According to a Tuesday report, United States officials have <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/poland-formally-requests-german-permission-to-send-tanks-to-ukraine-11674558492">said</a> that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> is <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-may-deliver-significant-number-abrams-tanks-ukraine-despite-pentagon-misgivings">moving</a> in the direction of delivering a number of Abrams M1 tanks to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a> with a potential update on the plan this week.
The news would come in coordination with a move from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Germany</a>, which would also send some of its Leopard 2 tanks, as well as allowing more tanks made by Germany to be sent by other countries, according to The Wall Street Journal.
On Tuesday, Spiegel Politics <a href="https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/krieg-in-der-ukraine-deutschland-schickt-leopard-panzer-a-e2dde871-88d0-4cf5-8aae-482d58fd850f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is now also planning to send tanks to Ukraine. Poland has also officially <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/24/u-s-approving-abrams-tanks-ukraine-00079218" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> approval from Germany to send Leopard tanks to the country. 
“The Germans have already received our request for consent to transfer Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine,” Poland Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said. “I also appeal to the German side to join the coalition of countries supporting Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks.”
The United States, Germany, and other countries have contended over the delivery of tanks to war-torn Ukraine in order to help the nation in its fight against Russia. 
Last week, at the World Economic Forum, the chancellor privately <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2023/01/19/scholz-to-lawmakers-us-must-move-first-on-tanks-00078507" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> legislators that he was not going to give Leopard tanks to Ukraine until the United States said it would send the Abrams tanks. After speaking with Scholz last week, President Joe Biden said he would examine sending Abrams tanks, even though the Pentagon was against it. 
A top German official said that the topic had been debated for over a week and seemed to be headed towards a solution, according to the Journal.
Military authorities had pushed back against the notion of sending the Abrams tanks due to how the military equipment uses gas and the effort that goes into their maintenance. 
“The Abrams tank is a very complicated piece of equipment. It’s expensive, it’s hard to train on. It has a jet engine, I think it’s about three gallons to the mile of jet fuel. It is not the easiest system to maintain,” Colin Kahl, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/24/u-s-approving-abrams-tanks-ukraine-00079218" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the press last week after traveling to Kyiv. “It may or may not be the right system.”
Officials in Germany have noted that Scholz was worried about Ukraine having so many of the military tanks that were made in Germany, since it could make it look like Germany was a main player in the war. The country wants to take action with the allies, specifically the United States since it does not have its own nuclear deterrent, the officials noted.
However, Germany <a href="https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/germanys-nuclear-weapons-policy-and-the-war-money-for-nukes-words-for-disarmament/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">keeps</a> <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/11/19/nuclear-weapons-debate-in-germany-touches-a-raw-nato-nerve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nuclear</a> <a href="https://www.icanw.org/germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">weapons</a> of the United States on its land.
“We absolutely want to have German tanks in Ukraine but they need to be part of a broad coalition that would provide a mix of hardware, including the Abrams,” one official reportedly stated.

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New video that showed law enforcement officials detaining far-Left climate activist Greta Thunberg this week at an anti-energy protest in Europe sparked allegations that the entire situation was &#8220;staged&#8221; for the media.
The 20-year-old and her cohorts were protesting the planned demolition of the coal mining town Lutzerath in western Germany to make way for an expanded coal mining operation. The demonstration comes as the continent deals with an energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Thunberg was initially seen smiling as German police picked her up and carried her away. However, video later emerged that showed the moments before Thunberg was carried off by police.
The footage showed the police effectively allowing the media to take pictures and film Thunberg before they removed her from the area.
Several major Twitter accounts claimed that the situation looked &#8220;staged&#8221; for the media.
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LMFAO Greta literally staged being arrested for the cameras. <a href="https://t.co/qGNurU0lrO">pic.twitter.com/qGNurU0lrO</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1615472233715208193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Yes, the Greta Thunberg arrest was staged for the establishment media. 
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&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1615471758093725698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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This is how the fake arrest of Greta Thunberg was done.
Mainstream media will show only one photo where policemen are carrying her. Let me know if any mainstream media has covered this video!
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&mdash; Vijay Patel🇮🇳 (@vijaygajera) <a href="https://twitter.com/vijaygajera/status/1615597653689077760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Greta Thunberg was part of a group of activists who rushed towards the ledge,” a police spokesperson told Reuters. “However, she was then stopped and carried by us with this group out of the immediate danger area to establish their identity.”
“There is no reason to hold them for days,” the spokesperson added. “It might take hours or they will go immediately.”
Thunberg was eventually released by police.
&#8220;Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany,&#8221; Thunberg tweeted Wednesday. &#8220;We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening. Climate protection is not a crime.&#8221;
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Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening.
Climate protection is not a crime.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LuetziBleibt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LuetziBleibt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LuetziLebt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LuetziLebt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeepItInTheGround?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KeepItInTheGround</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateJustice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateJustice</a>
&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1615618850711552000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Germany has expanded its use of coal to the highest levels in more than half a decade after Russia clamped down on natural gas exports to Europe.
Part of the increased demand for energy comes from France, where nuclear reactor outages have caused issues.
