Joe Cleary

From an ex-Hungarian MP @dailytelegraphnews.bsky.social, on April elections:

"The question is whether those who write the rules, distribute the money, count the votes, and announce the results will be willing to tolerate a world where they are no longer in power"
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

“.. The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have marketed themselves .. as affluent safe havens for people and capital. .. But if they are permanently affected by a prolonged war, their safe-haven status will be at serious risk.”

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/4371...

>> bsky.app/profile/davi...

Let's bear in mind that there is a five year statute of limitations for most federal crimes. An ambitious Democrat thinking about running for president would put a marker down and say so right now.

Democracy will not survive without strong independent media Trump and his allies are rapidly taking over our major news outlets.

The truth is that if democracy is to survive this era, we can no longer treat independent media as optional. It is essential, and we must do everything we can to help it thrive and grow — quickly. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/demo...

Take every Administration justification right now for the actions in Iran at 💯 true

Now explain why they have spent the last 16 months destroying our business in the military relationship with nearly every Western Ally? 🤔

Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran A few paths to success, many to failure

First impression: This is regime change, lots of ways for it to go wrong, a few it could go right, but at huge risk:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Take the journalist with first-hand knowledge, the person who it happened to, and have *another* journalist interview her, and..."

Or, and just hear me out, trust that the outlet and the journalist understand their own standards and don't need to jump through hoops

Check out this table of authorities from the US Catholic Bishops! 🤠
@prchovanec.bsky.social

DOD claim: “This narrative is fake and being peddled by leftists in the media.”

Fact: It’s literally what Anthropic says are the issues.

www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

This is utterly delusional.

Loyalty means nothing these days, huh.

Will you come to Philly?
And Erin Go Brah in advance 🍀

Wow Alex. Well done. 🥲

Re "affordability crisis", it is true that the jump in prices that Americans still find jarring mostly took place under Biden. But Trump made completely unrealistic promises about ending or even reversing it, and now is left (unsurprisingly to anyone who understands inflation) holding that bag.

Son-in-Law Watch:

@us.theguardian.com

With the Olympics done, my time at The Post is also done. It’s been an amazing five-plus years. The people I worked with weren’t just supremely talented, they were also great humans. This was truly a dream job and I’m eternally grateful I got this opportunity. And I’ll be keeping my WaPo subscription because while what happened was horrific and nonsensical, there are still great journalists in that building doing essential work. This country needs them, especially in these times.

The last sports editor at the Washington Post signs off.

Follow Seth on what is going on with that plane load of people imprisoned by DHS and parked out at the airport in NH.

The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.

Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved

Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

What happens when the President empowers a conflicted haberdasher to negotiate foreign policy 🤡

"silly"
and no, it's not a war over territory

Ilan Wurman & @ilan_wurman I think conservatives deride and mock the sentiment of the Notre Dame College Republicans at their own peril. Their sentiment deserves to be rationally investigated and debated, not dismissed out of hand.

Notre Dame College Republicans & @NDRepublicans •• • For those getting mad over this, no, we're not against the rule of law in principle, but we acknowledge the obvious fact that it's been dead for decades. Democrats imported 10 million illegal immigrants, locked people in their homes, discriminated against them for not taking an experimental vaccine, and a host of other lawless actions that no court, legal procedure, or concern for "principles" ever stopped.

What is going on here

thinking about how Savannah Guthrie had to cancel her trip to work the Olympics because of her mom’s kidnapping but the guy who heads up the investigative body handling the case was posting pictures of himself in the US hockey locker room today lol

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Witkoff warns Iran is ‘a week away’ from 'bomb-making material' as Trump weighs action Special Envoy Steve Witkoff reveals Trump's "zero enrichment" red line violated as Iran nuclear program advances despite mounting U.S. pressure in region.

It is so rare these days to find a man equally knowledgeable about New York real estate and international nuclear weapons

www.foxnews.com/media/witkof...

EU: SET TO FREEZE US TRADE DEAL APPROVAL OVER TRUMP TARIFF RISK ...

“.. Pure tariff chaos from the U.S. administration,” the European Parliament’s trade committee chairman, Bernd Lange, slammed the White House on Sunday.

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/t...

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
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After 14 months of 'bleep you, everything is transactional' - it will be fascinating to see the appeal to honor from our "partners" from the Administration & it's minions who come on @cnbc.com each morning Carl.

After 14 months of 'bleep you, everything is transactional' - it will be fascinating to see the appeal to honor from our "partners" from the Administration & it's minions who come on @cnbc.com each morning Carl.