Ted Smyth
@TedSmyth
President Adv Board Glucksman Ireland House NYU, Chair Clinton Institute for American Studies UCD. Formerly Irish diplomat, S&P Global, HJ Heinz, views my own.
wsj.com/politics/justi… I’m gifting all of my 160,000 followers this article, so you can read when & how the DOJ told Trump his name was on the Epstein List.
It doesn't matter if you're a Republican, Democrat or Independent -- we ALL have a responsibility to speak up and push back against Trump's advance toward authoritarianism, before it's too late.
Ah yes, Russia meddles, Marco Rubio’s Intel Committee unanimously confirmed it, and Trump blames… Barack Obama? Bold strategy, White House! I got an idea. Why don’t you pay attention to stuff from this decade.
Everything Obama claimed about Russian interference was confirmed by a Senate Investigation. Who led that investigation? Trump’s CURRENT Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
Trump declares that Obama is guilty of treason: Barack Hussain Obama, have you heard of him? He is guilty. It’s not a question. This was treason.
UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year. Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders. This is why we need Medicare for All.
General Motors says Trump’s tariffs have already cost them $1B and could reach $5B by year’s end. Weren’t those tariffs supposed to help American car companies? 🤔
President Obama has released a statement: "Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These…
NEW: We uncovered multiple photos of Jeffrey Epstein at Donald Trump‘s wedding. Photos of the pair together earlier that year at an event. And video of Epstein and Trump at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…
Its coming and will get worse when the Medicaid cuts take effect
The U.S. economy is headed into a period of noticeably slower growth thanks to the tariff impact on inflation and consumer spending, according to Goldman Sachs. nbcnews.com/business/econo…
The Epstein birthday card is now public. (Trump can continue to pretend it's not real, but that's not the point.) The point: If the card were the worst thing for Trump in the files, why wouldn't Trump now make the files public? Conclusion: There are worse things in the files.
A Democratic Party that loses 56-41 percent among Catholics, like it did in 2024, is a Democratic Party without a future in vast portions of this country. From @chrisjollyhale in his new substack Letters from Leo. thelettersfromleo.com/p/faith-and-th…
Never before in the Nation’s almost 250 year history has America’s present and future depended more on the free press than it does today.
Breaking statement from the Office of President Obama: "Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit…
Total lies desperate to get away from Epstein
To be clear: not one word of this is true.
Any meeting between Blanche, DOJ, or any other Trump representative, on the one hand, and Ghislaine Maxwell and her attorneys or other representatives, on the other, should be audiovisually recorded. Full stop.
Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At @AGPamBondi’s direction, I’ve contacted her counsel. I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits.
American presidents don't get to cherrypick who covers them. American presidents don't get to punish those who print things that displease them. American presidents are accountable to the press & the people.
A statement regarding @WSJ
Compelling as always @EdwardGLuce "The second pattern to Trump’s trade policy is imperial incontinence. In his mind, tariffs are a beautiful thing. ft.com/content/9a767e… via @ft
Hilarious @PatsyMcGarryIT It used to be the silly season for media and it has graduated to the funny season! irishtimes.com/culture/2025/0…
A Washington Post analysis found President Trump and his appointees allegedly defied court orders in a third of over 160 lawsuits with substantive rulings, which experts say pose an unprecedented threat to the U.S. legal system. wapo.st/4eVv8vy
‘And as the sheaves of corn are shaved ever lower on the stack Gráinne Mhaol's infantry of dogs gets ready for 'going over the top.'@SiobhanMc80 @TedSmyth @JCKP1966 @JohnMcCallister @roisinmcauley @RTESunMisc @bbcradioulster @Robinson_Linds @liamhannaway89 @CarganCampbell…
HOW I LOVED MY BOYHOOD DAYS! ORIGINAL POEM…. ‘The Mill’. ‘The arrival of Gerry Rowland's threshing mill in our haggard was more exciting than Duffy's circus ever was’. @TedSmyth Na Cláirsigh Béal Átha an Airgid