Sar mc Donnell
@sarmcdonnell.bsky.social
Irish, living in France, geopolitics geek, and curious to know more.
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The murder of Alex Pretti is now seen in at least 5 videos. The incident unfolded over less than a minute. One agent instigated. One shot. Pretti held only a camera. He had a gun is his waistband, but never touched. it. The shooter saw him get disarmed, then shot him in the back, point blank. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The murder of Alex Pretti is now seen in at least 5 videos. The incident unfolded over less than a minute. One agent instigated. One shot. Pretti held only a camera. He had a gun is his waistband, but never touched. it. The shooter saw him get disarmed, then shot him in the back, point blank. 1/
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I live in Belfast, Northern Ireland and what I am seeing unfolding from Minneapolis is the state sanctioned murder of civilians.
January 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I live in Belfast, Northern Ireland and what I am seeing unfolding from Minneapolis is the state sanctioned murder of civilians.
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By Lying about Alex Pretti's Murder, Kristi Noem Makes Herself a Co-Conspirator In It
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/25/b...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/25/b...
By Lying about Alex Pretti's Murder, Kristi Noem Makes Herself a Co-Conspirator In It - emptywheel
By lying about how her goons came to murder Alex Pretti, Kristi Noem makes it clear she's part of a conspiracy in his killing.
www.emptywheel.net
January 25, 2026 at 12:45 PM
By Lying about Alex Pretti's Murder, Kristi Noem Makes Herself a Co-Conspirator In It
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/25/b...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/25/b...
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Les dirigeants américains mentent et savent qu'ils mentent. Leur but n'est pas de faire passer leur victime pour un terroriste aux yeux du public mais de faire passer un message : nous abattons qui nous voulons, et celui que nous aurons abattu sera désigné après coup comme un terroriste.
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Les dirigeants américains mentent et savent qu'ils mentent. Leur but n'est pas de faire passer leur victime pour un terroriste aux yeux du public mais de faire passer un message : nous abattons qui nous voulons, et celui que nous aurons abattu sera désigné après coup comme un terroriste.
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It is possible to honour the efforts of brave Americans doing their best to defend democracy while at the same time having a realistic appreciation of what the drift to instability and authoritarianism in America that necessitates these efforts means for the American state's global reliability
Those who never trusted the US are saying we should never trust the US again...
January 25, 2026 at 9:09 AM
It is possible to honour the efforts of brave Americans doing their best to defend democracy while at the same time having a realistic appreciation of what the drift to instability and authoritarianism in America that necessitates these efforts means for the American state's global reliability
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
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“Greenland is to Trump as Ukraine is to Putin”
“The crisis is not impending, it is here”
Fiona Hill at our event this evening
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/trump-...
“The crisis is not impending, it is here”
Fiona Hill at our event this evening
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/trump-...
What does Trump mean for relations between the UK and Europe, and the rest of the world? | Institute for Government
Sir Simon Fraser, Fiona Hill and Anand Menon join us to discuss the impact of Trump's presidency on the UK and Europe
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“Greenland is to Trump as Ukraine is to Putin”
“The crisis is not impending, it is here”
Fiona Hill at our event this evening
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/trump-...
“The crisis is not impending, it is here”
Fiona Hill at our event this evening
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/trump-...
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Key point from Fiona Hill at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk event this evening about the Trump presidency, both domestic and foreign: “This is not a normal time and we should not rationalise and analyse this into normalcy”
January 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Key point from Fiona Hill at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk event this evening about the Trump presidency, both domestic and foreign: “This is not a normal time and we should not rationalise and analyse this into normalcy”
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David Sanger includes part of Trump's quote (not the part where Trump says this is his own PERSONAL psychological need) in this 1500-word piece abt Trump not taking easy exit ramp.
Probably could have saved 700 words if he had previously observed he's batshit insane
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Probably could have saved 700 words if he had previously observed he's batshit insane
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Trump Has an Offramp on Greenland. He Doesn’t Seem to Want It.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:36 PM
David Sanger includes part of Trump's quote (not the part where Trump says this is his own PERSONAL psychological need) in this 1500-word piece abt Trump not taking easy exit ramp.
Probably could have saved 700 words if he had previously observed he's batshit insane
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Probably could have saved 700 words if he had previously observed he's batshit insane
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
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As everyone is talking about how insane Trump Greenland attack is, reupping this post about how badly NYT sanewashed Trump's comments on Greenland.
He as much as told them he had to "possess" it bc he's a malignant narcissist worried about protecting his manhood.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
He as much as told them he had to "possess" it bc he's a malignant narcissist worried about protecting his manhood.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
Annals of Sanewashing: NYT Labels Trump's Confession of Psychological Unfitness as Leadership - emptywheel
The NYT committed literal sanewashing in the latest of its series of stories bragging that four journalists got to watch Trump ramble for two hours: It described Trump's pathological need to possess t...
www.emptywheel.net
January 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
As everyone is talking about how insane Trump Greenland attack is, reupping this post about how badly NYT sanewashed Trump's comments on Greenland.
He as much as told them he had to "possess" it bc he's a malignant narcissist worried about protecting his manhood.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
He as much as told them he had to "possess" it bc he's a malignant narcissist worried about protecting his manhood.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
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Sorry. Has someone said this?
1) Trump can’t impose tariff unilaterally
2) Trump has no $$ to buy Greenland
3) Trump has no authority to leave NATO
1) Trump can’t impose tariff unilaterally
2) Trump has no $$ to buy Greenland
3) Trump has no authority to leave NATO
January 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Sorry. Has someone said this?
