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Nordrhein-Westfalen: CDU sieht sich nach NRW-Wahlen als „Kommunalpartei Nr. 1“

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Nach den Kommunalwahlen in Nordrhein-Westfalen sieht der Bundeskanzler und CDU-Vorsitzende Friedrich Merz seine Partei klar als stärkste Kraft auf lokaler Ebene an. Nun trat der NRW-Ministerpräsident und CDU-Landeschef Hendrik Wüst vor die Presse.
Nach den Kommunalwahlen in Nordrhein-Westfalen sieht der Bundeskanzler und CDU-Vorsitzende Friedrich Merz seine Partei klar als stärkste Kraft auf lokaler Ebene an. Nun trat der NRW-Ministerpräsident und CDU-Landeschef Hendrik Wüst vor die Presse.

Kari Lake Admonishes People Who Are ‘Cheering for Charlie’s Death’

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Kari Lake rebuked those who are « cheering » the assassination of Charlie Kirk and shared how heartbroken she was after hearing the news.
Kari Lake, the Trump administration’s acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), rebuked those who are “cheering” the assassination of Charlie Kirk and shared how heartbroken she was after hearing the tragic news.
“I haven’t looked at any of those videos of people celebrating the violence of Charlie’s assassination. I don’t want to see those. I don’t want to see people at that level of depravity,” Lake, the 2022 Republican nominee for Arizona governor, told Breitbart News on Friday while walking the red carpet of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “Charlie Kirk was a really, really good friend of mine — and Erika and his family — and heartbroken is an understatement.”
Kirk was shot in the neck in front of a crowd at a Utah Valley University speaking event last Wednesday. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 31 years old. He leaves behind wife Erika Kirk and two young children.
The alleged gunman was turned in to law enforcement by family members on Friday and identified as 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson. Kirk was shot the moment he began to answer a question about transgender shooters, and Robinson is in a relationship with his transgender roommate, officials said.
“I’m devastated by it,” Lake continued, before revealing that her daughter, Ruby Halperin, “worked for Charlie.” Halperin’s LinkedIn profile lists that she has been an executive assistant at Kirk’s grassroots organization, Turning Point USA, since 2021.
Lake added that she has “spent many phone calls just crying on this” with her daughter.
“All he wanted to do is debate, which is what we’re supposed to do. If we can’t talk things out, if we have to lead to violence — we don’t want to be there as a country.”
Kirk had amassed millions of social media followers from his “change my mind”-style conversations, which involved him setting up a table and microphones on college campuses across the country to inviting students to debate him on various political and cultural issues.
Lake denounced all political violence and was understandably angered at those who have celebrated and justified Kirk’s murder.
“I deeply miss him, and I know his legacy continues on,” she told Breitbart News. “We’re not letting an assassin’s bullet stop what Charlie started. And I’m just not going to lay down and roll over and play dead around these people. These people who are cheering for Charlie’s death, these people who killed Charlie don’t deserve to be on this planet.”
Lake later spoke at a vigil for Kirk held in Washington, DC, on Sunday, also at the Kennedy Center:

Forrester Technology & Innovation Summit preview: Digital sovereignty in the public cloud

