John Raftery
@johnraftery.bsky.social
I coach, mentor and advise leaders. VC/ CEO 🇮🇪 in 🇺🇸 “ I cannot be pessimistic, I’m alive.”
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The democrats once again miss the opportunity, continuing to never fail to miss the opportunities delivered to them on a silver platter. Now is the time to stop ICE, and dissolve DHS as we know it. Not to give them 2 weeks to lay low and try not to get caught killing anyone
January 31, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The democrats once again miss the opportunity, continuing to never fail to miss the opportunities delivered to them on a silver platter. Now is the time to stop ICE, and dissolve DHS as we know it. Not to give them 2 weeks to lay low and try not to get caught killing anyone
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Seeing that photo of Obama putting the Medal of Freedom on Tom Homan circulate again. It's fake. Homan did get a civil service award during the Obama administration, but it wasn't the Medal of Freedom, it wasn't a medal (it was a certificate), and Obama didn't present it to him in person.
January 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Seeing that photo of Obama putting the Medal of Freedom on Tom Homan circulate again. It's fake. Homan did get a civil service award during the Obama administration, but it wasn't the Medal of Freedom, it wasn't a medal (it was a certificate), and Obama didn't present it to him in person.
For three years Mark Regev (who will be remembered in infamy) relentlessly pressured media not to use those numbers. Now the Israeli’s accept the Palestinians Ministry ‘ numbers were correct all along.
Let us be clear , The Israeli’s have lied and lied and lied.
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Let us be clear , The Israeli’s have lied and lied and lied.
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:30 PM
For three years Mark Regev (who will be remembered in infamy) relentlessly pressured media not to use those numbers. Now the Israeli’s accept the Palestinians Ministry ‘ numbers were correct all along.
Let us be clear , The Israeli’s have lied and lied and lied.
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Let us be clear , The Israeli’s have lied and lied and lied.
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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Human rights violations in corporate speak is disgusting.
French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help #ICE
“Capgemini leveraged supply chain best practices to help ERO (Enforcement & Removal Operations) become more efficient …”
#spéirghorm
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help #ICE
“Capgemini leveraged supply chain best practices to help ERO (Enforcement & Removal Operations) become more efficient …”
#spéirghorm
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help ICE in US
Revelation that subsidiary of Capgemini is to help trace and expel migrants in US provokes outrage in France
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Human rights violations in corporate speak is disgusting.
French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help #ICE
“Capgemini leveraged supply chain best practices to help ERO (Enforcement & Removal Operations) become more efficient …”
#spéirghorm
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help #ICE
“Capgemini leveraged supply chain best practices to help ERO (Enforcement & Removal Operations) become more efficient …”
#spéirghorm
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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In 2013, Jeffrey Epstein invited Elon Musk to hang out with him and Woody Allen, of all people!, in the Caribbean.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
January 31, 2026 at 12:09 PM
In 2013, Jeffrey Epstein invited Elon Musk to hang out with him and Woody Allen, of all people!, in the Caribbean.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
Israel has carried out some of its deadliest airstrikes on Gaza in months, killing at least 30 Palestinians, some of whom were sheltering in tent cities for displaced people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill at least 30, with death toll expected to rise
Attacks, which killed women and children, come day before border crossing is due to open in Gaza’s southern most city
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Israel has carried out some of its deadliest airstrikes on Gaza in months, killing at least 30 Palestinians, some of whom were sheltering in tent cities for displaced people.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
I spent 4 decades working in universities -in various roles from Research Assistant through to President-
We took a step forward, now we have taken two steps back.
We took a step forward, now we have taken two steps back.
They said "free speech" and "academic freedom" but never believed in either and now in texas you need a permission slip to mention race in class and they're fine with it. Might not have worked if people with large platforms weren't furious about marginal increases of black people in their offices
January 31, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I spent 4 decades working in universities -in various roles from Research Assistant through to President-
We took a step forward, now we have taken two steps back.
We took a step forward, now we have taken two steps back.
Something for us all to enjoy…It’s Friday night and it’s been a long week.
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Cliff Schecter (@cliffsedge)
This has to be one of the funniest and most truthful things I’ve seen all day
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January 31, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Something for us all to enjoy…It’s Friday night and it’s been a long week.
substack.com/@cliffsedge/...
substack.com/@cliffsedge/...
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These Omni ICE trips include the removal of dozens migrants to Ghana, a country they have never been to, and the transfer deportation of legal asylum seekers back to Russia and Iran, via Omni flights to Egypt, Qatar and Kuwait.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 PM
These Omni ICE trips include the removal of dozens migrants to Ghana, a country they have never been to, and the transfer deportation of legal asylum seekers back to Russia and Iran, via Omni flights to Egypt, Qatar and Kuwait.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Holy shit. Trump's secret police just arrested journalist Don Lemon, apparently after he reported on an anti-ICE protest in a church.
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Holy shit. Trump's secret police just arrested journalist Don Lemon, apparently after he reported on an anti-ICE protest in a church.
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Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
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More images of this agent “NS-919,” one of two who shot Pretti and a main instigator of the Pretti incident— from January 21.
NS-919 pushed the woman that started the Pretti violence on January 24.
NS-919 pushed the woman that started the Pretti violence on January 24.
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
More images of this agent “NS-919,” one of two who shot Pretti and a main instigator of the Pretti incident— from January 21.
NS-919 pushed the woman that started the Pretti violence on January 24.
NS-919 pushed the woman that started the Pretti violence on January 24.
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Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?
There is no evidence for the oft repeated claim
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
There is no evidence for the oft repeated claim
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Trump hallucinates about phone calls that never happened with foreign leaders & Cabinet laughs at him instead of invoking 25th amendment removal process.
Trump: "I spoke with Macron. He was not at that time wearing sunglasses. He said, 'No no Donald. I will not do this. You're asking me to double drug prices?' I said, 'If you don't, I'm gonna charge you a 25% tariff on your wines, champagnes, & everything else.' He said, 'Like I said, I will do it.'"
January 29, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Trump hallucinates about phone calls that never happened with foreign leaders & Cabinet laughs at him instead of invoking 25th amendment removal process.
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NEW: The Israeli military today accepted the Gaza Health Ministry's estimate of 70,000+ killed.
But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.
Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.
But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.
Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.
January 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
NEW: The Israeli military today accepted the Gaza Health Ministry's estimate of 70,000+ killed.
But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.
Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.
But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.
Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.
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Those responsible for this—even remotely—do not deserve to be welcome in society and should walk the earth with marks of Cain.
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Those responsible for this—even remotely—do not deserve to be welcome in society and should walk the earth with marks of Cain.
@julieroginsky.bsky.social with good insights here... well worth reading.....
America Is Being Terrorized by a Loser Who Never Got Picked for Dodgeball
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America Is Being Terrorized by a Loser Who Never Got Picked for Dodgeball
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America Is Being Terrorized by a Loser Who Never Got Picked for Dodgeball
Thoughts on Stephen Miller
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January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
@julieroginsky.bsky.social with good insights here... well worth reading.....
America Is Being Terrorized by a Loser Who Never Got Picked for Dodgeball
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
America Is Being Terrorized by a Loser Who Never Got Picked for Dodgeball
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
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Seems like a good video for his trial
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Seems like a good video for his trial
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Wonderful comment
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Wonderful comment
I’m often critical of the NYT, but, to be fair, the people in their video analysis team are the best in the business.
New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a man who didn’t pose a threat.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I’m often critical of the NYT, but, to be fair, the people in their video analysis team are the best in the business.
New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
