Bonn calls itself the federal city — in memory of the time when Bonn was Germany's capital. A greet through the government district is very popular. Many political discussions took place outside the plenary chamber and compromises were forged more easily over an informal snack at the "Bundesbüdchen": the sausage stall just outside the parliament building.
Bonn greeters will take you there and share with you some stunning anecdotes.

https://bonn-greeters.org/en/the-bundesbudchen-a-cult-kiosk/

#greeters #Bonn #poliitcs #travel

No Kings Day

Be Loud. Be Heard. But above all be safe and be smart out there on No Kings Day.

#NoKings #October18 #poliitcs #Protests

NBC News: Senate Democrats want to revive a NOAA database that tracked billion-dollar natural disasters. “Senate Democrats are seeking to revive a database that had tracked billion-dollar climate and weather disasters for decades until the Trump administration retired it in May.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/18/nbc-news-senate-democrats-want-to-revive-a-noaa-database-that-tracked-billion-dollar-natural-disasters/

There are many dimensions of #gender inequity so this report from #LinkedIn on the gender gap in #green skills will unlikely surprise you.

But one thing it does emphasise is that even in an area as vital as dealing with #climatechange & engineering a #greentranstion misogyny & #sexism continue to pattern society's responses.

That #feminism is still a vital aspect of #poliitcs was never in doubt, but it remains disappointing that in C21st we still have to point this out

https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/content/dam/me/economicgraph/en-us/Green-Gender-Gap-Report.pdf

When Trump and his MAGA Republicans tell you up front that they are going to end American democracy in favor of fascism and authoritarianism, believe them.
#fascism #uspoli #uspolitics #poliitcs

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html

'Another incrimination': Experts call BS on Trump after he claims officials allowed him to take empty classified folders

#news #poliitcs #trump

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-documents-classified-folders/

This is just stupid.

#dumbassery #poliitcs #areyoufuckingserious

https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/zuxqzf/to_be_taken_seriously/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

As Aditya Chakrabortty points out in today's @TheGuardian (and which I have said on a regular basis at the other place) if you want one book that will help you understand contemporary #poliitcs it HarryFrankfurt's little book On Bullshit.

The central argument is that while #liars have some regard for the truth (to avoid it), bullshitters merely say whatever seem expedient at the time with no regard for its actual empirical status...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/22/politics-difference-between-lies-bullshit

@bookstodon