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GFrei.News referred to democracy as a facade for corruption and criticized that citizens could only vote for the Bundestag every four years and for state parliaments every five years. Regardless of the election results, parties declared themselves winners and claimed a mandate to govern, the author wrote. Subsequently, they would use parliamentary procedures and loopholes to gain power and circumvent the will of the voters. GFrei.News accused politicians from established parties of profiting from high salaries, expensive hotels, chauffeurs, and private flights after taking office, and leading a taxpayer-funded life like super-rich individuals. The author also mentioned secure pensions after just a few years in office, appearances on talk shows and company visits, as well as a lack of attention in parliamentary debates. Laws would be passed behind closed doors with a government majority; committees and debates were merely a stage act for the cameras, GFrei.News claimed. The political leadership had made the state prey and was failing its mandate to the populace, the author wrote. He called for a shift to direct democracy, where citizens could stop harmful laws and remove politicians before the end of their terms. Finally, GFrei.News criticized that leaving out a tie with a suit was careless. https://t.co/FDN07LHPIX #Demokratie #Politik #Korruption (translated)

Steffan Nethe criticized Ferat Koçak for his contacts with Firas Remmo and accused him of contradictory statements. Nethe wrote that Koçak is funded with about 17,500 euros of taxpayers' money each month. He claimed that the Bundestag member had accepted a smartphone as an in-kind donation from the son of a well-known clan leader. According to Koçak's account, the device was intended for Antifa youth, whose phones had been confiscated by the police. Nethe questioned Koçak's statement that he initially did not know who he was chatting with and later sat in an office with him. Even after Koçak recognized who was in front of him, he did not terminate the contact but took the phone with him and contacted Firas Remmo again two weeks later, Nethe wrote. Furthermore, Koçak had asked Remmo to spread a Bundestag speech in which he referred to the term "clan crime" as a political fighting term. Nethe also criticized a voice message with warm regards to Remmo and Koçak's wish to do politics more "for the street" than in parliament. He dismissed Koçak's later regret and the explanation that the situation had been overwhelming. He called for Koçak to no longer be funded with taxpayer money and to relieve him of his political offices. #Politik #Korruption #Clankriminalität (translated)

She criticized Rausch as the president of the state parliament and cited agreements with the BSW regarding the management of meetings, a defense of Tillschneider in the parliamentary press, a partisan interjection from the presidential chair, applause for party colleagues, and frequent cellphone use during speeches. The AfD could not do it, she wrote. #Politik #Landtag #AfD (translated)

The author wrote that a very large and well-conducted study clearly shows that a mobile phone ban in the classroom significantly improves learning success. According to this, socially disadvantaged students benefit the most. Therefore, successful school policy must begin with such a ban, which costs nothing and is effective, he explained. https://t.co/LiPJJVqgZr #Bildung #Schule #Lernen #DE (translated)

U.M. OSINT wrote that Yandex data centers in Sasowo were hit on the night of October 8, 2026, in Kaluga on October 9, and in Vladimir on October 11. All three locations are far from Ukraine. Following an English-language address by Volodymyr Zelensky, bot activity noticeably decreased, the author reported, but questioned whether this indicated an actual decline in propaganda bots. The frequently cited graph from Cloudflare Radar shows a drop in automated HTML requests to websites, U.M. OSINT explained. Such requests could come from crawlers that create previews for shared links or from services that provide search engines and chat AI with information. Propaganda bots could be included, but they don’t have to be. The author also pointed out that propaganda is coming from Iran, Turkey, China, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Attacks on data centers make sense as military targets, U.M. OSINT wrote. He expected further Ukrainian attacks and mentioned Ivanteyevka and Mytischchi as possible next targets. He claimed that Russian air defenses could not adequately protect such facilities. At the same time, damage to Yandex services could impair Russian armed forces, which the author claimed use them for maps and possibly for drone operations. However, Yandex has not been shut down, U.M. OSINT wrote: the company has two additional large data centers and possibly dozens of smaller ones. Data can be shifted. According to IODA data from the Georgia Institute of Technology, connectivity has dropped by about 72 percent compared to the previous average. The attack harms Russia, but how severely remains to be seen. The claim that all propaganda bots have disappeared due to this is based on a misinterpretation and is not supported by the available information, the author explained. #Russland #Propaganda #Yandex (translated)