Germany has had to extend “the lives of Germany’s nuclear power facilities” despite the country’s desire to move away from the clean energy source.
During a speech several years ago, Thunberg repeatedly condemned adults by dramatically saying, “how dare you!” as she complained about how the world works.
“My message is that we’ll be watching you. This is all wrong, I shouldn’t be up here, I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean,” Thunberg began. “Yet, you all come to us young people for hope, how dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.”
“You are failing us but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal,” she said. “The eyes of all future generations are upon you and if you choose to fail us I say we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now, is where we draw the line the world is waking up, and change is coming whether you like it or not.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-change-everything-climate-crisis-about-colonial-racist-and-patriarchal-systems-of-oppression-fossil-fuel-literally" data-reader-unique-id="44">GRETA SNAPS: ‘Change Everything,’ ‘Climate Crisis’ About ‘Colonial, Racist, And Patriarchal Systems Of Oppression,’ Fossil Fuel ‘Literally’ Killing Us</a>

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A video of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kate-winslet">Kate Winslet</a> speaking with a young journalist conducting her first interview is resonating with fans who applaud the Oscar-winning <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">actress</a> for her kindness.
The clip of Winslet sitting down with the reporter to discuss her new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">film</a> “Avatar: The Way of Water” is being circulated on social media and generating many positive reactions. 
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Kate Winslet reassuring this young girl that her interview will be amazing is the most precious thing I’ve ever seen <a href="https://t.co/sm0D5FWWsM">pic.twitter.com/sm0D5FWWsM</a>
&mdash; Liv Marks (@OliviaLilyMarks) <a href="https://twitter.com/OliviaLilyMarks/status/1612397903598739457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“It’s my first time,” the interviewer admits in the clip. The person conducting the interview is Martha, a “Kinderreporterin,” or &#8220;child reporter&#8221; for the German TV network <a href="https://www.zdf.de/kinder/logo/kinderreporterin-martha-trifft-kate-winslet-100.html">ZDF</a>. Their interaction was quickly picked up by U.S. outlets as well. 
The Titanic star replies, “This is your first time doing it? OK, well, guess what. When we do this interview, it’s going to be the most amazing interview ever. And do you know why? Because we’ve decided that it is going to be.”
“So, we’ve decided right now, me and you, this is going to be a really fantastic interview,” Winslet continues. “And you can ask me anything that you want and you don’t have to be scared, everything is going to be amazing.”
The reporter agrees with a nervous giggle, prompting Winslet to encourage her by saying again, “You got this. OK, let’s do it!”
Fans were immediately receptive to Winslet’s reaction to the young journalist being so nervous.
“Kate Winslet reassuring this young girl that her interview will be amazing is the most precious thing I’ve ever seen,” one popular Twitter reaction <a href="https://twitter.com/OliviaLilyMarks/status/1612397903598739457">says</a>. 
The 47-year-old British star is known for being candidly down-to-Earth no matter who is interviewing her. In December, she described herself as looking like a “hot mess” while attempting to juggle her busy career and being a mom. 
“There are a lot of myths, I think, around perfection and actresses looking perfect all the time and, and how real that is or that isn’t,” she said in part during an interview with BBC’s “Woman’s Hour” podcast. “And I do care about being real and telling stories that are truthful and come from a place of integrity.”
“That’s certainly something that I feel is a shift in this time in my life,” Winslet <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/like-a-hot-mess-kate-winslet-reflects-on-being-47-while-juggling-motherhood-and-a-career">continued</a>, as The Daily Wire previously reported. “I care passionately about highlighting issues that need to be talked about that perhaps people find hard to talk about. And not shying away from truly looking like a hot mess a lot of the time. I mean, who puts on makeup while they’re doing the school run? I don’t.”
“There’s something kind of fab about going: ‘Oh well, that’s just the way it is, isn’t it?&#8217;”

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American service members have often spent their holidays away from loved ones — and in harm&#8217;s way — and the men who found themselves in the besieged Belgian city of Bastogne just before <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/whats-merry-about-all-this-read-the-letter-general-anthony-mcauliffe-sent-his-exhausted-surrounded-men-at-the-battle-of-the-bulge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christmas of 1944</a> were no exception.
Bastogne, which sits just a few miles from the border of Luxembourg, had been under German control since <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-invasion-of-western-europe-may-1940" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May of 1940</a> and had only been liberated by Allied troops a few months earlier in September — and much of the 101st Airborne Division remained in and around the city.
Other divisions were scattered throughout the surrounding area, many composed of replacement troops who had only recently arrived in Europe: among them were elements of the 106th Infantry &#8220;The Golden Lions,&#8221; the 9th Armored &#8220;Phantom&#8221; Division, and the 28th Infantry &#8220;The Bloody Bucket.&#8221; Some were still waiting for supply drops, ammunition, and even winter uniforms.
The surprise attack began on December 16th when German Panzer divisions pushed back towards Bastogne, catching the mostly-green American troops in the frozen Ardennes Forest off guard and breaking through roadblock after roadblock. Some put up a good fight, but many were driven back into Bastogne and forced to regroup.
On December 17th, just outside of a nearby town called <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-malmedy-massacre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Malmedy</a>, a Hitler Youth graduate turned Waffen SS (Schutzstaffel) General Joachim Peiper and his men captured over 100 American soldiers, all part of Battery B of the 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion. After a brief skirmish, the Americans who were unable to escape into the woods surrendered — and after taking their personal possessions from them, Peiper&#8217;s men lined the unarmed Americans up in eight rows in a nearby field and opened fire. The few who survived by pretending to be dead recalled hearing laughter as the SS soldiers fired.
<div id="attachment_480713" style="width: 735px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-480713" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-480713 size-large" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-535821117-725x576.jpg" alt="" width="725" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/12/GettyImages-535821117-725x576.jpg 725w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/12/GettyImages-535821117-300x238.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/12/GettyImages-535821117-768x611.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/12/GettyImages-535821117.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px" />Massacre of American soldiers near Malmedy, 1944, Belgium, Second World War war, National archives, Washington, . (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)</div>
By December 20th, the city of Bastogne itself was under siege, entirely surrounded and vastly outnumbered by the enemy — and word of Peiper and the massacre at Malmedy had gotten to soldiers and civilians alike. Snowy and frigid weather conditions made supply drops all but impossible, and even on the ground, visibility was limited.
Bastogne had also been inundated by &#8220;stragglers&#8221; — soldiers who had been assigned to units that had been overrun as the Germans had moved to encircle the city — and so Team SNAFU (Situation Normal, All Fouled Up) was born. Men from tank battalions, men from artillery groups, cooks, barbers, it no longer mattered: if they could carry a weapon and stand a post, they were temporarily reassigned to SNAFU and used as much-needed replacements to aid the 101st Airborne.
<a href="https://www.asomf.org/the-battle-of-the-bulge-asom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Two days into the siege</a>, on December 22nd, a German contingent approached waving a white flag — and delivered an ultimatum to Major Alvin Jones, who commanded the 2nd Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry Regiment.
&#8220;The fortune of war is changing. Battalions are ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and near Bastogne,&#8221; the letter read. Demanding surrender — within two hours — the German commander threatened to destroy the city if the Americans did not comply. He also promised that the Americans would be blamed for any resulting civilian casualties.
&#8220;The order for firing will be given immediately after this two hour’s term,&#8221; the German commander wrote. &#8220;All the serious civilian losses caused by this Artillery fire would not correspond with the well known American humanity.&#8221;
&#8220;They want us to surrender,&#8221; Jones told Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe.
McAuliffe, who was acutely aware of the situation, laughed in the face of certain doom: &#8220;Aw nuts!&#8221;
He went to write a return memo, but told his staff, &#8220;I don’t know what to tell them.&#8221;
Lt. Colonel Kinnard commented, &#8220;Well, sir, that first remark of yours would be hard to beat.&#8221;
And so McAuliffe&#8217;s reply read simply:
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Colonel Joseph H. Harper, commander of 327th Glider Infantry, delivered the note to the Germans — reportedly delighting in the chance to explain to them what it meant: &#8220;If you don’t understand what &#8216;nuts&#8217; means, in plain English, it is the same as, &#8216;Go to Hell.’”
McAuliffe followed that note with an <a href="https://warontherocks.com/2021/12/nuts-mcauliffes-1944-christmas-letter-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">equally blustery</a> Christmas Eve letter to his troops, detailing both the German commander&#8217;s demands and his response.
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75 years ago this Christmas Eve, Gen. Anthony McAuliffe wrote this letter to his troops during the Battle of the Bulge. Today we remember the service members who served during the holidays both then and now and wish you a Merry Christmas! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoVeteranEverDies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoVeteranEverDies</a> <a href="https://t.co/VuYyhYqqVj">pic.twitter.com/VuYyhYqqVj</a>
&mdash; National Cemeteries (@VANatCemeteries) <a href="https://twitter.com/VANatCemeteries/status/1209458808587784192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What’s Merry about all this, you ask? We’re fighting — it’s cold, we aren’t home,&#8221; McAuliffe&#8217;s letter read. &#8220;All true but what has the proud Eagle Division accomplished with its worthy comrades the 10th Armored Division, the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion and all the rest? Just this: We have stopped cold everything that has been thrown at us from the North, East, South and West.&#8221;
&#8220;We have identifications from four German Panzer Divisions, two German Infantry Divisions and one German Parachute Division,&#8221; McAuliffe continued. &#8220;These units, spearheading the last desperate German lunge, were headed straight west for key points when the Eagle Division was hurriedly ordered to stem the advance. How effectively this was done will be written in history; not alone in our Division’s glorious history but in World history. The Germans actually did surround us, their radios blared our doom.&#8221;
McAuliffe, after sharing his flippant response to the German demand for surrender, concluded with these words: &#8220;Allied Troops are counterattacking in force. We continue to hold Bastogne. By holding Bastogne we assure the success of the Allied Armies. We know that our Division Commander, General Taylor, will say: &#8216;Well Done!&#8217; We are giving our country and our loved ones at home a worthy Christmas present and being privileged to take part in this gallant feat of arms are truly making for ourselves a Merry Christmas.&#8221;
The Germans did deliver the <a href="https://www.asomf.org/the-battle-of-the-bulge-asom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised barrage</a> of artillery and bombs, bringing assault after assault over four days beginning on the 22nd — but on December 26th, a late Christmas gift finally arrived: General George S. Patton and his Third Army severed the German lines completely, breaking the siege of Bastogne.
