Bananafofi

A Berlin café and co-working space that does not allow White people to enter received €662,450 in government funding under the “Demokratie leben!” (“Live Democracy”) program between 2021 and 2024. The premises are described as a “safer space” exclusively for “BIWoC (Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color) and TINBIPoC (Trans, Inter*, and non-binary People of Color).” What’s more, according to research from the newspaper Die Welt, the managing director, Loubna Messaoudi, shared content praising Hamas terrorists. On the anniversary of the October 7 attack, Messaoudi described the terror campaign as “resistance against colonialism.” Under the “Live Democracy” program, the German federal government funded numerous radical left-wing NGOs, including the so-called Unity Festival—an Islamist event where T-shirts were sold featuring a map with Israel removed. The promotional poster for the event also featured the organization Islamic Relief, part of the Muslim Brotherhood’s network in Europe. The Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Karin Prien (CDU), has announced a major overhaul of the program, including tighter controls and checks on whether funded groups actually align with democratic principles. Around 200 projects are expected to lose funding by the end of 2026, which SPD parliamentary group leader Julian Barlen called a “targeted attack on civil society.”

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Today, my friend found the body of his neighbor buried and decomposed. He had been injured and bleeding for three days during the last evacuation from northern Gaza. When he realized he wouldn’t survive and that no one could reach him, he covered himself with soil and buried himself while in prostration. Now, his bones were found in that same position. His body was discovered beside a tree he chose as his final resting place. He left a sign for his family — his ring tied above the soil with a string, along with a small branch from the tree, so they could find him.

Hegseth moving through hallway back near the stage of the correspondent’s dinner - did not take questions from press.