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Press summaries have linked Dominique Rizet's desire to demonstrate on October 17 against the high cost of living to his comments on BFMTV during the Yellow Vests mobilization in December 2018. The account recalled that he had then expressed satisfaction with the number of arrests and had described as "unacceptable" the speech of a lawyer denouncing preventive arrests, according to sequences documented by Acrimed. Press summaries also cited alerts from the Defender of Rights regarding violations of the freedom to protest and criticisms from Amnesty concerning preemptive police custody ahead of demonstrations. The account mentioned the 7,000 arrests related to the student movement and reported that a commissioner explained this week in Le Canard enchaîné that the goal was to intimidate students and parents. Finally, he compared diesel, which he claimed had risen from about €1.53/L in 2018 to an average national price of €2.348/L on October 14, 2026. A full tank of 60 liters would thus have increased from about 92 to 141 euros, while food prices would have risen by approximately 31% since 2018. Press summaries presented this situation as ironic, considering that the high cost of living now affects commentators who had previously observed social anger from a distance. https://t.co/wL4ynpwH8T #Giletsjaunes #manifestation #précarité (translated)

Benjamin Kaiser asked why the full employment of young mothers is considered liberation. He claimed that this myth has been deliberately established in West Germany since the 1960s and has become part of the German self-understanding as well as school education. Kaiser argued that the integration of women into the labor market has not led to more freedom, but rather to higher contributions and taxes, which finance an additional redistribution mechanism. He identified the state as the main beneficiary, which has transformed traditional family structures into what he perceives as a fairer form of life. He referred to the phrase used by former Chancellor Olaf Scholz, "sovereignty over the cribs." Additionally, Kaiser promoted his book "Cultural Marxism," which he described as banned on Amazon. https://t.co/2cVikxrBdi #Frauenrechte #Berufstätigkeit #Kulturmarxismus (translated)

skypro mocked people who saw a connection between the abolition of the McRib and a supposedly advancing Islamization of the West, but did not notice that the party they chose had sold itself to Russia. skypro referred to this as exactly his sense of humor. #Ironie #Gesellschaft #Politik (translated)

A former woke teacher wrote that Letschert's past at Maastricht University, where she was allegedly involved in activities related to Palestine and Gaza and in asylum provisions, began to haunt her. The author stated that the VVD was right to demand clarification about the asylum service that the university offered under Letschert's administrative responsibility, including a manual for an asylum application. The adjustment of the associated webpage also raised questions, according to the author. Furthermore, the author wrote that Letschert's political appointment turned out increasingly unfortunate and that the problems she allegedly left behind in Maastricht had moved with her to The Hague. #UniversiteitMaastricht #Asielbeleid #PolitiekeBenoeming (translated)

Fráňa Šrámek warned in a shared post by Radio Free America about a serious security crisis. He wrote that after an hour-long phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president announced confirmation of collaboration between their administrations and intelligence services. According to Šrámek, discussions about the future of Ukraine took place without the participation of Ukraine or European countries. He claimed that Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff pressured Ukraine with the threat of completely halting the transfer of American intelligence information. He also noted that FBI Director Kash Patel planned a trip to Russia in mid-October, where he was to meet with the Russian counterintelligence agency FSB, while the U.S. government and FBI did not comment on the details. Šrámek wrote that American lawmakers had urged Patel to cancel the trip in connection with the phone call on October 9, warning against Russian espionage and operations influencing public opinion. He described Trump's actions as treachery and claimed that the American president was handing Ukraine, its European allies, and the United States over to the Kremlin. He stated that the United States had been taken over by an international criminal syndicate and would need help. #bezpečnost #Zrada #Ukrajina (translated)

Jiří Hrebenar wrote that Jindřich Rajchl announced before the elections that he voted for the coalition of PRO, the Free Citizens, and the Oath in Hradec Králové. At the same time, according to Hrebenar, he criticized the Ukrainian flag at the school where the voting took place and called it "a blatant indoctrination of our children." Hrebenar stated that the coalition in Hradec Králové received 2.44 percent of the votes, finished eighth out of ten competing groups, and did not gain any representative mandate. Rajchl ran from the 37th position, and according to the author, the coalition did not surpass the five percent threshold. Hrebenar also wrote that 97.56 percent of the votes went to other candidates, and he described the result as a failure of Rajchl's political ambitions. #volby #politika #HradecKrálové (translated)

