Bullsh*t Buster

Ein ausgesprochen guter Artikel über das Versagen der deutschen Medien beim Thema Nahost-Konflikt. diefreiheitsliebe.de/politik/medien… Was habt ihr zu eurer Verteidigung zu sagen, @ARDde @ZDF @WDR @DLF @faznet @tazgezwitscher @SZ @DIEZEIT ? @welt und @BILD frag ich ja schon gar nicht mehr.

You won't hear a better 55-second description of MAGA and Trump than this: in terms of the perspective of any minimally honest MAGA supporter:

@LndamyDark You misinterpreted bullshit as making sense.

I know Bill Maher is not a lot of people's favorites. But here he is making sense once again. Israel is not going anywhere.

@HenMazzig This question is so dumb that it deserves no answer.

Israeli civilians, families, are being pulled lifeless from the rubble after an Iranian missile struck a residential building. We’ve seen these images before. When it happened in Gaza, it triggered worldwide protests, nonstop coverage, riots, and endless explanations about why this was a clear violation of human rights and why it didn’t matter who started it. Why does that principle disappear when the victims are Jews?

It's incredible that Trump would admit to this because the "Iran killed peaceful protesters" narrative was pretty much the only moral fig leaf the pro-war camp could still hide behind. In effect he's confirming: "no, I assure you, my war is 100% indefensible. Zero moral basis whatsoever." It's also yet another immensely depressing illustration of the extent to which we're still all manipulated by the media. Which mainstream outlet, globally, questioned the "peaceful protesters" framing? The Iranian government kept saying this wasn't true, but which outlet even entertained the possibility they were telling the truth? Not one, as far as I could see: this was universally dismissed as Iranian propaganda. As is sadly almost always the case, the media just ran the US State Department script: the Iranian "regime" is massacring innocent civilians for wanting "freedom". The ridiculously cartoonish narrative that women just want to show their hair and get killed for that... Except we now have the President of the United States confirming that the protesters were in fact sent "a lot of guns," making them actual US-armed insurgents🤷 Hopefully it finally shames the media into doing the bare minimum, i.e. their actual job: treat Western government claims with the same skepticism they reflexively apply to official enemies. But I'm not holding my breath...

@Isaac_Herzog This is tragic, of course. But: Who started the war and massively attacks civilians and civilian infrastructure?

This beautiful family was wiped out in a heinous missile attack by the Iranian regime last night in Haifa. Lucille Jane Gershovitz, 29, was a kindergarten teacher originally from the Philippines. Dimitri Gershovitz, 42, was a software engineer. Lena Ostrovsky, 68, was a legendary voice coach. Vladimir Gershovitz, 73, was a retired tech expert who had just returned home from the hospital. These four innocent civilians were the latest victims of the Iranian regime’s brutal attacks. This murderous regime must be stopped.

@ShanaMeyerson @Isaac_Herzog Who started the war and massively attackes civilians and civilian infrastructure?

@Isaac_Herzog This is so utterly heartbreaking! 💔😔 🕯️ Where are all the nations holding Iran accountable for their unending targeting of Israeli civilans⁉️⁉️

"I also want to take their lives." Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir calls for the execution of Palestinian prisoners, boasting that he already stripped them of food, yard walks, education, and all amenities, and now wants to take their lives. "As someone who took from them their food, their yard walks, their studies, their amenities, as someone who took everything from them, I also want to take their lives. It is right. It is just." On the High Court potentially blocking the death penalty law: "Correct the High Court — not the law."

UPDATE: A German court has suspended the freezing of my wife’s accounts. It said it has “serious doubts” about the legality of the measure and a “massive interference” with her rights, dismissing claims I “control” her finances as normal family behaviour. A rare sigh of relief for us.

