Like clockwork.

Apart from the obvious absurdity of his statement, this is exactly the same lie that Putin told to his population.

Between this, the bombing of the girls’ school and the murders at sea in the Caribbean we have the full flowering of Hegseth/Trump ‘war fighting’ mentality A challenge too to scholarship on the instillation of norms in US military training/education How easily all abandoned in the space of months

One neutral EU country wondering how it can (and whether it should) help another neutral EU country. I have said for years that neutrality in Europe will come increasingly under pressure. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

In @irishexaminer.bsky.social today: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

This ghoul has finally been fired. But make no mistake, Stephen Miller is still in charge of DHS and especially ICE.

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them. I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

Hegseth: "We are only four days into this and the results have been incredible." - Middle East engulfed in regional war - 11 countries attacked by Iran - Oil & gas prices skyrocketing - Strait of Hormuz now a conflict zone - Terrorism threat raised across the world - No sign of Iran regime collapse

Rubio Today: It’s false to say I said the U.S. had to attack because Israel was going to attack. That’s not what I said. Rubio Yesterday: We knew Israel was going to strike Iran, and that would trigger attacks on U.S. forces. If we didn’t act first, Americans would suffer higher casualties.

Hungary's veto on the €90 billion loan to Ukraine proves the European Union needs less unanimity, says Rob Jetten, the new Dutch prime minister. "We cannot explain to our constituents that Europe is sometimes way too slow," Jetten said on his first trip to Brussels since taking office.

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💥“No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Trump. He's attacked 7 nations, 3 of which — Iran, Nigeria & Venezuela — had never been targeted by US strikes. He authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than Biden did in 4 years.”💥

Great to be on @wlrfm.bsky.social with Damien Tiernan on the Deise Today show this morning, discussing the US & Israeli bombings against the Iranian regime, and the potential for regime change. www.wlrfm.com/shows/deise-...

A minister of EU affairs ministers from the member states - due to take place in Cyprus tomorrow - has been cancelled. Iranian drones have struck an RAF base on the island after the UK confirmed it was allowing its bases to be used by the U.S. as part of its campaign. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

This is a stark and compelling chart from @data.ft.com The JCPOA, though imperfect, was working. Then Trump withdrew.... Something to to be said for diplomatically negotiated deals by experienced, serious people.

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

From an ex-Hungarian MP @dailytelegraphnews.bsky.social, on April elections: "The question is whether those who write the rules, distribute the money, count the votes, and announce the results will be willing to tolerate a world where they are no longer in power" www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

this shit is just beyond parody, man

The kinds of threats all European democracies now face: from 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 and 🇺🇸

You can just say things.

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

This is quite a shift in opinion.

Very important initiative launched by @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Europe’s support for Ukraine has surpassed expectations www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

He tried to enter the US without a passport. But was welcomed by this state department.

Putin is making Russia small again: ”Our model suggests that Russian casualties are now between 1.1m and 1.4m, of whom 230,000-430,000 are dead. That would mean one in 25 Russian men between the ages of 18 and 49 may have been killed or severely wounded since the start of the full-scale war.”

💥BREAKING: Viktor Orbán ordered the military deployed to guard “key energy facilities,” citing a possible Ukrainian “attack” to disrupt Hungary’s energy system. The move fuels fears of a staged national security emergency or false-flag incident ahead of the April 12 elections. This is really scary.

The latest Medián survey for Hungary - a 20-point gap between Peter Magyar’s TISZA and Orban’s Fidesz. That’s the largest TISZA lead so far.

💥🗳️ Bombshell poll in Hungary: 55–35 lead for Péter Magyar’s TISZA over Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP – enough for a supermajority in parliament. The survey was conducted by Medián, widely seen as the country’s most reliable pollster, for @hvghu.bsky.social. Fieldwork: Feb 18–23, 1,000 respondents.

On the one hand, the Trump administration is telling Europeans to take care of their own defense. On the other hand, they are supporting leaders and parties who are pro-Russian, opposed to European unity and don't want Europe to defend Ukraine or anything else. Which is the policy?

NPR: “The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Arrival in Kyiv 24/02. EU delegation is here to deliver a message of hope and defiance on this grim occasion. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

A planned EU loan of €90bn for Ukraine has been blocked by Hungary ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion. DCU's Prof @donnachadcu.bsky.social told @rte.ie's ‘Behind the Story’ podcast the EU will likely have to step up to support Ukraine more. Listen: launch.dcu.ie/4kOOK7w

Four years have passed since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia was supposed to win in three days. Instead, Ukraine reinvented modern warfare, built a drone industry, and can destroy a thousand Russian soldiers in a day. Ukraine can win.

From the FT today. The biggest winners from Trump‘s new 15% tariff are countries he has singled out for criticism like China. The biggest losers are US allies like the UK, the EU and Japan. What kind of incompetent, nonsensical trade policy is this?

You could make this up, but you don’t need to.

Democracy Deadline Feb 26th! Under new voting legislation in Seanad elections, the old register has been discontinued. Everyone without exception needs to re-register. If you've not filled out the forms at SeanadVoter.ie you are not on the register & could miss out. www.seanadvoter.ie/indexEN.shtml

The number of people in employment in Ireland has hit a record high of 2.83 million. Astonishingly, that figure has doubled in less than 30 years. The country is a much better place now than it was in the 1990s. 🇮🇪👍 www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...

Minister O’Donovan regularly gives impression that he despises soccer. What happened in Dundalk was a disgrace & the days of pyros at matches must be over. However O’Donovan seems almost gleeful at administering collective punishment. Will the same happen after a GAA or rugby melee?

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

"The President Must Be Removed From Office" Zeteo is calling today for Donald Trump to be democratically removed from office, via impeachment or the 25th Amendment. The evidence, as laid out by Zeteo's @andrewperez.bsky.social in today's First Draft, suggests he is unfit. zeteo.com/p/time-for-t...

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When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

Since returning to office, President Trump has added about $3 billion to his net worth — two-thirds of which came from his cryptocurrency ventures. The scale of these profits, and the way he has monetized the White House to generate them, is unprecedented. Learn more: bit.ly/3MSYmBN

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This. Today's ruling is primarily a multidimensional failure of the judicial branch, not really its robustness in the face of authoritarianism. This should never have been a SCOTUS case in the first place, & it shouldn't have taken over a year to get here.

The Supreme Court ruling has helped the family of one man in particular: the architect of Trump’s tariffs himself. A firm headed by Lutnick’s sons was allowing its traders to purchase the rights to hundreds of millions of dollars of refunds in the event tariffs were struck down. trib.al/JcwQ9MT

“It is the targets set by the Merz coalition and the lack of response from France that push us into unprecedented territory.” Source: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...