The first exit polls for the German federal elections are in. They... suck, but they could have been even worse:

CDU - CSU - 29%
AFD - 19.5%
SPD - 16%
Greens - 13.5%
Die Linke - 8.5%
FDP - 4.9%
BSW - 4.7%

- As expected, the fascist #AfD has become the second biggest political party, but at least they haven't reached the 20% they had been polling in all the opinion polls so far.

- If the exist polls remain true, the #FDP has barely missed reaching the 5% threshold for re-entering parliament. Since their "accomplishments" in the last three years largely consisted in sabotaging the work of the coalition government they were a part of, and they have turned from being a party of personal liberty advocated to a party of crypto-fascists #ElonMusk fans, this is no great loss (sorry #Lindner , but Elon Musk will always love those more who are blatant about their fascism!)

- The #BSW will also fail to enter parliament. Since they are basically Putin's stooges intended to channel votes away from leftist democratic parties, this is no great loss.

- After having been predicted to drop out of parliament due to the rise of the BSW, the #Linke has managed to pull of a stunning reversal and gained 8.5% of the vote. I may not agree with all of their position, but German politics desperately needs a party that stands for clear leftist policies - something that both the #SPD and the #Grünen have failed at in recent years.

It looks the most viable option will be a coalition led by the #CDU with the #SPD as a junior partner. We've already had those under #Merkel , and they were long years of stagnation - but a chancellor #Merz will have fewer principles than Merkel had, and far more cruelty. He is a #Blackrock creature through and through. And while he has made some noises that indicate that he largely recognizes Trump for what he is, I suspect that in the end he will do what the oligarchy wants of him.

Hopefully the oligarchy doesn't want him to form a coalition with the AfD, but we shall see...

#Germany #GermanElections #GermanPolitics
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckg82wwrwy6t

@studi0
Mitmachen und reshares ausdrücklich erwünscht!

#FallVonMerz
Delenda die Ideen des foFritz Merz
by @aiquez

Kooperatives #communityMediaProjekt initiiert von @aiquez und @jesuisatire, basierend auf einer Idee von aiquez, inspiriert durch eine Veröffentlichung von @chrisstoecker.

> Hoch-geflogen und mit #BlackRock verbandelt
> Demos verprellt und Alice'ns WunderLove eingehandelt
> Alle Hoffnung zerschellt beim Zukunft abwarten
> muss aus finanzgeiler Taktik das Menschsein verraten

Intro fallVonMerz | Delenda foFritzMerz | iDenTheater
tube.tchncs.de/w/sZwFztH2NCYN7…

Another big Malakas

BlackRock CEO explains how shrinking populations and xenophobic policies make it easier to substitute human labour with AI.

@koustompola

#Blackrock- #Merz „Es ist eben nicht so, dass morgen die Welt untergeht“

BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, has said it will leave the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/10/blackrock-wall-street-climate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #blackrock #environment #climatechange

Russia has announced it is actively using #Bitcoin to settle cross border payments as an alternative to the US dollar based system that #Putin claims has been "politicized". #Russia is already the 2nd largest miner of bitcoins in the world and will inevitably overtake the US as the largest as the price of energy makes running bitcoin transaction processors (some call them "miners") in the US uneconomical.

So what we have here is a situation where the largest American asset managers (e.g. #Blackrock, #Fidelity) as well as the Trump team (in particular transition team chairman #HowardLutnick) are peddling a #USD alternative to retirees that actively enables #VladimirPutin to prosecute his various nefarious activities.

The circle of crony capitalism is complete; there's no turning back from here. #VladimirPutin and other bad actors will do whatever they want, at least until we get another 9/11.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/russia-is-using-bitcoin-foreign-trade-finance-minister-says-2024-12-25/

think i'll be spending my dotage spearheading lawsuits against:

- legacy media for their blatant misinformation/propaganda
- GenAI for providing little of value whilst fucking over the habitability of the planet
- the UK government for selling the country to blackrock
- the UK government for taking £22billion from green transition & absolutely flushing it down the pan on carbon capture

if anyone wants to join me...

Heute beim Polittratsch im Geschäft:

Also #FriedrichMerz als #Kanzler
Er war bei #Blackrock hat der definitiv große Summen Geld verdient:
1. Er hat bei Blackrock nicht getaugt, dann ist er auch als Kanzler nichts
2. Er meint: "Geld ist nicht alles, #Mann braucht dazu auch #macht " Bei so einem muss man sich fürchten als Kanzler.

'Is Keir Starmer Selling Britain To Blackrock?'

#NovaraMedia #KeirStarmer
#MichaelWalker #Blackrock
#SocialistSunday

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ePS7hZo5mB4

All three of Trump's campaigns were heavily funded by this organization's founder who is close friends with Elon Musk and also has direct ties to the CIA, but we are supposed to believe Trump is going to "Make America Great Again" and that the controlled opposition is the resistance?!

[14:10] Man and woman arrested in south Dublin as part of alleged money laundering probe

A man and a woman have been arrested in Blackrock, Co Dublin by gardaí investigating a large scale alleged money laundering operation.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-and-woman-arrested-in-south-dublin-as-part-of-alleged-money-laundering-probe/a2102355335.html

#Blackrock