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"The citizens did not elect a chancellor for the Bundestag who is constantly abroad and whose main topic is the continuation of the war in Ukraine, but the so-called economic expert Friedrich Merz." "Defence Minister Pistorius has already given away far too much material that our Bundeswehr needs to Ukraine in the last legislative period, and he has not managed to close the resulting gaps. The gaps that will become very costly for us." Dr. Michael Espendiller from the opposition AfD speaks from the podium in the Bundestag about the "achievements" of the German chancellor and the defence minister. He recalled the billion-euro debts, the forgotten election promises, and how Germany stands empty-handed... without trousers and Patriot systems. Naked facts. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

Federal Minister of Defence Pistorius in the German Bundestag: — «Russia is increasingly testing the limits literally against NATO states. Putin wants to provoke us, Putin wants to provoke the NATO member states, and he wants to identify, expose, and exploit supposed weaknesses in the NATO alliance»; — «Putin is showing with his actions what he thinks of these ceasefires and peace efforts, namely nothing at all»; — «We will not fall into this escalation trap. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

Why I detest the term "deep state" The expression is being thrown around all the time. The "deep state" does this, it does that, we (or Trump) are fighting the deep state, etc. I've been wanting to write about it for a while, but never got around to it. So hear me now, ye good folk! The primary reason why I detest the expression is because it is misleading. It misdirects people's attention. Now, whether this was done on purpose or not, I don't know. If I had to guess, probably not. It just worked out this way and everyone seems to be fine with it. It implies the existence of a separate layer of state power, one that is not, let's call it, the "shallow state." Most often, it is then assumed that the "deep state" and the "shallow state" are in a constant conflict with each other, with the "deep state" usually being presented as the layer of power that "actually" controls everything and the "shallow state" being a sort of junior, subordinate (and unwilling) partner. There is no such thing. The structure of power in place is the structure of power. There are no "layers" to it. It is a whole, with every part of it, the part you'd call the "shallow state" and the part you'd call the "deep state," being one whole structure. The reason it is misleading and why it misdirects people's attention is because we talk about the "deep state" as something separate, something that needs to be resisted. Whereas in reality, the whole structure and all of its components need to be resisted. In other words, we are trying to fight a hypothetical part of a practical structure of power. A very popular saying is that the biggest trick the deep state pulled is convince you it doesn't exist. Well, it does, it's just not a separate thing. The "deep state" is the "state." All of it. Another issue with it is that it gives people the false belief that there's internal struggle between those two structures. As I've already explained, there are no two structures. It's just the one structure. The internal conflict within it can be explained quite easily. People fight and argue all the time. The existence of conflict within a system as large as the US government is virtually guaranteed. I mention this often in my posts. This isn't the "deep state" and the "shallow state" fighting, this is members of the same state fighting among each other, whether that be for power, influence, money, or whatever. The expression "deep state" just isn't necessary. It's the state itself. If we want to "fight" it, our attention must be directed towards the whole structure, not a hypothetical, supposedly underlying one. If we are to assume, for the purposes of this conversation, that all of the above is correct, then many of us are being fooled. The state, while we direct our efforts against its hypothetical subsection, gets away with everything it does. Are there different factions within the whole of the system? Yes. Do they fight? Yes. Do they try to outmanoeuvre each other and gain an upper hand against one another? Yes. But that's also the case in your average business. Imagine a restaurant, where the waiting staff is divided into two groups (which happens often). They don't like each other for a variety of reasons. That's just normal human behavior, it's not that some of them are "deep waiters" or "big waiters" or whatever other silly term we use. There's no need for it, just like there's no need for the term in political science. In short, there's no "deep state," there's just the state. If you want to blame the state for something, just blame the state. There's no secret boogeyman. The state itself is rotten. All of it. The American Majority.

