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The Baron of Øresund wrote that T.N. had confronted the police at least three times in the past six months, which, according to the post, had so far led to at least one charge. The author claimed that T.N. had been part of a group of left-wing radicals during the weekend protests in Copenhagen, obstructing police work, and that he had spat on officers. According to the post, T.N. had also been part of a group that fought with the police during the DDF demonstration on September 5. The Baron of Øresund also wrote that T.N. had illegally participated in trespassing at the Maersk headquarters on May 13 and blocked the entrance. According to the author, this had led to a charge of unlawful entry. After the incident on September 5, T.N. had spoken to a Berlingske reporter, the author wrote. The post also described that T.N. had participated in a report on TV 2 Kosmopol after the incident at Maersk's headquarters, where he appeared with his full name and identity. According to the Baron of Øresund, this was how he was recognized. The author characterized him as a left-wing radical activist and repeated lawbreaker, referring to sources in the comments section. #venstreradikal #demonstration #kriminalitet (translated)

The Baron of Øresund wrote that Sisse Marie Welling (SF), the mayor of Copenhagen, had said that the right-wing around the world in recent years had put democracy under pressure. He claimed that left-extreme rebels the same day set the town hall in Limoges on fire and looted the town hall in Marseille, and that left-extreme had also created fear in the streets around Copenhagen City Hall. #Demokrati #Venstrefløj #Højrefløj (translated)

Jotam Confino wrote that BT had documented open tributes to the massacre on October 7, the deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and the deceased Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida at the weekend's pro-Palestinian demonstration. According to him, there were also calls for intifada, and stickers with red Hamas triangles and the text "October 7" were posted on lamp posts and bus stops. Confino also wrote that the Unity List Gladsaxe had participated in the demonstration. He had asked the party for a comment, but had not yet received a response. He added that he had regularly documented support for Hamas at the weekly demonstrations over the past three years. #demonstrationer #Hamas #Palæstina (translated)

Tom Jensen wrote in a leader in Berlingske that the two Muslim participants in last week's episode of the TV 2 program 'Højskolen' had invoked Danish values such as tolerance and inclusiveness to defend views he believed were far from those values. He raised questions about the limits of tolerance in Western democracies and referred to philosopher Karl Popper's argument that open societies must be able to protect themselves against intolerance. Jensen described a growing hatred of the West, which he linked to fundamentalist and dictatorial regimes, as well as people, often from MENAPT countries, who had obtained residency in the West. He wrote that some of them were increasingly allying with a left wing that accepted extreme views when they were expressed by minority representatives. He associated Hamas-apologetic pro-Palestinian demonstrations with parts of the recent unrest in France, growing antisemitism, and opposition to Iran's influence in the Middle East. He also connected the debate to Pia Kjærsgaard's showing of TikTok images of Afrah al-Jabouri in 'Højskolen'. Jensen wrote that free citizens had the right not to tolerate intolerance and warned that the foundation of society could otherwise crack. He concluded by stating that one must tolerate the bad atmosphere. https://t.co/M4FFmI3JqU #Tolerance #Demokrati #Ytringsfrihed (translated)

Claus Mathiesen wrote that Russia's war in Ukraine had been precarious, and that Ukraine's partial progress in 2026 had depended on support that was not stable. He assessed that recent events could have fatal consequences and wrote that the USA's limited support could now develop into obstruction. #Ukraine #Rusland #Krig (translated)

Emilie Jäger wrote that she was proud to work at B.T., which she described as a free and independent media outlet with a civic foundation. According to her, this was reflected both in the newspaper's debate section and in the choice of topics. She believed that Denmark needed different media and mentioned Information, Politiken, DR, and B.T. as examples. Jäger wrote that she often received calls from dissatisfied politicians and their advisers, and occasionally even ministers. However, she had not experienced internal pressure from bosses regarding her political beliefs or about covering anyone in a certain way. She believed that B.T. also adhered to fundamental journalistic principles of hearing all parties, faithfully representing their viewpoints, and describing facts. According to Jäger, sources she interviewed both within and outside Christiansborg were sometimes dissatisfied, but her impression was that sources on both the right and left generally felt professionally treated. She also wrote that her management and colleagues, along with her, had turned a large deficit into a million-dollar surplus, while the newspaper played an important role in Danish democracy. #journalistik #demokrati #BorgerligtMedie (translated)

