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The general and the deputy mayor in Plzeň took care of eliminating the current senator for ODS, Lumír Aschenbrenner, from the elections by urging citizens to choose their representatives while trying to reflect the needs and opinions of the local residents. #SenátníVolby2026 #Plzeň #Politika (translated)

In the debate before the municipal elections in the Czech Republic, the leadership of the six largest parties criticized each other, especially in connection with the absence of President Pavel and the possibilities of electronic voting, while the chairman of STAN Rakušan and the head of ANO Havlíček expressed differing opinions on the situation and potential future cooperation between the parties. #volby #Česko #politik (translated)

Petr Švec questioned whether Radka Denemarková's speech represented courage. He wrote that she spoke at an event that he labeled a symbol of liberal mainstream, in front of an audience with similar views and repeated what he considered the common positions of this group. He considered the expression of opinions that could lead a person to lose their social standing or result in public rejection or media criticism as true courage. He added that these would also be topics that people like Denemarková, in his opinion, associate with lower classes and social status. He labeled her appearance as standard conformism. #odvaha #konformismus #kritika (translated)

Petr Fischer recalled the 90th anniversary of Václav Havel and published his call for people not to support politicians who promise to solve everything for them and expect silence and obedience from them. According to the quote, Havel also warned against people with dictatorial tendencies, who often change their opinions, are unable to agree with others, offer thoughtless and irresponsible solutions, and want to centrally control common affairs. Fischer credited the photograph to O. Švách. #VáclavHavel #Demokracie #Svoboda (translated)

Veronika Abelová stated that she searched for the qualifications of Sandra Tsoukernik, a candidate for the Senate from the ANO party, but could not find her official biography or information about her education. She wrote that Tsoukernik, born in 1986, holds the title of Mgr. and presents herself as a manager and philanthropist; however, Abelová did not find any information about her work for a foundation or her work experience. According to her, Tsoukernik has not appeared in interviews and participated in only one debate on CNN Prima News. Abelová also wrote that Tsoukernik is the wife of Leon Tsoukernik, whom she referred to as a billionaire of Russian descent who made his fortune in gambling and casinos. She noted that he is often called the "king of casinos," was born in Russia in 1973, and moved first to Israel and then to the Czech Republic in 1990. According to her post, the couple has two children. Abelová added that Sandra Tsoukernik is not listed in the registry as a managing director of any of her husband's companies. She criticized the candidate as insufficiently qualified and ironically urged people to vote for her. She suggested that in the Senate, she could only be a compliant voting hand, and stated that due to her husband's Russian origin, she could also be more dangerous. At the same time, she wrote that Andrej Babiš is running out of people, and labeled her candidacy as bizarre. #politika #senát #volby (translated)

Martin Schmarcz wrote that the Thálie awards ceremony began for him with a shocking moment: the host, according to him, urged the award recipients to keep their opinions to themselves in the tense political situation. He added that he believed this had not happened under any government. #Thalie #politika #ceny (translated)

Kudela the G.O.A.T stated that during the matches of Poland, he watched the opinions of fans on the performance of Wiktor Nowak. He mentioned that they like him just as his group does and termed him an extremely valuable player. https://t.co/rKcVxkUSqu #Polsko #fotbal #fanoušci (translated)

In a recent interview with Time magazine, Donald Trump revealed his views on current threats such as artificial intelligence, the war in Iran, and the media, emphasizing that he has the highest IQ and criticized the negative tone of the questions he was asked. #DonaldTrump #uměláinteligence #Americkévolby (translated)

A survey by the STEM agency shows that the positive evaluation of former president Václav Havel in the Czech Republic is slightly increasing, with 76 percent of the population rating him positively, although opinions vary significantly by age and political affiliation. #VáclavHavel #českápolitika #průzkum (translated)

This is no longer about their opinions. They already provoke physical discomfort with their appearance. Lincoln knew this well. Supposedly after the age of forty, everyone is responsible for their own face. Just look at the faces of Zeman, Klaus, Babiš, Rajchl, or Doksanský. There is a biography of evil and low people in them. #politika #názory #obličej (translated)

The investigative website Mediapart revealed that Jordan Bardella, the leader of Marine Le Pen's National Rally, held antisemitic views in the past, which has sparked a scandal in his party ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in France. #JordanBardella #antisemitismus #francouzskápolitika (translated)

