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Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached. They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others. Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further. #UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

I just watched this incredible documentary on PBS “Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny” and it sent chills down my spine. It’s frightening how much “the banality of evil” is embedded in what we’re living through today. Every chapter of her life speaks to us now. You can watch it here free until July 26:

Ähnlich gut gealtert wie Gerhard Schröder.

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This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

Eine Klimaaktivistin darf in Bayern nicht verbeamtete Lehrerin werden, aber Mitglieder einer gesichert rechtsextremen Partei mit Beamtenstatus - kein Problem für Dobrindt.

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The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

Boston has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

The 10 year Treasury yield has shot up to 4.45% and the 30-year is close to 5%. Here’s my attempt from yesterday to explain why even the biggest and safest bond market now seems to be creaking. TLDR: the liquidation of massively leveraged hedge fund trades. on.ft.com/3R748hN

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing 1st Amendment.

Absolutely every business should do this.

Macroeconomics is the natural predator of foolish regimes.

CBC/Radio-Canada is a pillar of our Canadian identity.    We’re going to strengthen our public broadcaster with more long-term funding, and a modernized mandate — to deliver more local news and keep Canadians better informed during emergencies.

It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory. Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.

They are not retaliatory tariffs, @nytimes.com. They are unilateral tariffs that will tank the US & global economy. Stop legitimizing this madness.

Rechtsstaat ist, wenn Regeln für alle gelten. „Die Anklageschrift betonte dabei nicht zuletzt den systemischen Charakter dieser Untreue & zeichnete minutiös die Architektur eines „système organisé“ der Veruntreuung nach, an dessen Spitze Marine Le Pen stand.“ verfassungsblog.de/marine-le-pe...

I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states. Their finances will be turned upside

DOGE isn't just cutting vital government services. Each federal job loss could also result in the loss of at least one additional worker in the private sector. Working people having less money in their pockets to spend stifles local economies. What’s “efficient” about that?

The Atlantic has now published the Signal texts with attack plans in response to administration denials. I worked at the Pentagon. If information like this is not classified, nothing is. If Hegseth is claiming he declassified this information, he should be shown the door for having done so.

Das wär richtig scheiße, auch für den Journalismus in Deutschland fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...

Jedes Wort. Exzellentes Interview.

If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.

“Insanity is not a strategy”

Die Union schafft sich eine Schatzkiste – und wir sollen die Zustimmung für ihr Spielgeld liefern. Stattdessen brauchen wir nachhaltige Reformen für zusätzliche Investitionen in unsere Sicherheit, in unsere Infrastruktur und das Klima. 2/2

Wir stehen zur Verantwortung für unser Land, aber nicht zur Verfügung, um die Wahlgeschenke von CDU und SPD über Schulden zu finanzieren. 1/2

Handwerklich schlecht und mit zu vielen Schlupflöchern: Die Grünen haben recht, sich diesem milliardenschweren Paket zu entziehen. Ein Kommentar.

Friedrich Merz hat im November versprochen, nie mit der AfD zu stimmen und dieses Versprechen im Februar gebrochen. Er hat das Beibehalten der Schuldenbremse bis zur Wahl versprochen und dieses Versprechen direkt nach der Wahl gebrochen. Das Wort von Friedrich #Merz ist nichts wert.

strong agree thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

ChatGPT is not a search engine nor a research database. Y'all need to stop treating it that way. You have to verify everything it tells you.

Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

Warum verteidigen Rechte und Konservative, denen ja „freier Wettbewerb“ und Wirtschaft so wichtig sind, patriarchale Strukturen, die ungleiche Chancen reproduzieren und dafür sorgen, dass das halbe intellektuelle Potenzial der Gesellschaft nicht voll genutzt wird? #Weltfrauentag

Such a great thread about Marsalek.

Reine Männerpodien? Sind wieder ~okayer geworden. Ist doch alles eh schon anstrengend und Frauen sagen immer ab. So hab ich's zuletzt wieder sehr häufig gehört. Nein. Ist nicht okay. Und wir werden euch wieder und wieder und wieder und wieder daran erinnern.

Liebe Sender und TV-Produzenten: Wenn die AfD morgen vielleicht ihr Wahlergebnis von 2021 verdoppelt hat, dann ist das auch eine Folge der jahrelangen Normalisierung durch eure TV-Talkshows, die Rechtsradikalismus unter dem Banner der "Ausgewogenheit" salonfähig gemacht haben.

✅🌻 #bundestagswahl

Some really good news for a change.

Elon’s mass harassment email to all federal employees underscores the importance of having unions to represent workers against abusive management.

Deutschland braucht Zukunft, keine Blockade. Klimaschutz, soziale Gerechtigkeit, eine vielfältige Gesellschaft und Sicherheit für alle – all das gibt es nur mit Bündnis 90/Die Grünen! Heute: Beide Stimmen für Grün! Gemeinsam packen wir’s an. 🗳️

„Woher nehmen sie die Dreistigkeit, Menschen zu verlachen, die vor einem weiteren Rechtsruck in Deutschland warnen?“ Danke für diesen Text #SebastianLeber - und natürlich an @annikabrockman.bsky.social www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/erfo...

"To start, Europe must rid itself of the dangerous illusion that it is weak—and stop acting like it." www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

I don't see Trump demanding elections in Russia. ...ironically one year, almost to the day, after Alexei Navalny's murder.

This is right. Trump faces real, actual trade-offs too. Bad deal that falls apart fast or Zelensky rejects? Stronger deal that requires coercing Russia and co-operating with Europeans on security guarantees? He’s not a master diplomat. Helsinki 2018 was disaster. North Korean summits fizzled.

Already in 2018, I warned in a piece for the @ecfr.eu that the EU needs to invest more in its defense as it was only a question of time that Trump would use the US' military protection of Europe to blackmail Europeans. Let's hope that our leaders now have learned the lesson. ecfr.eu/article/comm...

Kleine Erinnerung an Herrn Merz, wer hier wen entlastet. #Quadrell #TeamHabeck

Europe needs to identify its own objectives and invest in achieving them, regardless of what #Trump does. 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cerianbond.bsky.social Read here: https://buff.ly/4aTo0hk

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