Gilleasbuig O'Ceallaigh
@gilleasbuig.bsky.social
Live in northern California. Masters degree in Intl. Management. Military veteran. Worked at research facility for 30 years before retiring. Like reading, am a history buff, watch sports (SF Giants, Warriors & 49ers). Love cats.
Trump has taken this country far past simply being a rogue state - he's made it a pariah state. In an era when more collaboration is crucial between nation-states, he has made it impossible for the US to be a participant. This will not lead to good outcomes for the American people.
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Trump has taken this country far past simply being a rogue state - he's made it a pariah state. In an era when more collaboration is crucial between nation-states, he has made it impossible for the US to be a participant. This will not lead to good outcomes for the American people.
I don't know if that is a genuine apology. If it is, I think it's an encouraging sign. If it isn't, we'll soon find out. If MAGA people begin to follow her lead, then she has done something positive. I still can't see her working with us Democrats to help Americans want to have fulfilling lives.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...
Well Marjorie, I’m not sure… a lot has gone wrong these last few months, but I guess it’s up to you to find a way to make things right
Well Marjorie, I’m not sure… a lot has gone wrong these last few months, but I guess it’s up to you to find a way to make things right
‘Humbly, I’m sorry’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s turning a new leaf after years of divisive comments | CNN Politics
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will stop using “toxic” rhetoric, marking what would be a dramatic shift in a political brand hallmarked by derogatory comments.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I don't know if that is a genuine apology. If it is, I think it's an encouraging sign. If it isn't, we'll soon find out. If MAGA people begin to follow her lead, then she has done something positive. I still can't see her working with us Democrats to help Americans want to have fulfilling lives.
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This week’s cave by Senate Democrats was a setback, but we’re still winning. Here's why.
Sunday thought: Progress?
This week’s cave by Senate Democrats was a setback, but we’re still winning
robertreich.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This week’s cave by Senate Democrats was a setback, but we’re still winning. Here's why.
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The whole incentive structure of the podcast/video jock/Twitter subculture is to always be more extreme than the next guy, and be denouncing them for ideological girliness. You can't make a united cadre out of that, in the end they eat each other.
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The whole incentive structure of the podcast/video jock/Twitter subculture is to always be more extreme than the next guy, and be denouncing them for ideological girliness. You can't make a united cadre out of that, in the end they eat each other.
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It would have to be a pretty big goddamn check! (These are not serious people.)
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It would have to be a pretty big goddamn check! (These are not serious people.)
The Republicans have inadvertently been writing a textbook on how to take control of government and eliminate any opposition parties behind a facade of a democracy. We Democrats need to read that book and be ready to stop their tricks and schemes before they begin to deploy them.
Republicans packed the North Carolina Board of Elections with a slew of additional party insiders, marking the latest sign of the GOP’s partisan takeover of the board as it prepares for next year’s elections.
North Carolina Adds More Partisan GOP Staffers to Election Board
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Republicans have inadvertently been writing a textbook on how to take control of government and eliminate any opposition parties behind a facade of a democracy. We Democrats need to read that book and be ready to stop their tricks and schemes before they begin to deploy them.
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In fact, if schumer were competent he'd be thinking of ways to use this
You can think it’s good that Massie and MTG are stirring up shit within the GOP caucus without thinking their politics in general is good. It’s not hard at all in fact?
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In fact, if schumer were competent he'd be thinking of ways to use this
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At a time, as I wrote this week, when Trump’s coalition was already going to be looking for what comes next.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
I've made the point in the past that Trump's support is based on a coalition of disordered counterpublics which distrust institutions, such as anti-vaxxers, Pizzagate truthers, and the like. Their primary loyalty is to their individual causes, not Trump, and this is the coalition fracturing.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I do support him and his administration ... his remarks of course have been hurtful ... unfortunately it has all come down to the Epstein files ... I will continue to do my small part to get the files released."
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
At a time, as I wrote this week, when Trump’s coalition was already going to be looking for what comes next.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
I'm not sure these people are Republican or conservative. They're a new brand that have been relatively rare in the history of American government. I hope the American people are ready for the chaos these people are bringing into their lives.
Brendan Carr and I are the same age.
We're ruled by people with all the wit of a snotty 12-year-old: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm not sure these people are Republican or conservative. They're a new brand that have been relatively rare in the history of American government. I hope the American people are ready for the chaos these people are bringing into their lives.
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A lot of economic anxiety leads Page One:
In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”
In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”
In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”
In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A lot of economic anxiety leads Page One:
In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”
In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”
In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”
In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”
Are Americans preparing for a grim future they believe may be waiting or has already arrived?
wonder if the whole "america is kidnapping tourists" thing could have anything to do with it
“.. Only 3.1 million people visited Sin City in June, down 11.3% compared to last year ..” 👀
@nypost.com
www.foxnews.com/travel/las-v...
@nypost.com
www.foxnews.com/travel/las-v...
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Are Americans preparing for a grim future they believe may be waiting or has already arrived?
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After the last decade I tend to be very skeptical about the potential for a MAGA crackup but if *Tony Perkins* is saying this something is happening
washingtonstand.com/article/perk...
washingtonstand.com/article/perk...
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
After the last decade I tend to be very skeptical about the potential for a MAGA crackup but if *Tony Perkins* is saying this something is happening
washingtonstand.com/article/perk...
washingtonstand.com/article/perk...
What a bunch of strutting jackbooted thugs, doing theater in the streets of an American city. We appear to be evolving towards "1984" or Gilead and I don't which destination is worse than the other.
Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
Charlotte 11/15/25
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What a bunch of strutting jackbooted thugs, doing theater in the streets of an American city. We appear to be evolving towards "1984" or Gilead and I don't which destination is worse than the other.
