Toni Salazar L., PhD 🧿🇲🇽
@mexhistorian.bsky.social
Historian, Modern Mexico. 🇲🇽 MLIS 📚
Chicagoan
Disgruntled Metroplexual
Tavern-style only🍕
White Sox ⚾️
Sheltie lover🐶
Cat lady🐈⬛
ADHD 💊
BC survivor 🎀 FCK CNCR
D&D 🎲 🐉 🗡️
MST3K 🛰️❤️
DayZ 🎮
Chicagoan
Disgruntled Metroplexual
Tavern-style only🍕
White Sox ⚾️
Sheltie lover🐶
Cat lady🐈⬛
ADHD 💊
BC survivor 🎀 FCK CNCR
D&D 🎲 🐉 🗡️
MST3K 🛰️❤️
DayZ 🎮
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The legal justification the WH gave us for attacking Venezuelan boats in int’l waters without Congressional approval was weak, and exposes the WH and military staff to domestic and international criminal prosecution. They have not even sought to justify strikes within Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The legal justification the WH gave us for attacking Venezuelan boats in int’l waters without Congressional approval was weak, and exposes the WH and military staff to domestic and international criminal prosecution. They have not even sought to justify strikes within Venezuela.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.
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Are we supposed to call our reps and tell them we don’t like when the president engages in overt war crimes, or can we trust them to get there on their own?
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Are we supposed to call our reps and tell them we don’t like when the president engages in overt war crimes, or can we trust them to get there on their own?
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I can't believe the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize would do this.
Not now, Nancy!
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Not now, Nancy!
A real Peace President. 🙄
January 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
A real Peace President. 🙄
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If anyone needs a place to start learning about the long, intertwined history of the US and Latin America, Greg Grandin's America, América is pretty good.
America, América: A New History of the New World
A New History of the New World
bookshop.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
If anyone needs a place to start learning about the long, intertwined history of the US and Latin America, Greg Grandin's America, América is pretty good.
Has Maduro’s capture been verified? It’s hard to believe anything he says.
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Has Maduro’s capture been verified? It’s hard to believe anything he says.
(Wakes up in Latin American historian 😣)
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
(Wakes up in Latin American historian 😣)
I wonder if Chuck Schumer will get up and pen a strongly-worded letter this morning about this mess? 🧐🫠
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I wonder if Chuck Schumer will get up and pen a strongly-worded letter this morning about this mess? 🧐🫠
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We’re gonna need something more than concern from politicians. We are so so so far past that.
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We’re gonna need something more than concern from politicians. We are so so so far past that.
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2026 has been a long year.
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
2026 has been a long year.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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overthrowing govs, sending people to detention facilities for torture, cutting taxes for the rich, slashing social spending for the poor, increasing military spending, promoting christian nationalism, demonizing gays, surveilling citizens under "national security." same old GOP.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
overthrowing govs, sending people to detention facilities for torture, cutting taxes for the rich, slashing social spending for the poor, increasing military spending, promoting christian nationalism, demonizing gays, surveilling citizens under "national security." same old GOP.
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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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I remember a couple of months ago a guy ripping me a new one for daring to suggest some members of the military would follow illegal orders. I doubt I'm gonna hear much from him today.
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I remember a couple of months ago a guy ripping me a new one for daring to suggest some members of the military would follow illegal orders. I doubt I'm gonna hear much from him today.
We’ve launched an attack on another country and kidnapped their president. I guess now the price of eggs is sure to come down. 😡 😡 😡
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
We’ve launched an attack on another country and kidnapped their president. I guess now the price of eggs is sure to come down. 😡 😡 😡
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Good live blog on WTF is going on in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Good live blog on WTF is going on in Venezuela.
Doubling down and calling it “crap”.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Doubling down and calling it “crap”.
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ICE is gross. In a lawsuit over inhumane detention conditions on floor 6 of ICE building in San Francisco resulted in a preliminary injunction. So ICE moved detainees to floor 5, claiming that skirts the injunction. Judge says, no way.
www.courthousenews.com/judge-rips-t...
www.courthousenews.com/judge-rips-t...
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
ICE is gross. In a lawsuit over inhumane detention conditions on floor 6 of ICE building in San Francisco resulted in a preliminary injunction. So ICE moved detainees to floor 5, claiming that skirts the injunction. Judge says, no way.
www.courthousenews.com/judge-rips-t...
www.courthousenews.com/judge-rips-t...
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/