Stryker McGuire
@strykermcguire.bsky.social
Recovering journalist. Formerly Newsweek, Bloomberg. Now, occasionally, Guardian, Washington Post, British Journalism Review. Never worked at McDonald's.
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How is this real life?
Trump on Greenland: "Denmark is very far away. A boat landed there 200 years ago or something and they say they have rights to it. I don't know if that's true. I don't think it is, actually ... we really need it for national security ... maybe you'll see more and more soldiers go there."
March 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
How is this real life?
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he should talk to some of the people in my mentions, they're sure they know khalil did something wrong and have made up elaborate fantasies about it, weird that the trump dhs can't say what he did bsky.app/profile/rmac...
this interview is incredible www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
DHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happened
Homeland Security deputy secretary Troy Edgar offered few details on the Trump administration's legal reasoning to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
he should talk to some of the people in my mentions, they're sure they know khalil did something wrong and have made up elaborate fantasies about it, weird that the trump dhs can't say what he did bsky.app/profile/rmac...
Don’t be fooled by Putin’s ‘imperialism dressed up as realpolitik’, Lammy warns
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Don’t be fooled by Putin’s ‘imperialism dressed up as realpolitik’, Lammy warns
Foreign secretary’s speech comes as UK continues to tread fine diplomatic line between supporting Ukraine and not offending Trump
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Don’t be fooled by Putin’s ‘imperialism dressed up as realpolitik’, Lammy warns
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Wow. Cue "Succession" theme music...
‘You’ve Blown a Hole in the Family’: Inside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...
‘You’ve Blown a Hole in the Family’: Inside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...
‘You’ve Blown a Hole in the Family’: Inside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama
More than 3,000 pages of documents reveal how years of betrayals led to a messy court battle that threatens the future of Rupert’s empire.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Wow. Cue "Succession" theme music...
‘You’ve Blown a Hole in the Family’: Inside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...
‘You’ve Blown a Hole in the Family’: Inside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...
John Major saying what so many world leaders can't or won't say about Trump
Listen to this interview with John Major. Starts at ~12:25.
The World This Weekend - Sir John Major: "We are moving into a more dangerous world" - BBC Sounds
The former PM tells this programme that 'democracy is threatened' by recent world events.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
John Major saying what so many world leaders can't or won't say about Trump
Splendid piece (£)
Dominic Cummings on Johnson’s fall: Obviously I orchestrated it
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/domi...
Dominic Cummings on Johnson’s fall: Obviously I orchestrated it
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/domi...
Dominic Cummings on Johnson’s fall: Obviously I orchestrated it
The Trump-Musk project? ‘Basically all great’. Badenoch? ‘Complete useless dud’. Britain’s disruptor in chief doesn’t answer questions often, but when he does…
www.thetimes.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Splendid piece (£)
Dominic Cummings on Johnson’s fall: Obviously I orchestrated it
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/domi...
Dominic Cummings on Johnson’s fall: Obviously I orchestrated it
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/domi...
Good morning, London
February 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Good morning, London
Trump’s “instant focus on diversity reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens, whether the facts fit or not.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major e...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Trump’s “instant focus on diversity reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens, whether the facts fit or not.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
“Both are inexperienced, intensely partisan and openly scornful of the national-security establishment.
“In Mr Trump’s upend-everything presidency, this counts as qualified.”
Trump’s national-security picks face scrutiny
www.economist.com/catch-up-a-p...
from The Economist
Trump’s national-security picks face scrutiny
Catch up: Trump comments on Washington crash; Israel releases Palestinian prisoners
www.economist.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Both are inexperienced, intensely partisan and openly scornful of the national-security establishment.
“In Mr Trump’s upend-everything presidency, this counts as qualified.”
Trump’s national-security picks face scrutiny
www.economist.com/catch-up-a-p...
from The Economist
It may happen slowly, but Britain's global soft power (and, specifically in this case, its universities) stand to benefit from Trump's America First, anti-immigrant policies
President Trump signed an executive order this week to push colleges and universities to combat antisemitism specifically by monitoring and reporting international students, so that those students or staff members could be investigated or deported as noncitizens.
Trump Order Pushes Universities to ‘Monitor’ Protesters on Student Visas
An executive order signed this week would push colleges and universities to combat antisemitism specifically by monitoring and reporting international students.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It may happen slowly, but Britain's global soft power (and, specifically in this case, its universities) stand to benefit from Trump's America First, anti-immigrant policies
For the paranoiacs among us ⬇️ @thenewyorker.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For the paranoiacs among us ⬇️ @thenewyorker.bsky.social
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YouGov: what % would choose to "expel" one side/other from region to settle Israel/Palestine. [Expel = signalled as extreme]
USA 25% (17/8)
France 24% (13/11)
Spain 23% (11/12)
Germany 21% (11/10)
Sweden 21%
Italy 19% (9/10)
Denmark 15% (9/6)
UK 10% (6/4)
USA 25% (17/8)
France 24% (13/11)
Spain 23% (11/12)
Germany 21% (11/10)
Sweden 21%
Italy 19% (9/10)
Denmark 15% (9/6)
UK 10% (6/4)
January 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
YouGov: what % would choose to "expel" one side/other from region to settle Israel/Palestine. [Expel = signalled as extreme]
USA 25% (17/8)
France 24% (13/11)
Spain 23% (11/12)
Germany 21% (11/10)
Sweden 21%
Italy 19% (9/10)
Denmark 15% (9/6)
UK 10% (6/4)
USA 25% (17/8)
France 24% (13/11)
Spain 23% (11/12)
Germany 21% (11/10)
Sweden 21%
Italy 19% (9/10)
Denmark 15% (9/6)
UK 10% (6/4)
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And more here on 'Lessons from America' on facing-down populism:
www.britishfuture.org/five-lessons...
www.britishfuture.org/five-lessons...
Five lessons from Trump’s US victory for the fight against anti-immigrant populism in the UK – and beyond - British Future
What can government and advocates in UK and Europe can learn from the US election for how we talk and act on immigration and asylum?
www.britishfuture.org
January 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And more here on 'Lessons from America' on facing-down populism:
www.britishfuture.org/five-lessons...
www.britishfuture.org/five-lessons...
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From “Bargaining with the Palisades Fire, I Buy a Pack of Edible Flowers,” by Anna Journey. Read it in full: nyer.cm/E1juqln
January 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
From “Bargaining with the Palisades Fire, I Buy a Pack of Edible Flowers,” by Anna Journey. Read it in full: nyer.cm/E1juqln
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Wise, what the expat Henry wrote of Americans: "We seem loosely hung together at home as compared with the English, every man of whom is a tight fit in his place.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
Opinion | The Hard Reality American Expats Quickly Learn
Expatriation was nonetheless the making of me: liberated me, humbled me, revealed to me who I was and what I wanted my life to be.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Wise, what the expat Henry wrote of Americans: "We seem loosely hung together at home as compared with the English, every man of whom is a tight fit in his place.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
@sundersays: "[Musk has] got a picture of Britain, a picture of Germany, and he looks for information that confirms those pictures. The problem he has in exporting it to Britain or Germany is the evident lack of knowledge of Britain or Germany.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/w...
Elon Musk Trolls Britain and Defends Tommy Robinson in Flurry of Social Media Posts
In a barrage of posts rife with misinformation, he revived questions about a child sex abuse scandal, vilified the prime minister and defended a jailed far-right agitator.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
@sundersays: "[Musk has] got a picture of Britain, a picture of Germany, and he looks for information that confirms those pictures. The problem he has in exporting it to Britain or Germany is the evident lack of knowledge of Britain or Germany.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/w...
It goes on and on and on …
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...
Justice Clarence Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips From Billionaire Patron, Democrats Say
The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM
It goes on and on and on …
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...
"It’s hard to convey just how good most Americans were feeling in 1999 and early 2000."
@pkrugman.bsky.social reminds us of how we got to where we are today in his final column for @nytimes.com. It was an awful ride.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
@pkrugman.bsky.social reminds us of how we got to where we are today in his final column for @nytimes.com. It was an awful ride.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Opinion | My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment
Where have all the good vibes gone?
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 12:36 PM
"It’s hard to convey just how good most Americans were feeling in 1999 and early 2000."
@pkrugman.bsky.social reminds us of how we got to where we are today in his final column for @nytimes.com. It was an awful ride.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
@pkrugman.bsky.social reminds us of how we got to where we are today in his final column for @nytimes.com. It was an awful ride.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
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New ECFR research on future of UK/EU relations suggests that Trump-sceptic British opinion is reinforcing public support for more post-Brexit cooperation - in the UK and in the EU
ecfr.eu/publication/...
ecfr.eu/publication/...
The cross-Channel reset: Trump, Putin, and shifting EU-UK opinion
Voters in both the UK and major EU states are open to compromise. Leaders on both sides of the Channel should use this political space for an ambitious reset.
ecfr.eu
December 12, 2024 at 9:09 PM
New ECFR research on future of UK/EU relations suggests that Trump-sceptic British opinion is reinforcing public support for more post-Brexit cooperation - in the UK and in the EU
ecfr.eu/publication/...
ecfr.eu/publication/...
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problem with this kind of story is neither Reform nor Musk ever confirmed the rumour of potential $100m gift
sourcing in Times was "leading businessmen and Conservative Party officials believe there is a credible prospect"
people now acting like its definitely true
news.sky.com/story/tory-c...
sourcing in Times was "leading businessmen and Conservative Party officials believe there is a credible prospect"
people now acting like its definitely true
news.sky.com/story/tory-c...
Tory co-chair accuses Elon Musk of trying to 'buy' Reform UK
Lord Johnson tells a Tory activist group that Nigel Farage risks becoming a "boy puppet" if he accepts any donation from tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk.
news.sky.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:19 PM
problem with this kind of story is neither Reform nor Musk ever confirmed the rumour of potential $100m gift
sourcing in Times was "leading businessmen and Conservative Party officials believe there is a credible prospect"
people now acting like its definitely true
news.sky.com/story/tory-c...
sourcing in Times was "leading businessmen and Conservative Party officials believe there is a credible prospect"
people now acting like its definitely true
news.sky.com/story/tory-c...