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A 97-year-old woman who worked at a Nazi concentration camp was convicted on Monday after undergoing a trial that lasted longer than a year. 
Between 1943 and 1945, when Irmgard Furchner was 18 and 19 years old, she <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/nazi-camp-secretary-irmgard-furchner-stutthof-germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worked</a> as a secretary for Paul-Werner Hoppe, the Stutthof concentration camp&#8217;s commandant. Because of her age at the time, she was put on trial in a juvenile court. 
Furchner was given a two-year suspended jail sentence after being found to be an accessory to the murder of 10,505 prisoners and the attempted murder of five other people.
“The promotion of these acts by the accused took place through the completion of paperwork” in the camp commander&#8217;s office, a court statement reportedly <a href="https://apnews.com/article/prisons-dceae7a28dfdee9a869bd8fe8a75c91a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “This activity was necessary for the organization of the camp and the execution of the cruel, systematic acts of killing.”
By January 1942, Stutthof was a typical concentration camp. More than 60,000 people ultimately <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/stutthof" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> there. They were either killed in gas chambers or by lethal injections, and many died from typhus epidemics.
Furchner’s trial was held in northern Germany in the town of Itzehoe. In September last year, the proceedings were delayed because she had <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/30/former-nazi-concentration-camp-secretary-96-faces-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fled</a> from her nursing home. She didn’t appear in court and was later taken into custody by law enforcement and given an electronic tag. 
The trial <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/nazi-camp-secretary-irmgard-furchner-stutthof-germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">included</a> testimony from 30 survivors, as well as family members of Stutthof camp prisoners. Historians said Furchner was fully aware of prisoners being tortured and killed.
The judge, along with court authorities, went to the camp’s site and saw where Furchner would have sat and worked at the time. They found that she fully understood what was happening to people at the camp and therefore was an active participant in the atrocities.   
Furchner&#8217;s role “was necessary for the organization of the camp and the implementation of these cruel and systematic killing acts,” the court <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-nazi-camp-secretary-97-found-guilty-in-what-could-be-final-holocaust-trial-11671541582" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
She said she was sorry for what had happened and had regrets about working at the Stutthuf camp in a closing remark.
“In view of Furchner’s recent statement to the court that she ‘regretted everything,’ we were concerned that the court might accept her defense attorney’s plea for an acquittal,” Efraim Zuroff, the leading Nazi hunter at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/prisons-dceae7a28dfdee9a869bd8fe8a75c91a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “Yet given her claim that she had no knowledge of the murders being committed in the camp, her regret was far from convincing.”

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97-Year-Old Former Nazi Secretary Convicted As Accessory To 10,505 Murders

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A massive aquarium exploded inside a hotel in Berlin, Germany, on Friday morning, killing hundreds of tropical fish and destroying everything within a small radius, including objects outside the hotel.
The 264,000-gallon tank was approximately 82 feet tall, was home to 1,500 fish from more than 100 species (some <a href="https://www.scuba.com/blog/scuba-dive-destinations/radisson-blu-hotel-berlins-spectacular-aquadom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> have said as high as 2,600 fish), and was wrapped around an elevator inside the Radisson Blu complex that took guests on a 10-minute ride through the aquarium. The tank is so large that the facility employs a team of full-time divers to keep up with its maintenance. The complex also houses cafes and a chocolate store.
“We have not yet been able to walk the first floor completely, which is probably where these fish will be,&#8221; fire service spokesman Adrian Wentzel <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/berlin-aquarium-bursts-open-1400-tropical-fish-hotel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;But the thing is that the water has completely leaked out and these about 1,400 fish that were in this aquarium could not be saved either.”
Approximately 100 emergency responders arrived at the hotel where over 300 people were staying when the tank burst, which left two people injured.
The Associated Press <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221216093053/https://apnews.com/article/berlin-245c16f6e6481b1739f7db1de000edf1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that investigators believe that the tank exploded because of extremely cold temperatures outside that perhaps caused a crack in the tank, which then ruptured due to the enormous weight of the water inside.
The tank is believed to be the world&#8217;s largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium and was last modernized two years ago.
Videos posted to social media showed the scope of the destruction:
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Und so sieht es drin aus <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aquarium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aquarium</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/berlin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#berlin</a> <a href="https://t.co/QyiImxbxvW">pic.twitter.com/QyiImxbxvW</a>
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Die FDP-Abgeordnete ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/sandra_weeser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sandra_weeser</a>⁩ war auch im Radisson Blu als der <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fischtank?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fischtank</a> explodiert. Hier ihr Video. Gleich erzählt sie davon live auf <a href="https://twitter.com/welt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@welt</a> <a href="https://t.co/JicUaRXSeb">pic.twitter.com/JicUaRXSeb</a>
&mdash; Robin Alexander (@robinalexander_) <a href="https://twitter.com/robinalexander_/status/1603683821207142400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“There are shards (of glass) everywhere. The furniture, everything has been flooded with water,&#8221; said Sandra Weeser, a German lawmaker who was staying in the hotel. &#8220;It looks a bit like a war zone.”
