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Robin Mandelwald @robinmandelwald.bsky.social · Nov 19
An der Wurzel von Fehlentwicklungen stehen immer Strukturen mangelnder Transparenz und unkontrollierter politischer oder wirtschaftlicher Macht, kombiniert mit der Naivität, Gleichgültigkeit und Manipulierbarkeit der Bevölkerung.
Zitat: Nils Melzer
Photo: Aris Messinis / AFP
Reposted by Robin Mandelwald
giancarlofiorella.bsky.social
At least one of the newly released Epstein file is already down.

This link no longer appears to work (www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)

It contained an FBI email chain outlining an allegation against Trump involving sexual activities with a child.

This is a screenshot from that email chain.
A sreenshot from an Epstein file. The screenshot is an FBI email chain containing an allegation that Donald Trump engaged in sexual activities with a child.
January 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Es war entwürdigend und demütigend. Aber es ist bezeichnend. Es passt zu einem Weißen Haus, das sich auf Grausamkeit, Brutalität, Lügen und Täuschung spezialisiert hat.*

@bastianbrauns.bsky.social im Interview mit Bürgerrechtsanwältin Nekima Levy Armstrong
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
KI-Opfer der Trump-Regierung: "Das ist Faschismus. So sieht er aus"
Ein KI-Bild des Weißen Hauses, eine Inhaftierung, die weltweit Schlagzeilen macht – und eine Frau, die sich weigert, eingeschüchtert zu werden. Ein Interview mit der betroffenen Bürgerrechtsanwältin N...
www.t-online.de
January 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Everyone knew something horrific was happening inside the prisons, and no one lifted a finger.*
Sites of institutionalized revenge
972mag.com +972 Magazine @972mag.com · 3d
‘I cannot help my clients’: The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees

With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.

By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma

www.972mag.com/israeli-pris...
The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees
With Israel running its prisons as 'torture facilities,' lawyers point to the absence of state and judicial oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.
www.972mag.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
… und noch lange nach Kriegsende wird das Wehklagen der Seelen wie ein unsichtbarer Schleier über das Land wehen.
Die tödlichste Waffe zerstört das Vertrauen.

*I want to find my way back to the version of myself that loved life with openness, not armor.*
irynavoichuk.bsky.social Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 3d
Life shaped by war changes your inner architecture in ways you don’t immediately notice.
What hurts, what angers, what we can still feel, and what we numb just to survive.
And how all of this slowly alters the way we see the world — and what we still believe in.

www.patreon.com/posts/149270...
The Person You Become While Surviving | Iryna Voichuk
Get more from Iryna Voichuk on Patreon
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January 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Der deutlichste Indikator für die Fragilität des russischen Systems ist derzeit das Militär. Basierend auf einem System aus Angst, finanziell ausgelaugt und ohne klares Ziel kämpfend, spiegelt es die Schwächen des gesamten Apparats wider.*
*Ljubow Zybulska
www.dekoder.org/de/article/r...
„Ein Umbruch in Russland ist möglich, wenn der Alltag schlimmer wird als die Angst zu verlieren“ - дekoder | DEKODER
Russlands Gesellschaftsvertrag bröckelt, die Wirtschaft dient dem Krieg, in der Armee wie im Land herrschen Korruption und Repressionen. Doch Russland steht weder kurz vorm Kollaps noch kann es seinen...
www.dekoder.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by Robin Mandelwald
kooyjan.bsky.social
"They left the building. Not the truth."

A powerful new documentary, 80 Angry Journalists, shows how Hungary’s once-independent news outlet Index was taken over, and how reporters resigned together rather than submit to political pressure.

Trailer⤵️
80 Angry Journalists | Early International Festival Teaser
In 2020, Hungary’s largest independent newsroom, Index.hu, collapsed under growing political pressure. In a historic act of protest, more than 80 journalists…
vimeo.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 AM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Medien wie @bellingcat.com oder @nytimes.com sichten Filmmaterial - es sind solche Bild­analysen, die noch einen letzten Rest objektive Realität herstellen in einem Land, wo dreiste Lügen über fundamentale Wahrheiten mittlerweile Staats­doktrin sind.
2025 starben 32 Personen in Gewahrsam von ICE.
republik.ch Republik Magazin @republik.ch · 3d
In Minneapolis erschiessen US-Bundespolizisten erneut einen Menschen. Die Behörden reagieren mit einer Desinformations­kampagne. Doch die öffentlichen Erschiessungen sind nur die Spitze des Eisbergs, wie die Recherche unseres Reporters @basilschoeni.bsky.social aufzeigt.
25 Sekunden bis zum Tod – und die Lügen danach
US-Bundes­polizisten töten erneut – und die Behörden verbreiten Falsch­informationen.
www.republik.ch
January 28, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Reposted by Robin Mandelwald
raimundloew.bsky.social
(FT) Hörtipp | Wurde ein niederösterreichischer Häftling totgeprügelt?

