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The consent manufacturing has begun.
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The consent manufacturing has begun.
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“Let us not become the evil that we deplore.” -- Rep. Barbara Lee when she cast the lone vote against the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/af...
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/af...
Oct. 7, 2001: United States and U.K. Began War in Afghanistan
The United States and United Kingdom began the war in Afghanistan.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
“Let us not become the evil that we deplore.” -- Rep. Barbara Lee when she cast the lone vote against the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/af...
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/af...
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Sept. 11, 1973 a U.S.-backed coup in Chile, led by General Augusto Pinochet, ousted and led to the death of Chile’s democratically elected president, Salvador Allende.
What followed was a brutal, 17-year dictatorship by Pinochet.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
What followed was a brutal, 17-year dictatorship by Pinochet.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
Sept. 11, 1973: U.S.-Backed Coup in Chile
Chile’s democratically elected president, Salvador Allende was killed in a U.S.-backed coup.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Sept. 11, 1973 a U.S.-backed coup in Chile, led by General Augusto Pinochet, ousted and led to the death of Chile’s democratically elected president, Salvador Allende.
What followed was a brutal, 17-year dictatorship by Pinochet.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
What followed was a brutal, 17-year dictatorship by Pinochet.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
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June 27, 1954, democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was deposed in a CIA-sponsored coup to protect United Fruit Co. profits.
Árbenz was replaced by decades of brutal U.S.-backed regimes who committed widespread torture & genocide.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
Árbenz was replaced by decades of brutal U.S.-backed regimes who committed widespread torture & genocide.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
June 27, 1954: Elected Guatemalan Leader Overthrown in CIA-Backed Coup
Democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was deposed in a CIA-sponsored coup.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
June 27, 1954, democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was deposed in a CIA-sponsored coup to protect United Fruit Co. profits.
Árbenz was replaced by decades of brutal U.S.-backed regimes who committed widespread torture & genocide.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
Árbenz was replaced by decades of brutal U.S.-backed regimes who committed widespread torture & genocide.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
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U.S. enters decades long war in/against Vietnam in early 1950s. See graphic history below by SNCC veteran Julian Bond.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/vi...
(And check out April 13 class with historian @mattdelmont.bsky.social on "Until the Last Gun Is Silent" www.zinnedproject.org/news/until-t...)
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/vi...
(And check out April 13 class with historian @mattdelmont.bsky.social on "Until the Last Gun Is Silent" www.zinnedproject.org/news/until-t...)
Vietnam: An Antiwar Comic Book
Book — Non-fiction. By Julian Bond and illustrated by T. G. Lewis. 1967. 19 pages. This "graphic novel" from the 1960s was written to provide a critical analysis of the Vietnam War in an easy to read ...
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January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
U.S. enters decades long war in/against Vietnam in early 1950s. See graphic history below by SNCC veteran Julian Bond.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/vi...
(And check out April 13 class with historian @mattdelmont.bsky.social on "Until the Last Gun Is Silent" www.zinnedproject.org/news/until-t...)
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/vi...
(And check out April 13 class with historian @mattdelmont.bsky.social on "Until the Last Gun Is Silent" www.zinnedproject.org/news/until-t...)
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Some of many examples in U.S. history of invasion, & the devastating impact for the people. 🧵
Aug. 19, 1953, Iranian Premier was removed from power in a coup organized & financed by British & U.S. govts.
Shah quickly returned to take power & signed over 40% of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies.
Aug. 19, 1953, Iranian Premier was removed from power in a coup organized & financed by British & U.S. govts.
Shah quickly returned to take power & signed over 40% of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies.
Aug. 19, 1953: U.S. and Britain Topple Democratically Elected Government of Iran
Democratically elected Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh was removed from power in a coup.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Some of many examples in U.S. history of invasion, & the devastating impact for the people. 🧵
Aug. 19, 1953, Iranian Premier was removed from power in a coup organized & financed by British & U.S. govts.
Shah quickly returned to take power & signed over 40% of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies.
Aug. 19, 1953, Iranian Premier was removed from power in a coup organized & financed by British & U.S. govts.
Shah quickly returned to take power & signed over 40% of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies.
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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 3:56 AM
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
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Lawmakers urge an emergency War Powers vote as Trump threatens more illegal attacks and US control of Venezuela.
Democratic Lawmakers Push to Block Trump’s Unlawful War on Venezuela
Lawmakers urge an emergency War Powers vote as Trump threatens more illegal attacks and US control of Venezuela.
buff.ly
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Lawmakers urge an emergency War Powers vote as Trump threatens more illegal attacks and US control of Venezuela.
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What makes Trump's bombing of Venezuela especially cruel is we already know how his administration treats Venezuelans who are displaced. Here in Chicago, masked federal agents have been kidnapping them from the streets, abducting them from barbershops, hiring sites, their homes.
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
What makes Trump's bombing of Venezuela especially cruel is we already know how his administration treats Venezuelans who are displaced. Here in Chicago, masked federal agents have been kidnapping them from the streets, abducting them from barbershops, hiring sites, their homes.
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Tell your elected officials to do everything in their power to stand up to Trump and prevent war with Venezuela.
Email your Members of Congress: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
And call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email your Members of Congress: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
And call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Tell your elected officials to do everything in their power to stand up to Trump and prevent war with Venezuela.
Email your Members of Congress: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
And call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email your Members of Congress: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
And call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
the US government invading sovereign nations, removing heads of state and toppling governments, bombing indiscriminately and killing civilians, seizing economic resources - this has happened throughout my whole life (born at the end of 1961) THIS IS NOT OK
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
the US government invading sovereign nations, removing heads of state and toppling governments, bombing indiscriminately and killing civilians, seizing economic resources - this has happened throughout my whole life (born at the end of 1961) THIS IS NOT OK
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Baltimore Mayor: “Gun violence is a public health issue — we’re showing how to reduce violence the right way.”
January 3, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Baltimore Mayor: “Gun violence is a public health issue — we’re showing how to reduce violence the right way.”
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ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
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Across Western PA, too many people are being priced out of their homes by corporate investors who are making the housing crisis worse.
Housing is a human right––every single person deserves access to safe, dignified, affordable housing in the community they call home.
Housing is a human right––every single person deserves access to safe, dignified, affordable housing in the community they call home.
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Across Western PA, too many people are being priced out of their homes by corporate investors who are making the housing crisis worse.
Housing is a human right––every single person deserves access to safe, dignified, affordable housing in the community they call home.
Housing is a human right––every single person deserves access to safe, dignified, affordable housing in the community they call home.
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www.wbez.org/criminal-jus... - the numbers only matter in one direction.
Chicago records fewest killings since 1965, despite Trump's campaign against city
Overall crime continued to drop as the number of murders in Chicago decreased from 587 in 2024 to 416 last year, when scores of federal immigration agents flooded the city and President Trump repeated...
www.wbez.org
January 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
www.wbez.org/criminal-jus... - the numbers only matter in one direction.
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How SEPTA survived 2025 and what commuters can expect in 2026.
Philly commuters had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
www.inquirer.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
How SEPTA survived 2025 and what commuters can expect in 2026.
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What a great message to start the year with!
This is the kind of great work that @boltsmag.org does. Follow them. Support them.
You can’t fight for power if you don’t understand where it sits. Include Bolts in your citizenship toolkit.
You can’t fight for power if you don’t understand where it sits. Include Bolts in your citizenship toolkit.
State supreme courts are a battlefield for pressing issues, from abortion rights to ballot access. But do you know how your court works?
Our guide breaks down the structure and procedures of every single state’s highest court.
Our guide breaks down the structure and procedures of every single state’s highest court.
January 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
What a great message to start the year with!
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Gill on Epstein Files: I reached out to sources and they say that not only did New York send over everything they had in March, but that the entire review process—using roughly a thousand analysts from the FBI’s Information Management Division—was specifically to review the files from New York
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Gill on Epstein Files: I reached out to sources and they say that not only did New York send over everything they had in March, but that the entire review process—using roughly a thousand analysts from the FBI’s Information Management Division—was specifically to review the files from New York
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One OB-GYN has already noted “more pre-term births, more hypertension complications, and more postpartum depression.”
Pregnant Migrants May Suffer Complications From Chronic Stress of ICE Raids
One OB-GYN has already noted “more pre-term births, more hypertension complications, and more postpartum depression.”…
truthout.org
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
One OB-GYN has already noted “more pre-term births, more hypertension complications, and more postpartum depression.”
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Yards of fabric and “tariff bills in the thousands” — Erin Love, owner of Firecracker Fabrics in Morningside, walks us through the local impact of President Trump’s trade pressures.
Tariff bills are making business all-but impossible for my Morningside store
Erin Love runs Firecracker Fabrics in Morningside. Tariff bills are making her business of serving Pittsburgh’s maker community all-but impossible.
buff.ly
January 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Yards of fabric and “tariff bills in the thousands” — Erin Love, owner of Firecracker Fabrics in Morningside, walks us through the local impact of President Trump’s trade pressures.
keep up the protests/boycott. it's working
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-p...
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-p...
Tesla reports annual vehicle deliveries fall for second-straight year, Q4 results miss forecasts
Tesla's fourth quarter deliveries fell short of estimates, even after the company released numbers this week that sought to temper expectations.
finance.yahoo.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
keep up the protests/boycott. it's working
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-p...
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-p...
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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Over 20,000 immigrants were arrested in Florida in 2025
Florida’s deportation campaign arrests more than 20,000. Some had clean records
Over 20,000 immigrants were arrested in Florida in 2025
bit.ly
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Over 20,000 immigrants were arrested in Florida in 2025