2026-07-03, Lief dagboek
Vrijdag; Tibet; Wereld Meerkat Dag; Plastic Bag Free Day; Trump-free 250.
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Independence Day 250 (Verenigde Staten) 2026
Independence Day (“Onafhankelijkheidsdag”), ook wel Fourth of July genoemd, is in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika een nationale feestdag ter viering van de aanname van de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsverklaring op 4 juli 1776, waarmee de onafhankelijkheid van de VS tegenover het Koninkrijk Groot-Brittannië werd bevestigd.
Independence Day wordt veelal geassocieerd met parades, barbecues, picknicks, honkbalspelletjes, vuurwerk en verschillende andere publieke- en privégelegenheden ter viering van de historie en tradities van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika. Ten tijde van de Amerikaanse Revolutie werden de dertien koloniën wettelijk onafhankelijk van Groot-Brittannië op 2 juli 1776: op die dag stemde het Tweede Continentale Congres voor een onafhankelijkheidsresolutie die in juni dat jaar was ingediend door Richard Henry Lee uit Virginia. Het congres richtte zich daarna op de Verklaring van onafhankelijkheid (Declaration of Independence) waarin dit besluit werd toegelicht. Een commissie van vijf, met Thomas Jefferson als belangrijkste auteur, stelde daar de tekst voor op. De tekst werd door het congres besproken en aangepast waarna deze op 4 juli werd goedgekeurd. New Englanders hebben de Britten bevochten sinds april 1775. De eerste motie in het Continental Congress voor onafhankelijkheid werd gemaakt op 8 juni. Op 2 juli, na een zwaar debat, stemde het congres unaniem (12-0) maar in het geheim, vóór de onafhankelijkheid van het Koninkrijk Groot-Brittannië (New York onthield zich van beide stemmen). Philadelphia vierde de verklaring met publieke lezingen en vreugdevuren op 8 juli. Pas op 2 augustus werd een afdruk getekend door de leden van het congres, maar zelfs dit werd geheimgehouden ter bescherming van de leden tegen Britse represaillemaatregelen. Na die tijd werd en wordt nu nog steeds elk jaar de Amerikaanse onafhankelijkheid gevierd. In 2026 wordt het 250 jarig jubileum gevierd.
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Wat vieren Amerikanen precies op Independence Day?
250 jaar Verenigde Staten – Leeft de geest van 1776 nog in het Amerika van nu?
No Kings / No Kings Day – The Next 250 Starts With Us
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, we have a choice about what story we tell.
June 14: Rise Up, Sing Out. A Concert for the First Amendment. An Evening to Build Community. While the Committee for the First Amendment leads and hosts this powerful concert, Indivisible and No Kings are proud to partner with them to build the durable, hyper-local infrastructure the movement needs to win and counter the president’s spectacle. On June 14, the national concert event celebrates the freedoms that belong to all of us: speech, assembly, protest, religion, press, and expression. Across the country, communities will gather for local watch parties to sing along, make art, share food, connect with neighbors, and take meaningful action together. Join a Rise Up, Sing Out event near you — or host one in your community. America has a long history, rooted in white supremacy, of suppressing the rights of people of color. But our history also clearly shows that people-powered movements are how we end authoritarianism. Throughout 2026, in the face of unprecedented attacks, millions of us joined together in our communities and held the largest single day of morally grounded, nonviolent direct actions by any movement in US history. Each time we show up, we disrupt President Trump’s attempts to rule through repression and remind the country, and the world, that people power is our path to a truly free America. Authoritarians want fear, silence, and isolation. We choose joy. We choose community. We choose people power. Rise Up, Sing Out is about reclaiming patriotism as something inclusive, participatory, and rooted in care for one another — not power, pageantry, or one person’s spotlight.
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2026-05-01, Lief dagboek
Vrijdag; Wat eten we vandaag?; Eerste werkdag gemeente Haarlemmermeer; DigiD; ICE; First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels; Global Sumud Flotilla; Dag Van De Arbeid.
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De bovenstaande maaltijd werd genoten op het gemeentehuis van Haarlemmermeer in Hoofddorp. Daar is A3 begonnen met een tweede baan als medewerker bij de postverwerking op twee dagen per week.
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2026-03-30, Lief dagboek
Maandag; Wat eten we vandaag?; glysofaat; paraquat, weedkiller linked to Parkinson’s disease; VS: dubieuze zorgdeals; anti-Aziatisch racisme; Parlement Israël stemt voor omstreden doodstrafwet; Vrijheid; World Bipolar Day / Vincent van Gogh; Day of Zero Waste; Wie mag er nog de opvang in?
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2026-02-25, Lief dagboek
Woensdag; Wat eten we vandaag?; Februaristaking; Kabinet-Jetten I; Denk vooruit: noodsteunpunten; Pushbacks Report; Hong Kong firms feed European tech to Russia; Record press members killed; State of the Union Trump; Groene Transitie.
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State of the Union address 2026
The speech generally includes reports on the nation’s budget, economy, news, agenda, progress, achievements and the president’s priorities and legislative proposals. The address fulfills the requirement in Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient”. During most of the country’s first century, the president primarily submitted only a written report to Congress. After 1913, Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president, began the regular practice of delivering the address to Congress in person as a way to rally support for the president’s agenda, while also submitting a more detailed report. With the advent of radio and television, the address is now broadcast live in all United States time zones on many networks. The speech is generally held in January or February, and an invitation to the president is extended to use the chamber of the House by the speaker of the House. Starting in 1981, Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president, began the practice of newly inaugurated presidents delivering an address to Congress in the first year of their term but not designating that speech an official “State of the Union”.
