the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)
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the venezuelan opposition desperately wants to be the aristocracy of a US-backed junta. absolute frauds
Marina Corina Machado was just on Hannity's show effusively kissing up to Trump, including offering to share the Nobel Prize with him
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
the venezuelan opposition desperately wants to be the aristocracy of a US-backed junta. absolute frauds
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Okay, so, Maduro is in trouble, even if the Cartel of the Suns is fake
The issue is that the arrest of Maduro was taken from mere paper - the arrest warrant - to an actually-existing fact about the world, because Cartel de los Soles was a "real" group, and an FTO at that!
The issue is that the arrest of Maduro was taken from mere paper - the arrest warrant - to an actually-existing fact about the world, because Cartel de los Soles was a "real" group, and an FTO at that!
January 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Okay, so, Maduro is in trouble, even if the Cartel of the Suns is fake
The issue is that the arrest of Maduro was taken from mere paper - the arrest warrant - to an actually-existing fact about the world, because Cartel de los Soles was a "real" group, and an FTO at that!
The issue is that the arrest of Maduro was taken from mere paper - the arrest warrant - to an actually-existing fact about the world, because Cartel de los Soles was a "real" group, and an FTO at that!
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I am happy the consensus on this website has converged rather quickly on ”wait a minute, the democrats really could be doing more? Why aren’t they doing more?”
it’s utterly insane that while we have republicans rewriting the history of the coup they attempted, the other side is busy rewriting history to excuse their inaction. super sustainable and healthy model of politics
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I am happy the consensus on this website has converged rather quickly on ”wait a minute, the democrats really could be doing more? Why aren’t they doing more?”
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“International law is gay” does seem to be the general attitude of this administration.
right. and like it's not like they're hiding it now. all of the major pundits (knowles + walsh) basically think the takeaway from Iraq War was not that PNAC was right to want to build democracy, but a world that is explicitly built around turning America into an empire
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
“International law is gay” does seem to be the general attitude of this administration.
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It didn't disqualify him in the eyes of the people the insurrectionists were there to kill; why should it disqualify him in the eyes of the voters?
January 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
It didn't disqualify him in the eyes of the people the insurrectionists were there to kill; why should it disqualify him in the eyes of the voters?
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the amount of revisionist history about this on *our* side has been exasperating. you can’t blame this solely on the supreme court. it’s a matter of basic chronology
The failure of our elites to hold Trump accountable for January 6th is as disgraceful as what happened on that awful day.
Since 2010, 35 democratic leaders around the world have been criminally convicted. Only Trump went unpunished and unconstrained.
Now he threatens democracy at home and abroad.
Since 2010, 35 democratic leaders around the world have been criminally convicted. Only Trump went unpunished and unconstrained.
Now he threatens democracy at home and abroad.
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
the amount of revisionist history about this on *our* side has been exasperating. you can’t blame this solely on the supreme court. it’s a matter of basic chronology
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explaining to the judge that we had to redraft the indictment because the organization we accused him of being a part of, which is a designated FTO, does not actually exist but this new indictment which accuses him of being in bed with FARC/ELN is actually totally serious and real.
January 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
explaining to the judge that we had to redraft the indictment because the organization we accused him of being a part of, which is a designated FTO, does not actually exist but this new indictment which accuses him of being in bed with FARC/ELN is actually totally serious and real.
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How sad Siri play "That's What You Get" at full volume please.
Doug LaMalfa (California 1st Congressional district House Republican) just died according to Jake Sherman.
January 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM
How sad Siri play "That's What You Get" at full volume please.
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Stefanik and Mace have the opportunity to do something hilarious
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Stefanik and Mace have the opportunity to do something hilarious
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I feel like it's very important to note that the democrats passed piles of bills with a 2 vote margin in the house because for all the hate she gets here, Nancy Pelosi was actually very good at her job (whipping and counting votes)
A 2 vote margin for the GOP feels existential
A 2 vote margin for the GOP feels existential
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I feel like it's very important to note that the democrats passed piles of bills with a 2 vote margin in the house because for all the hate she gets here, Nancy Pelosi was actually very good at her job (whipping and counting votes)
A 2 vote margin for the GOP feels existential
A 2 vote margin for the GOP feels existential
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he went out on a high note btw. our best and most lethal in charge of the universe too apparently
January 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
he went out on a high note btw. our best and most lethal in charge of the universe too apparently
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For those of you playing at home, right now we have 218 R 213 D in the House. We will take back Sylvester Turner’s seat 1/31 and Mikie Sherrill’s in April. That leaves MTG’s and LaMalfa’s seats open.
