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Emanuel Boeminghaus criticized that the CDU is dealing with the statements of a Civey poll expert regarding the mood in the country, a speech by 86-year-old former Federal President Joachim Gauck, and a renewed debate about the fire wall at their retreat meeting. Meanwhile, the promise of prosperity in the country is increasingly being called into question, he wrote. Boeminghaus urged the party to focus more on the economy, growth, and prosperity. Then it might have to deal less with polling figures, he argued. Instead, the CDU continues to go in circles politically and is beyond help. Even "Grandpa Kurt" might soon lose the desire to vote for them, he wrote. https://t.co/Eq6P5aMAij #CDU #Wirtschaft #Wohlstand (translated)

Dr. Daniel Stelter made it clear that this was not his argument. He wrote that the tax burden is above that in the main competitor countries and that the framework conditions need to become more attractive. Higher taxes do not equate to better framework conditions; while taxes could be increased, he believes that this would not help the location. #Steuern #Wettbewerb #Rahmenbedingungen (translated)

Sandra Navidi wrote that the Trump family is making personal deals with Vladimir Putin at the expense of Ukraine and Europe. She recalled her warning from March 2025 that Donald Trump would side with Russia and take action against Ukraine, likely also against Europe. Additionally, she claimed that Pete Hegseth is currently removing dissenters from the military and that the AfD would also support Russia. #Putin #Diesel #Trump #Putin #Ukraine (translated)

Furkan Yildirim wrote that the US Treasury could auction fewer long-term government bonds as early as November and possibly discontinue the 20-year term altogether. According to Yildirim, Citigroup expects Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to announce a $3 billion reduction in auctions for 20- and 30-year bonds each on November 4. The financing gap is to be closed with government securities maturing within a year at the latest. The department may also ask large banks next week whether pension funds now prefer bonds from Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet to those of the state. The 20-year bond was reintroduced in 2020 after a 34-year hiatus and now offers nearly 5.7 percent interest, more than any other US maturity. At the end of 2020, its yield was just under 1.5 percent. At the same time, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, and SpaceX had already issued dollar bonds amounting to more than $180 billion in 2026; according to Yildirim, Amazon's bonds extend to 2076. According to asset manager TwentyFour, which Yildirim cited, Japanese investors are now receiving enough interest at home to invest their money there. Citi strategist Jason Williams wrote that pension funds may currently be more inclined than usual to invest in long-term corporate bonds of good quality. However, BNP Paribas strategists doubted that smaller auctions would reduce the government's financing costs. Yildirim also pointed out that the yield on 10-year US bonds serves as a basis for mortgages and many other loans, and Bessent had referred to it as an important measure of his success. With an annual deficit of nearly $2 trillion, the debt burden continues to grow as competition for long-term buyers increases. #Finanzen #Anleihen #Wirtschaft (translated)

Max Otte wrote that Donald Trump reported on Truth Social about a deal with Vladimir Putin, according to which Russia was to sell 4.8 million tons of diesel fuel to the USA and global markets. Otte described Trump's actions as strategically contradictory: on one hand, Trump is closing the deal, while on the other hand, American weapons and intelligence contribute to damaging or destroying refineries in Russia. Otte wrote that the deal could, in this case, contribute to a quicker end to the Ukraine war. #Trump #Putin #Ukrainekrieg (translated)

We must increase the pressure on the aggressor and help Ukraine bring its goods to the world market," emphasized Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda and the prime ministers Kristen Michal (Estonia) and Andris Kulbergs (Latvia). #UkrainischerKrieg #RussischeAggression #Stromversorgung (translated)

We must increase pressure on the aggressor and help Ukraine bring its goods to the global market, emphasized Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda and the prime ministers Kristen Michal (Estonia) and Andris Kulbergs (Latvia). #UkrainischerKrieg #RussischeAggression #Stromversorgung (translated)

LarsInvest criticized that Google reviews are, according to him, not very reliable: even a hairdresser with 4.8 stars can deliver a very bad haircut. He claimed that more than 90 percent of the reviews deleted worldwide are removed in Germany. He cited the legal situation as the reason, according to which reviewers must prove that they were customers there in the event of a dispute with the business. This deters many and has led to the emergence of a "removal industry" specialized in removing negative reviews, consisting of law firms and agencies, he wrote. Therefore, it hardly pays off to leave a review for bad food or service. As a positive point, he noted that the number of deleted reviews is now displayed. #Bewertungen #Friseurbesuch #Kundenservice (translated)

