Another beautiful Easter message from the President who loves Jesus with all his heart and soul.
Dom Bryan
@domsball.bsky.social
Social Anthropologist, University Prof, Dad, Spurs supporter, activist, trade unionist.
The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025. The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
$1.5T defense budget $170B on ICE & Border Patrol $100B on tax cuts for the 1% $20B from Treasury for Argentina $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $300M on Kristi Noem's jets $100M+ for Trump to golf $75k+ for Kash Patel's Olympic trip And now $50B in emergency funding for war in Iran? Priorities.
The glee with which some of those in the Whitehouse are conducting this war is horrific.
Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks. They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors. Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption. Watch how they vote this week.
A war is where you get people replace by stone monuments (if they are lucky).
#ChurchOfRockAndRoll #60 By age 25 she co-wrote a host of genius-level songs incl Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Natural Woman, Goin' Back, Take Good Care Of My Baby, The Locomotion, Up On The Roof. And her awesome solo success still ahead #CaroleKing #GoffinKing
It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!
A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
If climate change isn't real, why is the US concerned about national security because of the melting of Arctic ice?
MPs back plan to release Mandelson files after Labour anger forces climbdown. Remember our ‘friends’ in the USA knew Mandelson was compromised. If this had happened with Russia the PM would have resigned by now.
In response to the news that @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has cut ties with Senator George J. Mitchell, following new information that suggests he remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, we have released the following statement. 1/5
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Directed by Thom Zimny Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
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Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27.5M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469. Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by. It's past time Walmart paid them a living wage.
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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There is a strong political strain in the US that hates the welfare state in Europe. We should defend our people by keeping them healthy not sustaining military bases around the world.
If you missed Dom Bryan's talk this week on 'Authenticity, history and everyday nationalism: comparing Irish pubs to McDonald’s restaurants', it's now online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=50e-... More QUB Irish Studies events at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris... @domsball.bsky.social
Irish Studies Seminar: Dom Bryan 22/09/25
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.