Jac Hayden
@jachayden.bsky.social
Former RTE journalist and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, TCD
The not so slow death of the American dream “Three-fourths of American scientists who responded to a recent poll by the journal Nature said they are considering leaving the country (The Atlantic)”.
July 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The not so slow death of the American dream “Three-fourths of American scientists who responded to a recent poll by the journal Nature said they are considering leaving the country (The Atlantic)”.
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The siblings of one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers said they were shocked when Donald Trump said Epstein “stole her” from Mar-a-Lago—and asked that Trump share whatever else he knows, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports.
Virginia Giuffre’s Family Wants to Know What Trump Knows
The siblings of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers were shocked that the president referred to her as “stolen.”
www.theatlantic.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The siblings of one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers said they were shocked when Donald Trump said Epstein “stole her” from Mar-a-Lago—and asked that Trump share whatever else he knows, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports.
Conor McGregor and family meet Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office as Taoiseach and Tánaiste say he ‘doesn’t speak for Ireland’
NOT MY IRELAND A black day when an individual convicted of rape appears in the Oval Office pretending to represent Ireland! Shame @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social
NOT MY IRELAND A black day when an individual convicted of rape appears in the Oval Office pretending to represent Ireland! Shame @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Conor McGregor and family meet Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office as Taoiseach and Tánaiste say he ‘doesn’t speak for Ireland’
NOT MY IRELAND A black day when an individual convicted of rape appears in the Oval Office pretending to represent Ireland! Shame @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social
NOT MY IRELAND A black day when an individual convicted of rape appears in the Oval Office pretending to represent Ireland! Shame @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social
European leaders seem astounded by Trump’s bullying and blatant aggression
This piece by Fintan O’Toole should be read by all those Euro pols who thought they could manage Trump & by those who chose to believe that Trump doesn’t actually mean what he says
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
This piece by Fintan O’Toole should be read by all those Euro pols who thought they could manage Trump & by those who chose to believe that Trump doesn’t actually mean what he says
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Fintan O’Toole: European leaders seem astounded by Trump’s bullying and blatant aggression
They had fooled themselves into believing what they wanted to believe
www.irishtimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
European leaders seem astounded by Trump’s bullying and blatant aggression
This piece by Fintan O’Toole should be read by all those Euro pols who thought they could manage Trump & by those who chose to believe that Trump doesn’t actually mean what he says
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
This piece by Fintan O’Toole should be read by all those Euro pols who thought they could manage Trump & by those who chose to believe that Trump doesn’t actually mean what he says
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
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Macron and Starmer have an opportunity to craft a peace deal with Ukraine… and yes, they do want to stitch the US into it.
I’m not confident of their success but I understand their ambition.
I’m not confident of their success but I understand their ambition.
March 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Macron and Starmer have an opportunity to craft a peace deal with Ukraine… and yes, they do want to stitch the US into it.
I’m not confident of their success but I understand their ambition.
I’m not confident of their success but I understand their ambition.
Yea! Fantastic idea👏👏👏
March 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Yea! Fantastic idea👏👏👏
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Don’t quite agree but striking from an ex-SACEUR. ‘Admiral James Stavridis, an American who served as Nato’s Europe commander from 2009-2013, said we could be witnessing the “last days” of the alliance & the start of a new “European Treaty Organisation”.’ www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
End of Nato alliance could be ‘days away’, warns former commander
Wavering US support for the defence bloc may open the door to a new ‘European Treaty Organisation’, says Admiral James Stavridis
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Don’t quite agree but striking from an ex-SACEUR. ‘Admiral James Stavridis, an American who served as Nato’s Europe commander from 2009-2013, said we could be witnessing the “last days” of the alliance & the start of a new “European Treaty Organisation”.’ www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
As European leaders scramble to construct a unified response to the TrumpVance lynching of Zelensky the Kremlin says Russia's and US foreign policies are in alignment. “The new (US) administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely coincides with our vision,”Peskov😱
March 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
As European leaders scramble to construct a unified response to the TrumpVance lynching of Zelensky the Kremlin says Russia's and US foreign policies are in alignment. “The new (US) administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely coincides with our vision,”Peskov😱
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📸 No one follows more etiquette rules than the Royal Family—but notice how King Charles didn’t make any smart-ass or demeaning comments about Zelensky’s attire today.
Why? Because respect isn’t about clothes—it’s about character. And that’s something money can’t buy.
Why? Because respect isn’t about clothes—it’s about character. And that’s something money can’t buy.
March 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
📸 No one follows more etiquette rules than the Royal Family—but notice how King Charles didn’t make any smart-ass or demeaning comments about Zelensky’s attire today.
