a thought into the room that should never have been uttered. In the fall of 2018 - when the ...
The Man Who Stayed Silent - and Who Said He Could Destroy Trump
There are moments when the past snaps back into the glaring light of the present, as if it had only been waiting to regain power over the present, the abyss of a man who ...
Scent, Diplomacy - and the Sentence ‘How Many Wives Do You Have?’: A Moment That Says Everything
It was one of those moments when the Oval Office seemed to develop its own gravity. No heavy speech, no orchestrated protocol, but a scene that felt disturbing, revealing, and almost intimate all at once ...
Once Upon a Time in America…
Veracruz/Monterrey/Waco – It was a Tuesday morning in March when the quiet ritual of a workday began in Waco, Texas. Sergio Garcia heated the beans, ...
November 12, 2025 – News Briefs
Moscow lures foreign refineries with tax breaks for Russian oil - Russia plans to reward foreign refineries with tax incentives if they process Russian crude. According to Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Sazanov, companies outside Russia will soon receive the same…
The Dog That Didn’t Bark – New Epstein Emails Heavily Implicate Trump
They are inconspicuous lines, written years ago, yet they strike at the core of power. In emails obtained by us, Jeffrey Epstein writes that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house with one of the girls.” ...
The Tears of Cicero
Cicero, Illinois – The morning began like any ordinary day. Rafael Veraza, 33, was on his way with his wife and their one-year-old daughter to Sam’s Club, a wholesale store west ...
The Hunger Remains – Supreme Court Extends SNAP Blockade as the End of the Shutdown Appears in Sight
Washington – It was a single sentence from the highest court in the land, yet its impact reaches millions: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the order blocking the payment ...
The Eight Who Learned Nothing
Eight votes were enough to end the longest government shutdown in American history. Eight votes that led the country out of paralysis - and at the same time plunged it deeper into self-forgetfulness ...
Deported, Returned, Punished – The Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the Moral Bankruptcy of the American Rule of Law
Greenbelt, Maryland – It is a case that runs like a crack through the foundation of American justice. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, husband, father, worker – and a symbol of a system ...
The Red Line of Belgrade – How Serbia’s Youth Stops the Sellout to Kushner
Belgrade – It was a quiet but unmistakable uprising. Thousands of young Serbians formed a human chain on Tuesday around the destroyed military headquarters in the center of Belgrade – that memorial ...
Goodbye, Spaghetti – The Last Meal of a Nation
There are political decisions that change the course of the world. And then there are tariffs on pasta. Donald Trump apparently confused the two. In a country that once reached the moon, ...