Im Dezember 2025 verstirbt ein Insasse in der Justizanstalt Hirtenberg. Die Mutter des psychisch schwer kranken Mannes wird über ein angebliches Herzversagen informiert, während die Staatsanwaltschaft längst ermittelt. 1/
Podcast: Wurde ein niederösterreichischer Häftling totgeprügelt?
Ein Häftling verstirbt angeblich wegen „Herzversagens“. Dann werden Spuren schwerer Gewalt bekannt - Folge #1563
www.falter.at
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Einblicke ins Handwerk: Journalismus - fern von gemütlich warmen Bürotagen und verträumten Nächten. Eine Hörempfehlung.
golod.bsky.social Vassili Golod @golod.bsky.social · 6d
Wie berichten wir aus dem ARD-Studio Kyjiw, wenn Russland die Stromversorgung kaputt schießt? Wie gelingt es uns, den Strömungen aus Desinformation standzuhalten und Entwicklungen sorgfältiger einzuordnen? Das diskutieren @holgi.bsky.social und ich im @uebermedien.de Podcast „Holger ruft an“.
Podcast: Ukraine-Reporter ringen um Aufmerksamkeit
Wie frei können Korrespondenten aus der Ukraine berichten? Und dringen sie überhaupt noch durch? Gespräch mit ARD-Korrespondent Vassili Golod.
uebermedien.de
January 27, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Reposted by Robin Mandelwald
auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Listen to @dguttenfelder.bsky.social:
January 26, 2026 at 5:28 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Friede ist nicht die Abwesenheit von Krieg. Friede ist eine Tugend, eine Geisteshaltung, eine Neigung zu Güte, Vertrauen und Gerechtigkeit.*

Zitat: Baruch de Spinoza
Fotos: Dawoud Abu Alkas (Gaza); Seth Herald (Minneapolis); Handout UAF (Ukraine); Majid Asgaripour (Iran) / @reuters.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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kilianschoenberger.bsky.social
The second Night
Offered just 3 minutes of Northern Lights at the Alps. Luckily I've been on location in time.
Bavaria, Germany

#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #polarlicht
January 26, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk:

The Russians have decided to freeze us to death in order to break us, but this is our only life and we have refused to be broken. If our defenders in frozen trenches can hold back the Russian advance, then so can we⤵️
January 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Jonathan Rauch: Fascism is not a territory with clearly marked boundaries but a constellation of characteristics. When you view the stars together, the constellation plainly appears.*
Photo: @john-abernathy.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Der Inbegriff der Macht ist, Dinge durchzusetzen, die keinen Sinn ergeben. Wie einen friedlichen Demonstranten zu exekutieren. Oder schamlos ins Gesicht zu lügen, während gegenteilige Beweise auf der Hand liegen.
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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john-abernathy.bsky.social
Federal agents deployed military-grade hexachloroethane smoke on civilians near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis today.

HC is a military smoke agent, distinct designed for war.

This occurred just hours after Alex Pretti was m*rdered by ICE agents nearby.

1.24.2026
📍 South Minneapolis
Federal agents in tactical gear advance through green chemical smoke as a protester lies on the ground between parked cars on a residential street in South Minneapolis. Civilians walk through lingering smoke along a snowy alleyway as the chemical haze fills the air in South Minneapolis. A line of federal agents moves forward while thick green & white gas disperses across the pavement, partially obscuring protesters and nearby vehicles. A civilian lies on the ground in front of them.
January 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Photo: @dguttenfelder.bsky.social / NYT
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Reposted by Robin Mandelwald
newseye.bsky.social
It’s -9 degrees in Minneapolis right now.

This is now Ground Zero of the resistance. Inspirational.

(📸 Max Nesterak)
A sea of protestors making the voice heard against ICE. Thousands can be seen in the streets with signs A sea of protestors making the voice heard against ICE. Thousands can be seen in the streets with signs
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
Photos: Brandon Bell / GettyImages; Roberto Schmidt / AFP
January 23, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Reposted by Robin Mandelwald
reporter-ohne-grenzen.de
Auch wir schauen voller Sorge nach #Syrien, vor allem auf die anhaltenden schweren Gewalttaten in #Rojava. Wir beobachten die Situation für Journalist*innen genau.
Dennoch möchten wir euch auf diesen Dokumentarfilm unserer RSF-Kolleg*innen in Paris aufmerksam [...]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCA0...
Syria: The forbidden witnesses of the Assad regime
YouTube video by Reporters sans frontières
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM
robinmandelwald.bsky.social
@christogrozev.bsky.social : Spionagedelikte sind weit komplexer als organisierte Kriminalität, ein einfacher Mord oder der Diebstahl eines Huhns. Das muss das österreichische Justizsystem lernen. Österreich ist ein Zentrum der Spionage.*
January 22, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Reposted by Robin Mandelwald
atrupar.com
Swalwell: "My Republican colleagues are a joke. History will harshly judge them ... these guys are so lucky they're not under oath, because they would have to tell you what they really think of Trump. They call him crooked, they call him cruel, they call him a scumbag ... you're tiny, small."
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM