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Germany: FDP hatched plan to quit ruling coalition — reports – DW – 11/16/2024
One of three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition discussed plans to pull out two months before the government fell, German media reported. Germany now faces a snap election in February 2025.
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A German coalition including Social Democrats, Greens, and chamber of commerce FDP was not ever stable nor natural bedfellows.
Till the Nazi AfD disappears, no German coalition will be.
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Till the Nazi AfD disappears, no German coalition will be.
www.dw.com/en/germany-f...?
“The people are pissed..Rent is out of control. Young people can’t afford homes or pay student debt. We’re living through the greatest economic inequality since the Roaring 20s.. the Dems must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Depression.”
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Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“The people are pissed..Rent is out of control. Young people can’t afford homes or pay student debt. We’re living through the greatest economic inequality since the Roaring 20s.. the Dems must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Depression.”
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Carville: "the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression"
That's not just "it's the economy, stupid."
That's not just "it's the economy, stupid."
I agree that performative moral preening needs to go, but what Carville is recommending is just "it's the economy, stupid" with a Bernie coat of paint.
He hasn't been relevant in a quarter-century for a reason.
He hasn't been relevant in a quarter-century for a reason.
A lot of people are going to love that Carville said this. (They will not love him saying that the performative moral preening has to go.)
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November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Carville: "the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression"
That's not just "it's the economy, stupid."
That's not just "it's the economy, stupid."
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Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
Walz should be a positive on ballots, at least in comparison to other Dem options. See Erin Murphy for example.
A couple promising candidates are all a bit young still.
www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz...
A couple promising candidates are all a bit young still.
www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Walz should be a positive on ballots, at least in comparison to other Dem options. See Erin Murphy for example.
A couple promising candidates are all a bit young still.
www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz...
A couple promising candidates are all a bit young still.
www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz...
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But today we discussed Sudan and the 28-point/plan for Ukraine, and it is all just so unbelievably disheartening and terrible.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
But today we discussed Sudan and the 28-point/plan for Ukraine, and it is all just so unbelievably disheartening and terrible.
Glad to see the VP acknowledge that there are vestiges of anti-totalitarian energy in the GOP. Embers only, but they annoy the administration deeply.
I'm not even talking about the substance of their views. Much of what these people have said about the Ukraine war has been proven wrong, but whatever. We can agree to disagree.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Glad to see the VP acknowledge that there are vestiges of anti-totalitarian energy in the GOP. Embers only, but they annoy the administration deeply.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
“When he was a professional distance runner, Frey literally rubbed shoulders with many East African runners, not only during races but before and after, rooming, hanging out, and warming up with Ethiopians, Somalis and Kenyans.”
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November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“When he was a professional distance runner, Frey literally rubbed shoulders with many East African runners, not only during races but before and after, rooming, hanging out, and warming up with Ethiopians, Somalis and Kenyans.”
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
German chancellor urges Ukraine to curb male refugee numbers
As the migration debate rages, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to limit the influx of young men from Ukraine. Will Kyiv respond?
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As the migration debate rages, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to limit the influx of young men from Ukraine. Will Kyiv respond?
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German chancellor urges Ukraine to curb male refugee numbers – DW – 11/18/2025
As the migration debate rages, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to limit the influx of young men from Ukraine. Will Kyiv respond?
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November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
German chancellor urges Ukraine to curb male refugee numbers
As the migration debate rages, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to limit the influx of young men from Ukraine. Will Kyiv respond?
www.dw.com/en/germany-c...
As the migration debate rages, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to limit the influx of young men from Ukraine. Will Kyiv respond?
www.dw.com/en/germany-c...
“Unlike its far more troublesome neighbor to the north, Hungary, Croatia hasn't forged a foreign policy that deviates from the EU mainstream and it has supported all of the EU's sanctions on Russia.”
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In Croatia, resurgent far right shifts political climate – DW – 11/23/2025
For years, Croatia has been a shining example of Balkan progress and a cooperative partner within the European Union. But over the past year there's been a worrying shift in the country's domestic pol...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Unlike its far more troublesome neighbor to the north, Hungary, Croatia hasn't forged a foreign policy that deviates from the EU mainstream and it has supported all of the EU's sanctions on Russia.”
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Carville: How About a Sweeping, Aggressive, Unvarnished Platform of Pure Economic Rage www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | Carville: How About a Sweeping, Aggressive, Unvarnished Platform of Pure Economic Rage
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November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Carville: How About a Sweeping, Aggressive, Unvarnished Platform of Pure Economic Rage www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
“And afterwards, Chancellor, you will give Russia the former East German states to maintain the peace”
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
“And afterwards, Chancellor, you will give Russia the former East German states to maintain the peace”
Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return
The heated debate about whether Syrians should return to their homeland to help rebuild after more than a decade of war is upsetting those who came as refugees — and their children, many of whom were born in Germany.
