I thought I was the only one!
Looks like someone took an article written in English, sent it through Google translate to Mandarine to German and back to English.
Looks to me like someone the author is posting as if in mid-conversation - that is, the audience is assumed to have been following the story/stories referenced and don’t need any reminders of the general “plot line” going on, who the players are, and what certain things might mean.