Photos and videos of the &#8220;AquaDom&#8221; before it shattered showed why it was a hot tourist attraction in the city:
&#8220;Absolutely devastated to read about the #aquadom #radissonbluberlin,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;I stayed there in 2017 &amp; it was the most stunning sight. Those fish were really cared for. The divers went in &amp; fed &amp; cleaned them every day. Thinking of everyone affected. Hope some fish made it!&#8221;
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Absolutely devastated to read about the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aquadom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aquadom</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/radissonbluberlin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#radissonbluberlin</a> 😭 I stayed there in 2017 &amp; it was the most stunning sight. Those fish were really cared for. The divers went in &amp; fed &amp; cleaned them every day. Thinking of everyone affected. Hope some fish made it! 🙏🏻 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tragedy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tragedy</a> <a href="https://t.co/VWUpuxN6DR">pic.twitter.com/VWUpuxN6DR</a>
&mdash; Naomi A Austin SFHEA 🇬🇧➕🇪🇺 (@naomiaustin) <a href="https://twitter.com/naomiaustin/status/1603700554106118144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Such sad news that this incredible piece of engineering is now gone, together with all the biodiversity it held!&#8221; commented another. &#8220;Thankfully, no other serious injuries were registered.&#8221;
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Such sad news that this incredible piece of engineering is now gone, together with all the biodiversity it held! Thankfully, no other serious injuries were registered.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aquadome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aquadome</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aquadom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aquadom</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/radissonblu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#radissonblu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/berlin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#berlin</a> <a href="https://t.co/yNOHlMxXPY">pic.twitter.com/yNOHlMxXPY</a>
&mdash; João Gomes (@JoaoRochaGomes) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoaoRochaGomes/status/1603699223119159298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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For context….was admiring the fish and divers just last night! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/radisson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#radisson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/radissonblu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#radissonblu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hotel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hotel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aquadom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aquadom</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aquarium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aquarium</a> <a href="https://t.co/V8vMvUm5F5">pic.twitter.com/V8vMvUm5F5</a>
&mdash; Larissa (@lararimmer) <a href="https://twitter.com/lararimmer/status/1603642292962729984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Das Großaquarium Aquadom im Berliner Sea Life ist geplatzt; die armen Fische und Lebewesen. Welche Idioten haben den Zylinder geplant und gedacht, er würde dem hohen Wasserdruck Stand halten ? Berlin, was kannst Du eigentlich? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AquaDom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AquaDom</a> <a href="https://t.co/MJdtRxbJXX">pic.twitter.com/MJdtRxbJXX</a>
&mdash; yanoxx 🇺🇦 (@yanoxxtweet) <a href="https://twitter.com/yanoxxtweet/status/1603685853586685953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Der heute in Berlin geplatzte <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aquadom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Aquadom</a> wurde bis zum Sommer 2020 „umfassend modernisiert“. 😔 <a href="https://t.co/WuT7fyYaAa">pic.twitter.com/WuT7fyYaAa</a>
&mdash; Müller (@gemuellert) <a href="https://twitter.com/gemuellert/status/1603640907521196032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/india" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India</a> is projected to surpass <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/japan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Japan</a> and <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Germany</a> as the world’s third-largest economy in the next decade, according to a <a href="https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/outlook-for-indias-economic-growth-and-policy-platforms.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forecast</a> from ratings agency S&amp;P Global.
The real gross domestic product of India will average 6.3% yearly growth between fiscal years 2021 and 2030, enabling the country to surpass Japan and Germany in nominal terms. Real GDP per capita will grow at a 5.3% rate as the population of India continues to expand.
“These projections assume continued structural reforms, including trade and financial liberalization, infrastructure and human capital investment, and labor market reform,” wrote the S&amp;P Global analysts. “Although the current government has a parliamentary majority to pass legislation, trade unions are strong, comprise millions of members in sectors highlighted for liberalization, and have routinely opposed policies that they claim threaten job security and increase the influence of big business.”
India had a real GDP of $3.2 trillion as of last year, according to <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the World Bank, while the value of finished goods and services in Japan and Germany respectively amounted to $4.9 trillion and $4.2 trillion. The United States and China are the world’s first and second largest economies, with real output of $23 trillion and $17.7 trillion respectively.
After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, widespread refugee travel between India and Pakistan provided continued economic strain. India has experienced robust growth since the nation pivoted away from socialism and liberalized trade policy.
The Indian government introduced the Production Linked Incentive Schemes two years ago, a policy regime that encourages foreign and domestic investors to achieve higher manufacturing output through tax rebates, project-specific land acquisition, and license clearance. “A greater share in global value chains would also contribute to India&#8217;s goals of improving leverage in multilateral negotiations and gaining advantage in its competition with mainland China,” the S&amp;P Global analysts continued.
