irishboi777.bsky.social
@irishboi777.bsky.social
Westcoast progressive Irish lad 👦 Dog and Cat Dad🐶🐱. Vegan for the animals 🥦🥕🥑🥬. Originally from across the pond 🇮🇪 . Life is what you make it, so make it a good one ! 😎
Surf City USA 🇺🇸 🏄♂️ 🌊 ⛱️
Surf City USA 🇺🇸 🏄♂️ 🌊 ⛱️
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At DOJ, at DOD, at the FBI….literally everywhere, this is what you hear over and over again.
Common theme of people I've interviewed recently. At universities, in research centers, in diplomacy, in the legal system, dealing with refugees or immigrants:
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
The reality inside is much worse than you would think from the outside.
September 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
At DOJ, at DOD, at the FBI….literally everywhere, this is what you hear over and over again.
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"Trump gave in for the same reason Truss did. For the second time in three years, the reckless leader of a major English-speaking power has played mind games with global bond investors and lost." Cogent analysis here from @paulmason.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Trump Brings Britain’s ‘Moron Premium’ to the U.S. Economy
What America might have learned, but didn’t, from Britain’s 2022 financial-markets debacle
www.theatlantic.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Trump gave in for the same reason Truss did. For the second time in three years, the reckless leader of a major English-speaking power has played mind games with global bond investors and lost." Cogent analysis here from @paulmason.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
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Musk is not as smart as he thinks.
Some of the fraud he’s finding is false and a bunch was already discovered by, you know, the people and agencies paid to do that. He’s getting desperate to substantiate his hyperbolic narratives about fraud.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Some of the fraud he’s finding is false and a bunch was already discovered by, you know, the people and agencies paid to do that. He’s getting desperate to substantiate his hyperbolic narratives about fraud.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems (Gift Article)
His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Musk is not as smart as he thinks.
Some of the fraud he’s finding is false and a bunch was already discovered by, you know, the people and agencies paid to do that. He’s getting desperate to substantiate his hyperbolic narratives about fraud.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Some of the fraud he’s finding is false and a bunch was already discovered by, you know, the people and agencies paid to do that. He’s getting desperate to substantiate his hyperbolic narratives about fraud.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
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•••••••NEW•••••••
In February, RFK Jr. downplayed the measles outbreak raging through western Texas — calling it "not unusual.”
Now he’s claiming the measles outbreaks expanding across the U.S. have reached a “plateau.”
WARNING: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy’s claims..
In February, RFK Jr. downplayed the measles outbreak raging through western Texas — calling it "not unusual.”
Now he’s claiming the measles outbreaks expanding across the U.S. have reached a “plateau.”
WARNING: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy’s claims..
April 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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In February, RFK Jr. downplayed the measles outbreak raging through western Texas — calling it "not unusual.”
Now he’s claiming the measles outbreaks expanding across the U.S. have reached a “plateau.”
WARNING: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy’s claims..
In February, RFK Jr. downplayed the measles outbreak raging through western Texas — calling it "not unusual.”
Now he’s claiming the measles outbreaks expanding across the U.S. have reached a “plateau.”
WARNING: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy’s claims..
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Rep. Al Green’s response to a congressman saying God opposes trans rights: “You used God to enslave my foreparents!”
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
#TransRights
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
#TransRights
April 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Rep. Al Green’s response to a congressman saying God opposes trans rights: “You used God to enslave my foreparents!”
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
#TransRights
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
#TransRights
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I read that Matt Gaetz has endorsed Trump wannabe, Pierre Poilievre for Canada's next Prime Minister.
Imagine being happy to be endorsed by a pedophile.
#ProudBlue #TrumpTariffs #TrumpMarketCrash #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsTheWorstPresidentInUSHistory
Imagine being happy to be endorsed by a pedophile.
#ProudBlue #TrumpTariffs #TrumpMarketCrash #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsTheWorstPresidentInUSHistory
April 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I read that Matt Gaetz has endorsed Trump wannabe, Pierre Poilievre for Canada's next Prime Minister.