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We look at how IT leaders need to balance data access, data residency and data sovereignty
We look at how IT leaders need to balance data access, data residency and data sovereignty
Given that corporate IT relies heavily on cloud-based infrastructure and services delivered via the public cloud, access to the data held in the cloud is paramount.
Should all mission-critical data be held on-premise? What roles should digital sovereignty and digital residency play in a corporate IT strategy? These are among the questions being discussed at Forrester’s forthcoming Technology & Innovation Summit in London.
Imagine going to the gym or doing a run and being unable to access Spotify or Amazon Prime Music. “We have so many dependencies on foreign [IT providers], which entails a dependency on foreign jurisdictions,” warned Forrester senior analyst, Dario Maisto.
Computer Weekly spoke to Maisto ahead of his Digital sovereignty drives cloud choices in times of geopolitical volatility session.
In July, Reuters reported that Indian refinery Nayara Energy, which buys oil mainly from Russia, began legal proceedings against Microsoft, following European Union sanctions on the company.
According to Reuters, Microsoft Outlook and Teams services had been suspended.
Maisto said the fact there is a risk that a foreign government could impose restrictions on the use of such services is leading to IT leaders assessing how and when to use local service providers rather than foreign IT service providers. “Despite what some call the globalisation of IT, the balkanisation of IT means the future of certainty is global,” he said. “Certain vital applications that we use in Europe, like ERP [enterprise resource planning] and CRM [customer relationship management] do not even work outside of a hyperscaler’s cloud.”Re-engineering
As Maisto notes, migrating an application from one cloud provider to another’s IT infrastructure can take years. “It is a re-engineering exercise,” he said. “Just moving an application like Workday from one hyperscaler to another can take up to two years. Can you imagine how long it would take to re-engineer the application to work on any cloud?”
Software as a service (SaaS) providers have developed their applications this way. “There is nothing that you as a client organisation can do,” said Maisto.
He said one of Forrester’s clients wanted to return to 100% on-premise IT to preserve its digital sovereignty posture, but ended up being 99.9% on-premise as it used ServiceNow. “You cannot deploy ServiceNow outside of a hyperscaling cloud, which means you have to open your IT infrastructure beyond on-premise and go to the cloud,” said Maisto.On-premise and regulatory compliance
Many of the organisations Maisto has spoken to regard General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance as a reason for on-premise IT. However, he said: “We have solved that problem. You give the power of attorney to the hyperscaler then you’re fine with GDPR.”
The problem, according to Maisto, is not about remaining compliant with data protection regulations. Instead, he sees continued access to corporate data that resides in the public cloud as a bigger risk organisations face. “Can any foreign jurisdiction, any foreign government, any foreign provider outside of my jurisdiction, prevent access not only to their SaaS application and their infrastructure, but also to the data I store in that infrastructure?”
One of the concerns among IT leaders is whether data hosted in US hyperscaler clouds can be accessed by the US government’s Cloud Act. “People get concerned about the Cloud Act, but what they should be really concerned about is FISA article 702,” said Maisto.
The US government describes the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) as “a critical intelligence collection authority that enables the Intelligence Community (IC) to collect, analyse and appropriately share foreign intelligence information about national security threats”. Section 702 authorises targeted intelligence collection of specific types of foreign intelligence information.
“Under the Cloud Act, you will get informed,” said Maisto. “But if the US National Security Agency has asked for your data under FISA 702, the hyperscaler cannot disclose this to you. They can only disclose the number of requests they received from the investigation agencies.”
While the likes of Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft are able to fight in court to prevent disclosure of customer data under the Cloud Act, Maisto warned that FISA article 702 gives the US administration access to the data, without a court order.
Another query Forrester often fields concerns data residency. “Data residency is something that hyperscalers cannot guarantee,” he said. “They cannot guarantee that the data does not move because their cloud environments are not engineered to grant that level of isolation and separation between customer environments.”
Maisto argues that IT leaders should be less concerned about data residency. Instead, IT leaders need to consider how they can secure continued access to data. “In 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, the private Bank of Ukraine moved from on-premise to the public cloud,” he said. “Microsoft helped the Ukrainian government to move from on-premise to a distributed cloud.”
According to Maisto, this is data sovereignty turned on its head. “You would associate sovereignty with local sovereignty, where data remains in the nation with local providers,” he said. “But actually, if you are in a conflict scenario, your best option for sovereignty is a globally distributed, highly replicated, highly, highly robust public cloud infrastructure.”
Maisto noted that truly sovereign cloud IT infrastructure is several years away. IT leaders asking for data sovereignty capabilities can expect to pay 15% to 30% more than normal public cloud contracts. Often, he said, data sovereignty is not required. “Most of the time, there is no actual requirement for data sovereignty,” said Maisto. “There is no GDPR for data sovereignty,” he said.
The Forrester Technology & Innovation Summit EMEA is taking place on 8–10 October in London.

