We are roughly three weeks away from the internal SPD Party vote-count on members (460,000) accepting the CDU-CSU-SPD coalition.
Curiously, (I've noted this a number of times)....there is one central element to the SPD Party (the youth 'squad'....the Juso-organization (SPD members between ages 18 and 25), who are mostly all against the coalition agreement.
There is some belief that the SPD vote with internal members....might not pass, and the coalition deal will fall apart.
The boss or chief of the Juso? Kevin Kuhnert.
Well....today, via BILD (the national newspaper of Germany)....someone came up with alleged emails from Kuhnert, with connect back to Russia.
This national tour which Kuhnert is on right now....talking AGAINST the SPD-CDU coalition deal....is sponsored in some way....says the Russian, by the Russians.
Jusos? They deny the whole story and say it's 'fake news'. Adding to this amusing news piece....the SPD computer geeks say that you (technically) can't get an email from jusos.de. Such an account is not legit.
Who says all this to BILD? Some Russian guy named "Yuri".
Fake? Well....here's the thing. Is BILD even capable of reaching some legit stage of confirming something like this? I would have my doubts. It's the same for ARD, ZDF, Focus, etc. They could reach some expert and ask a humble opinion but you'd have to go the BND or some German government agency....if they wanted the absolute word on this. This would require more than a few days to reach some conclusion.
So sitting in the kitchen, and sipping strong coffee is some German grandmother who is a SPD member and reading through the BILD description of the Yuri-story. Couldn Kevin Kuhnert be lying? Was Martin Schulz a secret KGB spy? Is Merkel a leftover relic from the DDR Stassi? Could the Red Army Faction behind part of this? Could Trump be messing with the German political system? Are there Nazis behind this whole coalition deal or trying to halt the coalition? Could Macron have a hand in the creation of this fake Yuri-guy? Do the Brits have some James Bond-like guy trying to pretend to be Yuri, and trigger the collapse of the German government because of BREXIT? Who can you trust, if you don't trust Mutti (Merkel) and BILD?
The thing about fake news, is that there is usually one single thread that is standing out and making this look awful fake. The fake that you can't get a single email from anyone at Jusos.....which has a end-address of Jusos.de.....would be that thread.
But at this stage of the game....people would linger and have doubt. Was Kevin hooked to the KGB or Putin, or maybe that even Stalin guy? That doubt would be enough for you to just not vote....either way. It's silly in a way, but it's now front-page news for the weekend.
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