India is also slated to eclipse longtime geopolitical rival China as the world’s most populous country next year. The former nation presently maintains a fertility rate of 2.2 children per woman, while the latter has a fertility rate of 1.7 children per woman, according to <a href="https://data.oecd.org/pop/fertility-rates.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
India currently boasts a trade surplus with the United States and a trade deficit with China, the latter of which is viewed as a vulnerability among Indian officials. The dynamic “encourages policymakers to seek alternatives, particularly in pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and electronics, where the aim is to make India a major exporter itself,” according to S&amp;P Global.
India had been experiencing benefits from “small but steady annual increases in economic freedom” before the lockdown-induced recession two years ago, according to a <a href="https://www.heritage.org/index/country/india">report</a> from the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, which ranks the country “mostly unfree.” The nation still has lackluster court systems, investment freedom, and government integrity.
“India’s diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, industrial-scale agriculture, handicrafts, and a wide range of modern industries,” the conservative think tank remarked, noting the importance of internationalization for the nation’s future. “Capitalizing on its well-educated English-speaking population, India has become a major exporter of information technology services, business outsourcing services, and software workers.”

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">German</a> official said &#8220;organized <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime</a>&#8221; was likely responsible for stealing a valuable cache of Celtic gold coins this week from a museum.
At least 483 coins <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dating</a> back to about 100 B.C. were stolen from the Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching, Germany, early Tuesday morning. The coins, discovered during an archaeological excavation in the area in 1999, are worth millions of dollars. 
“It’s clear that you don’t simply march into a museum and take this treasure with you,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/travel-europe-germany-e6bb0cdbd6f161fb3212c0fb1171a34a?utm_source=Connatix&amp;utm_medium=HomePage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Markus Blume, Bavaria’s minister of science and arts, during a Wednesday interview with BR, a public broadcaster. “It’s highly secured and as such there’s a suspicion that we’re rather dealing with a case of organized crime.”
The museum’s surveillance and the town’s phone systems were down during the heist, according to Blume. Three other items were also nabbed during the theft. 
“The loss of the Celtic treasure is a disaster,&#8221; Blume said. &#8220;As a testament to our history, the gold coins are irreplaceable.&#8221;
The city’s mayor, Herbert Nerb, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/hoard-of-450-celtic-gold-coins-worth-1138m-stolen-from-museum-in-germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> German outlet Sueddeutsche Zeitung that the city’s communication networks had been “cut off.” 
“The museum is actually a high-security location. But all the connections to the police were severed,” he said. 
He blamed “professionals” for the theft and said the heist was a “catastrophe.”
When the coins were discovered more than twenty years ago near Manching, the finding became the largest stash of Celtic gold found in the 20th century, <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/dresden-green-vault-jewelry-theft-trial-opens/a-60587312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Associated Press. The small town, with a population of about 11,000, is 37 miles north of Munich. 
The Celts were an Indo-European people who <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celt-people">settled</a> throughout Europe, including parts of what is now Germany, especially the southern portions. The earliest archaeological evidence of the Celts can be found in an Austrian settlement dated back to around 700 B.C. 
Museum officials are concerned that the thieves might melt down the coins, making them impossible to track down and recover. Blume said the thieves had demonstrated &#8220;incredible criminal energy.&#8221;
Police have blamed other German museum thefts on organized crime in recent years, including the 2019 robbery of 21 valuable pieces of jewelry from the Green Vault museum in Dresden. Authorities <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/dresden-green-vault-jewelry-theft-trial-opens/a-60587312">linked</a> members of the Remmo-Clan, a Berlin-based crime family. Several members have been arrested, but the trial is <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/dutch-man-nabbed-over-scam-linked-to-german-jewel-heist-01668684307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ongoing</a>, and none of the pieces of jewelry, worth roughly $128 million, have been found.

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Thousands of fans broke into a rendition of &#8220;Take Me Home, Country Roads&#8221; on Sunday at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl">NFL</a>&#8216;s first regular-season game in Germany.
During the fourth quarter between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks at Allianz Arena in Munich, many in the crowd of some 70,000 fans joined in singing John Denver&#8217;s 1971 smash hit. Videos of the moment went viral on social media, amassing hundreds of thousands of views in just a few hours.
Greg Auman, staff writer for The Athletic covering the Buccaneers, posted a video to Twitter showing the crowd breaking into song. In the footage, the song is being played over the public address system while the crowd sings along.
In the stands on the opposite end of the field, fans can be seen waving their mobile phones while shining their flashlights. &#8220;And yes, that Bavarian classic, &#8216;Country Roads,&#8217; sung with passion by the Munich crowd,&#8221; Auman captioned the video.
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&#8220;Good Morning Football&#8221; host Jamie Erdahl Buckman posted another video from the sidelines, in which attendees be heard filling the stadium with song.
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Country Roads of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Munich?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Munich</a> 🍺 <a href="https://t.co/faj7j4E9No">pic.twitter.com/faj7j4E9No</a>
— Jamie Erdahl 💍 Buckman (@JamieErdahl) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamieErdahl/status/1591861081256984576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
The song also caught the attention of the NFL Network broadcast crew, who joined in briefly from the broadcast booth.
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They&#8217;re singing Country Roads in Germany. This atmosphere is pretty cool. <a href="https://t.co/kHpnUYT3pS">pic.twitter.com/kHpnUYT3pS</a>
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The crowd also made an impact on Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.
&#8220;That was one of the great football experiences I&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; he said at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxWSU0PbqDc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post-game press conference</a>. &#8220;It says a lot for 23 years in the league and for a regular-season game. I think the fan turnout was incredible. It felt, like, very electric from the time we took the field. The end of the game, with them singing &#8216;Sweet Caroline&#8217; and &#8216;Country Roads,&#8217; that was pretty epic. So I think everyone who&#8217;s a part of that experience got to have something pretty amazing, [a] memory for the rest of their life. So thank you for hosting us, we appreciate it. Thank you.&#8221;
&#8220;Country Roads&#8221; has a prominent history in Germany. In 2013, songwriter Bill Danoff performed the song for the annual “Day of German Unity” hosted by the German embassy in the U.S. According to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2013/10/04/bill-danoff-on-how-country-roads-became-a-german-oktoberfest-hit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a>, the crowd of 2500 guests enthusiastically joined in the song, then asked him to perform an encore. Asked by the Post why he thought the song was so popular, Danoff, who wrote the song for Denver, said simply, “I have no idea.&#8221;
“First of all, it’s very singable,” Danoff added at the time. “But so is ‘Call Me Maybe.’ Maybe ‘Call Me Maybe’ will be the song 40 years from now.”
The song also has a special connection as Munich is home to Oktoberfest, the German folk festival famous for beer, and the 70s country hit is one of the most popular drinking songs favored by the attendees. According to data from <a href="https://pr-newsroom-wp.appspot.com/2018-10-23/from-mountain-mamas-to-munich-john-denvers-country-roads-winds-through-oktoberfest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a>, the song was streamed nearly 190,000 times in Germany on the first day of Oktoberfest 2018. In the U.S., it was streamed more than 850,000 times that same day.
The song is more widely known among American football fans because of its affiliation with West Virginia University. It is the theme song of the university and is frequently played at school events, including at every home football game.

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Fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has issued an apology for an accidental alert message that went out to consumers on its app, appearing to treat Germany’s Kristallnacht as a typical holiday.
Kristallnacht, “the night of broken glass” <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/kristallnacht" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took</a> place November 9 to November 10 when the Nazis persecuted Jewish people in Germany and other areas. Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were destroyed, leading to the day’s name of the attacks. 
Lots of synagogues burned during the night as local firefighters watched instead of putting them out because they had been told to only get involved to stop the fire from spreading to other structures. Jewish cemeteries were also desecrated in many areas. 
In Germany, the anniversary of the night is treated as a memorial and this year marks the 84th anniversary of the tragic events.
KFC sent a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/kfc-apologises-for-kristallnacht-chicken-and-cheese-promotion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">message</a> to its customers, saying, “Commemorate Kristallnacht – treat yourself to more soft cheese and crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!” 
The company received backlash for its message, but about an hour later, an additional alert was sent out, which included an apology. 
&#8220;We are very sorry, we will check our internal processes immediately so that this does not happen again. Please excuse this error,&#8221; the message said, according to the Bild newspaper via <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63499057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a>.
Bild said the error was “tasteless” and called it “fast-food advertising at the cost of the remembrance of the victims of the Nazi regime.”
According to CNN Business, KFC also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/business/kfc-germany-kristallnacht/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that it uses a “semi-automated content creation process linked to calendars that include national observances,” noting that “in this instance, our internal review process was not properly followed, resulting in a non-approved notification being shared.”
It said that it &#8220;sincerely&#8221; apologized for the &#8220;unplanned, insensitive and unacceptable message&#8221; and added that app communications had been paused during an investigation into them.
“Earlier today an automated push notification was accidently [SIC] issued to KFC app users in Germany that contained an obviously unplanned, insensitive and unacceptable message,” KFC Germany said in a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/business/kfc-germany-kristallnacht/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> sent to CNN Business. “We understand and respect the gravity and history of this day, and remain committed to equity, inclusion and belonging for all.”
Daniel Sugarman, Director of Public Affairs at the Board of Deputies of British Jews said the original KFC alert was &#8220;absolutely hideous.” Dalia Grinfeld, of the Jewish NGO Anti-Defamation League, reportedly tweeted, &#8220;How wrong can you get on Kristallnacht KFC Germany. Shame on you!&#8221;

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Question of the day: Could you imagine a Western nation where you could potentially be imprisoned for questioning the mainstream media narrative?
Well, that is basically happening in a real place — Germany.  Many assume that Europe is something like America when it comes to free speech and other liberties, but that isn&#8217;t actually the case.
The First Amendment is unique. For instance, basically, every time I tweet, I get an email from German Twitter.
I know it sounds weird, but it&#8217;s German Twitter and it has an enforcement program. And I get these emails, notifying me of things like, “Hello, Twitter is required by German law to provide notice to users who are reported by people from Germany via the Network Enforcement Act.”
And there are certain things you can and can’t say on German Twitter. Here are two examples:
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President Zelensky is a very bad character who is working with globalists against the interests of his own people. I will not move one inch away from that assessment—ever—no matter how flowery the media depictions of him are.