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The heated debate about whether Syrians should return to their homeland to help rebuild after more than a decade of war is upsetting those who came as refugees — and their children, many of whom were born in Germany.
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Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return – DW – 11/23/2025
The heated debate about whether Syrians should return to their homeland to help rebuild after more than a decade of war is upsetting those who came as refugees — and their children, many of whom were ...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Syrian refugees in Germany face pressure to return
The heated debate about whether Syrians should return to their homeland to help rebuild after more than a decade of war is upsetting those who came as refugees — and their children, many of whom were born in Germany.
www.dw.com/en/syrian-re...
The heated debate about whether Syrians should return to their homeland to help rebuild after more than a decade of war is upsetting those who came as refugees — and their children, many of whom were born in Germany.
www.dw.com/en/syrian-re...
Merz warns Ukraine's sovereignty is non-negotiable
The German chancellor told DW that Europe cannot support elements of a contentious US plan on Ukraine. He also warned that a Thursday deadline set by Donald Trump is not realistic.
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The German chancellor told DW that Europe cannot support elements of a contentious US plan on Ukraine. He also warned that a Thursday deadline set by Donald Trump is not realistic.
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Merz warns Ukraine's sovereignty is non-negotiable – DW – 11/23/2025
The German chancellor told DW that Europe cannot support elements of a contentious US plan on Ukraine. He also warned that a Thursday deadline set by Donald Trump is not realistic.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Merz warns Ukraine's sovereignty is non-negotiable
The German chancellor told DW that Europe cannot support elements of a contentious US plan on Ukraine. He also warned that a Thursday deadline set by Donald Trump is not realistic.
www.dw.com/en/dw-exclus...
The German chancellor told DW that Europe cannot support elements of a contentious US plan on Ukraine. He also warned that a Thursday deadline set by Donald Trump is not realistic.
www.dw.com/en/dw-exclus...
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Why are they eating in front of dumpster?
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Why are they eating in front of dumpster?
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What a nonsense equivocal take. He’s deeply weak and at the end of the road. Lashing out ineffectively (Epstein) or acquiescing embarrassingly (Mamdani) will be his only choices going forward. And she’s politically smart to get off a sinking boat via the power of no. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
Trump Shows His Power, and Greene Reveals His Weakness
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November 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
What a nonsense equivocal take. He’s deeply weak and at the end of the road. Lashing out ineffectively (Epstein) or acquiescing embarrassingly (Mamdani) will be his only choices going forward. And she’s politically smart to get off a sinking boat via the power of no. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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The Polish prime minister reacts
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Polish prime minister reacts
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Both convey, after all, that Putin's Russia is death. I did this operation tonight, frankly before I was ready to, because it seems to me important to remind Americans of this fact. Our government is now in league with this death head in forcing a genocidal "peace" on Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Both convey, after all, that Putin's Russia is death. I did this operation tonight, frankly before I was ready to, because it seems to me important to remind Americans of this fact. Our government is now in league with this death head in forcing a genocidal "peace" on Ukraine.
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King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
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Even as a diehard atheist, I've noticed that those that were born and raised into Catholicism are usually cool, but many who convert into it as adults seem indistinguishable from the villains in The Handmaid's Tale. Maybe they like the aesthetics more than any actual Jesus teachings?
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Even as a diehard atheist, I've noticed that those that were born and raised into Catholicism are usually cool, but many who convert into it as adults seem indistinguishable from the villains in The Handmaid's Tale. Maybe they like the aesthetics more than any actual Jesus teachings?
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It’s a regular School of Pericles on the right
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s a regular School of Pericles on the right
Ukraine's European allies say US peace plan needs 'work'
Kyiv's allies in Europe have said the US draft proposal that seems to favor Moscow is a "basis" that needs more work. Donald Trump has set a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to accept the deal. DW has the latest.
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Kyiv's allies in Europe have said the US draft proposal that seems to favor Moscow is a "basis" that needs more work. Donald Trump has set a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to accept the deal. DW has the latest.
www.dw.com/en/ukraines-...
Ukraine's European allies say US peace plan needs 'work' – DW – 11/22/2025
Kyiv's allies in Europe have said the US draft proposal that seems to favor Moscow is a "basis" that needs more work. Donald Trump has set a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to accept the deal. DW has th...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ukraine's European allies say US peace plan needs 'work'
Kyiv's allies in Europe have said the US draft proposal that seems to favor Moscow is a "basis" that needs more work. Donald Trump has set a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to accept the deal. DW has the latest.
www.dw.com/en/ukraines-...
Kyiv's allies in Europe have said the US draft proposal that seems to favor Moscow is a "basis" that needs more work. Donald Trump has set a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to accept the deal. DW has the latest.
www.dw.com/en/ukraines-...
Minnesota content.
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Minnesota content.