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Simo Grönroos criticized the discussion in A-Studio about the National Coalition Party's immigration policy as contradictory. According to him, Kopra said that labor immigration should not burden the public finances, but that businesses should not be told who they can hire from abroad. Grönroos asked if this meant allowing the hiring of cheap labor even when it burdened public finances. According to Grönroos, Kopra stated that the National Coalition Party was willing to reconsider the minimum income threshold for labor immigration but would not raise it. Grönroos viewed this as contradictory to statements regarding the burden on public finances. He also claimed that although only an exceedingly small portion of immigration consisted of high-paid specialists, Kopra considered cheap labor from abroad as high-paid. Grönroos wrote that as the elections approached, the National Coalition Party was trying to attract anti-immigration voters with rhetorical initiatives, although according to him, the party's policy remained aligned with open borders. #maahanmuutto #poliikka #työvoima (translated)

As a former member of the National Coalition Party, Elina Ketonen wrote that she had been following the party's change in immigration policy with interest. She noted that in a recent poll by Yle, the National Coalition Party had fallen behind the Finns Party, and the party's parliamentary group had presented a strict immigration line. According to Ketonen, this was about the parliamentary group's program, not a directive approved by the party congress. She wrote that the program would not bind the next government nor guarantee concrete decisions during the next term. Ketonen interpreted the shift in line primarily as a bid for votes and assessed that the rhetoric would harden as support weakened. In her view, credibility stemmed from consistent actions, and voters had the right to ask whether the National Coalition Party's line had truly changed or if only the campaign speeches had changed. #maahanmuutto #politiikka #keskustelu (translated)

Hannu Järvinen wrote that the National Coalition Party had a good opportunity in Espoo to demonstrate how the party's new immigration-critical line was reflected in decision-making. He mentioned that the city's budget negotiations would begin soon and that the National Coalition Party would wield the greatest voting power in those discussions. According to Järvinen, the party also led the Espoo City Council and the city government, and it would soon be seen whether actions matched the rhetoric. #Espoo #maahanmuutto #kokoomus (translated)

ProFin wrote that the midterms did not explain Trump's actions. According to him, the Republicans would receive significantly more votes by taking a tough stance on Russia than by supporting Putin, against whom the majority of U.S. citizens were, according to him. ProFin described the situation as a new Molotov–Ribbentrop pact. #Trump #Venäjä #Yhdysvallat (translated)

Roni Arvonen asked whether it was the right decision for the Turku coalition to expel Elina from the council group and push her to resign from the party. He wrote that Elina is now gathering votes for the Finns Party list in Southwest Finland and stated that this matter gives the coalition's communications committee something to think about. #Turku #Politiikka #Kokoomus (translated)

Niko Sillanpää wrote to Otto Juote that according to Ellun kanat and Miltton, cutting development aid and immigration from developing countries would reduce the votes of educated women voters in the avocado sandwich zone. He also said on the same basis that the Muslim Brotherhood should not be voted against. #politiikka #maahanmuutto #kehitysapu (translated)

Leena Pihanurmi criticized a multi-page interview published in Seura magazine, in which Demokraatti journalist Susanna Luikku interviewed Vertti Kiukas from Soste ry. According to Pihanurmi, Kiukas expected the leftist government to continue supporting 700 social and health organizations with hundreds of millions of tax euros. Pihanurmi wrote that the number of organization workers and volunteers varied in different Soste sources. He stated that Kiukas announced the number as 1.5 million, whereas earlier it had been reported as 550,000 and 204,271. Pihanurmi characterized the content of the interview as threats and baseless complaints. He claimed it aimed to secure the financing of the bloated sector and its jobs, which he believed were funded by Veikkaus. According to Pihanurmi, the article did not mention that the sector had grown over decades by misleading the poor and those with gambling problems. https://t.co/Inulcjd4lX #politiikka #järjestö #sote (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Yle for often choosing female journalists to incite moral panic, according to him. He interpreted Yle's analysis as showing that support for the National Coalition Party among women had dropped to 12 percent and that the Finns Party had surpassed this party. However, according to Mäkäräinen, women were not punishing the National Coalition Party for its policies but for its austerity measures, and men were supporting the state. Mäkäräinen believed that the decline in women's support was due to the impact of budget cuts on sectors predominantly employing women, such as social services, organizations, and public services. In his view, this did not make the cuts unjust, but rather highlighted their effects. He mentioned the Social Democratic Party, the Left Alliance, and the Centre Party as the most popular parties among women and claimed that the left proposed tax increases amounting to nine billion euros. According to Mäkäräinen, the costs of these increases would fall on men who work overtime, start businesses, and pay progressive taxes. Mäkäräinen assessed that the issue for the National Coalition Party was its attempt to soften difficult decisions, while the Finns Party spoke about the same issues more directly. He argued that men were underrepresented in the care sector and overrepresented in dangerous jobs, entrepreneurship, and at the high end of the tax revenue spectrum. In his opinion, the National Coalition Party should maintain its stance even if it lost some female support, as this could help it win over voters who support the sustainability of the state. https://t.co/DfwLyPN03s #Politiikka #NaistenOikeudet #Taloustieto (translated)

Eija-Riitta Korhola-Dunderfelt replied to Tommi Palvel that the National Coalition Party then received three MEPs, as did the Greens, although according to her they received many fewer votes. Considering Sirpa's line, in her assessment, the National Coalition Party ended up with two MEPs and the Greens with four. #politiikka #Suomi #vaalit (translated)

Anne Nevgi wrote that three years earlier she had followed news and social media for information about the attack on the music festival and people's homes. She mentioned seeing images of people celebrating amidst the dead and wounded and said she did not understand how the killing of women, children, babies, men, and the elderly could be celebrated. Nevgi wrote that she understood even less that messages hating Israel were coming from all over the world instead of compassion and condemnation of the attack. She remarked that the world had not changed in her opinion, but Israel remained. #Israel #musiikkijuhla #hyökkäys (translated)

Klaus wrote that as the importance of the party, the system, his own position, and fellow representatives grew, serving the people and challenging the shortcomings of the system could fall to the background. According to him, a challenger could thus become a maintainer of the system when it was comfortable to be within it. Klaus assessed Tere as an example of how a person who sincerely criticized the system could be integrated into it. He believed that better preparation was needed for this, and the case offered lessons to new challengers of the system about the importance of caution and principle. Klaus hoped for a steadfast challenger of the system in Parliament, who could have a significant impact, but he also thanked Tere for sticking to some of his principles. #politiikka #järjestelmä #korruptio (translated)

The Brazilian presidential elections are progressing to the second round, which will be held at the end of October, with the results of the first round showing Flavio Bolsonaro with 47% and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with 45% of the votes. #Brasilia #presidentinvaalit #Uutiset (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Yle for what he perceived as giving Timo R. Stewart, whom he describes as a Hamas activist, an unchallenged platform to present his book. According to Mäkäräinen, the article adopted Stewart's view regarding the destruction of Gaza, genocide, and Finland's responsibility due to trade with Israel, without hearing the opposing side. Mäkäräinen emphasized that, in his opinion, genocide does not equate to heavy war. He wrote that the International Court of Justice had not ruled on the case against Israel and that interim measures were not a judgment. In his view, civilian casualties can occur in urban warfare where Hamas places rockets, command centers, and tunnels among civilians without the intent of destroying the group. He compared this to the battles of Mosul, Raqqa, and Fallujah, claiming that Stewart began using the term genocide after Israel succeeded in its war against Hamas. According to Mäkäräinen, the Yle article also lacked the starting point of the war: the attack on October 7, in which he claims over 1,200 people died, and which involved rapes and kidnappings. He wrote that Hamas aims for the end of Israel instead of a Palestinian state. He criticized the figures presented by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the article—over 21,600 by December 2023 and over 1,400 after ceasefires—and claimed that the ministry was subordinate to Hamas and that its figures did not differentiate between fighters and civilians. In his view, the article also lacked Israel's perspective that a significant portion of the dead were fighters. Regarding the two-state model, Mäkäräinen wrote that its failure was not solely due to Israel. He claimed that Hamas had rejected the model multiple times and that the Palestinian Authority had turned down offers, such as at Camp David in 2000 and Annapolis in 2008. He added that according to polls, the majority of both Palestinians and Israelis had abandoned the model. He described the cessation of support for UNRWA as a reaction to an organization that, according to him, had ample evidence of connections between its facilities and personnel to Hamas. Mäkäräinen believed that Yle, as a publicly funded media, should not advertise a single essayist as an expert. According to him, the article could have included opposing researchers, Israel's official stance, or addressed Hamas's responsibility for hostages and the use of civilians as shields. He concluded by asking why this had not been done. https://t.co/sHriNitmMo #Gaza #Israel #Hamas (translated)

The immigration policy of the National Coalition Party has always been just as naïve as that of the Greens. Doors open, full maintenance from taxes for Ahmed, and questioning the motives of the newcomers is racism. The National Coalition Party has been the driving force behind the entire immigration catastrophe and the main culprit. A vote for the National Coalition Party is a vote for Ahmed. #maahanmuutto #rasismi #politiikka (translated)

Nyt selittelevät @Demarit ja @iltasanomat kilpaa. Jos Demarit on Davidin linkoa (Suomen ilmapuolustusta) vastaan niin Demarit ovat ilmapuolustusta vastaan. Koska se on Venäjän ohjuksia varten hankittu, niin Demarit ovat Putinin puolella. Ääni Demarille on ääni Putinille. https://t.co/j7NHLIq8PF #Politiikka #Suomi #Demarit