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Berlin's political journalism spills over into the 'He said, she said' drama of the Berlin government quarter. Meanwhile, right-wing extremists and their willing helpers in Magdeburg demonstrate their cynical view of Ukraine and, in the form of the state parliament president, their disinterest in democratic discourse. (translated)

A politician who is subjected to political attacks during times of personal suffering and grief: This is indecent. Lars Klingbeil (SPD) sees in the attacks that have occurred in the past few days against Bärbel Bas a poisoning of political discourse. #BärbelBas #CDU #SPD (translated)

SPD leader Lars Klingbeil condemns the political attacks on the resigned Federal Minister of Labor Bärbel Bas and describes them as harmful to political discourse, while Christian Teevs interprets the situation as a sign of a coalition crisis. #Koalitionskrise #Vertrauensverlust #PolitikDiskurs (translated)

Matthias Fuchs wrote that the attack on Russian data centers causes numerous AfD accounts to disappear. At the same time, he believes that the topic of counter-propaganda is on nobody's agenda in Germany. A hostile power is disrupting the public discourse, without anyone caring about it, he stated. #Propaganda #Deutschland #Datenpolitik (translated)

Arian El-Mausi wrote that one could judge the politics of the affected person differently. However, some comments on her resignation in light of a severe personal loss were beneath any dignity and showed how degenerate societal discourse has become. #Politik #Gesellschaft #Diskurs (translated)

Stepsen wrote that October 11 should henceforth be celebrated in Europe as a public holiday for the liberation of the internet from Russian bots. In his assessment, this would significantly reduce the number of German and European users confronted with Russian propaganda in their timelines, which could facilitate a return to a democratic and fact-based discourse. #Internetfreiheit #Demokratie #FaktenbasierterDiskurs (translated)

Stepsen wrote that a post pinned to his profile against the AfD received 1,000 likes and 48 comments, most of which disagreed. Previously, the ratio of likes to comments was about 1:1, now it is 20:1. He interpreted this as a sign that many AfD bots had disappeared from X. He also wrote that Russian propaganda was decreasing; this could allow the online discourse to recover. He described the day as good for X, the online debate, and Germany, and contrasted the colors of the German flag with the blue hearts and the Russian flag. #AfD #OnlineDebatte #Deutschland (translated)

Mathias Priebe criticized what he described as claims of sole representation, refusal to engage in discourse, and a blocking stance, stating that narrow-mindedness does not lead to progress. The man had received an invitation and wanted to commemorate the victims of an attack. Priebe noted that it was not to be expected that he would give the Hitler salute in a synagogue. He pointed out that the greatest concern for "Grandchildren Against the Right" was that their enemy image might be exposed because of this. In conclusion, he asked what would have happened if the president of the Palestinian students had appeared. #Priebshow https://t.co/UJtB3oH6Av #Judentum #Studierende #Gedenken (translated)

Alvis Hermanis wrote that the electoral system proposed by MMN would allow at least 30 Kulbergs and another 30 people, whom he considered smarter than Kulberg, to be elected to parliament, and the prohibition on the combination of offices would be lifted. He stated that the people he represented had focused on the causes of problems rather than their consequences. Hermanis pointed out that in the last six months, MMN had helped change the political agenda of Latvia, with changes in state governance rules or "general cleaning" becoming a significant topic in the parties' rhetoric. He claimed that the ideas of MMN had become the main content of Kulberg's nightly video self-films, adding that Kulberg had admitted to Domburs that AS did not have its own program. He expressed satisfaction that MMN's ideas were being utilized and hoped that Kulberg would succeed in implementing the movement's political program. Hermanis believed he could have done it better himself, but he also assessed this opportunity as acceptable. He also wrote that the JV/Pro monopoly had been broken and the state had regained hope of recovery. At the same time, Hermanis expressed concerns about immigration, as Kulberg supported the import of low-skilled labor, which he believed would become an existential threat in the long term. He said that Rinkēvičs should return to live with his mother, accusing him of subjecting the entire nation to security risks during the war and appointing Sprūds and Siliņa to responsible positions so that he could live in a palace himself. Hermanis added that they had been lucky, but everything was not yet over, and thanked the supporters of MMN, saying that they had at least tried. #politika #Latvija #demokrātija (translated)

Claus Mathiesen wrote that some commentators during Tucker's interview had argued that it would have been better if Germany had won, as there would then be fewer Muslims in the UK. He believed that the education system and democratic upbringing had failed, and that the situation could only get worse. #samfund #uddannelse #diskurs (translated)

INSANITY! Hape Kerkeling connects the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt and thus Ulrich Siegmund with Buchenwald. He claims that if a party uses the slogan "Everything is possible," then Buchenwald would also be possible. Anyone who associates political opponents with "Buchenwald" crosses a line, raising the question of whether alleged political criticism has not long since become a tasteless defamation. Simply unbelievable! #Politik #Diskurs #Meinungsfreiheit (translated)

Oft werde ich gefragt: Wie kommt es, dass eine Mehrheit der deutschen Journalisten dem grün-roten Milieu zuneigt und man es ihren Produkten auch anmerkt? Eine Antwort: Es lohnt ein Blick an die Unis. In Mainz beispielsweise bildet Prof. Tanjev Schultz Journalisten aus. Einen Einblick in seine Gedankenwelt gibt er in einem aktuellen Meinungsbeitrag für die Frankfurter Rundschau: Die "mediale Brandmauer" habe es seiner Meinung nach nie gegeben und die AfD treibe die Medien "vor sich her". Ulf Poschardt poste "wie ein rechter Troll" und "befeuere die rechte Erzählung von den bösen Eliten". "Gruselig" sei es, dass sich nun ARD und ZDF "den neuen Verhältnissen" anpassen würden. "In vorauseilendem Gehorsam" seien sie dabei, "die Grenzen im öffentlichen Diskurs aufzuweichen". Markus Lanz "sei naiv" oder stelle sich naiv. Schultz (zuvor Spiegel, Süddeutsche Zeitung und Tagesspiegel) ist nicht irgendwer. Er hat zahlreiche Preise erhalten, sitzt in Jurys, hält Vorträge und schreibt Fachartikel. Sein Wort hat also Gewicht. Der Artikel in der FR offenbart aber ein seltsam unterkomplexes Weltbild und erinnert an Klassenkampf. #Journalismus #Medien #Politik