Niall Stanage
@niallstanage.bsky.social
White House Columnist at The Hill, TV with “Rising,” NewsNation and elsewhere, product of Ireland.
The BBC messed up but Trump’s defamation threat is one more example of him trying to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.
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‘He did incite the insurrection’: Trump is trying to ‘rewrite’ history | Niall Stanage
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November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The BBC messed up but Trump’s defamation threat is one more example of him trying to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.
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Come for the debates on the pressing political issues of the day, stay for the debates about whether I bear some passing resemblance to…Billy Bob Thornton??
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Come for the debates on the pressing political issues of the day, stay for the debates about whether I bear some passing resemblance to…Billy Bob Thornton??
This is complete fiction — apparently originating with a satirical website — but shared as fact by the President of the United States.
Obama does not receive any “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act.
Obama does not receive any “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act.
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is complete fiction — apparently originating with a satirical website — but shared as fact by the President of the United States.
Obama does not receive any “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act.
Obama does not receive any “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act.
It probably says something ominous about the state of U.S. politics when I’m getting a write-up in my hometown newspaper.
But here we are.
Very fair and extensive interview by Gillian Halliday in today’s Belfast Telegraph. Link to full story below.
But here we are.
Very fair and extensive interview by Gillian Halliday in today’s Belfast Telegraph. Link to full story below.
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It probably says something ominous about the state of U.S. politics when I’m getting a write-up in my hometown newspaper.
But here we are.
Very fair and extensive interview by Gillian Halliday in today’s Belfast Telegraph. Link to full story below.
But here we are.
Very fair and extensive interview by Gillian Halliday in today’s Belfast Telegraph. Link to full story below.
Given Trump’s obsession with image and the appearance of dominance, he won’t like how this went.
The body language here is very much Trump-as-supplicant.
The body language here is very much Trump-as-supplicant.
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Given Trump’s obsession with image and the appearance of dominance, he won’t like how this went.
The body language here is very much Trump-as-supplicant.
The body language here is very much Trump-as-supplicant.
If I was in Mamdani’s shoes, I’d be nervous about the amount of social media comment from supporters assuming the election’s as good as won.
He’s clearly the favorite and, yes, some of the attacks are ridiculous, rancid or both.
But there’s still a week to go.
He’s clearly the favorite and, yes, some of the attacks are ridiculous, rancid or both.
But there’s still a week to go.
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
If I was in Mamdani’s shoes, I’d be nervous about the amount of social media comment from supporters assuming the election’s as good as won.
He’s clearly the favorite and, yes, some of the attacks are ridiculous, rancid or both.
But there’s still a week to go.
He’s clearly the favorite and, yes, some of the attacks are ridiculous, rancid or both.
But there’s still a week to go.
Zohran Mamdani leads the NYC polls, so Cuomo allies (like Bill Ackman) are pushing Curtis Sliwa to drop out.
I don't see why Sliwa — the nominee of a major party, unlike Cuomo — should do that.
I don't see why Sliwa — the nominee of a major party, unlike Cuomo — should do that.
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Zohran Mamdani leads the NYC polls, so Cuomo allies (like Bill Ackman) are pushing Curtis Sliwa to drop out.
I don't see why Sliwa — the nominee of a major party, unlike Cuomo — should do that.
I don't see why Sliwa — the nominee of a major party, unlike Cuomo — should do that.
Trump and a third term?
I don't *think* something so obviously unconstitutional could happen. But I also don't assume he or Bannon are joking.
I don't *think* something so obviously unconstitutional could happen. But I also don't assume he or Bannon are joking.
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump and a third term?
I don't *think* something so obviously unconstitutional could happen. But I also don't assume he or Bannon are joking.
I don't *think* something so obviously unconstitutional could happen. But I also don't assume he or Bannon are joking.
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No Kings, MAGA getting mad, and the criminalization of dissent.
Part of my monologue today on Rising.
Part of my monologue today on Rising.
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
No Kings, MAGA getting mad, and the criminalization of dissent.
Part of my monologue today on Rising.
Part of my monologue today on Rising.
Connecting the dots here is not hard.
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Connecting the dots here is not hard.
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social: “ls she [Marjorie Taylor Greene] someone that you could see yourself working with?”
@aoc.bsky.social : “Uhh…on what?” [Laughter] “Listen, I think people can talk a good game. But until they actually support policy that helps people, I’m not particularly interested.”
@aoc.bsky.social : “Uhh…on what?” [Laughter] “Listen, I think people can talk a good game. But until they actually support policy that helps people, I’m not particularly interested.”
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social: “ls she [Marjorie Taylor Greene] someone that you could see yourself working with?”
@aoc.bsky.social : “Uhh…on what?” [Laughter] “Listen, I think people can talk a good game. But until they actually support policy that helps people, I’m not particularly interested.”
@aoc.bsky.social : “Uhh…on what?” [Laughter] “Listen, I think people can talk a good game. But until they actually support policy that helps people, I’m not particularly interested.”
I got flattered back from The Other Place.
Hi (again).
Hi (again).
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I got flattered back from The Other Place.
Hi (again).
Hi (again).
Trump, Harvard, research funding and college blacklists…
Another robust but very enjoyable debate with Leland Vittert on @
NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
(Full clip below.)
Another robust but very enjoyable debate with Leland Vittert on @
NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
(Full clip below.)
May 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump, Harvard, research funding and college blacklists…
Another robust but very enjoyable debate with Leland Vittert on @
NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
(Full clip below.)
Another robust but very enjoyable debate with Leland Vittert on @
NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
(Full clip below.)
If Harvard’s not going to fight Trump, who is?
May 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If Harvard’s not going to fight Trump, who is?
“We’re going to have law and order.”
May 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“We’re going to have law and order.”
I’m on Amtrak coming back to DC from NYC.
Train conductor announces, twice, “This is Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware” as we pull in.
Train conductor announces, twice, “This is Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware” as we pull in.
May 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’m on Amtrak coming back to DC from NYC.
Train conductor announces, twice, “This is Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware” as we pull in.
Train conductor announces, twice, “This is Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware” as we pull in.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is the latest in a line of right-wing figures who want Derek Chauvin to be pardoned.
Chauvin murdered George Floyd five years ago this month.
My thoughts, in this brief clip from today’s “Rising.”
Chauvin murdered George Floyd five years ago this month.
My thoughts, in this brief clip from today’s “Rising.”
May 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is the latest in a line of right-wing figures who want Derek Chauvin to be pardoned.
Chauvin murdered George Floyd five years ago this month.
My thoughts, in this brief clip from today’s “Rising.”
Chauvin murdered George Floyd five years ago this month.
My thoughts, in this brief clip from today’s “Rising.”
Afrikaners, aka White South Africans, outrageously accorded a warm welcome as “refugees” by Trump …who has suspended refugee resettlement for everyone else.
May 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Afrikaners, aka White South Africans, outrageously accorded a warm welcome as “refugees” by Trump …who has suspended refugee resettlement for everyone else.
Corruption on its face.
Trump and the $400 million “gift” of a luxury jet from Qatar.
Trump and the $400 million “gift” of a luxury jet from Qatar.
May 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Corruption on its face.
Trump and the $400 million “gift” of a luxury jet from Qatar.
Trump and the $400 million “gift” of a luxury jet from Qatar.
Falls Road, Belfast.
May 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Falls Road, Belfast.
The craven tone of this cabinet meeting would embarrass a Putin or Orban.
April 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The craven tone of this cabinet meeting would embarrass a Putin or Orban.
Terry Moran handles this very well indeed.
This exchange is so very telling.
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
April 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Terry Moran handles this very well indeed.