David Flood
@maoltuile.bsky.social
Historical researcher into Dublin Corporation and the Irish revolutionary generation 1898-1923. See ‘Dublin City Council and the 1916 Rising’ (Four Courts Press, 2016)
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David Flood
@maoltuile.bsky.social
· Apr 27
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
‘If we are to meet our critical moment in history, we need to reckon with the reality that we are not up against adversaries we have seen before. We are up against end times fascism.’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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A federal judge had some choice words for Kristi Noem.
In a brutal 83-page takedown, Judge Ana C. Reyes specifically laid into a December X post from the Homeland Security secretary that claimed foreign “killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies” are ruining the vision of the founding fathers.
In a brutal 83-page takedown, Judge Ana C. Reyes specifically laid into a December X post from the Homeland Security secretary that claimed foreign “killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies” are ruining the vision of the founding fathers.
Federal judge calls out the racism of Trump admin's plan to end TPS for Haitians
The temporary stay specifically tore into a social media post from Kristi Noem.
www.motherjones.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 AM
A federal judge had some choice words for Kristi Noem.
In a brutal 83-page takedown, Judge Ana C. Reyes specifically laid into a December X post from the Homeland Security secretary that claimed foreign “killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies” are ruining the vision of the founding fathers.
In a brutal 83-page takedown, Judge Ana C. Reyes specifically laid into a December X post from the Homeland Security secretary that claimed foreign “killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies” are ruining the vision of the founding fathers.
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Belgium now joins other states such as Colombia, Turkey, Malaysia, Spain, Slovenia, & Scotland in shattering the taboo of imposing meaningful and lawful sanctions against Israel.
States must meet their legal obligations under int'l law, including the Genocide Convention & the Apartheid Convention.
States must meet their legal obligations under int'l law, including the Genocide Convention & the Apartheid Convention.
February 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Belgium now joins other states such as Colombia, Turkey, Malaysia, Spain, Slovenia, & Scotland in shattering the taboo of imposing meaningful and lawful sanctions against Israel.
States must meet their legal obligations under int'l law, including the Genocide Convention & the Apartheid Convention.
States must meet their legal obligations under int'l law, including the Genocide Convention & the Apartheid Convention.
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It's not just that helmets and hi-vis won't by themselves make e-bike and e-scooter users safer: bumping this up to the top of the priority list also sucks up bandwidth from more important transport priorities like red light cameras, BusConnects rollout, demand management, etc
The Government plans to introduce regulations making it mandatory for users of e-bikes and e-scooters to wear helmets and high-visibility clothing.
jrnl.ie/6945841t
jrnl.ie/6945841t
Helmets and hi-vises to be made mandatory for e-bikes and e-scooter users
Cabinet will sign off on plans to explicitly ban the use of scramblers on roads this morning.
jrnl.ie
February 4, 2026 at 7:47 AM
It's not just that helmets and hi-vis won't by themselves make e-bike and e-scooter users safer: bumping this up to the top of the priority list also sucks up bandwidth from more important transport priorities like red light cameras, BusConnects rollout, demand management, etc
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"A sinister menace creeps through the streets of Spain & New York, with communities left vulnerable to collapse as this dangerous political ideology takes hold."
"Oh no! Is it Socialism? Communism?"
"No, I'm of course talking about the politics of doing popular stuff that helps people"
"Oh no! Is it Socialism? Communism?"
"No, I'm of course talking about the politics of doing popular stuff that helps people"
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
"A sinister menace creeps through the streets of Spain & New York, with communities left vulnerable to collapse as this dangerous political ideology takes hold."
"Oh no! Is it Socialism? Communism?"
"No, I'm of course talking about the politics of doing popular stuff that helps people"
"Oh no! Is it Socialism? Communism?"
"No, I'm of course talking about the politics of doing popular stuff that helps people"
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SEN. @hickenlooper.senate.gov : “Death cards left behind by ICE agents — cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars… Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty."
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
SEN. @hickenlooper.senate.gov : “Death cards left behind by ICE agents — cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars… Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty."
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
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Rep. @aoc.bsky.social to @donlemonofficial.bsky.social : “They know they can’t go after every journalist… They want to make an example out of one person to get people to self-censor. I just want to say how important it is the example you’re setting by not backing down.”
February 3, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social to @donlemonofficial.bsky.social : “They know they can’t go after every journalist… They want to make an example out of one person to get people to self-censor. I just want to say how important it is the example you’re setting by not backing down.”
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This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
February 4, 2026 at 5:31 AM
This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
(They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)
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🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
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The Government has today released a disappointing Forever Chemical Action Plan which will leave people and nature exposed to forever chemicals
The action plan does not address PFAS emissions at source but instead leans heavily on more monitoring and guidance.
The action plan does not address PFAS emissions at source but instead leans heavily on more monitoring and guidance.
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
The Government has today released a disappointing Forever Chemical Action Plan which will leave people and nature exposed to forever chemicals
The action plan does not address PFAS emissions at source but instead leans heavily on more monitoring and guidance.
The action plan does not address PFAS emissions at source but instead leans heavily on more monitoring and guidance.
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There's something uniquely disgusting about Elon, the man who has done more than any other human alive to immiserate the world's poorest, claiming to want to end poverty
February 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
There's something uniquely disgusting about Elon, the man who has done more than any other human alive to immiserate the world's poorest, claiming to want to end poverty
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Merchants of Doubt in action:
“Acknowledging that the Endangerment Finding was “heavily referenced,” one CWG member wrote on April 19 that “[a]bout all I can hope is that what we write will provide sufficient ‘reasonable scientific doubt’ regarding the science claims” (17846-47).”
