"A Black woman can be governor of Georgia. A Muslim can be a senator for Michigan. Kansas can elect a Democrat. An openly gay man can be elected to the Senate. More than 100 female Democrats can take their places in the House," writes Fintan O'Toole @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Next Generation | Fintan O’Toole
The American left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.
www.nybooks.com
November 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
"A Black woman can be governor of Georgia. A Muslim can be a senator for Michigan. Kansas can elect a Democrat. An openly gay man can be elected to the Senate. More than 100 female Democrats can take their places in the House," writes Fintan O'Toole @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social) on the lessons of the midterms
The Next Generation | Fintan O’Toole
The American left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.
www.nybooks.com
November 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social) on the lessons of the midterms
Sometimes it takes someone completely external to have a true view of the reality.
Fintan O'Toole has written some great articles, here dissecting the contradictions at the heart of the British psyche.
Fintan O'Toole has written some great articles, here dissecting the contradictions at the heart of the British psyche.
Grey is not alone with his view and musings that brexit is a curious british thing.
But for many Europeans, it's simply political cowardice and bonkers, alongside a resurgence of english nationalism struggling to emerge from the restorative nostalgia of empire.
Fintan, I think, puts it well.
9/9
But for many Europeans, it's simply political cowardice and bonkers, alongside a resurgence of english nationalism struggling to emerge from the restorative nostalgia of empire.
Fintan, I think, puts it well.
9/9
November 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Sometimes it takes someone completely external to have a true view of the reality.
Fintan O'Toole has written some great articles, here dissecting the contradictions at the heart of the British psyche.
Fintan O'Toole has written some great articles, here dissecting the contradictions at the heart of the British psyche.
Fintan O' Toole saying it like it is
The #AngloState are in complete denial because they can't accept England is just another medium sized country performing very badly because of their mental instability
All of which is cause by wealthy ppl wanting everything their own way and screw everyone else
The #AngloState are in complete denial because they can't accept England is just another medium sized country performing very badly because of their mental instability
All of which is cause by wealthy ppl wanting everything their own way and screw everyone else
Grey is not alone with his view and musings that brexit is a curious british thing.
But for many Europeans, it's simply political cowardice and bonkers, alongside a resurgence of english nationalism struggling to emerge from the restorative nostalgia of empire.
Fintan, I think, puts it well.
9/9
But for many Europeans, it's simply political cowardice and bonkers, alongside a resurgence of english nationalism struggling to emerge from the restorative nostalgia of empire.
Fintan, I think, puts it well.
9/9
November 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Fintan O' Toole saying it like it is
The #AngloState are in complete denial because they can't accept England is just another medium sized country performing very badly because of their mental instability
All of which is cause by wealthy ppl wanting everything their own way and screw everyone else
The #AngloState are in complete denial because they can't accept England is just another medium sized country performing very badly because of their mental instability
All of which is cause by wealthy ppl wanting everything their own way and screw everyone else
Tá Fiontán Naofa ann. Ag súil le tuairisc anseo nó i bpearsa @fintan-galway.bsky.social
November 6, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Tá Fiontán Naofa ann. Ag súil le tuairisc anseo nó i bpearsa @fintan-galway.bsky.social
Bonus of Fintan and a little friend
November 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Bonus of Fintan and a little friend
A lán eile curtha ag Fintan leis an snáithe luachmhar seo ó chroílár an aicsin 🏆
November 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
A lán eile curtha ag Fintan leis an snáithe luachmhar seo ó chroílár an aicsin 🏆
That's so unlike you, Fintan, I'm shocked!🤣
November 7, 2026 at 9:53 AM
That's so unlike you, Fintan, I'm shocked!🤣
GM 🌄 ☕️ 💙
🎨 Fintan Whelan
🎨 Fintan Whelan
November 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
GM 🌄 ☕️ 💙
🎨 Fintan Whelan
🎨 Fintan Whelan
My thoughts on the midterms
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Next Generation | Fintan O’Toole
The American left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.
www.nybooks.com
November 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
My thoughts on the midterms
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Are you looking forward to the Fintan O'Toole biography...?
November 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Are you looking forward to the Fintan O'Toole biography...?
Fintan O'Toole: The midterm elections are not just about America. They’re also about the future of democracy #midterms
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Fintan O’Toole: Trump has done two things to free his voters from the pact they made with him
The midterm elections are not just about America. They’re also about the future of democracy
www.irishtimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Fintan O'Toole: The midterm elections are not just about America. They’re also about the future of democracy #midterms
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
“The midterms have given Democrats real weapons with which to fight for the right of all citizens to vote and have their votes counted. They have to use them well.” —Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social)
The Next Generation | Fintan O’Toole
The American left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.
www.nybooks.com
November 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
“The midterms have given Democrats real weapons with which to fight for the right of all citizens to vote and have their votes counted. They have to use them well.” —Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social)
On the latest episode of Endgame, our new podcast about power and culture, host @fotoole.bsky.social welcomes Christopher Browning for a conversation about Trump, Hitler, and fascist-style politics.
