Joris Egger
@jorisegger.ch
Sozialdemokrat 🌹 @spschweiz.ch • Europäer • Landschaftsarchitekt
Kandidat für den Grossen Rat des Kantons Bern 🗳️ 29.03.2026 • Oberaargau
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Kandidat für den Grossen Rat des Kantons Bern 🗳️ 29.03.2026 • Oberaargau
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er/ihm • Du • 💬 (🇨🇭)deutsch • Nederlands • English
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it.
My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it | Robert Reich
A chance encounter reminded me: there are two ways to look at what’s happened in Minneapolis
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it.
My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
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"Faschismus herrscht, wenn organisierte Schlägerbanden Menschen auf den Strassen an Leib und Leben bedrohen. Dafür gibt es bisher weder in Westeuropa noch in den USA Anzeichen." Aus der Reihe: Eher schlecht gealtert. @andreastobler.bsky.social am 17.2.2025 im @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social.
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
"Faschismus herrscht, wenn organisierte Schlägerbanden Menschen auf den Strassen an Leib und Leben bedrohen. Dafür gibt es bisher weder in Westeuropa noch in den USA Anzeichen." Aus der Reihe: Eher schlecht gealtert. @andreastobler.bsky.social am 17.2.2025 im @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social.
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Dieses "Ja, aber Alex Pretti hat vor zwei Wochen auch Beamten beleidigt" ist brandgefährlich. Warum sollte das dann einen Mord durch Staatsbeamte besser machen? Was ist das für ein Verständnis von Polizeiarbeit? Das ist false balance. Man sollte dieses Spiel der Trumpisten nicht mitspielen.
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Dieses "Ja, aber Alex Pretti hat vor zwei Wochen auch Beamten beleidigt" ist brandgefährlich. Warum sollte das dann einen Mord durch Staatsbeamte besser machen? Was ist das für ein Verständnis von Polizeiarbeit? Das ist false balance. Man sollte dieses Spiel der Trumpisten nicht mitspielen.
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Nachdem die IDF zwei Jahre lang behauptet hat, die Opferzahlen aus #Gaza seien reine Propaganda gibt sie jetzt zu, dass sie stimmen.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Nachdem die IDF zwei Jahre lang behauptet hat, die Opferzahlen aus #Gaza seien reine Propaganda gibt sie jetzt zu, dass sie stimmen.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Rebecca Hendin on policing protest in the US and Iran – cartoon
Rebecca Hendin on policing protest in the US and Iran – cartoon
Despite their political differences, both countries have recently seen protesters killed by government forces
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Rebecca Hendin on policing protest in the US and Iran – cartoon
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Mit einer Mehrwertsteuererhöhung will der Bundesrat der Armee jährlich zusätzlich knapp drei Milliarden zuführen. Die SP Schweiz ist sehr skeptisch: Zusätzliche Armee-Milliarden sind nicht verantwortbar, wenn das Geld am falschen Ort investiert und teure Fehlentscheide (F-35) nicht gestoppt werden.
MWST-Erhöhung für Armee: Zuerst braucht es einen sinnvollen Investitionsplan und Stopp der F-35-Beschaffung - SP Schweiz
Mit einer Mehrwertsteuererhöhung um 0,8 Prozentpunkte während zehn Jahren will der Bundesrat der Armee jährlich zusätzlich knapp drei Milliarden Franken zuf ...
www.sp-ps.ch
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Mit einer Mehrwertsteuererhöhung will der Bundesrat der Armee jährlich zusätzlich knapp drei Milliarden zuführen. Die SP Schweiz ist sehr skeptisch: Zusätzliche Armee-Milliarden sind nicht verantwortbar, wenn das Geld am falschen Ort investiert und teure Fehlentscheide (F-35) nicht gestoppt werden.
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Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
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Interesting moment in the post-Trump succession struggle. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Interesting moment in the post-Trump succession struggle. 1/
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. You no longer have to ask yourself what you would do if you were in Nazi Germany. You just have to ask if you’re doing enough in Trump’s America now while there’s still time.
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. You no longer have to ask yourself what you would do if you were in Nazi Germany. You just have to ask if you’re doing enough in Trump’s America now while there’s still time.
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Your reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Your reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this | Marina Hyde
Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this | Marina Hyde
Truly, I am the country’s biggest fan. But in the spirit of free speech its leaders apparently love, here’s a few things the rest of the world needs them to know, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this | Marina Hyde
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Die RK-S tritt auf die Vorlage zur geordneten Schuldenbereinigung ein. Nach dem Ja des NR muss nun auch der SR rasch und ohne Verwässerung nachziehen: Überschuldete Privatpersonen brauchen eine echte zweite Chance. Das stärkt Familien, entlastet die Sozialhilfe und ist volkswirtschaftlich sinnvoll.
