Steffen Lüdke
@stluedke.bsky.social
Reporter @spiegelmagazin.bsky.social: Mostly: Migration, EU borders, Spain. 📩🖋️ Signal: stluedke.01
The US has a very capable State Department and powerful intelligence services. Instead the Trump White House opts for incompetence and chaos.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The US has a very capable State Department and powerful intelligence services. Instead the Trump White House opts for incompetence and chaos.
Well someone who is good at tapping phones wasn‘t particularly pleased with the past few weeks
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Well someone who is good at tapping phones wasn‘t particularly pleased with the past few weeks
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
I missed that one
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I missed that one
»Verhandlungen über territoriale Arrangements beginnen mit der Kontaktlinie« –– was die Europäer aus dem 28-Punkte-Plan gemacht haben @spiegel.de
www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra...
(S+) Ukraineverhandlungen in Genf: Der Gegenvorschlag der Europäer
Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien knüpfen bei den Verhandlungen über das Schicksal der Ukraine zwar an die 28 Punkte der Amerikaner an. Aber das Papier, das dem SPIEGEL vorliegt, liest sich d...
www.spiegel.de
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
»Verhandlungen über territoriale Arrangements beginnen mit der Kontaktlinie« –– was die Europäer aus dem 28-Punkte-Plan gemacht haben @spiegel.de
www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra...
Was vom Westen noch übrig ist, lastet auf den schmalen, nicht gerade stabilen Schultern von Marco Rubio.
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Was vom Westen noch übrig ist, lastet auf den schmalen, nicht gerade stabilen Schultern von Marco Rubio.
The biggest problem this week is that it has further emboldened Russia. If you can get the Americans to adopt some of your talking points and endorse them—combined with a harsh threat to cut off aid to Ukraine—then why not keep fighting and continue trying?
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The biggest problem this week is that it has further emboldened Russia. If you can get the Americans to adopt some of your talking points and endorse them—combined with a harsh threat to cut off aid to Ukraine—then why not keep fighting and continue trying?
Tusk tweeting through it, he is one of us
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Tusk tweeting through it, he is one of us
The Europeans should probably send Mamdani to negotiate the Ukraine peace plan.
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Europeans should probably send Mamdani to negotiate the Ukraine peace plan.
"'The US Armed Forces love Ukraine and stand behind Ukraine, but it is the honest US military assessment that Ukraine is in a very bad position and now is the best time for peace,'" Driscoll continued.
www.ft.com/content/f411...
www.ft.com/content/f411...
Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday
Hardline message over US-Russia plan at volatile meeting in Kyiv sparks alarm among European allies
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"'The US Armed Forces love Ukraine and stand behind Ukraine, but it is the honest US military assessment that Ukraine is in a very bad position and now is the best time for peace,'" Driscoll continued.
www.ft.com/content/f411...
www.ft.com/content/f411...
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Literally the last person to speak to him…
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Literally the last person to speak to him…
*Starmer aide sighs, throws strategy paper for next week in the trash
If a self described socialist from an ethnic and religious minority group that Trump disdains can get this out of Trump with 15 minutes, imagine what Trump has given away to Putin.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
*Starmer aide sighs, throws strategy paper for next week in the trash
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once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
European security currently being negotiated away by what is at best a total amateur with a love for expressions that make much more sense in Russian than in English. Happy weekend everyone.
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
European security currently being negotiated away by what is at best a total amateur with a love for expressions that make much more sense in Russian than in English. Happy weekend everyone.
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Great that personal bribery has become the default way to get deals with the world's richest and most powerful country. Really positive development.
“Apple set the tone” when Tim Cook gave Trump an engraved, glass disc. This week, the Swiss delegation gave him a “special Rolex desktop clock” and a $130,000 gold bar.
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
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“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great that personal bribery has become the default way to get deals with the world's richest and most powerful country. Really positive development.
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Net migration IS coming down quite fast, and we will soon know who was right about whether it was a good or a bad idea economically and politically.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Net migration IS coming down quite fast, and we will soon know who was right about whether it was a good or a bad idea economically and politically.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump
Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump
A bunch of mates-an ex-spin doctor for the Tories and a consultant reportedly paid by pro-Trump oligarchs-essentially right-wing activists, have captured the BBC board by cosplaying as impartial journalists and are trying to push the BBC as far right as they can.
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A bunch of mates-an ex-spin doctor for the Tories and a consultant reportedly paid by pro-Trump oligarchs-essentially right-wing activists, have captured the BBC board by cosplaying as impartial journalists and are trying to push the BBC as far right as they can.
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EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Musks Tweets, Vances „Urlaub“, Trump vs BBC: Die britische Debatte wird immer stärker von der amerikanischen beeinflusst — der kulturellen Nähe und Sprache sei Dank. Was in den USA gelang, will die radikale Rechte in Großbritannien wiederholen. Die BBC steht ihr dabei im Weg.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Musks Tweets, Vances „Urlaub“, Trump vs BBC: Die britische Debatte wird immer stärker von der amerikanischen beeinflusst — der kulturellen Nähe und Sprache sei Dank. Was in den USA gelang, will die radikale Rechte in Großbritannien wiederholen. Die BBC steht ihr dabei im Weg.
Of course he did.
Farage claims Trump told him "'I thought you guys were allies and this was a state broadcaster"
Story:
www.lbc.co.uk/article/bbc-...
Story:
www.lbc.co.uk/article/bbc-...
BBC 'deeply offended the leader of the free world,' Farage tells LBC | LBC
Nigel Farage said describing the President as angry over the doctored BBC clip "would be an understatement"
www.lbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Of course he did.