The image features a list of companies that did not pay income taxes in 2025. The text reads: "YOU PAID INCOME TAXES IN 2025, these companies DIDN'T…" followed by: Tesla, Palantir, Halliburton, Walt Disney, PayPal, Southwest Airlines, CVS Health. The background shows faint images of tax forms. The source is the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

At least 88 corporations paid ZERO in income tax despite reporting $105 BILLION in profits. Meanwhile the average American paid $14.5% on their income.

Our system is rigged to benefit billionaires. It’s time to fix it.

Can These Israeli and Palestinian Tour Guides Find Common Ground?

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...

Should be part of his next test.

Trump accused of ‘sacrilege’ over Jesus image by influential Irish-American organisation Ancient Order of Hibernians says US president’s criticism of Pope Leo and AI-generated image has ‘deeply offended’ Catholics

www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election

Don't underestimate what a huge defeat this is for the Trumpist project of destroying the EU and establishing ethnonationalism all over Europe.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

Fintan O'Toole: Trump’s random gibberish is more terrifying than lies. It is a sign of derangement The US president isn’t making this stuff up – it’s making him up

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses? Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right

From Roger Scruton cafes to paying Matt Goodwin $10k a month, Viktor Orban has built a network of populist right think tanks, journalists and activists

Today Democracy for Sale delves into Orban’s allies on the British right

Well worth a read
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

Thank you to all the Members of Congress who joined my Kidnapped and Disappeared hearing last week.

As Ranking Member of the Immigration Subcommittee, I’ll continue working to organize Members to stand up to Trump’s lawlessness.

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

This is absolutely fantastic.

ht: @maddenifico.bsky.social

DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator In its rush to boost nuclear energy, the Trump administration is rapidly rewriting rules to ease regulations and provide financial breaks for industry. “The safety culture is under threat,” a former h...

A DOGE staffer convened a meeting with Department of Energy officials to discuss the future of nuclear power and downplayed the risk of radiation exposure at nuclear test sites:

“They are testing in Utah. … I don’t know, like 70 people live there.”

Colm Tóibín compliments “For and Against a United Ireland” in this piece for @nybooks.com.

The book, written by @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social, was commissioned by @arinsproject.bsky.social — a joint project of the Keough-Naughton Institute and the Royal Irish Academy (@ria.ie).

Reimagining the Future of Ireland | Colm Tóibín Two writers from different parts and traditions of the island argue with each other and themselves about the advantages and disadvantages of Irish unification.

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

I think @fotoole.bsky.social needs to make nice with Apple's voice-to-text folks.

I'm doing the very first event for my new book 'This is Also a Love Story' on Sunday May 10 at Phizzfest (Dublin 🇮🇪), with @fotoole.bsky.social (thank you to him!).
More info & tickets here: phizzfest.ie/event/storie...

A young black man sits at a table quietly reading. Four large white men, three of them in police uniforms, surround him.

Stunning photo: James Bradford in 1961, arrested for reading in the Jackson, Mississippi public library.

Read Fintan O’Toole’s powerful & important essay on Pres. Trump’s war on Iran:
no rationale
no plan
no “story” of a U.S. interest that we are pursuing,
at devastating costs.
@fotoole.bsky.social
@nybooks.com

Belfast Telegraph’s Sam McBride wins Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize for co-authored united Ireland debate book Northern Ireland editor of the Belfast Telegraph Sam McBride has won the 29th Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize along with Fintan O’Toole for their co-authored book, For and Against a United Irel...

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

Fund for Irish Studies at Princeton University presents “For and Against a United Ireland” “For and Against a United Ireland” authors Fintan O’Toole & Sam McBride debate their points for Princeton's Fund for Irish Studies on 3/20/26.

If you're anywhere in the vicinity of Princeton on Friday please join us
arts.princeton.edu/news/2026/03...

April 9, 2026 Issue Table of Contents

Our 4/9 issue is now online, with Pankaj Mishra on India and Iran, Pablo Scheffer on the art of tennis, @yilingliu95.bsky.social on Shenzhen’s engineers, Miranda Seymour on Muriel Spark’s spark, Ben Lerner on John Berger, @fotoole.bsky.social on Trump’s war of choice, & more.

Great event on “For and Against a United Ireland” this morning in DC with the Washington Ireland Program and authors @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social.

Special guests included Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland @little-pengelly.bsky.social and @reptimkennedy.bsky.social. 🧵

Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride win 29th Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize | Hotpress 'We were seeking not to change people’s minds, but to open them,' said Sam McBride when accepting the award.

Deeply honoured that Sam McBride and I have won the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize for For and Against a United Ireland.
www.hotpress.com/culture/fint...

'For and against a united Ireland' by Sam McBride and Fintan O’Toole has won the 29th Ewart-Biggs Prize! 🏆 🎉🍾

The Ewart-Biggs Prize recognises work that promotes peace, reconciliation and greater understanding.

@ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

We kicked off the US tour of “For and Against a United Ireland” last night in Chicago w/ authors @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social.

Next: NYC, DC, Boston, Princeton

The book has inspired dialogue in Ireland and the UK. It’s a thrill to discuss it on this side of the Atlantic.

Signifying Absolutely Nothing | Fintan O’Toole Trump’s war of choice in Iran is a performance of horrific military strength that betrays a stark political weakness.

Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social) on Trump’s meaningless war, all violence and no pretext, all means and no ends https://go.nybooks.com/4rrbXOP

Signifying Absolutely Nothing | Fintan O’Toole Trump’s war of choice in Iran is a performance of horrific military strength that betrays a stark political weakness.

www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

Fintan O’Toole: Donald Trump is not mentally ill, but he is mad Someone needs to tell him the truth or swathes of the world could be turned into Gaza writ large

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Country Joe & the Fish - VietNam Song - Live Woodstock 1969 - Full HD Video YouTube video by Dima T

Poignant that Country Joe died in the midst of all this: "One, two, three, four / What are we fighting for?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft0v...

Fox News uses old clip of Trump after he wore hat while saluting slain US soldiers Conservative outlet aired footage of president saluting at similar ceremony in December for at least three broadcasts

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...