A very nice issue of Reflex has just come out today. I would be glad if you would give it a chance. Here is my editorial on it: HOW SHOULD WE REMEMBER VÁCLAV HAVEL? I often say that I am "as old as the revolution," by which I obviously mean the Velvet one. And this alone brings a whole set of advantages. Your age always reflects the anniversary of the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, so you remember it well. I am not burdened by the sins of the past, having to decide whether to collaborate with the regime or not. Likewise, I do not have to blame myself for missing the harsh onset of capitalism and coupon privatization. I had to learn to speak first. And to walk. Those of us born in the early '90s sometimes tend to refer to ourselves as "Havel's children." But how can I identify with a person I didn't properly experience in adulthood, yet who so fundamentally shaped the state I grew up in? And how should I, as well as our entire nation, actually remember Havel? I cannot remember Havel like many other older journalists do. I leave it to my more experienced colleagues. I have only one small personal memory of him. I was about eight years old, and we were on a school excursion in Prague. My classmate and I were lagging at the end of our class line. There was a long queue at Wenceslas Square, and we walked along it. We got a bit distracted and created a gap. And into that gap stepped a crowd of people, in the middle of which walked Václav Havel. We both started staring at him and quickly exclaimed, "Good day, Mr. President," and he replied to us with his typical stammering 'r': "Hello, boys," and then disappeared into a bookstore to sign his books. The queue was standing there for him. It was the year he was dealing with health complications, delivered the famous Rudolfín speech, and signed the absolutely fundamental Czech-German declaration. But I only remember the "hello, boys." And that’s all. When he died in 2011, I was starting in the media, so I was only responsible for some minor media outputs around the funeral. Otherwise, I perceived him as the person whose picture hung next to the blackboard throughout my school life. On television, he appears either as a "gumshoe" in a satirical sketch or giving some speech that is too complicated for my child self to listen to. My opinions of him have therefore formed mostly indirectly, like for most people in our country. Through plays and compulsory reading in school, recordings of speeches, and the exceptional film Citizen Havel, where he allowed us to peer candidly into his private life. I never succumbed to the need to idolize him; I was most fascinated by the fact that despite such a rich life, he was essentially a "normal guy" who enjoyed life and who, even in the presidential office, could fulfill his dreams. A smoke with the Rolling Stones, meditation with the Dalai Lama, a beer with Clinton. None of that made him a better politician. Personally, it made him a human to me. The point of Havel's legacy and its breadth is, in my opinion, that everyone can remember him in their own way. Some remember him as the best person in history, others as a brilliant politician who is missed by the Czech Republic. Others see him as a naive believer in truth who preferred grand gestures over political pragmatism. Some as a womanizer, others as a great world author of absurd drama. Historians and philosophers still debate his legacy to this day. So vehemently that due to one "ezonomist" and pseudophilosopher on an electric unicycle, his name was removed from the library's title. But I would like to highlight one thing about him that seems increasingly rare in today's world. He managed to grow old without becoming bitter. He did not turn into a grump shouting at the clouds. He did not allow himself to be dominated by eternal contrarianism and being against all mainstream opinions at any cost. At the same time, he wasn't afraid to confront the mainstream until the end. I would wish for all of us to grow old like Havel. It’s a pity he was given only 75 years. I would have liked to listen to him even at ninety, which he would have celebrated this year. #VáclavHavel #Reflex #historie (translated)

Přišel dopis. Od poručíka z policejní pražské čtyřky. Reaguje na naše trestní oznámení s @ostry_artur78 , že Rajchlovo „NE“ na otázku v Máte slovo, zda by si přál odchod Rusů z Ukrajiny, je trestným činem popírání, zpochybňování, ospravedlňování a schvalování genocidia. Kolaborant si mne ruce. Zatímco ryzí tupec s rusáckým „Z“ na mikině dostal flastr šest měsíců na dva roky, „NE“ místopředsedy sněmovního výboru (sic!) pro obranu, je prý právem Rajchla na svobodu projevu. Až jeden žasne, jací jsou u policie ombudsmani politiků. „Svoboda projevu a právo vyjadřovat a šířit své názory byly vždy centrálním požadavkem, neboť hledání pravdy třeba chápat jako dynamický proces, v němž se lidé v důsledku svých neúplných znalostí a vědomostí jen postupně přibližují k účasti na poznání pravdy, a proto jsou odkázáni jen na svobodný trh s myšlenkami a je na nich, aby odlišili správné od nesprávného,“ píše šarže o dvou hvězdách na výložkách a AI se z toho nejspíš potí. A máš to! Země, v níž jde část sboru a justice na ruku svým politickým favoritům, si zopakuje Husákovu historii. Jeho geny tu už vládnou. Macinkův beztrestný poplach o puči prezidenta republiky a teď pro změnu policejní požehnání servility k rusákovi, jsou strašnou zprávou pro občana, že stát je nahý. Ok, hoši, nevzdáme se a dáme stížnost. Hlavu vzhůru, moji milí! #svobodaprojevu #genocida #politika