Germany’s Trump frenzy – The deportation of a cancer-stricken mother from a clinic, a child into possible death
There are stories that make even seasoned observers pause. Cases so cruel in their banality that you feel as if you’ve stepped into the wrong movie. This is one of those cases. And that says a lot ...
America’s Most Dangerous Export – How a Nation Is Infecting the World with Right-Wing Populism
The view of the United States in June 2025 is not a view of a lost nation - it is a view of a deliberate decision. A decision for a politics that no longer negotiates difference but governs through exclusion. Donald Trump, who began his second ...
The Last Frontier – How South Korea’s New President and the Peace Movement Might Make the Withdrawal of US Troops Possible
It was an evening full of symbolism. Blue balloons, glowing candles, the murmur of a crowd celebrating not just a politician, but a vision: Lee Jae-myung, candidate of the Democratic Party, stands for more than just a change in government. He represents the promise of a policy of détente in a region that has stood in the shadow of an unfinished war for decades...
“Operation At Large” – How Trump's Immigration War Dismantles the Rule of Law
It begins with a number - and could end in a political turning point. 3,000 arrests per day. That was the order Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's powerful deputy chief of staff and mastermind of immigration policy, gave to senior ICE officials ...
“Tough Guys” – How Trump Takes on Harvard and Drives Out International Students
“Tough guys. The Courts must let me do the job.” With these words, posted Wednesday evening on Truth Social, President Donald Trump cemented a policy that not only challenges the rule of law but also shakes the very foundation of academic freedom...
Two Judgments, Two Realities – How the U.S. Judiciary Intervened Against Trump's Deportation Policy on June 4
It was a day that will go down in history – not for an upheaval, not for a sudden turn of events, but for two judgments that positioned the promise of the Constitution against the cynicism of power. On June 4, 2025, the U.S. judiciary ...
A Bill, a Sunrise - and the Regret That Followed: How Trump's Agenda Was Forced Through the House of Representatives
Washington, early summer 2025. The sun had just risen over the Capitol when a moment of collective relief unfolded in the House chamber. After a night of intense debate, whispered strategy, tactical maneuvering, and a final showdown, ...
The Bishop and the Light - Mariann Budde Preaches at World Pride on Hope, Joy, and Remembrance in Dark Times
Washington, summer 2025. While rainbow flags wave through the streets of the capital and hundreds of thousands of people from around the world gather for World Pride, she stands on a small stage with the calm of someone who has seen ...
On the Edge of Silence - Trump's Call with Putin, Moscow's Threat, and the Failure of Diplomacy
It was a sentence that almost got lost in the noise of the news - and yet it heralds a geopolitical earthquake. “Putin told me very strongly that Russia will respond to Ukraine’s attack ...
The Shadow Behind Power - Laura Loomer, JD Vance, and the Radicalization of the White House
It is a meeting that might seem like a footnote in American daily politics - and yet it symbolizes much more: Laura Loomer, far-right activist, conspiracy theorist, and declared ...
Between Pipeline and Protest - How Trump's New Environmental Policy Is Burning Alaska
It begins with an image straight out of the textbook of fossil power politics: a government plane lands on the Arctic airstrip of Prudhoe Bay. Next to it, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline rises from the ground - a rusting steel artery, a symbol of an ...
Between Civil War and Madness - How a Raid in Minneapolis Reveals Trump’s New Reality
It was a Tuesday morning in Minneapolis, gray with rain and heavy with history - and yet a day that stands like a harbinger over a fractured nation. An armored vehicle bearing the ...
From Pizza Delivery to the Nobel Prize – and Pushed Aside: How the U.S. Under Trump Is Losing Its Brightest Minds
It does not begin with a scandal, but with a system. Not with an outrage, but with a decision: Research – yes, but only if it fits the worldview. Migration – ...
A Disgrace to Democracy - Elon Musk Calls Trump’s Budget Bill a 'Disgusting Abomination'
It sounds like the next big showdown in Washington - but this time, the loudest opposition comes from within. While Donald Trump celebrates his “Big, Beautiful Bill” full of tax breaks, spending cuts, and a debt ceiling increase as a triumph, ...
The Disempowerment of the States - Trump's AI Law Opens the Door to Total Surveillance
Some laws sound dry and technical, almost like trivial bureaucracy. Yet hidden between sober paragraphs lies, at times, an explosive force capable of shaking the foundations of a democracy. One such law is Trump’s latest project,..
