Cynthia Hope Laub
@bloomlove.bsky.social
Flowers, flowers, flowers…🌻
I want to leave this world better than when I got here.
SMASH THE PATRIARCHY
NO DM’S
I want to leave this world better than when I got here.
SMASH THE PATRIARCHY
NO DM’S
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A nuclear-armed U.S. under full totalitarian control is an existential threat to billions of people. To life on this planet.
It's up to us, U.S. citizens living here in the imperial core, to stop it. Nobody is coming to save us. Not the U.N., not the ICJ. It's us or it's nobody.
It's up to us, U.S. citizens living here in the imperial core, to stop it. Nobody is coming to save us. Not the U.N., not the ICJ. It's us or it's nobody.
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A nuclear-armed U.S. under full totalitarian control is an existential threat to billions of people. To life on this planet.
It's up to us, U.S. citizens living here in the imperial core, to stop it. Nobody is coming to save us. Not the U.N., not the ICJ. It's us or it's nobody.
It's up to us, U.S. citizens living here in the imperial core, to stop it. Nobody is coming to save us. Not the U.N., not the ICJ. It's us or it's nobody.
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From Jon Passantino, executive editor of @status.news [paywall, sorry]
January 3, 2026 at 11:53 PM
From Jon Passantino, executive editor of @status.news [paywall, sorry]
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GAHHHHHHHHH
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 4, 2026 at 12:04 AM
GAHHHHHHHHH
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Good move Mayor
Zohran Mamdani Called President Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Mamdani Called Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Good move Mayor
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Trump has not endorsed opposition leader **Edmundo González**, even though several countries say he won Venezuela’s disputed 2024 election. If Trump plans to run the country himself, that makes him no different than Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Trump has not endorsed opposition leader **Edmundo González**, even though several countries say he won Venezuela’s disputed 2024 election. If Trump plans to run the country himself, that makes him no different than Maduro.
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No one who took Trump seriously believed for one second that he was going to engage in foreign policy actions any different than exactly what he has done.
We warned all of you. We told you who and what he was.
You didn’t listen.
We warned all of you. We told you who and what he was.
You didn’t listen.
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
No one who took Trump seriously believed for one second that he was going to engage in foreign policy actions any different than exactly what he has done.
We warned all of you. We told you who and what he was.
You didn’t listen.
We warned all of you. We told you who and what he was.
You didn’t listen.
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The great isolationist ‘America First’ GOP President Donald Trump has in less than a year in office declared himself the ‘owner’ of Gaza and the ‘ruler’ of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The great isolationist ‘America First’ GOP President Donald Trump has in less than a year in office declared himself the ‘owner’ of Gaza and the ‘ruler’ of Venezuela.
WTF????
Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
January 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
WTF????
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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 9:22 PM
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.
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Ha! Ha!
Maduro Requests Lindsay Halligan to Prosecute Him
January 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Ha! Ha!
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ISW-CTP recorded 62 protests across 18 provinces in Iran on January 3. ISW-CTP will provide a full analysis about the protests in a full update on Monday, January 5.
January 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM
ISW-CTP recorded 62 protests across 18 provinces in Iran on January 3. ISW-CTP will provide a full analysis about the protests in a full update on Monday, January 5.
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What JD Vance really means by this is that Maduro is bound by US laws but Trump is not.
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
What JD Vance really means by this is that Maduro is bound by US laws but Trump is not.
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Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People, Including Civilians, Were Killed in U.S. Attack
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed in U.S. Attack
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People, Including Civilians, Were Killed in U.S. Attack
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
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The official line on why JD Vance is nowhere to be seen:
www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-...
www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-...
January 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The official line on why JD Vance is nowhere to be seen:
www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-...
www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-...
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You need to first make it clear you can hold MoCs accountable before you move to impeach.
