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The Kremlin emphasizes that a Russian letter to NATO, which threatens the use of nuclear weapons in the event of a blockade of Kaliningrad, is not meant to be confrontational, but serves to ensure the security of the exclave and to remind NATO of Russia's fundamental stance. (translated)

"He rapes time and again. Among his victims are socially vulnerable women and a girl in a park. He has been waiting for expulsion – which has not been able to be carried out – to Eritrea for 20 years. The case of the recidivist Tomas Ghebrehiwet reveals a gap that Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer has not closed – but there is certainly hope." (translated)

In August 2025, @svtnyheter reported an analysis stating that "around 200 reporters and journalists" had been killed during the war in Gaza up to that point. @sr_ekot has also continuously covered the issue and relayed similar information. The Israeli military (IDF) claims that it has determined that 170 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who were alleged to be journalists after their deaths, were in fact members of terrorist groups. "After extensive investigations, the IDF can now disclose that 170 Gazans who were killed during the war, and who have been presented as journalists and media workers, were actually acting as terrorists for terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip – primarily Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad," the army states. According to the military, 118 of the journalists were active within Hamas's military branch, 49 within Islamic Jihad, two were members of the People's Resistance Committees, and one belonged to the Mujahideen Brigades. Seventeen of these journalists, also terrorists, are said by the army to have participated in the attacks on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023. Some of the journalists on the IDF's list have also worked for international media, including Reuters, CNN, Australian ABC, BBC, AFP, AP, and Le Monde. The 170 cases have been published by the IDF on a special website. For each person, their name and role as a journalist and terrorist activist are recorded, along with their civilian and military ID numbers. The military states that it publishes "verified evidence, including images and documents produced by the terrorist organizations, some of which have been found on site, which show these terrorists' organizational affiliation and the roles they had within the terrorist organizations." The IDF emphasizes that various international media outlets during the course of the war "have repeatedly, and without presenting verified information, accused Israel and the IDF of intentionally harming journalists." "This despite the fact that terrorist organizations in some cases have themselves presented these individuals as terrorists within their own ranks and even claimed responsibility for them," the IDF claims. "The information now being revealed illustrates the gap between the image presented to the world and the reality on the ground. It provides further and crucial evidence that the IDF does not intentionally and systematically target journalists, but rather terrorist organizations and their terrorists in accordance with international law," adds the military. Link to the report in the next tweet. (translated)

Here, RA Vosgerau beautifully illustrates that one cannot simply assert unconstitutionality by claiming that statements are unconstitutional. Individual politicians who want to ban the opposition are hardly capable of making judgments about what is unconstitutional or constitutional. Of course, there are many statements that one would like to criticize the AfD for, but especially in light of the past and statements by Merz, Merkel, Strauss, Genscher, Kohl, or even Adenauer, these are not new statements; they have been made a long time ago and across party lines. (translated)

Two months ago, the left-wing lawyers' association RAV called for a ban on the AfD in an open letter. It referred to the poor AI-generated report from the equally left-leaning "Society for Freedom Rights." Some signatories work in Hessian courts or public prosecutor's offices. In my opinion, signing the call for a party ban procedure violates the "political moderation obligation" and the "duty of neutrality" of judges and prosecutors. The CDU-led Ministry of Justice in Hesse has therefore directed courts and the public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt to examine, in the respective named cases, whether there is a specific reason to consider "necessary action in terms of civil service law." The ministry wants to protect against possible bias in court proceedings related to the AfD. The outcry from the left-wing judges' association NRV is considerable. 😨 We have submitted a small inquiry on this matter (@GrobeDrFrank). We want to know not only how many signatories of the call currently work in the Hessian judiciary and at which courts or public prosecutor's offices they are active. The state government should also clarify how it assesses "regarding moderation obligation, judicial independence, and possible bias" when Hessian judges or prosecutors become active in this way. I am curious about the answers and the further course! (translated)

The Mexican singer-songwriter and activist Gabino Palomares, a reference of Canto Nuevo in Mexico and known for his emblematic song La maldición de Malinche, passed away at the age of 76 after facing health issues, leaving a significant legacy in protest music and social struggle. (translated)

The Bonn orchestra is insolvent. The popular concert series Vienna Classics is completely canceled. Domino effects! A country in decline. Economically and culturally. The performance operation ends: The association of the Classical Philharmonic Bonn has filed for insolvency. The entire season 2026/27 has been canceled, and thus five planned concerts in the Bielefeld Oetkerhalle are also canceled. Financing collapses: About 60 musicians are affected by the discontinuation of concert operations. Reasons cited include rising costs for travel, accommodation, venues, and organization, as well as the loss of essential financial support. The insolvency shows how significantly rising costs and lack of funding can economically pressure even established cultural offerings. @HotManufaktur thank you very much for this important note! Source: Neue Westfälische (translated)

Future population projections expect that fertility rates stop declining and roughly stabilize. This new NBER paper asks what evidence we have to expect this. It finds there is none. "Instead, where and when fertility has fallen low, it has tended to keep falling." #FertilityRates #PopulationTrends #NBER #Nocountrycodes.

This would never have happened if Hultqvist had continued as defense minister. Magdalena Andersson's leadership does not include promotion based on competence. If that had been the case, Hultqvist, Ygeman, Strandhäll, etc. would not have become prominent. It makes a big difference what you vote for. (translated)

The right of members of parliament to ask questions is constitutionally protected. Article 53 paragraph 2 of the Thuringian Constitution guarantees us the right to ask questions; Article 67 paragraph 1 obliges the state government to answer them without delay. A basic deadline of six weeks applies to small inquiries. What are we experiencing with the Interior Minister? He doesn't need six weeks or even eight. Sometimes he takes months – in some cases nearly a year. I do not have the impression that the Interior Minister takes his constitutional obligations particularly seriously. What do you think? #AfD #nurnochafd #afdfraktion #deshalbafd #afdthüringen #Thüringen #Landtag (translated)

Good morning everyone, on September 13, there was an alleged rape of a minor in the community accommodation in Kölleda (Thuringia). Yesterday, on September 30, the Erfurt police informed about this. So no, they actually didn't inform but merely clarified that there are speculations and false claims regarding the case in social media, which one should not participate in. For over two weeks, they did not consider it necessary to inform the public about the alleged sexual offense in a community accommodation involving a minor victim. Only after it was spread online did they feel compelled to say something while also stating that no information would be released about what happened. Therefore, one should not be surprised about rumors, speculations, and subsequent false claims. This handling is typical, as looking at the press releases after entering the relevant search terms in the police reports from 2025, just over 100 reports appear. However, according to the PKS, there were actually 14,454 cases of rapes, sexual coercions, and sexual assaults in particularly serious cases last year. The public is thus informed only about a fraction of the crimes. I inquired why the public is only being informed now, after rumors have spread. I also asked whether the suspect and victim are residents of the accommodation, how old the suspect and the victim are, what nationalities they have, and if the suspect has had previous police records for similar offenses or violent crimes. If I receive a response, I will report back. Most likely, as the police report reads, they will often refer to personal rights and want to deny the answer. (translated)