⚠️ 🇩🇪 Federal Government Plans Nationwide "#Palantir Law" ‼️‼️‼️ The Federal Ministry of the Interior is currently planning a law for the nationwide use of automated data analysis. This law is intended to enable the police to automatically retrieve data from various databases, including publicly accessible internet data. Jurists and data protection advocates are issuing warnings, referring to it as an infrastructure for the "comprehensive traceability of the population." The software for implementing these plans could come from the US company Palantir, which has been a subject of criticism for years. Switzerland recently rejected the software because it could not be ruled out that the data might be intercepted by US intelligence agencies. The software is already in use in several federal states. It is already becoming clear that it is being used there for minor offenses as well, and not solely for "counter-terrorism" as previously claimed. Similar police laws already exist in Hesse and Hamburg; however, these were classified as unconstitutional. Recent Status (March/April 2026): On March 12, 2026, the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) published the official draft (Referentenentwurf) for this law. • Current Opposition: Just a few days ago, on April 1, 2026, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and 13 other NGOs issued a formal statement strongly rejecting the draft, citing the same concerns about "comprehensive traceability" mentioned in your text.  • Upcoming Milestone: The law is scheduled to be presented to the Cabinet for a final decision later this month, around April 29, 2026. Why it feels familiar The text mentions that similar laws in Hesse and Hamburg were ruled unconstitutional. That happened in February 2023, when the Federal Constitutional Court set very high hurdles for automated data analysis. The current 2026 law is the federal government's attempt to create a "waterproof" version of those rules that can be used by the BKA (Federal Criminal Police Office) and Federal Police nationwide. We are looking at a summary of a political dangerous situation that is unfolding right now.‼️ #b0604 #Berlin #Germany

Iran’s legal position regarding the Strait of Hormuz rests on a firm and multi-layered foundation in international law that has been consistently articulated, formally recorded, and never relinquished. First, the applicable treaty framework does not support the imposition of the “transit passage” regime on Iran. The UNCLOS introduced transit passage as a novel legal construct, granting expansive rights—including overflight and submerged navigation—to foreign military assets. However, Iran never ratified UNCLOS and explicitly rejected this regime upon signature. Under general principles of treaty law, a state cannot be bound by provisions of a treaty it has not ratified, particularly where it has expressly objected to those provisions at the time of signature. This position is reinforced by the doctrine of the persistent objector. Even if one assumes, arguendo, that transit passage has evolved into customary international law, Iran has consistently and openly rejected its applicability. As such, it is not bound by that rule. Second, in the absence of a universally binding transit passage regime, the governing law reverts to earlier treaty law and customary principles, most notably the 1958 Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Both Iran and key user states such as the United States are not parties to UNCLOS, creating a legal vacuum in which reliance on earlier treaty regimes is not only appropriate but necessary. Under this framework, the right of passage through territorial seas is not unlimited. It is conditioned on innocent passage, a well-established rule allowing coastal states to regulate navigation to protect their security and public order. Crucially, innocent passage excludes activities that threaten the coastal state, including military operations, intelligence gathering, and acts connected to hostile conduct. Third, the geographic reality of the Strait of Hormuz strengthens Iran’s legal position. The navigable channels lie entirely within the overlapping territorial seas of Iran and Oman. This is not a high seas corridor but a maritime space subject to coastal sovereignty, albeit qualified by navigational rights. That sovereignty carries with it the right to adopt and enforce laws necessary to safeguard national security. Fourth, even under UNCLOS itself, the regime of non-suspendable innocent passage remains a legally recognized alternative in certain straits. This regime is more restrictive than transit passage and explicitly allows the coastal state to take necessary steps to prevent passage that is not innocent. Iran’s interpretation is therefore not a legal aberration, but a plausible reading grounded in existing law. Fifth, and most critically in the present context, the law of armed conflict and the UN Charter fundamentally alter the legal landscape. Following an unlawful use of force against it, Iran is entitled to invoke its inherent right of self-defense. In such circumstances, the legal characterization of passage cannot be divorced from the realities of hostilities. Vessels and aircraft associated with belligerent states—or facilitating military operations—cannot claim protected navigational rights while simultaneously contributing to acts of aggression. International law has never required a state to permit its own territorial sea to be used as a conduit for hostile operations. On the contrary, the right of self-defense permits proportionate measures to prevent such exploitation. Conditioning passage on neutrality and non-hostility is therefore not only lawful but necessary to uphold the integrity of that right. Finally, the conduct of other states further undermines any claim that Iran’s position is exceptional. The United States itself is not a party to UNCLOS yet selectively invokes its provisions as customary law when convenient.