“Acknowledging that the Endangerment Finding was “heavily referenced,” one CWG member wrote on April 19 that “[a]bout all I can hope is that what we write will provide sufficient ‘reasonable scientific doubt’ regarding the science claims” (17846-47).”
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Merchants of Doubt in action:
“Acknowledging that the Endangerment Finding was “heavily referenced,” one CWG member wrote on April 19 that “[a]bout all I can hope is that what we write will provide sufficient ‘reasonable scientific doubt’ regarding the science claims” (17846-47).”
“Acknowledging that the Endangerment Finding was “heavily referenced,” one CWG member wrote on April 19 that “[a]bout all I can hope is that what we write will provide sufficient ‘reasonable scientific doubt’ regarding the science claims” (17846-47).”
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Karin Smyth is asked about Mandelson potentially leaking sensitive info to a billionaire paedophile
Smyth says these emails were from 2009 & its a different world now
Starmer gave Mandelson a top job 14 months ago & made the announcement before Mandelson had even been vetted!
Smyth says these emails were from 2009 & its a different world now
Starmer gave Mandelson a top job 14 months ago & made the announcement before Mandelson had even been vetted!
February 3, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Karin Smyth is asked about Mandelson potentially leaking sensitive info to a billionaire paedophile
Smyth says these emails were from 2009 & its a different world now
Starmer gave Mandelson a top job 14 months ago & made the announcement before Mandelson had even been vetted!
Smyth says these emails were from 2009 & its a different world now
Starmer gave Mandelson a top job 14 months ago & made the announcement before Mandelson had even been vetted!
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As many cities get smarter at evidence-based city-building, positioning themselves for greater success in every way we can count, and many ways we can’t, some cities seem obsessed with self-sabotage. Case-in-point: city “leaders” arguing for the removal of safe bike infrastructure. #OwnGoal
February 3, 2026 at 7:34 AM
As many cities get smarter at evidence-based city-building, positioning themselves for greater success in every way we can count, and many ways we can’t, some cities seem obsessed with self-sabotage. Case-in-point: city “leaders” arguing for the removal of safe bike infrastructure. #OwnGoal
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The story isn’t necessarily that Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas election in a district Trump won by 17 points
Or that Rehmet was outspent 20-to-1
Or even that his opponent was backed by Trump and Greg Abbott
It’s that 57% of the voters were REPUBLICANS
And Rehmet STILL WON by 12 points
Or that Rehmet was outspent 20-to-1
Or even that his opponent was backed by Trump and Greg Abbott
It’s that 57% of the voters were REPUBLICANS
And Rehmet STILL WON by 12 points
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The story isn’t necessarily that Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas election in a district Trump won by 17 points
Or that Rehmet was outspent 20-to-1
Or even that his opponent was backed by Trump and Greg Abbott
It’s that 57% of the voters were REPUBLICANS
And Rehmet STILL WON by 12 points
Or that Rehmet was outspent 20-to-1
Or even that his opponent was backed by Trump and Greg Abbott
It’s that 57% of the voters were REPUBLICANS
And Rehmet STILL WON by 12 points
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All the conspiracy theories were kinda right, except they were wrong about who was actually doing all the vile things.
At the center of it, of course, is Trump, but he's not the only one...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
At the center of it, of course, is Trump, but he's not the only one...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
Sarah Ferguson ‘took Beatrice and Eugenie’ to visit Epstein five days after prison release
Former Duchess of York apparently waited less than a week to see paedophile, who was under house arrest
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 6:29 AM
All the conspiracy theories were kinda right, except they were wrong about who was actually doing all the vile things.
At the center of it, of course, is Trump, but he's not the only one...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
At the center of it, of course, is Trump, but he's not the only one...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
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Paul Weiss was one of the first major law firms to bend the knee to Trump.
And, yup, connected to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...
And, yup, connected to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...
Wall St. Lawyer Brad Karp Says He Regrets Epstein Interactions
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Paul Weiss was one of the first major law firms to bend the knee to Trump.
And, yup, connected to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...
And, yup, connected to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...
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“All of a sudden,” Clayton Kelly said, a federal agent “started running toward me, pointing and yelling, ‘That’s him. Get him.’”
He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing.
A man who contradicted the government narrative about a prior shooting found himself pinned to the ground and detained after Alex Pretti’s death.
interc.pt
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
“All of a sudden,” Clayton Kelly said, a federal agent “started running toward me, pointing and yelling, ‘That’s him. Get him.’”
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Excellent by @theintercept.com @ahjohnson.bsky.social
This is the CBS / 60minutes context: Ellison's emissary Bari Weiss is doing exactly what she was chosen to do.
"about consolidating top-down oligarchical control over legacy media brands that will endure"
theintercept.com/2025/12/22/b...
This is the CBS / 60minutes context: Ellison's emissary Bari Weiss is doing exactly what she was chosen to do.
"about consolidating top-down oligarchical control over legacy media brands that will endure"
theintercept.com/2025/12/22/b...
Bari Weiss Is Doing Exactly What She Was Installed at CBS to Do
Cutting one “60 Minutes” segment is a small price to be paid to keep Trump happy and shape the future of American media.
theintercept.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Excellent by @theintercept.com @ahjohnson.bsky.social
This is the CBS / 60minutes context: Ellison's emissary Bari Weiss is doing exactly what she was chosen to do.
"about consolidating top-down oligarchical control over legacy media brands that will endure"
theintercept.com/2025/12/22/b...
This is the CBS / 60minutes context: Ellison's emissary Bari Weiss is doing exactly what she was chosen to do.
"about consolidating top-down oligarchical control over legacy media brands that will endure"
theintercept.com/2025/12/22/b...