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Ricky McMaster

@rickymcmaster.bsky.social

N Irish in Berlin. Data, politics, music.

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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?

09.11.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 16129    πŸ” 3756    πŸ’¬ 478    πŸ“Œ 220
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Nailed it.

07.11.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9863    πŸ” 1660    πŸ’¬ 271    πŸ“Œ 88
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The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough.

25/47

07.11.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 29161    πŸ” 6618    πŸ’¬ 2029    πŸ“Œ 392
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Tell me more about β€˜Sleepy Joe.’

07.11.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 24370    πŸ” 8067    πŸ’¬ 958    πŸ“Œ 448
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom: I will not raise my children to think Donald Trump is an acceptable American leader. He is a con artist, a predator, a malignant narcissist, and the worst president in our nation's history.

03.11.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6516    πŸ” 1615    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 102
New York Post headline:

Nearly a million New
Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor
- possibly igniting largest exododus in history: poll

New York Post headline: Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor - possibly igniting largest exododus in history: poll

You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct

03.11.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 12702    πŸ” 1640    πŸ’¬ 520    πŸ“Œ 764
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Exactly. Show him his post first. Put it up on a screen. Then ask him virtually any question about any word, phrase, or sentence in it.

03.11.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 18565    πŸ” 5932    πŸ’¬ 804    πŸ“Œ 219

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

03.11.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 44366    πŸ” 12443    πŸ’¬ 1397    πŸ“Œ 734
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The squeaker of the house.

26.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 13586    πŸ” 4789    πŸ’¬ 502    πŸ“Œ 210

Sen. Paul is right. These are murders.

26.10.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7582    πŸ” 2035    πŸ’¬ 334    πŸ“Œ 69
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

26.10.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 33757    πŸ” 10708    πŸ’¬ 813    πŸ“Œ 517
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Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

25.10.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 22284    πŸ” 6465    πŸ’¬ 689    πŸ“Œ 244
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Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.

25.10.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 22495    πŸ” 8234    πŸ’¬ 1212    πŸ“Œ 367
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Seems like an important detail

25.10.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 13645    πŸ” 3829    πŸ’¬ 600    πŸ“Œ 237

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

25.10.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 32931    πŸ” 11004    πŸ’¬ 1102    πŸ“Œ 438

Maybe this is obvious to everyone but…why does the White House need a ballroom? It has enough space for state dinners, no? Is this for dances? Weddings? Storing classified documents?

Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx

23.10.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 17295    πŸ” 2901    πŸ’¬ 2959    πŸ“Œ 316
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We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.

21.10.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 15879    πŸ” 5274    πŸ’¬ 610    πŸ“Œ 204
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Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

12.10.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12629    πŸ” 3895    πŸ’¬ 284    πŸ“Œ 249
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The first steam-powered passenger rail trip was on 27th Sept 1825 (200th bday is nuanced - regular passenger steam slightly later). Here's transport carbon footprint today - Eurostar easily cleanest cos fully electrified. I hope the next 200 yrs has even more (electric) trains! With lower prices...

27.09.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 955    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 14

Inflation is so bad these days that taking a $50,000 cash bribe can't even get you indicted. SAD!! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

22.09.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 30843    πŸ” 6761    πŸ’¬ 535    πŸ“Œ 165
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous.

It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy."

Because that's not how America works.
play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

21.09.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 28540    πŸ” 7116    πŸ’¬ 1121    πŸ“Œ 271
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lol new clown car just rolled up

17.09.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10270    πŸ” 1674    πŸ’¬ 1831    πŸ“Œ 2089
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FIFA are rolling out the red carpet for Israel But together with these brave Italian football coaches, we can do something about it. Join us.

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

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Led By Donkeys attacks β€˜Orwellian’ arrests after Trump Windsor projections Exclusive: Campaign group says it was behind stunt that showed images of Trump and Epstein on castle tower

Outrageous bollocks from a pathetically thin skinned Government which is willing to humiliate Britain on the international stage to brown nose one of the most dangerous men the world has ever known. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

17.09.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 636    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 11
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So our military just bombed a boat in international waters and extrajudicially killed suspected drug traffickers without so much as a conversation, let alone a trial?
Then posted it on social media?

And we’re all supposed to just trust their account?

03.09.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17224    πŸ” 5596    πŸ’¬ 2039    πŸ“Œ 819
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The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.

Crank it! πŸ˜€ 🎸

21.08.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11438    πŸ” 2067    πŸ’¬ 488    πŸ“Œ 250
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They’ve tried to erase us for centuries. Didn’t work then, won’t work now. Black history IS American history.

20.08.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18439    πŸ” 5139    πŸ’¬ 455    πŸ“Œ 226

If only they were merely mediocre...

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