Christian Leiner
@christianleiner.bsky.social
Austrian by birth, German by profession, European by heart. And Ukrainian by admiration.
Loving life, family, nature and my one and only Tony
Loving life, family, nature and my one and only Tony
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October 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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SCOOP | BSW MEPs Michael von der Schulenburg and Ruth Firmenich have established contacts within Medvedchuk's network of influence, which is also organizing the Sochi conference.
Together, they spent an “unforgettable evening” at the Bolshoi Theater. My piece with @larswienand.bsky.social
Together, they spent an “unforgettable evening” at the Bolshoi Theater. My piece with @larswienand.bsky.social
Erstmals konkrete Hinweise: Wagenknechts Kanal zum Kreml
Das BSW könnte in den Sog der "Voice of Europe"-Affäre geraten: Europaabgeordnete pflegen Kontakte zu Strippenziehern des russischen Schmiergeldnetzwerks.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
SCOOP | BSW MEPs Michael von der Schulenburg and Ruth Firmenich have established contacts within Medvedchuk's network of influence, which is also organizing the Sochi conference.
Together, they spent an “unforgettable evening” at the Bolshoi Theater. My piece with @larswienand.bsky.social
Together, they spent an “unforgettable evening” at the Bolshoi Theater. My piece with @larswienand.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Documents reviewed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
Jeffrey Epstein Had Access to Trump's Inner Circle, While Working With Steve Bannon
Emails and text messages reveal Jeffrey Epstein had a direct line into Donald Trump’s inner circle while Bannon worked to rehabilitate him in the hours before his arrest
bylinetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
BREAKING: Documents reviewed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
100%
I have just re-read this. When it first came out I was taken aback by the headline &picture (probably not the decision of the author). We can quibble about details.But in essence Nick Clegg is right: we need more Europe,not less,we need to focus,&we need the U.K. back. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
The EU must reinvent itself... or die | The Observer
World peace cannot be safeguarded without the making of creative efforts proportionate to the dangers which threaten it.
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
100%
Must read. Worth the time but hard to digest. Just scary.
⚡️Incredible dossier by French Sovietologist/historian Françoise Thom, exploring the 🇷🇺Soviet/Russian angle of late financier Jeffrey Epstein‘s sordid activities and connections to late mogul Robert Maxwell in detail. This looks far greater than mere „kompromat“ gathering... A long read, but worth it.
Cesspool and Chaos: the Russian Connection in the Epstein Affair - European Security
In this explosive article, French historian Françoise Thom highlights the close relationship between the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and the father of his accomplice Ghislaine, Robert Maxwell, the ...
european-security.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Must read. Worth the time but hard to digest. Just scary.
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As a German & American, I wish our citizens were half as mobilized about our own corruption scandals as Ukrainians are about theirs. Look at Schröder, Schwesig, MAGA grift… We must demand consequences too. Stop fighting corruption & democracy doesn’t just decline. It gets taken.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As a German & American, I wish our citizens were half as mobilized about our own corruption scandals as Ukrainians are about theirs. Look at Schröder, Schwesig, MAGA grift… We must demand consequences too. Stop fighting corruption & democracy doesn’t just decline. It gets taken.
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Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
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Another random protest day, but the crowd is, once again, huge in Tbilisi, Georgia. Passing cars honk in advance.
Protests continue in 8+ cities across the country. Day 352 of uninterrupted protests.
Protests continue in 8+ cities across the country. Day 352 of uninterrupted protests.
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another random protest day, but the crowd is, once again, huge in Tbilisi, Georgia. Passing cars honk in advance.
Protests continue in 8+ cities across the country. Day 352 of uninterrupted protests.
Protests continue in 8+ cities across the country. Day 352 of uninterrupted protests.
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It's the Weltwirtschaft, Stupid: "Noch immer hat kein Politiker erklärt, wie eine zeitliche Verschiebung des sogenannten #Verbrennerverbots deutschen Autobauern dabei helfen kann, in China wieder mehr Autos zu verkaufen...👇 (1/2)
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It’s the Weltwirtschaft, stupid! Lage der Exportnation
Der US-Haushaltsstreit ist endlich beendet, die Wirtschaftsweisen geben der Regierung Ratschläge zur Konjunkturbelebung – diese beiden Ereignisse haben in ihren Folgen mehr gemeinsam, als es auf den e...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's the Weltwirtschaft, Stupid: "Noch immer hat kein Politiker erklärt, wie eine zeitliche Verschiebung des sogenannten #Verbrennerverbots deutschen Autobauern dabei helfen kann, in China wieder mehr Autos zu verkaufen...👇 (1/2)
www.faz.net/pro/weltwirt...
www.faz.net/pro/weltwirt...
