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A Kiel businessman criticized a sugar tax as pointless and referred to it as theft. As an alternative, he pointed to Chile, where strict labeling for foods with too much fat, sugar, or calories was introduced in 2016. The products received large warning labels on the packaging; additionally, their advertising on children's television and their sale in schools were banned. According to the Kiel businessman, manufacturers subsequently made their products significantly healthier. Within a few years, children and adults became slimmer, and the awareness of healthy eating increased among the population. He advocated for clear labeling instead of a tax and criticized the traffic light system used in Germany as opaque. He cited the influence of the food manufacturers' lobby as the reason for this. #Zuckersteuer #Lebensmittelkennzeichnung #GesundeErnährung (translated)

A representative from "Grandma Against Merz" caught attention at the demonstration "Project Million Berlin." She carried a sign with a shirt hanging on it that said "The Last Shirt." According to the author, she demanded that the government prioritize the interests of its own population. https://t.co/9sz4ZiQ7ej #Demo #Politik #Bürgerrechte (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the BILD newspaper repeatedly displays a bankruptcy clock between articles. He urged the newspaper to give it a fixed, prominent place on the homepage so that the public can recognize the pace at which Germany, in his view, is losing industrial substance, companies, and jobs. However, he added that a daily overview of bankruptcies, plant closures, and mass layoffs could significantly unsettle large parts of the population. https://t.co/mdgs0cohwi #Deutschland #Insolvenzen #Wirtschaft (translated)

The author wrote that the German social state is no longer one, but has developed into an insatiable leviathan. He accused it of driving out productive members, companies, and the industry, allowing the population to become increasingly impoverished, and rewarding those who refuse to work and cheats. https://t.co/Ct5RDUKUyK #Sozialstaat #Leistung #Gerechtigkeit (translated)

GFrei.News criticized the reporting on Habeck and questioned whether journalists from mainstream media had lost their minds. Since a journalist had asked Habeck to make a flirting face, he has been shown in photos with this facial expression and portrayed as a "cool guy," according to GFrei.News. Moreover, he is allowed to comment professionally on current political events. Habeck has failed maximally as Minister of Economics and ruined the German economy, wrote GFrei.News. The government subsequently collapsed and had to give up prematurely. Habeck then fled from Germany because the entire population had hated him, claimed the account. #Politik #Wirtschaft #Medien (translated)

LilitThyra wrote that Donald Trump relaxed the sanctions against Russia to lower diesel prices in the USA. She claimed that Ukraine had repeatedly ignored US demands to stop attacks on Russian refineries, and that Trump and Vladimir Putin had therefore agreed on diesel deliveries to the USA. Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tons, followed by 500,000 tons in November and additional amounts. Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the deal as a "gift to Russia." At the same time, LilitThyra accused the EU of sticking to sanctions against Russia, thus imposing further rising prices on the population. #Trump #Russland #Dieselpreise (translated)

BrennpunktUA wrote that the US midterm elections are in three weeks, and by then no Russian diesel will reach the USA. Trump knows this and doesn't really need the fuel but is looking for someone to blame for the high diesel prices, according to the author's assessment. Trump had already tried to blame Ukraine a few weeks ago. This attempt failed because the situation with Iran and in the SoH is 90 percent responsible for price development. Given the poor prospects for the Republicans, Trump is now once again trying to bring a deal with Putin into play. BrennpunktUA advised Ukraine not to attack Russian refineries in the coming three weeks and instead focus on other strategic targets. Otherwise, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could fall into Trump's trap. The author also asked where the diesel was suddenly supposed to come from and wrote that the fuel shortage in Russia is not over, and the country continues to import refined fuel for its own population. From his experience, nothing happens in the last four weeks before a major US election that is not related to the election. Trump will try to lower gas prices with PR actions in the coming three weeks and present this as his own success. If the Democrats get outraged over Trump's push for Russian diesel, they could also fall into the trap, BrennpunktUA wrote. Trump could then present himself as the one ensuring that Americans can afford their fuel fill-up. #Trump #USA #Wahlen (translated)

Malca Goldstein-Wolf recommended reading a linked comment in full and stated that she agreed with its assertions. The comment criticized that politics and the media focused on right-wing forces while left-wing extremism advanced. At the same time, it accused politicians and journalists of having a negative fixation on everything right-wing and pointed out that "right" was used as a pejorative in national newspaper headlines. According to the comment, the Union, FDP, and AfD together achieved 45.9 percent in the federal elections in 2002 and 53.7 percent in 2025 — if one categorizes these parties as conservative or at least not left-wing. It also complained that there was a demarcation to the right but no corresponding demarcation to the left, causing the distinction between right and right-wing extremist as well as left and left-wing extremist to be lost. Goldstein-Wolf also highlighted the question of whether the left is the new right. https://t.co/TsSnyqmFvP #Politik #Extremismus #Demokratie (translated)

Simon Betschinger referred to a WELT report about the dispute regarding the direction of the CDU, in which Vice-Chairperson Prien had demanded a change in course. He wrote that the participants did not understand that for him social policy meant taking less money from the working population. #CDU #SozialePolitik #Kurswechsel (translated)

GFrei.News reported that Tobias Rausch's open letter addressed an important detail of the BMW affair: If BMW withdrew the leasing offer for the position on the day of Rausch's election as President of the State Parliament, this was a message both to the AfD and to the public. GFrei.News regarded this as political discrimination in the sense of the Basic Law and referred to Article 3, Paragraph 3, Sentence 1, as well as Article 33, Paragraphs 2 and 3. The author noted that these constitutional provisions only obligated legislation, executive power, and jurisdiction, as they represent the people's defensive rights against the state. Nevertheless, behavior in accordance with the Basic Law is a benchmark for moral and civic conduct. Measured against this, BMW, in the view of GFrei.News, behaves not only unconstitutionally but also disgracefully. #BMWAffäre #Grundgesetz #PolitischeDiskriminierung (translated)

A clear majority of the population supports, in a current social barometer, halving child poverty in Austria by 2030 with a child basic income, and simultaneously demands the introduction of a millionaire tax to finance social welfare measures. #Kinderarmut #Sozialpolitik #Kindergrundsicherung (translated)

The author wrote that political interest among the population had not been this high for a long time and that voter turnout had increased. Crises and conflicts worldwide, as well as in the immediate vicinity, were occupying people's minds, he added, and it was not too late yet. (translated)