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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Trump was on a wild posting spree, even by his standards, in the past few days. He’s focused only on distraction, it seems to me. Talked about it with Laura Barrón-López on MS NOW today.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🔥 STANAGE: “Price of oil is up $20 since Trump’s war. Price of gas up $1+ — 🇺🇸 people against this 2 to 1. We have alienated our friends, emboldened our enemies (Putin & Xi rubbing their hands in glee)… and Netanyahu, the person happiest, is accused of war crimes.”

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I was on CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" this week, and glad to be part of the discussion over Laura Loomer, influencers and racism

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Accurate, unusually blunt summation of Fetterman from the NYT.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

On Trump, the SCOTUS ruling and the midterms —

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🔥 @niallstanage.bsky.social : “This isn’t just about @markruffalo.bsky.social , it’s about the conflation of criticism of 🇮🇱 policy with antisemitism… the smearing of brave organizations of American Jewish activists speaking out against 🇮🇱 abuses against the Palestinians.”

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Trump will speak in a few hours, seemingly to present new “evidence” of election interference or fraud. Glad to share my reasons for severe skepticism on MS Now…

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MacGill Summer School @macgillschool.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Just 15 days until this year’s MacGill Summer School! We’re excited to announce our opening panel: The New World Disorder, featuring @brigidlaffan.bsky.social | @niallstanage.bsky.social | Ambassador Kara Owen and @danobrien20.bsky.social Learn more and register: macgillsummerschool.com

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Amid everything else, please read — and pay attention to — this: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...

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Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Complaining about "weaponization" of the justice system by posting his opponents/critics in prison jumpsuits —

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I talked a bit about the relationship between Ireland, the U.S. and the world in a new documentary broadcast on Irish TV last night. My view, for what it’s worth: Irishness shouldn’t be a narrow thing. Our history can be a path to empathy and solidarity with others.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Trump’s IRS deal is becoming a global story — especially the ‘slush fund’ that will likely be used to compensate people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses. On Britain’s @listentotimesradio.bsky.social, I tried to answer this pertinent question from Mikey Smith of @politics.mirror.co.uk

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Trump yesterday attacked MS NOW’s Akayla Gardner as “a dumb person.” Last week, he called ABC News’ Rachel Scott a “horror show” and told her “you can understand dirt maybe better than I can.” Both Gardner and Scott are Black women…

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My question to Trump about the missile strike on an Iranian school — and the lack of answers about it, 10 weeks on — seems to have struck a chord. Here are my thoughts on why the media need to be persistent, especially on matters of actual life-and-death. (From Times Radio.)

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I am the reporter who asked this question, which I think should be asked more often. More than 100 children were reported killed at the girls’ school in Minab.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

MAGA allies are grasping for a silver lining from Viktor Orban's defeat, arguing it means liberals exaggerated the threat. Not my view. As for Trump and democracy....? A robust exchange with Leland Vittert — who to his credit brings me on knowing I'll disagree — last night:

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Time for my annual Masters resharing of the New York Times story I wrote years ago about Rory McIlroy, identity and our mutual home-place. www.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/s...

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Northern Ireland’s McIlroy Transcends Boundaries (Published 2011)

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The UK will host talks about the Strait of Hormuz next week. But Trump's idea that other nations should steam up the Strait and "just TAKE" Iran's oil is...not what that's about. I discussed it with Ali Vitali on MS NOW's "Way Too Early" today.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Wow. Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to make a “multimillion dollar” investment in a defense fund in February, just weeks before the war on Iran was launched. Great scoop from the FT: www.ft.com/content/744e...

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Trump cabinet meeting ran from roughly 10:40 to 12:15. Wall Street:

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Democrat Emily Gregory last night reversed a big GOP majority to win the Florida statehouse district that covers...Mar-a-Lago. I joined from the White House to discuss the tide running against Trump, even in his own backyard.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Trump called Democrats “the greatest enemy America has” in a Sunday social media post. It barely got noticed amid everything else — and that means we’re missing the dangers. My response (with bonus Shakespeare quote) —

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Always a pleasure to join C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on a big news day. Our very last caller argued we should all “put politics aside” and back the president. My response:

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

President calls opposition party “greatest enemy” facing nation.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The NYT’s Tom Friedman writing with clarity and power on the seismic defeat suffered by Trump-Miller-Noem in Minneapolis. Worth reading the whole piece (linked below) but this stood out.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Trump, March 3: The U.S. Navy will “begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible.” (This didn’t happen.) Trump, this afternoon: “Countries of the World” should “take care of that passage.”

