Pinocchio-Politics

Pinocchio-politics is a term I recently encountered—the process that President Donald Trump has branded as “fake news”: properly identified it is when politicians and media turn lies into truth and truth into lies.  

Recently I listened to a German broadcast featuring Dr. Hans‑Georg Maaßen, former president of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, speaking at an Alternative für Deutschland (AFD) gathering. The AFD is a conservative movement in Germany, comparable to the MAGA movement in the United States, and may become Germany’s leading party in the next election. Many Germans, like many Americans, are frustrated with long‑standing socialist policies.

https://youtu.be/p8U4cKVHGnU?si=lIIb1fkRRMQZtkSX

Dr. Maaßen explained that he was forced into early retirement in 2018, allegedly at the direction of then‑Chancellor Angela Merkel, without explanation. He described this as evidence of how political power and media can work together to manipulate truth. He argued that Germany no longer has truly independent public broadcasters and that the AFD is treated not as a political opponent, but as an enemy to be eliminated. Similar accusations were made by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in his speech in Munich, Germany earlier this year.

https://youtu.be/dlL3pwlO2rE?si=

Dr. Maaßen also traced the origins of Antifa to Antifaschistische Aktion, founded in 1932 as the militant arm of the German Communist Party. The group was outlawed after Hitler rose to power, replaced by his own paramilitary force, the Sturmabteilung (SA), or “Brown Shirts,” to suppress political opponents.

He concluded that Germany is in a downward spiral but expressed optimism that more citizens recognize the gap between propaganda and reality, likening the situation to late‑communist Romania. He predicted electoral victory for the AFD and promised to dismantle ideological, bureaucratic, and regulatory structures he believes are harming Germany.

I share his hope that the AFD can revive Germany. Past German regimes—from the Kaiser to Hitler to post‑World War II governments—either failed or lost their way. Except one. Germany’s ascent to global economic power, known as the “German economic miracle” or Wirtschaftswunder, began three short years after World War II, when the country was in ruins. Walter Eucken’s theories and Ludwig Erhard’s policies played a crucial role in this remarkable transformation.  Today, statism, globalism, climate alarmism, and political complacency threaten Germany's national sovereignty.

May God bless those who believe that our Creator endowed all people with inalienable rights—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—within their own country.


Rudy,  April 28, 2026  

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