[contentcards url="http://www.thelocal.de/20160304/heres-why-march-state-elections-in-germany-matter"] I had a chat with someone from the Local about the likely national consequences of the upcoming slew of state elections (Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Sachsen-Anhalt – wait, no more hyphens?). Some of our conversation made it into this article.
After a subjective decade, the trial that could lead to a ban of the right-wing extremist NPD, Germany’s oldest surviving Extreme Right party, has finally begun this week. That alone is news: Last time around, a blocking minority of the judges was so concerned about the unknown informers within the party’s leadership that the proceedings…
[contentcards url="http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/facebook-fans-afd-ist-social-media-champion/13036470.html"] Longread zur Facebook-Nutzung durch die AfD und andere Parteien mit Wortlautzitaten von mir. Grundlage: Konferenzpapier zur Facebook-Strategie der AfD
Today is the first day of the Constitutional Court trial that could lead to a ban of the right-wing extremist NPD. The DW piece here has the basic facts, and there is some back story scattered all over the blog.
[contentcards url="https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/facebook-kommentare-101.html"] tagesschau.de Gespräch mit Jasmin Siri und mir über Haßkommentare und -beiträge bei Facebook
This is the base of endless horse-race posts: Evidence-backed predictions for the upcoming US Presidential elections. What’s not to like? [contentcards url="http://pollyvote.com/en/"]
Mit der Rheinzeitung habe ich ein längeres Gespräch darüber geführt, welche Rolle die Flüchtlingspolitik im Landtagswahlkampf 2016 spielt und spielen sollte.
[contentcards url="http://www.stimme.de/heilbronn/nachrichten/region/region/sonstige-Skeptischer-Blick-auf-Fluechtlingspolitik;art87698,3568508"] Themenseite zur Flüchtlingspolitik, u.a. mit den Ergebnissen eines längeren Gesprächs mit mir.
Everyone is excited this morning, because AfD leader Frauke Petry suggested that German police officers should shoot refugees at the border if necessary (what ever that means). With the usual qualifications and rhetorical back doors, the party is happily channeling the vigilante spirit that has grabbed parts of the German public. Disgust and free headlines…