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IrishLace

@irishlace.bsky.social
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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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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The bail hearing was on the 18th. Did they let him out?
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Rest in peace costume designer Bob Mackie (1939-2026), who created probably the most famous costume ever to appear in a TV comedy. The costume sent-up Scarlet O'Hara making a dress from curtains in "Gone With The Wind." Carol Burnett: "I saw it in the window and just couldn't resist!"
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Miss Starlett costume, worn by Carol Burnett on "The Carol Burnett Show"
“I saw it in a window and just couldn’t resist it,” Carol Burnett remarked about her outrageous “curtain dress,” worn in a comedy sketch that…
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📌I don't give a single fuck who is or who isn't running for president in 2028. EVERYTHING is about Nov. 3, 2026.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ben Meiselas does an impression of Jared Kushner
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good. I don't want it to be permanent. I would prefer if we just got rid of it altogether.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The War on Terror began 25 years ago today, when Congress passed the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force. Only one member of Congress had the courage and foresight to oppose this blank check for forever wars: Barbara Lee.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is seriously hilarious.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Interesting note of hypocrisy here: He criticizes Biden for not releasing the Epstein files while there were many ongoing investigations but... won't comment on the 2020 election-rigging claim because of - yep - ongoing investigations.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2026
Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”
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Marty Orzio @martyjo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Tallarico had a smart and funny promotion, offering a pen, a simple pen, with the words “not Ken Paxton’s pen” printed on it. I went to order one for a friend and found it was sold out. That’s a good thing!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hey Jon Ossoff, you got Melania to come out of hibernation by mentioning Natalie Harp. Can you get Mitch McConnell to reappear? 
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Heaven is ruled by one guy who is alleged to be all good and all loving. Oh, and he can produce anything anyone needs or wants out of thin air. No one has to work but, of course, no one has any choice in how they live. Do you see the difference?
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John Adams: anti-Trump veteran @armyinfsgtvet.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
And so it goes. Iran is cheering......
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Um... he's dead. What kind of resources does the FBI have that he might need?
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 12/07/2026
For no particular reason: youtu.be/VRJecfRxbr8
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Kavanaugh Hearing Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Just curious... why didn't they just say "heart attack"?
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Spencer Green @spencergreen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
For all the conservative pundits gnashing their teeth and lecturing us about our reactions to Lindsey Graham's death...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
2015: “[Donald Trump] is a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for.”
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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
One of the legacies of Lindsay
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hey, fake Jesus left his trousers on! Let's give credit where credit is due.
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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
😆😆😆 #archaeohistories
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem. Welcome to the new InfoWars.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Jeezus! Was anyone hurt?
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Fun Day with the Dog 😊 🎥: jesskoselke on TT.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So let me get this right. A private company gets a fat government contract AND it gets to extort detainees? www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Inside the California ICE detention boycott over $18 coffee grounds, $21 tampon boxes
More than 300 detainees are estimated to have signed grievance letters sent to facility administrators, according to advocates with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Do they ever listen to themselves at all? I don't suppose the interviewer challenged this nonsense... perhaps by asking her about abortion access in various states. Nah, probably not.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The US Men's Soccer Team is crushing right now thanks to birth right citizenship.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In an unusual flight path, jet flies into World Trade Center.
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In unusual deal, a $1.8 billion fund that could help Trump allies is created
The agreement to end the Trump family's lawsuit against the IRS grants a commission broad authority to distribute nearly $1.8 billion to those who, like the president, have claimed they have been targets of a
"weaponized" justice system.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
And she is DISAPPOINTED because, of course, who could possibly have foreseen that Trump could do such thing?
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
He promised to release his tax returns as soon as there were no more audits pending, and now there are no more audits pending.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Rest In Peace Candle Memorial
ALT: Rest In Peace Candle Memorial
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Gretchen Carlson: I’m begging Rep. Thomas Massie to go on the House floor asap & read all of the names in the EpsteinFiles - you were a hero for survivors - you believed them & fought for them. Your actions were brave & heroic. Now pls blow the whole thing wide open. Thank you.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thomas Massie isn't going quietly: “Today is the six-month anniversary of the Epstein Transparency Act. We’ve taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador, a prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, that was just six months. I’ve got seven months left in Congress.” (The US gets little credit.)
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It's simply beyond my comprehension that he could ever be considered by ANYone.
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Incredible- Trump's $2 billion taxpayer-subsidized slush fund comes with a legal disclaimer that basically says "we are not responsible for any crimes committed with this money"
Once the funds are deposited into the Designated Account, the United States has no liability
whatsoever for the protection or safeguarding of those funds, regardless of bank failure,
fraudulent transfers, or any other fraud or misuse of the funds.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media. The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
From your mouth to God's ear.... or Senator Cassidy's.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 18/05/2026
There’s been plenty of focus on Trump getting his revenge against Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy. But I think the next question is whether Cassidy, with 230 days remaining in his term, might also get some revenge against Trump. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump got his revenge against Cassidy, but will Cassidy get his revenge against Trump?
Interesting things happen when members lose primaries and suddenly have the opportunity to do as they please.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
GOOD! Sue them blue, sir!
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Ah, I see I'm not the only one who found this lovely documentary.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Barbara, this interesting post led me to poke around the internet to learn more about the A303 which led me to a lovely documentary on YT about the road and its history. So I spent almost an hour learning about a road I'll never see. Nice afternoon. Thanks so much! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYbT...
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A303 - Highway to the Sun (2011)
YouTube video by Bollox Naked
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Christina🌊🌊 @sassycc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I could not have said it better!!!❤️💯
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 08/05/2026
Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.
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IrishLace @irishlace.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I got bitten by one of those once. Fortunately, as a weak, old, post-menopausal woman, I found it very unpleasant but didn't need hospitalization. My doctor was tickled, however, to show me off to the two interns he had working in his practice at the time.
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