Carolyn Gallaher
@cgallaher.bsky.social
DMV 🦀
academic grumpy cat
Research US militias, Christian Right, Northern Ireland, & #DC metro. Write 4 Political Research Associates/Public Eye, Greater Greater Washington, and Streetsense DC.
Love ocean creatures 🐳🦈🐙
academic grumpy cat
Research US militias, Christian Right, Northern Ireland, & #DC metro. Write 4 Political Research Associates/Public Eye, Greater Greater Washington, and Streetsense DC.
Love ocean creatures 🐳🦈🐙
Reposted by Carolyn Gallaher
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
One of the funnier parts of Laura Loomer's bonkers deposition in her lawsuit against Bill Maher is how grumpy Larry Klayman is. Like, it was either his nap time, or he was seriously regretting his life choices.
Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman suspended from legal practice in Florida reut.rs/3JOXYTh
Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman suspended from legal practice in Florida
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the law license of Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman for two years in part over his handling of a sexual harassment lawsuit he filed in Washington, D.C. more than a decade ago.
reut.rs
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
One of the funnier parts of Laura Loomer's bonkers deposition in her lawsuit against Bill Maher is how grumpy Larry Klayman is. Like, it was either his nap time, or he was seriously regretting his life choices.
Ngl, sandwich guy's lawyer has got to be a secret screenplay writer or comedic novelist because in one sentance she's manages to reduce the border patrol agent to a 10 year old carrying his favorite plushie and a lunchbox to school everyday.
Asks, “Would a man genuinely injured, genuinely offended by having a sandwich thrown at him proudly, happily, joyfully” keep a plush sandwich on his shelf and a “Felony Footlong” patch on — yes! — his lunchbox?
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Ngl, sandwich guy's lawyer has got to be a secret screenplay writer or comedic novelist because in one sentance she's manages to reduce the border patrol agent to a 10 year old carrying his favorite plushie and a lunchbox to school everyday.
I feel like Sandwich guy's defense attorney may have majored in creative writing in college, because these 2 sentences are just absolutely beautiful.
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I feel like Sandwich guy's defense attorney may have majored in creative writing in college, because these 2 sentences are just absolutely beautiful.
Looks like that "felony footlong" was a nothing burger.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge - WTOP News
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault.
wtop.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Looks like that "felony footlong" was a nothing burger.
And while they're at it, enforce the General Assembly veto on Youngkin BoT appointments at several Virginia universities!
Hopefully this trifecta can get to work undoing the agreement that UVA signed with the DOJ.
🚨BREAKING NEWS! The Virginia House of Delegates has not only been defended, but expanded — making VA the nation’s newest pro-democracy trifecta!
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
And while they're at it, enforce the General Assembly veto on Youngkin BoT appointments at several Virginia universities!
Thanks for sharing @sisresearch.bsky.social !
🚨New @ausis.bsky.social book alert! In "Building a Green Wall," @cgallaher.bsky.social and @au-spa.bsky.social's Kimberly Cowell-Meyers explore how the Irish-American lobby worked to defend the Good Friday Agreement and shaped US policy toward Brexit. Read more: www.american.edu/sis/research...
Carolyn Gallaher, Building a Green Wall: Irish America’s Resurgence Post-Brexit
Carolyn Gallaher's new co-authored book with SPA Professor Kimberly Cowell-Meyers explores how the Irish-American lobby reemerged post-Brexit to shape the U.S. foreign policy approach.
www.american.edu
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thanks for sharing @sisresearch.bsky.social !
I see Conde Nast is taking the @washingtonpost.com approach here. Fire your top writers ➡️ insult your readers ➡️ lose subscriptions. That's been a disaster for wapo. They've lost more than ~300k subscribers. And new/returning subscribers pay much less than they did before. Bend the knee capitalism
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I see Conde Nast is taking the @washingtonpost.com approach here. Fire your top writers ➡️ insult your readers ➡️ lose subscriptions. That's been a disaster for wapo. They've lost more than ~300k subscribers. And new/returning subscribers pay much less than they did before. Bend the knee capitalism
What's so interesting about this whole Heritage Foundation thing is how surprised some of these guys are to discover there are nazis in the maga coalition. Seriously, what did they think trump meant when he said "there are good people on both sides" after 2017's unite the right rally in C'ville?
Exclusive | Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’
“I’m disgusted by this,” said one Heritage staffer.
nypost.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What's so interesting about this whole Heritage Foundation thing is how surprised some of these guys are to discover there are nazis in the maga coalition. Seriously, what did they think trump meant when he said "there are good people on both sides" after 2017's unite the right rally in C'ville?
"Ack! The leopards eating my face!" corporate edition
"'It’s killing the business,' the manager said. The manager noted that Home Depot is emphasizing “free delivery for contractors so they don’t have to risk themselves”—a sign of how the company has had to adjust."
SCOOP: Immigration Groups Weigh Boycott of Home Depot
As ICE raids target the home-improvement chain, what does the company owe its customers and the immigrants who do work for them?
www.thebulwark.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Ack! The leopards eating my face!" corporate edition
Just a god-fearing mafia judge 🙄
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just a god-fearing mafia judge 🙄
This is awful news. Sign of you can.
This is a deeply shocking attack on a leading political ecology scholar. Please sign in support of Farhana Sultana below
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is awful news. Sign of you can.
Menswear history is so much more interesting than I ever thought possible!
