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NW Mississippi, Memphis-made, "knows just enough to be absolutely insufferable", if you see Roger Wicker, tell him I said he's no Thad Cochran.
NW Mississippi, Memphis-made, "knows just enough to be absolutely insufferable", if you see Roger Wicker, tell him I said he's no Thad Cochran.
Pinned
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
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So many libertarians are going to spend today complaining about the administration they voted for after claiming they had no other options.
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
So many libertarians are going to spend today complaining about the administration they voted for after claiming they had no other options.
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People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
January 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
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BASH: There's no question that Maduro was a destabilizing force in the region. People are celebrating in the streets all over. Is it fair to say there's some benefit in him not being in power?
CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country
CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
BASH: There's no question that Maduro was a destabilizing force in the region. People are celebrating in the streets all over. Is it fair to say there's some benefit in him not being in power?
CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country
CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country
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"this is a distraction from the epstein files"
the US just performed an imperialist coup of another nation and declared itself in charge for its resources
the people of venezuela just became hostages of the US government and are terrified.
it's not a distraction. it's another atrocity.
the US just performed an imperialist coup of another nation and declared itself in charge for its resources
the people of venezuela just became hostages of the US government and are terrified.
it's not a distraction. it's another atrocity.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"this is a distraction from the epstein files"
the US just performed an imperialist coup of another nation and declared itself in charge for its resources
the people of venezuela just became hostages of the US government and are terrified.
it's not a distraction. it's another atrocity.
the US just performed an imperialist coup of another nation and declared itself in charge for its resources
the people of venezuela just became hostages of the US government and are terrified.
it's not a distraction. it's another atrocity.
Her opinion on this does not edify us.
MARGE RIPS TRUMP’S 🇻🇪 ATTACK: “This is the same Washington playbook we’re so sick and tired of, that doesn’t serve the 🇺🇸 people… it serves big corporations, banks, and oil executives — our neighborhood is in the 50 United States, not the southern hemisphere.”
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Her opinion on this does not edify us.
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What the worst part of this is, @kenmartin.bsky.social had a good statement and they could have just sent this. But no we got a fundraising email.
For the love of democracy my man hire me and I will never let this happen again.
For the love of democracy my man hire me and I will never let this happen again.
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
What the worst part of this is, @kenmartin.bsky.social had a good statement and they could have just sent this. But no we got a fundraising email.
For the love of democracy my man hire me and I will never let this happen again.
For the love of democracy my man hire me and I will never let this happen again.
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This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.
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An 80 year old pervert going on TV to slur monotonously about the illegal invasion he just did. The logical endpoint of our political development over the last 50 years
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
An 80 year old pervert going on TV to slur monotonously about the illegal invasion he just did. The logical endpoint of our political development over the last 50 years
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Other democratic senators and reps have weighed in. But silence from the House and Senate leaders.
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Other democratic senators and reps have weighed in. But silence from the House and Senate leaders.
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if rally effects lasted george hw bush would have won and served a second term
The big variable is *not* success or failure of the military action; it's the out-party's reaction. Which in this case has started out pretty negative.
That's short-run. Medium run, which typically comes quickly, is that rally effects don't last.
That's short-run. Medium run, which typically comes quickly, is that rally effects don't last.
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
if rally effects lasted george hw bush would have won and served a second term
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If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….
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They know how to break things, yet have no more idea how to conduct a war than they know how to actually govern. They'll just keep killing more people (fast and slow) and miming spectacle until we stop them.
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 AM
They know how to break things, yet have no more idea how to conduct a war than they know how to actually govern. They'll just keep killing more people (fast and slow) and miming spectacle until we stop them.
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And I should note that with their exceptions to habeus corpus or jury trial, you're screwed, because that is the last line of defense
"I'm a citizen," you yell, but no one except laughing fascist guards are there to hear it. You have no one to appeal your fate to except the humanity of the inhumane
"I'm a citizen," you yell, but no one except laughing fascist guards are there to hear it. You have no one to appeal your fate to except the humanity of the inhumane
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
And I should note that with their exceptions to habeus corpus or jury trial, you're screwed, because that is the last line of defense
"I'm a citizen," you yell, but no one except laughing fascist guards are there to hear it. You have no one to appeal your fate to except the humanity of the inhumane
"I'm a citizen," you yell, but no one except laughing fascist guards are there to hear it. You have no one to appeal your fate to except the humanity of the inhumane
I'm struggling to understand why the news media thinks that the opinion of Marjorie Taylor Greene on the invasion of Venezuela would make me feel more informed.
