Michaela Hailbronner

Hier überschreitet Mayer eine rote Linie. Hagel sexuelle Diskriminierung gegenüber Frauen zu unterstellen, geht völlig an der Realität vorbei. Hagel war Ministrant, ist gläubiger Christ, verheiratet und Vater von drei Kindern. Seine DNA ist katholisch geprägt - und frei von verbalisierter Gewalt, Sexismus oder gar Frauenfeindlichkeit.

Schwäb Zeitung: „Hagel sexuelle Diskriminierung ggüber Frauen zu unterstellen, geht völlig an der Realität vorbei. Hagel war Ministrant, ist gläubiger Christ, verheiratet & Vater von 3 Kindern. Seine DNA ist kath. geprägt - und frei von verbalisierter Gewalt, Sexismus oder gar Frauenfeindlichkeit.“

Das VG Köln hat dem Eilantrag der AfD stattgegeben und untersagt nach summarischer Prüfung die Einstufung der Partei als gesichert rechtsextremistisch.

Hier meine ersten Eindrücke nach Lektüre des Beschlusses:

1. Die Entscheidung beruht ausschließlich auf Erkenntnissen des BfV-Gutachtens.

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Kudos to the French, almost makes me want to go back on x. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Gorton and Denton by-election result:

GRN: 40.7% (+27.5)
REF: 28.7% (+14.7)
LAB: 25.4% (-25.3)
CON: 1.9% (-6.0)
LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1)

Green GAIN from Labour.

The biggest threat facing Europe is not a Trump invasion. It’s his global political revolution | Mark Leonard I am convinced that Europe’s ‘new right’ is a radically contemporary movement. Defeating it means understanding its critique of liberalism, says Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relatio...

Indeed, Trump's a liability in Europe and the centre and the left should start exploiting this more strategically in dealing with the far right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Beware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Müller So-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong

"In the 20th century, it was important to position oneself against fascism and authoritarian state socialism simultaneously," writes @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social.

"But today, a reflexive position in the middle...makes little sense in a completely asymmetrical political landscape."

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Nonpolitical Media Has Been Flooded With Outrage at Alex Pretti's Murder Anatomy of a turning point.

For a little bit of hope www.liberalcurrents.com/nonpolitical...

Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”

Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.

Common good constitutionalism.

“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Thank you, Larry.It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world.Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story, and th...

Good speech by the Canadians on foreign policy in this age www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...

Bullshit jobs and bullshit job holders: a defence We read the article entitled, ‘On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities’1 with great interest. This article s

Kann den Spiegel nur im Auszug lesen, aber kürzlich dies hier gesehen, was mir als bessere Problembeschreibung erschiene...wie dramatisch man das bewertet, darüber kann man streiten academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

New issue dropped! Thanks to @sarahvahed.bsky.social @cgoanta.bsky.social @koenvanzon.bsky.social @whommes.bsky.social @historikarin.bsky.social @whommes.bsky.social @lolaavril.bsky.social and the others for some brilliant work.

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The Failures of Others | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

My book is finally out open access,dealing w arguments from failure, i.e. when institutions act in legally problematic ways because others have failed to do their job. It is comparative & should be interesting (I hope), even if it doesn't hold all the answers. www.cambridge.org/se/universit...

False claims Afrikaners are persecuted threaten South Africa’s sovereignty, says president Cyril Ramaphosa says theories, promoted by Donald Trump, ‘conveniently align with wider notions of white supremacy’

“The vehement opposition by some groups to our policies of transformation and redress conveniently align with wider notions of white supremacy and white victimhood, fed by false claims of the persecution of white Afrikaners in our country." Indeed. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Personal der neuen AFD Jugend legt ja nahe, dass ein Verbotsantrag nach wie vor ganz gute Erfolgschancen hätte. Klare Verhältnisse bei den Neonazis also...https://taz.de/Gruendung-Generation-Deutschland/!6133527/

I was late to read this, but it is such an important piece. Taking stock of ask that has been done, even when there is still much to do, can fuel forward momentum. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social (& @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for mentioning it)

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

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Stefan Klingbeil ist seit diesem Wintersemester Professor für Bürgerliches Recht, Zivilverfahrensrecht und Rechtstheorie und spricht im Interview über den Zauber des Rechts. Willkommen an der @leuphana.bsky.social!

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"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here." Anna Bower Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

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Und es gibt Hochschulleitungen, die diese Anfragen tatsächlich an die Fachbereiche weiterreichen (Halle) und beantworten (Merseburg). Und offenbar viele Kolleg:innen, die ganz brav (oder ganz doof oder ganz freudig) selbst Meldung erstatten.

Zweierlei Staatsräson – the Diasporist Wie Deutschland die Singularität des Holocaust betont, um sich der Verantwortung für seine Kolonialverbrechen zu entziehen

#OTD 2.10.1905 erlässt Trotha Schiessbefehl, der Völkermord an Herero besiegelt. Nichts war heute von der Politik dazu zu hören. Wolfram Weimer sieht in Gedenken an Völkermord Herero Nama gar eine Relativierung des Holocaust. Beschämend. Hier dazu mehr:
thediasporist.de/de/zweierlei...

Excellent piece on current US politics and the democrats. Core message: Trump has NO mandate for the enormous changes he is pushing through, even if we reject that democracy should protect itself (which we shouldn't)

Blaue Schelle: Die zu wenig erzählten, vielen Niederlagen der AfD NRW, Brandenburg und Sachsen, egal ob progressiv oder rechts: in allen Wahlen verliert die AfD gerade. Selbst wenn sie allein auf dem Wahlzettel steht. Warum wir mehr darüber sprechen sollten und was ...

NRW, Brandenburg und Sachsen, egal ob progressiv oder rechts: in allen Wahlen verliert die AfD gerade. Selbst wenn sie allein auf dem Wahlzettel steht. Warum wir mehr darüber sprechen sollten und was wir daraus lernen können.
www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/bl...

Lower Than Cowards The surrender of America’s elites

This seems sadly right and makes one wonder how much success in our societies just reflects opportunism: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...