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Malte Emken
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The relevancies and insignificances of life, interpreted by yours truly.
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TIL: A fellow Flasher (maybe we need a better name? 🤔) pointed out that pre-launch download registrations are crucial for me. Once the app goes live, all those pre-orders will count as downloads on launch day, potentially giving the app a boost in the charts. So...

apps.apple.com/de/app/flash...
February 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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What are the best books on how democracies fail?
February 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Ich will diesen einen AfD Wähler sehen, der sich jetzt denkt: "Oh, wenn das so ist, wähle ich jetzt die CDU." Könnt ihr euch das plastisch vorstellen?
Der Weg in den Faschismus ist gepflastert mit Leuten, die ihm mit seiner eigenen Politik die Wähler wieder abjagen wollen.
January 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Liebe Union: Wenn ihr jetzt ganz still seid, könnt ihr hören wie sich Konrad Adenauer und Helmut Kohl synchron im Grab umdrehen.
January 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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"Wehret den Anfängen" war vor ein paar Jahren. Wir sind bereits mitten drin. Aber noch können wir den Faschismus besiegen und die, die ihn normalisieren wollen. Geht wählen, demonstrieren, seid laut. Engagiert euch, teilt Informationen, motiviert Leute, wählen zu gehen.
January 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Eine Idee, woran man eine Wahlentscheidung am 23. Februar 2025 festmachen könnte ...

youtu.be/zvBCKISmQOE
Woran man erkennen kann, wen man am 23. Februar 2025 wählen sollte ...
YouTube video by janboehm
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January 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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For all Trump's talk of manufacturing jobs, you didn't see the CEOs of GE and Caterpillar sitting in the prime seats today. You saw the CEOs of Amazon and X and Meta and Google and TikTok.

It's the attentional oligarchs whose power he cares about.
January 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Donald Trump will be indoors for the inauguration with his billionaire pals. His core supporters will be left outside in the cold.

Think about that.
January 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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President Biden warned in his farewell address that an oligarchy is taking shape in the U.S. As President-elect Trump returns to the White House, billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to the city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.
A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses
Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Nineteen … and counting. That’s how many former Fox News hosts, commentators, on-air medical experts, producers, and staff are set to join President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration. Never before has one media outlet exported so many alumni to a president’s day-one cabinet and staff.
Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni
President-elect Donald J. Trump has leaned heavily on familiar faces from the cable network as he fills out his second-term cast.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM