On the morning of April 16, 1947, residents of Texas City, a busy industrial port on the Gulf Coast of Texas, watched smoke rise from a cargo ship moored at the docks. Fires aboard ships were not uncommon, and many people gathered along the waterfront to observe the firefighters at work. Few suspected that within minutes they would witness one of the most devastating industrial disasters in American history.
At 9:12 a.m., the French cargo vessel SS Grandcamp exploded with tremendous force. The blast shattered buildings, ignited refineries, hurled pieces of steel across miles of countryside, and killed hundreds of people. By the time the catastrophe ended, at least 581 people were dead and more than 5,000 injured. It remains the deadliest industrial accident in United States history.
The Pentagon’s extraordinary use of polygraph tests on senior military personnel is not merely a hunt for leakers; it is a warning that loyalty to the president may increasingly matter more than loyalty to the institution, accelerating the ultimate American downfall. When Loyalty Becomes the Test There is nothing inherently unusual about a US administration […]
The political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has landed directly on the desk of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Republican Congresswoman Celeste Maloy has sent a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), requesting an urgent review of the actions taken by former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt and the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CEC) in the proceedings that led to Milorad Dodik’s removal from office as President of Republika Srpska,writes NewsEurope.
At the time, that removal was also supported by the United States under the Biden administration, although it remains unclear what external influences may have been at play and who actually made the decision. Dodik has long faced strong opposition from Bosnian movements close to the Muslim Brotherhood, in part because of his close ties with Israel.
The letter, dated 31 August 2026, and addressed to OFAC Director Bradley Smith, carries particular political significance because Maloy goes beyond simply asking for clarification. The congresswoman explicitly brings to the Treasury agency’s attention the possibility that the actions attributed to Schmidt and the CEC could fall within the scope of conduct subject to U.S. sanctions authorities.
In the letter, Maloy states that she understands that OFAC has received materials alleging that the actions of Schmidt and the Election Commission may constitute “interference with a democratic process” within the scope of existing U.S. sanctions authorities applicable to the Western Balkans. The congresswoman also makes a particularly significant reference to the Global Magnitsky sanctions program, noting that the alleged conduct could alternatively constitute sanctionable activity under that framework.
In formal terms, therefore, Maloy is directly calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to sanction Schmidt. The letter is addressed to OFAC and requests an expedited review of the materials already submitted to the agency. Politically, however, the significance of the initiative is clear: a Republican member of Congress is asking the U.S. administration to determine whether there are legal grounds for imposing U.S. sanctions on Schmidt and, potentially, on other officials involved. It is the first time such a step has been taken in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Maloy concludes by stating that she appreciates OFAC’s “expeditious review” of the matter and looks forward to learning the results of its investigation. This is therefore more than a simple political statement on Bosnia: it is a request to activate the administrative mechanism that can precede a decision on sanctions.
The initiative stems from the proceedings that ultimately led to Milorad Dodik losing his position. In February 2025, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina convicted Dodik for failing to comply with decisions of the High Representative. The ruling was subsequently upheld on appeal, resulting in a one-year prison sentence and a six-year ban on serving as President of Republika Srpska.
It is precisely the nature of this political and institutional process that Maloy is now indirectly calling into question. In her letter, she refers to Dodik as the “democratically elected President of Republika Srpska” and presents Schmidt’s actions as the subject of allegations of interference with the democratic process.
The development is politically significant because it reverses the perspective that for years characterized relations between Washington and the Bosnian Serb leadership: this time, it is not the actions of the Republika Srpska authorities that are being scrutinized. Instead, a U.S. government agency is being asked to examine the conduct of the former international High Representative and the institutions involved in the process that led to Dodik’s removal from office.
The decision on how to proceed now rests with the Trump administration.
Ich habe schon oft gesagt, dass ich gerne wüsste, was das offizielle Russland über 9/11 weiß. Natürlich hat mir darauf niemand eine klare Antwort gegeben, aber da ich mittlerweile einige wichtige Leute in Russland kennengelernt habe, konnte ich die Frage einige Male stellen. Als Antwort bekam ich immer ein Lächeln und in verschiedenen Formulierungen die […]
The real threat to global stability and the well-being of citizens is not China’s strong economic performance but Washington’s colossal military spending, which drains the social sector and provokes global conflicts. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has repeatedly campaigned against China’s trade surplus, including rallying 19 G20 members to disrupt China’s $1.2 trillion trade surplus […]
Obwohl ich diese Woche wieder in Moskau zu tun hatte, haben wir es trotzdem geschafft, am Donnerstag eine neue Folge von Tacheles mti Röper und Stein aufzuzeichnen, die nun online ist. Sollte YouTube die Sendung löschen, finden Sie sie auch hier bei NuoViso.
Da 9/11, und vor allem seine Folgen, die Politik bis heute betreffen, will ich am 25. Jahrestag noch einmal auf die offenen Fragen zu 9/11 eingehen, auch wenn die „Qualitätsmedien“ jeden als Verschwörungstheorie bezeichnen, der diese Fragen stellt. 9/11 war der Grund für den „Krieg gegen den Terror“, der 20 Jahre gedauert und viele Länder […]
Wer die Analysen der großen und mächtigen US-Thinktanks liest, stellt regelmäßig fest, dass deren Einschätzungen sehr stark von dem abweichen, was westliche Medien ihrem Publikum erzählen. Das hat nun wieder ein Artikel gezeigt, der in Foreign Affairs, die Zeitung des Council on Foreign Relations, erschienen ist. Ich bin längst nicht mit allem einverstanden, was der […]
Es ist faszinierend, wie hartnäckig die deutschen Medien die aktuellen Vorgänge in der Ukraine verschweigen. Ich habe schon in einigen Artikeln über den eskalierenden Machtkampf berichtet, den sich die EU und Selensky derzeit liefern. Hier übersetze ich einen Artikel der TASS, der den Machtkampf und die Hintergründe sehr gut beleuchtet. Beginn der Übersetzung: Terror, Erpressung, […]
Uma colisão entre três veículos ligeiros ao quilómetro 95,8 do IC8, no concelho da Sertã, provocou cinco feridos ligeiros esta quarta-feira, dia 9 de setembro. O acidente ocorreu entre os nós de Pedrógão Pequeno e Carvalhal, no distrito de Castelo Branco.
O alerta para a ocorrência foi dado às 17h47, segundo fonte do Comando Sub-Regional de Emergência e Proteção Civil da Beira Baixa. Devido à necessidade de limpeza das vias e remoção das viaturas envolvidas, a circulação rodoviária foi cortada em ambos os sentidos a partir das 18h21, tendo a via sido reaberta perto das 19h50.
As causas que estiveram na origem do sinistro são ainda desconhecidas. Nas operações de socorro e apoio no local estiveram envolvidos 15 operacionais e seis veículos dos Bombeiros Voluntários da Sertã, da Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) e das Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP).
In der TASS ist ein Artikel erschienen, der ein Thema behandelt, das auch ich auf der Liste hatte, über das ich aus Zeitgründen aber noch nicht geschrieben habe, nämlich den Folgen der Militarisierung Europas, die, wenn sich der politische Kurs der EU nicht ändert, zu einer Lage führen werden, die weitaus gefährlicher sein wird, als […]
America might still be the world’s most powerful country economically, but by turning trade into a weapon, Washington may be accelerating the very redistribution of global influence it fears the most. The trajectory of power The most important shift in the US-China competition may not be the size of either economy today, but the direction […]
The Strait of Hormuz ultimately places Trump in a dilemma of choosing between only two ways to lose: to forgo it and bury his career, or to go through with it and bury the hegemony he claims to be preserving. In any case, these two options are inextricably linked, so that choosing one is implicitly […]
Senza conti pubblici credibili, alzare i tassi può aggravare l’inflazione. Ma assecondare il governo può compromettere la credibilità della banca centrale. La via d’uscita richiede un aggiustamento fiscale possibile e una rivendicazione d’indipendenza.
Inertia in international finance is a powerful force in its own right. But loyalty programs built on one member’s permanent goodwill tend to look sturdiest in the years just before their members start reading the fine print. Somewhere in a central bank “vault,” a finance minister sat down to do something no ordinary citizen would […]
Da heute wohl alle über die Wahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt sprechen werden, haben wir das Thema bewusst ausgespart und uns ganz auf Geopolitik und die Ukraine konzentrierts, denn dort ist letzte Woche sehr viel passiert. Die Bundesregierung hat die letzten Brücken zu Russland abgebrochen und scheint bereit, einen Krieg zu riskieren, Selensky hat offen der zivilen […]
For decades, Washington has justified its military presence in the Middle East as necessary to protect global energy security. American naval forces would safeguard shipping, military partnerships would deter attacks on oil-producing states, and sanctions would restrain governments regarded as threats to the US-led regional order. The promise was simple: American power would keep energy […]
In der Ukraine ist der Machtkampf fast schon zu einem Bürgerkrieg eskaliert, wenn man die Ereignisse der letzten Woche anschaut. Am Mittwoch haben in Kiew Mitarbeiter des ukrainischen Geheimdienstes SBU auf Mitarbeiter des ukrainischen Militärgeheimdienstes GUR geschossen, dann ist am Freitag eine Drohne in das Fenster des SBU-Chefs geflogen, die als russische Drohne bezeichnet wurde, […]
Nach einer Woche Pause, weil NuoViso letzte Woche sein Sommerfest gefeiert hat, haben Robert Stein und ich am Donnerstag wieder eine Tacheles-Sendung aufgezeichnet, die nun online ist. Sollte YouTube sie löschen, finden Sie sie auch hier bei NuoViso.
Ich berichte seit Monaten über den Streit zwischen Selensky und der EU, wobei auch in den USA offenbar die Unzufriedenheit mit Selensky wächst. Die Gründe sind vielfältig. Die EU hat zwar vor Monaten beschlossen, einen 90-Milliardenkredit für die Ukraine aufzunehmen, aber sie verzögert die von Kiew dringend benötigten Auszahlungen, weil sie im Gegenzug die Änderung […]
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