Martin McDonald
@martymcd.bsky.social
UK & US Politics and other stuff from the kitchen table, one tweet at a time.
Some say 'a totally undiscovered twitter treasure' apparently. Also tax. And law
Some say 'a totally undiscovered twitter treasure' apparently. Also tax. And law
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This video is so weird.
Imagine two Danish reporters in Guam asking U.S. troops sensitive military information and insisting that something “smells fishy” about the American military presence in Guam.
Imagine two Danish reporters in Guam asking U.S. troops sensitive military information and insisting that something “smells fishy” about the American military presence in Guam.
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 AM
This video is so weird.
Imagine two Danish reporters in Guam asking U.S. troops sensitive military information and insisting that something “smells fishy” about the American military presence in Guam.
Imagine two Danish reporters in Guam asking U.S. troops sensitive military information and insisting that something “smells fishy” about the American military presence in Guam.
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Analysis | If European leaders don’t create a big gold trophy and give it to Donald Trump in a lavish ceremony replete with a parade, they will have the blood of Greenlanders on their hands.
January 20, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Analysis | If European leaders don’t create a big gold trophy and give it to Donald Trump in a lavish ceremony replete with a parade, they will have the blood of Greenlanders on their hands.
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No, I’m pretty certain it’s because the average American cares more about the cost of groceries than the rise of fascism. It’s why they voted for Donald Trump again!
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 AM
No, I’m pretty certain it’s because the average American cares more about the cost of groceries than the rise of fascism. It’s why they voted for Donald Trump again!
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Why would you want that
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Why would you want that
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How do you quote a Trump flunky saying, we want an alliance with Greenland w/o noting, the US has one?
Who **is** this person?
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
Who **is** this person?
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
January 20, 2026 at 12:45 AM
How do you quote a Trump flunky saying, we want an alliance with Greenland w/o noting, the US has one?
Who **is** this person?
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
Who **is** this person?
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
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Worth tracking down tonight's Anderson Cooper's AC360, first ten minutes, w Sen @gallego.senate.gov .
Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.)
Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.
Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.)
Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.
January 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Worth tracking down tonight's Anderson Cooper's AC360, first ten minutes, w Sen @gallego.senate.gov .
Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.)
Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.
Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.)
Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.
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Extremely cool job opportunity: Kinetic Light is looking for a managing director! One of my favorite disability arts organizations doing incredible, groundbreaking work.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SD8h...
drive.google.com/file/d/1SD8h...
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Extremely cool job opportunity: Kinetic Light is looking for a managing director! One of my favorite disability arts organizations doing incredible, groundbreaking work.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SD8h...
drive.google.com/file/d/1SD8h...
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I’m going to write to Trump and offer him our house as a strategic base at a *very* reasonable price.
It is very handily placed for the World darts and Masters snooker.
It is very handily placed for the World darts and Masters snooker.
January 19, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I’m going to write to Trump and offer him our house as a strategic base at a *very* reasonable price.
It is very handily placed for the World darts and Masters snooker.
It is very handily placed for the World darts and Masters snooker.
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Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
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People didn't think Brooklyn Beckham had a useful function in the world but look how much he has improved today for all of us.
January 19, 2026 at 10:44 PM
People didn't think Brooklyn Beckham had a useful function in the world but look how much he has improved today for all of us.
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The consultation will explore range of options
📱whether to introduce social media age limit
📱how to enforce it
📱stopping tech firms accessing young users’ data
📱limiting addictive tools such as “infinite scrolling”.
Govt also expects every school to be mobile phones free, with Ofsted now inspecting
📱whether to introduce social media age limit
📱how to enforce it
📱stopping tech firms accessing young users’ data
📱limiting addictive tools such as “infinite scrolling”.
Govt also expects every school to be mobile phones free, with Ofsted now inspecting
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The consultation will explore range of options
📱whether to introduce social media age limit
📱how to enforce it
📱stopping tech firms accessing young users’ data
📱limiting addictive tools such as “infinite scrolling”.
Govt also expects every school to be mobile phones free, with Ofsted now inspecting
📱whether to introduce social media age limit
📱how to enforce it
📱stopping tech firms accessing young users’ data
📱limiting addictive tools such as “infinite scrolling”.
