YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein
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So like we’re doing the plot of Star Wars episode 1 right. Planetary shakedown. Executive hostage situation. Shaky-to-unclear motives
The president told @theatlantic.com that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump: Delcy Rodríguez Might Be Next
The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
So like we’re doing the plot of Star Wars episode 1 right. Planetary shakedown. Executive hostage situation. Shaky-to-unclear motives
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Reminder that when Obama suggested trying accused terrorists in the US, Republicans led a fake freakout crusade that this would kill vast numbers of Americans.
One of the disgusting liars saying Obama would let terrorists walk free was Liz Cheney, our great friend of democracy.
One of the disgusting liars saying Obama would let terrorists walk free was Liz Cheney, our great friend of democracy.
So I Guess Maduro Isn't as Scary a Supervilain as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, According to Republicans (new post) nomoremister.blogspot.com/2026/01/so-i...
January 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Reminder that when Obama suggested trying accused terrorists in the US, Republicans led a fake freakout crusade that this would kill vast numbers of Americans.
One of the disgusting liars saying Obama would let terrorists walk free was Liz Cheney, our great friend of democracy.
One of the disgusting liars saying Obama would let terrorists walk free was Liz Cheney, our great friend of democracy.
Official portrait of the viceroy
January 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Official portrait of the viceroy
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"Nobody can stop me." - The real Trump doctrine
(Thanks John Roberts!)
(Thanks John Roberts!)
Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
January 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"Nobody can stop me." - The real Trump doctrine
(Thanks John Roberts!)
(Thanks John Roberts!)
Oh so it’s government via Death Star
A former staffer said that U.S. officials would not be performing a formal occupation like in Iraq. “We’re going to tell them: ‘Hey, this is what you have to do in order for there not to be another strike. That’s what [Trump] sees as running the country.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio takes on most challenging role yet: Viceroy of Venezuela
The top U.S. diplomat has pushed for regime change for over a decade. Now the hard part begins.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Oh so it’s government via Death Star
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“Optionality”?
BRENNAN: To be clear, there is no plan for US occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people?
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
“Optionality”?
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40 dead is a small price to pay to bring peace & democracy to Venezuela. These are Serious Times & they demand Serious Men.
What's that? We didn't do any of those things? We murdered dozens of innocents to put mustache guy in handcuffs & are trying to play nice with the new dictator? haha woops
What's that? We didn't do any of those things? We murdered dozens of innocents to put mustache guy in handcuffs & are trying to play nice with the new dictator? haha woops
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM
40 dead is a small price to pay to bring peace & democracy to Venezuela. These are Serious Times & they demand Serious Men.
What's that? We didn't do any of those things? We murdered dozens of innocents to put mustache guy in handcuffs & are trying to play nice with the new dictator? haha woops
What's that? We didn't do any of those things? We murdered dozens of innocents to put mustache guy in handcuffs & are trying to play nice with the new dictator? haha woops
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Always interesting to contrast how this nation, particularly its right-wing, reacted to black people dying from crack in the 1980s vs white people dying from fentanyl and opioids today.
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Always interesting to contrast how this nation, particularly its right-wing, reacted to black people dying from crack in the 1980s vs white people dying from fentanyl and opioids today.
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I don’t think we should let Epstein and healthcare costs be a distraction from the whole illegal war thing tbh
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 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I don’t think we should let Epstein and healthcare costs be a distraction from the whole illegal war thing tbh
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It’s not a distraction they’re just fascist
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to distract people, he invaded Poland because he wanted to occupy Poland
Begging even good Democrats to call a spade a goddamn spade
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to distract people, he invaded Poland because he wanted to occupy Poland
Begging even good Democrats to call a spade a goddamn spade
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 4, 2026 at 1:37 AM
It’s not a distraction they’re just fascist
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to distract people, he invaded Poland because he wanted to occupy Poland
Begging even good Democrats to call a spade a goddamn spade
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to distract people, he invaded Poland because he wanted to occupy Poland
Begging even good Democrats to call a spade a goddamn spade
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Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
January 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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One reason Trump 1.0 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was pretty successful maintaining bipartisan support for NASA, including Biden keeping Artemis, was Bridenstine stayed clear of unnecessary chest-thumping, attack-dog, or controversial political statements
January 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
One reason Trump 1.0 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was pretty successful maintaining bipartisan support for NASA, including Biden keeping Artemis, was Bridenstine stayed clear of unnecessary chest-thumping, attack-dog, or controversial political statements
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You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
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one of the dumbest parts of this is the idea that oil producers actually want their holdings in venezeula back, which they do not. it’s a war for oil no one really wants.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
one of the dumbest parts of this is the idea that oil producers actually want their holdings in venezeula back, which they do not. it’s a war for oil no one really wants.
OuTcOmEs oVeR pRoCeSs
Self-described “Strategist” admits The Law is tiresome and only serves to encumber the great men of history.
Tomorrow, Greenland. Next month, Ottawa.
NDU is a joke, but Georgetown shouldn’t allow these kinds of people to walk its halls, much less instruct its students.
Tomorrow, Greenland. Next month, Ottawa.
NDU is a joke, but Georgetown shouldn’t allow these kinds of people to walk its halls, much less instruct its students.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
OuTcOmEs oVeR pRoCeSs
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This is the goal make no mistake about it.
January 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is the goal make no mistake about it.
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They just cannot help but tell everyone exactly what they are doing and why and the credulous people in congress and the media wont stop laying out the pretexts that the gov doesn’t even bother with itself
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
They just cannot help but tell everyone exactly what they are doing and why and the credulous people in congress and the media wont stop laying out the pretexts that the gov doesn’t even bother with itself
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look at some point you gotta face the fact that not everything is a distraction from everything else and there’s just a lot of bad stuff going on all the time
Schumer: "It makes you think that maybe to Trump he wants to distract the American people, as he always does, from the skyrocketing costs they are facing, from the Epstein files."
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
look at some point you gotta face the fact that not everything is a distraction from everything else and there’s just a lot of bad stuff going on all the time
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This is definitely not a SCIF and, among many other things, this alone is a major national security breach. Random third rate intelligence agencies would have known about this attack before Congressional leaders did.
Trump is posting a bunch of photos without captions, presumably of him watching the Maduro kidnapping.
Is this the inside of a SCIF at Mar-a-Lago or did they just toss up some pipe and drape?
Is this the inside of a SCIF at Mar-a-Lago or did they just toss up some pipe and drape?
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is definitely not a SCIF and, among many other things, this alone is a major national security breach. Random third rate intelligence agencies would have known about this attack before Congressional leaders did.
Masculine virtues have been usurped by aesthetics, chauvinistic identity politics, and testosterone worship, exhibit 237
January 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Masculine virtues have been usurped by aesthetics, chauvinistic identity politics, and testosterone worship, exhibit 237
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"X, the everything app (everything includes a SCIF)"
They’ve got Twitter up on the big screens in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago makeshift “situation room.”
Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"X, the everything app (everything includes a SCIF)"
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Being profoundly upset about the 51st state stuff was not an unreasonable reaction.
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Being profoundly upset about the 51st state stuff was not an unreasonable reaction.
Oh so they really did do it for Content
It's unbelievable that people this dumb are in charge of the most powerful nation in human history
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Oh so they really did do it for Content