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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:31 PM 3 hrs ago

Germany warns US against election interference after it announces grants scheme

Source: The Guardian

Friedrich Merz has warned Donald Trump’s administration against interfering in German elections after the US state department announced a scheme to fund Maga-aligned causes in Europe.

The German chancellor was responding to a new US initiative offering grants of up to $3m (£2.2m) for European charities, thinktanks and individuals.

The funding will be for those seeking to “address national sovereignty, migration, censorship, and lawfare challenges in line with shared political philosophy, law, and our common western civilizational heritage”.
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Former US officials say the grant scheme is part of a months-long effort by the state department to repurpose US government funds to support far-right groups and potentially political parties in Europe.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/germany-warns-against-election-interference-as-us-offers-funding-to-maga-aligned-causes-in-europe



Every allegation of foreign election interference by Republicans is a confession.
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Germany warns US against election interference after it announces grants scheme (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler 3 hrs ago OP
Germany TELLS U.S. Nazis not to fuck around in Germany --- Sounds good for Germany, we are fucked WorseDayEver 2 hrs ago #1
If it talks like Putin walks like Putin, acts like Putin, well, they are going down the list Putin gave them on the 4th Cheezoholic 50 min ago #2

Cheezoholic

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2. If it talks like Putin walks like Putin, acts like Putin, well, they are going down the list Putin gave them on the 4th
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:46 PM
50 min ago

During that 90 minute phone call with His Aighnus. We are now a full blown terrorist state. Fuck these repukes, every one of them. It's coming you SOB's. Grab your asses. We're coming for you.

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