Thomas Ley
@thomasley.bsky.social
Blattmacher / Editor tamedia.ch / Zürich
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More on that one www.reuters.com/world/us/pol...
Footage of deadly ICE shooting in Chicago suburb challenges official narrative
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was pulled over and eventually shot by an ICE agent.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
More on that one www.reuters.com/world/us/pol...
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Or this one blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/20/a...
A Tragic Homecoming For Man Killed By ICE Agents In Franklin Park
After nearly two decades in Chicago, Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán in a coffin. His death at the hands of federal agents left two families divided by borders, shattered with grief, ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Or this one blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/20/a...
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Once again, not a single member of the press corps stands up for their female colleague being verbally abused by the President.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Once again, not a single member of the press corps stands up for their female colleague being verbally abused by the President.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Das Schicksal der zwei Nationalgarde-Leuten nimmt ihn echt mit. Ganz tief drin.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Das Schicksal der zwei Nationalgarde-Leuten nimmt ihn echt mit. Ganz tief drin.
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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Oh, es ist ziemlich schwarz in Afghanistan. Für Frauen sogar absolut rabenschwarz. Aber er bestätigt einmal mehr, dass die Burkaverbots-Partei SVP ihr ganzes Gerede über Frauenrechte natürlich nicht ernst meint. Und nie gemeint hat.
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oh, es ist ziemlich schwarz in Afghanistan. Für Frauen sogar absolut rabenschwarz. Aber er bestätigt einmal mehr, dass die Burkaverbots-Partei SVP ihr ganzes Gerede über Frauenrechte natürlich nicht ernst meint. Und nie gemeint hat.
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NEW: Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather. ⬇️🧵
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
NEW: Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather. ⬇️🧵
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From my home to yours.
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
From my home to yours.
These Leute haben null Scham.
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
These Leute haben null Scham.
Eine indigene Amerikanerin wird von Ausschaffungsbanditen verhaftet. Welch bittere Ironie. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Eine indigene Amerikanerin wird von Ausschaffungsbanditen verhaftet. Welch bittere Ironie. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Zumindest für einen Laien wie mich tönt das Strafgesetzbuch ziemlich klar bei Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger. Und ich sehe keine Trump-Ausnahmeklausel.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Zumindest für einen Laien wie mich tönt das Strafgesetzbuch ziemlich klar bei Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger. Und ich sehe keine Trump-Ausnahmeklausel.
www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/54/75...
www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/54/75...
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Dabei hat Trump doch vor Monaten einen ausgebufften Profi angestellt, um Terroranschläge zu verhindern..
The Trump Administration has nominated 22-year-old Thomas Fugate to head a DSH anti-terrorism task force. Fugate has no experience in this field. He is also a former Trump campaign worker who interned at the hard-right Heritage Foundation.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Dabei hat Trump doch vor Monaten einen ausgebufften Profi angestellt, um Terroranschläge zu verhindern..
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dabei hat Trump doch vor Monaten einen ausgebufften Profi angestellt, um Terroranschläge zu verhindern..
The Trump Administration has nominated 22-year-old Thomas Fugate to head a DSH anti-terrorism task force. Fugate has no experience in this field. He is also a former Trump campaign worker who interned at the hard-right Heritage Foundation.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Dabei hat Trump doch vor Monaten einen ausgebufften Profi angestellt, um Terroranschläge zu verhindern..
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Schau an. Es hat eine Weile gedauert, aber inzwischen verklärt Köppel auch die Taliban ("es ist hier nicht alles schwarz-weiss"). Sollte man sich merken für gewisse aktuelle innenpolitische Debatten, über Kopftücher und so... weltwoche.ch/daily/koeppe...
Köppel in Afghanistans Bergen: Das legendäre Pandschir-Tal, die Einschätzungen eines noblen Schweiz-Afghanen und die Taliban-Botschaft an den Westen
Erleben Sie die Faszination des Pandschir-Tals und die Einblicke eines noblen Schweiz-Afghanen in der aktuellen politischen Landschaft Afghanistans.
weltwoche.ch
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Schau an. Es hat eine Weile gedauert, aber inzwischen verklärt Köppel auch die Taliban ("es ist hier nicht alles schwarz-weiss"). Sollte man sich merken für gewisse aktuelle innenpolitische Debatten, über Kopftücher und so... weltwoche.ch/daily/koeppe...
Nicolas Guillou und die anderen Richter in Den Haag, welche die Strafbefehle gegen Netanjahu unterschrieben haben, werden nun digital wie Terroristen behandelt. Und Europa kann oder will nichts dagegen tun. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
"Digitale Auslöschung": Wie US-Sanktionen einen europäischen Richter lahmlegen
Nicolas Guillou ist von beinahe allen digitalen Diensten dieser Welt gesperrt – von Amazon bis Paypal. Europa wirkt dagegen völlig machtlos
www.derstandard.at
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Nicolas Guillou und die anderen Richter in Den Haag, welche die Strafbefehle gegen Netanjahu unterschrieben haben, werden nun digital wie Terroristen behandelt. Und Europa kann oder will nichts dagegen tun. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Schau an. Es hat eine Weile gedauert, aber inzwischen verklärt Köppel auch die Taliban ("es ist hier nicht alles schwarz-weiss"). Sollte man sich merken für gewisse aktuelle innenpolitische Debatten, über Kopftücher und so... weltwoche.ch/daily/koeppe...
Köppel in Afghanistans Bergen: Das legendäre Pandschir-Tal, die Einschätzungen eines noblen Schweiz-Afghanen und die Taliban-Botschaft an den Westen
Erleben Sie die Faszination des Pandschir-Tals und die Einblicke eines noblen Schweiz-Afghanen in der aktuellen politischen Landschaft Afghanistans.
weltwoche.ch
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Schau an. Es hat eine Weile gedauert, aber inzwischen verklärt Köppel auch die Taliban ("es ist hier nicht alles schwarz-weiss"). Sollte man sich merken für gewisse aktuelle innenpolitische Debatten, über Kopftücher und so... weltwoche.ch/daily/koeppe...
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Die Mutter von Karoline Leavitts Neffe (und nein, sie ist nicht ihre Schwägerin) wurde von ICE gekidnappt. Die offiziellen Statements machen sehr klar, dass Leavitt mit der Frau nichts zu tun haben will. Was eine gewisse Vermutung nahelegt... archive.is/9PymN#select...
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Die Mutter von Karoline Leavitts Neffe (und nein, sie ist nicht ihre Schwägerin) wurde von ICE gekidnappt. Die offiziellen Statements machen sehr klar, dass Leavitt mit der Frau nichts zu tun haben will. Was eine gewisse Vermutung nahelegt... archive.is/9PymN#select...
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Diese Story hier macht ziemlich klar, was passiert ist. archive.is/CS0Ka#select...
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Diese Story hier macht ziemlich klar, was passiert ist. archive.is/CS0Ka#select...
Die Mutter von Karoline Leavitts Neffe (und nein, sie ist nicht ihre Schwägerin) wurde von ICE gekidnappt. Die offiziellen Statements machen sehr klar, dass Leavitt mit der Frau nichts zu tun haben will. Was eine gewisse Vermutung nahelegt... archive.is/9PymN#select...
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Die Mutter von Karoline Leavitts Neffe (und nein, sie ist nicht ihre Schwägerin) wurde von ICE gekidnappt. Die offiziellen Statements machen sehr klar, dass Leavitt mit der Frau nichts zu tun haben will. Was eine gewisse Vermutung nahelegt... archive.is/9PymN#select...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1