John Adams
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Lawyer • Blogger • Bleeding-Heart Libertarian • Cat Guy • Web: https://libertariandiary.com & https://freewhitewater.com • Alum: Penn, William & Mary, Cornell Law • Never Trump Before Never Trump • Liberty's Future Beats with a Bleeding Heart
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John Adams
@libertariandiary.com
· Sep 27
Individual rights, freedom from interference, free markets, limited government, property rights, a spontaneous and dynamic social order, and advancement of social justice. Each tenet presumptively held, within a liberal democratic society recognizing all persons of equal moral worth. #libertarian
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My reaction to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis for @ms.now
It was murder. Something like this was inevitable under this administration. It’s going to keep happening.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
It was murder. Something like this was inevitable under this administration. It’s going to keep happening.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
My reaction to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis for @ms.now
It was murder. Something like this was inevitable under this administration. It’s going to keep happening.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
It was murder. Something like this was inevitable under this administration. It’s going to keep happening.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
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“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.” - Hannah Arendt
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 9:03 PM
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.” - Hannah Arendt
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Unreal how many Democrats—politicians, pundits, posters, etc—advocate complacency on the grounds that they won't get Republicans to remove Trump.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
January 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Unreal how many Democrats—politicians, pundits, posters, etc—advocate complacency on the grounds that they won't get Republicans to remove Trump.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
Yes, you draw public attention to Trump malfeasance, make Republicans publicly defend it, and distract the regime, but don't get Trump out of office. OK.
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Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
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This is from one month ago.
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
This is from one month ago.
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Reminder: GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany voted to overturn 2020 presidential election
www.wispolitics.com/... #wipolitics
www.wispolitics.com/... #wipolitics
WisDems: REMINDER: GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany voted to overturn 2020 presidential election
MADISON, Wis. — Tom Tiffany is an unapologetic election denier who has spent years spreading Donald Trump’s false election conspiracy theories and will stop at nothing to force his radical agenda on Wisconsin. Tiffany voted to overturn President Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania...
www.wispolitics.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Reminder: GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany voted to overturn 2020 presidential election
www.wispolitics.com/... #wipolitics
www.wispolitics.com/... #wipolitics
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From @ernietedeschi.bsky.social on the extremely bad site: very easy to see how tariffs are affecting goods
January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
From @ernietedeschi.bsky.social on the extremely bad site: very easy to see how tariffs are affecting goods
So, who's up for subsidizing Big Oil? When Trump says that the U.S. government may reimburse oil companies, he means *taxpayers*. #Trump #BigOil
Trump says the U.S. may reimburse oil companies for rebuilding Venezuela's infrastructure
Big oil firms will either "get reimbursed by us or through revenue," Trump told NBC News in an exclusive interview.
www.nbcnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Josh Marshall @ TPM on Venezuela Regime Change and the Theater of the Absurd talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/venez... #Venezuela #Trump
January 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Josh Marshall @ TPM on Venezuela Regime Change and the Theater of the Absurd talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/venez... #Venezuela #Trump
True. Here in the American Midwest, the average MAGA voter *does* have a might-makes-right outlook, but it's not tied to any IR theory. Household, town, state, nation, world beyond — it's the same approach from nearest to farthest. Hit your child, hit your neighbor, hit someone abroad: same.
All of MAGA basically has a foreign policy understanding that is based on a misreading and misinterpretation of realist IR theory.
"I can do what I want. Because I strong. Ooooga Boooga."
It is really that stupid and destructive.
"I can do what I want. Because I strong. Ooooga Boooga."
It is really that stupid and destructive.
US views on foreign policy can be summed up by this Matt Walsh tweet
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
True. Here in the American Midwest, the average MAGA voter *does* have a might-makes-right outlook, but it's not tied to any IR theory. Household, town, state, nation, world beyond — it's the same approach from nearest to farthest. Hit your child, hit your neighbor, hit someone abroad: same.
Trump creates his own, reverse Domino Theory #Trump
Which Countries Will Trump Invade Next? He’s Given Us a Guide.
The reasons he listed for toppling Venezuela’s Maduro apply just as well to many other governments.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Trump creates his own, reverse Domino Theory #Trump
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👇🎯 Once again, I will table my deeply unpopular view that the thing everyone needs to spend less time pondering is the end of 🇺🇸 power/hegemony & the thing everyone needs to spend more time pondering is the increasingly authoritarian nature & unilateral abuse of 🇺🇸 power/hegemony.
Echo of @adamposen.bsky.social pieces describing how the US has moved from providing global public goods insurance to attempting to extract resources, for public and private [Trump family and those who secure a connection] purposes.
"As far as Donald Trump is concerned, global security is a protection racket and everyone is going to have to pay more."
Stunning interview with Europe security expert, formerly at the State Dept and NATO, Dr Terra.
Clearest explanation of Trump's (very confused) new global manifesto.
Stunning interview with Europe security expert, formerly at the State Dept and NATO, Dr Terra.
