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Claus Mathiesen wrote that the USA could punish Ukraine in at least four ways: by stopping intelligence sharing and Starlink, halting other countries' purchases of American equipment, for example through PURL, as well as cutting off purchases or deliveries of spare parts for, among others, F-16s. He wrote that it would have to be shown how far Donald Trump would go and claimed that the damage to the relationship with Europe had already occurred. #USA #Ukraine #politik (translated)

In addition to the criminal investigations, the exact circumstances must be clarified, and a contribution must be made to address structural and organizational deficiencies. The chairman of the Parliamentary Control Committee, Marc Henrichmann (50, CDU), announces to BILD that he will "immediately" conduct a special audit at the BND ("ad-hoc audit"). #Geheimdienstskandal #BND #Spionage (translated)

The EU plans a comprehensive sanctions package against around 1,600 individuals and organizations that support Russian war efforts, as well as criminal measures against 77 actors involved in the illegal Duma elections in occupied Ukrainian areas, during a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg. #RusslandSanktionen #EUAußenminister #LibanonStabilität (translated)

Anna wrote that US media would exceed themselves in attacking Donald Trump and supporting Volodymyr Zelensky. She claimed that Zelensky is more popular than ever in the US, while Trump’s approval ratings continue to decline. According to her assessment, nearly every second post on X is directed against Trump – even on Elon Musk's platform. As an example, Anna mentioned Ben Meiselas, a lawyer and co-founder of MeidasTouch. He had warned that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may have committed a crime in connection with a diesel deal and referred to "criminal behavior." Meiselas explained in a video the laws that Bessent allegedly violated. Trump’s immunity does not apply to the Treasury Secretary, Anna wrote. She described the development against Trump as an avalanche that he himself triggered. #Trump #Selenskyj #Medien (translated)

Julian Adrat criticized that Markus Söder had claimed in the program "Miosga" without contest that the AfD was hostile to the disabled and "brutally right" in Bavaria. Miosga referred to Adrat in a derogatory manner. Adrat countered Söder's statement with a series of his own examples, which he labeled as "not normal." These included the blowing up of nuclear power plants, prison sentences for internet memes, and centuries of debt approved by a dismissed parliament. He also mentioned transforming Christmas markets into fortresses, citizen income payments to foreigners, the handling of billions for masks, the purchase of babies, and calls for rocket attacks on Moscow. As further examples, Adrat cited the expansion of wind and solar plants, bike paths in Peru, the training of trans-rickshaw drivers in India, and 130,000 foreigners who roamed freely despite arrest warrants. In conclusion, he criticized that citizens had to finance the programs under threat of imprisonment. #Politik #AfD #Gesellschaft (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that 22-year-old student Marius Dick was stabbed on July 15, 2026, around 10 a.m. in Trier on a pedestrian path by 22-year-old Afghan Sajad M. After the act, Sajad M. was taken to a psychiatric clinic. There is a suspicion that he was incapable of culpability or had diminished culpability due to a mental illness, Kussmann wrote. Sajad M. had already been in a psychiatric clinic before. Despite repeated inquiries, the public prosecutor's office has not yet informed Kussmann whether he was committed at that time due to a danger to others. Marius's parents gave an interview to the Trier Volksfreund. Four weeks after the death of his son, the father suffered a heart attack and had to undergo surgery. He is currently in a rehab clinic and is supposed to come home on the weekend so that his wife and younger son are not alone. Kussmann wrote that Chancellor Merz called the parents shortly after the act because Marius’s mother was politically active in the CDU. The father reportedly urged Merz to immediately deport immigrants who had committed offenses to prevent further acts. This was a promise that Merz had made before the election. The father is now disappointed because, in his view, nothing has happened. He said that such acts could happen to anyone and accused the government of not protecting citizens. He said this would tear the CDU apart and could lead to other parties taking power. Germany is currently at a turning point, he also reportedly said. As of now, Sajad M. has not commented on the act. Kussmann wrote that she is looking forward to the trial with anticipation and fears it could end with an acquittal due to insanity and placement in overcrowded preventive detention. She announced that she would ask the public prosecutor's office again in the following week about the possible conclusion of the investigation and the status of the forensic psychiatric report. The interview can be found in the comments. #Trier #Gewalt #Justiz (translated)

