Andrew H. Sowards
@andrewhsowards.bsky.social
Former criminal defense investigator, retired (disability not old) FPD CHU. Picture taker, sawdust maker, occasional writer of words.
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Europe should be planning regime change.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Europe should be planning regime change.
Almost like someone who is on the wrong end of this order asked him to do it. Or paid him. Or blackmailed him. Either way, it's the whole point of the regime.
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Almost like someone who is on the wrong end of this order asked him to do it. Or paid him. Or blackmailed him. Either way, it's the whole point of the regime.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Per WASH POST, Stephen Miller will play an “elevated role” in Venezuela (what could go wrong!) and Machado won’t be president because she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Trump wants (yes, seriously)
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Per WASH POST, Stephen Miller will play an “elevated role” in Venezuela (what could go wrong!) and Machado won’t be president because she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Trump wants (yes, seriously)
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It's been so long since I've seen a dumb thought by Jesse Kelly. He used to be my neighbor for a minute and I'm thankful everyday he moved out of state....or rather failed out. He's genuinely stupid and I didn't want his kids near mine in case it was contagious.
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
It's been so long since I've seen a dumb thought by Jesse Kelly. He used to be my neighbor for a minute and I'm thankful everyday he moved out of state....or rather failed out. He's genuinely stupid and I didn't want his kids near mine in case it was contagious.
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NEW: Maricopa County prosecutors have frequently pursued the death penalty, but just 13% of cases ended in a death sentence, ProPublica and ABC15 Arizona found. Experts say the numbers raise questions about the office’s decisionmaking.
Arizona Judges Launch Effort Seeking Quicker Resolutions to Death Penalty Cases
Maricopa County prosecutors have frequently pursued the death penalty, but just 13% of cases ended in a death sentence, ProPublica and ABC15 Arizona found. Experts say the numbers raise questions about the office’s decisionmaking.
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Maricopa County prosecutors have frequently pursued the death penalty, but just 13% of cases ended in a death sentence, ProPublica and ABC15 Arizona found. Experts say the numbers raise questions about the office’s decisionmaking.
Does Chuck also stick his dentures under his pillow expecting a dollar from the tooth fairy every night?
Schumer: “I was in the SCIF on 3 different occasions … I asked them: Are you pursuing regime change? Are you intent on taking military action in Venezuela?"
“And they are assured me they are not pursuing those things”
“And they are assured me they are not pursuing those things”
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Does Chuck also stick his dentures under his pillow expecting a dollar from the tooth fairy every night?
Sorry, spent my good pants money on extra leg room and a coke.
The Department of Travel launched an airport civility campaign in November that included a call for travelers to dress up. Are they doing it?
Uncle Sam is asking fliers to dress better at airports. Are we?
The Department of Travel launched an airport civility campaign in November that included a call for travelers to dress up. Are they doing it?
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Sorry, spent my good pants money on extra leg room and a coke.
This place won't be able to even begin fixing itself until every single one of them is in a prison cell and every dollar they have is seized. And that ain't happening after one election.
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
This place won't be able to even begin fixing itself until every single one of them is in a prison cell and every dollar they have is seized. And that ain't happening after one election.
Baker is so strong, he just one arm tackled his own RB.
January 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Baker is so strong, he just one arm tackled his own RB.
Trump is going to appoint Eric as president of Venezuela, isn't he? Figure it'll be the dumbest guy possible and he does fit the bill. And keeps the grift in the family like a fucking mobster.
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Trump is going to appoint Eric as president of Venezuela, isn't he? Figure it'll be the dumbest guy possible and he does fit the bill. And keeps the grift in the family like a fucking mobster.
Dang, didn't it think it got this stupid. But here we are.
… First non-critical Dem Senator reaction I’ve seen comes from Fetterman:
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Dang, didn't it think it got this stupid. But here we are.
I cannot express how bad of a decision this is and how poorly it would go.
Next stop on the War Tour:
Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
“She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
“She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
January 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I cannot express how bad of a decision this is and how poorly it would go.
Mixing civilian law enforcement with military actions, tactics, and weapons is really, really bad.
Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Mixing civilian law enforcement with military actions, tactics, and weapons is really, really bad.
How can he use so many words to say nothing?
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
How can he use so many words to say nothing?
Almost like the guy thinks he's a dictator...
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Almost like the guy thinks he's a dictator...
I'm sorry, we're doing what?
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I'm sorry, we're doing what?
They perp walked Maduro? Seems like theatrical bullshit for such a serious matter, so I'm assuming this is just another dumb decision/diversion/profit opp by the violent clown show running this country into the ground.
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
They perp walked Maduro? Seems like theatrical bullshit for such a serious matter, so I'm assuming this is just another dumb decision/diversion/profit opp by the violent clown show running this country into the ground.
Those don't even sound like real laws.
So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Those don't even sound like real laws.
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So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
I'm pretty sure Trump is most mad that he couldn't get a big enough cut of whatever Maduro is scamming/selling/stealing.
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I'm pretty sure Trump is most mad that he couldn't get a big enough cut of whatever Maduro is scamming/selling/stealing.
Chances that you'll take that test once in your life are probably 1/20 depending how long you live and he's needed 3 of them to confirm he's competent enough to make his own toast.
The doctors chosen by a criminal fraud who knowingly surrounded himself with criminals willing to lie, commit crimes, and fall on a grenade for him said he's in good mental health, so that should totally be "okay" for everyone to believe. Right.
January 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Chances that you'll take that test once in your life are probably 1/20 depending how long you live and he's needed 3 of them to confirm he's competent enough to make his own toast.
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From the superseding indictment against Nicolás Maduro, in SDNY. The case is before Alvin Hellerstein.
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January 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
From the superseding indictment against Nicolás Maduro, in SDNY. The case is before Alvin Hellerstein.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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RU has been calling Zelenskyy “illegitimate” since he “canceled elections” (he didn’t, Putin’s war did); China has been also stating Taiwan is “theirs”, hence their president isn’t “legal”.. so if US/Venezuela is OK-ed by international community, this will kick off a wild phrase.
January 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
RU has been calling Zelenskyy “illegitimate” since he “canceled elections” (he didn’t, Putin’s war did); China has been also stating Taiwan is “theirs”, hence their president isn’t “legal”.. so if US/Venezuela is OK-ed by international community, this will kick off a wild phrase.
Maduro is probably a piece of shit. I guess. I figure anyone with that much power is an asshole. And every country has one and always has. Still wrong.
January 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Maduro is probably a piece of shit. I guess. I figure anyone with that much power is an asshole. And every country has one and always has. Still wrong.