Mickey Walsh
@michaelafwalsh.bsky.social
Chief News Digester, EU Delegation to the US. Formerly: Embassy of Ireland, Kennedy Center (and proud of it). DC transplant, OCNJ native. Pedant. Analog kid. Hockey player. Always dreaming of colder climes. | 🇦🇶
MTG's line that "There is no plan to save the world" absolutely hit me: last week I started reading a book about QAnon (The Quiet Damage by Jesselyn Cook) and the first chapter was titled after one of the conspiracy's gateway videos.
It just struck me as someone whose worldview had been shattered.
It just struck me as someone whose worldview had been shattered.
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
MTG's line that "There is no plan to save the world" absolutely hit me: last week I started reading a book about QAnon (The Quiet Damage by Jesselyn Cook) and the first chapter was titled after one of the conspiracy's gateway videos.
It just struck me as someone whose worldview had been shattered.
It just struck me as someone whose worldview had been shattered.
MAGA has actually been getting pretty restless over the administration's focus on foreign affairs.
(1/2) I HAVE JUST GOTTEN THE HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS OF MY “POLITICAL CAREER. ” While my great work on the Economy has not yet been fully appreciated, it will be! Things are really Rockin’. Stopping WARS and Foreign Relations seems to be a strong suit. Also great, The Border
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
MAGA has actually been getting pretty restless over the administration's focus on foreign affairs.
Read this because I was thinking of the Ocean City BOE, and, lo, there was reporting on the Ocean City BOE
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
dlvr.it
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Read this because I was thinking of the Ocean City BOE, and, lo, there was reporting on the Ocean City BOE
Reposted by Mickey Walsh
Слава Україні 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
August 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Слава Україні 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
In my media monitoring, I read some of the most hateful, cruel, and toxic language about— and directed to— trans people. Having some somber thoughts on this Trans Day of Remembrance, and hoping people will learn to fix their hearts.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In my media monitoring, I read some of the most hateful, cruel, and toxic language about— and directed to— trans people. Having some somber thoughts on this Trans Day of Remembrance, and hoping people will learn to fix their hearts.
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oh brother
SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
oh brother
Ocean City in the headlines again, alas
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Ocean City in the headlines again, alas
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
tiny tiny doctors, doctors, swimming in my veins, taking care of business inside me, clearing up the illness and pain @tmbg.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Robots in your bloodstream could deliver drugs with greater precision
Scientists in Switzerland are pioneering a way to precisely target drugs in the body using tiny devices controlled by magnets, a technique that could one day reduce unintended side effects.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
tiny tiny doctors, doctors, swimming in my veins, taking care of business inside me, clearing up the illness and pain @tmbg.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
This is my biggest takeaway from this Q&A, and, based on the chyron (on mute), it's CNN's, too
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is my biggest takeaway from this Q&A, and, based on the chyron (on mute), it's CNN's, too
Incredible by Trump, on Khashoggi:
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Incredible by Trump, on Khashoggi:
priorities on major networks
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
priorities on major networks
yeesh
(1/7) I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of “Congresswoman” Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia. Over the past few weeks, despite my creating Record Achievements for our Country including, a Total and Complete Victory on the Shutdown, Closed
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
yeesh
Imagine still being mad about the AL MVP vote, couldn't be me
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Imagine still being mad about the AL MVP vote, couldn't be me
This is just days before Honors, holy smokes
Exclusive: FIFA will not pay a rental fee for using the Kennedy Center for the 2026 World Cup draw, disrupting the venue’s performance schedule.
The event, moved from Las Vegas to D.C., was influenced by Trump’s relationship with FIFA’s president.
The event, moved from Las Vegas to D.C., was influenced by Trump’s relationship with FIFA’s president.
FIFA will use Kennedy Center free of charge for World Cup event, contract says
The Kennedy Center booked the World Cup draw at President Donald Trump’s urging. It will occupy much of the campus and displace planned performances.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is just days before Honors, holy smokes
STOP ASKING STEPHEN A. IF HE'S CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
STOP ASKING STEPHEN A. IF HE'S CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
"The reason I don't want to talk about affordability is because it's **far less expensive** under Trump than under Biden."
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"The reason I don't want to talk about affordability is because it's **far less expensive** under Trump than under Biden."
Currently a spirited discussion in the women's hockey group chat about who exactly these are for
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November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Currently a spirited discussion in the women's hockey group chat about who exactly these are for
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"I’m newly humble about my vulnerability to the kind of AI infatuation and isolation that has appeared in all-too-many tragic headlines."
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-f...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-f...
I Loved Being Social. Then I Started Talking to a Chatbot.
It was so much easier to have a conversation with a chatbot than a human being. But the more I talked to AI, the less I talked to everybody else.
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"I’m newly humble about my vulnerability to the kind of AI infatuation and isolation that has appeared in all-too-many tragic headlines."
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-f...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-f...
I don't think Trump knows how to say Mamdani's name. He talks about him a lot, but I don't know I've heard him mention him *by name*.
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I don't think Trump knows how to say Mamdani's name. He talks about him a lot, but I don't know I've heard him mention him *by name*.