Johann Ratschan

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

Der Helm der Erinnerung. 😔

#RemembranceIsNotViolation

Man weiß nicht genau: Hat die FPÖ ein Plakat für die ÖVP gestaltet oder die ÖVP eines für die FPÖ?

reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today

Hörenswerter Vergleich zwischen Deutschland der 1930er Jahre und USA der 2020er Jahre, aber glaubt ja nicht wir hätten daraus gelernt. Zu viele der 10 Punkte treffen auch auf AfD-Deutschland und FPÖ-Österreich zu.
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Screenshot der Tagesschau-Webseite. Überschrift: "Kerstin Klein, ARD Washington, zum erneuten tödlichen Schusswechsel in Minneapolis"

Ein Schusswechsel ist, wenn 2 Seiten aufeinander schießen. Das war nicht der Fall. Nicht einmal Trumps Agenten haben das behauptet. Sorry, aber solche Fehler dürfen Medienprofis nicht passieren. Europa hat keinen Grund, sich in den US-Autoritarismus mitziehen zu lassen. Das hier ist Medienversagen.

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti: We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Alex Pretti in nurse scrubs, smiling

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti:
#3E #GoodvsEvil

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

Trump is acting like an international gangster.

The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.

"One of ours, all of yours" is a line from Nazi Germany. It was coined when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response. This very line appeared on a U.S federal government podium. Let that sink in. Foto zum Text: Kristi Noem am Rednerpult, auf den die Zeilen "One of ours, all of yours" stehen, hinter ihr stehen zwei Polizisten.

»„Einer von uns, alle von euch“ ist ein Spruch aus Nazideutschland. Er entstand, als ein SS-Offizier in einem tschechischen Dorf getötet wurde und die Nazis daraufhin alle Einwohner des Dorfes ermordeten. Genau dieser Satz stand auf dem Pult der US-Regierung. Man muss sich das mal vor Augen führen.«

Russland lügt, führt Krieg, lügt und führt Krieg. Eine Dauerschleife aus der Hölle. In der Berichterstattung werden Russlands Behauptungen zu oft nicht klar eingeordnet. Viel zu oft gelingt die russische Desinformation. Ein aktuelles Beispiel. 1/5

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

Five years ago.

The Buyer | Why Austria’s Wachau is a region all wine buyers should worship “Mirror, mirror on the wall, where’s the most beautiful vineyard in the world?” Well, there are plenty of contenders, but here Michael Walker makes the case for Wachau that is just one wine region tha...

Here Michael Walker makes the case for Austria's Wachau for being one of the world's most beautiful & important wine regions for wine buyers to visit & reports on a trip with @AustrianWineUK where he tasted possibly the best wine he has ever had www.the-buyer.net/insight/why-...

Maduro enjoys absolute immunity as head of state. There is no justification whatsoever to kill or capture him. He didn’t start a war, he isn’t a combatant. Remember how some whined about Ukraine’s alleged strikes on Putin (which never happened)? They would actually have been legally justified.

Hieronymos Bosch hat sich die Inspiration für sein Weltgerichtstriptychon offensichtlich auf der Mahü am letzten Wochenende vor Weihnachten geholt.

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…

X blocks EU Commission’s advertising account after €120 million fine | Euractiv The move came after a weekend of online attacks on the EU by the social platform’s owner, Elon Musk

I honestly don't understand why any European institution, EU-official, decision-maker of an EU member country etc. is still posting on X. It's owner literally campaigns for your destruction, despises your values and rules and you still provide his platform with reach and relevancy? Anybody home??

They are aware that Russians quite literally wrote the capitulation document that some people in the White House and sadly many people in the media refer to as a peace plan.

Piazza Colombo

Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.

Thx!

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

What is the fifth bottle from the left with the f-hole on the label?

Gabrielius Landsbergis = @ @GLa...•2h X There is a glaringly obvious message for Europe in 1 the 28 point plan: This is the end of the end. We have been told repeatedly and unambiguously that Ukraine's security, and therefore Europe's security, will be Europe's responsibility. And now it is. Entirely. If you are a European leader asking your team to book you on the next flight to Washington to go talk to Daddy, please don't. Not without a plan, not cap in hand, not humiliating us all in front of the cameras at the Oval office. Europe is our continent, our future is decided here, not there. We aren't poor, we have options, we can finally decide to assist Ukraine to the full extent of our very extensive capabilities, restore European dignity and defend Europe. Or we can continue to wait for the miracle we now know is not coming.

THIS!!!!!!

(Former FM of Lithuania)

How to Negotiate with Russia Account for history, law, and above all Ukraine

We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
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Mein 1-Punkt Friedensplan: Russland kehrt in seine Grenzen zurück und bleibt dort. Danke für die Aufmerksamkeit.

“Free speech”

What Wine Should You Bring to a Dinner Party? The Biggest One You Can Find

A very hard call.

"Would you rather have a small, 80-year-old, Burgundian penis or a huge penis from Fresno, California?"

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Days of wine and noses: the life of a critic | The Observer Getting paid to drink all day might sound like a dream job. But what’s it really like to be a wine critic?

A fantastic portrait of life in the wine trade courtesy of David Williams in this week's Observer.
Hats off to him for the humour, honesty and realism he brings to this 25-year overview of the ups and downs involved…

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