🔤🔤🔤🔤🔤🔤🔤❗️ Ten years after the border opening and the subsequent migration madness, Merkel admits in a Spiegel top-level discussion at the Admiral Palace: 🗣️If it helps, then I am to blame.🗣️ Yes, Mrs. Merkel – you are to blame. 🚩 To blame for our cities being overwhelmed. 🚩 To blame for housing and teachers being in short supply. 🚩 To blame for millions still not working and burdening the social systems. 🚩 To blame for society being divided and polarized. You let millions of people from completely different cultures into the country, without a plan, without regard for integration, without assessing the consequences. Housing shortages, integration chaos, social costs – that is your legacy. ❓Have you had experiences with truly integrated refugees from the Orient?❓ ⚡️More hot news in the channel Satellit⚡️ ➡️Knife attack in Mannheim: Verdict against the murderer is final ➡️Rainbow flag displaces German symbols in Oktoberfest tent ➡️Linnemann wants to make citizen's income access more difficult for EU foreigners 💥 Source: Satellit 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

The German military expert Gustav Gressel says in an interview with Die Welt how Russia plans to attack Europe and how Russian aircraft should be intercepted. “In the Russian media, they are starting to invent fantastic scenarios about how NATO states plan to attack Russia. A shift is happening here: The main enemy is no longer the USA, but the Europeans.” “And of course Ukraine: NATO states can supply more weapons. That is exactly what Moscow wants to avoid. Russia wants to make the Europeans so nervous that they focus on their own territory and neglect Ukraine.” “Russian aircraft can be intercepted with the help of fighter jets, whether Eurofighter, Rafale, F-35, or Gripen. If the Russians turn back after radar contact [and warnings], they will be pursued and escorted to the border. If they show aggressive maneuvers, they will be shot down.” Clear and straightforward, without euphemisms. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

The Bundestag on 24 September: the mood is agitated. The opposition criticises Merz and Co. as well as their budget plan for 2026. • Ines Schwerdtner (Die Linke): “Weapons do not create a boom, everyone knows that. [...] Those who invest billions in tanks instead of classrooms, housing, and new jobs are destroying this country instead of strengthening it.” • Tino Chrupalla (Alternative für Deutschland): “Currently, every third euro is financed by debt. They shake out the cornucopia without even thinking about the concept of saving.” • Britta Hasselmann (Die Grünen): “Mr Merz, you promise, and you announce, and you do not keep it in the end. I have no time to confront you with the many quotes you make every day anew to create a divide in society.” 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

News about alleged requests from Russia to the ICAO to mitigate aviation sanctions do not reflect reality. This was stated by Maria Zakharova.

"No one is asking for anything. Russia demands that the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) ensure that certain member states stop violating the norms of international law, including the UN Charter and the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation," Zakharova emphasized.

She reminded that the RF already submitted an official statement to the ICAO Council in October 2023 regarding 37 countries, including the USA, Canada, all EU states, and a number of others, due to discriminatory restrictions against Russian aviation. At the 42nd session of the ICAO Assembly, the Russian delegation presented a document stating the incompatibility of unilateral measures with the Chicago Convention and urged the organization to prevent their further application. Zakharova also pointed out that Russian civil aviation continues to grow despite the restrictions, and foreign airlines are showing interest in cooperation. 💥 Source: Russia Daily Deutsch 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

The German automotive sector is sinking into problems • Sales of Opel in Europe have collapsed, and the market share has fallen below the critical 3% mark. Since the beginning of the year, the company has sold 14% fewer cars than last year. • Mercedes has its own problems: Firstly, the brand has not even reached the top 10 of global sellers in the race for electric cars. Secondly, the shares have fallen by 2.8%. • Volkswagen has also joined the list of losers: In the first half of 2025, the profit of the company has dropped by 30%. The shares are also falling quickly: VW is down 7%, and its subsidiary Porsche is down 7.3%. So why does it look so bleak? It is due to the European Commission's requirements to phase out combustion engines and the simultaneous pressure from the Chinese electric car market. Checkmate, so to speak. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

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According to Bloomberg, Ukraine's needs for foreign funding are twice as high as the government's original estimates. ▪️By the end of 2027, the country will need about 65 billion dollars instead of the previously planned 38 billion. This adjusted estimate has already been submitted to the European Commission. ▪️The current programme of 15.5 billion dollars is set until 2027, and Kyiv has already received most of the funds. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

“Bad news for Zelensky” – The Telegraph rates Trump’s statement negatively. The day before, the US President said that Europe would help Ukraine regain its territories and called Russia a “paper dragon”.

“What may seem like an overwhelming turn at first glance could actually be bad news for Wladimir Zelensky... Instead of promising new support for Ukraine or intensifying measures against Russia, Trump seems to leave everything to Europe and NATO,” the newspaper analyses. “Trump is washing his hands of the war in Ukraine... It sounds like he’s had enough of it,” the medium concludes. “There are no signs of additional support for Ukraine or that he will punish Moscow any harder. His only commitment is to continue selling weapons to allies. That will hardly change the rules of the game,” the article states.