1. GOP Speaker Johnson would have to bring impeachment hearings to a vote in the House.
2. At least 4 GOP House members would have to vote to impeach.
3. GOP Leader Thune would have to schedule a trial in the Senate.
4. At least 20 GOP Senators would have to vote to remove from office.
2. At least 4 GOP House members would have to vote to impeach.
3. GOP Leader Thune would have to schedule a trial in the Senate.
4. At least 20 GOP Senators would have to vote to remove from office.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
You need to first make it clear you can hold MoCs accountable before you move to impeach.
TICK TOCK
💣💣💣
💣💣💣
People remember the govt shuts down on Jan 30 if it doesn’t get funded, right?
January 4, 2026 at 12:50 AM
TICK TOCK
💣💣💣
💣💣💣
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The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
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Stephen Miller has not been jailed for those lies.
But two different judges ruled that Trump was lying abt Kilmar Abgrego.
And that’s just for starters.
But two different judges ruled that Trump was lying abt Kilmar Abgrego.
And that’s just for starters.
This has been gearing up for Trump’s entire first year, at least back to when a FOIA release to @freedom.press showed the administration was unabashedly lying when it invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador.
And the administration has yet to face a single consequence.
And the administration has yet to face a single consequence.
Spy Agencies Do Not Think Venezuela Directs Gang, Declassified Memo Shows
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Stephen Miller has not been jailed for those lies.
But two different judges ruled that Trump was lying abt Kilmar Abgrego.
And that’s just for starters.
But two different judges ruled that Trump was lying abt Kilmar Abgrego.
And that’s just for starters.
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A system which cannot impose consequences for the most egregious breaches (stealing everything, trying to violently overturn an election) is a system which incentivises its own destruction.
January 3, 2026 at 9:29 AM
A system which cannot impose consequences for the most egregious breaches (stealing everything, trying to violently overturn an election) is a system which incentivises its own destruction.
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This is a SUPER preliminary comparison of the 2020 versus 2025 indictments against Maduro.
Same four crimes, different co-conspirators (Carvajal-Barrios pled last June), with Maduro's wife and son added for this one.
Some common overt acts, but not all are.
Focus shifts from CdS to TdS.
Same four crimes, different co-conspirators (Carvajal-Barrios pled last June), with Maduro's wife and son added for this one.
Some common overt acts, but not all are.
Focus shifts from CdS to TdS.
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
This is a SUPER preliminary comparison of the 2020 versus 2025 indictments against Maduro.
Same four crimes, different co-conspirators (Carvajal-Barrios pled last June), with Maduro's wife and son added for this one.
Some common overt acts, but not all are.
Focus shifts from CdS to TdS.
Same four crimes, different co-conspirators (Carvajal-Barrios pled last June), with Maduro's wife and son added for this one.
Some common overt acts, but not all are.
Focus shifts from CdS to TdS.
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Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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I double dog dare @normeisen.bsky.social to file a lawsuit arguing that the leader of Venezuela (which we've been told is Marco Rubio) cannot also, ethically, run NARA.
January 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I double dog dare @normeisen.bsky.social to file a lawsuit arguing that the leader of Venezuela (which we've been told is Marco Rubio) cannot also, ethically, run NARA.
A thread, worth reading
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
A thread, worth reading
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth:
"The American people believed Donald Trump when he promised on the campaign trail that he would get our nation out of foreign wars, but this morning we awoke to another stark reminder that he is—and has always been—a liar who has never cared about keeping his promises."
"The American people believed Donald Trump when he promised on the campaign trail that he would get our nation out of foreign wars, but this morning we awoke to another stark reminder that he is—and has always been—a liar who has never cared about keeping his promises."
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Sen. Tammy Duckworth:
"The American people believed Donald Trump when he promised on the campaign trail that he would get our nation out of foreign wars, but this morning we awoke to another stark reminder that he is—and has always been—a liar who has never cared about keeping his promises."
"The American people believed Donald Trump when he promised on the campaign trail that he would get our nation out of foreign wars, but this morning we awoke to another stark reminder that he is—and has always been—a liar who has never cared about keeping his promises."