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Aileen O'Donoghue

@leaner.bsky.social

American expat, now living as lightly as I can in the EU. I will not give into the lies or the fear. 🚫 DMs 🚫 BS 🚫 crypto

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Latest posts by leaner.bsky.social on Bluesky

Maybe he'll turn it into his mausoleum. A Tacky Taj Mahal.

02.02.2026 13:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I so hope the child heals from this trauma. 😢

01.02.2026 16:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😢

01.02.2026 12:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FTSE 100 higher and US stocks dip as Trump nominates Warsh to succeed Powell as Fed chair Former Fed governor Warsh has a hawkish record on interest rates but has recently voiced support for cuts — which Trump has aggressively campaigned for.

The markets are a Warsh-out. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ftse-10...

30.01.2026 19:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I agree. I'm learning so much.

30.01.2026 04:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm afraid that the likes of Jim Jordan will use the hearing to grandstand and that Fox News will use their statements out of context to push lies.

22.01.2026 06:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Johnson's dismissiveness is irrational. 😡

21.01.2026 16:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The pig's eyes are kinder looking!

09.01.2026 09:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is so ridiculous. The Nobel Committee will never acknowledge that he is a Nobel Peace Prize winner!

09.01.2026 09:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

At my husband's golf club, anyone who wore a hat inside would have to pick up everyone's bar tab.

05.01.2026 05:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Get well soon.

02.01.2026 15:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Remember when Nixon VP Ford became president and then had the nerve to pardon the crook.

02.01.2026 15:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you! 👍

21.12.2025 14:32 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The UK has officially confirmed it will rejoin the EU’s Erasmus+student exchange scheme in January 2027. This milestone agreement, part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s "Brexit reset," aims to restore educational and vocational opportunities for over 100,000 British students and young professionals.

17.12.2025 12:11 — 👍 23    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0

Amen!

16.12.2025 04:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🤣🤣🤣

13.12.2025 20:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have the same theory. Add Russ Vought to make it an axis of evil.

12.12.2025 07:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hate and bigotry personified.

11.12.2025 16:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The US claimed that it's legal system was adequate to deal with such crimes. Lol.

28.11.2025 21:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My British husband called me a Sherman. Sherman tank = Yank.

27.11.2025 11:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Such hard work. She'll have to run back to the Mar-a-Lago spa for extensive therapy.

24.11.2025 18:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He barely knew the word groceries. He said it was an "old fashioned" word.

19.11.2025 21:03 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

These are baby steps. I applaud her for that, but I will wait until she walks unaided before I know she's achieved something great.

18.11.2025 18:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Seems originalist enough.

06.11.2025 19:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He's probably miffed because only he is allowed to lose control of his bowels in the Oval Office.

06.11.2025 19:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The marble veins signify the chaos in his brain.

31.10.2025 18:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cringe

29.10.2025 06:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

When will the dam burst?

26.10.2025 18:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So am I.

26.10.2025 18:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The same applies to Cyprus! ☺️

26.10.2025 11:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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