Steve Bannon Urges Investigation of Spencer Cox After Charlie Kirk Shooting

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The Utah governor has received bipartisan praise for his rhetoric, but some conservatives have been more critical.
Steve Bannon has called for an investigation into Utah Governor Spencer Cox following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Why It Matters
Kirk, 31, was assassinated during a speech at Utah Valley University on September 10 during his « American Comeback Tour. » A suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, is in custody. Kirk was a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump and played a key role in organizing young Republican voters.What To Know
Cox has earned bipartisan praise for his response to the assassination, but some more MAGA-aligned conservatives, such as Bannon, have been more critical. During an episode of his War Room podcast, the former White House chief strategist called on Cox to be investigated over the state’s mental health initiatives.
No law enforcement has suggested Cox has done any wrongdoing to warrant an investigation.
During an interview with Sheila Matthews, a co-founder of a conservative parental rights group, Bannon raised concerns about Intermountain Support Coordination Services, a company that is contracted by the state to provide services for individuals who have disabilities. Robinson’s mother, Amber Robinson, is a social worker who has reportedly worked for the company.
« Cox should be investigated. Why the White House—and they’re saying we had nothing to do with this guy, but even the first time, when [FBI Director Kash Patel] flew out there, why was he allowed to have a speaking role? Who made that decision? He needs to be investigated. [Robinson’s] mother needs to be investigated », Bannon said.
Bannon also raised concerns about Cox’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights, as the governor has been viewed as more moderate on the matter. He has previously declined to sign some anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, leaving him at odds with more conservative Republicans.
Robinson lived with a transgender roommate and romantic partner who is helping police in the investigation. Cox said the roommate « had no idea that this was happening. »
Kirk was previously critical of Cox, calling on him to be « expelled from the Republican Party » after he declined to sign into law a bill to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports.What People Are Saying
Utah Governor Spencer Cox, during a press conference last week: « Social media is a cancer on our society right now, and I would encourage people to log off, turn off, touch grass, hug a family member. Go out and do good in the community. »
Journalist Chris Cillizza, on X: « The country (and the world) now know the Utah governor’s name — due to the assassination of Charlie Kirk in the Beehive State on Wednesday. And what they’ve seen is a politician less interested in blame than in soothing. An elected official focused on empathy rather than political point-scoring.
« At the moment, we have a politics perfectly suited to our modern the attention economy. People who yell or bully or say vile things or ignore norms are rewarded — more fundraising dollars, more TV time, more ‘fame.’ It has created a downward spiral where our politicians seem to value trolling the other side more than actually engaging with them.
« But, Spencer Cox deserves credit — whether or not he is going to be a major player for Republicans in 2028 (or ever). Because he is doing the hardest thing in politics: Refusing to take the easy road. »
Governor Josh Shapiro, a Pennsylvania Democrat, on CBS News: « We are at a pivotal moment in this country, and we need leaders to step up and speak and act with moral clarity, not to use the rhetoric of vengeance, but to use words of healing. That’s exactly what Spencer has been doing over the past few years. Actually, he’s been doing it over the last number of years. »What Happens Next
Charges against Robinson are expected to be filed this week.
Turning Point USA is set to hold a memorial for Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on September 21.

Spotify Finally Lets Free Users Search for and Listen to Specific Songs

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You can only listen to one song at a time before Spotify begins shuffling, but it’s a big upgrade if you know exactly what you want to hear.
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If you use Spotify’s free service, your experience is about to get much better. The music-streaming service has long limited those on its free tier to shuffled playlists, but it will now allow them to search for and play a specific song.
There are limits, of course. You can only listen to one song at a time before Spotify begins shuffling, which means you can’t listen to an entire album without upgrading to Premium. You can skip songs, but there’s no guarantee the next track will be something you want to hear. Spotify has yet to confirm whether it’s changed its limit of six skips per hour.
Songs shared through Spotify links are now easier to interact with, too. If someone sends you a track, you can listen to it right away without waiting for it to appear in the playlist tool.Recommended by Our Editors
Another new feature allows you to make your own playlist covers with images, colors, and text, much like you’ve been able to do on the Premium service.
The free version of Spotify still limits quality to 160kbps. As of last week, Premium users have the option of lossless audio features at 24-bit/44kHz, though that’s lower quality than many of Spotify’s competitors. The changes will begin to appear for users today.
Spotify may be making this change to recoup some of the losses from its ad business. Premium users can avoid ads, which is good for them but bad for Spotify’s bottom line. Can a la carte listening attract more listeners (and ad dollars) on the free tier?

