Jackie mac ardle
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Jackie mac ardle
@virtualjackie.bsky.social
Sports enthusiast. All things Ireland.
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Pressure is mounting on Hegseth over his order to murder victims at sea.
Congressional committees to scrutinize U.S. killing of boat strike survivors — The Washington Post
The Senate and House armed services committees’ pledge followed a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that a U.S. strike leave no survivors.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Two U.S. Navy F/A-18Es appeared and disappeared from radar off the coast of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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This should worry everyone.

“US officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace.”

Trump’s failing faculties could walk the US into war.
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Having spent the last few days back in Ukraine — reminded how this amazing resilient culture just grows stronger with every atrocity committed against it—it’s so obvious JD Vance’s peace plan ventures are all about saving Putin’s face
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Tuesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Victory for carers after inquiry into debt scandal

Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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James Comey: "I'm grateful that the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence and a reflection of what the DOJ has become under Donald Trump, which is heartbreaking."
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.

She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.

“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.

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A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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On this day in 1995, Ireland narrowly voted to end its 70-year constitutional ban on divorce, with 50.28% in favour and 49.72% against. The referendum's close result, decided by a margin of just over 9,000 votes, reflected deep societal divisions on the issue.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The photo is of a man called Stephen who died shortly afterwards after becoming ill while sleeping rough. It was the first photo of the Outsiders project and was inspired by Don McCullin’s ‘Homeless Irishman’ photo from 1969.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Today I’ll be doing the first proper day of photography for the Outsiders project since 2022, focusing on long term street homelessness and tent encampments. The situation is much worse than it was and the exhibition must reflect that. Nobody should be sleeping rough in a country as wealthy as ours.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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It's not just ambition on climate action that's being run down, but nature.

Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.

It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
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Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight | The Observer
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November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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About an hour after Ellis entered this injunction, a group of agents, including Bovino, drove away from a Southwest Side gas station where they were confronted by protestors, and fired a round of pepper balls at a sedan that pulled up alongside their vehicle, reports @chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Temu Nobel Peace Prize.
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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This is a disastrous move. RTE's documentary-makers in both radio and TV are held in very high esteem all over the globe, and to shutter the in-house TV unit is as stupid as it is short-sighted.
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: “The worst thing that I just can't get over is we're not working right now. And I put that criticism directly on the Speaker of the House…It is an embarrassment to me that we're not in session.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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GET THEM, ELLA
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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“The driver’s family identified him as Carlos Jimenez, 24, a U.S. citizen, and said he was on his way to work at a food bank when the shooting occurred.”

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October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Katie Miller on Wednesday threatened fellow "Piers Morgan Uncensored" guest Cenk Uygur, "You better check your citizenship application."
Critics Slam Stephen Miller’s Wife For On-Air Threat To Have Anti-Israel Pundit Deported
Katie Miller on Wednesday threatened fellow "Piers Morgan Uncensored" guest Cenk Uygur, "You better check your citizenship application."
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October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The late sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre wrote in her memoir that Prince Andrew acted as if sex with her was his “birthright”.
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Posthumous book by Virginia Giuffre claims Prince Andrew 'felt entitled' to have sex with her
She said Jeffrey Epstein paid her $15,000 (€12,877) for “servicing the man the tabloids called ‘Randy Andy’”.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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October 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM