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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
  • Bloody hell. I already assumed that something was going wrong in Berlin when I heard what state police is doing with the Adenauer SRP+ but this shows that the problem situation in Berlin is not limited to the state police. Now I'm heavily concerned. TIL that the Berlin state government is mysogynist and racist.

    #BerlinCorruption
    @Saleh

  • Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
  • What makes you think that the state government of Berlin is mysogynist and racist?

    @Saleh @Obelix

  • Germany could ban far-Right politicians from running for office
  • Yes - but if leading AfD figures were stripped of their right to vote, then such ruling would hit that person _regardless_ of which party he or she¹ is in. And it would also prevent those people from running as independent candidates. So I think going after individuals vs. going after parties is not an either-or. It would make sense to do both.

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    ¹ I don't think AfD has enby members.

    @MaggiWuerze @Zer0_F0x

  • Germany could ban far-Right politicians from running for office
  • That is roughly correct, although:

    The successor organization would still need its own proceeding where proof needs to be provided that the successor organization is actually successor of a banned party. But that's all that is needed to ban a successor org.

    @trollercoaster @null_dot

  • Judge who convicted Le Pen under police protection amid online threats
  • Actually, Le Pen demanded herself that politicians who were convicted for embezzlement or corruption should be stripped from their right to run in elections - for the rest of their life. Le Pen got only 5 years which is less than what she demanded.

    Source: https://correctiv.org/spotlight-newsletter/feiern-wir-zu-viel/#grafik-des-tages

    @full_throttle @sem

  • Take your clothes off, we need to talk
  • I might be able to get used to being around nude sauna users. But I wouldn't want to be nude myself when using a sauna. Unortunately, I live in an area that doesn't have any single Texitilsauna within range. Looks like the only way how I can ever sauna in my neighborhood will be by suing the owner of a sauna.
    @shaserlark @Kornblumenratte

  • Take your clothes off, we need to talk
  • “A reliable way to incapacitate Americans” @GenosseFlosse

  • A Russian linked ship was spotted by Irish military dropping its anchor near an undersea cable
  • Looks like Russia is looking for more sanctions. Is there anything we haven't tried yet? @Keener

  • The case for boycotting the United States
  • Yes, both Aldis are quite similar. Actually, they recently became even more similar because they unified their off-brand sortiment, with both companies discontinuing part of their off-brand items in favor of products from the other side of the Aldi equator. Trader Joe's, however, seems to be a bit more different from Aldi.
    Btw, IIRC, the reason why the two Aldis split was a dispute over whether or not to sell cigarettes. But these days, both Aldis have cigarettes.
    @courageousstep

  • The case for boycotting the United States
  • THis is alarming. BUT: This is just Aldi US which is still controlled by Aldi Süd in Germany. To me this doesn't look like a change in corporate values. This is a corporation that is afraid of Donald Trump. They don't LIKE doing this.
    @Vittelius @courageousstep

  • The case for boycotting the United States
  • Generally, I like the idea of boycotting the US.

    However, I'm not sure if we should hit the entire country. I'm wondering... Would it be better if we supported anti-Trump businesses instead of boycotting all of the US equally? That's a question.
    @cm0002

  • The case for boycotting the United States
  • Actually, Aldi is two companies (Aldi North and Aldi South) owned by 2 brothers. The US has Aldi South and Trader Joe's (which is owned by Aldi North). Btw, I grew up in Aldi South territory but then moved across the Aldi Equator so I now live in Aldi North territory. @cm0002 @courageousstep

  • Trump Press Secretary Hits Back at French Politician Wanting The Statue of Liberty Returned: Be Grateful You’re ‘Not Speaking German’
  • Actually, Trump has German ancestry. Actually, I'm wondering if he still has German nationality!

    This is Trumps paternal grandfather - from whom Trump may/might/could have inherited German nationality:

    Friedrich Trump, born in Kallstadt, Kingdom of Bavaria

    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick/_Trump

    @SlopppyEngineer @schizoidman