https://xitter.cf/t.co/H8K7cddmFG (Credit for my favourite placard goes to my dear late @Syria_Irl activist pal @pwalsh2020 and, of course, Pablo Picasso).
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Imagine a group of Irish politicians being toured around Gaza by the IDF, being told by their chaperone - a Likud MP - that the devastation they were looking at was caused by Hamas.
They then return to Ireland and call for any punative measures imposed on Israel to be lifted? 🤷
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
Over the coming days I will be sharing dimensions of the campaign. It's impossible to cram three years, 30 countries, and thousands of ads and hundreds of millions of views into a single thread.
In the meantime, explore the report and content here >
thegreatreplacement.dysinflu…
Huge news! For 3 years @SohanDsouza & I have investigated a covert paid ad campaign pushing anti-Muslim, anti-migrant & anti-Qatar hate speech across Europe, Lebanon & the US.
Today we publish Manufacturing the “Great Replacement”: 533M recorded exposures in 30 countries.
1/25
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
Huge news! For 3 years @SohanDsouza & I have investigated a covert paid ad campaign pushing anti-Muslim, anti-migrant & anti-Qatar hate speech across Europe, Lebanon & the US.
Today we publish Manufacturing the “Great Replacement”: 533M recorded exposures in 30 countries.
1/25
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
I tracked down a kid who ended up at the centre of a huge disinformation campaign in Syria. Now he's 18 and free to tell the truth. #syria
observer.co.uk/news/internat…
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
Abdul from #Syria thanks @ScottLucas_EA 4 brilliant presentation @UCDLnH watched on by @xlenm @ronanltynan @Syria_Irl 🧵
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
A GREAT DEBATE: Defeating misinformation and war crimes denial so citizens —- from #Syria to #Ukraine to #Gaza —- are not erased
instagram.com/reel/DeAQAUXKD…
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
Maté lied & lied to cover up Assad & Russia crimes in Syria, incl as spox for Russia at UNSC, then admitted he knows nothing about Syria.
Ukraine?
Rinse & repeat.
A grotesque mercenary for genocidal regimes.
@UCDLnH disgracing themselves inviting this Assad & Putin mouthpiece
Aaron Maté : Is Ukraine Out of Options? xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1oKMvNjWr…
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
Samir Othman Al Sheikh, former Syrian regime official, is on trial right now in Los Angeles for torture.
The case is being tried in U.S. federal court and a verdict is expected next week.
This is a rare and historic example case where a Syrian regime war criminal case is being litigated outside of Syria with a full trial process.
#Syria #Accountability #WarCrimes #TransitionalJustice
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
This would be more convincing if she had not just this week invited a notorious Kremlin propagandist to the Áras. Some breaches of the UN charter are to be condemned, but others.....well.....
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
Once again we are asking: Why was Kash Patel paid $25,000 by a company linked to the Russian government?
When a payment from a Russian-linked production company for $25,000 showed up on Kash Patel's disclosures during his confirmation hearing, we did some digging. And soon, the story began to unravel.
Americans still deserve an answer to this question—especially as Patel flies around the world to party on the taxpayer's dime.
Find the full video investigation on our YouTube channel: "The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000"
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲 fourteen years ago, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧 was deliberately targeted and killed by Assad’s forces in 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐬, 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚, alongside French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik.
More in our latest newsletter🕊️ remembering Marie Colvin⟶
mailchi.mp/mcjn.org/remember…
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
No better way for Azerbaijan to launch its participation in the so-called Board of PEACE than by beating the shite out of some protesters in Washington.
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
If you want the most brain rotted understanding of the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine then listen this baseless garbage:
Unprovoked? The facts are that Ukraine launched an attack on Donbas on February 16, 2022 a week before Russia launched its war. In other words, Ukrainian forces attacked their own people, mar dhea! After the attack, Donbas officially requested military assistance from Russia.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
False:
There was no attack on Ukrainian civillians in Donbas on February the 16th:
Already In March and April 2021 Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_t….
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukr…
In 2014 Russia invaded Ukraine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Russ…
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
📊 Syria’s imports surged in 2025, with sharp increases from regional and Asian partners.
🇯🇴 Jordan +353% | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia +223% | 🇹🇷 Turkey +60% | 🇱🇧 Lebanon +83%
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea imports jumped by an extraordinary +1,321%.
Read the full analysis 👉 syria-report.com/
Written by: @Amesegura
📸 Fadi ShahIn
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
"Coming from a country that is number 2 in the Press Freedom Index, hearing criticism regarding press freedom from a country (United States) that is 58th on this list is interesting."
- Kaja Kallas
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
The families of Rania Al-Abbasi and Abdulrahman Yassin stated they watched a television programme featuring a video clip of a Syrian girl at an Italian airport.
Upon close examination of her features, they observed a strong resemblance to Dima Yassin, who was abducted with her family by Assad’s forces in 2013.
Consequently, the families have launched humanitarian appeals via social media, requesting information or recognition of the girl in the clip to assist in identifying her whereabouts or contacting them. They hope to uncover the truth and learn her fate.
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
Israel sprays agricultural land in Syria & Lebanon with an unknown chemical thenationalnews.com/news/men…
Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
His denial of Serbian atrocities against Bosniaks and Kosovar-Albanians didn’t seem to trouble you at all though
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Michael Lenehan / Mícheál Ó Leannacháin retweeted
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:
Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites.
Second, we will turn algorithmic manipulation and amplification of illegal content into a new criminal offense.
Third, we will implement a hate and polarization footprint system to track, quantify, and expose how digital platforms fuel division and amplify hate.
Fourth, Spain will ban access to social media for minors under the age of 16. Platforms will be required to implement effective age verification systems — not just checkboxes, but real barriers that work.
Fifth and last, my government will work with our public prosecutor to investigate and pursue the infringement committed by Grok, TikTok, and Instagram.