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Brian Friel

@brianboru1965.bsky.social
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Lanky lefty. Dual citizenship with Ireland and the U.S. Named after a great Irish playwright. Slàinte and cheers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump: "They will all speak for as short a period of time as possible, so I can get along with winning the war with Iran"
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The worst place ever I've been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali immigrant, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week.
Sakariye is a 22 year old asylum seeker who had work authorization. He was driving a truck for work when he was
arrested in Alabama last year."I TOLD HIM AT THE TIME TO STOP WORKING, BECAUSE ICE WAS ARRESTING EVERYONE," SAKARIYE'S COUSIN TOLD ME.
BUT SAKARIYE REFUSED.
"HE BELIEVED ICE WAS LOOKING FOR CRIMINALS."
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How does a football Hall of Famer become a Supreme Court justice? Let Alan Page explain www.nytimes.com/athletic/752...
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How does a football Hall of Famer become a Supreme Court justice? Let Alan Page explain (Gift Article)
Alan Page won an NFL MVP award, made the Hall of Fame, became a Supreme Court justice and was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/08/2026
Another day, and still not a word from Trump about the tens of thousands of Americans in Indiana who have been without power for more than a week after deadly storms. At least seven people are dead. Families are losing food and insulin. Trump's posted plenty of AI memes, though.
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Zero Response From Trump As Blackouts Ravage Indiana
Tens of thousands still without power as Trump posts memes of himself
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Family members share with MeidasTouch that women aboard the USS Boxer have been “begging” for extra pads and tampons as basic feminine hygiene supplies run out at sea.
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"They Were Begging Us to Send Them Extra Pads and Tampons." Family Member Describes Feminine Hygiene Shortage Aboard the USS Boxer
A family member with loved ones serving aboard the USS Boxer reached out to us directly to describe a supply crisis unfolding on the amphibious assault ship,
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“The mounting level of US government debt, on track for $40 trillion courtesy of this summer’s “big beautiful bill,” risks a tectonic crash for the US economy” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Social Security Will Start Running Out Earlier Than Expected
The date when the Social Security trust fund will be unable to pay 100% of benefits just got moved up.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Portland Press Herald is reporting that Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition & Presente! Maine say the person who died in the shooting is a 26-year-old Colombian man authorized to work in the U.S. & had been issued a Social Security number. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...
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Live updates: Man killed in Biddeford ICE-involved shooting ID’ed as 26-year-old from Colombia
Witnesses described seeing one person being shot in the head.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trump "extends gun rights to buyers who had faced restrictions because of mental illness..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Boston pops
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Former Democratic Unionist Party (a pro-British party from Northern Ireland) leader Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of all 18 child sex abuse charges. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of all 18 child sex abuse charges
Eleanor Donaldson charged with aiding and abetting and cruelty to children and jury found she carried out those acts
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/06/2026
Noticing a piece of the new “American flag blue” liner that was partially detached from the Reflecting Pool, David Hearn said he reached in to see what it felt like. Moments later, U.S. Park Police officers arrested him on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property. wapo.st/4xVNzcS
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/06/2026
This is genocidal rhetoric. Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir declared: "For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep." "All of Lebanon must burn." A senior member of Netanyahu's government is openly calling for collective punishment.
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Phil Yabut @philliefan99.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
They're dumping slimy, green peroxide water from the Reflecting Pool back into the Potomac. #dc @popville.bsky.social
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Remember The Promises
Check out The Lincoln Project's latest video: Remember The Promises
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Your daily reminder this should be the biggest scandal in American politics right now but nobody seems to care. Ken Paxton freed a man who raped a boy for 3 years. He also doesnt have to register as a sex offender. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/k...
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Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case
Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Whoa……Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says
Data processing accounts for 21% of Irish electricity use – compared to just 4% in the US and 1% in China
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
But of course this happened…..Weld County, (CO) GOP chairman arrested, suspected of soliciting child prostitute
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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Putin has taken revenge for his Victory Day parade humiliation in typical fashion by targeting Ukrainian civilians. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian dictator launched one of the largest bombardments of the entire war. Multiple Ukrainians were killed in the attack
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) defended his decision to suspend his state’s ongoing primary election to redraw the congressional maps, even after 45,000 ballots had already been cast, saying that discarding those votes was “not a big” deal. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Louisiana governor: Discarding 45,000 votes ‘not a big’ deal and ‘not my fault’
“Well, it's not a big de– it's not my fault,” Landry said.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year’s congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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SCOTUS greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 election
The order means that Alabama will discard its court-ordered congressional map for the 2026 primary elections and use a 2023 map that courts previously struck down as a violation under Section 2 of the...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"With control of the strait, Iran emerges as the key player in the region and one of the key players in the world. The roles of China and Russia, as Iran’s allies, are strengthened; the role of the United States, substantially diminished. ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/05/2026
the optics of this Oval Office event are absolutely insane. get a load of this. crazytown.