1) Trump can’t impose tariff unilaterally
2) Trump has no $$ to buy Greenland
3) Trump has no authority to leave NATO
1) Trump can’t impose tariff unilaterally
2) Trump has no $$ to buy Greenland
3) Trump has no authority to leave NATO
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🙏 Kharkiv region under massive attacks on energy
Russia is purposefully attacking the energy infrastructure of Kharkiv and the region throughout the day, reports OVA.
Russia is purposefully attacking the energy infrastructure of Kharkiv and the region throughout the day, reports OVA.
January 17, 2026 at 8:42 PM
🙏 Kharkiv region under massive attacks on energy
Russia is purposefully attacking the energy infrastructure of Kharkiv and the region throughout the day, reports OVA.
Russia is purposefully attacking the energy infrastructure of Kharkiv and the region throughout the day, reports OVA.
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Pretty much sums up US discourse about European efforts to build self-reliance since 1957
MAGA: Europe needs to step up.
Europe: [steps up]
MAGA: Not like that!
Europe: [steps up]
MAGA: Not like that!
a black and white drawing of a man sitting down with his fist in his hand .
ALT: a black and white drawing of a man sitting down with his fist in his hand .
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Pretty much sums up US discourse about European efforts to build self-reliance since 1957
America doesn’t work if they don’t have perceived saviors. There’s something lacking altogether in that particular American dream.
Wishing for an American military coup is even more insane than anything Trump is doing.
What's it going to take for there to be a military coup?
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
America doesn’t work if they don’t have perceived saviors. There’s something lacking altogether in that particular American dream.
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
A serious warning for what lies ahead.
trump’s insane circus will very probably be followed up by far worse and unfortunately these more capable of real implementation.
trump’s insane circus will very probably be followed up by far worse and unfortunately these more capable of real implementation.
For a while I thought it was best to ignore DARC because attention is what these delusional supremacist grifters want, but after all that's happened in the last few months it's crucial for European policymakers to realise that what follows Trump in DC could be even worse
bsky.app/profile/aphc...
bsky.app/profile/aphc...
These may be just a bunch of well-connected bullshit artists but since they have some kind of link to FAI you might want to check their pieces on Canada and Brazil to get a sense of the average DHS social media manager POV when it comes to America's Hemisphere Strategy
defenseanalyses.org
defenseanalyses.org
January 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A serious warning for what lies ahead.
trump’s insane circus will very probably be followed up by far worse and unfortunately these more capable of real implementation.
trump’s insane circus will very probably be followed up by far worse and unfortunately these more capable of real implementation.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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This is because the whole world is pandering to the bloviating ego of the orange man baby - a treasonous senile narcissistic shit weasel who told the NYT that the only restraints on his power are his “own mind” and his “own morality”
Since he has neither mind nor morality we are all in deep 💩
Since he has neither mind nor morality we are all in deep 💩
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 10:34 AM
This is because the whole world is pandering to the bloviating ego of the orange man baby - a treasonous senile narcissistic shit weasel who told the NYT that the only restraints on his power are his “own mind” and his “own morality”
Since he has neither mind nor morality we are all in deep 💩
Since he has neither mind nor morality we are all in deep 💩
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2/ “[T]he New Right has doubled down on its authoritarian tendencies by reviving the cultural teachings of Carl Schmitt, one of Nazi Germany's chief legal minds…”
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
2/ “[T]he New Right has doubled down on its authoritarian tendencies by reviving the cultural teachings of Carl Schmitt, one of Nazi Germany's chief legal minds…”
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“The American New Right Looks Like the European Old Right” 9/26/25 … 1/ reason.com/2025/09/26/t...
The American New Right looks like the European old right
When conservatives reject constitutional limits on executive power and foment civil conflict, what exactly are they conserving?
reason.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“The American New Right Looks Like the European Old Right” 9/26/25 … 1/ reason.com/2025/09/26/t...
What is trump? 👇👇
This descriptive quote from @acitrano.bsky.social says it all.
"It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if we took everything that was bad about America, scraped it up off the floor, wrapped it all up in an old hot dog skin, and then taught it to make noises with its face."
"It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if we took everything that was bad about America, scraped it up off the floor, wrapped it all up in an old hot dog skin, and then taught it to make noises with its face."
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What is trump? 👇👇
The insane nazi guy who is pushing for violence all over the place, has obviously practiced this line all weekend. Wannabe mini Gobbels is apparently delighted with his delivery
October 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The insane nazi guy who is pushing for violence all over the place, has obviously practiced this line all weekend. Wannabe mini Gobbels is apparently delighted with his delivery
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That Stephen Miller believes that some form of civil conflict would "cleanse" American society was visible for anyone willing to look long before Trump's victory in November 2024
October 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
That Stephen Miller believes that some form of civil conflict would "cleanse" American society was visible for anyone willing to look long before Trump's victory in November 2024
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An administrative detail many are missing with the Trump administration is how Stephen Miller has taken the institutional backwater that was the Homeland Security Council and seems to be trying to turn it into the central node of National Security policy to sideline Rubio's NSC
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
An administrative detail many are missing with the Trump administration is how Stephen Miller has taken the institutional backwater that was the Homeland Security Council and seems to be trying to turn it into the central node of National Security policy to sideline Rubio's NSC