US President Trump continues to upgrade. The situation in the morning

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“We always have to fight for our democracy,” said former US President Barack Obama at an event in Pensylvannia two days ago, “we have to fight for the values ​​that made this country so desirable in the eyes of the world.”

He sees his country at a divide, he makes no secret of it. Events in the United States have been overturning in the United States since the attack on young Maga Influencer Charlie Kirk last week. US President Trump Prevents the media, political opponents, universities or law firms since he took office in January, but since the assassination attempt on Kirk, his government has exacerbated the gait.

On Thursday, the ABC broadcaster took out his late night star Jimmy Kimmel. Trump has long been a thorn in the side of the entertainment shows, in which jokes are also part of the program about the president. Most recently, the head of the Media Authority FCC used by Trump had put pressure on the broadcaster publicly due to Kimmel – which is just dependent on the approval of the FCC to take on another station.

In his obvious request to silence unpleasant critics, Trump has verbally upgraded again: The regulatory authorities should consider to withdraw the licenses to the broadcasters who radiate negative reporting. So he said it on the plane on the return flight of his state visit to Great Britain, as several media report. Trump described the broadcasters as the “arm of the Democratic Party”, which would be targeting him.

However, a new line of conflict in the deeply divided America could now be emerging: some Republicans also seem to go too far to government power, and some stood protectively against Kimmel. Because at least traditionally, freedom of expression is a good, which is also a good held. Without them there is no democracy.

Some are looking forward to these two weeks almost all year round, then – perhaps grumbling, but still – 400 euros per night for a hotel room in Munich at this time and 15 euros for every beer: but millions of visitors are worth it. The Oktoberfest will open its tents and rides again on Saturday.

The folk festival may be more important than ever, Christine Zerwes writes. Not only do not read emails from the boss in the tent and the push messages over Trump. The Oktoberfest has never lost one: a magic that all combines.

If you arrive in the tent, be a simultaneity of the noises: laughter, dishes, vocals, trombone. “First of all, you have to avoid – the waitresses with the full measure, the giant pretzel seller, the fluctuating tourists from the other end of the world, the” We Love Germany “roar. At a table there is a small corner together. An old Bavarian with a gamsbart on the hat shows a Chinese guest how sniffing tobacco works.

Many EU countries see themselves politically on the side of Ukraine, especially Germany. It is all the more surprising that Europeans still finance Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine: Last year, the third year of the invasion of Ukraine, EU countries bought fossil energy from Russia for EUR 21.9 billion. They were responsible for around ten percent of Russian energy revenue. According to an analyst of the NGO “Crea”, EU countries paid more money for fossil energy from Russia than they sent to Ukraine as financial support.

This also applies to Germany: Although we no longer import Russian gas directly via the pipeline – however Gas from Russia still arrives in the European network and ultimately also in Germany via LNG ports.

The EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen now wants to develop a plan of how Europeans can finally get away from Russian energy, our authors write. Why this should be much more difficult than expected:

Last year Taylor Swift gave three concerts in Stockholm – after that, the level of happiness has increased in the Swedish city of the million. So at least an investigation by Micael Dahlen showed it. In our conversation, the first professor of happiness explains how everyone can manage to be happier. And says: “Those who make it easy will be unhappy in the long run.”

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