Josef Lentsch

Agreed

Don‘t get me started about ze Deutsches Transparenzregister.

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

That is all. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

@benstanley.eu

Guess the q is less if than how many

Incredible stuff, but there we are

Imagine this headline only two years ago

Pretty much

Hard to overstate the cultural significance of MTV for Gen X

The MTV You Remember Is Now Officially Gone After 44 Years MTV ends its iconic music era as it pulls the plug across the globe.

Digital killed the video star parade.com/news/mtv-off...

I think he and his whole gang are just losers, and the only way for him to have relevance on the world stage is by exerting brute force by any means, a bully with nukes. And all this is only possible because Europe has enabled him.

Not now, bird flu

EXCLUSIVE: A poll by Ipsos of almost 10,000 voters in nine countries — seven in the EU, plus the UK and the US — found about half of voters are dissatisfied with the way democracy is working.

Take a look at which countries are the least and most satisfied 👇

politi.co/43vlkEl

Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.

What’s needed: courageous reforms of democratic infrastructure, not playing for time. www.politico.eu/article/fina...

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim

open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

Wäre interessant wie sich das auf die Parteianhänger verteilt.

Das Framing ist halt ein anderes. Klar wurde da kampagnisiert, aber dass es ein faktenfreier „Coup“ und reine Willfährigkeit der Institution war stimmt so halt auch nicht.

@josephdengler.bsky.social ihr müssts halt auch mal was anderes lesen als den Guardian ;-) (Quelle: Economist)

COP30 boss: "Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis" and praises China.

Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

MLK war Bürgerrechtler, RFK war Bürgerrechtler. Beide lebten zur selben Zeit, beide waren ungewählt. RFK war Kandidat.

King wäre dann wohl die andere Referenz.

*hüstel* Reagan

Ach taz. Dieser ganze thread, beginnend mit dem ersten post, der nahelegt, dass die Bundeswehr faschistisch ist, ist entbehrlich.

Wrote about the dominance of "victims" in our political discourse, which included this fab chart @owenwntr.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...

3%

Netherlands, 9:00 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll:

Seat projection national parliament

D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...

+/- vs. Last election result

➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands

The final poll-of-polls in the Dutch election shows Geert Wilders's anti-Muslim PVV still sliding, and the progressive-liberal D66 party continuing its rise to a near-tie for 2nd. If momentum matters as much as it did in 2023, D66 is within range of first. peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl

Poland, OGB poll:

KO-EPP|RE|G/EFA: 39% (+1)
PiS-ECR: 28% (-2)
Kon-ESN|PfE: 14% (-2)
KKP-NI: 7% (+1)
Lewica-S&D: 5% (+1)
PL2050-RE: 3% (+1)
Razem-LEFT: 2%
PSL-EPP: 2% (-1)

+/- vs. 15-22 October 2025

Fieldwork: 23-27 October 2025
Sample size: 1,000

➤ europeelects.eu/poland

Netherlands, Ipsos-I&O poll:

D66-RE: 15% (+1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 15%
PVV-PfE: 15% (-2)
CDA-EPP: 13%
VVD-RE: 11% (+1)
JA21~ECR: 7% (-1)
FvD-ESN: 4%
BBB-EPP: 3%
SP-LEFT: 3%
PvdD-LEFT: 3%
...

+/- vs. 23-24 October 2025

Fieldwork: 25-28 October 2025
Sample size: 2,505

➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands

I‘d argue a middle ground of a 3% threshold is fine, the 5% in Germany are too high for new parties to make it into parliament.