I would like to send a message from Ireland to Irish Americans: It’s an insult that McGregor was hosted at the White House today when our Taoiseach was fobbed off to a random day last week. McGregor is a hate figure in Ireland. A racist, misogynistic thug. He is roundly rejected in Ireland.
Chris - not sure you know of this but Irish fled to Mexico cause how bad the they were treated in the US. They started a battalion, so Mexico celebrates St. Patrick's Day.
Glad you mentioned it… I cite this book often. The final chapter is particularly compelling, with the point that in colonial days there were no black or white Americans. There were Dutch, English, Irish, etc colonists.
Was really “fun” watching my Italian-American relatives make the exact same attacks on current immigrants that were made on Italian immigrants in the early 20th century.
Wondering if you can help… thought federal student loan was forgiven yet today I received a bill… were the student loan forgivenesses reversed by Trump. Called the 800 number for answers and was disconnected twice.
Well it's not about immigration really is it. It's about poor brown people coming from countries in Central and South America - or as the MAGAs call them, 'Mexico'. No one's worried that bartender from county Limerick is in a gang are they.
I’m celebrating St. Patrick’s Day today north of Boston because my great great grandfather James from Ireland was drafted in NYC, served in the Civil War, and in return emerged from wartime injuries as a US citizen. That’s worth celebrating.
Trump's election fraud falsehoods have cost taxpayers $519 million , not including other chaos blunders costing millions and jobs of US Citizens. Trump is a detrimental expense to America. Trash this idiot and down a Guiness.
It definitely felt weird seeing live shots of the parades and people acting like everything was normal. This is why a shutdown was so pivotal. Would’ve brought everything Trump is doing into focus.
They knew our bluff and would have called it. After two months we would have been blamed for the shutdown and we would have been begging to make it stop.
Come to think of it, after reading the thing about "Trump's wicked immigration policy", I do kind of feel like downing a bottle or three of Irish whiskey...
I say that to my evangelical friends. You can support Trump’s wicked immigration policy or believe people are made in the image of God but you can’t do both.
AS WE GO ABOUT OUR DAY-TO-DAY HORRORS
Remember this,
HISROYASSHOLINESS
sent a 14 year old
BOY
to die in a prison in a foreign country with no due process, who in the fuck does he think he is.
GOD?
25/47
Haul the SOB off in a straitjacket
DEFUND ELON
save US billions
and
Much heartache NOW!
You can either call for Schumer to resign or you can repost shit we already know. But apparently you can’t do both. Do something real with your platform!
The Constitution grants Justices lifetime appointments, removable only by impeachment. To protect democracy, we must limit terms to 10 years, ensuring fresh perspectives and accountability on the Court. No branch should have unchecked power for decades.
Trump loves it when you bring up immigration policy. We win easily on almost any other issue. Why do you have to strengthen MAGA by fighting with Trump over immigration? It cost us the White House in 2024. You step right into his trap every time.
Chris, Dems have loads of winning issues (women’s rights, the environment, Elon Musk, etc.) and you get baited constantly into fighting about immigration issues (and especially unappealing immigrants at that) and you take the bait every time. We have to beat MAGA - which means picking our fights).
The only problem with it is that it doesn't go far enough! Trump should bring back a modified form of the Johnson-Reed Act, and send the freeloaders back!
I believe over the last 100 years of social consciousness that ethnic considerations of Irish, Italian, Polish etc have just been assimilated into big standard white. Melanin is much easier to spot check and vilify
There's a visceral satisfaction for some in raising the drawbridge and watching others suffer, while they imagine themselves powerful and safe. It's worth understanding the emotive call of that cruelty, because it is the essence of your country's politics now, blade, hilt and scabbard.
You can accept a dictatorship either by design or by inertia or fright...or you can decide, before we're at the ultimate concentration camp stage, this will not stand. and one more day of a dictatorship. is too many
The Irish Saint has been taking advantage of the American colors and turning them into green today. Trump administration will slap 50% tariffs on anything that is green. That also includes the green $s coming into the USA.
Yep. Under the shelter of each other, people survive. "Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine". We know you have to watch out for each other. If you are Irish and support Trump you have forgotten the history of our forbearers.
Yup. Had an Irish ancestor who changed their name and had to abandon being Catholic. But the immigration policy back then was only the 14 day quarantine.
Corned beef brisket is waiting to be served. However, I am paying attention on how our democracy is being torn apart. @Chris Hayes - Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Spot on, Chris!! Makes perfect sense.I agree completely. It's about aligning actions with values. Celebrating diversity while supporting policies that harm immigrants is contradictory.
Uhhh thats a really wierd analogy. St patric was not a good person and directly caused the deaths of alot of irish pagans. It DOES make sense for a person whos racist to also celebrate st patricks day
How about: you can celebrate St Patrick’s day and other holidays but maybe while you’re out partying you pass out flyers, do a little mischief, organize in a fun way?
