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  Germany's Obsession With Defending Israel and Criminalizing Speech Aided AfD's Rise The far-right party, predicted to finish second in tomorrow's election, doesn't need to win—core parts of its agenda have already become mainstream. James Jackson - Mad in Germany Guest post Programming note:  We have added a new paid subscriber benefit. We’ve launched a Discord server that already has around 500 people discussing today’s news with our team of journalists. Sick of social media today? Come say hi, make this your healthy alternative.  Details here . Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union and Alternative for Germany’s Alice Weidel greet each other at a TV debate in Berlin on February 16, 2025. Photo by KAY NIETFELD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images. On Tuesday evening, in the building of the left-wing newspaper Junge Welt in east Berlin, the rich allegro sounds of the first movement of Mozart’s clarinet quintet filled the halls, played by the Palestinian Nasmé string an...

  27 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News LOSING RSN RIGHT NOW IS A DANGEROUS DIRECTION — Hang in there Marc and friends. For years I've been an irregular regular contributor, pitching in roughly quarterly for my own accounting purposes. I've rarely missed, but don't mind your justified vitriol. You are performing an invaluable service to our country. Wake up folks. Losing RSN right now is a dangerous direction. Bill, RSN / Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation!   Mark Gray | I Arrived at Route 91 as a Reporter. I Left as a Survivor of a Mass Shooting Mark Gray, Rolling Stone Gray writes: "I was covering Route 91 for Rolling Stone, and Jason Aldean was about to bookend what had otherwise been a fun few days. Then the shots rang out." "I don’t think any of us want our calling card to be Route 91, but it can be inescapable at times," writes Mark Gray, who came under fire while on assignment in Las Vegas in 2017 I was cover...