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“The only thing the elite Washington press corps likes more than a bipartisan commission on debt reduction is a stack of flag-draped coffins.” web.archive.org/web/20200103...
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
“The only thing the elite Washington press corps likes more than a bipartisan commission on debt reduction is a stack of flag-draped coffins.” web.archive.org/web/20200103...
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im choosing to believe them when they say they're going to keep invading countries
January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
im choosing to believe them when they say they're going to keep invading countries
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The oil companies knew about this before the U.S. Congress www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The oil companies knew about this before the U.S. Congress www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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the administration wants to frame this (bizarrely) as law enforcement. but if law enforcement conducted a raid for a suspect and killed 40 people, including an unknown number of unarmed civilians, it would be treated as a clear disaster like Waco.
NYT:
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
the administration wants to frame this (bizarrely) as law enforcement. but if law enforcement conducted a raid for a suspect and killed 40 people, including an unknown number of unarmed civilians, it would be treated as a clear disaster like Waco.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
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The U.S. intervened to oust governments in Latin America a total of at least 41 times — about once every 28 months from 1898 to 1994 — including 17 cases of direct intervention by the U.S. armed forces, intelligence agencies, or locals employed by U.S. government agencies.
A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.” interc.pt/4sinphB
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The U.S. intervened to oust governments in Latin America a total of at least 41 times — about once every 28 months from 1898 to 1994 — including 17 cases of direct intervention by the U.S. armed forces, intelligence agencies, or locals employed by U.S. government agencies.
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5 names on this byline & not so much as a passing attempt at reporting that no honest lawyer would sign off on this. Not a single "controversial" or "unprecedented move" or "new test of international law," let alone a "some experts say this is extremely fucking illegal"
www.cnn.com/2026/01/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/03/p...
From order to extraction: Inside the US capture of Nicolás Maduro | CNN Politics
The detailed timeline and the revelation that a CIA team has been operating inside Venezuela for so long sheds new light on the administration’s pressure campaign on Maduro for the past several months...
www.cnn.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:12 AM
5 names on this byline & not so much as a passing attempt at reporting that no honest lawyer would sign off on this. Not a single "controversial" or "unprecedented move" or "new test of international law," let alone a "some experts say this is extremely fucking illegal"
www.cnn.com/2026/01/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/03/p...
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if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
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Would be great if the so called opposition didn’t preface every strongly worded letter by talking about why Trump is actually right about everything
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Would be great if the so called opposition didn’t preface every strongly worded letter by talking about why Trump is actually right about everything
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It's making me feel bonkers that while this is true in terms of manufacturing consent. It's also the democratic electeds' party line!! They wanted a briefing! A briefing where they'd just be lied to and end grounded anyway! What the fuck!
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
It's making me feel bonkers that while this is true in terms of manufacturing consent. It's also the democratic electeds' party line!! They wanted a briefing! A briefing where they'd just be lied to and end grounded anyway! What the fuck!
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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It's 2026 and Schumer is publicly admitting he continues to take Trump at his word
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 10:01 PM
It's 2026 and Schumer is publicly admitting he continues to take Trump at his word
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You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
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The term you use to describe people like Chuck Schumer is “collaborationist”
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 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The term you use to describe people like Chuck Schumer is “collaborationist”
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*tapping the sign*
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
*tapping the sign*
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NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
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 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
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as the initial shock and outrage settles in to a sort of humming rage you can start to appreciate how shambolic this thing is. fentanyl declared a wmd, indictment for cocaine and guns, command center monitoring twitter, trump saying we're occupying somehow remotely(?) and paying for it with oil
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
as the initial shock and outrage settles in to a sort of humming rage you can start to appreciate how shambolic this thing is. fentanyl declared a wmd, indictment for cocaine and guns, command center monitoring twitter, trump saying we're occupying somehow remotely(?) and paying for it with oil
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theyre going to destroy every country that ever dared to fight their way out from under the thumb of the united states and all you mealy mouthed fucking losers are gonna stare at your shoes saying “I don’t like how they went about it but these guys were no angels”
Marco Rubio on Cuba during the press conference: "If I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I'd be concerned ... at least a little bit"
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
theyre going to destroy every country that ever dared to fight their way out from under the thumb of the united states and all you mealy mouthed fucking losers are gonna stare at your shoes saying “I don’t like how they went about it but these guys were no angels”
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It’s darkly humorous he can’t even muster the ability to give some lip service to democracy or allowing the Venezuelan people to choose their leader.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It’s darkly humorous he can’t even muster the ability to give some lip service to democracy or allowing the Venezuelan people to choose their leader.
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The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
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I’m not naive about this, my formative political memories are (1) the Supreme Court handing its preferred presidential candidate an election and (2) that president doing illegal wars. But I find it pretty grim that the main lesson of American civics education is basically a joke.
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I’m not naive about this, my formative political memories are (1) the Supreme Court handing its preferred presidential candidate an election and (2) that president doing illegal wars. But I find it pretty grim that the main lesson of American civics education is basically a joke.
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I’ve been thinking lately about how all children learn how good and wise America’s constitutional structure is: three branches of government, checks and balances, etc. And then in the real world, they just roll over to whatever Trump does. The idea feels almost quaint at this point.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I’ve been thinking lately about how all children learn how good and wise America’s constitutional structure is: three branches of government, checks and balances, etc. And then in the real world, they just roll over to whatever Trump does. The idea feels almost quaint at this point.
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What happened in Venezuela today, without historical understanding, just looks like a one off action by an evil fascist Orange Man, and not the continuation US policy and human rights abuses in both Latin and South America that spans decades.
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
What happened in Venezuela today, without historical understanding, just looks like a one off action by an evil fascist Orange Man, and not the continuation US policy and human rights abuses in both Latin and South America that spans decades.