Shawn Pogatchnik

Post-Brexit Norn Iron in summary.

Sinn Féin’s twin failure in Irish by-elections puts pressure on party’s leader politico.eu/article/sinn-f…

Sinn Féin faces criminal kingpin in Dublin election politico.eu/article/sinn-f…

Ireland's president today said she was “very proud” of her sister, who earlier in the day was detained by Israeli forces while sailing to Gaza as part of an aid convoy. politico.eu/article/irelan…

Irish ex-PM caught making anti-African and anti-Muslim comments on election trail politico.eu/article/former…

Ireland’s government suffered a surprise blow today over its wobbly handling of weeklong fuel-price protests by farmers and truckers — who, over a pint, persuaded a government minister to resign. politico.eu/article/irelan…

Ireland cuts tax on motor fuel as protests grip the country politico.eu/article/irelan…

Irish police push back fuel-price protesters blocking country’s only oil refinery politico.eu/article/irelan…

The Irish government deployed the army today to remove trucks and tractors currently blocking key ports used for importing fuel and critical chemicals into the country. politico.eu/article/irelan…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has finally found a friendly voice in the White House— albeit one that speaks with an Irish accent. politico.eu/article/irelan…

Trump gets his Irish ballroom — if he can save a snail politico.eu/article/donald…

Ireland pushing to free citizen held by ICE in Texas politico.eu/article/irelan…

Have been too shattered to write this but for the sake of clarity — I have also been laid off by the Post. I was one of the few journalists still working inside Russia. My last story went on the front page and featured rare testimonies from wounded soldiers criticizing the war.

So I join the ranks of the WashPost laid off, including so much of the international staff, my Russia-Ukraine department has been gutted and some of the best people fired. What serious paper doesn't cover that conflict?

For the past 4 years, I’ve worked with @siobhan_ogrady. She’s been the best journalist and bureau chief. Nobody has been as adamant on getting the most relevant stories, nobody has been more humane and caring in their work. This is a dark day. #shame @JeffBezos

Another world exclusive happened today in our famous Four Seasons Total Landscaping lot!!! We gathered together all the people who have gone to see the Melania movie. Here’s a photo to prove it.

I used to think this movie was a little too over the top but that shows what I know.

Do You Remember America Before Trump? NEW VIDEO! WATCH! TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. Let's get this to 1 million views fast. Please retweet and quote tweet.

I would offer that Alex Pretti putting his body—with his hands up—between a woman and the BP agent who had just violently shoved her into the snow, offer stark competing visions of manhood. Pretti, a nurse caring for veterans, who took a face full of pepper spray to shield that woman, is a much better masculine ideal that the masked coward shoving the woman and executing a man on his knees. MAGA may venerate the latter, but most people in a healthy society want the former.

This, from @DavidAFrench: “One of the saddest things about the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti is that you could tell that neither of them seemed to know the danger until it was too late. They believed they were operating in some version of the normal state . . . where the police usually respond with discipline and restraint.” nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opi…

111 years ago, Kafka was going through it