If this AP article represents accurately the consensus of the Republican party, then the American people are in for more hardship in 2026. It seems as the shark doesn't want to release the remora any more than the remora wants to detach from the shark.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's Republican Party insists there's no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses
Many Republican leaders insist there's no problem with the GOP's policies, the party's message or President Donald Trump’s leadership, despite big losses in this month's elections.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If this AP article represents accurately the consensus of the Republican party, then the American people are in for more hardship in 2026. It seems as the shark doesn't want to release the remora any more than the remora wants to detach from the shark.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
You're right - it does mean nothing to him.
America is a little game to the psycho. He puts in a box and hobbles off to play golf. It means nothing to him.
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
You're right - it does mean nothing to him.
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What a mystery!
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
What a mystery!
Does Trump have the authority to do that? If so, he should think very long and hard about doing it. Doing such risky things have a way of turning out in unexpected and highly dangerous ways.
This is an important new line being crossed. Trump isn't just pardoning the act of attempting to overthrow the government on January 6: he's pardoning *those people* for committing crimes generally. He may be creating a group of (federally) legally untouchable people.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Does Trump have the authority to do that? If so, he should think very long and hard about doing it. Doing such risky things have a way of turning out in unexpected and highly dangerous ways.
Are we trying to return to the time of Pax Americana? Is that even possible now? If it is, is the right thing to do? Apparently some Americans don't recall the woes of empire.
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Are we trying to return to the time of Pax Americana? Is that even possible now? If it is, is the right thing to do? Apparently some Americans don't recall the woes of empire.
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In more real talk, snapping and going after culturally aligned groups and disinheriting members of your own party is literal death of stalin shit and what happens when the administration is beginning to crumble.
The U.S. bishops defended migrant families. Tom Homan snapped. Nan Hayworth called Pope Leo a “tool of our enemies.” Tim Burchett accused the church of getting rich off of sex trafficking.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
“Pope Leo Is a Tool of Our Enemies”: Homan Leads MAGA Attacks as Hayworth, Others Pile On
It’s the latest MAGA attack on Pope Leo’s pro-immigrant stance. Disgraced border chief Tom Homan — caught taking a $50,000 bribe in a Cava takeout bag — led the charge against Leo and the bishops.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
In more real talk, snapping and going after culturally aligned groups and disinheriting members of your own party is literal death of stalin shit and what happens when the administration is beginning to crumble.
I doubt that Trump cares much about the Americans he's hurt as a result the policies he's put in place since January. He's quick to defend his actions but he's not helping the people who are just trying to make a living. Should it matter to him? These Americans still vote.
apnews.com/article/snap...
apnews.com/article/snap...
Small grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits
Some small grocery stores and neighborhood convenience stores are eager for the U.S. government shutdown to end and for their customers to start receiving federal food aid again.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I doubt that Trump cares much about the Americans he's hurt as a result the policies he's put in place since January. He's quick to defend his actions but he's not helping the people who are just trying to make a living. Should it matter to him? These Americans still vote.
apnews.com/article/snap...
apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump's economic "experts" must have twisted his arm to back off "a bit" on his tariffs after last week's election results. But note that he's still insisting other countries pay the tariffs, not American importers or consumers. He's never going to let go of that illusion.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery store prices
President Donald Trump has announced the removal of U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and other commodities.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Trump's economic "experts" must have twisted his arm to back off "a bit" on his tariffs after last week's election results. But note that he's still insisting other countries pay the tariffs, not American importers or consumers. He's never going to let go of that illusion.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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If the US system remains trapped in an endless knife fight between a party of good government and a party of nihilistic governance then Europeans need to accept that the US will no longer be a stable partner long after Trump is gone
I'd just like to point out that we spent an entire shipment of air defense interceptors' worth of money on new signs for a name change that isn't even legally the name of the DoD.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If the US system remains trapped in an endless knife fight between a party of good government and a party of nihilistic governance then Europeans need to accept that the US will no longer be a stable partner long after Trump is gone
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👇🏼!!!!!
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
👇🏼!!!!!
There are differences between the approaches of Biden and Trump. Biden didn't push tariffs as a magical wealth tool and he didn't offend other nations, e.g., Canada, as Trump has. American consumers just want whoever is in the WH to fix it. That's Trump!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump, like Biden before him, finds there's no quick fix on inflation
President Donald Trump’s problems with fixing the high cost of living might be giving voters a feeling of déjà vu.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There are differences between the approaches of Biden and Trump. Biden didn't push tariffs as a magical wealth tool and he didn't offend other nations, e.g., Canada, as Trump has. American consumers just want whoever is in the WH to fix it. That's Trump!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
I expect to see more Republicans breaking from Trump as the economy suffers and Trump's approval numbers fall. They don't want the millstone that is Trump tied around their necks in 2026. We'll see Trump turning viciously feral in the coming months.
Marjorie Taylor Green read the writing on the wall & promptly broke with Trump.
Dems won Georgia’s Public Service Commission elections by 25-point landslides—their largest for any office since 1998—and improved over 2024 everywhere.
These maps compare results by state House district for:
2024 president (left) - 96-84 Trump majority
2025 PSC seat 3 (right) - 115-65 Dem majority
These maps compare results by state House district for:
2024 president (left) - 96-84 Trump majority
2025 PSC seat 3 (right) - 115-65 Dem majority
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I expect to see more Republicans breaking from Trump as the economy suffers and Trump's approval numbers fall. They don't want the millstone that is Trump tied around their necks in 2026. We'll see Trump turning viciously feral in the coming months.