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Paramount has completed the acquisition of Warner Brothers for about 110 billion dollars and has founded a new company called Skydance, which raises concerns in Hollywood about potential layoffs and the political influence of the Ellison family on CNN. #Paramount #WarnerÜbernahme #Hollywood (translated)

The author wrote that the 28-year-old neighborhood police officer Furkan U. from Tilburg had sold information from police systems for a year and a half, including names, addresses, license plates, and data about police investigations. Justice estimated the proceeds, according to the author, at least 30,000 euros; 14,000 euros in cash would have been found at home. According to the Public Prosecution Service, U. had looked up information about a rip deal in Delft and a major Brabant drug investigation, the author reported. The author also wrote that the National Detective Service had a recording in another investigation in which two individuals discussed police information that U. would have requested the same day. The author reported that a first preparatory hearing had taken place in Breda. Despite an emotional plea, U. remained in custody until the next hearing on December 22, according to the report. https://t.co/mIMOsiR39S #politie #rechtspraak #Tilburg (translated)

Marcel Vink wrote that Furkan U., a 28-year-old neighborhood police officer from Tilburg, allegedly sold information from police systems for about a year and a half, according to reports. This would include names, addresses, license plates, and details about police investigations. https://t.co/rOfAYbKsWY #Politie #Corruptie #Tilburg (translated)

Manuel Ostermann criticized Heidi Reichinnek and accused her of distorting reality. Germany has had enough of a politics that downplays problems and ignores their consequences, he wrote. People experience reality daily on streets, in cities, schools, and public spaces, Ostermann said. It can be ignored, glossed over, or blamed on others, but it cannot be permanently repressed. In his view, Germany needs clear words, consistency, and the courage to name problems. Those who refuse to acknowledge reality will ultimately be confronted by it, he added. #Politik #Deutschland #Realität (translated)

"The BSW ends the firewall idiocy. The strongest faction in a state parliament should also hold the position of the state parliament president – with 44 percent voter support, this should be a matter of course," said Sahra Wagenknecht, defending the controversial real estate businessman Tobias Rausch (35) to the highest office in Saxony-Anhalt in protocol terms. #AfD #SachsenAnhalt #Protest (translated)

Waldemar Hartmann wrote that two German researchers had received the Nobel Prize for Medicine, but criticized the fact that there had been no special ARD broadcast and no corresponding programs in public broadcasting. He asked when the prize winners would be invited to talk shows and received by the Chancellor or when the Federal President would award them with a medal. Their names were hardly known, and education had no importance in Germany, Hartmann judged. #Medizinnobelpreis #Bildung #Deutschland (translated)

Martin Reichardt wrote that the counter-demonstration in front of the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt was, contrary to possible later reports, not a large rally with thousands of participants. He described the attendees as a small group of left-wing anti-democrats and claimed that Eva von Angern, The Left Saxony-Anhalt, the Greens LSA, and the SPD LSA had mobilized them. He also criticized a supportive bus that bore the name Adenauer, using a derogatory term for it. #Demonstration #Politik #SachsenAnhalt (translated)

The author named out of respect a number of young Iranians and students who, according to the report, were imprisoned and/or sentenced to death: Zahra Mahdavi and Saba Mahroumi, both 17 years old; Raheleh Moeini, 23; Fatemeh Namanloui, 18; Romina Rahimi, 20; and Baran Omidian. https://t.co/lFDsAsOST4 #Iran #Mensrechten #Solidariteit #IR (translated)

GFrei.News referred to values of 30.5 percent for the AfD and 17.5 percent for the CDU and urged the CDU to abandon its "firewall." Otherwise, the author warned that the party could face further loss of significance. He described the CDU and SPD as career parties and claimed that advancement opportunities depended on conforming to party leadership and avoiding internal criticism. The author accused the CDU of using offices and positions to provide for its members. As evidence, he cited 25 lost CDU seats in Saxony-Anhalt, 12 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and 68 nationwide, with the latter relating to current polls. According to his portrayal, state parliament representatives received between 10,000 and 11,000 euros monthly, federal parliament representatives up to 17,000 euros; additionally, there were up to 6,000 euros for office equipment and 1.24 million euros in party funds for every million voters. GFrei.News also criticized travel expenses, retirement provisions, and opportunities for employees and stock trades that, in his view, were available to the representatives. According to the author, the CDU supported Merkel and then Merz despite what he considered bad policies. He concluded by asking when a prominent CDU member would abandon the firewall. #CDU #AfD #Politik (translated)

Reza Pahlavi Communications published a statement that had reportedly been signed by 133 Iranian political prisoners and activists. In it, the signatories thanked the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom for awarding the Freedom Prize 2026 to the Iranian people and for commissioning Prince Reza Pahlavi to accept it. The signatories wrote that during the protests on January 8 and 9, 2026, people had demanded an end to the Islamic Republic and more freedom. Published reports and estimates indicated tens of thousands of deaths and thousands of arrests. They stated that executions continued and death sentences were imposed in part based on confessions coerced under torture and in unfair trials. The authors referred to Reza Pahlavi as their political representative and supported him in leading a transition to a free, democratic Iran. They wrote that the Iranian people should decide on the future form of government in a free vote. They urged governments and international institutions to prevent executions, release political prisoners, and grant independent observers access to prisons. Additionally, they called for an end to business with the Islamic Republic, for a transparent use of frozen Iranian assets to support the freedom movement, and for better access to secure internet, including through Starlink. The letter was dated October 2026. #Iran #Freiheit #Menschenrechte (translated)

"Without his magnificent victory in the US, we would probably have been political corpses now." The Serbian leader Milorad Dodik claimed victory on Sunday on behalf of his party in the semi-autonomous Serbian Republic Srpska, which is part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. #BosniëHerzegovina #verkiezingen #EUlidmaatschap (translated)