Niall Stanage
@niallstanage.bsky.social
White House Columnist at The Hill, TV with “Rising,” NewsNation and elsewhere, product of Ireland.
The conservative site The Blaze recklessly named a woman who it said — on the spurious basis of anonymous “gait analysis” — was a “forensic match” for the Jan. 6 pipe bomber.
Turns out she has a solid alibi and has been ruled out by the FBI, per CBS News.
Grossly irresponsible.
Turns out she has a solid alibi and has been ruled out by the FBI, per CBS News.
Grossly irresponsible.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The conservative site The Blaze recklessly named a woman who it said — on the spurious basis of anonymous “gait analysis” — was a “forensic match” for the Jan. 6 pipe bomber.
Turns out she has a solid alibi and has been ruled out by the FBI, per CBS News.
Grossly irresponsible.
Turns out she has a solid alibi and has been ruled out by the FBI, per CBS News.
Grossly irresponsible.
“Federal authorities say that the former president and his co-conspirators almost immediately began mapping out an illegal path to retain the presidency.”
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“Federal authorities say that the former president and his co-conspirators almost immediately began mapping out an illegal path to retain the presidency.”
“Orders are presumed to be lawful.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“Orders are presumed to be lawful.”
Good NYT opinion piece by Frank Bruni on the moral contortions required from Trump supporters on his behalf:
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The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Good NYT opinion piece by Frank Bruni on the moral contortions required from Trump supporters on his behalf:
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The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
My day-after assessment of the Trump-Mamdani meeting:
Pretty, pretty, pretty funny.
Speaking to Alexis Conran earlier on Britain’s Times Radio.
Pretty, pretty, pretty funny.
Speaking to Alexis Conran earlier on Britain’s Times Radio.
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
My day-after assessment of the Trump-Mamdani meeting:
Pretty, pretty, pretty funny.
Speaking to Alexis Conran earlier on Britain’s Times Radio.
Pretty, pretty, pretty funny.
Speaking to Alexis Conran earlier on Britain’s Times Radio.
Plenty of media activity outside the West Wing as we await @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s arrival.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Plenty of media activity outside the West Wing as we await @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s arrival.
Reposted by Niall Stanage
Elizabeth Warren on Colbert's show: "We don't think one corporation or one man named David Ellison should be able to buy up all the shows and buy up all the sports and buy up all the news and decide who watches what and I'm gonna stay in that fight."
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Elizabeth Warren on Colbert's show: "We don't think one corporation or one man named David Ellison should be able to buy up all the shows and buy up all the sports and buy up all the news and decide who watches what and I'm gonna stay in that fight."
University College Dublin’s student news organization, The University Observer, sought me out for an interview about media, my career and advice for aspiring journalists.
My words of highly dubious wisdom are here:
universityobserver.ie/how-niall-st...
My words of highly dubious wisdom are here:
universityobserver.ie/how-niall-st...
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
University College Dublin’s student news organization, The University Observer, sought me out for an interview about media, my career and advice for aspiring journalists.
My words of highly dubious wisdom are here:
universityobserver.ie/how-niall-st...
My words of highly dubious wisdom are here:
universityobserver.ie/how-niall-st...
Not sure how we got to the point of weak, bitter little men like this believing they’re providing some kind of template of masculinity.
Embarrassing.
Embarrassing.
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Not sure how we got to the point of weak, bitter little men like this believing they’re providing some kind of template of masculinity.
Embarrassing.
Embarrassing.
The BBC messed up but Trump’s defamation threat is one more example of him trying to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.
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‘He did incite the insurrection’: Trump is trying to ‘rewrite’ history | Niall Stanage
YouTube video by Times Radio
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November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The BBC messed up but Trump’s defamation threat is one more example of him trying to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.
youtu.be/qGoVbzH3eQI?...
youtu.be/qGoVbzH3eQI?...
Come for the debates on the pressing political issues of the day, stay for the debates about whether I bear some passing resemblance to…Billy Bob Thornton??
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Come for the debates on the pressing political issues of the day, stay for the debates about whether I bear some passing resemblance to…Billy Bob Thornton??
This is complete fiction — apparently originating with a satirical website — but shared as fact by the President of the United States.
Obama does not receive any “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act.
Obama does not receive any “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act.
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is complete fiction — apparently originating with a satirical website — but shared as fact by the President of the United States.
Obama does not receive any “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act.
Obama does not receive any “royalties” from the Affordable Care Act.
It probably says something ominous about the state of U.S. politics when I’m getting a write-up in my hometown newspaper.
