Caryn Rose
@carynrose.bsky.social
Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. Bimonthly column at Salon.com | WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS, UTP 2022
Springsteen newsletter @
https://www.radio-nowhere.com/
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Springsteen newsletter @
https://www.radio-nowhere.com/
clips @ https://carynrose.contently.com/
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Caryn Rose
@carynrose.bsky.social
· Jul 7
Radio Nowhere: A Newsletter About Bruce Springsteen
Thoughtful and deeply-researched discussion and commentary about Bruce Springsteen's music and live shows.
www.radio-nowhere.com
music journalist / historian / archivist. bylines in: Salon.com, NPR, Variety & others. I wrote WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS. proprietor of RADIO NOWHERE (www.radio-nowhere.com), a newsletter about Bruce Springsteen. clips at carynrose.contently.com
I went out and did errands and did a “move the furniture” wash of the dining room floor and that seemed to stop the disassociating. Practicality is grounding I guess
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I went out and did errands and did a “move the furniture” wash of the dining room floor and that seemed to stop the disassociating. Practicality is grounding I guess
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Oona Hathaway, a professor at Yale Law School:
"what’s troubling here is not just that the President has used force in clear violation of domestic law and international law but that it’s clear he couldn’t care less about the fact that he’s breaking these rules."
"what’s troubling here is not just that the President has used force in clear violation of domestic law and international law but that it’s clear he couldn’t care less about the fact that he’s breaking these rules."
Paywall free version because it's worth reading if you're feeling gaslit by the rest of the media today: archive.is/202601032249...
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Oona Hathaway, a professor at Yale Law School:
"what’s troubling here is not just that the President has used force in clear violation of domestic law and international law but that it’s clear he couldn’t care less about the fact that he’s breaking these rules."
"what’s troubling here is not just that the President has used force in clear violation of domestic law and international law but that it’s clear he couldn’t care less about the fact that he’s breaking these rules."
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Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
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We need a new version of wallet inspector/fell for it again award for this man
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 11:51 PM
We need a new version of wallet inspector/fell for it again award for this man
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
January 3, 2026 at 11:53 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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Sorry for limited skeets; frozen fingers!
Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.
Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Sorry for limited skeets; frozen fingers!
Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.
Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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They massacred 40 people to capture one criminal indicted on drug charges
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 11:56 PM
They massacred 40 people to capture one criminal indicted on drug charges
If you didn’t buy the $100 Dylan book bc $100, Ollies Bargain Warehouse has them for $20
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
If you didn’t buy the $100 Dylan book bc $100, Ollies Bargain Warehouse has them for $20
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Whenever I correctly point out that there is no opposition party in US politics, the usual suspects swarm to screech about Dems having no power. If these folks are correct (they are not), then they should BUILD POWER. They aren't doing that.
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Whenever I correctly point out that there is no opposition party in US politics, the usual suspects swarm to screech about Dems having no power. If these folks are correct (they are not), then they should BUILD POWER. They aren't doing that.
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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One thing to remember, though, is that while Trump II has no respect for the rule of law, whether domestic or international, that has so far not been the case for the US judiciary. So there is no guarantee Maduro will be convicted.
Worth noting that even as Trump bombs Venezuela to unilaterally seize Maduro on domestic US charges, the ICC judges who voted to investigate US war crimes in Afghanistan face such severe US banking sanctions that they are for all intents and purposes excluded from modern life.
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
One thing to remember, though, is that while Trump II has no respect for the rule of law, whether domestic or international, that has so far not been the case for the US judiciary. So there is no guarantee Maduro will be convicted.
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The wonderful new President of Ireland has a chance to do the funniest thing
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The wonderful new President of Ireland has a chance to do the funniest thing
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Well shit.
He's doing foreign policy like a private equity firm.
Trump: "We're going to stay [in Venezuela] until such time as the proper transition can take place…We're going to run it, essentially, until such time."
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Well shit.
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you can’t even run this country you demented fucking fascist
Trump: We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition... We are going to run the country.
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
you can’t even run this country you demented fucking fascist
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who gives a shit about power levers. if you don't even attempt to start the process of impeachment, the fuck is the point of anything. "step on me daddy. please rig the next election, daddy" bsky.app/profile/squo...
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
who gives a shit about power levers. if you don't even attempt to start the process of impeachment, the fuck is the point of anything. "step on me daddy. please rig the next election, daddy" bsky.app/profile/squo...
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Vance thinks he’s an expert in international laws and relations because while he has never studied it, he did bang a couch in a Holiday Inn Express.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Vance thinks he’s an expert in international laws and relations because while he has never studied it, he did bang a couch in a Holiday Inn Express.
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Any country that is still sending its soccer team to the U.S. for the World Cup is 100% complicit in this
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Any country that is still sending its soccer team to the U.S. for the World Cup is 100% complicit in this
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And this is why we can't have wind farms and solar farms...
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
And this is why we can't have wind farms and solar farms...
boy oh boy am I not looking forward to seeing what Slotkin has to say about all of this
January 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM
boy oh boy am I not looking forward to seeing what Slotkin has to say about all of this
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Our national shame and guilt deepens.
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Our national shame and guilt deepens.
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He’s a childish idiot and an asshole on top of everything else. Don’t talk to me about ignorant voters. Everyone who voted for this can own it forever.
Trump to Fox & Friends on the raid that captured Maduro: "I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would've seen the speed, the violence -- it was an amazing thing."
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
He’s a childish idiot and an asshole on top of everything else. Don’t talk to me about ignorant voters. Everyone who voted for this can own it forever.
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I fucking hate them so fucking much.
January 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I fucking hate them so fucking much.