NFL Sunday Ticket

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A pricey way to watch nearly all the big Sunday games
One of the harsher realities of not living in your favorite NFL team’s broadcast market is that there aren’t many legitimate ways to watch your squad’s games on Sunday afternoons. NFL Sunday Ticket is the only video streaming service we’ve tested that lets you watch live, out-of-market, regular-season matchups. The service’s online component comes via YouTube, which delivers smooth, lag-free streams with many viewing options powered by YouTube TV. That said, NFL Sunday Ticket is still extremely expensive considering you can’t watch live Thursday night, local Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, or Monday night games.Plans and Prices
YouTube is the exclusive home for NFL Sunday Ticket. Last year, the service ditched the previous (and ridiculous) cable requirement, so now anyone can stream NFL games via YouTube TV or regular YouTube with a Premium Channel add-on.
nday Ticket will always be expensive, regardless of the platform. Contractual obligations prevent companies from charging significantly less than the current high price. The season costs $378 for existing YouTube TV subscribers and $480 for non-subscribers. Subscribing via YouTube TV gives you all the other live channels and features included in that excellent service. Adding the NFL RedZone channel for more Sunday game coverage increases those prices further (more on that in a bit).
At least you can now pay in several monthly installments rather than all at once, unlike last year. It’ll still cost you, though. You can stream NFL Sunday Ticket for an incredibly expensive $115 per month for subscribers or $145 for non-subscribers. The monthly option adds up big time over the course of the season, but new subscribers can leverage discounts to lower the price.
For comparison, Hulu + Live TV, standalone YouTube TV, and Fubo start at $82.99 per month, $82.99 per month, and $84.99 per month, respectively. You can get the NFL RedZone channel on any of those services by paying extra for the Sports (Hulu + Live TV), Sports Plus (YouTube TV), or Sports Plus with NFL RedZone (Fubo) add-ons. Hulu’s add-on costs $9.99 per month, while the other two are $10.99 per month. Even with those add-ons, these three services each cost much less than NFL Sunday Ticket.What You Can Watch With NFL Sunday Ticket?
NFL Sunday Ticket lets you watch out-of-market, regular-season games on Sunday afternoons, distinguishing it from every other live TV service we’ve reviewed. However, you cannot watch your local NFL team. You might not care about your in-market team, but this limitation means you can’t watch your favorite out-of-market team if it is playing your local team. That’s a big bummer.
Subscribers also can’t watch Sunday, Monday, or Thursday night games, as they’re exclusive to other stations and platforms. That means you can watch about 12 or 13 games live on Sundays, depending on the week and your location. Want even more football? You must combine NFL Sunday Ticket with another service, such as ESPN+ or Prime Video, to watch all the games every week (including during the postseason). Since you’re already in YouTube’s ecosystem, consider subscribing to the full YouTube TV, as most games are found on the traditional broadcast channels the service provides.
However, you get cool, 30-minute, commercial-free replays (called Short Cuts) of NFL Sunday Ticket contests. They’re available after 12 a.m. ET on Sunday and last until 12 a.m. ET Wednesday. NFL+ provides a similar condensed game replay mode. However, the service lacks additional on-demand content. Most other live TV services have a distinct advantage over NFL Sunday Ticket in that they do not solely focus on NFL coverage. Many provide other news, sports, entertainment, and huge, on-demand content libraries.
How does NFL Sunday Ticket’s coverage compare with other NFL streaming services? First and foremost, NFL Sunday Ticket is the only legal way to watch live, out-of-market NFL games on Sunday afternoon. However, other options are better if you care more about prime-time games (Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, or Monday Night Football) or live in your favorite team’s broadcast market. For instance, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, and YouTube TV let you watch every prime-time and in-market game (those that air on CBS and FOX) each week. Those services cover about seven games per week and let you watch postseason games. Meanwhile, Netflix has the exclusive rights to the NFL’s Christmas Day games.
But wait, there’s more! DirecTV provides similar access to live games but lacks the NFL Network channel. You’ll also miss out on Thursday Night Football matchups, which are now exclusive to Prime Video. Sling TV has FOX and NBC affiliates in many markets but lacks CBS channels (although you can configure a digital antenna to work with that service).
NFL+ is a standalone service that lets you watch replays of every game each week, regardless of your location. It includes games going back several years and is the only legitimate way to ensure that you can watch every regular-season and postseason NFL game, albeit not all of them are live. The service’s multiple tiers replace NFL Game Pass and the free NFL and Yahoo Sports apps.
Paramount+ and Peacock have limited NFL coverage, too, despite primarily delivering on-demand content. For example, Paramount+ Premium subscribers can watch live streams of NFL games that air on local CBS stations on Sunday afternoons. People who subscribe to Peacock’s Premium tier can stream Sunday Night Football games.Recommended by Our Editors
It’s annoying that the football rights are broken up across so many platforms, but that’s par for the modern sports viewing course.
If you plan to watch other sports, our roundup of the best sports streaming services can help you choose the best option. We also have dedicated roundups for the best MLB, NBA, and NHL streaming services.The NFL Sunday Ticket Viewing Experience
You can access NFL Sunday Ticket anywhere you watch YouTube, which includes mobile platforms (Android, Fire OS, iOS), media streaming devices (Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, and Roku), game consoles (PlayStation and Xbox), smart TVs, and web browsers. Note that NFL Sunday Ticket is only available to subscribers in the US.
Under DirecTV, NFL Sunday Ticket’s web experience was a mess. Under YouTube, NFL Sunday Ticket is an easy-to-navigate channel. I had no problem browsing games and exploring NFL Sunday Ticket’s many YouTube-powered offerings.
If purchased alongside YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket gains many useful features from that service, including parental control options and DVR recording. Even the standalone NFL Sunday Ticket via the YouTube Premium Channels includes several YouTube TV upgrades. For example, Multiview provides extremely cool, picture-in-picture views that let me watch up to four games at once. It’s great if you’re into fantasy leagues; you can connect your Yahoo fantasy league account to see how big plays impact your team’s stats. And the Key Plays feature has short game recaps that let me quickly catch up on missed highlights.
NFL Sunday Ticket games are all live broadcasts, so I sat through commercials like any other live TV streaming service. Alternatively, I could wait to watch the ad-free Short Cut versions of games. NFL+ rarely shows ads in its replays, so it may be a better option if you want to watch a game in its entirety or are planning not to watch the games live anyway. NFL Sunday Ticket’s Spoiler Mode was a feature I appreciated when catching up on missed matchups. It let me hide scores to enjoy replays as if they were live.
I tested NFL Sunday Ticket by flipping through games and simultaneously streaming several matchups. I didn’t experience any issues with laggy video or weak audio when I tested the service on a desktop PC and a phone over home Ethernet and Wi-Fi networks (200Mbps download).
The picture quality looked better than NFL+ and on par with top video streaming services. An NFL Sunday Ticket representative said that CBS broadcasts in 1080i, while FOX broadcasts in 720p. That makes a big difference on a TV, but less so on a phone’s smaller screen. For comparison, Fubo streams some NFL games in 4K. Hulu + Live TV, Paramount+, and YouTube TV all support up to 1080p/60fps streams on select channels and platforms.
NFL Sunday Ticket includes closed captions for all its live content. One accessibility feature that no live TV service has is audio descriptions or audible narrations of on-screen actions that would not be otherwise discernible from dialog alone. We’ve only seen support for this feature for on-demand movies and shows on Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, and Prime Video.Can You Watch NFL Sunday Ticket With a VPN?
A VPN is an excellent tool for protecting your privacy online, but not all video streaming services let you stream content over a VPN connection due to potential regional content restrictions. When DirecTV had NFL Sunday Ticket, I streamed a Sunday afternoon game from a phone and PC (both were connected to a US-based Mullvad VPN server) and did not encounter any issues. However, I have had issues accessing YouTube TV with the same VPN service.
Even if your VPN and video streaming service work together for now, there’s no guarantee that they will continue to do so. Video streaming services always find new ways to detect and block VPN traffic to their sites.