&mdash; Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1504529380873318403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Welcoming myself to Elon’s Twitter! 
Does this mean I am allowed to say that only women can give birth without having my account locked again?
Are biological realities no longer considered “hate speech? 
May we meaningfully differentiate between mental disorders and truth?
&mdash; Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1586128390343385088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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But beyond Twitter, the reason I&#8217;m <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/germanys-laws-antisemitic-hate-speech-nazi-propaganda-holocaust-denial/#:~:text=Section%20130%20of%20the%20German,national%2C%20religious%20or%20ethnic%20background." target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling</a> you this is because one of the laws that they have in place is Section 130 of the German Penal Code which is meant to <a href="https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibit</a> “hate speech.” It has existed since 1871 in response to the spread of communism. Its intent has <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/germanys-laws-antisemitic-hate-speech-nazi-propaganda-holocaust-denial/#:~:text=Section%20130%20of%20the%20German,national%2C%20religious%20or%20ethnic%20background." target="_blank" rel="noopener">changed</a> over time.
So, under this code, you are prohibited from doing things like publicly denying the Holocaust or other hateful things, and the penalty is three months to five years in prison.
Just to give you a recent example, there was a woman, she&#8217;s 93-years-old and she was <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-again-jails-93-years-old-woman-for-holocaust-denial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to one year in prison for Holocaust denial in April of this year.
The New York Times also <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/technology/germany-internet-speech-arrest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in September, that German authorities arrested a 51-year-old man who “was accused of violating laws against online hate speech, insults and misinformation. He had shared an image on Facebook with an inflammatory statement about immigration falsely attributed to a German politician.”
You can even be arrested for insulting somebody in public in Germany. The definition of “hatred” under the law is so very vague.
Recently, Germany even tried to expand the laws by ​requiring social media giants to “notify the government when they detected online hate speech and other illicit content, a rule that could have led to thousands of new cases per year,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/technology/germany-internet-speech-arrest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Times.
It was struck down by the court, and thank goodness for that.
Now, why am I telling you that?
Well, evidenced by recent news stories from Germany, the direction the country is headed is clear.
Dissent is not going to be tolerated — especially if it is misconstrued as being hateful.
Yet we’re seeing similar things here in America. We might not have laws — but we certainly have a mainstream media that enforces certain narratives which they claim you’re not allowed to question.
People say that even asking questions about certain topics is an act of terrorism. Consider the treatment of January Sixth — or what the left calls “the insurrection.” 
Leftists say, “These people, they’re domestic terrorists. Do you support Trump? Then you must be a domestic terrorist if you do. Oh, my gosh, be so afraid. How can you even question the narrative about January Sixth?
God forbid you to ask meaningful questions about January Sixth, as I have done.
There was also a <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent news story</a> about the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s collaboration with Big Tech giants to censor and block speech they deemed hateful — essentially online police.
When our government works in lockstep with the mainstream media, problems are going to arise that are very scary, and it is not right.
It goes against our First Amendment — something Germany does not have.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arts">modernist</a> painting by Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down for more than seven decades, museum curators have discovered.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/painting">painting</a> is called &#8220;New York City I&#8221; and combines geometric shapes with a primary color palette, which the Dutch artist is known for. Mondrian made several paintings as part of the “New York” series in the early 1940s after moving there from his native country. 
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/germany">German</a>-based gallery Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf has been exhibiting the work since 1980. All along even before it was acquired by its current home gallery, the colorful modernist painting was shown with the thicker cluster of overlapping lines toward the bottom of the work, but a photo of the artist’s studio shows “New York City I” hanging the opposite way, with the line cluster at the top.
&#8220;The density of the strips along the top edge lends the work a resemblance to its close relative &#8216;New York City,&#8217; in which the zone of greatest density is also located at the top edge,&#8221; the museum catalog says, per <a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/piet-mondrian-painting-upside-down-trnd/index.html">CNN</a>. &#8220;The blue strips along the left, top, and lower edges are now positioned in exactly the same places.&#8221;
“An initial visual inspection confirmed the suspicion that by turning the canvas upside down, the adhesive strips on the upper edge are aligned with the edge of the picture, whereas those at the lower edge peter out, with pieces missing here and there,&#8221; the explanation continues. 
&#8220;Assuming that Mondrian began by attaching the strips at the top, and, following the principle of gravity, unrolled them downward to attach them at the bottom of the canvas, then the painting has indeed been hanging upside down ever since it was first exhibited in 1945.&#8221;
Still, no one is sure which way the Dutch artist intended for the painting to hang, despite the photo they found. He died in 1944 at the age of 71. 
“Mondrian repeatedly turned the picture around while he was working on it, in which case there would be no right or wrong orientation,&#8221; the catalog notes.
&#8220;This may be the truly revolutionary feature of New York City 1: the fact that it can be read in any direction, like the street map of a big city, in an attitude of open-mindedness, moving every way at once, like couples dancing the boogie-woogie,&#8221; the description continues.
Museum curator Susanne Meyer-Büser said at a press conference last week that they aren’t planning to change the way the work is exhibited. “Turning it may risk damaging it — and the orientation confusion is now a unique part of the history of the object,” she said.

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