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"We don't want windmills. (...) Show me a country with green energy, and I will show you a bankrupt country. You know, Germany tried it. They were about two days away from extinction." President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that the energy transition had brought Germany to the brink of disaster. "I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your damn wine and all the crap you send us. I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your wine, your champagne, and everything you send us, Emmanuel." At the same time, he threatened him, according to his own account in a phone call, with additional tariffs of 250 percent if French pharmaceutical companies did not offer their medications in the United States at lower prices. "I call him Muhammad. Someone said his name is not Muhammad, but Abdul. (...) I am the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want. To me, he is Muhammad. And he is a radical jihadist." Furthermore, Trump made derogatory remarks about the Muslim politician Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the Senate for the Democrats. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)

Julian Adrat criticized that Markus Söder had claimed in the program "Miosga" without contest that the AfD was hostile to the disabled and "brutally right" in Bavaria. Miosga referred to Adrat in a derogatory manner. Adrat countered Söder's statement with a series of his own examples, which he labeled as "not normal." These included the blowing up of nuclear power plants, prison sentences for internet memes, and centuries of debt approved by a dismissed parliament. He also mentioned transforming Christmas markets into fortresses, citizen income payments to foreigners, the handling of billions for masks, the purchase of babies, and calls for rocket attacks on Moscow. As further examples, Adrat cited the expansion of wind and solar plants, bike paths in Peru, the training of trans-rickshaw drivers in India, and 130,000 foreigners who roamed freely despite arrest warrants. In conclusion, he criticized that citizens had to finance the programs under threat of imprisonment. #Politik #AfD #Gesellschaft (translated)

Peter Borbe criticized Markus Söder's statement regarding the BMW affair concerning a denied leasing contract for the President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. Söder had said on "Miosga" that the AfD could not care less, as they would rather drive Russian Ladas. Borbe described the comment as nearly unbeatable in terms of stupidity and asked whether Söder had switched to comedy. #BMW #Politik #SachsenAnhalt (translated)

The writer asked where the claim of torture aimed at converting transgender people originated from. They wrote that it had been cited in every country where attempts to push through laws against conversion practices were made. #transrättigheter #tortyr #omvändelseförsök #SE #NO #DK #FI #IS (translated)

An open letter from seven of the eight state agricultural ministers of the union criticizes the planned sugar tax and questions the recent agreement between the Union and the SPD, with particular emphasis on Bavaria's Agricultural Minister Michaela Kaniber having made a significant tightening of the original text. #Zuckersteuer #CDU #Bayern (translated)

The writer asserted that the so-called Dutch protocol, which according to them initiated medical transition for children in the Western world in 2001, was based on data from a single patient: a lesbian girl who had been turned into a man. They wrote that Sweden and Canada subsequently followed suit, and eventually other countries as well. #transfrågor #barn #HBTQ #NL #SE #CA (translated)

The AfD shows a contradictory relationship to patriotism, as it presents itself as a defender of the homeland, but shows little willingness to demonstrate solidarity with a diverse society and instead pursues nationalist positions that could endanger the country. #AfD #Patriotismus #Vaterland (translated)

Trump had already suggested in mid-September that Ukraine and Russia should not attack each other's energy facilities, claiming that there was a corresponding agreement between the two countries. On Saturday, Trump also called for a change of power in Ukraine. #Ukraine #Selenskyj #Trump (translated)

The ÖRR Blog wrote that, according to MDR Investigativ, 5 to 10 AfD representatives in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt could switch to the CDU. This is more likely than a change in the opposite direction. The blog cited party insiders of the AfD as the source for MDR Investigativ. #OerrBlog https://t.co/RuIWkaf8fM #SachsenAnhalt #AfD #Politik (translated)

Despite China topping the Pisa survey in mathematics and science, a teacher in Beijing questions whether the results truly reflect the real situation for all Chinese students, especially considering the differences between elite and rural schools as well as the demands and expectations of parents and students themselves. #Kina #Pisa #utbildning (translated)