IrishLace
Still a moderate, classical liberal.
Still a lover of the English language and of science.
Still an atheist with little tolerance for magical thinking.
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- Reposted by IrishLaceA mother took her three sons to a routine ICE check-in. Moments later, her eldest two were gone without even a chance to say goodbye.
- The Defense Department isn't getting a gift. The Defense Department is getting the loan of an airplane that TwoDolls Donald is getting as a bribe.
- Reposted by IrishLaceJust realized *we broke everything that was working so now you have to let us do a complete overhaul* is The Process, they're doing The Process but for crashing airplanes instead of losing basketball games
- Reposted by IrishLace“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”
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- Reposted by IrishLacecould someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?
- Reposted by IrishLaceHonestly? The $400M plane from Qatar is quaint compared to his crypto scam, memecoin con, insider trading, and tariff shakedowns.
- Reposted by IrishLaceMissouri is a model for what Republicans want to do to the entire country. They can’t legally defund an agency, but they can break it from the inside out. “Half of SNAP applications were rejected after applicants were unable to complete an interview for the program.” abc17news.com/news/top-sto...
- Reposted by IrishLace“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.” - Carl Sagan
- Reposted by IrishLaceHappy Monday
- Reposted by IrishLaceThe framers of the constitution accurately predicted the problems that could arise from a corrupt criminal being elected president and wrote the necessary safeguards in there and it just didn't matter at all. They didn't know about the "If you're a star they let you do it" principle back then
- Reposted by IrishLacePlease do not confuse the legal requirements for the crime of bribery with the concept of corruption.
- Reposted by IrishLaceKlobuchar on Stephen Miller saying the administration is considering suspending habeas corpus: "He's doing it because they don't want to focus on what's really in front of them, and that they have created havoc in our economy ... no, they're not gonna reverse habeas corpus in the Congress."
- Reposted by IrishLaceExactly this!
- Reposted by IrishLaceIt’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
- Reposted by IrishLaceThis is still part of the Constitution, FYI: "[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
- Reposted by IrishLaceHappy Mother’s Day! 🌸 Parenthood is not a strategy to save GDP or influence the country’s demographics. It’s your choice, and should be supported as such.
- Reposted by IrishLace$400 million "palace in the sky" private jets for him. No toys for you.
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- Reposted by IrishLaceEven before they enter the world, your baby is listening. Research suggests that our senses activate between 24-26 weeks of gestation, with the sound of our mothers’ heartbeats and voices among the very first things we experience as humans. 🧵
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- Reposted by IrishLaceWorld's Stupidest Man Pauses World's Stupidest Plan, World's Stupidest People Celebrate
- Reposted by IrishLaceGuess which is going wind up killing more Americans.
- Reposted by IrishLaceART OF THE FOLD........
- I think I might post this frequently between now and June 14th.
- Reposted by IrishLaceIf I were a member of Congress I would have already introduced a bill prohibiting ICE agents from wearing face masks and requiring them to wear official identification at all times
- Reposted by IrishLaceCrazy how long this conversation has been going on
- Reposted by IrishLaceTrump is taking a bribe from a country that funds Hamas. If you can’t say that, then you shouldn’t be a journalist.
- Reposted by IrishLaceHarvard Business School professor Willy Shih joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the global supply chain.
- Reposted by IrishLaceThe president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents. What the fuck are we doing here?
- Reposted by IrishLaceHappy tariff capitulation day to all who celebrate.
- Reposted by IrishLaceMake it make sense
- Reposted by IrishLaceThe fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
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- Reposted by IrishLaceMenendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
- Reposted by IrishLaceI'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
- Reposted by IrishLaceHAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters chant “Free our Mayor!” outside the DHS building in Newark, NJ where Mayor Ras Baraka is being held (Video: @spydermonkeywatch.bsky.social)
- Reposted by IrishLaceHas the US really spent $350 Billion in Ukraine? Nope. Here’s the truth: youtu.be/ZROD0LjN3HU?...
- Reposted by IrishLaceTom Homan, Acting Director of ICE, implied last week that he would begin arresting mayors and governors who do not cooperate with their unconstitutional ICE plans. They just arrested Ras Baraka, Newark's Mayor. This cannot stand. This is a direct threat to any possibility of democracy.
- Reposted by IrishLaceMake it make sense
- Does anyone disagree?
- Reposted by IrishLaceGood night 😴 War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself. Benjamin Franklin
- Reposted by IrishLaceThat time in 1988 Sesame Street ripped on Donald Trump
- Reposted by IrishLaceI'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
- Reposted by IrishLaceOn Friday morning, not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic. Six days ago, 41 vessels were scheduled to depart China for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. On Friday, it was zero. ZERO.
- Reposted by IrishLaceMSNBC: Understand this clearly: when Stephen Miller says they’re looking at ways to suspend habeas corpus, they’re talking about depriving each of us of the right to challenge the legality of our detention by the government.
- Reposted by IrishLaceThis right here......
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- Reposted by IrishLaceThe corruption of Trump is like nothing this country has ever seen before. In our history, Trump is the first president who truly believes he is above the law and is enriching himself in an unprecedented manner. What we are witnessing typically only happens in dictatorships. 😳👇
- "Why won't you contribute to a candidate?" they ask me. This 👇 is my answer.
- This is some shameless shit going on here, folks.
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- Reposted by IrishLaceEvery single day, that bloated carcass of a president goes out looking the way he does, yet every article is "Have you seen Pamela Anderson???" who merely stopped wearing makeup.
- Let this sink in.
- Reposted by IrishLaceBREAKING: A federal court ruled that our client Rümeysa Öztürk must be released on bail immediately. She will return home to New England as her case proceeds.