If you live in a major city, you may have noticed more people wearing bandanas around their neck, as the accessory has made a small comeback. Typically made from cotton, the bandana — distinct from the ascot — has a long history in working class aesthetics, as it serves a practical function.
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Menswear history is so much more interesting than I ever thought possible!
Imagine being David Ignatius and realizing your boss Will Lewis is headhunting Olivia Reingold to join you in writing for the @washingtonpost.com editorial page. We live in the stupidest of times.
Good Thing Nobody In Charge Of A Newspaper Wanted To Make Olivia Reingold A Video Star | Defector
Every day brings with it the same threat: the possibility of learning something new about Free Press reporter Olivia Reingold. The author of an historically malevolent piece of journalism has not been...
defector.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Imagine being David Ignatius and realizing your boss Will Lewis is headhunting Olivia Reingold to join you in writing for the @washingtonpost.com editorial page. We live in the stupidest of times.
This thread is gutting to read. I know @mayorbowser.dc.gov is trying to save home rule, but if you're letting your police dept. help ICE kidnap your Latino residents, tear kids from their parents, and surveil construction sites and schools, you don't really have home rule.
"Our residents are afraid and they are angry. They want the executive to be forthcoming about current policies," says @brianneknadeau.bsky.social opening a hearing on human rights violations during the federal takeover of D.C. and the local government's cooperation with federal agents.
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This thread is gutting to read. I know @mayorbowser.dc.gov is trying to save home rule, but if you're letting your police dept. help ICE kidnap your Latino residents, tear kids from their parents, and surveil construction sites and schools, you don't really have home rule.
Not my biological aunt, still my auntie! (Auntie = respect)
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Not my biological aunt, still my auntie! (Auntie = respect)
@jaketapper.bsky.social this looks like your beat!
So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Where’s the media on this?
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
@jaketapper.bsky.social this looks like your beat!
@washingtonpost.com is trying to get readers who canceled their subscriptions to come back. But why would any one pay for propoganda? You can get the old man's yelling at clouds drivel for free on truth social. And, yes, I know some good journos still work there but the stench is too much to bear
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@washingtonpost.com is trying to get readers who canceled their subscriptions to come back. But why would any one pay for propoganda? You can get the old man's yelling at clouds drivel for free on truth social. And, yes, I know some good journos still work there but the stench is too much to bear
This horror fable has 3 very modern villians:
1. a millionaire slumlord hiding behind an LLC
2. a management company doing said slumlord's dirty work
3. A federal police agency (ICE) morphing into the oligarchy's private army.
1. a millionaire slumlord hiding behind an LLC
2. a management company doing said slumlord's dirty work
3. A federal police agency (ICE) morphing into the oligarchy's private army.
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This horror fable has 3 very modern villians:
1. a millionaire slumlord hiding behind an LLC
2. a management company doing said slumlord's dirty work
3. A federal police agency (ICE) morphing into the oligarchy's private army.
1. a millionaire slumlord hiding behind an LLC
2. a management company doing said slumlord's dirty work
3. A federal police agency (ICE) morphing into the oligarchy's private army.
Reposted by Carolyn Gallaher
Strange tags on raided apartments, a slumlord speculator under water with the bank & eviction drives in a gentrifying neighborhood. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social investigates how tenants were systematically targeted during September's military-style raid of a Chicago apartment building @inthesetimes.com
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Strange tags on raided apartments, a slumlord speculator under water with the bank & eviction drives in a gentrifying neighborhood. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social investigates how tenants were systematically targeted during September's military-style raid of a Chicago apartment building @inthesetimes.com
Last week the @washingtonpost.com sent us a free paper, asking us to renew the subscription we'd cancelled. To do that WAPO will need to restart the metro and sports pages, rehire @karenattiah.bsky.social and @marcfisher.bsky.social and fire Will Lewis.
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Last week the @washingtonpost.com sent us a free paper, asking us to renew the subscription we'd cancelled. To do that WAPO will need to restart the metro and sports pages, rehire @karenattiah.bsky.social and @marcfisher.bsky.social and fire Will Lewis.
ICE has lost George Will. (gift link from my uni access)
wapo.st/3WRMcKG
wapo.st/3WRMcKG
Opinion | When ICE came for a U.S. citizen and Army veteran
George Retes is suing the federal government for unconstitutional detention.
wapo.st
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ICE has lost George Will. (gift link from my uni access)
wapo.st/3WRMcKG
wapo.st/3WRMcKG
Great news. USIP's lawyer called MPD thinking they'd help keep DOGE at bay, and instead they helped them get in. That's when I realized MPD wasn't on DC's side and didn't care about home rule. I still remember feeling like someone gut punched me.
NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid
The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Great news. USIP's lawyer called MPD thinking they'd help keep DOGE at bay, and instead they helped them get in. That's when I realized MPD wasn't on DC's side and didn't care about home rule. I still remember feeling like someone gut punched me.
I would never have expected @politico.com to dig into the current republican zeitgeist in a critical way, but these last few weeks have surprised me. Deep reporting on hateful chats btw young republicans & gleeful references to Hitler by administration nominees. And now a genealogy of GOP toxicity.
Before Trump, and Before the Young Republicans, There Was the Dartmouth Review
Long before Trump, a group of Dartmouth students weaponized outrage and satire to seize the spotlight.
www.politico.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I would never have expected @politico.com to dig into the current republican zeitgeist in a critical way, but these last few weeks have surprised me. Deep reporting on hateful chats btw young republicans & gleeful references to Hitler by administration nominees. And now a genealogy of GOP toxicity.