Joe Galvin
Journalist, RTÉ Investigates
- Reposted by Joe Galvinthe FT had by Saturday night broken two stories showing that the Mandelsons had taken over $100,000 from the world’s most famous paedophile by Monday we were all writing various stories about him leaking sensitive state secrets to Epstein they could have easily pulled this puff piece in time
- Reposted by Joe Galvin“Thiel Spokesman Denies Former Israeli PM’s Claim Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Palantir Founder’s Venture Fund – But Confirms Epstein was a Limited Partner” 2/4/26 … 1/
- Reposted by Joe Galvin🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinAt 12 ET today me and Jason are doing AMA on the main technology subreddit about the tech ICE is using, the nationwide network of AI Flock cameras around the U.S., and the state of surveillance in general. Get your questions in before then: www.reddit.com/r/technology...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinA Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
- Reposted by Joe Galvin"The IDF has accepted the estimate of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry that approximately 70,000 Palestinians were killed during the Israel-Gaza war, noting that the number does not include missing residents who are potentially buried under rubble." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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- “The biggest value sits in its resource profile, specifically in hydro for electricity generation and a ‘free cooling’ proposition given the lower ambient temperature,” Noah Ramos, strategist at investment research firm Alpine Macro, told CNBC. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/g...
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- What is being done to the Washington Post by Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis is a devastating blow to American journalism.
- A good rundown here of what could be behind Xi's military purge: "'This is potentially a seismic shift in Chinese politics under Xi, and how he governs – this really demonstrates nobody in that system is safe, truly,' said Jonathan Czin of the Brooking Institution." edition.cnn.com/2026/01/26/c...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinThe largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
- Reposted by Joe GalvinFederal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinRound and round it goes. As long as the chain of command in key places is being disrupted like this, I have serious doubts about effective PLA command enacting highly ambitious efforts such as a certain contingency. www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/qwfb/16...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinA producer in the London bureau is the *only* CBS person quoted in their story about Israel killing its longtime freelance cameramen in Gaza—someone who once filed dispatches for them from an ambulance, while wounded. Not quoted: The network’s editor in chief. www.cbsnews.com/news/journal...
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- Irish authorities are continuing to pay Cellebrite despite its long record of being used by repressive regimes and its extensive links to Israel's government and military. The Irish government also believes that same government and military has committed genocide in Gaza.
- Reposted by Joe GalvinThe director of the FBI: "I don't read." His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- @dublincommuters.bsky.social Hi folks, I sent you an email at your info@ address if you have a moment - thanks.
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- Reposted by Joe Galvin"Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide" – my latest, for @972mag.com www.972mag.com/germany-isra...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinTODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
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- Reposted by Joe GalvinCarney: "We stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland's future. Our commitment to NATO's Article 5 is unwavering ... Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland"
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- Reposted by Joe GalvinPhoto by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
- Reposted by Joe Galvin‘This is what failure looks like’: Why Ireland is missing its military staffing targets www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinNEW: "Walsh called Good a 'lesbian agitator.' Ian Miles Cheong ... called her a 'rug munching leftist.' On Fox News, Jesse Watters noted that Good 'leaves behind a lesbian partner' and highlighted that she had 'pronouns in her bio.'" @parkermolloy.com reports: www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
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- Reposted by Joe GalvinBreaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.
- Reposted by Joe GalvinPalantir's ELITE equips ICE stormtroopers with real-time maps and complete dossiers (home address, identifiers, etc) on targets to snatch them off the street. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinHoly hell, what an obituary
- Excellent read - and you just know they're also thinking all that ice will be good for cooling their hyperscale AI data centres.
- Casey Michel, on the oligarchs who want Greenland newrepublic.com/article/2051...
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- Reposted by Joe GalvinBREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
- A good time to revisit the history of Post CEO Sir William Lewis, and how News Corp sacrificed its reporters to save the business during the phone hacking scandal. Can Natanson rely on Lewis for support now? pressgazette.co.uk/news/how-new...
- This morning's Reliable Sources newsletter has some insta-reactions from Post reporters to the news that the FBI searched their colleague Hannah Natanson's home: cnn.it/4pJrTvd
- I don't know if you guys are history buffs or not...
- Reposted by Joe GalvinJournalists often go on hand-fed ride-alongs with agents. Seldom, though, do they get into the cars of everyday people protecting their communities from those same agents. We just did exactly that, in ICE-occupied Minneapolis:
- Reposted by Joe GalvinIran’s authorities are committing large-scale killing of protesters while having shut down the internet, cutting off people in Iran from the rest of the world. Iranian authorities should immediately end the bloodshed and release everyone arrested for exercising their human rights.
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- Looking forward to reading Niarchos' upcoming book. I covered some similar issues in my recent report on China's solar industry: youtu.be/IcjaaYm2M6I?...
- Reposted by Joe Galvin🚨 AI Minister Niamh Smyth says it isn't appropriate for the Government to maintain a presence on X and will speak to the Taoiseach on the matter. Says the European Commission should immediately suspend Grok while investigations are continuing. More on @virginmedianews.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Joe Galvin#BREAKING The U.S. is carrying out an operation to seize the Venezuela-linked oil tanker formerly known as Bella-1, three U.S. officials tell @cbsnews.com - on Monday, CBS News broke the news that the U.S. was planning to seize the sanctioned oil tanker. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-int...
- “I do think this is complex when it comes to international law," said Harris.
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- Last year, I published a story about China's targeting of Nuria Zyden, an Irish-Uyghur. @caoilfhionn.bsky.social has been targeted by China. I have spoken off the record to others in Ireland who live in fear of China. (1/2) www.rte.ie/news/investi...
- The EU has an incredible opportunity now to present itself to the Global South as a defender of the international rules-based order.
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- If true - that two leading news organisations knew, before Congress, that an illegal intervention was about to take place in Venezuela and decided to take no action - it is quite astonishing.
- (Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops .. @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
- Reposted by Joe Galvinand then for hours used passive voice to pretend they had no idea who was behind the apparently spontaneous explosions
- (Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops .. @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
