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The not so slow death of the American dream “Three-fourths of American scientists who responded to a recent poll by the journal Nature said they are considering leaving the country (The Atlantic)”.

Virginia Giuffre’s Family Wants to Know What Trump Knows The siblings of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers were shocked that the president referred to her as “stolen.”

The siblings of one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers said they were shocked when Donald Trump said Epstein “stole her” from Mar-a-Lago—and asked that Trump share whatever else he knows, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports.

Conor McGregor and family meet Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office as Taoiseach and Tánaiste say he ‘doesn’t speak for Ireland’
NOT MY IRELAND A black day when an individual convicted of rape appears in the Oval Office pretending to represent Ireland! Shame @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social

Fintan O’Toole: European leaders seem astounded by Trump’s bullying and blatant aggression They had fooled themselves into believing what they wanted to believe

European leaders seem astounded by Trump’s bullying and blatant aggression
This piece by Fintan O’Toole should be read by all those Euro pols who thought they could manage Trump & by those who chose to believe that Trump doesn’t actually mean what he says
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times

Macron and Starmer have an opportunity to craft a peace deal with Ukraine… and yes, they do want to stitch the US into it.

I’m not confident of their success but I understand their ambition.

Yea! Fantastic idea👏👏👏

At Least Now We Know the Truth It’s ugly, but necessary to face.

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"

from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

End of Nato alliance could be ‘days away’, warns former commander Wavering US support for the defence bloc may open the door to a new ‘European Treaty Organisation’, says Admiral James Stavridis

Don’t quite agree but striking from an ex-SACEUR. ‘Admiral James Stavridis, an American who served as Nato’s Europe commander from 2009-2013, said we could be witnessing the “last days” of the alliance & the start of a new “European Treaty Organisation”.’ www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

As European leaders scramble to construct a unified response to the TrumpVance lynching of Zelensky the Kremlin says Russia's and US foreign policies are in alignment. “The new (US) administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely coincides with our vision,”Peskov😱

📸 No one follows more etiquette rules than the Royal Family—but notice how King Charles didn’t make any smart-ass or demeaning comments about Zelensky’s attire today.

Why? Because respect isn’t about clothes—it’s about character. And that’s something money can’t buy.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

I’m thinking … hoping.. that whatever reservations EU partners have in confronting Tr*mp directly, they don’t apply to this muppet.

Time for EUCO to lance this boil.

Really worth reading this - Trump a ‘mendacious vulgarian’ and his lowlife sidekick lecture a truly heroic and brave Zelensky- Slava Ukraini

100% correct - so what does the democratic world do now?

The attack on President Zelensky was clearly a set up. This appalling disrespect from Trump and Vance will go down in history as a tragedy for the US and the world. Trump and Vance are traitors, bullies and Putin puppets. Dark, dark day!

Elon not in a suit.

"Why don't you wear a suit?"

1,500 in 15 days: What Musk's Trump-era tweets reveal about him Using a bespoke social media search tool Prime Time downloaded and analysed all his tweets from his first 15 full days working in the US government, to try to get an insight into his activity, mindset...

Great ‘legacy’ journalism from @news.rte.ie
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... @nytimes.com @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @politico.com @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @bentonra.bsky.social
@davidfrum.bsky.social @theguardian.com

How a handful of X accounts took Elon Musk ‘down the rabbit hole’ on UK politics Tech billionaire’s posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue

Just can’t believe how stupid Musk is 🤣 the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product,” said Bruce Daisley, former head of Twitter’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
on.ft.com/4j1AOpH

Ben Tonra: Europe is deluded if it thinks it can ‘manage’ Donald Trump If this second Trump administration makes good on what has been said, the transatlantic relationship will enter a period of profound crisis and potential collapse

Europe is deluded if it thinks it can ‘manage’ Donald Trump

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Time to wake up to the spectre facing Ireland &Europe. Tonra’s sober analysis should frighten those foolishly hoping to manageTrump 2.0 Reminiscent of the naive belief in a benign Putin even after Crimea

Clare Moriarty: Nikita Hand started a long overdue conversation on the myth of the perfect victim The judge warned: ‘The fact that a woman engages in drinking or taking drugs does not mean they are up for sex’

Nikita Hand’s case against Conor McGregor challenges the myth of the ‘perfect victim’

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Probably the most incisive analysis of societal responses to imperfect victims so far@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @bentonra.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social

What a great initiative! I had to stop doing research on (political) culture as I wasn't able to get published. The topic was deemed too unimportant for political science!

Eventually we called culture "societal values" and managed to publish one article in a journal after many rejections.

Conor McGregor faces paying bulk of Nikita Hand’s legal costs of successful civil rape claim

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Masked men invaded Nikita Hand's home earlier this year The woman who accused Conor McGregor and his friend of rape moved this year after her property was invaded by a group of men wearing balaclavas who stabbed her partner and broke her windows, it can no...

Nikita Hand’s house was invaded by men in balaclavas and her partner assaulted after she launched her case against Conor McGregor for rape . She’s a heroin and gives hope to victims of sexual violence👏👏👏👏 www.rte.ie/news/2024/11...

Jury awards Nikita Hand nearly €250k in damages Nikita Hand has won her High Court case against MMA fighter Conor McGregor.

Crying with happiness as Nikita Hand tells assault victims - speak up - you have a voice - after winning her rape case against Conor McGregor-such courage. www.rte.ie/news/courts/...