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Michael Knigge
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Now: Global Comms | Then: Global Media | From Germany | In America | Usual disclaimers | [email protected] | kniggem.bsky.social
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    Michael Knigge
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    Sep 15, 2021
    🇺🇸🦠 A sea of 650,000 white flags - one for every person who died from coronavirus in the US - is taking shape in front of the Washington Monument at the National Mall. “In America: Remember” by @sbfirstenberg will be on display from Sept. 17 to Oct. 3. #COVID19
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    Michael Knigge
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    Dec 12, 2020
    🇩🇪🇺🇸 The vaccine is the product of a German-American partnership. Germany’s BioNTech, founded by two children of Turkish immigrants, partnered with America’s Pfizer, led by a Greek-born CEO, to produce the coronavirus vaccine. Glad to help.
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    Ted Cruz
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    Dec 12, 2020
    That’s great. Just out of curiosity, which country was it that developed the vaccine? Wonder why.
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    Michael Knigge
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    Feb 26, 2022
    🇩🇪 It is hard to overestimate how much Putin’s attack on Ukraine changed Germany. Less than a week ago Nord Stream 2 was still alive, delivering lethal weapons to Ukraine taboo & cutting Russia out of Swift out of the question. Putin’s invasion changed Germany. Zeitenwende.
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    Michael Knigge
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    Jan 19, 2024
    In Hamburg, Germany, tens of thousands protest against the far-right today. The rally had to be cut short due to safety concerns because of crowd size. The wave of protests against the far-right will continue on the weekend with dozens of rallies.
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    Michael Knigge
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    Oct 7, 2021
    New cover of Time magazine
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    Michael Knigge
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    Sep 13, 2021
    🇩🇪🗳 Leader of far right AfD: youth should “learn more German folk songs, more German poems” in school. Kid reporter: “I think we already have to memorize plenty of poems in school. What’s your favorite German poem?” AfD leader: “I can’t think of one.” x.com/farbundbeton/s…
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    Michael Knigge
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    Oct 12, 2020
    The goal of @ProjectLincoln is simple says co-founder @reedgalen: “We're a bunch of former & some current Republicans who decided last December that it was time to defeat Donald Trump & Trumpism & his aiders & abetters at the ballot box this November.”
    zeit.de
    The Lincoln Project: "A President who is incapable of the job"
    Reed Galen is one of the Lincoln Project's founders. The former Republican strategist believes: "There is a lot of ugliness left in the GOP even after Trump".
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    Michael Knigge
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    Sep 4, 2020
    🇺🇸 That President Trump spends three consecutive tweets to discredit Jeffrey Goldberg’s story in the Atlantic about how he disrespects the military is a pretty solid indicator that Trump knows it is damaging and accurate.
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    Michael Knigge
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    Jan 7, 2022
    Let me get that straight: It is fine to close all county schools to protect children from the dangers of a few inches of snow, but unacceptable to switch all county schools to distance learning to protect children from a surging virus that has killed more than 800,000 people.
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    Michael Knigge
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    Feb 27, 2022
    Europeans are fortunate to have Joe Biden, a friend of Europe, as partner amid the Ukraine crisis. His steady & prudent leadership so far has been crucial. Still, Europeans, especially Germans, need to take on more responsibility in the transatlantic partnership. Time is short.
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    Michael Knigge
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    Sep 13, 2023
    🧵 Austrian physicans: "We CAN’T take responsibility for the constant, unmitigated infection of the population w/ a vascular-damaging, neurotropic virus like SARS-CoV-2, in which a previous infection provides no long-term protection vs future infection.”
    "Absolut erschreckend": Ärzte warnen in Brandbrief vor einer Durchseuchung mit Corona
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    Michael Knigge
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    Sep 22, 2020
    🇺🇸 Reminder courtesy of ⁦@ProjectLincoln⁩ co-founder ⁦@reedgalen⁩: The Republican Party “is now largely a white nationalist political organization,” he told me in a recent interview for ⁦@zeitonline⁩.
    zeit.de
    The Lincoln Project: "A President who is incapable of the job"
    Reed Galen is one of the Lincoln Project's founders. The former Republican strategist believes: "There is a lot of ugliness left in the GOP even after Trump".
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    Michael Knigge
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    Feb 12, 2024
    In Munich, Germany, 100,000 rallied against the far-right on Sunday according to police as the nationwide protests agains the AfD continue.
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    Michael Knigge
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    Jan 9, 2021
    🇺🇸🇩🇪 “Trump’s army: Fired. Hurt. Dangerous. How a President became the leader of a putsch.” New cover of Germany’s Der Spiegel.