Trump, Hitler, and Democracy’s Trip Wire | Christopher R. Browning, Fintan O’Toole
The fourth episode of Endgame with Fintan O’Toole welcomes the Holocaust historian Christopher Browning, whose most recent essay for the Review, “Surely
www.nybooks.com
November 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
On the latest episode of Endgame, our new podcast about power and culture, host @fotoole.bsky.social welcomes Christopher Browning for a conversation about Trump, Hitler, and fascist-style politics.
7 Nov: Feast Day Ss "attentive" Fintan & Sodálach, a "generous" sage (suí) & anchorite. Little known saints in medieval Irish martyrologies. Nothing more known. Quotes from 12th century MartG. 📷Labbamolaga monastery, Co. Cork. Founded 7th century by St Molaga of Timoleague. ©JohnArmagh #medievalsky
November 7, 2026 at 7:17 AM
7 Nov: Feast Day Ss "attentive" Fintan & Sodálach, a "generous" sage (suí) & anchorite. Little known saints in medieval Irish martyrologies. Nothing more known. Quotes from 12th century MartG. 📷Labbamolaga monastery, Co. Cork. Founded 7th century by St Molaga of Timoleague. ©JohnArmagh #medievalsky
'The US left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.'
The Next Generation
- by Fintan O’Toole, always worth reading
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Next Generation
- by Fintan O’Toole, always worth reading
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Next Generation | Fintan O’Toole
The American left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.
www.nybooks.com
November 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
'The US left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.'
The Next Generation
- by Fintan O’Toole, always worth reading
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Next Generation
- by Fintan O’Toole, always worth reading
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Great book from the chazza.
November 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Great book from the chazza.
Do we need that? Do we need a weapon at all? Most Irish people can be stopped dead just by their mothers saying their full name
“Fintan Barry O’Donoghue!”
Fintan, masked, arm out for the bag of cash, drops his gun and looks down.
“Sorry Mam”
“Fintan Barry O’Donoghue!”
Fintan, masked, arm out for the bag of cash, drops his gun and looks down.
“Sorry Mam”
November 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Do we need that? Do we need a weapon at all? Most Irish people can be stopped dead just by their mothers saying their full name
“Fintan Barry O’Donoghue!”
Fintan, masked, arm out for the bag of cash, drops his gun and looks down.
“Sorry Mam”
“Fintan Barry O’Donoghue!”
Fintan, masked, arm out for the bag of cash, drops his gun and looks down.
“Sorry Mam”
"His delusional retreat, on the day after the election, into the shell of his half-built White House ballroom, had the hallucinatory feel of a García Márquez novel, except it was all magical thinking and no realism."
The Next Generation | Fintan O’Toole
The American left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.
www.nybooks.com
November 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"His delusional retreat, on the day after the election, into the shell of his half-built White House ballroom, had the hallucinatory feel of a García Márquez novel, except it was all magical thinking and no realism."
“Democrats…should be relentless in their focus on affordability…. But they should also maintain the link that is already in voters’ minds between their cost-of-living crisis and the vast self-enrichment of Trump and his cronies.” —@fotoole.bsky.social
The Next Generation | Fintan O’Toole
The American left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.
www.nybooks.com
November 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“Democrats…should be relentless in their focus on affordability…. But they should also maintain the link that is already in voters’ minds between their cost-of-living crisis and the vast self-enrichment of Trump and his cronies.” —@fotoole.bsky.social
Bonus of Fintan and Eyvel doing another of Fintan’s favorite things, dressing up
November 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Bonus of Fintan and Eyvel doing another of Fintan’s favorite things, dressing up
New book chock full of evidence for the investigations to come
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Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East
Instant New York Times Bestseller“Startling and important...calm, detailed, and forensic.” —Fintan O’Toole, The New York Times Book Review A groundbreaking exposé of the secret conspiracy between Jar...
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November 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
New book chock full of evidence for the investigations to come
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"After the midterm elections, the would-be autocrat is far from dead, but the vultures are circling the Trump presidency, and the warm breeze of rotting grandeur is blowing through Washington. This is the autumn of the pungent patriarch."
The Next Generation | Fintan O’Toole
The American left has won a historic election by successfully linking the affordability crisis to Republican corruption, and the whole Democratic Party must now learn from their example.
www.nybooks.com
November 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"After the midterm elections, the would-be autocrat is far from dead, but the vultures are circling the Trump presidency, and the warm breeze of rotting grandeur is blowing through Washington. This is the autumn of the pungent patriarch."
It took me a moment or two to understand what the hell is this repost about, Fintan LMAO
November 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
It took me a moment or two to understand what the hell is this repost about, Fintan LMAO