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Die RK-S tritt auf die Vorlage zur geordneten Schuldenbereinigung ein. Nach dem Ja des NR muss nun auch der SR rasch und ohne Verwässerung nachziehen: Überschuldete Privatpersonen brauchen eine echte zweite Chance. Das stärkt Familien, entlastet die Sozialhilfe und ist volkswirtschaftlich sinnvoll.
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If it is fascism now it was fascism then but if you were wrong no need to pause to make a special effort to admit your error -- we don't have that much time now, please act right away, get organized, and then tell your followers what you are doing to stop fascism and what they too can do.
January 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
If it is fascism now it was fascism then but if you were wrong no need to pause to make a special effort to admit your error -- we don't have that much time now, please act right away, get organized, and then tell your followers what you are doing to stop fascism and what they too can do.
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We need everyone we can get in this fight against a fascist takeover.
If your first instinct to someone being politically mobilized by all this is to give them a sneering "well, what took you so long?" you don't actually care about our winning this; you just want to be able to say you were right.
If your first instinct to someone being politically mobilized by all this is to give them a sneering "well, what took you so long?" you don't actually care about our winning this; you just want to be able to say you were right.
January 26, 2026 at 5:15 PM
We need everyone we can get in this fight against a fascist takeover.
If your first instinct to someone being politically mobilized by all this is to give them a sneering "well, what took you so long?" you don't actually care about our winning this; you just want to be able to say you were right.
If your first instinct to someone being politically mobilized by all this is to give them a sneering "well, what took you so long?" you don't actually care about our winning this; you just want to be able to say you were right.
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"Like the demolition of civic decency, the valorization of violence is not incidental to fascism; it is part and parcel."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:53 AM
"Like the demolition of civic decency, the valorization of violence is not incidental to fascism; it is part and parcel."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight | Moira Donegan
If they’re trying to eliminate witnesses, they cannot eliminate us all
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Das globale anonyme Kapital übernimmt unfreundlich unsere Immobilien, die Chinesen unsere Schlüsselindustrien, die USA unsere Daten. Wir müssen diese unfriendly takeovers stoppen. #digitalesouveränität #investitionsschutz #lexkoller www.republik.ch/2026/01/26/d...
Die USA lobbyieren gegen die digitale Souveränität der Schweiz
Auf allen Kanälen machen Big-Tech-Konzerne und ihre Interessenvertreter mobil.
www.republik.ch
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Das globale anonyme Kapital übernimmt unfreundlich unsere Immobilien, die Chinesen unsere Schlüsselindustrien, die USA unsere Daten. Wir müssen diese unfriendly takeovers stoppen. #digitalesouveränität #investitionsschutz #lexkoller www.republik.ch/2026/01/26/d...
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Jene, die gegen das Regime im Iran protestieren, die gegen den Verrat an den Kurden protestieren, die gegen den Krieg im Sudan protestieren, die gegen den Genozid in Gaza protestieren, die gegen den Terror von Trumps Paramilitärs protestieren, ja, das sind die gleichen. Nennt man Links sein.
January 25, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Jene, die gegen das Regime im Iran protestieren, die gegen den Verrat an den Kurden protestieren, die gegen den Krieg im Sudan protestieren, die gegen den Genozid in Gaza protestieren, die gegen den Terror von Trumps Paramilitärs protestieren, ja, das sind die gleichen. Nennt man Links sein.
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Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
January 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
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“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
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A French parliamentarian I know emailed to ask what if anything they can do to help. My first thought was a campaign to boycott the World Cup, but am curious if people have other ideas.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
A French parliamentarian I know emailed to ask what if anything they can do to help. My first thought was a campaign to boycott the World Cup, but am curious if people have other ideas.
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The Pretti family’s heartbreaking request to all of us: get the truth out about our son.
Alex was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA whose last act was to protect the woman next to him. We will not let this Administration spread lies.
Alex was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA whose last act was to protect the woman next to him. We will not let this Administration spread lies.
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The Pretti family’s heartbreaking request to all of us: get the truth out about our son.
Alex was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA whose last act was to protect the woman next to him. We will not let this Administration spread lies.
Alex was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA whose last act was to protect the woman next to him. We will not let this Administration spread lies.
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Grosse Heuchelei auf den Frontseiten der Samstags- und Sonntagsblätter von Ringier, NZZ, CH Media und Tamedia. Plötzlich wollen alle hart sein gegen Trump. Wer hat den jahrelang das Spiel mitgespielt, die wahre Bedrohung für Demokratie und Freiheit seien “Woke” und Linke? Wo bleibt Selbstkritik?
January 25, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Grosse Heuchelei auf den Frontseiten der Samstags- und Sonntagsblätter von Ringier, NZZ, CH Media und Tamedia. Plötzlich wollen alle hart sein gegen Trump. Wer hat den jahrelang das Spiel mitgespielt, die wahre Bedrohung für Demokratie und Freiheit seien “Woke” und Linke? Wo bleibt Selbstkritik?