TheSteelSpring wrote that a state is totalitarian and fascistoid if it guarantees immunity from prosecution to politicians, but withdraws it from an inconvenient opposition politician in order to prosecute her for a fictitious thought crime that should not exist in a state governed by the rule of law. Furthermore, he referred to the state in a grossly derogatory manner as a state of injustice. #Menschenrechte #Freiheit #Politik (translated)

Jan Lindberg wrote that Leif GW on TV4 had said that Sweden had overly long sentences and that there was, therefore, a lack of space in prisons. Lindberg asserted that GW did not address the restitution of crime victims. He also wrote that GW criticized Tidö for placing prisoners abroad but did not mention that mass immigration, according to Lindberg, had caused overcrowded prisons. Lindberg described GW as a true social democrat. #Sverige #brott #straff (translated)

Josef Franz Lindner wrote that Jun had introduced a penalized cease-and-desist declaration in connection with a secret election as a representative. Lindner saw a constitutional issue in this and asked whether Jun, as a member of a constitutional court, really did not recognize this. #Verfassungsrecht #Wahlrecht #Unterlassungserklärung (translated)

"Either the International Criminal Court (ICC) ends its threats, or we end its existence," said Rubio in a video message. What happened on Friday was that South African judge Navanethem Pillay, who also worked for the International Criminal Court, was awarded the Nobel Prize. "Either the International Criminal Court (ICC) ends its threats, or we end its existence," said Rubio in a video message. #IStGH #USEUBeziehungen #Sanktionen (translated)

The EU is responding to the sanctions announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio against the International Criminal Court with diplomatic efforts and a willingness to use its defensive measures in accordance with the Blocking Statute to protect the court from the US action. #IStGH #USEUBeziehungen #Sanktionen (translated)

The European Union must strengthen its position and protect the International Criminal Court against the threat of American sanctions and technological influence in order to safeguard the international legal order. #InternationaalStrafhof #DigitaleSoevereiniteit #Rechtsstaat (translated)

Dutch diplomacy seems unable to accept that neutrality is an illusion, especially in the current geopolitical context with countries like the US, Russia, and Israel, which gives the Jetten government the opportunity to take action against the pressure on the International Criminal Court. #NederlandseDiplomatie #InternationaalRecht #Neutraliteit (translated)

Heimatgefühl criticized "Lawyer Jun" and wrote that he would like to obligate all CDU state parliament members to a legally binding declaration of abstention, stating that they would not enter into a coalition with the AfD in December. In their view, Jun must take a clear position. Furthermore, Heimatgefühl accused him of questioning the secret ballot and wanting to find out who voted how, because the electoral victory of an AfD politician did not fit into his worldview. Finally, Heimatgefühl described Jun as completely disoriented. #CDU #AfD #Politik (translated)

The author of the article accused Hape Kerkeling of portraying his grandfather in a speech in the Thuringian state parliament as a victim of National Socialism and of dramatically equating his imprisonment in Buchenwald with that of persecuted Jews. According to the author, Kerkeling concealed the reasons for his grandfather's imprisonment, Hermann Anton Kerkeling. According to the article, Hermann Anton Kerkeling was sentenced to eight years in a correctional facility in October 1933 for 17 counts of livestock and property theft during the economic crisis. Shortly thereafter, an additional year was added for preparation for high treason, among other things in connection with the communist pamphlet Rote Welle. He served his sentence in Münster, Papenburg, and Bremen. After that, the Gestapo ordered protective custody in Münster in May 1942. On July 2, 1942, Kerkeling was brought to Buchenwald as a political prisoner with the number 6117. He worked in the effects chamber and remained in Nazi custody until the liberation of the camp on April 11, 1945 – a total of about twelve years. He died in Recklinghausen in 1993 at the age of 91. The author described him as an active communist and gang thief, not as a typical victim of National Socialism. #Geschichte #Nationalsozialismus #Erinnerung (translated)