Michael Connolly

Dundee United, Scottish Independence, history and general nonsense.

[Bosnian Football @BosniaNTBall]

My goodness, the stereotypes write themselves……🤷‍♂️ #FIFAWorldCup 🇧🇦🇺🇸

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

"No me he lavado las manos en 10 años, de verdad, me inoculo a mi mismo, los gérmenes no son algo real, no puedo verlos, por lo tanto no son reales".

Pete Hegseth, ministro de guerra de EEUU, confesó que no se ha lavado las manos en 10 años porque no cree en los gérmenes.

Ahora como responsable del ejército de EEUU, quitó las vacunas de la gripe obligatorias... y dos meses después, 160 soldados en una base de la Fuerza Aérea en Texas han contraído la gripe.

Es curioso como dice que no cree en los gérmenes porque no los ve... pero luego cree en dioses que tampoco ve.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

No Cobra meeting @Keir_Starmer ? No headlines @BBCWorld ? Why are stabbed Muslims of absolutely no consequence to anyone in power in the UK?

[𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮 @charlotteukcity]

This is powerful!!

The video strikingly illustrates the game of misinformation that’s being played by Nigel Farage & others. It shows who’s actually benefiting from it.

Absolutely worth watching!

Video sent to me by @nowayjomo

[Curtis Daly @CurtisDaly_]

This is fucking horrific. Pochin telling England to keep winning so blokes don't batter their wives, instead of telling abusers not to abuse.

Can't believed what I have just watched.

[Daniel Lismore @daniellismore]

Nigel’s poster is going viral

[Stand Up To Racism @AntiRacismDay]

After attempts by the far right to stir up the same hatred & violence as we’ve seen in Belfast - an important event in Glasgow this Saturday 13 June, 1pm, Buchanan steps.

Defend the unity of working class communities.

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries
https://t.co/8kY171r5w1

[Matt Leslie @mattleslie74]

That same mosque, on the night of the Clutha Vaults helicopter tragedy, opened its doors and gave shelter, food, water and medical attention to the survivors.
They're the real Glasgow, not this rabble of racist thugs.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"Very poor white people” are being convinced that “very poor, hard-working brown or Black people” are responsible for the “problems caused by billionaire white men”, Allison Morris, Crime Correspondent at the Belfast Telegraph, says in the wake of the riots that spread through the capital of Northern Ireland overnight.

[jude martin @judecambridge]

Private Eye:

[Sai Ishaya @Sai_Ishaya_]

Every day, we're trapped in the paradox of the "Schrödinger’s immigrant", a mythical outsider who exists simultaneously as a lazy welfare dependent & an unstoppable machine taking all the jobs(both skilled & unskilled).

The immigrant remains a highly convenient shape shifting scapegoat designed to explain away ALL complex, systemic domestic failures.
Keeping this paradox alive ensures politicians never have to answer for a decade of chronic underinvestment, flatlining productivity, & broken infrastructure.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

How many ordinary Americans even know this is happening, let alone support sending their tax dollars to fund it? If only Americans knew…

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

This is Officer
Caroline Edwards.
She was attacked by the insurrectionists on January 6th. They cracked her heac open, resulting in a permanent brain injury.
For all those who support Trump's pardons and say you
"back the blue". You don't. You support fascism.

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

Mark has over 7 million followers.
After 4 hours this tweet has 18k views.
Suppression of information on Israeli crimes is very very real.

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

https://t.co/pDHSOYG0ZK

“At least 15 cases of sexual assaults, including rape. Shot with rubber bullets at close range. Tens of people’s bones broken,” organizers of the Global SumudFlotilla posted on the Telegram social media app.
“While the world’s eye is trained on the suffering of our participants, we cannot emphasize enough that this is a mere glimpse of the brutality Israel imposes daily on Palestinian hostages.”

[🇬🇧King 🇬🇧 @King0243_PJC]

🚨 SHOCKING — These are the exact same Reform activists who flood X every day screaming, lecturing, and telling everyone how Britain should be run…

Yet 24 hours after getting elected in Kirklees, they stand up in full council and admit:

“I don’t understand the Constitution…
I don’t understand standing orders…
I don’t understand what an amendment is.”

Then they whine it’s “not democratic” they might vote on things they don’t understand

This is the terrifying danger of populist rage politics: loud online warriors with ZERO clue how to actually govern.

Handing real power to people who don’t even know where to start is how countries collapse.
Watch this embarrassment 👇👇👇👇CC: @LesTrumpeter

[Stephanie Grisham @OMGrisham]

I resigned on Jan 6 & lost everything & live in fear. I watched these criminals get pardons, see new corruption from the WH every day, & now taxpayer $ set aside to reward them for their loyalty & maintain his own personal army. Where are you Congress? Cabinet? Anyone???

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it.

Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago.

IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued.

The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk.

The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit.

Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.” 

Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million.

The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out.

This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president.

Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues?

https://t.co/La0nlLuz1r