Reposted by Joseph O'NeillTommaso Pincio @tommasopincio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW YORK, LA CITTÀ INVINCIBILE Una conversazione sull'11 settembre e Netherland di Joseph O'Neilltommasopincio.substack.comNEW YORK, LA CITTÀ INVINCIBILEUna conversazione sull’11 settembre e Netherland di Joseph O’Neill 022
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A year later--and the garden is again an impenetrable paradise teeming with bees, butterflies, and God knows what else. 060
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 12/07/2026What Schumer & Warner should be saying is: A war of aggression against Denmark, Colombia, or Mexico would be insane and illegal. Democrats will cooperate with any arrest warrants issued by the ICC in respect of such crimes of war, including warrants against the current president. 1121
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillKent Priore @kentpriore.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Just an award-winning book and its ambitious sequel hanging out on a shelf together at Oblong Books. 0119
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The options: (1) quickly expand SCOTUS, nullify the corrupt Trump Court jurisprudence (doable); (2) pass several constitutional amendments (not doable); (3) let SCOTUS indefinitely operate as an instrument of the Republican Party. Option (3) is favored by current Dem leadership. 0133
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillThe New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 16/06/2026“If powerful liberals don’t hold Republicans accountable, what chance do ordinary citizens and officials have if they are maliciously accused of being Chinese agents or election fraudsters or domestic terrorists?” —@josephoneill.bsky.social nybooks.comIf I Were Chuck Schumer | Joseph O’Neill, Daniel DrakeWith about four months still to go until the midterm elections, the Trump administration remains largely unchecked by Congress in its exercises and abuses 0123
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/06/2026Joseph O’Neill reflects on a polylingual childhood, full of intimacies, disappointments, and forgivenesses: “We kept moving—to Tripoli, in Lebanon; to Amanzimtoti, in South Africa; and to Matola, in colonial Mozambique.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Ow3TLe newyorkermag.visitlink.meForward Into ForeignnessThat’s how we did things in my family. Tabbouleh, hurling, helva, “Inshallah,” “godverdomme”—all of it was our culture. 1273
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 04/05/2026People moan about the rise of leftwing Dems, but always remember that this is the alternative. 0120
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026"Progressive policies are gaining ground in the Democratic Party. But progressive politicians aren’t advancing as quickly. The cryptocurrency industry, AIPAC, and other groups are spending heavily to keep left-wingers out of Congress. And they are often succeeding." newrepublic.com/article/2079...newrepublic.comThe Party of AOC or AIPAC? In Illinois, Neither Bloc Could DominateAIPAC won two and lost two. Progressives took the biggest prize—the Senate nomination. But this battle is a long way from over. 05310
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/03/2026Ossoff: "The American people need to know that the president is fundraising for his political campaign and his PAC using images of American service members killed in action, and it's a disgrace" 620190277184
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 18/03/2026So important to celebrate wins, loudly. Progress cannot happen without a culture of embracing progress. 0307
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 17/03/2026The American president is out of his mind. 1822137
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2026CONAN: “For the first time since 2012 no British people are nominated for Best actor or best Actress… a British spokesperson commented, ‘Yeah, well, at least we arrest our pedophiles.’" #Oscars 163131273409
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Hey Democrats: (1) Trump is ignorant, idiotic, and malign (2) war is bad (3) US military adventures in the Middle East have been uniformly catastrophic ergo (4) a Middle East war started by Trump is presumptively disastrous. That easy enough for you? 0375
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 01/03/20267 out of 10 Americans did not support attacking Iran. Are you seeing their voices reflected in the news coverage much? 1121859
Reposted by Joseph O'Neilldonnayoungdc @donnayoungdc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026"The FBI interviewed this woman — who claimed that Trump forced her to give him oral sex when she was in her early teens, then punched her in the head after she bit his penis and kicked her out — at least four times." - @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comDOJ Removed Record of Multiple FBI Interviews with Underage Trump Accuser, Epstein Data ShowsThe FBI spoke at least four times with a woman who credibly accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor, Epstein files show. That document is no longer accessible on the DOJ website. 218377
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Always remember that this is the leader of the Republican Party who owes his power exclusively to Republican Party voters and Republican officials. 061
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Project 2028: 1. Undoing the damage. 2. Undoing the causes of the damage. Number 2 might be doable faster. 051
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.theguardian.comPoint of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists sayContinued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware 13931421
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 11/02/2026In case you needed more evidence that billionaires tend to be idiotic degenerates... 0157
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Horrific comments by Ratcliffe today right when United appeared to making a charge. His comments stand against everything Manchester is about & its fanbase across the world. It’s also a disgraceful insult to our players and everything the United DNA stands for. I am appalled as a #mufc shareholder. 1128
