Donal

Donal

@grumpyolddoc.bsky.social

Ageing Dad, Husband, Retired Physician

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.

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With Mike Johnson not allowing any votes on the House floor to happen until after the November 3rd election, that puts the Epstein Files Transparency Act II on the back burners. They don't want it to pass because it creates penalties that the first Act didn't have. #EpsteinFiles #TransparencyAct

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Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

theguardian.comBlack-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in KentTraffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group

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RFK jr., his wife, & Jeffrey Epstein in younger years. RFK jr was part of “the club” and has potential dirt on Trump too. Vice-versa. Why do you think he’s in the cabinet? Intelligence?

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He was right about ULEZ He’s right about Brexit. No need to “revisit old arguments”/lies now we know it’s rubbish and costing us a fortune. Moving on means admitting this and asking about how to now join. Not pretending it’s ok in case Farage loses his shit. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sad...

thelondoneconomic.com'Brexit lies are exposed, the debate is settled... we must rejoin the EU' - Sadiq KhanThis is searing stuff from Sadiq Khan, and his arguments for the UK to rejoin the EU are as clear and comprehensive as it gets.

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"At a time when antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and social division are causing real fear across our country, language of this kind is dangerous and irresponsible" Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy who co-lead the Movement for Progressive Judaism

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so Mark Walter, who was at the White House recently, is under investigation by the Trump administration and just so happened to abruptly sell one of America’s premier sports franchises to the brother of Trump’s son in law 🤔

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Trump's invasion of Greenland. US oil company preparing to sink wells despite not having permission from the local authorities. Greenland may have $1tn of crude. Trump seeking conflict and takeover. Will Europe capitulate to the madman?

theguardian.comGreenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drillIsland’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

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A Trump crowd began booing the moment Nevada’s governor mentioned Officer Austin Abdelnabi. Lombardo stopped them cold: “No. We’re not booing him. He’s the officer that passed away.” The fallen officer was also a Marine veteran—and the disturbing moment immediately went viral. #JoeLombardo

wp.meA Trump Crowd Heard a Fallen Officer’s Name and Started Booing—Then the Governor Revealed Who He WasNevada Gov. Joe Lombardo intended to honor a police officer who had died in the line of duty. Instead, the Republican governor found himself telling a crowd of Donald Trump’s supporters to stop boo…

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Your occasion reminder that there are now more Surgeons than qualified GPs That GP practice appointments are now 31-35m a month That the number of operations hasn’t changed And the share of NHS funding to GPs has reduced considerably And yet GPs asked to do more whilst hospitals do less 🤷🏻‍♂️

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The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.

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We are not laughing, we are angry, piss off and disgusted by the United States, most of all your unwillingness to remove the mad men in office, he destroying everything, all over the world.

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Before the president gets on television tonight to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen. We won, and he lost.

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If you have *real* evidence of election fraud, you file a lawsuit. But if you are a pathetic sore loser who wants desperately to believe any fiction that excuses your actual loss, you go on TV where, unlike in court, you won’t be held accountable for your brazen and ridiculous lies.

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It is true that undocumented workers pay into Social Security even though they can't collect benefits. I am very uncomfortable with the suggestion that it is bad to deport them because it will hasten the depletion of the Social Security Trust Fund. They work in jobs that no one else wants, they

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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Joan Sebastian Guerrero Ruben Ray Martinez Alex Pretti Renee Good Dozens of other innocent lives. These deaths aren’t mistakes. They’re the result of choices. Policy choices. Funding choices. Choices to not hold this Administration accountable. It’s time to SHUT. IT. DOWN!

So will Farage chicken out of the election he precipitated by chickening out of investigation by Parliamentary Standards ? Probably, citing "security concerns" cos £5m in Bitcoin wasn't enough !

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He fell asleep in a meeting with Turkish President Erdogan, referred to Iran as the "Islamic Republic of Japan", TikTok as "Tic Tac", President Zelensky as "President Putin" & once again demanded the U.S. be given control of Greenland. He's much less dangerous while sleeping than when he's awake. 💤

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ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

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“I recognized him immediately: not from his appearance, but from his voice crying in the street as he was bleeding out." That's what Ronaldo, one of Lorenzo’s children, shared. As a daughter of immigrants, it’s hard not to see my own family in these tragedies. We just want our papas to come home.

America's Voice@americasvoice.bsky.social

"Me están matando." ("They’re killing me.”) Lorenzo Salgado Araujo spent 35 years in the U.S. building homes, raising a family, and contributing to his community. Now, his family is demanding answers after ICE shot and killed him on his way to work. ✍️: @tusk81.bsky.social

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Mr Jenrick's wife, as I understand it, does not have British citizenship

Alexander Brown@alexofbrown.bsky.social

Robert Jenrick, asked on LBC if he thinks a man's Spanish wife should leave the country, says "my view is that you should unashamedly put British citizens first. And I know that's a hard message for some people, but it seems perverse to me that it's a controversial thing to say"