Clearest explanation of Trump's (very confused) new global manifesto.
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
👇🎯 Once again, I will table my deeply unpopular view that the thing everyone needs to spend less time pondering is the end of 🇺🇸 power/hegemony & the thing everyone needs to spend more time pondering is the increasingly authoritarian nature & unilateral abuse of 🇺🇸 power/hegemony.
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Even worse, different members of the Trump administration have different things in mind. To the extent Rubio, Hegseth, and Trump have put any strategic thought into Venezuela, it's with different goals and different understandings of what matters in the situation. So the whole is even less coherent.
i think people are wildly overestimating the level of strategic thinking behind what just happened in venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Even worse, different members of the Trump administration have different things in mind. To the extent Rubio, Hegseth, and Trump have put any strategic thought into Venezuela, it's with different goals and different understandings of what matters in the situation. So the whole is even less coherent.
Only if "exact opposite" now means even less likely to succeed. #Hegseth #Venezuela
Pete Hegseth says U.S. intervention in Venezuela is "exact opposite" of Iraq
"We spent decades and decades and purchased in blood, and got nothing economically in return, and President Trump flips the script," Pete Hegseth said.
www.cbsnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Only if "exact opposite" now means even less likely to succeed. #Hegseth #Venezuela
Trump ups his mendacity game with a whole new round of falsehoods, Venezuela Edition. #Trump #Venezuela
FACT FOCUS: Trump repeats false claims as he discusses US raid to extract Venezuela's president
President Donald Trump has held a news conference to explain a U.S. raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
apnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Trump ups his mendacity game with a whole new round of falsehoods, Venezuela Edition. #Trump #Venezuela
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A war at home has become a war abroad. No one should be surprised. This was never about drugs, oil, or competence.
It began on 1.20.25 *inside the United States* and now spills outward to Venezuela. 1/2 #Authoritarianism
It began on 1.20.25 *inside the United States* and now spills outward to Venezuela. 1/2 #Authoritarianism
January 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
A war at home has become a war abroad. No one should be surprised. This was never about drugs, oil, or competence.
It began on 1.20.25 *inside the United States* and now spills outward to Venezuela. 1/2 #Authoritarianism
It began on 1.20.25 *inside the United States* and now spills outward to Venezuela. 1/2 #Authoritarianism
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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...
A war at home has become a war abroad. No one should be surprised. This was never about drugs, oil, or competence.
It began on 1.20.25 *inside the United States* and now spills outward to Venezuela. 1/2 #Authoritarianism
It began on 1.20.25 *inside the United States* and now spills outward to Venezuela. 1/2 #Authoritarianism
January 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
A war at home has become a war abroad. No one should be surprised. This was never about drugs, oil, or competence.
It began on 1.20.25 *inside the United States* and now spills outward to Venezuela. 1/2 #Authoritarianism
It began on 1.20.25 *inside the United States* and now spills outward to Venezuela. 1/2 #Authoritarianism
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Important not just to name media fails but to specify how. Asking Q’s now about operational details is waste of time: the immediate questions are about Trump’s occupation plans. The investigative questions about Trump business allies remain the same.
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Important not just to name media fails but to specify how. Asking Q’s now about operational details is waste of time: the immediate questions are about Trump’s occupation plans. The investigative questions about Trump business allies remain the same.
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rubio pretty much believes in a reverse domino theory for latin america and since he is effectively running foreign policy in the region i would expect him to see cuba as his next target
And I don’t want to sound conspiratorial, but if they feel like they can do this in Venezuela without any serious consequences, they’re absolutely going to try it in Cuba too.
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
rubio pretty much believes in a reverse domino theory for latin america and since he is effectively running foreign policy in the region i would expect him to see cuba as his next target
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Trump has run the United States into the ground and now he thinks he can run Venezuela?!
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Trump has run the United States into the ground and now he thinks he can run Venezuela?!
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1. Yes, Trump launching a new military operation overseas without Congress’ prior declaration of war or authorization of force is almost certainly unlawful.
2. No, there is no real chance the courts will stop it.
Unfortunately our Constitution means little when the judiciary won’t enforce it.
2. No, there is no real chance the courts will stop it.
Unfortunately our Constitution means little when the judiciary won’t enforce it.
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
1. Yes, Trump launching a new military operation overseas without Congress’ prior declaration of war or authorization of force is almost certainly unlawful.
2. No, there is no real chance the courts will stop it.
Unfortunately our Constitution means little when the judiciary won’t enforce it.
2. No, there is no real chance the courts will stop it.
Unfortunately our Constitution means little when the judiciary won’t enforce it.
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The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
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Wrote up some quick thoughts on the day's mini-debate on here about the extent to which Trump voters were voting for the sort of mass deportations that are now underway. www.pbump.net/o/did-trump-...
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wrote up some quick thoughts on the day's mini-debate on here about the extent to which Trump voters were voting for the sort of mass deportations that are now underway. www.pbump.net/o/did-trump-...