Brian Friel
@brianboru1965.bsky.social
Lanky lefty. Dual citizenship with Ireland and the U.S. Named after a great Irish playwright. Slàinte and cheers.
“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...
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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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...
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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Trump "extends gun rights to buyers who had faced restrictions because of mental illness..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations
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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...
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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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
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.
They're dumping slimy, green peroxide water from the Reflecting Pool back into the Potomac. #dc @popville.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool
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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...
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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Whoa……Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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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AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
But of course this happened…..Weld County, (CO) GOP chairman arrested, suspected of soliciting child prostitute
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
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/...
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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🚨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/...
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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"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. ...
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 3mo agoThe U.S. is effectively checkmated in Iran—and this defeat will carry lasting consequences unlike any America has endured before, Robert Kagan argues.
the optics of this Oval Office event are absolutely insane. get a load of this. crazytown.
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.
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...
Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia.
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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...
Jury Convicts Florida Ex-Congressman of Secretly Lobbying for Venezuela
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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:
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.
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
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
Shocking……….Firm Building Trump’s Ballroom Got a Secret No-Bid Contract for a Nearby Job www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...
Firm Building Trump’s Ballroom Got a Secret No-Bid Contract for a Nearby Job
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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.
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)