‘It was me’: Tyler Robinson reportedly made stunning assassination admission to social media followers

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Apparent confession to being part of Charlie Kirk killing plot posted online just before arrest
The suspect in the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, who died after being shot at a free speech event in Utah last week, went to social media afterward and told his friends: “Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this.”
The apparently confession came from suspect Tyler Robinson, who was arrested shortly after posting the statement.
The message came from an account belonging to Robinson and was on Discord.
A report posted at PJMedia explained it was in that statement Robinson “reportedly admitted his involvement in the murder.”
The report comes even as law enforcement officials continue their investigation of the facts of Kirk’s death, and Robinson’s alleged involvement, an investigation with which Robinson apparently is not cooperating.
BREAKING: Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson reportedly admitted his guilt in his Discord chat just 2 hours before he was turned in:
“Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff friend in a… pic.twitter.com/KNyXloy0pY
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 15, 2025
“A member of the group chat shared an image of the conversation with The Post and confirmed that it came from Robinson’s account. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their privacy and out of fear of harassment,” the report said.
Authorities then were able to obtain a copy of the message from Discord, a source explained.
The message from Robinson’s account went to “a small private group of online friends,” the report said.
Apparently Discord also is working with the FBI and other police investigators, following its initial claim that its own review discovered “no evidence that the suspect planned this incident or promoted violence on Discord.”
The report described Robinson as having been “radicalized in his political views over recent years.”
“By the time of the shooting, Robinson seemed entrenched in a hostile mindset toward Kirk and conservatives more broadly,” the report explained.
BREAKING: Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson appears to have CONFESSED to friends in a Discord chat shortly before turning himself in, per WaPo
“Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff… pic.twitter.com/WFckZ5FphY
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 15, 2025
It explained that other Discord users had commented on the assassination, with one commenting: “Bro didn’t deserve to go out like that sad.”
Then Robinson added, “im surrendering through a sheriff friend in a few moments. … thanks for all the good times and laughs, you’ve all been so amazing, thank you all for everything.”
Authorities also have confirmed that were are a number of individuals in Robinson’s online circle who may have had information about a coming tragedy – and likely did nothing to prevent it, and they now are being investigated.

Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy likely out in Week 3 with ankle injury

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Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy will likely be ruled out of Sunday’s game vs. the Bengals due to an ankle injury, coach Kevin O’Connell said.
Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy will likely be ruled out of Sunday’s game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals due to an ankle injury, coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday.
The injury is not expected to be long term. Carson Wentz is Minnesota’s likely starter for Week 3 against the Bengals.
O’Connell said running back Aaron Jones is also likely out for Sunday’s game against the Bengals with a hamstring injury.
McCarthy has been sacked nine times in the first two games, including six in a 22-6 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night. The Falcons intercepted two of his passes, and he fumbled three times, including twice when he dropped the ball without being hit, and he lost one.
McCarthy played most of Sunday’s game behind a patchwork offensive line after center Ryan Kelly and left tackle Justin Skule left Sunday’s game early because of concussions.
Over his first two NFL starts, McCarthy has completed 24 of 41 passes for 301 yards with 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. He has also rushed seven times for 50 yards and a touchdown, but his QBR of 20.4 ranks No. 32 of 33 qualified quarterbacks in the league.
Jones left in the third quarter of Sunday’s game and did not return. He has rushed for 46 yards on 13 carries this season.

Nach Kommunalwahlen in NRW: Was Merz von Wüst lernen kann

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NRW bleibt CDU-Hochburg. Das liegt auch an der Leistung der Landesregierung um Hendrik Wüst. Ein Experte erklärt, was Friedrich Merz daraus lernen kann.
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NRW bleibt CDU-Hochburg. Das liegt auch an der Leistung der Landesregierung um Hendrik Wüst. Ein Experte erklärt, was Kanzler Friedrich Merz daraus lernen kann.
Düsseldorf – Es war kein rauschender Sieg, aber auch keine Niederlage für die NRW-CDU. Das Ergebnis bei den Kommunalwahlen zeigt im Großen und Ganzen das, was die Umfragen vor der Abstimmung bereits dargelegt haben: Die Bürgerinnen und Bürger sind mit der Arbeit der Unionspartei in ihrem Bundesland weitestgehend zufrieden.
Natürlich könne man bei Kommunalwahlen nicht „eins zu eins Rückschlüsse auf die landespolitische Performance von Hendrik Wüst ziehen“, sagt Stefan Marschall im Gespräch mit Ippen.Media. Der Politikwissenschaftler von der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf sieht hier vielmehr „Personen und Themen vor Ort“ im Fokus der Wählerinnen und Wähler. Trotzdem könne man in gewisser Weise eine Verbindung zur schwarz-grünen Landeskoalition von Ministerpräsident Wüst ziehen. „Man kann schon sagen, dass die Stimmung auf Landesebene offensichtlich kein Gegenwind für das war, was auf kommunaler Ebene entschieden worden ist“, so Marschall.
Wenngleich es für die CDU auf Landesebene in NRW gut zu laufen scheint, so hat die Regierung aus CDU, CSU und SPD auf Bundesebene mit massiven Popularitätsproblemen zu kämpfen. Das ZDF-Politbarometer zeigte zuletzt, dass die Befragten der Regierung mehrheitlich ein schlechtes Zeugnis ausstellen würden. Nur 41 Prozent gaben an, dass die Regierung unter Kanzler Friedrich Merz ihre Sache gut mache.
In Nordrhein-Westfalen hingegen kann die amtierende Regierung deutlich mehr der Befragten überzeugen. Der Nordrhein-Westfalen-Trend von Infratest dimap (Stand Juni 2025) zeigt, dass nur 33 Prozent der Befragten weniger zufrieden mit der Koalition aus CDU und Grünen sind. Gar nicht zufrieden sind sogar nur 12 Prozent. 45 Prozent der Befragten gaben demnach an, zufrieden (44 Prozent) oder sogar sehr zufrieden (4 Prozent) mit der Leistung der Landesregierung zu sein.
Diese durchaus positive Bilanz für Wüsts Regierung könnte auch die stabilen Ergebnisse der CDU bei den Kommunalwahlen in NRW erklären. Auch Politikwissenschaftler Stefan Marschall sagte gegenüber unserer Redaktion, dass Wüst „durchaus erfreut“ über das Ergebnis sein dürfte. Doch was sind die Erfolgsfaktoren der NRW-CDU, die der Bundespartei zu fehlen scheinen?
Es sei vor allem eine Frage des Umgangs untereinander, der den Erfolg der Koalition in NRW sichert, erklärt Marschall. „Die Landes-CDU, überhaupt die Landesregierung mit ihrer Koalition, hat es geschafft, einigermaßen geräuschlos, konfliktfrei und streitarm zu regieren.“ Das werde von den Wählerinnen und Wählern geschätzt – gerade, weil die Erinnerung an den Dauerstreit in der Ampel-Koalition noch präsent ist.
