Maher: “If you're tracking the rise of autocracy, we've just transitioned from the muzzling-dissident phase to the prosecuting-political-enemies phase… At this rate Trump could be in a general's uniform by Christmas.”

Pat Leahy: ‘Many people’s concept of hell will be listening to another presidential debate’ irishtimes.com/politics/2025/…

DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt was caught on hidden camera saying the government will ‘redact every Republican’ from the Epstein files. He also revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum-security prison ‘to keep her mouth shut.’

The ⁦The Washington Post⁩ op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018

Peter Thiel is calling Pope Leo the Antichrist. Honestly, that sounds like something the Antichrist would say.

Oligarchic regime thinking Ukraine is theirs to sell meets oligarchic regime thinking Ukraine is theirs to buy.

BREAKING: Iranian state TV says that anyone who protests in the streets will be shot. These are crimes against humanity and a violation of the Geneva Convention. Greta Thunberg? Silent. Mehdi Hasan? Silent. Cenk Uygur? Silent. The media? Silent. The UN? Silent.

This has been one of my main warning points. The sense of urgency is simulated. There’s no emergency. They are racing ahead in order to 1) break guardrails before they can be repaired and 2) push their loyalists past a point of no return. From my Feb 2025 Atlantic article: "These

"USAID is bad, unless we use it to fund illiberal pro-Russia organizations."

Brilliant from Fintan O'Toole “A vote to cut off funding to Ukraine is a vote to give Putin his victory… Sinn Féin is no longer against big imperial countries seeking to annex & dominate smaller neighbours – there’s 800 years of oppression out the window.” irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/0…

New Air Force One paint job prototype!

🔴The Italian Prime Minister launches a scathing attack on #Trump 🔴You must understand that you are only the president of #America, not #Italy, #France, or #Germany, and you will not have the right to dictate to the sovereignty of these countries. 🔴You are the one who made

This is either the worst OPSEC or corruption beyond measure.

According to a six-month investigation, Hungarians are offered money, jobs, firewood, transportation to polling stations, and in some cases even medicine in exchange for votes for Orban’s party - BBC

The whole Iran war is looking more and more like a gimmick to drop energy sanctions on Russia and pressure Europeans to do the same. A war to make Russia’s much larger war easier and possible to sustain.

The threat of NATO’s break-up, easing sanctions on Russia, a massive energy crisis in Europe, halting aid for Ukraine and blocking the loan for Kyiv by Orbán - it all looks like Putin’s dream plan.

Get a workout for your brain with four extra pages of puzzles in Easter Monday's Irish Daily Mail.

Russia’s own Z-channels are sharing footage of a drone strike on a passenger train in Kherson region. Just think about it. They didn’t just commit the strike, they filmed it and posted it for their subscribers like it was content worth bragging about.