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Historian of Ireland, British empire, famine, gender & sport• NJ expat• mediocre bassist• WHU, NYK, Liberty, NYY• Assoc. Dean of UGE & Honors College @ UBuffalo “To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle" - Orwell

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That's just like your opinion, man.

12.08.2025 15:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just to clarify, I didn’t say Clinton was guilty of Epstein-related crimes. I said IF HE WERE most Dems would be happy to see him go to jail for it. This was critique of Republican tribalism.

10.08.2025 18:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I suspect that's true. Release everything. Let them all face the consequences.

If there's proof that, say, Bill Clinton (or anyone else) was abusing young girls, let them rot in jail.

Republicans always mistakenly think Democrats care what happens to Bill Clinton. If he's guilty, convict him.

10.08.2025 14:47 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
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08.08.2025 13:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I doubt Harvard is going to run out of quality applicants any time soon. They say they accepted approx 2,000 out of 57,000 applications. If they had ranked all 57,000 and took the middle 2,000, they would still have a class of brilliant, eager students. It's a deep pool.

05.08.2025 18:55 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

6079 Winston Smith reporting for duty at the Smithsonian wapo.st/3HhfyxU

01.08.2025 01:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
01.08.2025 00:12 — 👍 1197    🔁 380    💬 39    📌 50

Dems should vow to impeach Bove and any nominee who did not testify truthfully under oath

30.07.2025 01:52 — 👍 16902    🔁 3856    💬 733    📌 257
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This is Enzo, a 3-year-old Bernadoodle, and Carmela, a six-month-old wolfhound(?). She is more insistent on togetherness than he is, but he now gets anxious if she's out and delights when she returns.

29.07.2025 17:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I believe 2 is both the ideal maximum and minimum number of dogs in a household. A younger dog pushes an older one to be more active. They have each other for companionship. I see this especially when they are separated for a few hours. They rush to each other when reunited.

29.07.2025 15:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Dear news media,
If you let Trump accuse Obama of treason and only at the end of your report include Obama's denial, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. You know the accusation is bogus, so frame it that way from the get-go. Stop the jump-ball journalism.
Sincerely,
Mark

23.07.2025 14:46 — 👍 433    🔁 92    💬 14    📌 1
All-Ireland SHC final highlights: Cork 1-18 Tipperary 3-27
YouTube video by RTÉ Sport All-Ireland SHC final highlights: Cork 1-18 Tipperary 3-27

In case any US folks are interested in learning more about the great Irish sport of hurling, watch this highlight reel from yesterday's All Ireland final. The second half from Tipp is an absolute clinic. 💙💛💙💛

youtu.be/g-nHKfbVz7o?...

21.07.2025 10:54 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Jumps! There’s no S if you put it in the past tense.

19.07.2025 23:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don't assign essays to have 30 finished reports on the same topic.

I assign them so the students will go through the process of researching, writing, editing, and thinking about a topic.

The struggle and the work is where the value is found and where learning happens.

18.07.2025 15:24 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Most importantly, it's self-defeating. If you join a gym to get stronger, but instead of lifting the weights yourself, you bring a carjack in to lift the weights, what have you accomplished beyond wasting everyone's time?

18.07.2025 15:24 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Until a suit is filed, this is NOT NEWS. The media should not report and amplify every threat, especially with his track record.

18.07.2025 12:09 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

dumbest weekend in American political history SO FAR...

18.07.2025 00:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The U.S. has collected over $80 billion in tariff revenue since Trump unilaterally slapped them on our biggest trading partners. That's an increase of 65% from the previous year. In other words, Americans paid $80 billion more for goods than they should have paid.

16.07.2025 23:31 — 👍 3258    🔁 1128    💬 154    📌 51

Bill realizing that Trump killed Epstein

16.07.2025 23:43 — 👍 1996    🔁 397    💬 60    📌 33

More great reporting from @wired.com showing that despite Trump’s claims, America still hasn’t seen all of the Epstein prison video footage.

Why did Pamela Jo edit out the footage? What did it show?

16.07.2025 09:43 — 👍 951    🔁 287    💬 45    📌 8

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Subpoena Bondi and Patel now!

They must face questions under oath.

Congress is a co-equal branch of government. Act like it.

Televised hearings now!

#NounVerbEpstein

14.07.2025 18:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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14.07.2025 18:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Subpoena Bondi and Patel now!

They must face questions under oath, even if they take the Fifth a thousand times.

Congress is a co-equal branch of government. Act like it.

Televised hearings now!

#NounVerbEpstein

@democrats-judiciary.house.gov
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14.07.2025 18:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The president of the United States is threatening to strip the citizenship away from an American who says things he does not like.

And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie

12.07.2025 14:36 — 👍 10130    🔁 3127    💬 550    📌 335

BREAKING: A federal court blocked President Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship and certified a nationwide class, protecting the citizenship rights of all children born on U.S. soil.

10.07.2025 15:30 — 👍 1498    🔁 368    💬 20    📌 33

like 90% of the words on that album make brilliant song titles and band names. Every turn of phrase is perfect.

10.07.2025 15:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

26 of the 31 states that were won by Trump last year have homicide rates higher than New York City's. Mississippi's rate is about 4 times NYC's rate. Alabama's rate is about 3 times NYC's rate. But you don't hear the Trump regime talking about crime in the GOP-run states of Mississippi and Alabama.

08.07.2025 15:52 — 👍 1116    🔁 400    💬 50    📌 8
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Up Tipp! Bring on Cork.

07.07.2025 10:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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