January 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I'm struggling to understand why the news media thinks that the opinion of Marjorie Taylor Greene on the invasion of Venezuela would make me feel more informed.
This is the kind of thing that I get from NPR now. People say. Fascinating.
Trump's decision to depose Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has drawn praise inside the U.S., especially from Republican leaders. But the invasion also faces significant opposition from elected officials across the political spectrum.
Here's a partial list of U.S. elected officials opposing Trump's invasion of Venezuela
Trump's decision to depose Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has drawn praise inside the U.S., especially from Republican leaders. But the invasion also faces significant opposition from elected officials across the political spectrum.
n.pr
January 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is the kind of thing that I get from NPR now. People say. Fascinating.
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A “Secretary of State” who’s not read into the pardon of a foreign head of state sitting in an American prison is not the Secretary of State.
So you can stop interviewing him. (Again.)
So you can stop interviewing him. (Again.)
RUBIO: Maduro was indicted. Nobody ever did anything about it.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hernandez was convicted by a jury
RUBIO: The pardon authority is something I'm not involved in
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support it?
RUBIO: I wasn't involved in those deliberations. I haven't looked at the case file.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hernandez was convicted by a jury
RUBIO: The pardon authority is something I'm not involved in
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support it?
RUBIO: I wasn't involved in those deliberations. I haven't looked at the case file.
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
A “Secretary of State” who’s not read into the pardon of a foreign head of state sitting in an American prison is not the Secretary of State.
So you can stop interviewing him. (Again.)
So you can stop interviewing him. (Again.)
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Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
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And this ties to how Republicans are just treated as forces of nature, not actual people making decisions.
Democrats created a program that cut child poverty in half, and then it ended because like 2 Democrats and EVERY REPUBLICAN voted not to extend it.
Social media's response? "FUCKIN' DEMS"
Democrats created a program that cut child poverty in half, and then it ended because like 2 Democrats and EVERY REPUBLICAN voted not to extend it.
Social media's response? "FUCKIN' DEMS"
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
And this ties to how Republicans are just treated as forces of nature, not actual people making decisions.
Democrats created a program that cut child poverty in half, and then it ended because like 2 Democrats and EVERY REPUBLICAN voted not to extend it.
Social media's response? "FUCKIN' DEMS"
Democrats created a program that cut child poverty in half, and then it ended because like 2 Democrats and EVERY REPUBLICAN voted not to extend it.
Social media's response? "FUCKIN' DEMS"
Helpful reminder that every single member of the Senate voted to confirm Rubio and I said at the time that meant they needed to be primaried and it's still true. It's only gotten more true.
We are not getting the outcome that Rubio promised or that he promised himself. We are getting the worst possible outcome for everyone except perhaps 4 members of the PSUV ruling clique and a handful of Trump cronies.
January 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Helpful reminder that every single member of the Senate voted to confirm Rubio and I said at the time that meant they needed to be primaried and it's still true. It's only gotten more true.
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They like Trump and want to help him. The "this was illegal and awful" editorial they ran this morning means nothing if they coat the front page in stories normalizing this after
The most junior copy editor at the nation’s worst college paper could find a way to squeeze “which killed an estimated 40 people” somewhere into these top 6 grafs of the NYTimes story.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.
January 4, 2026 at 5:33 AM
They like Trump and want to help him. The "this was illegal and awful" editorial they ran this morning means nothing if they coat the front page in stories normalizing this after
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So a lot of the charges against Maduro are either cocaine importation, which Trump pardoned Hernandez for, or owning machine guns, which is a constitutionally protected right in the US
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 AM
So a lot of the charges against Maduro are either cocaine importation, which Trump pardoned Hernandez for, or owning machine guns, which is a constitutionally protected right in the US
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I bet George W. feels like a chump for doing all that work to manufacture consent for the Iraq War when he could have just been like "We're invading Iraq because fuck you, that's why, do something about it"
January 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I bet George W. feels like a chump for doing all that work to manufacture consent for the Iraq War when he could have just been like "We're invading Iraq because fuck you, that's why, do something about it"
This is so inadequate and the words the American people need him to say include illegal and invasion and Iraq and never again.
Schumer: "Rubio I just heard in your interview said they're doing what's good for the American people. If they want to do what's good for the American people, it should not be some escapade in Venezuela. It should be focusing on lowering the cost of living that Americans are struggling with."
January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This is so inadequate and the words the American people need him to say include illegal and invasion and Iraq and never again.
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines