Martha
@marthaier.bsky.social
I love dogs, horses and all animals. I understand them but people not so much. Disabled Vietnam Veteran's wife. We're not going back! Happily married for 52 years! 💙 Please no DM. 💙🌍☮️ #StandWithUkraine @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org
Reposted by Martha
Donald Trump's reckless, inhumane immigration raids have destroyed communities and have had massive negative impacts on efforts to rebuild from the LA fires.
His actions have been disastrous across the board.
His actions have been disastrous across the board.
January 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Donald Trump's reckless, inhumane immigration raids have destroyed communities and have had massive negative impacts on efforts to rebuild from the LA fires.
His actions have been disastrous across the board.
His actions have been disastrous across the board.
Reposted by Martha
"Vance wrote, 'You don’t get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US because you live in a palace in Caracas.'
OK? But apparently you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US if you’re a foreign head of state with ties to Trump’s inner circle..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
OK? But apparently you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US if you’re a foreign head of state with ties to Trump’s inner circle..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
After Venezuela operation, Trump haunted by his pardon for Honduran drug trafficker
Two Latin American strongmen were charged with drug trafficking. One was captured as part of a military raid, the other is free thanks to a Trump pardon.
www.ms.now
January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Vance wrote, 'You don’t get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US because you live in a palace in Caracas.'
OK? But apparently you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US if you’re a foreign head of state with ties to Trump’s inner circle..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
OK? But apparently you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US if you’re a foreign head of state with ties to Trump’s inner circle..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Reposted by Martha
Trump has dragged America into what could be a very long and violent conflict in Venezuela.
His warmongering will only enrich the military-industrial complex at everyone else's expense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnR84h7t5kI
His warmongering will only enrich the military-industrial complex at everyone else's expense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnR84h7t5kI
The Military-Industrial Drain | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Trump has dragged America into what could be a very long and violent conflict in Venezuela.
His warmongering will only enrich the military-industrial complex at everyone else's expense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnR84h7t5kI
His warmongering will only enrich the military-industrial complex at everyone else's expense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnR84h7t5kI
Reposted by Martha
Trump told the oil companies about the Venezuela plan, but neglected to tell Congress. This invasion isn’t about protecting Americans, it’s military assistance for big oil and his billionaire friends.
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Trump told the oil companies about the Venezuela plan, but neglected to tell Congress. This invasion isn’t about protecting Americans, it’s military assistance for big oil and his billionaire friends.
Reposted by Martha
If U.S. foreign policy is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t get to control, then we have a far bigger problem than Venezuela.
World affairs cannot be run by wounded pride.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
World affairs cannot be run by wounded pride.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
A Nobel Prize, a Bruised Ego, and the Danger of Letting Trump Run the World
If U.S. policy toward Venezuela is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t control, then the problem isn’t strategy—it’s his fitness to wield power at all.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
If U.S. foreign policy is being shaped by Donald Trump’s resentment over a Nobel Peace Prize he didn’t get to control, then we have a far bigger problem than Venezuela.
World affairs cannot be run by wounded pride.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
World affairs cannot be run by wounded pride.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Reposted by Martha
Bruce Springsteen started from very humble beginnings on the Jersey Shore. His #CupOfJoe is full of those values.
Rise up. Let freedom ring.
Rise up. Let freedom ring.
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen started from very humble beginnings on the Jersey Shore. His #CupOfJoe is full of those values.
Rise up. Let freedom ring.
Rise up. Let freedom ring.
Reposted by Martha
As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance.
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
January 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance.
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
Reposted by Martha
Insurance premiums doubled overnight for millions of Americans on January 1.
Over half of ACA marketplace enrollees say they’d go without insurance if premiums double. I’m one of them. We canceled our policy.
$3,000 a month isn’t health care. It’s a shakedown.
@democrats.senate.gov
Over half of ACA marketplace enrollees say they’d go without insurance if premiums double. I’m one of them. We canceled our policy.
$3,000 a month isn’t health care. It’s a shakedown.
@democrats.senate.gov
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Insurance premiums doubled overnight for millions of Americans on January 1.
Over half of ACA marketplace enrollees say they’d go without insurance if premiums double. I’m one of them. We canceled our policy.
$3,000 a month isn’t health care. It’s a shakedown.
@democrats.senate.gov
Over half of ACA marketplace enrollees say they’d go without insurance if premiums double. I’m one of them. We canceled our policy.
