Frequently asked questions about the Uber Files - ICIJ What is the Uber Files? Who was in the leak? Who is the source of the data? What do the Uber Files reveal and why does the investigation matter? We answer common questions ICIJ has been getting from r...

Do not use UBER. These facts expose a rotten culture Frequently asked questions about the Uber Files www.icij.org/investigatio...

When We Fight We Win! 🗽💙🔥👇Congratulations Hungary and Blue Resisters Everywhere! Be sure to follow and share these winning friends. #StrongerTogether #WeWin go.bsky.app/DWZaSRN

Opinion | This Is What Will Ruin Public Opinion Polling for Good

From the bad of statistical modelling to the worse of AI ! How about just listening to potential voters as Mamdani did? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...

Observer An American Abroad Finds Respect Everywhere!

Guess what country ? open.substack.com/pub/terrygol...

Do You Really Need to Wash New Clothes Before Wearing Them?

"Washing clothes before wearing them helps remove some potential irritants like excess dyes, fragrances and formaldehyde.. a single short washing cycle with cold water removed almost all of the formaldehyde,www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/well/wash-new...

Thank you New Yorker. Hopefully Hearst family don’t sell to Ellison for $10 billion or whatever UAE bosses will pay to curry favor with Trump

Opinion | Trump Is Trying to Override Our Voting System

This is terrifying. We must fight to ensure our vote is counted in November @markwarner.bsky.social
"The idea that a president could fabricate an emergency to take control of elections would have been unthinkable not long ago. It must remain unacceptable now. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...

Toward a Pro-Democracy Movement Why I'm demonstrating today

Yes!!
March ! Then register!
“A pro-democracy movement dedicated to not just to standing up against authoritarian strongmen like Trump and against big money like Peter Thiel’s, but to empowering all Americans, politically and economically.

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Observer Speaking in (Irish) Tongues

Hilarious !!! open.substack.com/pub/terrygol...

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Opinion | Is There Method to Trump’s Madness?

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/o...

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Thank you New Yorker. Hopefully Hearst family don’t sell to Ellison for $10 billion or whatever UAE bosses will pay to curry favor with Trump

Hmmm. Donald Trump struggles to explain why he launched another Middle Eastern war

How a Call From Trump Ignited a Bitter Feud Between Two U.S. Allies

Trump is better at breaking the peace than peacemaking as he sets the Emirates off, encourages Putin to keep invading Ukraine and gets ready to start a war in Iran. I guess thats what happens when you rename D/Defense the D/War. FIFA shd give Trump the FIFA War Prize?
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Here’s a thought for James Comer.

There IS a First Lady who has had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. And it’s not Hillary Clinton.

It might be worthwhile for Comer to subpoena the First Lady who actually knows Epstein.

You know, just to see what she knows.

Raw America (@rawstory) THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!

The great Ian McKellan on fire!
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Frederick Douglas in black and white

Jack Hughes scores golden goal with shattered smile: ‘I looked on the ice and saw my teeth’ Hughes' shattered smile drew a lot of attention on Sunday in Team USA's Olympic gold medal win.

Jack Hughes scores golden goal with shattered smile: ‘I looked on the ice and saw my teeth’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

How Alex Pretti’s Death Became a National Tipping Point

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

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Portrait of Ted Smyth wearing glasses, a suit, light blue shirt, and pink tie, positioned beside five vertical elements: the flags of Ireland, the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, followed by the Irish Stew podcast logo featuring a globe in a bowl with the tagline “Conversation for the Global Irish Nation.”

What do Trump's America and Ireland's housing crisis have in common?

Former diplomat Ted Smyth connects the dots in our year-end political episode—dropping midnight EST.

"Affordability will define 2026"
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#Politics #Podcast @tedsmyth.bsky.social #GlobalIrishNation #SpéirGhorm

What will it take to become the next president of the United States?

On our latest #podcast episode, Ted Smyth gives his thoughts.

#USPolitics #GeoPolitics #GlobalIrishNation #SpéirGhorm @tedsmyth.bsky.social

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.

Essential viewing @nytimes.com Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Nicolaus Mills’ book Winning the Peace shows what real patriots cd do with govt. Gen Marshall took away fm his New Deal experience “a heightened sense of the govt’s capacity for bringing order out of social chaos and creating what he called‘valuable and self supporting citizens

Many thanks for the great exchange!

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts

Floggings will continue until morale improves! "98 percent of respondents said that workplace morale had fallen since Mr. Trump’s second term began in January. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u... Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...

And, in conclusion…
#USDemocracy

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women

“They pursued women in a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.

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