Imagine being happy to be endorsed by a pedophile.
#ProudBlue #TrumpTariffs #TrumpMarketCrash #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsTheWorstPresidentInUSHistory
Imagine being happy to be endorsed by a pedophile.
#ProudBlue #TrumpTariffs #TrumpMarketCrash #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsTheWorstPresidentInUSHistory
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If you thought ‘Liberation Day’ was cosmically stupid and harmful, wait til you get a load of Debt Default day, coming up next from the End Times cult that’s captured our government.
america2.news/liberation-d...
america2.news/liberation-d...
‘Liberation Day’ Marks America's Slide Towards Irrelevance
With new tariffs, slowing economic growth, chaos in government, and a debt ceiling crisis looming, America is being isolated in ways that most serve Vladimir Putin.
america2.news
April 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If you thought ‘Liberation Day’ was cosmically stupid and harmful, wait til you get a load of Debt Default day, coming up next from the End Times cult that’s captured our government.
america2.news/liberation-d...
america2.news/liberation-d...
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"So many children died." - If one of Ukraine's allies (America) shows weakness to Russia, they’ll just carry on their outrageous and unjust war. The only way to negotiate with Russia is from a position of strength. www.france24.com/en/video/202...
'So many children died': Russian attack on Kryvy Rih kills 20
www.france24.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"So many children died." - If one of Ukraine's allies (America) shows weakness to Russia, they’ll just carry on their outrageous and unjust war. The only way to negotiate with Russia is from a position of strength. www.france24.com/en/video/202...
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NEW: The Venezuelan military says it has raised its alert level following the discovery of an alleged U.S. plot to fabricate an incident at an ExxonMobil offshore platform in the contested waters between Venezuela and Guyana to justify an armed conflict.
Venezuelan military on alert, says it fears U.S. will use tensions with Guyana to invade
Venezuelan military claims the US is getting ready to invade and increases its alert levels
www.miamiherald.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
NEW: The Venezuelan military says it has raised its alert level following the discovery of an alleged U.S. plot to fabricate an incident at an ExxonMobil offshore platform in the contested waters between Venezuela and Guyana to justify an armed conflict.
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JUST IN: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirms that 25% counter-tariffs on select U.S.-made vehicles will take effect at midnight tonight:
“President Trump caused this trade crisis — and Canada is responding with purpose and with force.”
“President Trump caused this trade crisis — and Canada is responding with purpose and with force.”
April 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
JUST IN: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirms that 25% counter-tariffs on select U.S.-made vehicles will take effect at midnight tonight:
“President Trump caused this trade crisis — and Canada is responding with purpose and with force.”
“President Trump caused this trade crisis — and Canada is responding with purpose and with force.”
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By his aggressive pursuit of a destructive agenda, particularly on tariffs, Trump now bears the burden of American unhappiness with their government. ‘Wrong track’ voters won’t blame Joe Biden any longer.
If Trump Breaks the Economy, He Will Own It
By his aggressive pursuit of a destructive agenda, particularly on tariffs, Trump now bears the burden of American unhappiness with their government. ‘Wrong track’ voters won’t blame Joe Biden any longer.
nymag.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
By his aggressive pursuit of a destructive agenda, particularly on tariffs, Trump now bears the burden of American unhappiness with their government. ‘Wrong track’ voters won’t blame Joe Biden any longer.
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BREAKING: All markets TANK as Trump continues to drive us toward a Great Recession by imposing idiotic tariffs around the world, increasing China's to 104%.
Is this what you voted for?
Is this what you voted for?
April 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
BREAKING: All markets TANK as Trump continues to drive us toward a Great Recession by imposing idiotic tariffs around the world, increasing China's to 104%.
Is this what you voted for?
Is this what you voted for?
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DOGE Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on reducing federal property. All they said was “fire sale” this, “fire sale” that. Meanwhile, they’re lighting all of this s**t on fire — while their incompetent leader wastes millions of taxpayer dollars golfing, all while steering us towards a recession.
April 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
DOGE Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on reducing federal property. All they said was “fire sale” this, “fire sale” that. Meanwhile, they’re lighting all of this s**t on fire — while their incompetent leader wastes millions of taxpayer dollars golfing, all while steering us towards a recession.
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Despite its purposely misleading name, the SAVE Act is an assault on voting rights that limits access to the polls for millions of Americans, perpetuates the myth of non-citizen voters, and undermines faith in our Elections.
☎️Call your senators!
Tell them to vote NO!
#HandsOffHerVote
#MomSky
☎️Call your senators!
Tell them to vote NO!
#HandsOffHerVote
#MomSky
April 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Despite its purposely misleading name, the SAVE Act is an assault on voting rights that limits access to the polls for millions of Americans, perpetuates the myth of non-citizen voters, and undermines faith in our Elections.
☎️Call your senators!
Tell them to vote NO!
#HandsOffHerVote
#MomSky
☎️Call your senators!
Tell them to vote NO!
#HandsOffHerVote
#MomSky
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ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
April 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
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REPORTER: The justices also said the deportees are entitled to due process
LEAVITT: That's not quite true
LEAVITT: That's not quite true
April 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
REPORTER: The justices also said the deportees are entitled to due process
LEAVITT: That's not quite true
LEAVITT: That's not quite true
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Nearly 800,000 children depend on Head Start—and Trump just slashed the workforce supporting them. No plan. No input. Just damage.
I’m leading the call to immediately reinstate these critical employees and protect the programs that families and children rely on.
I’m leading the call to immediately reinstate these critical employees and protect the programs that families and children rely on.
April 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Nearly 800,000 children depend on Head Start—and Trump just slashed the workforce supporting them. No plan. No input. Just damage.
I’m leading the call to immediately reinstate these critical employees and protect the programs that families and children rely on.
I’m leading the call to immediately reinstate these critical employees and protect the programs that families and children rely on.
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Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death
Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death
WASHINGTON—Warning that even the slightest dent, knick, or scratch would henceforth be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that Raymond Pratt, a 5...
theonion.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death
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BMO: “.. The ‘Buy Canadian’ movement is deepening .. We judge that this shift in attitudes could add roughly $10 billion to the Canadian economy annually, lifting growth by 0.3 ppts (+/- 0.2 ppts).” 🇨🇦
April 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BMO: “.. The ‘Buy Canadian’ movement is deepening .. We judge that this shift in attitudes could add roughly $10 billion to the Canadian economy annually, lifting growth by 0.3 ppts (+/- 0.2 ppts).” 🇨🇦
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Amanda Marcotte describes the disturbing misogyny of RFK Jr's "MAHA mom" program, which hypes shady supplements & diet fads as part of the larger MAGA agenda of getting women out of the workplace & back, quite literally, into the kitchen.
RFK is using his "MAHA moms" to push the GOP's misogynist agenda
Kennedy's program isn't really about "health" — but it does push women out of the workplace and into the kitchen
www.salon.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Amanda Marcotte describes the disturbing misogyny of RFK Jr's "MAHA mom" program, which hypes shady supplements & diet fads as part of the larger MAGA agenda of getting women out of the workplace & back, quite literally, into the kitchen.
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A January operation in the central Californian city of Bakersfield saw dozens detained by border patrol agents operating more than 300 miles from the US southern border. Bellingcat worked with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org to piece together the operation www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
US Border Patrol Called Raid 300 Miles From Border 'Targeted'. Open Source Evidence Suggests Otherwise - bellingcat
US Border Patrol travelled 300 Miles for a 'targeted' operation. Rights groups say it was anything but targeted.
www.bellingcat.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A January operation in the central Californian city of Bakersfield saw dozens detained by border patrol agents operating more than 300 miles from the US southern border. Bellingcat worked with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org to piece together the operation www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
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“What can Americans do now if a recession is truly around the corner? Build up a buffer,” writes Marc Novicoff.
How to Prepare for a Recession
The older you are, and the more likely you are to get laid off, the more important it is to have liquid savings.
bit.ly
April 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“What can Americans do now if a recession is truly around the corner? Build up a buffer,” writes Marc Novicoff.