$3,000 a month isn’t health care. It’s a shakedown.
@democrats.senate.gov
Reposted by Martha
President Trump’s raised prices with his tariff taxes, shut down the government, allowed healthcare costs to skyrocket — meanwhile he’s sending your tax $ abroad to bail out Argentina & wants to “run” Venezuela to help his buddies in the oil industry.
So much for America first.
So much for America first.
January 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
President Trump’s raised prices with his tariff taxes, shut down the government, allowed healthcare costs to skyrocket — meanwhile he’s sending your tax $ abroad to bail out Argentina & wants to “run” Venezuela to help his buddies in the oil industry.
So much for America first.
So much for America first.
Reposted by Martha
New in PN: Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path
"As Elizabeth Saunders said, 'we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship' — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
"As Elizabeth Saunders said, 'we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship' — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path
He got a taste of violence and clearly wants more.
www.publicnotice.co
January 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
New in PN: Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path
"As Elizabeth Saunders said, 'we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship' — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
"As Elizabeth Saunders said, 'we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship' — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
Reposted by Martha
Is it not clear that a muted response to Venezuela—a failure to push back by those with powerful platforms—will further convince Trump he can keep going & invade another country?
Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...
Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...
This Is What Happens When America Goes Mad
Vote in Donald Trump, surround him with sycophants, expect an insane circus. The lawlessness and chaos was so knowable, alas.
www.americaamerica.news
January 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Is it not clear that a muted response to Venezuela—a failure to push back by those with powerful platforms—will further convince Trump he can keep going & invade another country?
Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...
Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...
Reposted by Martha
When oil and tech CEOs are in the loop about his plans to invade a sovereign nation and Congress isn’t, that’s all you need to know about the legitimacy of his actions.
January 5, 2026 at 10:55 AM
When oil and tech CEOs are in the loop about his plans to invade a sovereign nation and Congress isn’t, that’s all you need to know about the legitimacy of his actions.
Reposted by Martha
And there it is.
It was never about drugs.
It was never about drugs.
Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
January 5, 2026 at 6:12 AM
And there it is.
It was never about drugs.
It was never about drugs.
Reposted by Martha
Trump just issued threats to attack Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Iran, Venezuela (again), and Greenland (which would be an attack on all of NATO).
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Trump just issued threats to attack Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Iran, Venezuela (again), and Greenland (which would be an attack on all of NATO).
Reposted by Martha
Every day that the pushback by Congress is muted, the more we can be sure Trump will take it asa green light to invade another country.
January 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Every day that the pushback by Congress is muted, the more we can be sure Trump will take it asa green light to invade another country.
Reposted by Martha
Now Trump says "we" need Greenland.
Well done weak European leaders who tepidly criticized/welcomed Trump’s invasion of Venezuela yesterday.
You're next.
Well done weak European leaders who tepidly criticized/welcomed Trump’s invasion of Venezuela yesterday.
You're next.
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Now Trump says "we" need Greenland.
Well done weak European leaders who tepidly criticized/welcomed Trump’s invasion of Venezuela yesterday.
You're next.
Well done weak European leaders who tepidly criticized/welcomed Trump’s invasion of Venezuela yesterday.
You're next.
Reposted by Martha
That Donald Trump did not wake up today impeached for the third time is a disgrace to the United States, our democracy, and our Constitution.
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
That Donald Trump did not wake up today impeached for the third time is a disgrace to the United States, our democracy, and our Constitution.
Reposted by Martha
Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
Reposted by Martha
Sen. Van Hollen: "You don't invade a country to grab their natural resources…I think it's outrageous that the President of the United States puts American lives at risk so big American oil companies and his billionaire buddies can profit."
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Sen. Van Hollen: "You don't invade a country to grab their natural resources…I think it's outrageous that the President of the United States puts American lives at risk so big American oil companies and his billionaire buddies can profit."
Reposted by Martha
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.
Reposted by Martha
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
Reposted by Martha
Reposted by Martha
My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.
Reposted by Martha
Maduro's not a good guy, agreed. But neither is Putin, and Trump rolled out the red fucking carpet for him. It's not about dope, it's about oil (which kinda IS dope).
Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.
Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Maduro's not a good guy, agreed. But neither is Putin, and Trump rolled out the red fucking carpet for him. It's not about dope, it's about oil (which kinda IS dope).
Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.
Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.
Reposted by Martha
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.