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GFrei.News reported that the planned flooding of the lignite mining areas of Hambach and Garzweiler is deliberately destroying the German economy and ending 100 years of affordable energy security. Plans from 1977 and 1995 had intended to fill exhausted open-pit mines with water from the Rhine and to renature them. Now, the approval for lignite mining is being revoked, although, according to the author, there is still enough coal there to supply Germany for another 100 years. Lignite is almost as cheap as nuclear power and is also used for briquettes, lignite dust, and fluidized bed coal, wrote GFrei.News. A fast-track approval process has been initiated for flooding the mining areas still containing coal, and the construction of a 45-kilometer long pipeline has begun at a high three-digit million amount. By 2030, this will destroy a resource wealth worth around 1 trillion euros, according to the author. A later resumption of mining would take decades and be too expensive. GFrei.News referred to the flooding as the permanent destruction of energy security and fuel worth 1 trillion euros. The excavator 293 will also be decommissioned: the vehicle weighs more than 14,000 tons, is 225 meters tall, and is the largest land vehicle in the world. It has been in operation for 30 years and is a symbol of German engineering and national pride, the author wrote. GFrei.News accused the state of "state terrorism against its own people" and wrote that the consequences would be far worse than the explosion of NordStream. The author hoped that the AfD would come to power in time to prevent the plans. #Energiewende #Braunkohle #Energiesicherheit (translated)

The federal parliament has approved the introduction of the "early retirement pension," authorized the increase of tobacco tax, and additionally, heads of state and government discussed aid for Ukraine at an EU summit, while Germany and France are seeking relaxing regulations for new combustion engines after 2035, and the Federal Council is calling for better protection for minors from social media. #Bundestag #Ukrainehilfe #Minderjährigenschutz (translated)

The Bundestag has approved the introduction of the "early retirement pension," approved the increase of the tobacco tax, and there is sufficient supply of antibiotics and flu medications for the upcoming autumn and winter, while discussions are ongoing in Brussels about EU aid for Ukraine and a serious incident at an elementary school in Oregon, USA, has claimed at least four lives. #Bundestag #UkraineHilfe #Frühstartrente (translated)

A buyer has been found for the Hilton hotel in the Gravenbruch district of Neu-Isenburg, which is currently in emergency operation due to the insolvency of the previous operator, although the contract with Comer Group International still requires approval from the Federal Republic of Germany. #HiltonGravenbruch #Insolvenz #NeuIsenburg (translated)

The publication Heimatgefühl reported that the public prosecutor's office in Hanover is investigating SPD Member of Parliament Adis Ahmetovic. The Bundestag has lifted his immunity; according to the German Press Agency, this was done to allow for judicial searches. Niedersachsen's SPD parliamentary group leader Stefan Politze is also under investigation, Heimatgefühl wrote. Politze already resigned from his position last Thursday but denies the allegations and asserts his innocence. Heimatgefühl linked the investigations to criticism from politicians towards the AfD and sarcastically referred to Ahmetovic as one of the "good ones." #Politik #Ermittlungen #Bundestag (translated)

Climate_Inform referred to an NDR article and wrote that the CDU/CSU had already significantly delayed the expansion of the grid under Angela Merkel. The decision from 2015, made at the request of the Union to use more expensive underground cables, had further increased the delays. Robert Habeck later approved numerous routes and initiated the construction; nonetheless, according to Climate_Inform, the expansion of the grid is about ten years behind. Due to the delayed expansion, cheaper electricity from renewable energies must be curtailed more often, resulting in billions of losses for electricity customers, the author wrote. He blamed the CDU/CSU for high electricity prices and accused the Minister of Economics, Reiche, of slowing down the expansion of wind and solar energy instead of accelerating the grid expansion and allowing more construction activities to take place in parallel. Climate_Inform also wrote that the CDU/CSU were working against Germans and German companies and that the AfD wanted to further restrict the expansion of renewable energies. In conclusion, the author asked why people chose such parties and what their voters wanted to achieve. #Netzausbau #ErneuerbareEnergien #CDUCSU (translated)

Peter Borbe accused left-wing forces of wanting to eliminate politically unwanted individuals. When this happens economically, Cancel Culture often comes into play, he wrote, referring to a planned appearance by comedian Nikolai Binner at the Saalbau Volkshaus Enkheim in Frankfurt. Unlike many other comedians, Binner is not far-left and also makes jokes that leftists consider politically incorrect, wrote Borbe. The SPD and the Left have therefore put him on an enemies list and are attempting to prevent the appearance, he claimed. At the same time, Borbe accused left-wing parties of accusing the AfD of planning a political cleansing of the cultural landscape in the event of seizing government power, even though they themselves have been doing this for years. https://t.co/5AyvmLtVhV #CancelCulture #FreiheitDerKunst #StandUpComedy (translated)