Never be afraid of the Republican party, their majority is a soap bubble.
California Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died, the House of Representatives GOP said on Tuesday. He was 65… (developing story please check back for updates) - @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/d...
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
For those of you playing at home, right now we have 218 R 213 D in the House. We will take back Sylvester Turner’s seat 1/31 and Mikie Sherrill’s in April. That leaves MTG’s and LaMalfa’s seats open.
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If ilhan Omar had a "favorite philosopher" who said something like this, the media would literally hound her into resigning. But they don't even report on the fact that the sitting vice president loves this guy, a disgusting anti-semite
Quick question: what the FUCK?!?
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
If ilhan Omar had a "favorite philosopher" who said something like this, the media would literally hound her into resigning. But they don't even report on the fact that the sitting vice president loves this guy, a disgusting anti-semite
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just catching up, did we Final Destination the House GOP Caucus
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
just catching up, did we Final Destination the House GOP Caucus
one of the guys who was going to be wiped out by Prop 50.
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a rice farmer who served in political office in California for more than two decades, died suddenly, House GOP leaders say. He was 65.
GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
The sudden death of the California Republican and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation cuts the GOP's fragile House majority to 218-213, with no margin for error.
nbcnews.to
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
one of the guys who was going to be wiped out by Prop 50.
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Most men will never do half the things for a woman they love that this man will do to go to a hospital
BRAZIL'S IMPRISONED FORMER PRESIDENT BOLSONARO BEING TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TESTS AFTER FALLING, HITTING HEAD, WIFE SAYS
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Most men will never do half the things for a woman they love that this man will do to go to a hospital
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Part of police reform in the country needs to be when you arrest people on clearly spurious reasons, the police get immediately charged with 'kidnapping + abuse of authority', which bare minimum results in them never being a police officer again + restitution and jail time.
another example of our incredibly weird status quo - this happened, the cops couldn't actually charge her, and she's been confirmed as released
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 6, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Part of police reform in the country needs to be when you arrest people on clearly spurious reasons, the police get immediately charged with 'kidnapping + abuse of authority', which bare minimum results in them never being a police officer again + restitution and jail time.
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I’ve told this story multiple times but Bowie, MD was the first time I saw a fully thriving Black middle class. You had Black people shopping at Wegmans and strip malls. Federal employment offered a path to the middle class for Black people in PG County. DOGE basically wipes out that opportunity.
I’m telling you, everything this administration does is designed to completely destroy the pathways low income people have to reach the middle class
January 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I’ve told this story multiple times but Bowie, MD was the first time I saw a fully thriving Black middle class. You had Black people shopping at Wegmans and strip malls. Federal employment offered a path to the middle class for Black people in PG County. DOGE basically wipes out that opportunity.
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Do you ever think about how in sci fi, space forces often have navy ranks and traditions, but in real life it’s always army because they come from air forces? What do you think happened in the history of all these fictional space forces that made them turn into space navies?
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Do you ever think about how in sci fi, space forces often have navy ranks and traditions, but in real life it’s always army because they come from air forces? What do you think happened in the history of all these fictional space forces that made them turn into space navies?
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I feel like we’ve been in that territory since the bombing of Iran but the Maduro thing put us over the edge for sure.
I think we might be a rogue state ngl
January 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I feel like we’ve been in that territory since the bombing of Iran but the Maduro thing put us over the edge for sure.
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We only have to survive 3 more years
I think we might be a rogue state ngl
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM
We only have to survive 3 more years
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"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
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Rip James Joyce you would have loved the Song of Songs bot
Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the odour of thy garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Rip James Joyce you would have loved the Song of Songs bot
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Fake judges no juries
January 6, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Fake judges no juries
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Yeah Dem voters are completely fed up with their leaders and are going to elect some shit bags like Platner to stick it to the feckless establishment
Democratic Tea Party (derogatory?)
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Yeah Dem voters are completely fed up with their leaders and are going to elect some shit bags like Platner to stick it to the feckless establishment