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Half of the Slovenians have said today that they want to continue receiving the payment slip (for the broadcasting fee, note). The left-wing opposition interpreted the vote as massive support for public broadcasting. "Half of the Slovenians have said today that they want to continue receiving the payment slip (for the broadcasting fee, note)," emphasized former cultural minister and left party leader Asta Vrečko on Sunday evening. #Rundfunkgebühr #Volksbefragung #Slowenien (translated)

Readonly proposed to set two prices at gas stations for each type of fuel: one for people who would not have a problem with trading with Russia and welcomed reasonable prices, and one for those who, according to his statement, justified the purchase of Russian fuel through intermediaries in the USA for moral reasons – regardless of the price. He asked whether this proposal was acceptable. #Energiepolitik #Treibstoffpreise #Russland (translated)

U.M. OSINT wrote that he had read an article that had been repeatedly circulated as alleged evidence of Israeli war crimes and was behind a paywall. He positively noted that attacks on the IDF were occasionally mentioned in it. As the only action that he assessed clearly constitutes a war crime, he mentioned the use of prisoners of war to scout tunnels. It is unclear whether local commanders or a higher authority ordered this; the timeframe is also not provided. Furthermore, U.M. OSINT stated that there was nothing in the article that does not occur in most other wars. The other statements are moral classifications and irrelevant to him. Additionally, it is solely Israeli soldiers speaking, which makes it once again one-sided testimonies. #Kriegsverbrechen #Nahostkonflikt #IDF (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that, according to the economist Daniel Stelter, Julia Löhr from FAZ has now presented economic statements as incontrovertible truth on public television. In an ironic tone, he noted that a particularly large amount of "economic truth" had been heard in a short time. #Wirtschaft #Ökonomie #Medien (translated)

Bernd Kaiser expressed his condolences to Bärbel Bas on the death of her stepdaughter but accused her of politically exploiting the tragedy. He wrote that Bas is resigning from her position as Federal Minister of Labor and the presidency of the SPD party but is keeping her Bundestag mandate. Kaiser criticized that Bas would therefore continue to receive a salary and additionally statutory transitional pay: the full ministerial salary for three months and then half for up to two years. He compared this to the regulations for employees: those who lose a stepchild have no right to statutory special leave; in the public sector, there are two days off for the death of direct relatives. He claimed that Bas did not change this regulation during her time in office. Kaiser accused Bas of evading political responsibility by referring to grief and public attacks while the costs would be borne by taxpayers. #BärbelBas #SPD #Doppelmoral #BärbelBas #SPD #Politik (translated)

The regulatory authority RTR must initiate a procedure to revoke the license of Oe24.tv after the broadcaster allowed discriminatory remarks about the Chinese people in an interview with former BZÖ politician Stefan Petzner, which were classified as serious legal violations under the Audiovisual Media Services Act. #Hassrede #Medienverantwortung #CoronaPandemie (translated)

Regina Laska wrote that Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and stated that both sides had agreed. According to her, Volodymyr Zelensky initially had no knowledge of this. Later, he said the report was new to him, but Ukraine was ready to cease attacks on Russian energy facilities, provided that Russia would no longer attack Ukrainian power plants. Laska wrote that there was no initial confirmation from the Kremlin, and Russian attacks continued. According to Ukrainian sources, among others, power plants in Kyiv and Kharkiv were hit. She also referred to Trump's earlier claim from September 14 that both sides had agreed to spare energy facilities; however, a sustainable ceasefire did not emerge from that. The author placed the announcement within a series of Trump's statements: on Friday, he announced a diesel deal with Putin and a US waiver for Russian diesel deliveries; on Saturday, he said Ukraine needed a new president; and on Sunday, he declared a ceasefire, to which this president allegedly agreed. Laska described this as contradictory since Zelensky had simultaneously been portrayed by Trump as a potential negotiating partner, even though he was unaware of the agreement. Furthermore, Laska wrote that seven US senators - four Republicans and three Democrats - legally challenged Trump's diesel deal with Putin. They accused the government of not involving Congress as required and demanded the withdrawal of the deal. While the US Treasury had issued a license, its sufficient legal basis was disputed. In a satirical scene, Laska imagined Trump reacting by putting down his phone, splattering a freshly painted wall while drinking, and possibly firing the painter afterward. #Trump #Ukraine #Russland (translated)

A US judge has prohibited the airing of taxpayer-funded campaign ads for President Trump before the congressional elections after a lawsuit was filed by the watchdog organization Common Cause, which called the ads political propaganda. #TrumpWahlwerbung #USPolitik #Rechtsprechung (translated)