But here we are.
Very fair and extensive interview by Gillian Halliday in today’s Belfast Telegraph. Link to full story below.
But here we are.
Very fair and extensive interview by Gillian Halliday in today’s Belfast Telegraph. Link to full story below.
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It probably says something ominous about the state of U.S. politics when I’m getting a write-up in my hometown newspaper.
But here we are.
Very fair and extensive interview by Gillian Halliday in today’s Belfast Telegraph. Link to full story below.
But here we are.
Very fair and extensive interview by Gillian Halliday in today’s Belfast Telegraph. Link to full story below.
Given Trump’s obsession with image and the appearance of dominance, he won’t like how this went.
The body language here is very much Trump-as-supplicant.
The body language here is very much Trump-as-supplicant.
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Given Trump’s obsession with image and the appearance of dominance, he won’t like how this went.
The body language here is very much Trump-as-supplicant.
The body language here is very much Trump-as-supplicant.
If I was in Mamdani’s shoes, I’d be nervous about the amount of social media comment from supporters assuming the election’s as good as won.
He’s clearly the favorite and, yes, some of the attacks are ridiculous, rancid or both.
But there’s still a week to go.
He’s clearly the favorite and, yes, some of the attacks are ridiculous, rancid or both.
But there’s still a week to go.
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
If I was in Mamdani’s shoes, I’d be nervous about the amount of social media comment from supporters assuming the election’s as good as won.
He’s clearly the favorite and, yes, some of the attacks are ridiculous, rancid or both.
But there’s still a week to go.
He’s clearly the favorite and, yes, some of the attacks are ridiculous, rancid or both.
But there’s still a week to go.
Zohran Mamdani leads the NYC polls, so Cuomo allies (like Bill Ackman) are pushing Curtis Sliwa to drop out.
I don't see why Sliwa — the nominee of a major party, unlike Cuomo — should do that.
I don't see why Sliwa — the nominee of a major party, unlike Cuomo — should do that.
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Zohran Mamdani leads the NYC polls, so Cuomo allies (like Bill Ackman) are pushing Curtis Sliwa to drop out.
I don't see why Sliwa — the nominee of a major party, unlike Cuomo — should do that.
I don't see why Sliwa — the nominee of a major party, unlike Cuomo — should do that.
Trump and a third term?
I don't *think* something so obviously unconstitutional could happen. But I also don't assume he or Bannon are joking.
I don't *think* something so obviously unconstitutional could happen. But I also don't assume he or Bannon are joking.
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump and a third term?
I don't *think* something so obviously unconstitutional could happen. But I also don't assume he or Bannon are joking.
I don't *think* something so obviously unconstitutional could happen. But I also don't assume he or Bannon are joking.
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No Kings, MAGA getting mad, and the criminalization of dissent.
Part of my monologue today on Rising.
Part of my monologue today on Rising.
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
No Kings, MAGA getting mad, and the criminalization of dissent.
Part of my monologue today on Rising.
Part of my monologue today on Rising.
Connecting the dots here is not hard.
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Connecting the dots here is not hard.
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social: “ls she [Marjorie Taylor Greene] someone that you could see yourself working with?”
@aoc.bsky.social : “Uhh…on what?” [Laughter] “Listen, I think people can talk a good game. But until they actually support policy that helps people, I’m not particularly interested.”
@aoc.bsky.social : “Uhh…on what?” [Laughter] “Listen, I think people can talk a good game. But until they actually support policy that helps people, I’m not particularly interested.”
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social: “ls she [Marjorie Taylor Greene] someone that you could see yourself working with?”
@aoc.bsky.social : “Uhh…on what?” [Laughter] “Listen, I think people can talk a good game. But until they actually support policy that helps people, I’m not particularly interested.”
@aoc.bsky.social : “Uhh…on what?” [Laughter] “Listen, I think people can talk a good game. But until they actually support policy that helps people, I’m not particularly interested.”
I got flattered back from The Other Place.
Hi (again).
Hi (again).
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I got flattered back from The Other Place.
Hi (again).
Hi (again).
Trump, Harvard, research funding and college blacklists…
Another robust but very enjoyable debate with Leland Vittert on @
NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
(Full clip below.)
Another robust but very enjoyable debate with Leland Vittert on @
NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
(Full clip below.)
May 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump, Harvard, research funding and college blacklists…
Another robust but very enjoyable debate with Leland Vittert on @
NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
(Full clip below.)
Another robust but very enjoyable debate with Leland Vittert on @
NewsNation’s “On Balance.”
(Full clip below.)