Zudem sei der Führungsstil von Wüst durch Kooperation, Integration geprägt. Merz dagegen setze „durchaus auch auf Konfrontation“, so Marschall – „Sogar mit seinem Koalitionspartner.“ Das sei laut Ansicht des Experten für viele Probleme verantwortlich, mit denen sich Bundesregierung konfrontiert sehe. Ähnliches habe man bei der geplatzten Koalition aus SPD, Grünen und FDP gesehen. „Sobald es da irgendwie einen Konflikt gab, einen Streit, gingen die Werte der Ampel-Regierung dramatisch runter“, erklärt Marschall.
Daneben gehe es auch um die Frage, ob die Regierung den Eindruck vermitteln könne, Probleme tatsächlich zu lösen, statt sich zu sehr auf das eigene Profil zu konzentrieren. „Sobald der Eindruck entsteht, dass die Parteilogik wichtiger ist als die Logik des Staates oder die Logik der Bevölkerung, dann wird es tatsächlich schwierig und da sind die Bürgerinnen und Bürger sehr sensibel.“
Die Harmonie in einer Regierung wird aber nicht nur von der Partei mit den meisten Stimmen gesichert, sondern maßgeblich auch vom Koalitionspartner. Und auch hier sieht Politik-Experte Marschall einen deutlichen Unterschied zwischen NRW und der Bundesregierung. Die guten Umfragewerte für Wüsts Parteienbündnis würden auch dadurch entstehen, dass die Grünen „ein sehr kooperativer Koalitionspartner in NRW sind“. Die Partei sein „in einigen Bereichen über ihren Schatten gesprungen“ und habe Entscheidungen mitgetragen, „die sie sicher nicht ihre eigenen nennen würde“, so Marschall.
Damit beweise die Regierung eine „gewisse Flexibilität“. Und das trage laut dem Experten wiederum zur Zufriedenheit mit der Landesregierung bei.
In der Bundesregierung verstehe sich die SPD im Gegensatz zu den Grünen aber als „große Partei“, so Marschall weiter. „Die Grünen haben sich ja nie als Volkspartei begriffen – auch, wenn die SPD mittlerweile eine Größe erreicht hat, die der der Grünen ähnlich ist.“ Damit gehe auch ein anderes Selbstverständnis der Sozialdemokraten einher, was sich in der Arbeit der Regierung niederschlage. „Natürlich gibt es hier auch Zugeständnisse“, räumt Marschall ein. „Aber es gibt auch immer Paralleldiskussionen, es gibt unterschiedliche Kommunikation zum einen in die Partei hinein und zum anderen zum Koalitionspartner und in die Öffentlichkeit. Und das macht deutlich, dass es dort viel mehr Spannungen gibt.“
Die SPD sei außerdem eine sehr heterogene Partei, in der viele „Interessen und Wahrnehmungen“ zusammen kämen. „Und das ist etwas, was dann in solchen Situationen zu tragen kommt: Es wird trotzdem viel diskutiert, selbst wenn man etwas bereits entschieden hat“, hält der Experte fest.
Dass die Bundesregierung weniger streiten muss und will, haben Union und SPD bereits mehrfach betont – und für den Rest der Legislatur angekündigt. Doch welche Lehren könnte Merz außerdem aus der Kommunalwahl in NRW und der Landesregierung von Hendrik Wüst ziehen? Politikwissenschaftler Marschall sieht drei zentrale Punkte.
Zum einen zeigen die Wahlerfolge der AfD in strukturschwachen Gebieten in NRW, dass es hier eine tiefergehende Analyse benötige. Das sei etwas, womit sich auch die Bundesregierung beschäftigen müsse. „Wie kann man die Menschen mitnehmen? Wie muss man sie auch sozialstrukturell unterstützen?“ Die AfD sei in der Lage, „Unzufriedenheiten mit dem, was bisher entschieden wurde, zu organisieren“, so Marschall. Das falle der in Teilen rechtsextremen Partei gerade in strukturschwachen Regionen leicht. Entscheidend sei deshalb, die Investitionen in diese Gebiete zu erhöhen. „Es geht um Geld, es geht um Investitionen, deswegen wird hier auch sehr viel Hoffnung das Sondervermögen gelegt und gehofft, dass das auch dazu beitragen kann, dass es den doch schwächelnden Kommunen besser geht“, erklärt der Experte.
Gerade in Kommunen wie Gelsenkirchen, wo die AfD massive Erfolge bei der NRW-Kommunalwahl feiern konnte, müsse viel Geld für Sozialausgaben aufgewendet werden, wodurch sehr schnell die Situation entstehe, dass Gestaltungsspielräume fehlten. „Und dann ist es eben so, dass das Geld für bestimmte Maßnahmen vor Ort fehlt, die den Menschen eine bessere Lebenswelt bereiten würden. Das fällt wiederum auf die generelle politische Wahrnehmung zurück.“
Zuletzt rät Marschall der Bundes-CDU, sich auf die von den Wählerinnen und Wählern zugeschriebene Wirtschaftskompetenz zu berufen. „Das ist etwas, was sich die CDU klarmachen muss. Eben, dass sie als Partei mit Wirtschaftskompetenz wahrgenommen wird. Und das hat natürlich auch Folgen für Wahlkämpfe, für Schwerpunkte, die man setzt.“ (Quellen: ZDF, Infratest dimap, eigene Recherche) (nhi)

