It’s nice how they’ve replicated the middle school dynamic of the insecure bully and his sniveling sidekick picking on someone surrounded by a circle of scared little boys who also try to talk shit so the bully doesn’t come after them.

Or as the right calls it, “masculinity.”

Remember: the televised punishment & humiliation meted out to Zelensky just now could be done to any NATO ally facing similar aggression. The sense of sneering hostility & contempt by Trump & Vance isn’t specific to Ukraine.

That press conference was choreographed for an audience of one and he sits in Moscow.

Once, we fought tyrants. Today Trump and Vance are bending America’s knee. And that weakens us.

Are EU leaders just going to take this shit lying down? I don’t want any more cope about pragmatism.

I want strong shows of support for our ally Ukraine Vs an antagonistic USA.

If I was VdL I would issue a statement saying the United States can be a friend of Moscow or Brussels, but not both.

Getting the 46a into town for the last time. My attempts to start up a chorus of Summer In Dublin were met with puzzled silence.

How long more has Mary Lou got, have to imagine Pearse Doherty sharpening the metaphorical knife

OK, here it is, my #ge24 government formation prediction

Micheál Martin does a Trevor Sargent and steps aside to let Jim O'Callaghan commence coalition talks with the new leader of Sinn Féin (tbc) and form the next government.
Micheál Martin heads up Chesterfield Avenue to take over from MDH

What next for Gerry Hutch #ge24 #themonk

Wow. Vote transfers are exciting and indeed work as intended! #ge24

Can't understand those who complain about how long counting takes in Ireland 🗳

#GE24

We have one of the most open, transparent, and fair systems in the world, one in which millions are denied the privilege of voting

And, of course, it's incredibly entertaining for the anoraks!

"Our jobs are to serve the people" says millionaire landlord Michael Healy Rae. Ireland truly gets the politicians it derseves. #GE24

with Hutch the monk in real contention , if he gets elected, his "declaration of interests" will make for intriguing reading #cab #ge24

Very informative video provides a deep dive into bot farms on social media with a focus on Twitter/X. It's wild that at least 1/3 of the accounts are Twitter/X likely bots. It's a cesspool of inauthentic engagement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...

✨Little reminder that Aontu exists because Peadar Tóibín resigned from Sinn Fein because of its support for Repeal. They want to seriously curtail women’s access to abortion, and would overturn repeal if they could.✨