Dannagal Goldthwaite Young
@dannagal.bsky.social
Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone.
WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/dgoldyoung/home
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There are differences, but in broad strokes, the US posture toward the Western Hemisphere now looks no different than the Russian posture toward the former Soviet Republics. Rhetorically, Russia might even be more restrained.
This is a sickening state of affairs.
This is a sickening state of affairs.
January 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
There are differences, but in broad strokes, the US posture toward the Western Hemisphere now looks no different than the Russian posture toward the former Soviet Republics. Rhetorically, Russia might even be more restrained.
This is a sickening state of affairs.
This is a sickening state of affairs.
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I feel sorry for scholars who got into Political Communication pre 2016 or even pre 2020 honestly because terminally online channer style posting is all it's going to be from the Republican Party at least for the foreseeable future and I can't imagine many people signed up for that back then.
Well, I have hit the wall. I do not want to be a “political communication” scholar anymore.
This is from the Whitehouse official account.
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I feel sorry for scholars who got into Political Communication pre 2016 or even pre 2020 honestly because terminally online channer style posting is all it's going to be from the Republican Party at least for the foreseeable future and I can't imagine many people signed up for that back then.
Well, I have hit the wall. I do not want to be a “political communication” scholar anymore.
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Well, I have hit the wall. I do not want to be a “political communication” scholar anymore.
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A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
I am convinced that even the so called “liberal” 24 hour news channels struggle to resist the drama & spectacle of war. You hear in it in their voices, you read it in the framing of the chyrons & you see it in the administration-endorsed videos. They cannot resist the drumbeat of foreign conflict.
everyone on the tv wants you to know that this is good actually
January 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I am convinced that even the so called “liberal” 24 hour news channels struggle to resist the drama & spectacle of war. You hear in it in their voices, you read it in the framing of the chyrons & you see it in the administration-endorsed videos. They cannot resist the drumbeat of foreign conflict.
Perhaps such a salient performance of courage based on morals and principles might remind … well apparently *Everyone else*… what it looks like.
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Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, called President Trump on Saturday to personally object to strikes the U.S. had conducted in Venezuela and to the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Mamdani accused Trump of violating international law.
Zohran Mamdani Called President Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York accused President Trump of violating international law. It was the first time he had criticized the president since their White House meeting.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Perhaps such a salient performance of courage based on morals and principles might remind … well apparently *Everyone else*… what it looks like.
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Last snowy New Hampshire dog walk before heading back to Jersey in the morning ❄️❄️❄️
January 4, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Last snowy New Hampshire dog walk before heading back to Jersey in the morning ❄️❄️❄️
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
The Big Grift
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The Big Grift
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
….To protect US Oil companies as they take over the oil infrastructure of a sovereign nation.
"WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND"--Donald Trump
January 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
….To protect US Oil companies as they take over the oil infrastructure of a sovereign nation.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
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Im seeing a lot of people default into Iraq mode about all of this, but it feels pretty different to me. There’s no popular support and it’s being done by a deeply unpopular President who didn’t even bother to make a case or a plan in a way that the New York Times is already condemning.
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Im seeing a lot of people default into Iraq mode about all of this, but it feels pretty different to me. There’s no popular support and it’s being done by a deeply unpopular President who didn’t even bother to make a case or a plan in a way that the New York Times is already condemning.
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They were told that by elites
After a year in which Trump has bombed ...
- Venezuela
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Somalia
- and civilian boats in international waters
... I’m thinking about the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint.
- Venezuela
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Somalia
- and civilian boats in international waters
... I’m thinking about the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint.
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
They were told that by elites
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 AM
CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
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I wish we could make every member of Congress tell us in their own words, why this is happening.
January 3, 2026 at 6:40 AM
I wish we could make every member of Congress tell us in their own words, why this is happening.
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BREAKING: Hearing reports of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela. Source with family on the ground says people advising each other to shelter in place.
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 AM
BREAKING: Hearing reports of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela. Source with family on the ground says people advising each other to shelter in place.
I feel like things are so bad and then my rural-dwelling elderly parents tell me that their UPS delivery man, Tim, stops in at least once a week to check in on them even when they don’t have a package being delivered.
January 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I feel like things are so bad and then my rural-dwelling elderly parents tell me that their UPS delivery man, Tim, stops in at least once a week to check in on them even when they don’t have a package being delivered.
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If nobody goes to jail for this then does that mean that producing photos of sexually exploited children is legal?
If they are fined instead of jailed does that mean producing CSAM is a civil instead of a criminal offense?
Does this only apply if you're wealthy?
If they are fined instead of jailed does that mean producing CSAM is a civil instead of a criminal offense?
Does this only apply if you're wealthy?
this is irresponsible reporting. a neural network can't comment on why it produced CSAM. a neural network can't be held answerable for generating CSAM. accountability lies within the fascist ceo and the team willing to work for him
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
If nobody goes to jail for this then does that mean that producing photos of sexually exploited children is legal?
If they are fined instead of jailed does that mean producing CSAM is a civil instead of a criminal offense?
Does this only apply if you're wealthy?
If they are fined instead of jailed does that mean producing CSAM is a civil instead of a criminal offense?
Does this only apply if you're wealthy?
Since “corporations are people,” can Grok be charged with a crime? Specifically, violation of the Take It Down act that Ted Cruz introduced and that Trump signed into law in May?
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Since “corporations are people,” can Grok be charged with a crime? Specifically, violation of the Take It Down act that Ted Cruz introduced and that Trump signed into law in May?
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...