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🗺️ The true size of the world's countries.
👉 The widely used Mercator projection distorts their size.
👉 The widely used Mercator projection distorts their size.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🗺️ The true size of the world's countries.
👉 The widely used Mercator projection distorts their size.
👉 The widely used Mercator projection distorts their size.
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Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.
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Sieh an, sieh an!
Die Behörden in Irland werden doch nicht endlich in die Gänge kommen, was ihre Aufsicht über X angeht, das ja seine Europa-Zentrale in Irland hat:
Die Behörden in Irland werden doch nicht endlich in die Gänge kommen, was ihre Aufsicht über X angeht, das ja seine Europa-Zentrale in Irland hat:
Irish watchdog opens content moderation probe on Elon Musk's X | Euractiv
The investigation focuses on how the social media platform handles user appeals against content moderation decisions under the bloc's Digital Services Act
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November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sieh an, sieh an!
Die Behörden in Irland werden doch nicht endlich in die Gänge kommen, was ihre Aufsicht über X angeht, das ja seine Europa-Zentrale in Irland hat:
Die Behörden in Irland werden doch nicht endlich in die Gänge kommen, was ihre Aufsicht über X angeht, das ja seine Europa-Zentrale in Irland hat:
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The Kyiv Independent celebrated its 4-year anniversary on Nov. 11.
It was born out of a fight for freedom of speech by journalists who were fired from another Ukrainian publication for defending editorial independence.
It was born out of a fight for freedom of speech by journalists who were fired from another Ukrainian publication for defending editorial independence.
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Kyiv Independent celebrated its 4-year anniversary on Nov. 11.
It was born out of a fight for freedom of speech by journalists who were fired from another Ukrainian publication for defending editorial independence.
It was born out of a fight for freedom of speech by journalists who were fired from another Ukrainian publication for defending editorial independence.
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“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
👇 #BBC
👇 #BBC
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
👇 #BBC
👇 #BBC
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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„Was war, war. Das können wir nicht ändern. Aber es sollte nie, nie, nie wieder passieren.“ Margot Friedländer ist leider in diesem Jahr verstorben. Aber gerade jetzt sollten wir uns ihre Worte in Erinnerung rufen. 1/3 (KL)
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
„Was war, war. Das können wir nicht ändern. Aber es sollte nie, nie, nie wieder passieren.“ Margot Friedländer ist leider in diesem Jahr verstorben. Aber gerade jetzt sollten wir uns ihre Worte in Erinnerung rufen. 1/3 (KL)
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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Und eine Bitte an die Journalist_innen hier:
Wäre es denn möglich, bei Interviews nicht nur auf der Frage drauf zu bleiben (sehr löblich), sondern auch mal Sätze anzubringen wie
„Darf ich fragen, warum Sie meiner Frage damit ausweichen, Argumente zu entkräften, die niemand behauptet hat?“
Wäre es denn möglich, bei Interviews nicht nur auf der Frage drauf zu bleiben (sehr löblich), sondern auch mal Sätze anzubringen wie
„Darf ich fragen, warum Sie meiner Frage damit ausweichen, Argumente zu entkräften, die niemand behauptet hat?“
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Und eine Bitte an die Journalist_innen hier:
Wäre es denn möglich, bei Interviews nicht nur auf der Frage drauf zu bleiben (sehr löblich), sondern auch mal Sätze anzubringen wie
„Darf ich fragen, warum Sie meiner Frage damit ausweichen, Argumente zu entkräften, die niemand behauptet hat?“
Wäre es denn möglich, bei Interviews nicht nur auf der Frage drauf zu bleiben (sehr löblich), sondern auch mal Sätze anzubringen wie
„Darf ich fragen, warum Sie meiner Frage damit ausweichen, Argumente zu entkräften, die niemand behauptet hat?“
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Musk: "Mandani is a charismatic swindler."
Rogan, pulling off his mask to reveal @ichotiner.bsky.social: "What else has he done that makes him a swindler?"
Musk:
Rogan, pulling off his mask to reveal @ichotiner.bsky.social: "What else has he done that makes him a swindler?"
Musk:
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Musk: "Mandani is a charismatic swindler."
Rogan, pulling off his mask to reveal @ichotiner.bsky.social: "What else has he done that makes him a swindler?"
Musk:
Rogan, pulling off his mask to reveal @ichotiner.bsky.social: "What else has he done that makes him a swindler?"
Musk: