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Gene Kerrigan

@GeneKerrigan

Dublin writer (The Rage, The Scrap) retired journalist Don't follow me. I'm not going anywhere.

Dublin City, Ireland Katılım Nisan 2009
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BillsFan85
BillsFan85@bills_fan85·
@shanaka86 You fire him because he is part of the old guard that was a failure in Afghanistan and Iraq . Trump wants people who are winners .
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Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡
JUST IN: You do not fire your Army Chief of Staff in the middle of a war for no reason. You fire him because of what comes next. Pete Hegseth called General Randy George on April 2 and told him to retire immediately. The Pentagon confirmed it within hours. No reason was given. Not publicly. Not privately. A senior Army official told Fox News that Hegseth offered George nothing: no misconduct, no operational failure, no policy disagreement on the record. Just a phone call and a career ending in the middle of the most significant American combat operation in two decades. George is the 24th general or admiral Hegseth has removed. But he is not the 24th. He is the one that matters. The Army Chief of Staff. The man whose signature sits between a president’s intent and the order that sends soldiers across a beach or into a tunnel complex. The 82nd Airborne is deploying right now. Marines from the 31st MEU are staged on the USS Tripoli. JSOC operators are at forward bases in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Kharg Island, 90 percent of Iranian oil exports, sits 16 kilometres off a coast that someone will have to decide whether to approach. And the four-star general whose job it was to advise whether that approach should happen was removed 48 hours after Trump told the nation the war would continue for two to three more weeks. The replacement is Vice Chief General Christopher LaNeve. He was Hegseth’s senior military aide before this appointment. The man who carried the Secretary’s briefcase now commands the Army the Secretary is reshaping. The chain of command did not break. It shortened. The distance between a television studio and a combat order just collapsed to zero intermediaries who were not personally selected by the man giving the order. No reason was given. That is the tell. When someone is removed without explanation during a crisis, the explanation is the crisis itself. George either objected to something or was about to. The ground option. The power plant strikes. The Kharg raid. The escalation that turned a highway bridge in Karaj into rubble on the same day he was told to leave. Something in the next two weeks requires a chief who will not push back, and the Pentagon solved that problem by installing one trained as Hegseth’s aide. A former Fox News weekend host just fired a four-star general with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, replaced him with his own former assistant, and did it during a live war in which the next decision could put American soldiers on Iranian soil for the first time in history. No hearing was held. No misconduct cited. The Army woke up on April 3 with a new chief it did not choose, in a war it did not start, preparing for a phase the previous chief apparently could not be trusted to execute. The question is not why George was fired. Every general in the building knows why. The question is what order is coming in the next fourteen days that required removing the one man in the chain of command who might have said no. The war has no perimeter. The chain of command has no objectors. And the next phase has no one left to stop it. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…
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Gene Kerrigan
Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@JaimeVelo @ianmSC Did you ever think of explaining that to the TV celebrity you made President of your country?
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J'aime Velo
J'aime Velo@JaimeVelo·
@ianmSC Actors and rich people should learn that success in one thing doesn't give them expertise status everywhere else.
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Ian Miller
Ian Miller@ianmSC·
Edward Norton is the absolute perfect example of the bubble that Hollywood and the left live in. It doesn’t matter that he has no idea what he’s talking about, he’s surrounded by people and information that confirm whatever he thinks
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Yosef Yisrael
Yosef Yisrael@yosefyisrael25·
@SweeneySteve As we all see if Israel wants to take someone out, they do. You’re not that important
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Steve Sweeney
Steve Sweeney@SweeneySteve·
Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions. But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken
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Gene Kerrigan
Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@Glinner Congratulations on your appointment as spokesperson for the entire Irish nation.
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Graham Linehan
Graham Linehan@Glinner·
Proud to say I've been invited to visit Israel later this year. I'll be going to apologise on behalf of every decent Irish person for my country's descent into medieval antisemitism.
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Nick Adams
Nick Adams@NickAdamsinUSA·
I am settling in for a showing of ‘Melania’ and the theater is PACKED! Earlier, a bystander asked if I was heading in to see Avatar, and I stopped dead in my tracks. “Avatar? No, son,” I curtly replied. “I don’t watch woke movies. I’m here to see the groundbreaking documentary about our incredibly talented First Lady.” The man’s two little girls began jumping up and down, pulling on his sleeve, and begging, “Daddy, we want to see Melania!” “But. But…” he stammered, “I thought you girls wanted to see Zootopia 2?” “No, no, NO,” they said, now nearly shouting. “We want to see Melania!! She is the most beautiful First Lady EVER.” Their father was scrambling, stressed out, and disoriented. “Girls, I’m afraid you aren’t the only ones who are captivated by President Trump and his beautiful wife,” I said, kneeling to get on their level. “Virtually everyone in this theater is here for the 7:30 PM showing, and it’s been sold out for days.” Tears began to well up in their eyes. “But…” I said in a hushed tone, “I happen to have a few extra tickets with me, and I’d like you and your dad to have them.” They jumped for joy and began hugging their father. He looked relieved as he wiped the sweat off his brow with a smile. I handed him the tickets and pulled him close. “Raise these girls right,” I whispered. “Teach them to be classy conservative women of faith like Melania, don’t let them become like Meghan Markle. Capisce?” He hugged me and thanked me profusely. “What are you going to do now?” He asked. “Don’t worry about me, son,” I told him, with a twinkle in my eye. “I’ve already got tickets to the next showing.”
