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@Logan_ology Politicians don’t bring in investment. That’s PR nonsense. Do you really think serious business people make business decisions after seeing MLS speak to a room of 12-20 bag-carriers and expats?

Penny wise, pound foolish We’ve created a culture whereby we think it’s clever to snipe at these types of things, when the bigger picture is bringing in £xxx millions of FDI from the US to NI. If the cost is a business class seat , then FGS it’s bloody worth it

@RachelMoiselle What IRA killings are you proud of, Irish Republican woman? The 20s, 30s? The 60s? It’s hard to follow your emotional journey from pride to abhorrence. The acts are the same; what’s different? The victims? The context?

Thinking of the families of Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry today, 33 years after their murder by the Provisional IRA. As a proud Irish Republican woman, I condemn this heinous act of terrorism and abhor all those who seek to glorify the PIRA. The murder of these two innocent children achieved nothing and it cannot be condoned or rationalised. May Tim and Johnathan’s memories forever be a blessing.

@RadioFreeTom @JohnJHarwood One that really hates Dems

We could argue that Trump 1 was a one-off, a freak occurrence. But electing him *twice*? Raises reasonable questions about what kind of electorate would do that.

@EylonALevy The NAZIs came out of the nature and aftermath of WW1. Leading to WW2. Not the own you thought, mate

“We have to stop bombing Germany. We’re just creating a whole generation of Nazis.” — nobody, ever

@DanMulhall Plus, it’s all cold cuts and handshakes- hardly a glamorous getaway

This is all familiar ground. It reminds me of the perpetual saga surrounding our government jet on which they only recently grasped the nettle & bought a proper jet for use by Ministers who are obliged to travel frequently on official business. There is annual querying of the cost of #StPatricksDay travel ignoring the value it confers in raising Ireland’s global profile.

@mooreholmes24 If the row is now over who celebrates St P’s day best, I mean, okay.

Confident Unionism unsettles Republicanism. When confronted by it, cracks begin to appear through the facade they like to project. Unionism stole the show in USA, as did the Loyalist bands on St Patrick’s day in Belfast. Meanwhile, Michelle O’Neill enormously dropped the ball abstaining from briefings about Iran, and Gerry Adams is in court regurgitating the same old nonsense that not a single person believes. The overblown reaction to Trump’s “merger” banter was nothing but a smokescreen, trying to hide the fact that Nationalism is well and truly on the back foot.

@Corballyred Lacks the thunderous tackle. More like Gini with Stevie’s shot

I'm taking ownership of the Gerrard Szoboszlai comparison😄 That post aged well👇

@Reunify32 I really wish nationalists would stop mocking unionists who participate. It’s buck stupid

Without SF in attendance at US events this week unionists had no idea how to distinguish themselves from everyone else, and were therefore simply treated as being Irish and told to sit in front of tricolours 🇮🇪 all day.

@mattyglesias And Newsom’s record is “whatever you’re having yourself” - hardly the values-anchored response to Trump’s amoral “fire sale!” Politics

Gavin Newsom is yet another case of an establishment politician who leftists don't like but who's actual record and image is very left. Obama was the opposite — moderate on most things, but *liked* by progressive activists because he'd opposed Iraq.

@mattyglesias Well, he did also oppose 300 years of hysterical anti-blackness. Hardly a Sunday stroll side gig

@columeastwood Literally not at all interesting.

Joking aside - it is interesting that even President Trump, possibly the least likely of any modern president, seems to have a natural predisposition toward Irish unity.

@conor64 @megbasham Bro, I thought we’d agreed not to mention the secret trove of unpublished blockbuster scoops?!

You're a bestselling author and journalist, and you didn't know about Cesar Chavez. I have worked at The Atlantic for 15 years and I did not know about this. Do you think that when you get hired at "legacy" outlets there's... what... a secret trove of unpublished blockbuster scoops that they show you? I don't even understand what claim you're making.

I have no problem believing that Cesar Chavez was a sexual abuser. I have a very hard time believing that the legacy media just discovered this.

@scuge36 @mooreholmes24 His teacher gave him these lines in detention and he was in a rage thereafter

Chris actually proves his version of Irish not to be inclusive, but elitist. He mistakes St Patrick, and the Belfast City parade, to be a purely ‘Irish celebration’, in which other identities are generously permitted to take part in. That actually diminishes the British dimension to the St Patrick story and those of a British identity, who celebrate St Patrick as their Saint as well. St Patrick doesn’t belong to the Irish alone, he is a shared and inclusive figure, mistakenly and anachronistically hijacked by nationalists. In truth, St Patrick is a powerful symbol of the historical relationship between the people across the British Isles and just how connected they have been for thousands of years. Quintessentially British. That the St Patrick’s Day Parade has not displayed that element to it only until this year, demonstrates a lack of inclusion. Well done to the Imperial Guards.

@KirbyODonnell22 @mooreholmes24 Then why does every rebel song mention them?

@mooreholmes24 There is no British dimension to Ireland and Irishness.

@mooreholmes24 The giveaway; “inclusion” for some unionists means “Irishness” as a subset of Britishness, not a distinction or peer. Which is exactly what the nationalist movement was created to resist and break from.

@mooreholmes24 Suggesting the national patron saint has been hijacked by nationalists is a little silly.

@clairlemon Imagine fashioning yourself as a public intellectual - and name calling is your contribution. You’re an imposter and a poseur

Nutjob alert x.com/Holden_Culotta…

@sinnfeinireland @Donnchadhol You wasted it! At least he showed up.

Micheál Martin wasted unique opportunity to speak in defence of international law in meeting with Donald Trump – @Donnchadhol “Irish people expect better than the Taoiseach turning the other way.” sinnfein.ie/news/micheal-m…

@mooreholmes24 There was a time one couldn’t even seriously advocace for this merger without being labeled divisive. Now it’s so normalized, the U.S. president is joking about it. In 5 years it will be an acquisition.

The actual story here is Emma Little Pengelly, representing Northern Ireland in the White House, making a positive impression and being warmly received. That’s leadership being recognised on an international stage. But the usual clickbait crowd will be all over this, wringing every last drop out of a throwaway remark like it’s some great constitutional or embarrassing moment. It’s not. If people want to get worked up over Donald Trump joking about “mergers”, they’re actually missing the point. Even he, in the same sentence, shows no real interest in it and quickly moves on. Complete nothing burger. But watch the media and others try to make it into something it isn’t.

@PodSaveAmerica @jonfavs Concerning Dem bros think the other side need to reflect on 2024 some more. Guys, name one lesson you have learned from losing?!

Let's hope Joe Rogan can bring this energy into the 2028 election.