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Yep. It's bad news for everyone who wants to believe or sell the idea that elections reward policy arguments, but presidential mass appeal is about brand. Brand strength implicates policy, sure, but especially for swing voters it's mostly about identity, looks, authenticity, charisma. 081
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year. These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.* So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds. Read, & check out our maps:boltsmag.orgIn Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat - BoltsWith roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff this year, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices. 231568925
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillThe Drake Motel @drakemotel.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Wrote to @josephoneill.bsky.social to talk about authoritarianism, the horrors in Minneapolis, and what to do about useless Democratsnybooks.comThe Politics of Raw Power | Joseph O’Neill, Daniel DrakeOn Wednesday a group of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis pinned a man to the ground and, while he was immobilized, blasted pepper spray into his face 1145
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Unclear why Elon Musk isn't wanted by Interpol for sexual crimes against children. 080
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I'll be in Hartford, CT, on February 12, talking with Omar Acevedo. Could be interesting. 030
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillArno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Holy smokes - he opened with a reference to Vaclav Havel's "The Power of the Powerless," among the all-time greats of underground revolutionary literature (Havel spent years in jail for it, then became Czech's president after his release). Momentous speech. Read the whole thing. 13612
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 20/01/2026You can picture how it must have felt in there. Four fucking Nazis with their shit-eating grins squeezing their fat asses into a booth at a family-owned Mexican place poisoning the entire room with their smug impunity. Desecrating a place of community www.welcometohellworld.com/we-must-love... 311028301
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/01/2026“Who knows. Who cares. Human society suddenly feels overwhelmingly trivial and stupid and not worth the trouble,” Joseph O’Neill writes in his short story “Light Secrets.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.com“Light Secrets,” by Joseph O’NeillEveryone’s done something good that’s hidden—the opposite of a dark secret. 0244
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Clearly the US, indeed the planet, may not survive three more years of an insane Republican president + nihilistic Republican Party + Vichy Democratic leadership. We in the opposition cannot do much, yet, about the first two elements. We can do something about the last element. 0103
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Why are Senate Dems embarking on a *bipartisan* mission???? 030
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillWayne Denno @dennowayne.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Why can’t journalists at least say this out loud: “Many experts, commentators & political leaders are saying that Trump is clearly spiraling into madness & needs to be removed.” 044
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.” What? 141896303516
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The president of the United States is insane, in the medical sense. It's beyond argument. 042
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/01/2026The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once. 35387712040
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I have a new story in the New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.com“Light Secrets,” by Joseph O’NeillEveryone’s done something good that’s hidden—the opposite of a dark secret. 1176
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 18/01/2026For EU officials wondering what they can do: they can actively (if informally) align their countries with the Democratic Party in opposition to the Republican Party. Inform, incentivize, influence. It could make a real difference in the electoral-cultural war now unfolding in the US. 030
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17/01/2026Last week I reported on the 35 people ICE has killed in the last year. www.qasimrashid.com/p/did-your-d... Today Washington Post reports that on January 3, ICE killed another person, by choking him to death in prison. You don’t reform this. You don’t fix this by training. You ABOLISH this fascism. 7482219
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 16/01/2026participation trophy nypost.com/2026/01/16/u...nypost.comVenezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado reveals why she gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medalVenezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had a simple explanation for why she gifted President Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal at the White House Thursday. 040
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13/01/2026How can any senate Democrat, in light of a pronouncement like this, vote in favor of a budget to take effect just in time for Trump to wipe his ass with it? 627341
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillRowan Prose Publishing @rowanprosepub.bsky.social · 13/01/2026The highly anticipated second book in Kent Priore's epic dark fantasy series is dropping this year. Check out IN THE WAKE OF GODS now! books2read.com/u/mZDjxl @kentpriore.bsky.social #darkfantasy #booktrailer #2026books #booksky #readersky #rowanprosepub 063
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Of course it is exactly for this scenario--tyrannical government trampling over the rights to life and liberty--that Second Amendment proponents argue gives Americans the right to bear arms. 88750
Joseph O'Neill @josephoneill.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Trump administration is threatening to frame the Federal Reserve Chair unless he does its bidding. 071
Reposted by Joseph O'NeillWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/01/2026“Sometimes public service requires standing firm in the face of threats, which is what this unambiguously is” How did the banker dude get here before the leaders of every self-mythologizing media organization or even Congress 582069446