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Stepsen wrote that a post pinned to his profile against the AfD received 1,000 likes and 48 comments, most of which disagreed. Previously, the ratio of likes to comments was about 1:1, now it is 20:1. He interpreted this as a sign that many AfD bots had disappeared from X. He also wrote that Russian propaganda was decreasing; this could allow the online discourse to recover. He described the day as good for X, the online debate, and Germany, and contrasted the colors of the German flag with the blue hearts and the Russian flag. #AfD #OnlineDebatte #Deutschland (translated)

Timo Lehmann wrote that Diether Dehm claimed in his speech at the Compact Dinner that Lehmann is a BND agent. Dehm has been making this accusation for years, Lehmann added. He himself is not a BND agent; however, Dehm was listed as an informant by the Stasi. https://t.co/2zXEkeMrqM #Politik #Wahrheit #Debatte (translated)

Hasnain Kazim wrote that he could understand the excitement, speculation, and debate surrounding the election of the President of the State Parliament in Saxony-Anhalt. If one were to ask a participating politician about their voting behavior, they should, in his opinion, refer to the principle of secret voting. #SachsenAnhalt #Politik #Wahlen (translated)

Philippe Sands, the Peace Prize winner of the German Book Trade, criticized in his acceptance speech the loud silence of Germany regarding the Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip and called for an open debate about possible violations of international law, emphasizing that criticism is also necessary among friends. #Friedenspreis #PhilippeSands #Völkerrecht (translated)

Apollo News reported that Horst Seehofer sharply criticized Chancellor Merz and accused him of lacking trust. Seehofer described broken election promises and the discussion about an allegedly missing work ethic among Germans as particularly serious. https://t.co/4hU0DExiTc #Politik #Deutschland #Wahlen (translated)

In the broadcast of the nightly news on October 11, 2026, topics such as the outrage over the diesel deal between Trump and Putin, the debate over executions in the USA, three years of war in the Gaza Strip, and the first anniversary of the ceasefire will be addressed. #DieselDeal #TrumpundPutin #NahostKonflikt (translated)

Roy, who described himself as a politically right-leaning former member of the VVD, wrote that he no longer knew who to vote for. He excluded a populist party on the right and even mentioned considering PRO, although that didn't make economic sense and wasn't logical for him personally. According to him, the party members were at least honest and human. Roy wrote that he had previously found Jesse Klaver weak and unconvincing, but that he now made a different impression: Klaver was, in his opinion, substantively strong and seemed to be developing leadership qualities. Roy also stated that Mark Rutte had called for people to look out for one another upon his departure, while the VVD under Dilan Yesilgöz did the opposite according to him. Yesilgöz, according to Roy, had ruined much for her party, although he found her good on Defense and previously on Justice and Security. According to Roy, PRO was precisely a party that paid attention to others. As an example, he mentioned the Self-Podcast by Sander Schimmelpenninck and Jaap Reesema featuring Lisa Westerveld. He claimed Westerveld dedicated herself day and night to underprivileged Dutch citizens. In the podcast, he also heard how demotivating work in the House of Representatives could be: requested debates from Westerveld sometimes did not make it to the agenda, while the right-wing majority preferred to debate asylum again. When a topic made the news, politicians were, in his opinion, always at the front. Roy wrote that the world would be a better place with more people like Westerveld. #politiek #VVD #Nederland (translated)

Denkewel sarcastically wrote "La Résistance" and criticized politicians who, in his opinion, walked away instead of listening to others or engaging in debate with them. He said that politicians from left to right could be held accountable for much, but described this group with disparaging terms and questioned why anyone would join a political party if they were not willing to engage in conversation. He also suggested that such behavior was childish. #politiek #debatteren #respect (translated)

Eva Selsing wrote that she did not see it as a problem that the left was critical of B.T.'s conservative profile. On the contrary, she believed that praise from left-leaning politicians and commentators would be a cause for concern, as it could indicate that the media had deviated from its conservative line. She argued that B.T.'s direct conservatism scared a left that had had a significant influence on media debate for decades. According to Selsing, the left only supported conservative viewpoints it could control, and the more subdued conservatism had followed the left's norms of shaming, censorship, and cancellation. She wrote that this type of conservatism had dominated the Danish media landscape until a few years ago, and that the situation still prevailed outside of B.T. Selsing believed that B.T.'s success was partly due to the media offering conservative perspectives and analyses that the readers and viewers, according to her, could not find elsewhere. She criticized other media for presenting uniform headlines and analyses and for expressing outrage over differing opinions. She wrote that actors with interests in conformity and censorship therefore reacted strongly to B.T., and that she would be more concerned if they did not. #Borgerlighed #MedieDebat #Ytringsfrihed (translated)

The debate over who may define themselves as English or British is reignited by populist statements from politicians like Suella Braverman, who emphasize ethnic identity and thus support a trend towards ethnic nationalism. #EnglischeIdentität #EthnischerNationalismus #Migration (translated)

M🅰️🅰️zilla described the view of not touching the social state as strange. Before Corona, its share of GDP had been about three percent lower, which corresponded to around 135 billion euros. Furthermore, he wrote that Dr. Daniel Stelter had clearly criticized Ulrike Herrmann on #Lanz. https://t.co/qptLzYjue5 #Sozialstaat #Ökonomie #Debatte (translated)

The Bundestag has decided to introduce monitoring for trisomy tests in order to critically review the effects of these prenatal blood tests, which have been covered by health insurance companies for years, and to promote an informed societal debate about genetic diversity and ethics in prenatal diagnostics. #TrisomieTests #GenetischeVielfalt #Pränataldiagnostik (translated)