The author turned to Pobożny, pointing out that introducing term limits for deputies and senators requires changing the Constitution, which — as he wrote — results from Article 99 and the opinion of the Bureau of Expertise and Impact Assessment of the Chancellery of the Sejm from February 27, 2025. He noted that Stefaniak announced his intention to change the Constitution, not to bypass it, and criticized Pobożny's irony. He asked whether he and his environment oppose term limits or merely do not believe in the possibility of obtaining a constitutional majority. #Konstytucja #dwukadencyjność #polityka (translated)

Mr. Bolojan, the economic blockage and the shortages faced by Romanians do not disappear because you choose to treat them with irony. "Mr. Bolojan, the economic blockage and the shortages faced by Romanians do not disappear because you choose to treat them with irony. The people's dissatisfaction with the direction in which the country is going is not an invention of the PSD. The increases in prices weigh on family budgets, salaries no longer keep pace with prices, and companies increasingly feel the economic downturn we are in. You cannot pretend not to see the consequences of the policies you have supported!" Sorin Grindeanu wrote on Facebook on Saturday morning. #Grindeanu #PNL #guvernare (translated)

Mr. Bolojan, the blockage in the economy and the shortages that Romanians are facing do not disappear because you choose to treat them with irony. The dissatisfaction of the people with the direction in which the country is heading is not a PSD invention. The price increases are burdening family budgets, salaries are no longer keeping pace with prices, and companies are increasingly feeling the economic downward slope we are in. You cannot pretend that you do not see the consequences of the policies you have supported! "Mr. Bolojan, the blockage in the economy and the shortages that Romanians are facing do not disappear because you choose to treat them with irony. The dissatisfaction of the people with the direction in which the country is heading is not a PSD invention. The price increases are burdening family budgets, salaries are no longer keeping pace with prices, and companies are increasingly feeling the economic downward slope we are in. You cannot pretend that you do not see the consequences of the policies you have supported!” Grindeanu conveyed on Facebook. Changing direction does not mean the promise that all problems will be solved overnight. It means acknowledging that the measures adopted have not yielded the expected results and that there must be the political will to correct them through a realistic government program that protects Romanians' money. The participation of PNL in the government is not a favor done to PSD but the correct decision for Romania. "Changing direction does not mean the promise that all problems will be solved overnight. It means acknowledging that the measures adopted have not yielded the expected results and that there must be the political will to correct them through a realistic government program that protects Romanians' money. The participation of PNL in the government is not a favor done to PSD but the correct decision for Romania,” Grindeanu also noted. #Grindeanu #PNL #guvernare (translated)

The author recalled that the signing of the agreement in Mecca between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan had sparked irony from those who, according to him, could not conceive of a post-American world. He stated that this was now an activated alliance. #Diplomatie #Alliance #MondePostAméricain #SA #TR #PK (translated)

Anders Olsson, the chairman of the Nobel Prize committee in the Swedish Academy, emphasizes Anne Carson's work "The Glass Essay," published in the volume "Glass, Irony, and God," which demonstrates the potential of the long poem in which genre boundaries seem to blur. #AnneCarson #Nobelpreis #Literatur (translated)

Marguerite Stern wrote that she often thought back to the scene in which Marie Mesmeur had been attacked and mocked, according to her, because she was a white woman. She expressed her support for her and said she had regularly experienced similar situations while working as a supervisor in the northern neighborhoods of Marseille. In hindsight, Stern felt that defending the individuals involved by portraying them as victims of racism and poverty could be a short-term survival strategy, but was harmful in the long term. She added that these individuals had no right to humiliate Mesmeur and had subjected others to worse. She urged her to reflect on the situation, while acknowledging that it could be difficult to question oneself on these issues, but that it was possible. #Soutien #Égalité #Racisme (translated)