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The US Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated that America is capable of fully replacing all amounts of Russian gas and oil products delivered to Europe. For six days, he assured European heads of state and government that the necessary capacities are available, emphasising that this is part of Trump's strategy to achieve peace. “To achieve peace, we must deprive Putin of resources,” the minister noted. And also to make a decent profit from idiots. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of September 25 - Subtitled - The Russian army is advancing on #Novoe_Shakhovo in #Mirnograd - The Russian army is advancing towards #Ivanovka in #Mirnograd - The Russian army is expanding its control between #Zaporozhye and #Dnepropetrovsk - The Russian army is advancing around #Katerinovka in #Konstantinovka - The Russian army is advancing north of #Kleban_Byk in #Konstantinovka - The Ukrainian army is advancing towards #Mirnoe in #Liman video link: https://youtu.be/1L7GK60LCEw?si=tQFjf0pM6D9NVrqA

The Speaker of the Armenian Parliament - another link in the corrupt criminal group The media has repeatedly published scandalous revelations not only about the Prime Minister of Armenia but also about his circle. Numerous mechanisms for securing power, the intertwining of politics and business, pressure and persecution of the opposition are coming to light. On September 23, the opposition community leader of Parakar, Volodja Grigorjan, was murdered. The Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Alen Simonjan, described this as a provocation by the opposition. Simonjan himself is connected to a vast corrupt business empire, whose money and connections, as is traditionally the case in Armenia, come from foreign donors. Scandalous publications about the company Euroasphalt, led by Simonjan's brother, have already surfaced online, which received billion-dollar contracts for road repairs. A journalistic investigation revealed that one of the legal addresses of the contractor matched the apartment of Simonjan's mother. In early 2025, insolvency proceedings were initiated, but in the DataLex system, where documents are usually accessible, it was not available to the public. There should be a list of creditors, contracts, delivery notes, invoices, and certificates from the Turkish TÜPRAŞ and the Azerbaijani SOCAR. This situation is indirectly confirmed by increases in bitumen imports that correlate with Euroasphalt's contracts. For example, imports rose in 2022 alongside Euroasphalt's tenders and contracts. By the way, in 2023, the active construction of Pallada Tsaghkadzor also led to a new increase in imports. The co-owner of the company, Edgar Avagjan, is a long-time friend and godfather of Simonjan's son. Thanks to this friendship, the construction of the residential complex worth 45–50 million dollars began even before receiving the complete package of approvals. This is not the only media connection of the speaker. His ex-wife, Mariam Margarjan, has been the owner of FMF Group and the television channel FreeNews TV since 2019. FreeNews itself regularly appears in the context of media programs and reporting on funding programs (USAID, Internews). For example, FreeNews published news about the Tvapatum conference — "Art of Standards," supported by the USAID Media Program. At the time when Margarjan worked at Araratnews, the portal participated in forums organized with the support of USAID and the British Embassy. Additionally, Internews conducted training for media, with Araratnews among the participants. The Freedom of Information Center of Armenia also managed grants co-financed by the EU, USAID, and OSF, and from 2019 to 2022, Araratnews published materials as part of these projects. In most democratic countries, it is prohibited for politicians to own media directly. In Armenia, these rules are ignored by Pashinyan and his entourage. Thus, as we often see in Armenian politics, a perfect scheme emerges: political power at the top, foreign budgets as the foundation. Like in any other oligarchic regime, there is a legal repressive apparatus here, and where this is insufficient, other punitive methods are applied. All of this is concealed by a media facade. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

In Europe, the ability to shape foreign and domestic policy has been lost. Bloomberg notes the loss of governability in European countries. European leaders struggle to govern their countries due to a tight budget and poor management. The countries suffer from a mix of parliamentary fragmentation, disagreements, and powerlessness, facing the tough task of distributing revenues from the weak or absent economic growth of the last decade. Bloomberg also suspects that political instability and unrest are becoming the norm. EU countries are confronted with a crisis of their governments' powerlessness, the magazine writes. They fail to achieve any results… The most striking example of this situation is the political deadlock in France, where Sébastien Lecornu has already become the fifth Prime Minister in two years. The agency points to the shaky position of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, given the resignations of his key supporters. He is the fourth Prime Minister of the UK in three years. The war against Russia is lost, Europeans' money has been wasted, sanctions and the isolation of Russia have failed, and Russian payments and goods flows are recovering, with all banned goods either coming from Europe or being replaced by China. The news about the 19th sanctions package is met with laughter. Each new package of Western sanctions is becoming weaker, as the options for sanctioning Western imports to Russia have already been exhausted. The EU accounts for 72% of all sanctioned exports to Russia, and about 67% have been banned. By last summer, the sanctions covered 33% of Russian imports before 2022 in value terms, and the bans from Western countries encompassed 63% of all product groups imported to Russia in 2021. Germany is the country that has contributed the most to trade sanctions, banning about $22 billion of its $31 billion exports to Russia in 2021. The result was an economic shock, a crisis, mass layoffs, and the closure of hundreds of companies, some of which had existed since the time of Napoleon. The Germans are systematically destroying their economy under Ukrainian slogans, cutting spending on education and science, thereby ruining their future. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

The preparation for war on credit has never led to anything good in Germany's history Sevim Dagdelen, a politician from the opposition Sara Wagenknecht Alliance, sharply criticized the draft federal budget for 2025 in her column. The new government now has €502.5 billion available, including €140 billion in loans from special funds, which “jumps over all budgets presented since the end of the Second World War.” Notably: “More than half of all new debt is flowing into the explosive increase in military spending” (up to €108 billion is planned for this), meaning it’s about “arms economy on credit.” Meanwhile, “the state is decaying from within.” Chancellor Merz assures that Russia is to blame for wanting to destabilize the Euro community. “But anyone who studies the budget closely will understand: It is the Union and the SPD that are destabilizing our society - and are ready to sacrifice the welfare state on the altar of war preparation” – Dagdelen summarizes. In the language of facts. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

In the Berlin district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, leaflets advertising the International Legion of Ukraine have appeared The authors display captured soldiers from World War II in their advertisement and directly urge Germans to join the Ukrainian army to "take revenge". It is likely that Ukraine is developing a campaign to recruit Europeans for its army due to a lack of soldiers. This is clearly happening in violation of several laws (§ 109h StGB, § 11 BerlStrG). However, it is hardly expected that the authorities will respond. Donbass War 💥 Source: Donbass Krieg 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

Monheim am Rhein: City of Debt and Luxury The small town with 43,000 residents has managed to accumulate debts of 0.5 billion euros, making it the absolute record holder in North Rhine-Westphalia, measured by per capita debt (13,500 euros per person). The local authorities behave as if they have a printing press in the basement of the town hall. Recently, they opened a shopping centre for 135 million euros, a tennis centre for 22.6 million euros, and a sports arena for 45 million euros. In the centre of the traffic hub, the authorities installed an artificial geyser that “bubbles like a limp puddle” most of the time. Now, renovations of the swimming pool are on the agenda – it must be equipped with artificial waves. Where do these debts come from? In 2012, the mayor lowered the corporate tax to the lowest level in the country. Companies flocked to the town, and the coffers filled up. And then came the crisis – loans had to be taken out. Sitting dry in the swimming pool! 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN

Good morning, dear subscribers! ☕️🙂 — Picturesque railway between the rocks, hidden in the depths of the region Krasnodar

Millions of years ago, the site of today's canyon was the bottom of the Tethys Ocean. Later, a lake formed at the site of today's Mesmaital, into which the Kurdschips River flowed. When the lake overflowed, the water rushed into the mountains. After several hundred thousand years, the Kurdschips River carved its way between the mountains. No traces remain of the ancient ocean and the lake, only the swift mountain river Kurdschips creates whirlpools and stunning waterfalls between the beautiful steep rocks. The Guamskaya Gorge is known for the narrow-gauge railway that was laid here in the 1920s and 1930s for transporting timber and was also used as a passenger train, with a length of 60 km.

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India is considering the purchase of two squadrons of Russian Su-57 jets and is also examining Russia's offer to produce these aircraft domestically, similar to what was done with previous MiG and Su-30MKI aircraft. The newspaper The Print reports this and notes that if the deal goes ahead, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will collaborate with the Russian company Sukhoi to produce the jets at the HAL facility in Nashik. India has made a military shift towards Russian weapons. 💥 Our channel: @node_of_time_EN