Orla Conlon
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Orla Conlon
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Naturalized immigrant. Gardener, reader, hummingbird feeder. Oh and No Kings believer. Watch out for #FalseProphet🍑 #confabulation. Adding Tylenol taker while pregnant.
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“This is so un-American,” Mrs. Clinton said. “They are on a mission to undo the 250-year-old experiment of creating a country based on the idea that we are all created equal.”
We are in an all-hands-on-deck moment for women across the world.

I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
Hillary Clinton Sees a Dangerous Moment for Women’s Rights, and Democracy
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Kristi Noem says “There's no American citizens that have been arrested or detained."

Tell that to George Retes. This U.S. Army veteran and American citizen was wrongfully arrested and brutalized by ICE while simply trying to get to work.
US based! Tried removing my data from Clearview AI after listening to a podcast about it’s blatant misuse of personal information. 🦗 Glad you are trying to put a halt to their gallop. Federal agents allegedly using in Illinois despite Illinois law against it. #Murky

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I hope all Irish American New Yorkers are listening to this nonsense. Parades & Cornbeef & Cabbage don’t seem to have negatively impacted the city.
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Inspiring story about New Yorkers carried by The BBC. Another reason to have diverse news sources. New York has been transforming for years, building community, retrieving what was lost, sharing what can be, with others. #positivity @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Meet the locals who paddle this polluted New York canal
The Gowanus Canal, a once hazardous waterway, owes much of its transformation to this canoe club.
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@jbpritzker.bsky.social @mayorofchicago.bsky.social I thought all law enforcement operating within the state of Illinois had to have operational & running body cameras. Can city & state police arrest ICE officers for non-compliance?
JUST IN: Federal judge tells U.S. Border Patrol Gregory Bovino to have his own body-worn camera by Friday.

Bovino told her he has no camera, and he's not been trained to use one.
Ellis asks Bovino if he has a body-worn camera.

Bovino: "I do not ma'am, no. I've not yet received a body-worn camera or the training."

Ellis: "How about by Friday, you get a camera?"
Agreed, so let’s hope the new system is refined rather than rewritten.
😜. True. But given the current celebrity run at elections in US I hope that the criteria is more nuanced and absolutely not seen as a “reward” for time spent in government.
Would a Zelensky type character get elected in this new system? Thinking outside the box characters are found in many ways. Wonder too how to attract the high caliber candidate without making the criteria almost impossible to achieve. Well done @CatherineConnolly #GaeilgeLiofa
Would a Zelensky get elected in this new system?
One of many Irish Americans wishing Ireland had more engagement here. It often comes down to having the @bsky.app symbol on their content.
Tá an Ghaeilge ar a thoil aici freisin.
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Looking forward to their follow up interviews on @tg4.bsky.social @nuachttg4.bsky.social as Gaeilge. Followed by news of their campaign to halt world wide St Patrick’s Day parades. Nil an Ghaeilge ar a thoil acu, nor what it means to be of the irish diaspora.
Who was behind the 'Spoil The Vote' campaign?
A network of businesspeople and online commentators campaigned for voters to spoil their ballots as a form of protest. Here's who they are — and how they became part of the movement
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Having one episode to go on Netflix’s The Diplomat I can’t help but think we’re in another “Veep” situation presidentially speaking. The Regan legacy is being rewritten in real time.
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“”Improve public health and safety for Alaskans”? The same Alaskans airlifted from their homes because “wasteful” FEMA funding was cancelled in April 2025

Alaska is the Jewel in the crown of America’s wilderness. Think more Lorax less of the Biff / Joffrey combo.
Interior Takes Bold Steps to Expand Energy, Local Control and Land Access in Alaska | U.S. Department of the Interior
During an event with Alaska’s congressional delegation and Alaska’s governor, the Department of the Interior announced a sweeping package of actions to boost energy development, modernize land and res...
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I hope something similar to New York’s reporting form can be used for these organized criminal events.

Social media will be the downfall of these attention seeking gurriers. Hopefully, the ringleaders can be caught and charged too!

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Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
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@garda.ie is there a similar reporting structure for the Citywest thugs & future organized rioters?

Don’t envy your task here. It’s clear that these thugs are organized criminals goading the countries gurrier element & young men into acts of violence.
We're launching a portal to review federal immigration enforcement in New York after yesterday’s ICE raid on Canal Street.

New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law.
Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
Excellent. More of this pushback & reporting please. We have always had a thugs & gurriers problem in inner city areas. That’s another story. Pulling politics into it is a new departure.

Call out anyone blaming immigrants for this behavior as the racist misogynists they are.
🗣️ "Are we going to have a conversation, on the level that you are about deportations here, about the crisis of male violence against women in this country?” - News Correspondent, The Journal Eimer McAuley
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The unimpeded destruction East Wing will be one of the defining images of the Trump presidency for historical purposes.
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
A portion of the email received from DuPage County Republicans (Illinois)

Yes, President Trump is working toward reining in vote-by-mail. Until that day comes, he also says to use every tool available to vote, including vote-by-mail! Let’s take his advice and swamp the vote!!
Meanwhile, political disinformation goes unchecked by Meta in Ireland UNTIL they are called out.

META allowed a very realistic AI generated misinformation clip of a withdrawal speech by the leading candidate and an announcement that the election is cancelled.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
AI videos spreading Áras election misinformation removed
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has removed AI-generated 'deepfake' videos spreading false information about the presidential election.
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Meta failing once again to stem deep fake AI on the eve of the Irish Presidential election. Using AI generated images & voice during election campaigns should be an instant flag. How do we gate fact based news from fiction?

Why wait for “requests” for removal?
AI-generated deepfake videos target presidential election
Meta and Google have removed AI-generated deepfake videos spreading false claims about the presidential election. Experts say these videos amount to disinformation and that the sophistication of the v...
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Following, thank you.
After former Rep. Granger missed six straight months of votes and we didn’t realize, we set up this alert. It’s for us as much as our users. We can’t know if someone is missing votes until it’s happened. _Then_ we find out why (if we can; sometimes legislators won’t say) and update the page.