Zitat:Whoopi Goldberg slammed for saying Holocaust not about race

Whoopi Goldberg is facing a backlash after she said on a US talk show that the Holocaust "was not about race". The actress and television personality said on ABC's The View that the Nazi genocide of the Jews involved "two groups of white people". [...]

Co-host Joy Behar pointed out that the Nazis said the Jews were a different race. Goldberg said: "But it's not about race. It's not. It's about man's inhumanity to other man." "But it's about white supremacy," responded co-host Ana Navarro. "It's about going after Jews and Gypsies and Roma." "But these are two white groups of people," countered Goldberg. [...]

Critics blasted the show for platforming dangerous disinformation. Jonathan Greenblatt, leader of the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish anti-hate watchdog, tweeted: "No @WhoopiGoldberg, the #Holocaust was about the Nazi's systematic annihilation of the Jewish people - who they deemed to be an inferior race. [...] Amid growing criticism, Goldberg later apologised.

(01.02.2022, 14:08)Quintus Fabius schrieb: Ja stimmt, da habt ihr recht. Hab mich gerade ein wenig dazu belesen und allen Ernstes geht es jetzt auch schon los, dass die Schwarzen die Latinos halt auch einfach als Weiße deklarieren. Beide Gruppen stehen also in naher Zukunft ebenfalls gegeneinander. Was zu der interessanten Frage führt, ob die Latinos selbst sich nicht eher den "Weißen" zugehörig fühlen werden, wenn die Lage aufgrund von Abwärtsspiralen eskalieren sollte.

Zitat:Trump sides with Putin as Biden tries to stop a war

(CNN) - It took only 24 hours for Donald Trump to hail Russian President Vladimir Putin's dismembering of independent, democratic, sovereign Ukraine as an act of "genius."

The former President often accuses his enemies falsely of treason, but his own giddy rush to side with a foreign leader who is proving to be an enemy of the United States and the West is shocking even by Trump's self-serving standards. [...] Trump also sent an unmistakable message to Republicans, who are already playing into Putin's hands by branding the current President as weak, that siding with a US foe is the way into the ex-President's affections ahead of this year's midterm primaries.

Trump didn't take long to make sure Putin knew he approved of his movement of troops into parts of eastern Ukraine, knowing that his comments would be picked up and beamed around the world.

Zitat:Trump warns 'world war' could be next as Russia continues invasion in Ukraine

EXCLUSIVE: ORLANDO, Fla. — Former President Trump warned that Russia’s multi-front invasion in Ukraine could lead to "world war" and told Fox News Digital that the Biden administration is going to have to "do a lot more than just sanctions" to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin.

During an exclusive one-on-one interview with Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, the former president said Russia’s war on Ukraine "never should have happened." "It is a horrible thing. It would never have happened under any circumstance, and it is what it is," Trump said. "But there's great bravery being shown, and I think they’re doing one hell of a job—much more so than anybody would have thought possible." [...]

When asked if he had a message to Putin, the president said: "I have no message."

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Trump: Biden soll Russland mit Nuklearschlag drohen

Der ehemalige US-Präsident Trump schlägt vor, sein Nachfolger Biden solle Russland mit Atomwaffen drohen. [...]

Der ehemalige US-Präsident vermittelt bei der Rally gewohnt das Bild der starken USA: "Putin ist doch nicht der einzige mit Atomwaffen." Er sei der Überzeugung, die Drohung mit den eigenen Atomwaffen würde Russland abschrecken, so Trump. "Wir haben viel mehr. Sag ihnen das endlich", richtet er seine Worte an den US-Präsidenten Joe Biden. In einem Interview mit Fox News am Donnerstag hatte Trump Biden schon einmal aufgefordert, Russland mit Nuklearschlägen zu drohen. [...]

Doch er versäumt es erneut, Wladimir Putin zu verurteilen. Kurz vor dem Angriff Russlands auf die Ukraine hatte Trump Putin sogar noch gelobt.

Zitat:Sooner or later, a deeply conservative black candidate will become the Republican nominee for President, and most American journalists simply won't have the language or conceptual tools to comprehend what's happening.

Zitat:Tödliche Waffengewalt

Neun Tote und Dutzende Verletzte nach Schüssen in den USA [...]

Die jüngste Schießerei ereignete sich am frühen Sonntagmorgen in Saginaw im Bundesstaat Michigan. Drei Menschen seien dabei getötet und 14 verwundet worden, berichtet der US-Fernsehsender WEYI unter Berufung auf die örtliche Polizei. [...]

In Philadelphia im Bundesstaat Pennsylvania eröffneten mehrere Personen in der Nacht zum Sonntag auf einer belebten, von Bars und Restaurants gesäumten Straße das Feuer, wie die Polizei mitteilte. Zwei Männer und eine Frau wurden getötet, mindestens elf weitere Menschen wurden verletzt. [...]

In Chattanooga im Bundesstaat Tennessee kam es nach Angaben der Behörden nahe einer Bar zu einer Schießerei. Zwei Menschen wurden erschossen. Eine weitere Person starb, nachdem sie auf der Flucht vor den Schüssen von einem Auto angefahren wurde. 14 weitere Menschen erlitten Schussverletzungen. [...]

Erst am Dienstag vergangener Woche hatte ein 18-Jähriger an einer Grundschule in Uvalde im US-Bundesstaat Texas das Feuer eröffnet. Der Amokläufer verschanzte sich in einem Klassenraum und tötete 19 Kinder sowie zwei Lehrerinnen. Die Polizei steht wegen ihres späten Eingreifens dort massiv in der Kritik. Erst mehr als 75 Minuten nachdem der Schütze das Feuer eröffnet hatte, drangen Einsatzkräfte in das Klassenzimmer ein und töteten den Amokläufer.

Zitat:The search is on for a gun bill that can actually pass the Senate [...]

Momentum in the US could yield a modest agreement

Meanwhile, Democrats stateside are expressing cautious optimism and looking for a deal following the recent elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas -- suggesting that this might be the tragedy that breaks a decades-long stranglehold on new gun legislation and proves to Republicans "that the sky will not fall politically for them" if they vote to change gun laws, according to Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, the top Democratic negotiator.

President Joe Biden had kind words for the "rational Republicans" Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, noting "there's a recognition on their part they can't continue like this." Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said on CNN on Sunday he senses "a different feeling among my colleagues after Uvalde." [...]

Democrats' preference is to raise the age limit to 21 to buy certain guns and reinstate the federal assault weapons ban that lapsed in 2004. But they will have to accept something much less if they want to get anything done. It takes a supermajority of 60 to pass major legislation through the 100-member Senate. [...] McConnell signaled his vision for compromise gun legislation during an appearance in Kentucky on Tuesday when he described the bipartisan talks without using the word "gun." Rather, in McConnell's view, negotiators will be "discussing how we might be able to come together to target the problem, which is mental illness and school safety." [...]

Even some NRA members can see the need for some new gun restrictions, according to CNN's Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, who reported from the convention.

They wrote: Max Shirley, an NRA member from Round Rock, Texas, said he would support "sensible measures" to stop the cycle of school shootings. He said he believed the age limit to buy an automatic weapon should be raised to 21 and the clip size for ammunition should be lowered. [...]

What's on the table?

Those kinds of restrictions that Shirley would accept don't even appear to be on the table in Washington. Cornyn told reporters in Texas on Monday that he would be focused on mental health and potentially red flag laws already enacted in some states to allow authorities to seize guns from people in crisis. "I mentioned access to mental health treatment and diagnosis is absolutely critical," he said.

Cornyn focused on the need to make background checks part of the national conversation and other possible "limitations under federal law of what sort of firearms you can buy and own and maintain, if you have a criminal or mental health record. And we'll be looking at all of that." He was among the majority of Republicans that opposed a bipartisan proposal to update background checks after Sandy Hook.

(06.06.2022, 09:29)Schneemann schrieb: Zur Seuche der Waffengewalt in den Vereinigten Staaten: Innerhalb von 24 Stunden gab es bei drei Schießereien mindestens neun Todesopfer und knapp 40 Verletzte. Dazu kommt noch der verheerende Amoklauf von Dienstag, wo in einer Schule in Texas ein Jugendlicher 21 Menschen erschossen hatte, darunter 19 Kinder...