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Why in the actual eff is the PGA having a tournament hosted this week at the stupid golf course “Trump National Doral” in Miami. For a week when Prince Bone Saw and his failed “sports washing” endeavor with LIV golf announced they will end financing at the end of CY2026, this is god awful timing.
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Morons Are Governing America (MAGA)……Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/c...
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Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia.
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Another convicted member of the “law and order” political party. Hypocrites…….Jury Convicts Florida Ex-Congressman of Secretly Lobbying for Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
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Jury Convicts Florida Ex-Congressman of Secretly Lobbying for Venezuela
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Trump's FCC is planning to file paperwork as early as this afternoon to challenge Disney's eight licenses for its eight ABC stations in response to the joke Jimmy Kimmel made about Melania Trump. Stay tuned and in the meantime, here is the joke, again:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
He never had the money to pay for the ballroom. It was always a scam. We were always going to have to pay for it. They were just waiting for the right moment to hit us with the bill. This is now the time.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Epstein survivors will have a public forum midday on Capitol Hill led by Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA)… after not being permitted an audience with King Charles tomorrow
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Irish Star: Trump is estimated to have cost U.S. taxpayers a whopping $144 million in golfing excursions since his return to office in January 2025, almost equaling the entire sum of his first term in the White House. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Shocking……….Firm Building Trump’s Ballroom Got a Secret No-Bid Contract for a Nearby Job www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...
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Firm Building Trump’s Ballroom Got a Secret No-Bid Contract for a Nearby Job
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Good morning, friends🫂🫂 I’m alive. Kyiv was quieter this night. No sleep - but still alive. Dnipro took the main hit. Bila Tserkva, Kharkiv, Sumy region suffered too. russians as always hit homes. Clinics. Stores. And even cemeteries.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
this doesn't seem great? nypost.com/2026/04/25/u...
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15 chemical spraying drones stolen in NJ as FBI investigates possible ‘nightmare scenario’: report
An alarmed FBI is concerned the chemical-spraying drones could be used to disperse biological or chemical weapons.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/04/2026
New photos from the USS Abraham Lincoln show service members receiving minimal food portions as reports grow that some troops have lost significant weight and aren’t receiving care packages—while the Pentagon denies any shortages. (Newsweek)
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NPR @npr.org · 25/04/2026
The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases. n.pr/4eHXyv1
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Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment
The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/04/2026
How do you feel about Trump’s DOJ quietly bringing back firing squads on a Friday afternoon?
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praying mantis @gentlem.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SFQ... Rosie the Riveter finally got her wings. Rest in Peace, Connie Palacioz. The 101-yo aviation trailblazer passed away peacefully at home on Sunday. #Wichita,KS
Connie Palacioz, 1925-2026
screenshot from KAKE video piece featuring Connie’s story, legacy & interview with family
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A Ukrainian drone strike in Donetsk destroyed a command base of the Russian Federal Security Service special forces. 12 Russian servicemen were killed and 15 injured.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Hilarious.
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 23/04/2026
At least 10 people were wounded today in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. This comes just days after eight young kids were killed in another mass shooting in the state. Our communities don’t even have time to grieve between tragedies.
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At least 10 people injured in shooting at Mall of Louisiana, police say
Police said the shooting appeared to have happened after two groups of people got into an argument in the mall's food court.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice is demanding that Wayne County, Michigan turn over its ballots from the 2024 election to investigate voter fraud claims. Michigan’s attorney general and secretary of state have responded saying that’s not going to happen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ civil rights chief sends demand letter to Wayne County for 2024 ballots
Michigan's attorney general and secretary of state have responded that they will not comply with DOJ's demands.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026
900lb crates full of onions in a field
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/04/2026
At the start of this week, there were three men in Congress whose reputations had imploded after being accused of misconduct against women: Reps. Cory Mills, Tony Gonzales, and Eric Swalwell. Gonzales and Swalwell resigned, but Mills is hanging on despite facing a staggering number of scandals.
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Two congressmen resigned after accusations of misconduct against women. Another remains.
Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) appears set on staying in Congress as he battles a litany of scandals.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/04/2026
Trump raked in $28 million from Middle East business deals. Then he started a war.
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Trump raked in $28 million from Middle East business deals. Then he started a war.
The president's Persian Gulf real estate projects are worth roughly $17 billion.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/04/2026
The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings.
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Inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic
Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine a troubling new market.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Follow this thread. Most likely, and of course, all speculation right now, this is why Melania did her 6 min statement today. Amanda Ungaro was brought here as a 17-year-old model. She flew to NYC on Epstein's private plane. 1/2
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Forbes @forbes.com · 09/04/2026
Reports of a meeting between a Vatican representative and the Pentagon went viral, with allegations that the church had been warned to cease its criticism.
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Pentagon Confirms It Met With Vatican—But Denies Reports Of A Bitter Clash—Amid The Pope’s Mounting Criticism
Reports of a meeting between a Vatican representative and the Pentagon went viral, with allegations that the church had been warned to cease its criticism.
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Brian Friel @brianboru1965.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Another article highlighting why the stupid ballroom is wrong on so many levels……White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...
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White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project
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