Corey Pein
@coreypein.bsky.social
author, Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley
writer, @thebaffler.com, @majorityreport.bsky.social's daily amquickie.com newsletter
writer, @thebaffler.com, @majorityreport.bsky.social's daily amquickie.com newsletter
ICYMI, Maduro just said he was ready to negotiate on drug trafficking and US investment in Venezuela's oil industry. Now we see the response. apnews.com/article/vene...
Maduro open to US talks on drug trafficking, but silent on CIA strike
Venezuela is open to reaching an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, according to President Nicolás Maduro.
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
ICYMI, Maduro just said he was ready to negotiate on drug trafficking and US investment in Venezuela's oil industry. Now we see the response. apnews.com/article/vene...
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Venezuela defense minister says will resist presence of foreign troops reut.rs/3N5kWa4
Venezuela defense minister says will resist presence of foreign troops
Venezuela will resist the presence of foreign troops, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said in a video early on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had been captured and was being removed from the country.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Venezuela defense minister says will resist presence of foreign troops reut.rs/3N5kWa4
Nobel Peace Prize 🤝 FIFA Peace Prize
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Nobel Peace Prize 🤝 FIFA Peace Prize
Occupying forces will return even stronger after a medbed rest period, just you wait and see
Trump announces he’s pulling the National Guard from Portland, LA, and Chicago but threatens that “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!”
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Occupying forces will return even stronger after a medbed rest period, just you wait and see
I definitely need this, can't keep track of all the MAGA streaming shitbirds
NEW: I profiled Nick Shirley, the right-wing YouTuber behind the viral Minnesota “fraud” video. He’s built a following off xenophobic content, painting immigrants as “taking over” American cities and platforming figures like Islamophobe Tommy Robinson.
theintercept.com/2025/12/31/n...
theintercept.com/2025/12/31/n...
Right-Wing YouTuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History
Before alleging fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community, right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley built a following with anti-immigrant clips.
theintercept.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I definitely need this, can't keep track of all the MAGA streaming shitbirds
Liberals tripping over themselves to praise Marjorie Taylor "Qanon" Greene and scold anyone who doesn't play along: that's weird and gross, why are you doing that?
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Liberals tripping over themselves to praise Marjorie Taylor "Qanon" Greene and scold anyone who doesn't play along: that's weird and gross, why are you doing that?
Journalists are never "obligated to sue" their critics, even if a case would have merit, which this one doesn't.
You would believe from reading this Matt Taibbi tweet that @eoinhiggins.bsky.social’s book is about him or that it names him on the cover. No.
The book spends more time on Glenn Greenwald. The cover suggests a general phenomenon in our culture — that everyone online has seen.
The book spends more time on Glenn Greenwald. The cover suggests a general phenomenon in our culture — that everyone online has seen.
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Journalists are never "obligated to sue" their critics, even if a case would have merit, which this one doesn't.
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Thailand and Cambodia sign ceasefire agreement to halt fierce border conflict
Thailand and Cambodia sign ceasefire agreement to halt fierce border conflict
"Both sides agree to maintain current troop deployments without further movement," their defence ministers said in a joint statement on the ceasefire, to take effect at noon local time (1pm in Singapore) on Saturday (Dec 27).
www.channelnewsasia.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Thailand and Cambodia sign ceasefire agreement to halt fierce border conflict
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I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
"Coombs noticed other news companies abandoning linotype machines. He bought up 4,200 pounds of spare parts, which he has stored in drawers."
Saguache Crescent newspaper survives doing things the old way trib.al/OFQrSEk
Saguache Crescent newspaper survives doing things the old way
“We remember the past. We remember the good times. We want to keep that going.”
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Coombs noticed other news companies abandoning linotype machines. He bought up 4,200 pounds of spare parts, which he has stored in drawers."
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Thank you Flight Attendants and aviation workers who spend the holidays bringing family and friends together. We do this year ‘round to ensure safe passage of those in our care.
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thank you Flight Attendants and aviation workers who spend the holidays bringing family and friends together. We do this year ‘round to ensure safe passage of those in our care.