Janosch Dahmen wrote that the recent observations by Bodo Ramelow, Peter Altmaier, and others made the extent of the damage and loss of trust for the Union, as well as for all those who had participated with it in confidential rounds, clear. He attributed these consequences to the connection between Spahn, Ronzheimer, and Döpfner. #Springer #Handyalarm #Politik #Vertrauen #Skandal (translated)

Regina Laska wrote that Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and stated that both sides had agreed. According to her, Volodymyr Zelensky initially had no knowledge of this. Later, he said the report was new to him, but Ukraine was ready to cease attacks on Russian energy facilities, provided that Russia would no longer attack Ukrainian power plants. Laska wrote that there was no initial confirmation from the Kremlin, and Russian attacks continued. According to Ukrainian sources, among others, power plants in Kyiv and Kharkiv were hit. She also referred to Trump's earlier claim from September 14 that both sides had agreed to spare energy facilities; however, a sustainable ceasefire did not emerge from that. The author placed the announcement within a series of Trump's statements: on Friday, he announced a diesel deal with Putin and a US waiver for Russian diesel deliveries; on Saturday, he said Ukraine needed a new president; and on Sunday, he declared a ceasefire, to which this president allegedly agreed. Laska described this as contradictory since Zelensky had simultaneously been portrayed by Trump as a potential negotiating partner, even though he was unaware of the agreement. Furthermore, Laska wrote that seven US senators - four Republicans and three Democrats - legally challenged Trump's diesel deal with Putin. They accused the government of not involving Congress as required and demanded the withdrawal of the deal. While the US Treasury had issued a license, its sufficient legal basis was disputed. In a satirical scene, Laska imagined Trump reacting by putting down his phone, splattering a freshly painted wall while drinking, and possibly firing the painter afterward. #Trump #Ukraine #Russland (translated)

Regina Laska criticized that Michail Swintschuk, despite his inclusion on the EU sanctions list in June 2023, apparently managed to travel from Germany to Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Bosnian media, the founder of the Russian propaganda channel Rybar flew from Memmingen Airport to Sarajevo on October 2. The Bosnian portal Detector reported that he had been arrested a few days later in Montenegro and expelled for reasons of national security. During the arrest, the police seized high-resolution cameras, a drone, and several cell phones; it was unclear whether Swintschuk had these with him in Memmingen. Laska pointed out that, according to her account, Swintschuk is subject to an EU entry ban and is not allowed to enter or transit EU territory. Since a flight from Memmingen to Sarajevo leads over a Schengen external border, she asked how Swintschuk got to Germany, who issued him a visa, and whether his sanctioning had been recognized upon departure. According to Laska, there has been no confirmation of the trip by German authorities so far. She contrasted border controls at Memmingen Airport with those ordered by Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) at the Austrian border. There, small cars are searched for refugees, whereas Swintschuk, according to her account, departed from the airport. She also pointed out that the Bavarian border police, which conducts checks at the airport, was established in 2018 by Markus Söder. Laska expressed outrage over what Russian nationals are still allowed to do in Germany and ironically asked whether RT chief Margarita Simonjan could soon book a wellness vacation in Garmisch. #EUSanktionen #Russland #Einreiseverbot (translated)

Bettina Punkt wrote that a chaplain, who had been entrusted with the management of the Stadelheim prison, is supposed to have smuggled mobile phones and drugs into Munich's largest prison. The Islamic theologian, who was supposed to provide support to the inmates, is now on trial for bribery and drug trafficking. https://t.co/oprRb2cuqW #JVA #Justiz #Kriminalität (translated)

Ben Jamin wrote that he had visited the news pages of Spiegel and Zeit daily seven to eight years ago and used their apps with push notifications. In the meantime, he has deleted the apps and usually only accesses the pages via links on X when he feels they have published nonsense again. He asked if others felt similarly. #Nachrichten #Medien #Digitalisierung (translated)

The user who opposes savings accounts cited Mercedes as an example of why, in his view, German car manufacturers were failing. He wrote that Mercedes charges 39 euros a year for drivers to see the location of their car in the app. An AirTag in the car is cheaper, according to the user. He also asked how users would react if Apple offered a similar feature only in a paid subscription, even though the company constantly tracked their location anyway. He referred to the Mercedes service as absurd. #Mercedes #Autoindustrie #Technologie (translated)