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Ireland
Joined June 2023
How small is the area that dictates the status of Ireland...
Our projection on the latest @moreincommonuk poll for the NI Assembly โ˜˜๏ธ SF โ€” 29 ๐Ÿฆ DUP โ€” 20 ๐Ÿ”ท UUP โ€” 12 ๐Ÿค AP โ€” 9 ๐ŸŒน SDLP โ€” 9 โ“‰ TUV โ€” 7 ๐ŸŒฑ GP โ€” 2 โšซ Ind โ€” 2
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
"SHOVE THAT BALLROOM UP YOUR FAT ASS!โ€ will go down as one of the best lines of 2026.
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Will a nuclear weapon be launched in anger within the next 10 years? And if so, who will do it?:
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
The fact that our resources are spent helping Israel do this is far more offensive than calling it out in a political ad.
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
The current Irish governmentโ€™s defence innovations include wanting members of its military to address what it calls their โ€˜colleaguesโ€™, with their preferred pronouns. Rank and name did the job perfectly well for centuries. Then you look at what they actually spend on defence and you can see on full display the disregard they have for defence and those charged with the responsibility to maintain it.
Even taking into account Ireland's inflated GDP, the scale of under-investment in defence is well illustrated in todays Eurostat figures below. The continued non-existence of a National Security Strategy, a security vetting framework and a full time defence minister also point to a political class that just does not understand how Europe security has changed since 2022. With Putin waging full scale war on Ukraine and hybrid war on other countries, and Trump's unreliability, national security should be a top priority.
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
Even taking into account Ireland's inflated GDP, the scale of under-investment in defence is well illustrated in todays Eurostat figures below. The continued non-existence of a National Security Strategy, a security vetting framework and a full time defence minister also point to a political class that just does not understand how Europe security has changed since 2022. With Putin waging full scale war on Ukraine and hybrid war on other countries, and Trump's unreliability, national security should be a top priority.
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
UN says it's genocide. HRC says it's genocide. PVA says it's genocide. ICJ says it's genocide. ICC says it's genocide. Anyone who knows anything about genocide says it's genocide. Everyone is lying except Israel who are committing genocide and ethnic cleansing.
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
๐Ÿšจ BREAKING: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur: "Some researchers and scientists estimate the true death toll in Gaza at 680,000." "If confirmed, 380,000 of them would be children under the age of five."
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
This should be the headline in every major news outlet. Where is the coverage?
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
#Israel has committed war crimes & crimes against humanity in the Occupied #Palestinian Territory amid continuing #genocide in Gaza, the @UN Commission of Inquiry on Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel said in a new report to #UNGA81 today. More โžก๏ธ bit.ly/4zR1h0S
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
Israel has committed the crime against humanity of "extermination" in the West Bank, while continuing to commit "genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza, United Nations-mandated investigators have said rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026โ€ฆ
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
Just one more leftโ€ฆ Slovakia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ is your time to shine
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
15,000 Irish men and women volunteered to join the RAF during WWII 1,352 became casualties 250 men are estimated to have been killed in bomber command alone
Today aviation lovers attended the spectacular release of around 50,000 poppies from the wings of Lancaster bomber NX611 โ€˜Just Janeโ€™ launching this yearโ€™s Lincolnshireโ€™s poppy appeal. RAF Bomber Command suffered 55,573 killed out of roughly 125,000 aircrew who served during World War 2, representing a 44.4% death rate (the highest attrition rate of any major Allied unit) What a salute to their fallen! They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning They will remember them ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
La importancia del deporte en los jรณvenes. #Paris #France #Francia
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
AfD losing support for pivoting from remigration to Russia. Co-leader Weidel facing growing pressure to stop talking about Ukraine
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
Israelis heard three Druse speaking in Arabic in a Tel Aviv club. They beat them so badly all three were hospitalised. Now the Druse are protesting and blocking roads. Not least because all three were serving in the Israeli military. The Druse are drafted in Israel and often end up in elite formations. It's quite remarkable that they were attacked in hyper liberal Tel Aviv. But it shows you where Israeli youths are politically. The older generation of politicians often refer to Druse as blood brothers. The younger generation is just rabid.
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
๐Ÿšจ BREAKING: "You're a criminal. I know you can hear us with those big ears of yours. You're Israel's puppet! You'll never become president." Rubio didn't know how to respond, so he walked away looking extremely upset.
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
Holy shit. Dutch intelligence has uncovered Jared Kushnerโ€™s role as a Mossad agent.
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Mike Strank ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ retweeted
Replying to @roy_kinsella
We have an identity crisis as to what an Irish Soldier is . Soldier first , peacekeeper second. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
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