Jotam Confino wrote that several B.T. employees had publicly criticized the development of the media. According to him, they believed that B.T. had been used for an ideological project, that journalistic independence had been compromised, and that employees had allegedly been called in for discussions about their opinions. Confino wrote that he was not aware of any of the critics resigning, and that he personally believed it was free for both employees and others to criticize the media. As one of B.T.'s public profiles, Confino described his own experiences. He wrote that he had never received instructions about journalistic angles or been pressured to follow an ideological line. He also had not been in a conversation about his opinions or been told to be more critical of the left than the right, he wrote. Confino described his bosses as skilled and professional and said that he felt he had full journalistic freedom. Confino highlighted B.T.'s bourgeois profile and wrote that an editorial line did not in itself mean that the media was politically controlled. He asked why there was no corresponding criticism of Information, Politiken, or TV 2. He also criticized colleagues from other media, ministers, and party leaders for, in his opinion, contributing to doubts about B.T.'s independence. He pointed to B.T.'s coverage of the mink scandal, Enhedslisten's support for a terrorist organization, which according to his post was involved in the murder of a 21-year-old student from Tanzania, and anti-Semitism, among other things, in Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke. Confino wrote that B.T. had made significant progress both in readership and economy, and that he was proud to be part of the media and supported the management. #BT #journalistik #medier (translated)

Magnus Barsøe criticized that the 31-year-old Nkumba Ludovic Tshiembe had supposedly received one year in prison for killing a family man. He wrote that Tshiembe had previously been convicted of rape and attempted murder, and called the sentence, as well as a one-year nightlife ban, insufficient. Barsøe called for minimum sentences inspired by the USA, although he did not advocate for the American legal system. He believed that greater alignment between the court’s sentences and the public’s wishes was necessary to maintain trust in the rule of law, and that the current gap harmed democracy and was deeply unfair to the victims of crime. #retsstat #strafferet #retfærdighed (translated)

Antonello Caporale wrote that Delmastro, already undersecretary, was a partner in a steakhouse along with the daughter of a frontman of Senese and had asked former magistrate Scarpinato to leave the Anti-Mafia Commission and, according to Caporale, probably also the Senate. Caporale had stated that he was terrified by the fact that Delmastro believed that decency and shame had no place in politics. #politica #Antimafia #etica (translated)

Morten Messerschmidt wrote that the blue bloc stood united in rejecting Henrik Frandsen as a candidate for the position of Speaker of the Folketing. After the Alternative also stated that the party would reject him, it was, according to Messerschmidt, the government majority along with the Red-Green Alliance that determined the outcome of today's meeting. He criticized the Red-Green Alliance for overlooking what had recently come to light about Frandsen and called it a sign that the party had become conformist. Messerschmidt wrote that for him, the issue concerned the institution of the Folketing and not Frandsen as a person. He believed that the position of Speaker required parliamentary experience and authority, and that the Speaker should safeguard the independence of the Folketing from the government. Messerschmidt also wrote that, in his assessment, Frandsen would not become the trusted man of the Folketing, but was primarily Lars Løkke Rasmussen's man. This strengthened his belief, according to the post, that it was the right decision to make himself available for the Presidium of the Folketing. He added that the Danish People's Party would ensure the greatest possible resistance to what he described as the government's overreach leading up to the next parliamentary election. #Folketinget #politik #Demokrati (translated)

Ermes Antonucci wrote that Vittorio Sgarbi, hospitalized at Gemelli since Wednesday, had been consumed by depression and had progressively distanced himself from public life. The author linked Sgarbi's decline to years of what he described as a daily media campaign, arguing that the illness could not be traced back to a single cause. According to Antonucci, the campaign began on October 24, 2023, with an article in the Fatto Quotidiano about the fees received by Sgarbi for events and exhibitions, reported to be 300,000 euros in nine months. The following day, he wrote, the newspaper reported on an investigation in Rome and an alleged tax debt of 715,000 euros related to the purchase of a work by Zecchin. On December 15, 2023, the Fatto and Report published an investigation into the painting by Rutilio Manetti "The Capture of Saint Peter", claiming it had been stolen and altered to hide its provenance. Antonucci stated that in 95 days, the Fatto published 82 articles about Sgarbi and that Report dedicated four reports to the matter. He also wrote that the prosecutor's office in Macerata launched an investigation for self-laundering of cultural assets and that Sgarbi resigned as undersecretary for Culture on February 2, 2024. According to the author, Sgarbi was later acquitted of the charges related to the painting by Zecchin, the artwork by Manetti, and the services rendered as undersecretary. Antonucci argued that, while the legal issues were concluding, the media coverage had contributed to the worsening of the man's condition. #Sgarbi #giustizia #mediacritica (translated)