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Liveblog State of the Union Trump
2026-01-26, Lief dagboek
Maandag; Wat eten we vandaag?; Significant Winter Storm USA; Shootings by US immigration agents; Natuurtafel; Vogelgriep; Day of Clean Energy; North Sea Summit; Australia Day / Invasion Day / Day of Mourning; Data Privacy Week; EFF Copyright Week.
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2026-01-23, Lief dagboek
Vrijdag; Wat eten we vandaag?; WEF & Oekraïne; Protesten in Iran; ICE arresteert vijfjarig kind; Dag van het Handschrift; KNMI code oranje.
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Shootings by US immigration agents January 2026 / Killing of Renée Good / Portland shooting / ICE kidnapping / killing of Alex Pretti
Shootings by US immigration agents January 2026 / Killing of Renée Good / Portland shooting / ICE kidnapping.
On January 7, 2026, Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old female US citizen, was fatally shot by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Good was behind the wheel of an SUV at the scene of an ongoing ICE operation when she was approached by ICE agents who reportedly gave conflicting orders, according to an eyewitness. Good began to leave the scene as an agent pulled the driver’s side door handle and reached in the window. A separate agent near the front of the vehicle fired three shots and killed Good as the vehicle moved past him, at a moment when Good was maneuvering forward but away from the shooter. Federal officials and President Donald Trump defended the shooting, claiming the agent acted in self-defense and that Good had attempted to run him over. These claims have been contested by eyewitnesses and by journalists’ analysis of video footage. The characterization of the shooting as justified has been disputed by local figures and by Democratic Party lawmakers, the latter of whom have called for a criminal investigation. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota governor Tim Walz called on the federal government to end their presence in the city. Thousands of people have protested in Minneapolis, and more have protested in other cities including Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. On January 6, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced what it called the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out, sending 2,000 agents to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The surge included Homeland Security Investigations officers focused on suspected fraud. Saint Paul City Council member Molly Coleman described the first day of the action as “unlike any other day we’ve experienced”. An eyewitness to the shooting said, “People in our neighborhood have been terrorized by ICE for six weeks.” The killing of Good was the ninth time that ICE agents had opened fire on people since September 2025. Four other people have been killed during federal deportation operations.
On January 8, 2026, a man and woman were shot and wounded by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at 2:20 PM in Portland, Oregon, after CBP reportedly stated that a Toyota Tacoma tried to run them over according to the police dispatch logs. Portland City Council president Elana Pirtle-Guiney said that the two were still alive. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating the incident, and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) secured the scenes requiring investigation shortly after. According to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a man (reportedly an undocumented Venezuelan national) and a woman who the DHS suspected to be a part of the Tren de Aragua gang were subject to a “targeted vehicle stop” by CBP agents in the parking lot of Adventist Health Portland. They claimed that after agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupant, the driver of the vehicle reportedly attempted to run over the CBP agents. One witness, however, claims the couple drove away after agents banged on their vehicle’s window. One agents claimed to have fired one or more “defensive” shots “fearing for his life and safety,” which as a result hit the man in the arm and the woman in the chest at approximately 2:15 p.m. local time. One witness said they heard five gunshots, with officers having boxed in a Toyota truck. Portland officers responded to the report of a shooting at approximately 2:18 p.m. They arrived outside the Adventist hospital campus shortly after. However, the couple drove away from the scene of the incident after the shooting before the husband called 911 for help, claiming they were shot by Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents. At 2:24, officers received his distress call from near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside Street, approximately 2.5 to 3 miles away. Police discovered both with apparent gunshot wounds, applied a tourniquet, and called for emergency medical personnel. They were transported to a local hospital shortly after, and medical technicians rushing them to the hospital described both as Spanish speakers. Portland City Council member Jamie Dunphy stated that the wounded man and woman are a married couple.
On January 14, another person was reported to have been shot in Minneapolis by ICE agents, this in the leg during a home invasion.
On January 20, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained a five-year-old boy on Tuesday during an immigration enforcement operation, Minnesota school officials and the family’s lawyer have said. Pre-schooler Liam Ramos was with his father – named by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias – when Conejo Arias was approached by agents on his driveway. In a statement posted on X, the DHS said “ICE did NOT target a child”, but was conducting an operation against his father, an “illegal alien” who “abandoned” his son when approached.
On January 24, Federal immigration agents shot dead a man during an operation in Minneapolis on Saturday, officials said, as police chief Brian O’Hara described an “incredibly volatile scene” and urged residents to avoid the area amid protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man named Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, according to local police officials. Pretti was a 37-year-old intensive care nurse and American citizen, died after at least 10 shots were fired at him as he lay on the ground. A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun”. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired. The gun taken by the agent appears to match the general appearance of the firearm shared online by DHS, and which they said was Pretti’s. This agent’s back is turned from the scene with the gun in his hand when the first shot occurs.
Minnesota ICE shooting live updates: Driver fatally shot by immigration agent
Kristi Noem calls actions leading up to ICE shooting ‘an act of domestic terrorism’
LIVE UPDATES: ICE shooting in Minneapolis leaves woman dead
ICE agent fatally shoots woman in vehicle during operations in Minneapolis: DHS
How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
Videobeelden liegen er niet om: Trump-gestapo schoot 37-jarige Renee Good moedwillig dood
US immigration agents linked to spike in shootings under Trump administration crackdown
Minnesota begint eigen onderzoek naar doodschieten vrouw door ICE-agent
“You Did Not Learn?”: ICE Uses Renee Good’s Death as Threat
Opnieuw persoon neergeschoten in Minneapolis door ICE-agenten
Omstreden ICE-agenten VS ingezet voor beveiliging Winterspelen Italië
Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record (TV webcast) / Stop ICE’s Attack On Our Communities – petition
Stop het geweld van ICE in de VS – petitie
ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir