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#USNavy #veteran. Colorado resident. Moved over from Twitter to Bluesky #standwithukraine. Rest In Peace Eddie. Yeon-Ja is my new fur daughter
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2025 was a year where personally I went through loss of a beloved family member and I got to welcome in a new family member. In April our beloved Eddie passed away from heart failure. I grieved him every day. But in September we were able to welcome Yeon-ja in our family and home. She is so blessed.
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"Trump’s new world order is now very much a reality. It has no obvious rules, no real allies, celebrates the jungle and is almost always about money. There is a lot of wealth under Venezuela’s soil. Trump is now committed to extracting it." My column. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/08b22b7a-4...
Trump now owns Venezuela
[FREE TO READ] The US president has a growing appetite for military adventure
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January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
"Trump’s new world order is now very much a reality. It has no obvious rules, no real allies, celebrates the jungle and is almost always about money. There is a lot of wealth under Venezuela’s soil. Trump is now committed to extracting it." My column. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/08b22b7a-4...
Jeff Crank, my Congressman it’s not surprising to see this statement. He’s just another partisan Republican akin to another Republican politician in 2003, saying that we should overthrow the regime of country we don’t like and impose our will in that country.
CO GOP Rep Jeff Crank, who serves on armed services, praised Trump, writing he’s “doing a tremendous job at ensuring America is safer from foreign drug lords who wish to inflict harm on our citizens.”
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Jeff Crank, my Congressman it’s not surprising to see this statement. He’s just another partisan Republican akin to another Republican politician in 2003, saying that we should overthrow the regime of country we don’t like and impose our will in that country.
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Moulton: "The parallels with Iraq are unmistakeable. Bush said there was WMD in Iraq. Turns out that was a lie. Trump just made up fentanyl being WMD, which doesn't even come from Venezuela, just to justify this war. We said this wasn't about regime change, but it is."
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Moulton: "The parallels with Iraq are unmistakeable. Bush said there was WMD in Iraq. Turns out that was a lie. Trump just made up fentanyl being WMD, which doesn't even come from Venezuela, just to justify this war. We said this wasn't about regime change, but it is."
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The W Bush administration constantly denied that oil was a major motivation for their wars in the Middle East and it was literally a scandal when documents confirmed how big a factor oil was.
But Donald just goes ahead and nonchalantly says it out loud with Venezuela.
But Donald just goes ahead and nonchalantly says it out loud with Venezuela.
Trump says Venezuela's oil wealth "goes also to the United States of America in the form of reimbursement for the damages caused us by that country"
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The W Bush administration constantly denied that oil was a major motivation for their wars in the Middle East and it was literally a scandal when documents confirmed how big a factor oil was.
But Donald just goes ahead and nonchalantly says it out loud with Venezuela.
But Donald just goes ahead and nonchalantly says it out loud with Venezuela.
Umm, are they unfamiliar with the Bay of Pigs?
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Umm, are they unfamiliar with the Bay of Pigs?
So much for America first.
"So we're going to stay until such time as we're going to run it essentially, until such time as a proper transition can take place." So we basically run the country?
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
So much for America first.
When you have a sitting United States Senator saying that Congress should have no role or no right to be informed then that says everything you need to know why the United States Congress has been so weak as an institution. Not good at all for our Constitutional Republic for America’s 250th.
Tom Cotton: "Congress isn't notified when the FBI is going to arrest a drug trafficker or cyber criminal here in the US, nor should Congress be notified when the executive branch is executing arrests on indicted persons. And that's really what you can make the analogy to here."
January 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
When you have a sitting United States Senator saying that Congress should have no role or no right to be informed then that says everything you need to know why the United States Congress has been so weak as an institution. Not good at all for our Constitutional Republic for America’s 250th.
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As if Dems respect the Constitution.
There is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits the president from taking military action. Congress has the power of the purse and can cut off funding, as was done during in Vietnam. - Levin
There is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits the president from taking military action. Congress has the power of the purse and can cut off funding, as was done during in Vietnam. - Levin
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., says Trump’s military action in Venezuela is “unauthorized.”
“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal?”
“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal?”
January 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
As if Dems respect the Constitution.
There is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits the president from taking military action. Congress has the power of the purse and can cut off funding, as was done during in Vietnam. - Levin
There is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits the president from taking military action. Congress has the power of the purse and can cut off funding, as was done during in Vietnam. - Levin
Statements like these essentially prove the point how toothless our Congress is. They have let the executive branch run roughshod over and over again for nearly twenty five years. When Congress finally acts instead of saying stuff, then the executive will get the memo.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., says Trump’s military action in Venezuela is “unauthorized.”
“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal?”
“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal?”
January 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Statements like these essentially prove the point how toothless our Congress is. They have let the executive branch run roughshod over and over again for nearly twenty five years. When Congress finally acts instead of saying stuff, then the executive will get the memo.
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., says Trump’s military action in Venezuela is “unauthorized.”
“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal?”
“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal?”
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., says Trump’s military action in Venezuela is “unauthorized.”
“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal?”
“Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal?”
Like what? Are we going to invade Mexico now? Are we going to try to overthrow their government? The last time we invaded Mexico they gave us the Southwest and all of California. We don’t need another Mexican war.
❗️"Mexico is run by the drug cartels. We will have to do something about Mexico," – Trump.
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Like what? Are we going to invade Mexico now? Are we going to try to overthrow their government? The last time we invaded Mexico they gave us the Southwest and all of California. We don’t need another Mexican war.
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As a tradition, all members of failed dictatorship regimes seek refuge in Russia
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
As a tradition, all members of failed dictatorship regimes seek refuge in Russia
Iranians have been through so much under the Ayatollah regime. They deserve a government that serves them well. I hope they succeed in overthrowing the tyrannical regime in charge. It would also send a message to the Russians that Putin isn't invincible.
🇮🇷 Large-scale protests against the government in Iran.
According to local sources, millions of Iranians have already joined the protests against the political authorities.
According to local sources, millions of Iranians have already joined the protests against the political authorities.
January 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Iranians have been through so much under the Ayatollah regime. They deserve a government that serves them well. I hope they succeed in overthrowing the tyrannical regime in charge. It would also send a message to the Russians that Putin isn't invincible.
2025 was a year where personally I went through loss of a beloved family member and I got to welcome in a new family member. In April our beloved Eddie passed away from heart failure. I grieved him every day. But in September we were able to welcome Yeon-ja in our family and home. She is so blessed.
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
2025 was a year where personally I went through loss of a beloved family member and I got to welcome in a new family member. In April our beloved Eddie passed away from heart failure. I grieved him every day. But in September we were able to welcome Yeon-ja in our family and home. She is so blessed.
😵💫🤬 Putin signed a decree on military conscription in 2026. According to the document, 261,000 new conscripts are planned to be called up during the year
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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15/ In the meantime, the brutal ground combat between Ukraine and Russia, and the nightly long-range drone and missile strikes will continue. End.
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
15/ In the meantime, the brutal ground combat between Ukraine and Russia, and the nightly long-range drone and missile strikes will continue. End.
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14/ There remains a long way ahead in the peace negotiations. After that will come the production of the very difficult implementing details and then the actual execution of withdrawals. The potential for flare ups in fighting in this phase will be very real. But we are some way from this.
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
14/ There remains a long way ahead in the peace negotiations. After that will come the production of the very difficult implementing details and then the actual execution of withdrawals. The potential for flare ups in fighting in this phase will be very real. But we are some way from this.
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9/ In Putin’s eye’s, a successful Ukraine provides a model of democratic governance to the Russian people that Putin cannot tolerate. And, we know exactly how Russia uses cheap power prices against its neighbours.
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
9/ In Putin’s eye’s, a successful Ukraine provides a model of democratic governance to the Russian people that Putin cannot tolerate. And, we know exactly how Russia uses cheap power prices against its neighbours.
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8/ This is an amazing statement. Putin, in multiple speeches in the past four years has described exactly the opposite. He does not believe Ukraine is a real country, and he very much does not want Ukraine to succeed.
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
8/ This is an amazing statement. Putin, in multiple speeches in the past four years has described exactly the opposite. He does not believe Ukraine is a real country, and he very much does not want Ukraine to succeed.
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7/ In a later part of the press conference, Trump described how “Russia will be helping [with Ukraine’s reconstruction]. They want Ukraine to succeed, including providing power at very low prices.”
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
7/ In a later part of the press conference, Trump described how “Russia will be helping [with Ukraine’s reconstruction]. They want Ukraine to succeed, including providing power at very low prices.”
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52/ Ukraine has shown again it can endure territorial loss without losing the war. Even in 2025, Russia paid staggering human costs for gains that amounted to less than one percent of Ukrainian land. Terrain can be retaken and lives cannot.
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
52/ Ukraine has shown again it can endure territorial loss without losing the war. Even in 2025, Russia paid staggering human costs for gains that amounted to less than one percent of Ukrainian land. Terrain can be retaken and lives cannot.
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51/ We don't expect the diplomatic yap to achieve anything that is "good" for Ukraine, and we don't expect Russia to go for a diplomatic option unless it cripples Ukraine and tears it apart for easy pickings in future - Zelenskyy would be better off putting his efforts into bolstering his country.
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
51/ We don't expect the diplomatic yap to achieve anything that is "good" for Ukraine, and we don't expect Russia to go for a diplomatic option unless it cripples Ukraine and tears it apart for easy pickings in future - Zelenskyy would be better off putting his efforts into bolstering his country.
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50/ In summary, we won't say "There's plenty of war left" for 2026 this time
We can both see the critical weaknesses in both sides from a lack of manpower that isn't getting fixed on the Ukrainian side to the huge casualties and economic woes on the Russian side which also isn't getting fixed
We can both see the critical weaknesses in both sides from a lack of manpower that isn't getting fixed on the Ukrainian side to the huge casualties and economic woes on the Russian side which also isn't getting fixed
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
50/ In summary, we won't say "There's plenty of war left" for 2026 this time
We can both see the critical weaknesses in both sides from a lack of manpower that isn't getting fixed on the Ukrainian side to the huge casualties and economic woes on the Russian side which also isn't getting fixed
We can both see the critical weaknesses in both sides from a lack of manpower that isn't getting fixed on the Ukrainian side to the huge casualties and economic woes on the Russian side which also isn't getting fixed
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49/ Ukraine will likewise get struck by vast amounts of Russian long range strikes, which was going to happen anyway - but at least this time Ukraine can strike back.
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
49/ Ukraine will likewise get struck by vast amounts of Russian long range strikes, which was going to happen anyway - but at least this time Ukraine can strike back.
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48/ On a strategic strike capability, Ukrainian forces now have far better capabilities via long range drones and targeting for striking deep inside Russia, causing billions of dollars of damage to the Russian war effort. This is expected to grow in 2026 raising the cost on Russia
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
48/ On a strategic strike capability, Ukrainian forces now have far better capabilities via long range drones and targeting for striking deep inside Russia, causing billions of dollars of damage to the Russian war effort. This is expected to grow in 2026 raising the cost on Russia