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[–] [email protected] 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I searched for German articles about this, but found none. However, the three parties expected to form the next government –the SPD, the CDU and its Bavarian sibling, the CSU– are considering to weaponize migration background against “sponsors of terror, antisemites and extremists”, which could be construed to include some peaceful critics of the Israeli government and military and their actions and plans.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Interesting to note that since 2022, he lost under 1% of his population to the war... Meat attacks could go on for years on end and it would barely move him.

If that "1% of his population" refers to the general population, I would note that the total includes many people who could never fight, such as:

  • all those involved, whether directly or indirectly, in the development and production of military hardware,
  • all those involved, whether directly or indirectly, in the extraction and trade of natural resources, without which the Russian economy would collapse, and
  • all those physically unable to fight, such as children, the elderly and disabled people, and all those who care for them in one way or another.

As much as Putin's tyranny may yet squeeze out of the general population, 1% in three years is already devastating, in my view.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For anyone who doesn't know: this is a clever reference to the myth of Midas' Touch that I'm totally stealing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hogwash! Capitalist pigs will end us. I for one advocate for roo committees.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for sharing that — especially with it being personal information. Like your husband, I moved to Germany and cannot check my vaccination history — at least not easily, being estranged from my relatives. Coming from Spain and having been born in the late 90s, I very likely received all the usual vaccines. Still, I've been wondering what I could do about this for years. I will ask my Hausärztin sometime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As good as that would be and as much as I desire it, my impression is that too many of them are trapped in a disinformation bubble to realize what and who is actually causing their problems. Some might, like the former Republican who shot at Trump and the veteran who blew up a Cybertruck, if I understood their motivation correctly, but I doubt such incidents will ever reach such a scale that Republicans reverse their entrenched stance on gun ownership.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Trudeau did adopt some of Trump's lingo when addressing him –by his forename, as you point out–, using "big" several times and referring to some treaty they negotiated as a "deal". He also slowed down, as if talking to someone with impaired understanding. Finally, Trudeau delivered this gem:

Now, it's not in my habit to agree with the Wall Street Journal, but Donald, they point out that, even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do.

— starting at 10:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT_ePmJyIcw

It was brilliant; out in plain sight for anyone with mild linguistic skills yet too subtle for the Trump base to grasp any of it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I think Trumpism does not need to take away guns thanks to the correlation between Trumpism and gun ownership. Why would they disarm those who support them and carry out their wishes with a degree of plausible deniability, as in January 6th?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

To my knowledge, intelligence gathering is one of the capabilities for which Ukraine and, indeed, all non-US members of NATO depend on the United States the most, and one which they can less readily ramp up than the production of military hardware and materiel. This latest move is, perhaps, an even bigger blow to a fair and durable peace than the recent suspension of US military aid.

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The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter.

The move follows the decision on Monday by the Trump administration to suspend military aid deliveries to Ukraine and comes after a dramatic breakdown in relations between the US president and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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While the US has also formally blocked its allies from sharing US intelligence with Ukraine, two officials said that recipients with assets inside the country were likely to continue passing on relevant intelligence to Kyiv. But that would not apply to time-sensitive and high-value intelligence, such as that needed for Ukraine to conduct precision strikes on moveable Russian targets.

The US decision to ban its allies from passing intelligence to Ukraine was first reported by the Daily Mail.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250305120633/https://www.ft.com/content/c58fccea-00c4-4fad-bc0a-0185b7415579

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Wie @[email protected] an anderer Stelle geschrieben hat, ist es mit der politischen Willensbildung auch nach der Bundestagswahl noch nicht vorbei; die Unionsfraktion und die SPD verhandeln gerade. Diesen Prozess können Ereignisse wie dieser Anschlag in Mannheim schon beeinflussen. Sie erhöhen zum Beispiel die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass die Unionsfraktion bestimmte Gesetzesentwürfe oder sonstige Entscheidungen mit Stimmen der AfD durchbekommt. Das würde die ohnehin schon bröckelige Brandmauer weiter schwächen oder gar zerbrechen. Doch selbst dann, wenn es zu keiner Zusammenarbeit kommen sollte, könnte allein die Möglichkeit einer solchen Zusammenarbeit die SPD unter Druck setzen, den Forderungen der Unionsfraktion nachzukommen. Ob und wie genau solche politischen Machtspiele Russland von Vorteil wären, ist eine andere Frage.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Tja was sagt das jetzt zu der Verschwörungstheorie mit den Wahlen?

Meinst Du die Theorie, dass die verschiedenen Anschläge, die kurz vor der Bundestagswahl stattfanden, von Russland angestiftet worden seien, um die Gesellschaft zu spalten und der AfD zu einer stärkeren Position zu verhelfen, oder eine andere Theorie?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I couldn't tell from your original comment.

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