Mamy to! Wiemy, jaki film będzie polskim kandydatem do Oscara

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« Franz Kafka » w reżyserii Agnieszki Holland będzie polskim kandydatem do Oscara w 2026 roku. Biografia autora « Procesu » powalczy w kategorii najlepszego pełnometrażowego filmu międzynarodowego.
« Franz Kafka » w reżyserii Agnieszki Holland został wybrany na polskiego kandydata do Oscara. Surrealistyczna biografia wybitnego pisarza z Pragi powalczy w kategorii « najlepszego pełnometrażowego filmu międzynarodowego ». Decyzję tę podjęła komisja oscarowa pod przewodnictwem Ewy Puszczyńskiej.
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Film biograficzny « Franz Kafka » skupia się na losach autora powieści « Zamek » i « Proces » – od dzieciństwa spędzonego w Pradze aż po śmierć w wieku 40 lat (z powodu powikłań związanych z gruźlicą). Światowa premiera nowego dzieła Agnieszki Holland odbyła się podczas 50. Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Filmowego w Toronto. W Polsce trafi do kin 24 października.
Franz Kafka w kamerze Agnieszki Holland jawi się jako niezwykły w swej zwykłości człowiek. Filmowczyni stwierdziła w wywiadzie z brytyjskim magazynem filmowym « Screen International », że postać artysty jest postrzegana jako « mroczny cień ». – Chcieliśmy nadać jej blasku i dodać trochę punkowego akcentu – wyjaśniła.
Krytycy filmowi są zgodni, że « nudna » formuła filmów biograficznych nie tyczy się « Franza Kafki ». Leslie Felperin z amerykańskiego czasopisma « The Hollywood Reporter » nazwała dzieło polskiej reżyserki « intensywną i zarazem słodką interpretacją » postaci, jaką był autor « Procesu ».
W roli słynnego pisarza, który określany jest mianem proroka biurokracji i totalitaryzmu, wystąpił w filmie niemiecki aktor młodego pokolenia Idan Weiss.
Konkurencją dla « Franza Kafki » podczas 98. ceremonii wręczenia Oscarów będą takie filmy jak niemiecki « Sound of Falling » czy chilijskie « Tajemnicze spojrzenie flaminga ». Gala organizowana przez Amerykańską Akademię Sztuki i Wiedzy Filmowej odbędzie się 15 marca 2026 roku.
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