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Gene Kerrigan
Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@MarvStraighte @ryangrim You’re right. Any American who carries a gun deserves to be shot dead by the police. Good thinking, Marv.
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Ryan Grim
Ryan Grim@ryangrim·
Drop Site obtained harrowing footage of the latest killing which appears to be from the perspective of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk
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Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@JoelSchamber @ryangrim Good man, Joel, I like your thinking. Americans should STFU and do as the government says. Speaking out is dangerous, doubting the President is unAmerican.
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Joel Schamber
Joel Schamber@JoelSchamber·
@ryangrim Did any of your parents tell you not to play in the street?
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Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@DoffyBill @ryangrim I like your opposition to Americans carrying guns - perhaps we could start an anti-gun crusade?
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Common Sense Guy
Common Sense Guy@DoffyBill·
A violent leftist, instead of living his life peacefully, decided he was morally above the Constitution and that federal agents were an occupying force—yet he was the only one bothering anyone in public. He also brought a loaded gun, physically fought law enforcement, and grabbed at their guns. Democrats are way out of line! Democrat Leadership caused this and accounts like this spread hate and violence.
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Gene Kerrigan
Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@Jeffreyteslaboy @Trump_Jr_Q It’s fun to watch the rightwing Yanks deluding themselves as President Pussy Grabber destroys what’s left of the country’s reputation. America today can’t even rise to the status of shithole country.
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bruce lean
bruce lean@Jeffreyteslaboy·
@Trump_Jr_Q Those who disagree are just losers . Just can’t thrive in this greatest nation in the world . 🇺🇸👍
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Donald Trump Jr Q
Donald Trump Jr Q@Trump_Jr_Q·
Do you agree that President Trump is the greatest president in U.S. history or in your lifetime? A. Yes B. No
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Joey
Joey@noshiteplease·
#Davos26 Rarely has a Political leader managed without much difficulty, to look utterly ridiculous on the world stage as @EmmanuelMacron Le Cretin
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Gene Kerrigan
Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@alice_kinzer @CilComLFC For some people it’s all about slagging off Muslims. Nothing else matters. Anything can be misused to that end.
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Sailor Girl
Sailor Girl@alice_kinzer·
@CilComLFC Free speech? We have several countries that have clamped down on free speech! If you’re smart you take the fastest route out of the EU! That is the only way you’re going to save your history, culture and heritage. You are going to be over run by Muslims!
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Cillian
Cillian@CilComLFC·
🇮🇪 Irish Prime Minister, Micheál Martin, speaking at the WEF: “One of the most positive things about Europe is that it’s a beacon, and bastion, of free speech and freedom of assembly.” This is the same Country that jailed a teacher for “misgendering” a student earlier this week.
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Gene Kerrigan
Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
Mr Trump’s foreign policy advisers.
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
To be clear, I think we should only waive the filibuster to pass an election integrity act into law, but not for any other reason. Election integrity must include visual ID that proves citizenship and in-person voting (except in extreme circumstances like troops overseas).
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Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@RobSchneider Your readiness to speak confidently about something you know nothing about is damn impressive, you silly man.
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Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@CButler68103 @amuse Why would you “through in the towel”, you silly person? It will go further if you throw it.
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@amuse
@amuse@amuse·
UK: A Brit posted photo of him holding a shotgun while on holiday in Florida, when he returned home UK police arrested him, seized his devices, jailed him overnight for violating the 1986 Public Order Act. The process was the punishment. After sharing a photo of himself posing with a legally possessed shotgun at a Florida shooting range, a British man was arrested, locked in a cell overnight, interrogated, and lectured that he “must understand how posts make people feel.” Police seized his computer and phone, wiping out his ability to work. Weeks later, all charges were quietly dropped because they were baseless from the start. Critics say the ordeal proves the UK has turned social media into a surveillance trap where innocent people are punished by process alone. h/t @Artemisfornow
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Gene Kerrigan
Gene Kerrigan@GeneKerrigan·
@AmericaPapaBear Doesn’t say it in d’bible, don’t mean nuthinta you? Man believes that leaves himself wiiiiide open.
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AmericanPapaBear™
AmericanPapaBear™@AmericaPapaBear·
"I got one simple question, f*ck your feelings just answer it simply." "Where in the Bible does it say you need to go fishing or hunting and give away all your food to everybody else?" "It's not my job to feed your family, it's my job to feed mine." "F*ck your feelings." BASED!!! I like this guy.
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