Holiday movies so far:
Alien: Covenant
The Phonecian Scheme
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (best)
Alien: Covenant
The Phonecian Scheme
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (best)
December 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Holiday movies so far:
Alien: Covenant
The Phonecian Scheme
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (best)
Alien: Covenant
The Phonecian Scheme
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (best)
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My house has a new familiar. If you are near 39th and Holgate in Portland and missing a delightful black kitty, this guy or gal seems to clearly come from a home and is also desperate for food and shelter
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
My house has a new familiar. If you are near 39th and Holgate in Portland and missing a delightful black kitty, this guy or gal seems to clearly come from a home and is also desperate for food and shelter
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Is anyone aware of literally one fucking instance of an ICE agent this year quitting in protest
December 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Is anyone aware of literally one fucking instance of an ICE agent this year quitting in protest
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'There is nothing to celebrate': Gaza's Christians mark sombre Christmas amid fragile truce - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-christians-mark-sombre-christmas-amid-israel-truce-violations
'There is nothing to celebrate': Gaza's Christians mark sombre Christmas amid fragile truce
Once marked by shared festivities with Muslims, Church leaders say Israel's genocidal war has left little room for celebration
www.middleeasteye.net
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
'There is nothing to celebrate': Gaza's Christians mark sombre Christmas amid fragile truce - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-christians-mark-sombre-christmas-amid-israel-truce-violations
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When the year began, we penciled into our publication calendar the idea to finish 2025 by naming a Portlander of the Year. By the end of autumn, it was clear that this figure wasn’t really a person at all. It was a concept. It was a frog.
Portlander of the Year: The Frog
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
When the year began, we penciled into our publication calendar the idea to finish 2025 by naming a Portlander of the Year. By the end of autumn, it was clear that this figure wasn’t really a person at all. It was a concept. It was a frog.
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How have only Epstein and Maxwell been prosecuted for the biggest human trafficking scheme in modern U.S. history?
The answer is pretty simple: Pam Bondi knows she can’t go after Epstein’s co-conspirators because they possess damning information on Donald Trump.
The answer is pretty simple: Pam Bondi knows she can’t go after Epstein’s co-conspirators because they possess damning information on Donald Trump.
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
How have only Epstein and Maxwell been prosecuted for the biggest human trafficking scheme in modern U.S. history?
The answer is pretty simple: Pam Bondi knows she can’t go after Epstein’s co-conspirators because they possess damning information on Donald Trump.
The answer is pretty simple: Pam Bondi knows she can’t go after Epstein’s co-conspirators because they possess damning information on Donald Trump.
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I went to Nashville to profile Candace Owens. We talked about Charlie Kirk visiting her in a dream; her transvestigation of Brigitte Macron; the last phone call she had with Donald Trump; and why she considers herself a moderate now.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Candace Owens Wants You to Think She’s a Moderate Now
The conspiracy theorist has pissed off Turning Point, alienated Trump, shed her Republican identity — and is gaining more listeners than ever.
nymag.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Yes, people should absolutely support independent media. My life depends on it. But we still need something like 60 Minutes to fund a team spending months on a single international investigative story -- with cameras on everything, editors and fact checkers, and lawyered to be bulletproof.
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Yes, people should absolutely support independent media. My life depends on it. But we still need something like 60 Minutes to fund a team spending months on a single international investigative story -- with cameras on everything, editors and fact checkers, and lawyered to be bulletproof.
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Brazil's Lula warns US intervention in Venezuela could be catastrophic reut.rs/4aZJHhK
Brazil's Lula warns US intervention in Venezuela could be catastrophic
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that an "armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe" in the face of escalating actions from the United States toward regional neighbor Venezuela.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Brazil's Lula warns US intervention in Venezuela could be catastrophic reut.rs/4aZJHhK
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Meanwhile, at the AM Quickie, we summarize the news every weekday so you can get what's going on quickly. In today's, @coreypein.bsky.social highlighted the horrific news of the House GOP's anti-trans bill, which other outlets have avoided.
House Passes 'Beyond Cruel' Anti-Trans Bill - The Thursday AM Quickie 12/18/25
No arrest for four days and counting after the shooting at Brown University. And FBI director Kash Patel is doing podcast interviews with his girlfriend. - Corey
ON THE SHOW TODAY
12/18: Emma will ...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Meanwhile, at the AM Quickie, we summarize the news every weekday so you can get what's going on quickly. In today's, @coreypein.bsky.social highlighted the horrific news of the House GOP's anti-trans bill, which other outlets have avoided.
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According to a Reuters investigation, some Jan. 6 rioters and their allies are now advising Justice Department officials on how to retaliate against those who helped put them behind bars reut.rs/4qeX9mu
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
According to a Reuters investigation, some Jan. 6 rioters and their allies are now advising Justice Department officials on how to retaliate against those who helped put them behind bars reut.rs/4qeX9mu
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Footage of videographers confronting staff and asylum seekers has surged in popularity this year to gain millions of views on YouTube, according to a Reuters tally. Their online followings now rival the daily print circulation of major British newspapers
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Footage of videographers confronting staff and asylum seekers has surged in popularity this year to gain millions of views on YouTube, according to a Reuters tally. Their online followings now rival the daily print circulation of major British newspapers