David Flood
banner
maoltuile.bsky.social
David Flood
@maoltuile.bsky.social
810 followers 570 following 1K posts
Historical researcher into Dublin Corporation and the Irish revolutionary generation 1898-1923. See ‘Dublin City Council and the 1916 Rising’ (Four Courts Press, 2016) - Nothing here represents views of any employer or organisation, past or present -
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Reposted by David Flood
got some real monsters out there this halloween
FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?

NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
Reposted by David Flood
it's the unitary executive, the tribune of the people, the all-powerful sovereign, the sun and the moon. it can bomb fishermen and deport citizens. but it cannot, it turns out, free up money to pay for SNAP—there are laws, after all.
Reposted by David Flood
A couple of weeks ago a journalist from a leading periodical suggested on here that the reason people disliked Bari Weiss was because of sexism. Bari showed them!
Reposted by David Flood
It‘s still three years until the next national election, the Nazis are leading several polls, and you’ve got fascists in the middle of Berlin acting like this. Good luck, Germany, if you’re trying to attract a sufficient number of non-white migrants to boost your economy. Good luck: you’ll need it.
The Nazis in Berlin are getting bolder: I saw one of them on the tram home this evening, a guy in his early twenties, who stared at me and smirked before looking away. it’s incredible how Germany has looked on as so many young people have drifted into this hate cult. It’s a betrayal, to be honest.
Reposted by David Flood
Final UC-Berkeley poll of Prop 50

Yes - 60%
No - 38%

Already voted: 67-33 Yes
Yet to vote: 57-43 Yes
California’s Prop 50 hugely important. Its approval by voters will not only combat Texas gerrymander but hopefully convince other Dem states to step up & counter Trump’s plan to rig midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
California fights Trump's attempt to steal the midterms
The state can strike the first blow against Trump's plan to subvert democracy.
www.motherjones.com
Reposted by David Flood
Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."
Reposted by David Flood
On these centrist diagnoses, let's be blunt: Folks are obscuring what *they know to be true* about the thermostatic nature of politics (things fluctuate!) in order to overhype meaning of a narrow win driven largely by cost of living to fleece donors/push pet ideological projects. It's pretty gross.
Reposted by David Flood
Someone - if not the principal then presumably a professional advisor on law or PR - must have looked at the sentence "these censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations" and said "hang on, that makes it look like you don't believe him" And yet.
Reposted by David Flood
“The Ford Govt in Ontario has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.

Ford says it will make the province more efficient & reduce red tape.

It won’t do either, and he knows it.

It might get him “speeder votes” though.

This will kill more people.
Ford government passes bill banning municipal speed cameras in Ontario
The Ford government has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca
Reposted by David Flood
this is why natural gas exports were previously banned
It is widely agreed that robust LNG exports from the US will have the effect of globalizing the price of NG, which will in turn have the effect of *raising the price of domestic NG*.

So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
Reposted by David Flood
Reposted by David Flood
Christopher Columbus cut off people's hands when they didn't bring him enough gold.
The US government is packed from top to bottom with racist violent settlers since they first washed ashore.
Reposted by David Flood
#OtD 30 Oct 1831 enslaved rebel leader, Nat Turner, was captured in Virginia. Two months prior, Turner and six other enslaved men launched a revolt, killing enslavers. He was tried, hanged and skinned. 100s of other Black people were murdered in revenge shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
Reposted by David Flood
I wonder how much the United CEO made last year?
Reposted by David Flood
odd to watch the United Airlines CEO at the White House speak at the White House and sound like a Republican member of Congress
Reposted by David Flood
i do not understand why everyone (not just progressives) seems fixated on winning over actual reactionaries instead of like… people in the middle of the spectrum who dont like nazi symbolism and sincerely believe that they are not a racist and racism is bad
Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.

The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
Reposted by David Flood
Speaker Johnson admits Trump & Republicans are forcing millions of kids to go hungry for political leverage. He says funding SNAP would "reduce the pressure" on Democrats. Disgusting.
BASH: Even Hawley says you should move money around to feed people. Why not consider it?

JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
Reposted by David Flood
Federal authorities communicate very little about the flights. We don’t know the identity of the passengers. And Key Lime was no help. Sara Wilson had a door shut in her face at Key Lime HQ & when she got the CEO on the phone he quickly ended the conversation.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/30/i...
ICE masks more than faces | Colorado Newsline
The numerous daily ICE flights that crisscross the country to transport detained immigrants are difficult to track. That's by design.
coloradonewsline.com
Reposted by David Flood