Yup because how many Irish that came over didn’t get American citizenship? So does that mean their descendants are aliens? Or is it ok cos they’re white?
I'm not doing either. No offense to those who celebrate St. Paddy's day, but my ex was Irish, so now I celebrate not having to celebrate St. Paddy's day anymore. And, as a Native American, I would never support the orange idiot's immigration policies.
Also, it's sheer chutzpah (as my Jewish friends might say) for people gleefully cheering the use of the Alien Enemy Act to show their faces in a sushi bar. Since that legislation was used to intern my Japanese-American relatives. Just saying.
I put trump to bed and acknowledged my 33% Irish-ness. In the morning I’ll still have Irish blood and Canadian roots and he’ll still be a dictator. I win.
Exactly! American St Patrick's Day parades became popular in response to the Know-Nothings who believed undesirable Catholic immigrants were conspiring to subvert white Protestant America. Descendants of Irish immigrants dishonor them by joining the nativist side.
Dumb idea then.If you were a leprechaun for a day, what pot of federal money would you give to a person who solves the next action in the 'Stop Wicked Inmigration policy.'Solvable 2 hrs and a green beer? List out the beers purchased and why on the wall at the end of the evening.
Unless you’re Hegseth. Then you can cancel all cultural celebrations except the one where you can get shit faced on green beer and everyone laughs and laughs and laughs
Meanwhile, in Ireland, there’s a spate of pogroms against immigrants, refugee hotels burned to the ground, homeless immigrants attacked in tents, and Catholics and Protestants hate marching against immigrants, side by side, for the first time ever. There’s fascists everywhere, even Ireland.
I’ll celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I’ll celebrate pride month, I celebrate women’s history month, black history month, Veterans Day, memorial and Labor Day. This felonious president may think he’s erasing DEI, but we’ll celebrate whether he likes it or not.
Oh c'mon buddy! He only hates black & brown-skinned immigrants! hmmm...unless they come from Canada, or ah..European Union people..or..wow..let's
see now 🧐 Well..he loves Russians?
In a way it’s one and the same. St Patrick chased the “snake” out of Ireland. There no snakes in Ireland. The snakes St Patrick was talking about were pagans that had a snake tattoo on their arm. Ignorance is connected to the “Holy” church.
Weird, I thought there was a difference between illegal aliens and legal migrants... Have MS-13 drop your dad in the middle of the road with no hands or feet then let's see how you feel about his immigration policies.
It seems like very few US citizens realise that they might be on a deportation flight soon. There is no way to know who these deportees are. "Glitches in the system" have already put innocent (or incompliant?) people in custody.
MAGAts have already killed the rule of law and democracy in the USA.
Made this 15 years ago during Occupy Philadelphia. It's very low rez because we made it on the technology of the times but it explores that theme in a Philly context.
Comments
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/305686
And even though we're busy fighting for our democracy, from one Irishman to another...
Happy St. Paddy's Day, @chrislhayes.bsky.social 😊 🍀
We didn't have the cards.
They knew our bluff and would have called it. After two months we would have been blamed for the shutdown and we would have been begging to make it stop.
you don't win by losing.
Remember this,
HISROYASSHOLINESS
sent a 14 year old
BOY
to die in a prison in a foreign country with no due process, who in the fuck does he think he is.
GOD?
25/47
Haul the SOB off in a straitjacket
DEFUND ELON
save US billions
and
Much heartache NOW!
What happens when Trump
Declares Martial Law,
replacing civilian rule
with military authority,
suspending civil liberties
and allowing the military
to enforce laws?
*
I went home. I cannot celebrate when things are this bad.
go away…
p.s. Love most of the rest of you.
/s
I'm wishing us the luck of the Irish!
With zero self awareness about it
https://youtu.be/A69GtWE5OU4?si=kTdiDJdkVcxmOQGR
Jesus was a white American
Native Americans illegally crossed the border from Mexico (some swam through the Gulf of America)
St. Patrick was from Boston and the holiday was invented by George Washington
England invaded Nazi Germany (D-DAY was WOKE)
Trump invented electricity
it's going to be wild.
We need help!
Democrats PLEASE SEND HELP AND DO SOMETHING
They dismantled the agency to protect us from that kind of abuse, too, don't forget.
and for the most part they still do it right.
One guess which side I choose 😆
I canvassed in Virginia and I thought for sure we would win.
Or…
and hear me out:
Orr..
you‘re racist.
https://bsky.app/profile/bluesterb.bsky.social/post/3lklqd2x5ac2m
(I'm Irish, so I have a license to make this tasteless joke)
https://bsky.app/profile/enragedapostate.bsky.social/post/3lkm5ukkqic2f
No seriously ditch all immigrant holidays if you’re such a fucking bigot. Preach
see now 🧐 Well..he loves Russians?
Glad you're spending some time in town.
MAGAts have already killed the rule of law and democracy in the USA.
https://vimeo.com/34577256