@jbuzz1980 @mehdirhasan Educate yourself, kid. youtu.be/v8Suyxaj26s

@mehdirhasan The United nations created israel on land that was never a Palestinian country. Islam has been attacking israel ever since wanting to kill all the jews and set up an islamic caliphate where the women are owned by the men, death to gays, and no free speech.

"Do you support Israel's 'right to exist'?" It's a 'gotcha' queston and I debunk all the BS surrounding the 'right to exist' propaganda right here:

@Joshhasten @mehdirhasan The bottom line is, that you belong to the 0,1% of world‘s dumbest people. Congrats. 🎉

@mehdirhasan This is all BS propaganda. You are Hamas. That’s the bottom line.

@BigOlYamBag @mehdirhasan He just did, but you are obviously intellectually not able to grasp it.

@mehdirhasan It's a simple yes or no question, Mehdi. Your answer is no. Stop being a coward. Tell us the truth.

@walt_cult @mehdirhasan No. You are just extremely dumb. Hope that helps.

@mehdirhasan A Muslim who has already says he wants Jews dead, doesn’t think Israel has the right to exist. Shocker. Your agenda is clear. America needs to fight back against you and your beliefs.

@retiredjudean @mehdirhasan You choose both dumbness and unspeakable crimes. youtu.be/CtUGZXM_-Lc

@mehdirhasan If it's a choice between Jew haters right to exist or Israel's right to exist, I chose Israel.

@MichaelARothman Ridiculous. youtu.be/CtUGZXM_-Lc

𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐉𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐀 “𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓” Phillips, columnist for the 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 of London and one of the sharpest voices in the fight against post-October 7th anti-Semitism, previewing her new book 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦: 𝘈 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦. Her advice when someone calls you a racist Zionist? Don’t get defensive. 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭. “𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥: 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭”. Then she loaded the rhetorical ammunition: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬∗𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴”. The question that ends the exchange: “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?” This is what’s been missing from the Jewish response to the tidal wave of campus harassment, workplace hostility, and social media mob attacks since October 7th. Not more defensiveness. Not more “let me explain the nuance” hand-wringing. 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. Make 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 answer for the ideology they’re defending. Force 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 to explain why they’re allied with a movement whose founding charter calls for the genocide of Jews. Phillips wrote this book after visiting Jewish communities in Britain, America, and Australia that were “struggling to cope with the relentless onslaught of lies, defamation and attacks” since October 7th (𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦). The book covers how to handle verbal ambushes, psychological isolation, and what she calls the paralyzing “red mist” of anger that prevents effective response. Her closing line: “𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵”. 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Tucker Carlson says Mark Levin is not-so-subtly counseling President Trump to use nuclear weapons against Iran.

I like this woman very sensible and good reasoned argument‼️ #EpsteinFuryIllegalWar

“One of the things I find very disturbing is when they’re bombing Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean, you have two [sets of] people talking on western media. One says we should bomb them and get rid of them and take their oil. And the other group days: ‘Well, Maduro is evil and it’s a dictatorship,’ but we should know for me there is no difference between these two…Who are you to say Maduro is evil. Go and say your own government is evil.” - @s_m_marandi youtu.be/GnxV2d5Zx-s?si…

Wenn man so am Stück sieht, was #SchMerz da so auf uns alle niederprasseln lässt, fehlen einem die Worte! Wieso ist dieser arrogante, nichtsnutzige Kerl so unverschämt zu den Menschen, die sein Gehalt bezahlen? Robin Mesarosch: wann ist es genug, Herr Merz? #MerzVertrauensfrage