West Virginia prosecutors are now charging women for miscarriages - a dystopian reality
West Virginia prosecutors are now charging women for miscarriages - a dystopian reality - It sounds like a scene from a dystopian novel, yet it has become reality: In West Virginia, women now face criminal prosecution for miscarriages, starting as early as the ninth week of pregnancy...
Trump sharply attacks Republican Rand Paul: "His ideas are actually crazy"
It was a morning of open reckoning when President Donald Trump sharply attacked Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky on his Truth Social platform. The reason was Paul's criticism of Trump's key domestic initiative, the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (BBB), ...
A Small Reprieve in the Storm – How 5,000 Venezuelans Managed to Defend Their Right to Stay, for Now
It is a ruling that could easily be overlooked amid the flood of political decisions – and yet it marks a moment of relief for thousands of people, a legal pause in the face of the radical upheaval triggered by the Trump administration’s ...
"He has an issue" – Trump Biographer Michael Wolff on the Deep Foundations of His Racism
It is not a new accusation – and yet it sounds sharper, more personal, more unflinching than many before. Michael Wolff, long-time Trump observer and author of several bestselling books about the president, ...
The Names of the Disappeared – Protest at the Statue of Liberty Against Trump’s Deportation Policy
New York City, June 2, 2025 – It was a quiet, poignant moment at the foot of a symbol of hope: More than fifty people gathered yesterday on the steps of the Statue of Liberty, ...
Last Bastion – How Germany's Courts Are Becoming a Political Target
It is no longer only the political fringes where the language of contempt is taking root. When Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) declared the day after a constitutionally confirmed legal principle that he would not change ...
"Big or beautiful?" - How Trump's mega bill is tearing the Republican conscience apart
It is a political monument, a monument to overconfidence, baptized with the name of a marketing promise: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Donald Trump announced it as a masterpiece of fiscal policy – but within his own ranks ...
The Silence of the Masks – ICE, Fear, and a Nation in the Grip of Deportation
It was a Friday evening when smoke drifted through the streets of San Diego, when screams tore through the air and heavily armed men in tactical gear stormed into an Italian restaurant – just before dinner, just before the breaking of bread...
The Horses and Happiness – A Story from Namibia
There are corners of the world where the miraculous happens in dust. Not in the glitter of the opera, not in the noise of parliaments, but where a child with wide eyes touches ...
The State of Emergency as the New Normal – How One Case Shows That Gangs Are No Longer the Only Target in El Salvador
It was early on a Saturday morning when Ruth Eleonora López was arrested in her home. No summons, no judicial warrant, no timeline – just the vague accusation that she had helped ...
America’s Fractured Gun Debate – Why the Supreme Court Remains Silent
It was a quiet yet significant moment this Monday. The United States Supreme Court chose—with as much deliberation as signal effect—not to intervene. Two central cases concerning gun rights in America were not taken ...
The Crusade Against Truth – How Trump and MAGA Are Destroying America's Future Through Their War on Science
Yet truth is dangerous, and science is a public threat. We must keep it carefully chained and muzzled.” These are the words of Mustapha Mond in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, ...
How Trump’s Chip Blockade and Visa Threats Have Reignited the Conflict With China
It was a brief moment of relief, hardly more than a breath in the history of economic rivalry: Just a few weeks ago, the United States and China announced in Geneva ...
What a Joy – Poland's New President and the Legacy of the Fist
From a president, one expects composure, judgment, at least the appearance of moral integrity. But what if, instead, a bouncer takes office - with a criminal record on his back, old acquaintances in shady circles, and a firm determination ...
“The American Dream is over” – How Trump’s deportation policies are driving Latin Americans to Spain
Benjamin Enrique Berardinelli Manjarrez sitzt in einem Straßencafé in Madrid, wo der Frühling langsam in die Glut des Sommers übergeht. Er ist 33 Jahre alt, Kolumbianer, und erst seit wenigen…
Blacklist of Arbitrariness – How Trump's DHS Shames Cities That Protect Migrants
t is a move that echoes dark times: On May 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), led by Kristi Noem, released a list of 500 cities, counties, and states ...
Alarm at the Brink – Moscow's Nuclear Warning and the Geopolitical Tightrope
It is a message that makes even the most war-weary news cycle pause: On June 1, 2025, Moscow requested urgent consultations with the United States. The reason? An attack ...
Lost Time – How Michael Kretschmer Is Dismantling Germany’s Climate Consensus
They are words that sound as if from another era. While Europe groans under heatwaves, extreme weather destroys harvests, and insurance companies begin pulling out of entire regions, Michael Kretschmer strikes ...
Flashbangs in the Neighborhood – How an ICE Raid in San Diego Reawakened Fear
On the evening of May 30, 2025, the city of San Diego, California, witnessed a law enforcement operation that left many residents and guests in utter shock: Around 6 p.m., units from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...
Trump Breaks with Leo – A Power Struggle Within the Conservative Camp
They were once allies: Donald Trump and Leonard Leo, the legal mastermind behind the conservative shift at the Supreme Court. Leo, longtime head of the Federalist Society, had advised Trump in selecting judges and is seen as the architect ...
The Clone Cabal – Trump’s Latest Conspiracy and the Dance Around the Soulless Double
It sounds like the plot of a cheap science fiction movie that even RTL2 wouldn’t air late at night – Joe Biden, allegedly executed in 2020, replaced by a soulless robotic decoy controlled by dark forces ...
The Illusion of Growth – Trump’s Debt Promises Between Rhetoric and Reality
It is a promise that could hardly be greater – and at the same time more dangerous: President Donald Trump wants to solve America’s debt problem. With multibillion-dollar tax cuts, growth-driven optimism, and an aggressive tariff policy. But ...
The New Caution - How Trump’s Social Media Screening Silences International Students
It begins with a question that few used to ask: "What did you post on your Instagram feed – and who might hold it against you?" In the United States of 2025, it has become ...
$42,000 Bonus for ICE Agents? – A Proposal Sparks Outrage
A new Republican budget proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives is drawing sharp criticism: Every employee of the immigration agency ICE is to receive a $42,000 bonus – in addition to their regular salary. ...
“Calm down, Mom” - ICE arrest shakes San Antonio
It is a sentence that cuts deep: “Tranquila, ma. Aquí estoy yo” - “Calm down, Mom. I’m here.” Spoken by a small boy who has to watch as his mother is arrested by ICE agents in San ...
Artificial Health – How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Hallucinates the American Reality
One has to imagine it: The central health report of the US government - the very document that is supposed to provide millions of people with guidance on health issues - is crammed full of fabricated sources, dead links, and digital watermarks ...
“I love Viktor Orbán” – When Alice Weidel falls, she falls hard
It’s only four words, but they reveal everything - “I love Viktor Orbán.” With this sentence, Alice Weidel, chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group, finally dropped the last remnants of her democratic mask at this year’s CPAC 2025 in Budapest. The stage - a right-wing carnival of authoritarian self-adoration...
"Remigration" as State Policy – How Trump’s Deportation Office Speaks the Language of Purging -Trump wants to establish an Office of Remigration !
It is just a word. And yet it acts like an explosive device in political language: remigration. Donald Trump uses it as if it were bureaucratic jargon. As if it referred to return assistance, applications, orderly procedures...
Kristi Noem and Her Shadow Men - When an Enemy Image Is Made of Thin Air
An article about fear as a weapon, a fabricated letter, and the propaganda of power It begins with a letter. Light blue ink, an angry message threatening to shoot Donald Trump ...
Power Without a Majority – The Political Labyrinth of Greifswald
Greifswald, the historic university town on the Baltic Sea, is politically upside down. Since the municipal elections of 2024, the city council has been in a state that resembles a political experiment –albeit one without a plan ...
Steel-Hard, But Stupid – How Trump Spooked the Markets With 50% Tariffs and Gave Apple a Scare
By a man who set out to make America great again – and burned billions along the way. It was one of those scenes that have become routine in Trump’s second term: a warehouse ...
How America Is Dismantling Itself and Why Germany Must Remain Vigilant
It does not begin with tanks. Not with uniforms or marching music. It begins with a smile - and a nomination. Paul Ingrassia is the man Donald Trump wants to appoint as head ...
The Judgment of Dehumanization – How the Supreme Court Abandoned the Western Value System on May 30, 2025
It begins with a court ruling, soberly worded, directed at a public long accustomed to the unimaginable. And yet, May 30, 2025, will go down in history – as the day the Supreme Court ...
Has TACO Sniffed Too Much Hot Sauce? – When Trump's China Policy Becomes a Diplomatic Firestorm
Sometimes, one wonders if the White House kitchen has replaced its spices with political fumes. The recent maneuvers labeled as "China strategy" by Donald Trump's team seem less like calculated geopolitics ...
The Dismantling of Oversight – How Trump Subjugates the Judiciary to His Power
It begins with a letter. Printed on heavy letterhead, bearing the seal of the Department of Justice, signed by Pamela Bondi, Trump’s Attorney General. What is written there sounds harmless – almost bureaucratically dry...
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