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Not to be ignored amid Iran war news — Trump’s demand for GOP to pass controversial voter-ID, proof-of-citizenship bill. “It’ll guarantee the midterms. If you don’t get it: big trouble.”

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The evidence that the U.S. hit the girls’ school in Iran, killing scores of children, keeps growing. It’s horrific and not something from which the media, or anyone else, should just move on.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I’d been thinking about the through-lines between Gaza; the unwillingness of so many to acknowledge its horrors; and the comparatively contained outrage over the bombing of the school in southern Iran. But this letter-writer to The Irish Times says it better.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Re. Kristi Noem: It’s telling that she smeared both Renee Good and Alex Pretti as having engaged in domestic terrorism — but that it was reportedly her claim that Trump backed her self-promoting ad campaign that spelled doom.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Kristi Noem is OUT as Homeland Security Secretary

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Just watched Trump’s remarks. The nuclear argument is incoherent (“They will be totally — again — obliterated”?) Can’t figure out what his argument actually is on an imminent threat to the U.S. And he ends by making clear the U.S. has begun a regime change war.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

‼️ The New York Times joins NPR in digging into this potentially massive Epstein-Trump story — which, again, was first reported by @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

On Sky News earlier, I tried to get at the broader significance of the Supreme Court knocking Trump back on tariffs. He is constantly pushing at the boundaries, on multiple fronts. Now, even a very conservative court has said, “No.”

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at 84. No social media post could do justice to such a large and consequential life. His 1988 speech to the Democratic National Convention is easily one of the most remarkable — and personal — political addresses you’ll ever hear.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

NBC News is out with a very strong report into the apparent use of excessive force by ICE and other DHS officers, beyond the most notorious shootings. It also features this photo, which I couldn’t get past.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

At the time, Kristi Noem called this ”an attempted murder of federal law enforcement.” And now? Charges dropped. New evidence is “materially inconsistent with the allegations.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

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Prosecutor Seeks to Drop Charges Against Immigrant Shot by ICE Agent

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Breaking: Grand jury rebuffs Trump and Pirro over video released by 6 Democratic lawmakers in Nov. Dems noted troops could refuse "illegal orders." Trump accused them of "seditious behavior" and said they should be "arrested and put on trial." Grand jury: No. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Trump administration fails to secure indictment in connection with Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video

President Donald Trump had accused six Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior" after they urged members of the military and intelligence communities to refuse unlawful orders.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Today’s NYT investigation into what really went on after the killing of Renee Good is shocking. It’s centered on the apparent suppression, for political reasons, of a proper investigation. But there’s so much more. (Link below.)

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

If you saw the testimonies offered yesterday by Renee Good’s brothers — or others affected by the use of force by federal agents — you know how moving they were. These horrendous events don’t happen in a vacuum. My thoughts today —

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Trump’s comments about how Republicans should “take over the voting” are evidence of his weakness, not strength — and there’s a collision coming. My thoughts today on “Rising” (full segment is on The Hill’s YouTube.)

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Reporter: Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE Agent. Leavitt: Why was she killed? Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The proprietor of The Other Place has been cozying up to white supremacism. I want to make sure we’re clear on that as he tries to get back in Trump’s favor and his companies become even more closely meshed with the Pentagon.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

WATCH— @niallstanage.bsky.social : “It’s surely better for 🇺🇸 democracy that people protest a government agent shooting someone in the head than to be docile or acquiescent to those kinds of actions.”

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The “nobody debates that” here is not getting the attention it should. The nation is literally debating that. And the evidence of the wheels contradicts Vance. His phrasing is demanding the media simply echo his view and silence any other.

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