Ukrainian President Zelensky sharply criticizes the USA for their alleged unwillingness to help Ukraine in the war against Russia, and demands, among other things, the release of the Starlink satellite network to defend Ukrainian airspace. #Ukrainekrieg #Selenskyj #Russland (translated)

U.M. OSINT announced that he had informed the responsible district association of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen about his departure from the party in the afternoon. He stated that he was left-liberal and had originally become a member because the Greens had become more liberal. However, he can no longer support the development of the party since the last legislative period, particularly its positioning on Palestine, left-wing extremism, and terrorism. He cited the concessions made by the Greens to Die Linke in Berlin as a decisive reason, which he described as vague and unsubstantial. He criticized the Greens for not demanding any concrete consequences, such as the resignation or expulsion of Koçak, the dissolution of the Neukölln Linke association, or the working group on Palestine solidarity. He referred to alleged connections of the group to terrorism apologists and possible links to the PFLP. U.M. OSINT accused the Greens of effectively granting amnesty to left-wing enemies of democracy and terrorism supporters for the sake of maintaining power. In his view, the party has thereby forfeited any right to demand other parties distance themselves from the AfD. He also criticized the SPD and predicted that for them, it would increasingly be about achieving double-digit results in upcoming elections. Furthermore, he criticized political compromises made to maintain participation in government and warned of lasting damage to Berlin, particularly regarding investments and jobs. He stated that he no longer wants to disclose future party memberships publicly and expressed curiosity about the upcoming elections in Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia. #Grüne #Politik #Deutschland (translated)

Malca Goldstein-Wolf wrote that Henri Kagan received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2026 at the age of 95. As a Jewish boy, he lived with his family under a false name in France during World War II. Kagan shared the award with Japanese professor Kenso Soai. Both were recognized for their work on mirror-image molecules, which Goldstein-Wolf stated have contributed to the safer and more precise production of medications. #Nobelpreis #Chemie #Wissenschaft (translated)

Furkan Yildirim wrote that, according to recent reports, SpaceX intends to borrow 40 billion dollars to purchase Nvidia chips. Nvidia itself holds around 123 million SpaceX shares and is simultaneously building a 500-billion-dollar platform with six major financial institutions that offers loans to customers for Nvidia chips and guarantees part of it. Yildirim described this as a circular flow of money. According to the Financial Times, 10 billion dollars of the SpaceX deal should come from bank loans and 30 billion from bonds. Apollo is supposed to lead it, which according to Yildirim is also one of the partners of Nvidia's platform. When SpaceX was looking for investors, they received a two-page memo with space images describing the data centers as being located in an unspecified place in space. An investor reportedly asked, according to the Financial Times, how he should explain that to his investment committee. Yildirim also pointed to skepticism in the bond market: SpaceX sold bonds worth 25 billion dollars in June; the bonds, maturing in 2056, are currently trading at around 85 cents on the dollar and have a risk premium at junk bond levels. SpaceX reported losses of 4.9 billion dollars in 2025 and 4.28 billion dollars in the first quarter of 2026 alone. Nevertheless, the company is officially considered an investment-worthy debtor at the second worst level of this category. According to Yildirim, this classification allows insurers and pension funds to purchase bonds on a larger scale. Apollo's life insurer Athene typically takes a large share in such deals. As further evidence of the development, Yildirim cited information from Goldman Sachs, indicating that by 2026 about 500 billion dollars in AI-related debt had already been taken on. By the end of the year, the bank expects more than 750 billion dollars and nearly 1.2 trillion dollars for 2027. According to the Financial Times, Nvidia also negotiated with insurers at the end of September about the transfer of default risks related to chip loans. Yildirim wrote that the investment boom is increasingly being financed through debt and referred to a detailed video on the topic published the previous day. #SpaceX #Nvidia #Finanzen (translated)

Cihan Çelik accuses Serap Güler and Oomen of explanation. It sounds as if they are portraying today's result in SA as a "receipt" for the behavior of the Greens in Berlin, he wrote. He had paid attention in history class and therefore does not equate things that must be distinguished. #Politik #Deutschland #Diskussion (translated)

Gimby reported that he had to pick up his eight-year-old son from school after he had hit a classmate three times in the face. The teacher had initially told him that his son had acted without any apparent reason. However, on the way home, the boy explained that the classmate, together with two other boys, had been bullying him daily for two weeks, and he had lost control the day before out of pent-up anger. Gimby wrote that if discussions did not have any effect and teachers did not intervene, his son's behavior was acceptable. He believed one should not have to tolerate everything. #Mobbing #Konflikte #Erziehung (translated)