Why? Because respect isn’t about clothes—it’s about character. And that’s something money can’t buy.
Why? Because respect isn’t about clothes—it’s about character. And that’s something money can’t buy.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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I’m thinking … hoping.. that whatever reservations EU partners have in confronting Tr*mp directly, they don’t apply to this muppet.
Time for EUCO to lance this boil.
Time for EUCO to lance this boil.
🇭🇺🧐 Orbán has demanded the EU begin “direct discussions with Russia on a ceasefire” in the war against Ukraine, - FT
Orban also said he opposed efforts to find any consensus on Ukraine among the bloc’s 27 member states.
Orban also said he opposed efforts to find any consensus on Ukraine among the bloc’s 27 member states.
March 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’m thinking … hoping.. that whatever reservations EU partners have in confronting Tr*mp directly, they don’t apply to this muppet.
Time for EUCO to lance this boil.
Time for EUCO to lance this boil.
Really worth reading this - Trump a ‘mendacious vulgarian’ and his lowlife sidekick lecture a truly heroic and brave Zelensky- Slava Ukraini
“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | A Day of American Infamy
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Really worth reading this - Trump a ‘mendacious vulgarian’ and his lowlife sidekick lecture a truly heroic and brave Zelensky- Slava Ukraini
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100% correct - so what does the democratic world do now?
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
100% correct - so what does the democratic world do now?
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"Why don't you wear a suit?"
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Why don't you wear a suit?"
Great ‘legacy’ journalism from @news.rte.ie
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... @nytimes.com @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @politico.com @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @bentonra.bsky.social
@davidfrum.bsky.social @theguardian.com
www.rte.ie/news/primeti... @nytimes.com @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @politico.com @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @bentonra.bsky.social
@davidfrum.bsky.social @theguardian.com
1,500 in 15 days: What Musk's Trump-era tweets reveal about him
Using a bespoke social media search tool Prime Time downloaded and analysed all his tweets from his first 15 full days working in the US government, to try to get an insight into his activity, mindset...
www.rte.ie
February 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just can’t believe how stupid Musk is 🤣 the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product,” said Bruce Daisley, former head of Twitter’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
on.ft.com/4j1AOpH
on.ft.com/4j1AOpH
How a handful of X accounts took Elon Musk ‘down the rabbit hole’ on UK politics
Tech billionaire’s posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue
on.ft.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Just can’t believe how stupid Musk is 🤣 the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product,” said Bruce Daisley, former head of Twitter’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
on.ft.com/4j1AOpH
on.ft.com/4j1AOpH
Europe is deluded if it thinks it can ‘manage’ Donald Trump
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Time to wake up to the spectre facing Ireland &Europe. Tonra’s sober analysis should frighten those foolishly hoping to manageTrump 2.0 Reminiscent of the naive belief in a benign Putin even after Crimea
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Time to wake up to the spectre facing Ireland &Europe. Tonra’s sober analysis should frighten those foolishly hoping to manageTrump 2.0 Reminiscent of the naive belief in a benign Putin even after Crimea
Ben Tonra: Europe is deluded if it thinks it can ‘manage’ Donald Trump
If this second Trump administration makes good on what has been said, the transatlantic relationship will enter a period of profound crisis and potential collapse
www.irishtimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Europe is deluded if it thinks it can ‘manage’ Donald Trump
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Time to wake up to the spectre facing Ireland &Europe. Tonra’s sober analysis should frighten those foolishly hoping to manageTrump 2.0 Reminiscent of the naive belief in a benign Putin even after Crimea
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Time to wake up to the spectre facing Ireland &Europe. Tonra’s sober analysis should frighten those foolishly hoping to manageTrump 2.0 Reminiscent of the naive belief in a benign Putin even after Crimea
Nikita Hand’s case against Conor McGregor challenges the myth of the ‘perfect victim’
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Probably the most incisive analysis of societal responses to imperfect victims so [email protected] @bentonra.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Probably the most incisive analysis of societal responses to imperfect victims so [email protected] @bentonra.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
Clare Moriarty: Nikita Hand started a long overdue conversation on the myth of the perfect victim
The judge warned: ‘The fact that a woman engages in drinking or taking drugs does not mean they are up for sex’
www.irishtimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Nikita Hand’s case against Conor McGregor challenges the myth of the ‘perfect victim’
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Probably the most incisive analysis of societal responses to imperfect victims so [email protected] @bentonra.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Probably the most incisive analysis of societal responses to imperfect victims so [email protected] @bentonra.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social