David Mac Redmond
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Journalist writing for The Journal and part of the FactCheck unit.
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This article comes out every other month and its still total bullshit.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This article comes out every other month and its still total bullshit.
European Commissioner for Migration calls Citywest Ipas centre a 'good example' for rest of EU jrnl.ie/6884277
European Commissioner for Migration calls Citywest Ipas centre a 'good example' for rest of EU
Commissioner Brunner paid a visit to Citywest today with the Minister for Justice.
jrnl.ie
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
European Commissioner for Migration calls Citywest Ipas centre a 'good example' for rest of EU jrnl.ie/6884277
One my favourite things on the internet
the goat-est edit ever made if we're being real.
barry lyndon x 21 savage by @/flanthippe on twitter.
barry lyndon x 21 savage by @/flanthippe on twitter.
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One my favourite things on the internet
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After Benjamin Netanyahu bizarrely tweeted a Jacobin story about Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, Israeli politicos are denouncing us as antisemitic conspiracy theorists — without engaging with what’s in the story.
You Can’t Just Wish Away Jeffrey Epstein’s Israel Ties
After Benjamin Netanyahu bizarrely tweeted a Jacobin story about Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak last week, Israeli politicos are denouncing us as antisemitic conspiracy theorists — without engaging with what’s in the story.
jacobin.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
After Benjamin Netanyahu bizarrely tweeted a Jacobin story about Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, Israeli politicos are denouncing us as antisemitic conspiracy theorists — without engaging with what’s in the story.
Will Sommer summing up the QAnon contradictions about Trump amd Epstein nicely here.
They should be running victory laps but the problem is their white knight is right in the middle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
They should be running victory laps but the problem is their white knight is right in the middle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | QAnon Isn’t So Thrilled About the Epstein Revelations
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Will Sommer summing up the QAnon contradictions about Trump amd Epstein nicely here.
They should be running victory laps but the problem is their white knight is right in the middle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
They should be running victory laps but the problem is their white knight is right in the middle.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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Fascinating and impeccably written piece here charting the rise of a polical opportunist.
The institutional power (and money) on the American right is staggering.
The institutional power (and money) on the American right is staggering.
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fascinating and impeccably written piece here charting the rise of a polical opportunist.
The institutional power (and money) on the American right is staggering.
The institutional power (and money) on the American right is staggering.
Stop. It's just cruel at this stage.
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Stop. It's just cruel at this stage.
Fascinating and impeccably written piece here charting the rise of a polical opportunist.
The institutional power (and money) on the American right is staggering.
The institutional power (and money) on the American right is staggering.
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fascinating and impeccably written piece here charting the rise of a polical opportunist.
The institutional power (and money) on the American right is staggering.
The institutional power (and money) on the American right is staggering.
Not seeing much of a difference here tbh
(Photo taken in 2022)
(Photo taken in 2022)
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Not seeing much of a difference here tbh
(Photo taken in 2022)
(Photo taken in 2022)
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November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
UK Green Party leader not mincing his words here.
“This is extreme, this is inhumane, and it is a government of cowards.”
Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, responds to the government's changes to Britain's asylum system.
#Newsnight
Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, responds to the government's changes to Britain's asylum system.
#Newsnight
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
UK Green Party leader not mincing his words here.
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IRELAND has dropped 4 places in the 2025 global Climate Change Performance Index.
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
IRELAND has dropped 4 places in the 2025 global Climate Change Performance Index.
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
When I started researching for this article, I expected to find factual errors common to LLMs and Musk-influenced biases.
I was not expecting Grokipedia to misname of the alleged perpetrator of the 2023 Parnell Square stabbing of young children that led to a riot in the capital.
I was not expecting Grokipedia to misname of the alleged perpetrator of the 2023 Parnell Square stabbing of young children that led to a riot in the capital.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
When I started researching for this article, I expected to find factual errors common to LLMs and Musk-influenced biases.
I was not expecting Grokipedia to misname of the alleged perpetrator of the 2023 Parnell Square stabbing of young children that led to a riot in the capital.
I was not expecting Grokipedia to misname of the alleged perpetrator of the 2023 Parnell Square stabbing of young children that led to a riot in the capital.
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Harris today: “I’m really quite shocked and taken aback by how reluctant politicians in our national parliament are to discuss migration."
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Harris today: “I’m really quite shocked and taken aback by how reluctant politicians in our national parliament are to discuss migration."
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
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This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
Harris today: “I’m really quite shocked and taken aback by how reluctant politicians in our national parliament are to discuss migration."
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Harris today: “I’m really quite shocked and taken aback by how reluctant politicians in our national parliament are to discuss migration."
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
Holly Cairns in June last year when the government opted into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact:
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A former Attorney General has said constitutional questions could arise in certain scenarios if Ireland were to avail of support from foreign militaries to plug a gap in security during the state's presidency of the European Union.
jrnl.ie/6873697t
jrnl.ie/6873697t
Using foreign ship to police major summit raises constitutional questions, former AG says
The state’s ability to adequately secure major EU Presidency events has come under the spotlight
jrnl.ie
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A former Attorney General has said constitutional questions could arise in certain scenarios if Ireland were to avail of support from foreign militaries to plug a gap in security during the state's presidency of the European Union.
jrnl.ie/6873697t
jrnl.ie/6873697t
A PR masterclass in empty tech platitudes.
Euronews Next spoke with Ireland’s top data protection commissioner about protecting children online, enforcing the EU AI Act, and a new ex-Meta hire who received backlash.
Ireland’s data protection chief urges action to protect kids online
Euronews Next spoke with Ireland’s top data protection commissioner about protecting children online, enforcing the EU AI Act, and a new ex-Meta hire who received backlash.
l.euronews.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A PR masterclass in empty tech platitudes.
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Mahmood to unveil changes to tackle illegal migration modelled on Danish system
Mahmood to unveil changes to tackle illegal migration modelled on Danish system
Home secretary to set out plans to deter migrants from coming to the UK and make deportations easier
The home secretary is due to announce sweeping changes next week aimed at making the UK less attractive for illegal immigrants and modelled on the Danish system.
Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out plans to deter migrants from coming to the UK and make it easier to deport those who do in a statement to MPs on Monday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Mahmood to unveil changes to tackle illegal migration modelled on Danish system
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warning: Graphic accounts of sexual abuse.
Reports of this kind of abuse in Israeli detention have been made for years but the scale here seems to be on a different level.
Reports of this kind of abuse in Israeli detention have been made for years but the scale here seems to be on a different level.
🚨The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights says it has collected new testimonies from recently released captives and documented systematic sexual torture of Palestinian detainees, including rape, forced stripping, and filming, describing it as part of Israel’s broader campaign to destroy human....
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Warning: Graphic accounts of sexual abuse.
Reports of this kind of abuse in Israeli detention have been made for years but the scale here seems to be on a different level.
Reports of this kind of abuse in Israeli detention have been made for years but the scale here seems to be on a different level.