Giles MacDonogh
@gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social
British-Austrian Historian, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, author, occasional artist, linguist, food, wine and cooking.
“That I will go out with my family, my friends, I’ll do it any way—I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try and cheat like hell like they do, they’d never, there’s never been bigger cheaters, they don’t care. I am gonna go out and I’m gonna get my friends, my family,
September 11, 2026
Last night was the second night of the Republican midterm convention Trump staged to fire up his base.
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Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson Lisa Smart said Farage wanted to "bring Trump's America to our shores by buying his way into power". "He's trying to get into Number 10 as if it's a stop on a monopoly board," the Liberal Democrat added.
The mere thought of him being so close gives me the creeps: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump: Protests expected as US president visits Ireland
Donald Trump is to arrive later on Saturday at Dublin Airport for a two-day visit to the country.
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This is, I assume, not just a campaign, but an electoral campaign: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel says it has destroyed major underground Hezbollah base
The powerful blast registered as the equivalent of a magnitude 4.1 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey.
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25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
Cadbury's parent company Mondelēz International has invested in Celleste Bio, an Israeli biotech startup developing cell-cultured, lab-grown cocoa butter. If you needed another reason to boycott the glass and a half stuff that can't be called chocolate any more ...
4 acres of Grenache and a lovely house in Séguret (plus a smaller residence to convert into a gite). All for under £600,000: www.intervignes.com/intervignes-...
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❗️A Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, using American GBU-39 guided bombs, destroys a Russian military deployment site in Velyka Novosilka.
Progressives 45% Reactionaries 51% [MIC inc Restore in results, seems all pollsters should be doing this as RUK split 23:6 develops]
Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · last wk.Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 24% (-2) RFM: 23% (+1) CON: 22% (-1) LDM: 12% (+1) GRN: 9% (=) RES: 6% (+2) SNP: 2% (=) Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 4-6 Sep. Changes w/ 28-31 Aug.
Trump’s proposal would reportedly cost taxpayers $1.2 trillion.
Unearthed Trump Tweet Reveals The Stunning Hypocrisy Of His $5,000 Dividend
Trump’s proposal would reportedly cost taxpayers $1.2 trillion.
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While all this was going on, tonight President Trump attended the second day of his Dallas rally to fire up his base before the midterm elections. There, a video from the Republican National Committee intoned: “And on June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said,
September 10, 2026
We woke up today to news that Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants have taken control of the city and seaport of Mocha and much of the shoreline of the Red Sea near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, another c...
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This is not the first time President Trump has made a cash promise to voters. Americans are still waiting for the $2,000 cheques he said they would each receive from the revenue generated from his trade tariffs.
Is Trump's $5,000 pledge a sign of panic?
Even by Trump's own unconventional standards, his promise to voters was bizarre, writes North America editor Sarah Smith.
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Desperate Donnie's panicky plan to bribe voters is not only highly illegal, it's also incredibly expensive (1.3 trillion w/ a "T") & really, REALLY dumb (w/ a "B"). He knows accountability is coming on 11/3/26! #TickTickTick shorturl.at/xXsgXhttps:/...
Facing Electoral Disaster, Trump Offers $5,000 Voter Bribe If Republicans Win Midterms
The president doesn’t have the authority to just send everyone checks.
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The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! @caeliambulator.bsky.social discusses Hormuz & his new book on Indian Ocean Trade ⛵. Then, ancient mosaics enshrining pets, Aristotle in the antebellum South, medieval Denia, a new dinosaur in Brazil, ancient world journals from @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!
Pasts Imperfect (9.10.26)
This week, ancient historian Jeremy Simmons discusses Rome, India, and his new book on ancient Indian Ocean trade networks. Then, new mosaics may honor two beloved ancient pets, a new book on Aristotl...
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Time to book my next trip to Rome! Rome’s largest ancient fresco and mosaic complex opens to public. The works were discovered in the 1990s but hidden from public view until now. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Didn't he also promise that gasoline prices would fall immediately after the midterm elections?
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ALT: I've Got A Bridge To Sell You
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Map produced from the perspective of Galicia but applicable to the world before the revolutionary changes brought by arrival of the railway. By sea: A Coruña to London: 5 days. By land: Coruña to Madrid; 20 days.
FRED ASTAIRE and his daughter Ava at Fouquet’s on the Champs-Elysées — Paris (1961)
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · last wk.Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
That Reform oyster bar sting in full The new Private Eye is out now.
Looking down from the bridge area at the bow of ocean liner RMS Queen Mary while under construction at the John Brown & Company shipyard in Clydebank, in 1934.
Today is the 4th anniversary of the liberation of Izium. Back then, authorities uncovered mass graves where Russia had buried 447 bodies: mostly civilians, 215 women, 194 men & 5 children, as well as 22 Ukrainian soldiers. A sight I will never forget. That was my report👇 www.dw.com/en/ukraine-w...
Ukraine: Izium bodies show signs of torture and execution
Over 400 people are being recovered from shallow graves outside the town of Izium, Ukraine. DW's Emmanuelle Chaze visited the horrific scene and spoke to investigators, who believe war crimes took pla...
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