Når jeg skriver om Ukraine, Rusland eller genopbygningen af det danske forsvar, sker det samme hver eneste gang. Jeg bliver oversvømmet af kommentarer fra anonyme profiler, der deler konspirationsteorier. Langt de fleste kommentarer handler om, at jeg elsker krig, at jeg er i lommen på forsvarsindustrien, at Ukraine selv var skyld i, at Rusland angreb dem, og at krigen i virkeligheden er NATO's egen skyld. Det seneste skud på stammen er, at vi ikke skal stole på efterretningerne fra Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste. Ligesom der er mange, der uopfordret hentyder til, at krigen nok i virkeligheden handler om World Economic Forum eller Covid–19. Mængden af konspirationsteorier er ærligt talt dybt bekymrende. For lad os være helt klare: Det var Rusland, der invaderede et frit land. Det er Rusland, der bomber boligblokke, børnehospitaler og elnet. Krigen kunne være slut i morgen, hvis Putin ønskede det. Men det kommer ikke til at ske. For Putin ønsker krigen, han ønsker et splittet Vesten og han ønsker, at vi slækker på støtten til Ukraine. Her er de mange konspirationsteorier en del af Ruslands plan. For de vil have os til at tvivle på myndighederne. Også derfor er jeg bekymret over de mange konspirationsteorier, der konstant bliver spredt. Jeg anerkender, at vi bruger mange penge på Ukraine. Det er en hård prioritering, og det er fair at være uenig i den prioritering. Men som forsvarsminister har jeg set, hvad krigen gør, og hvor alvorlig truslen fra Rusland er. Ukrainerne kæmper ikke kun for deres eget land. De holder Rusland tilbage, og dermed kæmper de også for Europas og Danmarks frihed og sikkerhed. Hvis vi lader dem i stikken nu, betaler vi en langt højere pris senere. Derfor står jeg fast. Sammen med vores allierede og sammen med Ukraine. Slava Ukraini 📷 #Ukraine #Rusland #Konspirationsteorier

74 % af danskerne er ‘helt enige’ eller ‘overvejende enige’ i, at ansøgere om dansk statsborgerskab også skal vurderes på, om de har holdninger eller har fremsat ytringer, der strider mod demokratiske værdier. Det viser en meningsmåling lavet af Epinion for DR. Med dagens glædelige meningsmåling er det værd kort at dvæle ved, hvor meget denne debat har rykket sig på bare få år. For længere skal vi faktisk ikke tilbage, før tanken om at frasortere på sindelag ville have været utænkelig for de fleste. Nu er vi der, hvor man kan høre folk som Lea Korsgaard fra Zetland omtale det som en nødvendig og naturlig ting. Politisk skal især @LiberalAlliance roses for modigt at kickstarte hele debatten om “sindelagskontrol”. Og ligeledes @DanskDf1995 for igen og igen at pege på, hvordan tildelingen af statsborgerskab i årtier har været med hovedet under armen. Jeg har selv gjort mit for at rykke opinionen på dette spørgsmål – både i radio, podcasts, klummer og min serie “DE BURDE ALDRIG HAVE FÅET STATSBORGERSKAB” her på X og på Facebook. Men af meningsdannere vil jeg særligt gerne fremhæve @evagps enorme bidrag i denne sammenhæng. Blandt andet ved at argumentere for at sætte tildelingen af statsborgerskaber på pause, indtil man kan frasortere antidemokrater, samt hendes helt konkrete medvirken til, at en imam fra Minhaj ul-Quran blev nægtet statsborgerskab. Det er enestående godt arbejde, der har været med til at forme hele vores tænkning i debatten. Kampen er dog ikke slut endnu. Det bringer mig frem til min seneste klumme, som handler om, hvordan regeringen er splittet i spørgsmålet om screening. Her advarer jeg om, hvordan særligt @moderaterne_dk og @radikale vil gøre alt for, at vi får den svageste form for screening af antidemokrater overhovedet. Det skal de borgerlige partier tage bestik af. Jeg skriver: “Uanset hvad bør den blå opposition forberede sig på at tegne et klart alternativ til regeringen, hvis det ender med en model, der kun overfladisk forsøger at frasortere antidemokrater. Oppositionen skal insistere på en omfattende, grundig og dybdegående screening, som inkluderer alle tænkelige værktøjer, og som stadfæster den nye virkelighed, at vi ikke vil give flere statsborgerskaber til islamister. Den tid skal være forbi.” #dkpol #dkmedier #dkpol #statsborgerskab #demokrati

