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Crews contain house fire in north Amarillo VIDEO: Crews contain house fire in north Amarillo By Bailie Myers | March 3, 2021 at 9:07 AM CST - Updated March 3 at 12:10 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo Fire Department crews contained a house fire that occurred early this morning in north Amarillo. Crews were dispatched at 5:30 a.m. to a home near NE 22nd Avenue and Columbine Street. Upon arrival, firefighters found a large amount of fire and smoke showing from the rear of the home. The...

Germany To Spy On Far-right AfD Party By Femke COLBORNE 03/03/21 AT 10:49 AM Germanys domestic security agency has placed the far-right AfD under surveillance for posing a threat to democracy, parliamentary sources said Wednesday, dealing a blow to the anti-immigration party in a big election year. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a "suspected case" of having ties to right-wing extremism, the sources to...

Membership: 405,816 Voters: The CDU/CSU are popular with people over the age of 60, churchgoers, and those living in rural rather than urban areas. The CDU has also traditionally done well among small business owners and people with lower or medium education levels. 2019 European election result: 28.9% 2017 Bundestag election result: 33% (246/709 seats) Armin Laschet (l) and Markus Söder (r) head the CDU and CSU respectively. But chancellor Angela Merkel has been the dominating political fi...

Germanys AfD party boycotted by media ahead of elections ANI | Updated: Feb 27, 2021 22:04 IST Berlin [Germany], February 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the countrys largest right-wing parliamentary opposition force, calls on the German media to guarantee an objective and fair representation of the party ahead of several local and federal elections, AfD member Albert Breininger told Sputnik on Saturday, noting that the German gov...

Millions of German taxpayers to finance far right propaganda The German government is preparing to give 70 million euros a year to a foundation run by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). The Desiderius Erasmus Foundation will be able to spread its far-right propaganda with taxpayers’ money. According to the guidelines of the German parliament (Bundestag), a parliamentary group is entitled to state funds for its own foundation if it has been represented in parliament for more than one...

UPDATE: Church arson suspect faces first degree felony charge UPDATE: Church arson suspect faces first degree felony charge By KFDA Digital | February 21, 2021 at 9:47 PM CST - Updated February 21 at 9:47 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Ernesto Pena, 24, is facing a first degree felony charge of arson intending to damage a house of worship. Thursday evening the Community of Christ Church, located near S. Manhattan Street and Interstate 40, was consumed by flames by the time firefighters made it...

State and federal politicians report increasing sexism and misogyny. Sexist comments come mainly from the AfD.

Germany: Hate speech, threats against politicians rise There was an increase in abuse against politicians across Germany in 2020, new figures show, with extremists more and more willing to resort to violence. Local-level politicians are particularly vulnerable. Regional governor Walter Lübcke (memorialized on poster, right) was murdered by an extremist in 2019 Statistics released to DW on Monday show that verbal abuse and violence targeting politicians are on the rise in Germany.  Compiled by...

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Leading German columnist Heribert Prantl denounces coronavirus lockdown measures Profound social crises are invariably accompanied by intense political and ideological shifts that, in turn, anticipate fierce class struggles. The middle classes, which in periods of calm serve as a buffer between the two main social classes, disintegrate. Above all, more affluent elements react to the emerging radicalisation of the working class by moving sharply to the right. The appearance of Heribert Prantl, ...