Ted Smyth
@tedsmyth.bsky.social
Discussing Politics, Economics, Satire, US-Europe relations, Ireland, History. Chair Clinton Inst American Studies advisory board, President Glucksman Ireland House NYU advisory Board, former Irish diplomat and Heinz and S&P Global
Congratulations Jane and Briona
We were honored to host you and your epic movie @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
We were honored to host you and your epic movie @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
Wonderful to host historian @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social & filmmaker Briona Nic Dhiarmada for the NYC screening of "From That Small Island" @gihnyu.bsky.social -- the story of Ireland, across the millennia, in global context @tedsmyth.bsky.social
An incredible evening in NYC for our screening. A huge thank you to the amazing team @irelandhousenyu & @irelandnyc 🇮🇪🇺🇸
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Congratulations Jane and Briona
We were honored to host you and your epic movie @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
We were honored to host you and your epic movie @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
Exactly right @RanaForoohar
Dems can stop Trump’s rolling coup by “tacking left economically and right socially…America is fundamentally much more conservative socially than most European countries”
What lessons to take from last week’s Democratic victories?
Dems can stop Trump’s rolling coup by “tacking left economically and right socially…America is fundamentally much more conservative socially than most European countries”
What lessons to take from last week’s Democratic victories?
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Exactly right @RanaForoohar
Dems can stop Trump’s rolling coup by “tacking left economically and right socially…America is fundamentally much more conservative socially than most European countries”
What lessons to take from last week’s Democratic victories?
Dems can stop Trump’s rolling coup by “tacking left economically and right socially…America is fundamentally much more conservative socially than most European countries”
What lessons to take from last week’s Democratic victories?
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An interesting piece on (among other things) the wide range of Irish and Irish-American attitudes to US African-American slavery in the 19th century.
Having delved into Frederick Douglass’s 1845 visit to Ireland during my time as #Ireland’s Ambassador in Washington, I was delighted to be asked by the Fitzwilliam journal to reflect further on the visit & its legacy. My commentary is 👇.
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https://www.thefitzwilliam.com/p/what-frederick-douglass-learned-in
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October 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
An interesting piece on (among other things) the wide range of Irish and Irish-American attitudes to US African-American slavery in the 19th century.
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***Attention graduate students***
Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/georg...
Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/georg...
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
Visit the post for more.
iehs.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
***Attention graduate students***
Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/georg...
Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/georg...
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Check out a FREE article of Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ):
"'As bad as anybody else': The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans" by Christopher Joseph Cook
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"'As bad as anybody else': The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans" by Christopher Joseph Cook
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“As bad as anybody else”: The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans
Abstract. Coordinated, violent political attacks increased throughout the months leading up to the 1868 presidential election in New Orleans and the surrounding area. Among the various Democratic orga...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Check out a FREE article of Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ):
"'As bad as anybody else': The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans" by Christopher Joseph Cook
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art...
"'As bad as anybody else': The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans" by Christopher Joseph Cook
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art...
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Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
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Launch of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move
YouTube video by Glucksman Ireland House NYU
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September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social
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We Don't Want Your Tricks Or Your Treats Chump,We Want You To RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We Don't Want Your Tricks Or Your Treats Chump,We Want You To RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
VERY IMPORTANT Sunday Message from Meidas Founder
By Ben Meiselas
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Democrats need to empower messengers that the establishment is scared of, people who don’t delight megadonors...stake their claims on a set of strong beliefs, and see if Americans will follow. They need to stop being lawyerly and timid. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
Opinion | The N.F.L. Gets It. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Democrats need to empower messengers that the establishment is scared of, people who don’t delight megadonors...stake their claims on a set of strong beliefs, and see if Americans will follow. They need to stop being lawyerly and timid. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
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“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
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@theguardian.com
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October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
C’mon judge. Pull an all nighter. This isn’t hard.
“The State of Illinois sued Trump, but in a court hearing this afternoon, a federal judge declined to issue an immediate order blocking the deployment. The judge said she needed time to review the case. She set another hearing for Thursday.
