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Julian Adrat wrote that millions of people were allowed into the country with the promise of skilled workers. Now half of Berlin is at a standstill again because the city is being cordoned off for a safe commemoration of October 7th. He also added that the Tiergarten Tunnel was closed again due to "shortages of skilled workers." https://t.co/osn8Lgmp4T #Fachkräftemangel #Berlin #7Oktober (translated)

Regina Laska wrote that the former BND chief is in pretrial detention and the former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is being monitored by the Office. Both had worked for the same Swiss company after their terms, the ownership of which was said to be unknown. Hans-Georg Maaßen reported his activities to the Interior Ministry; according to Laska, an examination found no concerns. She referred to a Bundestag document on this matter. Moreover, Laska wrote that a former head of the Chancellery and a former minister-president met in Baku with representatives of Putin, without the chancellor being aware of it. A former chancellor had worked for a Russian supermarket chain after activities in the Russian energy sector. According to Laska, there had been outrage in such cases, but no one was responsible. Anyone leaving a public office returns their official ID and keys, but takes their knowledge with them, wrote Laska. According to her account, Germany relies on former officials behaving properly; no controls are in place. #Deutschland #Politik #Vertrauen (translated)

The author wrote that a bare, gilded statue of Donald Trump has been erected in the European Parliament. The artist was invited by a Danish member of the left-wing party. While Europe is struggling with the USA over tariffs and security, the statue referred to as the "Orange Plague" is located at the main junction of the Parliament. https://t.co/n45L55BP1B #Trump #Kunst #Europa #EU #DK #US (translated)

Hasnain Kazim remembered the third anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. At that time, he arrived by bicycle in Heidelberg and heard discussions about the attack in the marketplace. The terror had strengthened his resolve to stand against extremism. He described the attack as the largest mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust. Kazim wrote that religiously justified restrictions and violence had occupied him since childhood. He had experienced, among other things, the outrage over a joke by Rudi Carrell about Khomeini, the persecution of Salman Rushdie, and the deaths of more than a dozen acquaintances, friends, and colleagues at the hands of Islamist extremists. He had also found statements that praised Hitler or Osama bin Laden to be profoundly unbearable. Since October 7, 2023, he has observed that Hamas terrorists are celebrated in Germany as well. In Berlin-Neukölln, people distributed candies after the massacre. Kazim also criticized the fact that some young people appeared with keffiyehs and pro-Palestinian slogans without understanding their political and historical significance. He wrote that Hamas fighters and bin Laden are portrayed on TikTok as representatives of the oppressed or as opponents of capitalism. At the same time, Kazim warned of extremists demanding mass "remigration" and threatening people who appeared foreign or Muslim to them. He accused the political center of not rejecting Islamism and the glorification of terror decisively enough and of ceding the political space to others. He did not want to live in a society where extremists set the tone, nor in one where Sharia law prevailed and religious authorities dictated people's lives. Kazim also referred to the vulnerability of people who could be identified as Jewish, as well as the need for protection for restaurants, kindergartens, schools, places of worship, and diplomatic missions. This was neither resistance nor criticism of the Israeli government, he wrote. In conclusion, he commemorated the victims of October 7, wished healing and peace for the injured, and called for the defeat of the terrorists. #Terrorismus #Extremismus #Frieden (translated)

Democracy Didi pointed out the numerous demonstrations against the right at a time when the AfD was around 15 percent, the low willingness, in his view, to now take to the streets. He asked whether the participants at the time were merely "fair-weather democrats" who would now back down. #Demokratie #AfD #Protest (translated)

Bernhard Heinzlmaier wrote that a person he sharply criticized had prevailed against Ludwig, Katzian, Winkler, and Fellner. Nine state party leaders had allowed themselves to be maneuvered by a provincial mayor who had used a statute that they themselves had approved. Heinzlmaier asked why those affected did not resign together. He predicted a short term for Fellner and expected Winkler to achieve 16 percent. According to his assessment, the FPÖ would triumph, while the SPÖ and ÖVP would leave the countries and the federal government to them. He described one of the mentioned parties as politically lifeless and referred to the process as unprecedented. #Politik #Wahlen #Österreich (translated)

Dr. Markus Krall accused his counterpart and their government of having made the relevant experience necessary with their warmongering. He referred to contracts that one pays for oneself as a particularly bad joke and asked whether his counterpart at BlackRock had not been taught the fundamentals of business administration. However, with the statement about the road, his counterpart was indeed correct: it is not a one-way street, but a dead end for Germany. #Krieg #Deutschland #Wirtschaft (translated)

Ana wrote that she finds it particularly absurd when multimillionaires with private jets, who according to her statement do not pay a cent into the pension fund, demand more "willingness to sacrifice" from others. https://t.co/NqpkwU4z1S #Witz #Gesellschaft #Ungerechtigkeit (translated)

Miró contacted the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and wrote that the agency could also look at the linked content after checking jokes and clarifying which fake accounts belonged to it. https://t.co/SStqYBX5ov #Verfassungsschutz #FakeAccounts #Sicherheit (translated)

Biazita Gomes stated that there was a good chance that Garotinho's votes would migrate to Ruas, since, according to her, his electoral stronghold in Rio de Janeiro was bolsonarist. She said that voting for Paes was necessary to ensure the election was decided in the first round and compared Ruas's rise to that of Witzel, a scenario she considered dangerous. #Eleições2024 #PolíticaRJ #VotoConsciente (translated)

Dana Weinstein wrote that Israel's view on what she calls the unruliness of France and its inability to control 15-year-olds is a joke in light of French admonitions to Israel on dealing with terrorists. She added that this is just a taste of an intifada that awaits France. #Frankreich #Israel #Intifada (translated)

Didi found it amusing that France, which according to his portrayal is on the brink of civil war, is worried about Saxony-Anhalt. The author claimed that the public broadcasting service could only invent such a statement or find experts willing to express it. https://t.co/D9IFom0lTz #Frankreich #Bürgerkrieg #ÖRR (translated)