Govt also expects every school to be mobile phones free, with Ofsted now inspecting
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NEW: Ministers have launched a consultation into whether to ban under-16s from using social media as part of package of measures designed to curb mobile phone use among the young. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ministers launch consultation into whether to ban social media for under-16s
Move comes as peers prepare to vote on an amendment to a bill that would enact a ban within a year of the bill passing
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:40 PM
NEW: Ministers have launched a consultation into whether to ban under-16s from using social media as part of package of measures designed to curb mobile phone use among the young. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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There’s this whole thing about Dylan Mulvaney playing Anne Boleyn in the musical Six. Apparently some bigoted people think she’d have been horrified to see a trans person playing a cis woman on stage. Slight problem, at that time, literally no women on stage were played by cis women.
January 19, 2026 at 10:35 PM
There’s this whole thing about Dylan Mulvaney playing Anne Boleyn in the musical Six. Apparently some bigoted people think she’d have been horrified to see a trans person playing a cis woman on stage. Slight problem, at that time, literally no women on stage were played by cis women.
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Trump seemingly recognizing that videos of ICE looking like an occupying force in Minnesota are turning public opinion against the operation
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Trump seemingly recognizing that videos of ICE looking like an occupying force in Minnesota are turning public opinion against the operation
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Written up my distinctly minority approach to handling Trump's Greenland tariff threats - don't get sucked into a damaging trade war because you need to "do something" - instead focus on Europe's strengths of being reliable and open economies. For @borderlex.net - borderlex.net/2026/01/19/p...
Perspectives: Europe should focus on projecting certainty and reliability amid Trump tariff threats - Borderlex - European trade policy
President Trump’s announcement to impose tariffs on countries deploying troops to Greenland set off the biggest crisis in US-Europe relations since 1956. Direct retaliation will be damaging to the EU ...
borderlex.net
January 19, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Written up my distinctly minority approach to handling Trump's Greenland tariff threats - don't get sucked into a damaging trade war because you need to "do something" - instead focus on Europe's strengths of being reliable and open economies. For @borderlex.net - borderlex.net/2026/01/19/p...
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Shatner responds to Stephen Miller.
January 19, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Shatner responds to Stephen Miller.
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Britain isn't broken.
You just hate multiculturalism and wish we were living in shitty 1942.
Be honest.
You just hate multiculturalism and wish we were living in shitty 1942.
Be honest.
January 19, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Britain isn't broken.
You just hate multiculturalism and wish we were living in shitty 1942.
Be honest.
You just hate multiculturalism and wish we were living in shitty 1942.
Be honest.
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Brooklyn Beckham: it's time to address the shadowy shape that's difficult to photograph in the room
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Brooklyn Beckham: it's time to address the shadowy shape that's difficult to photograph in the room
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More demented international correspondence from the First Lunatic of the United States.
t.me/pul_1/19890
t.me/pul_1/19890
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
More demented international correspondence from the First Lunatic of the United States.
t.me/pul_1/19890
t.me/pul_1/19890
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Nice refreshing Brexit arguments this evening, I feel 10 years younger. (But still no wiser.)
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Nice refreshing Brexit arguments this evening, I feel 10 years younger. (But still no wiser.)
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New 2026 thread to retest in real time if X reporting system *mostly* ignores/protects unlawful racist abuse reported to it
Criteria: direct racist abuse @ people that would be unlawful on the bus + is unlawful online + that broad consensus (9/10 people across parties) would agree should be stopped
Criteria: direct racist abuse @ people that would be unlawful on the bus + is unlawful online + that broad consensus (9/10 people across parties) would agree should be stopped
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
New 2026 thread to retest in real time if X reporting system *mostly* ignores/protects unlawful racist abuse reported to it
Criteria: direct racist abuse @ people that would be unlawful on the bus + is unlawful online + that broad consensus (9/10 people across parties) would agree should be stopped
Criteria: direct racist abuse @ people that would be unlawful on the bus + is unlawful online + that broad consensus (9/10 people across parties) would agree should be stopped
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America, your President is about to make things awful for the rest of the world because he doesn’t want you to make things awful for him, for being awful. It would be awfully nice if you could stop him. Thanks, awfully.
January 19, 2026 at 9:44 PM
America, your President is about to make things awful for the rest of the world because he doesn’t want you to make things awful for him, for being awful. It would be awfully nice if you could stop him. Thanks, awfully.
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"it's so disgusting we printed a photo of it!"
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
"it's so disgusting we printed a photo of it!"
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Michael Crick: ‘I hear that at least one member of #RobertJenrick's staff has been suspended from #ConservativeParty, possibly more than one.’
January 19, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Michael Crick: ‘I hear that at least one member of #RobertJenrick's staff has been suspended from #ConservativeParty, possibly more than one.’