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Trump implies he could use Irish airport as base despite protests and objections

Donald Trump has suggested the US could use an Irish airport for military strikes on Iran even if Ireland objected.

For a president who ran for office promising to keep the United States out of wars, Trump has already launched attacks during his second term in:

Ecuador
Iran
Iraq
Nigeria
Somalia
Syria
Venezuela
Yemen
and on civilians in boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

A little reported fact is that the Iranian frigate destroyed 2000 miles from the combat zone was carrying ZERO AMMUNITION (a condition of the exercise it was invited to participate in).

The ship was, by any definition, defenceless.

Much like the 80+ sailors left to drown.

Infamy.

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

The precedent is eerily, chillingly precise. What the current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is doing to immigrants and refugees today is almost a carbon copy of what Sir William Joynson-Hicks was doing 100 years ago. And that's not a good thing. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts.

Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir.

This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition:

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Labour's asylum proposals are cruel and racist, and based on lies. Calling these "Labour values" is grotesque. If Labour goes down thus route, it deserves to be obliterated at the next election.

The most familiar emblem of Tehran.

The Privatisation Premium and the Case for Public Provision The privatisation premium — compulsory, elevated costs to consumers for essentials — worsens the affordability crisis. Public ownership is the best way to overcome the drivers of the privatisation pre...

Andy Burnham’s “Manchesterism” rightly argues that the loss of public control of essential services worsens the cost of living crisis.

This is the “Privatisation Premium”.

Our new briefing explains this premium & how to fix it. 🧵
www.common-wealth.org/publications...

Inside the Pro-Israel Campaign to Stop ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ From Winning an Oscar A group led by top Hollywood executives and linked to the Israeli government is trying to smear a film about a little girl killed by Israeli forces.

I hope this gets more people to see this important and heartbreaking movie.

Bullying people won't work. People have a genocide in real time on their phones and a majority of Americans want it to end.

zeteo.com/p/voice-of-h...

Another new poll. Scottish Greens on course for best ever result. 2021: 8 MSPs. Today's poll: 16 MSPs. On May 7th vote Scottish Greens.

🚨 NEW POLL!

Poll after poll has the Green vote surging ahead of May's Scottish Parliament election.

Together we can build a fairer, greener, independent Scotland.
👉 www.greens.scot/join

I support refugee family reunion. Do You? Public Issues logo.

Local faith leaders invited to join campaign, supported by
@ctbi.bsky.social, calling on UK Government to reconsider suspension of Refugee Family Reunification Scheme, recognising that families belong together and that compassion and human dignity must shape policy.

ctbi.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Children are generally considered off-limits in politics, even if in practice they aren't. But in the war on immigrants, the administration and the larger GOP apparatus have placed kids squarely in the line of fire. theintercept.com/2025/10/19/c...

Supporting the genocide of Palestinians is so normalized in Israel that politicians wearing racist Purim costumes calling for the mass murder of Palestinians don’t even bother to hide.

Israeli map showing all of southern Lebanon in red with yellow arrows pointing to north of the Litani river

The IDF just ordered the *entirety of south Lebanon* to be forcibly displaced.

They are emptying the land of its population, creating a massive crisis, and will now proceed to further annihilate large parts of Lebanon.

The very nation state of Lebanon is being destroyed.

Poll: Majority of voters disapproves of how Trump has handled Iran Most independents say the U.S. should not have taken military action, along with a slice of Republicans, according to a national NBC News poll.

New @nbcnews.com poll

On what Americans think about Trump’s handling of Iran:

• 41% approve
• 54% disapprove
• 3% no opinion
• 2% not sure

Should the U.S. have taken military action against Iran?

• 41% say yes
• 52% say no
• 7% not sure

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

‘Rising anti-trans hatred’ in the UK creating ‘hostile environment’, report suggests 99 per cent of trans people say media coverage of issue has harmed their mental health

A new report and survey of trans people reports that 99% of them have had their mental health negatively affected by the barrage of anti trans stories in the UK media. 64% avoided medical care due to discrimination. This is a crisis.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

This summer, govt will set legally binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions for 2038-42 – critical for reaching net zero by 2050 🏭🌍 I’m part of the Environmental Audit Committee, which is urging the government to centre communities. 6 key takeaways from our report, published today 👇

Graphic with a dark textured background and teal text reading: “LONG COVID. You can look ‘fine’ and still be very unwell. Fund Long Covid research. Long Covid Awareness Month.” The Long Covid SOS logo appears at the bottom.

You can look “fine” and still be very unwell

We are still waiting for answers
Still waiting for treatment
Still waiting to be believed

Fund Long Covid research.
We can’t wait any longer.

#longcovidawarenessmonth #fundlongcovidresearch #wecantwait #LongCovid

Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds Nigel Farage’s recent efforts to woo centre-ground voters may cause tension in party’s right flank, says Hope Not Hate

The term for that is White supremacy and any coverage of Reform that does not include that term is complicit in whitewashing White supremacy. Sometimes things really are that simple.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Most Reform UK members believe non-white British citizens should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds Nigel Farage’s attempts to appeal to centre-ground voters may cause tension in his party, according to Hope Not Hate

Just over half (54%) of Reform UK members want ethnic minority British citizens born abroad to be encouraged/forced to leave. This drops to 1/5 (22%) for British-born children of migrants. A Survation survey of 629 Reform members, commissioned by Hope Not Hate

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NEW YouGov poll: Abolishing ICE is now at a *record high* level of support in the United States 50% support 39% oppose Independents are now +17 on abolishing ICE Moderates +6 23% of Republicans now support abolishing ICE

NEW YouGov poll:
Abolishing ICE is now at a *record high* level of support in the United States

50% support
39% oppose

Independents are now +17 on abolishing ICE
Moderates +6

23% of Republicans now support abolishing ICE

Today parents in Iran buried 165 children killed in the attack on a girls’ primary school by the United States and Israel.

From Gaza to Iran, this is what “liberation” by the West looks like.

BREAKING:

Israel dropped bombs on the Iranian Red Crescent headquarters in Tehran.

Not combatants.

Medical workers committed to saving lives.

Israel deliberately targets medical workers across Gaza, Lebanon, and now Iran.

This is a war crime and a crime against humanity.

Rubio Admits That America Is Fighting Israel’s War Israel’s plan to strike Iran would put American lives at risk, Rubio said. Rather than confronting Israel, the U.S. joined their war.

Israel’s plan to strike Iran would put American lives at risk, Rubio said. Rather than confronting Israel, the U.S. joined their war.

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show Sarah Kendzior Sounds Alarm on Trump’s Calculated Iran Move

"Trump is not the architect of the Iran plan. He wants it over fast; he wants his 'one and done'. Maybe the murder of Ayatollah Khamenei will suffice for him. Because otherwise, what Trump’s talked about since the 1980s, is using a nuke."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zobD...

Netanyahu on Iran war: "We read in this week's Torah portion, 'Remember what Amalek did to you.'' "We remember—and we act." 1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. GPO 0:44

Speaking in Hebrew to an Israeli audience, Netanyahu invokes Amalek again like he did before engaging in genocide in Gaza—but this time with regard to Iran.

Invoking Amalek is a call to annihilate the enemy.

(I've edited out the X poster for reasons, but you can find the post on X easily enough.)

Digital necromancy

Yikes.