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Trade Union guy 🤝and Syndicalist 🌹🚩🏴, wannabe avid reader📚 and @maybadgeappeal founder.🧷

Dublin
Joined August 2012
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Miners at IMIP, world’s largest nickel mine site with 120k+ workers have begun a sit-in at after days of protest for a fair contract. Workers say there are monthly deaths due to lack of safety measures. Morowali is the world’s largest source of nickel for EV batteries and steel
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Solidarity with sit-in-striking miners in Indonesia from union comrades in Kenya.
Miners at IMIP, world’s largest nickel mine site with 120k+ workers have begun a sit-in at after days of protest for a fair contract. Workers say there are monthly deaths due to lack of safety measures. Morowali is the world’s largest source of nickel for EV batteries and steel
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
This is so strong and clear. You can't help but notice that if this was in the UK context - you wouldn't be able to get a single one of these sentences out without a journalist barracking the person saying it constantly. The UK media is in quite a state.
I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points. (clip via @DropSiteNews)
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Replying to @StephenM
shut up you ugly fuck
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Every MAGAt in this picture has been accused, indicted, convicted of, or found civilly liable for sex crimes. Three are currently in jail. Andrew Tate @Cobratate - Indicted/Charged with multiple counts or rape and human trafficking Russell Brand @rustyrockets - Convicted of Rape Donald Trump @DonaldTrump - Civilly Liable / A federal Judge stated he raped E. Jean Caroll Mike Tyson @MikeTyson - Convicted of Rape Conor McGregor @TheNotoriousMMA - Civilly liable for Sexual Assault Lawrence Taylor @LT_56 - Registered Sex Offender. Arrest for sex with a minor. Tristan Tate @TateTheTalisman - Indicted/Charged with multiple counts or rape and human trafficking
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Absolutely deserves it. The Senate needs new leadership and Van Hollen stood against ICE for his constituents despite every political pressure not to.
🔵 Abdul El-Sayed supports Chris Van Hollen as Senate majority leader over Chuck Schumer
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
.@katyperry Katy, what the hell were you thinking when you married loser Russell Brand. There is a guy who has got nothing going, a waste!
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I predict Ojeda is gonna make a Republican politician cry at some point. They have no idea what will hit them with this guy.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
10 years of imprisonment. 10 years of injustice. @hdpdemirtas, former co-chair of our sister party HDP (now @DEMGenelMerkezi), is one of the many victims of Erdoğan’s crackdown on the democratic opposition. We have repeatedly called for his release and condemn the continued persecution of opposition leaders and members in Türkiye. Using sham allegations and instrumentalising the judiciary to silence political opponents is unacceptable. Democracy cannot thrive when dissent is punished. We stand in solidarity with Selahatin Demirtaş and all those fighting for democracy and the rule of law in Türkiye.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Hey @LarryPDonnelly ..... 👋
Let’s cut to the quick. Stevens was not a great candidate. But El-Sayed is a terrible candidate. Likely forfeiture of a US Senate seat and a major blow to chances of a majority. Bonkers stuff.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Hundreds of Minnesotans are leaving their "I voted" stickers at the site where Alex Pretti was murdered by ICE agents.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
The entire Democratic Party owes a massive debt of gratitude to Zohran Mamdani. Before his rapid rise, the party was largely rudderless, suffering from a loss of direction, momentum, and self-confidence. By drifting away from the working class, the party naturally saw voters walk away in response. Mamdani single-handedly corrected the course, bringing vital energy, ideological clarity, and an authentic connection back to the very people who had been left behind. Without his influence, the party’s current standing would look very different.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Union Vice President here✊🏻 We support our union brothers and sisters by voting for candidates who support workers, worker’s rights and unions. Your vote for a union busting candidate is a slap in the face to every union member. Shameful and disgusting.
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien here. Just voted in the State of Florida for the first time, and very proud to have cast a ballot for @SenAshleyMoody. Sen. Moody has been extremely helpful working with the Teamsters to protect workers’ pensions, defend good-paying jobs, and support well-funded union apprenticeship programs. The Teamsters look forward to working with Sen. Moody in her role on the Senate HELP Committee to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act and get this critical legislation signed into law to protect American workers.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Your quarterly reminder that President Biden and the Democrats "protected Teamsters pensions" over the objection of Trump, MAGA, and elected Republicans And this piece of shit has taken every opportunity since then to ratfuck the Dems, big time in 2024 and now here
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien here. Just voted in the State of Florida for the first time, and very proud to have cast a ballot for @SenAshleyMoody. Sen. Moody has been extremely helpful working with the Teamsters to protect workers’ pensions, defend good-paying jobs, and support well-funded union apprenticeship programs. The Teamsters look forward to working with Sen. Moody in her role on the Senate HELP Committee to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act and get this critical legislation signed into law to protect American workers.
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Ashley Moody NEVER walked the line with you @TeamsterSOB. But ok brother. Shout out to all the rank & file Teamsters that are voting for me. I will ALWAYS STAND WITH YOU!
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien here. Just voted in the State of Florida for the first time, and very proud to have cast a ballot for @SenAshleyMoody. Sen. Moody has been extremely helpful working with the Teamsters to protect workers’ pensions, defend good-paying jobs, and support well-funded union apprenticeship programs. The Teamsters look forward to working with Sen. Moody in her role on the Senate HELP Committee to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act and get this critical legislation signed into law to protect American workers.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
.....anyway vote @SEIU member angie nixon 😃
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien here. Just voted in the State of Florida for the first time, and very proud to have cast a ballot for @SenAshleyMoody. Sen. Moody has been extremely helpful working with the Teamsters to protect workers’ pensions, defend good-paying jobs, and support well-funded union apprenticeship programs. The Teamsters look forward to working with Sen. Moody in her role on the Senate HELP Committee to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act and get this critical legislation signed into law to protect American workers.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Working class people’s lives are on the ballot on Tuesday—their healthcare, their rent, their bills. Haley Stevens just betrayed them by endorsing the very Republican she said she wanted to run against.
I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
haley stevens will you condemn your homophobic husband
On the eve of the eve of the eve of our BIG and important election, a unifying moment has arrived, our democratic nominee for U.S Senate disavows the Rebellion PAC ad made by Hasan Piker’s uncle that claims Jews are responsible for America’s economic woes. We have learned from party leaders and emissaries, as reported in the news media that he has. On Sunday I will join with the Great Democratic leader, Jim Clyburn and Dr El Sayed for a church service in the beautiful city of Detroit. The political coalition of Black and Jewish voices that have carried Michigan and this country through so many storms to the righteous path of liberal democracy and equal opportunity for all will ring out. Full statement here:
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
some 22-year-old field organizer in Chicago has robert prevost marked as “not home” in MiniVAN and I think that’s beautiful
Pope Leo XIV has become the first-ever Pope to vote in a U.S. election. (via AP) He submitted a Chicago mail-in ballot for the 2026 midterms.
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Andrew O’Brien retweeted
Hasan Piker confirms he has filed a defamation lawsuit against Scott Jennings for $72 million Jennings falsely claimed Piker thinks "the USA resume lynchings against black people"
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