Weekendens analyse handler om Hamas’ brug af palæstinensiske børn i krig: En israelsk soldat, der kæmpede mod Hamas flere steder i Gaza under krigen, fortalte mig i denne uge, at hans enhed havde oplevet adskillige tilfælde af små børn, der pludselig fandt vej til de bygninger, de havde slået lejr i. Områder, der var totalt smadrede, og hvor stort set ingen palæstinensere befandt sig, specielt ikke børn, fordi bykampene var så voldsomme. Det skete igen og igen, sagde han, at børn kom helt tæt på dem for at nærstudere soldaternes lejr. Der var ifølge ham og hans soldaterkammerater ingen tvivl om, at det var Hamas, der havde sendt dem afsted for at indsamle information. Tror man ikke på de israelske beretninger, fordi de ikke lige passer ind i narrativet, kan man blot tage et kig på Hamas' og Islamisk Jihads egne Telegram-kanaler, hvor de i de seneste måneder har offentliggjort identiteten på adskillige børnesoldater, der blev dræbt under krigen. #Hamas #Palæstina #Børnesoldater

Vurderingsstyrelsen ved, at den sender forkerte vurderinger til sommerhusejere. Og den har nu meddelt, at den ikke har tænkt sig at rette fejlene af egen drift - kun hvis hver enkelt boligejer selv opdager dem og klager. Det er imod god forvaltningsskik. Og det er en helt urimelig behandling af boligejerne. En myndighed skal have styr på fakta, før den træffer en afgørelse, og rette fejl af egen drift, når den opdager dem. Det kaldes officialprincippet. @Skattebetalerne opfordrer skatteminister @engelschmidt til at indskærpe, over for Vurderingsstyrelsen, at den skal leve op til officialprincippet. Sommerhusejer Carl-Johan Howitz i Karsemose Nord påpegede overfor Vurderingsstyrelsen, at hans grund var vurderet ud fra 15 procents bebyggelse. Lokalplanen tillader kun 10 procent. Styrelsen henviste ham til at bruge 1.200 kroner på at indsende en klage. Skattebetalerne gik ind i sagen i januar (se link nedenfor) og kritiserede denne praksis for at være ulovlig. Efter B.T.s omtale i februar bad Ombudsmanden om en redegørelse. I maj sendte styrelsen alligevel naboen en deklaration med SAMME fejl. Siden er fejlen fundet i Nordjylland og Odsherred. (Se link til BT’s seneste historie nedenfor). Vurderingsstyrelsen nægtede i månedsvis at svare på spørgsmål. Nu erkender den en systemfejl. Det fem milliarder kroner dyre vurderingssystem kan ikke håndtere lokalplaner. Howitz' beskatningsgrundlag er for højt. Alligevel siger styrelsen nu, at den ikke har tænkt sig »normalt« at rette fejl i andre vurderinger af egen drift. Det er urimeligt. De fleste boligejere ved ikke, at der er en fejl. De betaler bare. Skal alle boligejere nu til at læse lokalplaner for at tjekke deres vurderinger? Styrelsen har henvist til 20 procent-reglen. Den holder ikke. Reglen findes, fordi værdiansættelse er usikker. Den giver ikke hjemmel til at undlade at oplyse sagen korrekt. En bebyggelsesprocent er nagelfast og offentligt tilgængelig. Det er styrelsens opgave at bruge den korrekt, ikke skatteborgerens. Skattebetalerne opfordrer Ombudsmanden til at gå helt ind i sagen og tage stilling til styrelsens praksis. Vurderingsstyrelsen lever ikke op til god forvaltningsskik, og skatteborgerne behandles ikke ordentligt her. #Vurderingsstyrelsen #GodForvaltning #Skatteydere