“The State of Illinois sued Trump, but in a court hearing this afternoon, a federal judge declined to issue an immediate order blocking the deployment. The judge said she needed time to review the case. She set another hearing for Thursday.
October 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
C’mon judge. Pull an all nighter. This isn’t hard.
“The State of Illinois sued Trump, but in a court hearing this afternoon, a federal judge declined to issue an immediate order blocking the deployment. The judge said she needed time to review the case. She set another hearing for Thursday.
“The State of Illinois sued Trump, but in a court hearing this afternoon, a federal judge declined to issue an immediate order blocking the deployment. The judge said she needed time to review the case. She set another hearing for Thursday.
Well said!
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The problem (at least in IL) is not that we have a feckless governor or mayor unwilling "to stand up to Trump." The problem is that over 80 years+ we the people have ceded vast powers to the Fed govt for good and necessary reasons and then, last November, we gave all those powers to Donald Trump.
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Well said!
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As Gov. Pritzker says in his opening statement, ICE and CPB are attempting to provoke a reaction by their actions in Chicago. And as he says -- more or less -- at the time stamp below, he won't order state police to physically confront them, b/c he can't.
If you still know anyone who imagines that Pritzker or Johnson will order police under their command to arrest federal agents, you can send them this (1hr12min42sec timestamp). They are explicit that they will not and they view courts as only venue for enforcement.
www.youtube.com/live/vqP4YFV...
www.youtube.com/live/vqP4YFV...
LIVE: Illinois' JD Pritzker on Trump's use of National Guard
YouTube video by Reuters
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October 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
As Gov. Pritzker says in his opening statement, ICE and CPB are attempting to provoke a reaction by their actions in Chicago. And as he says -- more or less -- at the time stamp below, he won't order state police to physically confront them, b/c he can't.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yes!
Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: “A standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.”
Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: “A standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.”
October 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yes!
Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: “A standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.”
Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: “A standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.”
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October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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October 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The nerve of this draft dodging felon to lecture true heroes, the same idiot who surrendered to the Taliban at camp david. Roll Call Factba.se - Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia - September 30, 2025 rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
Factbase search - Roll Call
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October 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The nerve of this draft dodging felon to lecture true heroes, the same idiot who surrendered to the Taliban at camp david. Roll Call Factba.se - Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia - September 30, 2025 rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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Trump has removed President Biden’s portrait at the White House and replaced it with a portrait of an autopen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Au5...
Trump is a petty, jealous, childish, and hateful person.
I’m sharing a portrait of President Biden as a sign of respect and support.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Au5...
Trump is a petty, jealous, childish, and hateful person.
I’m sharing a portrait of President Biden as a sign of respect and support.
September 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Trump has removed President Biden’s portrait at the White House and replaced it with a portrait of an autopen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Au5...
Trump is a petty, jealous, childish, and hateful person.
I’m sharing a portrait of President Biden as a sign of respect and support.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Au5...
Trump is a petty, jealous, childish, and hateful person.
I’m sharing a portrait of President Biden as a sign of respect and support.
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The National Archives illegally released Rep. Mikie Sherrill's unredacted military personnel file, including her Social Security number, home address. The congresswoman is currently running as the Democratic candidate for Governor in New Jersey.
September 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The National Archives illegally released Rep. Mikie Sherrill's unredacted military personnel file, including her Social Security number, home address. The congresswoman is currently running as the Democratic candidate for Governor in New Jersey.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Surely the Nobel Committee can award Trump the Nobel Lying Prize ?
This doesn't sound like a great resume for a head of the U.S. Institute of Peace, but then, all of Trump's nominees are generally intended to destroy whatever they in charge of. ”#ProudBlue www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Academic with history of incendiary remarks to lead US Institute of Peace
Darren Beattie once said on X that “competent white men must be in charge.”
www.politico.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Surely the Nobel Committee can award Trump the Nobel Lying Prize ?