PJ walker
@pj1304.bsky.social
Still seeking the truth 🏳️🌈🌻🏳️⚧️
Spreading gift articles when they're worth the read.
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Trump was elected by the mis-informed, ill-informed and un-informed.
Spreading gift articles when they're worth the read.
If you "like" a post please repost. Information promotes action.
Trump was elected by the mis-informed, ill-informed and un-informed.
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If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
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It was a law enforcement operation so Senate Judiciary Committee members were ... excluded from the briefing:
January 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It was a law enforcement operation so Senate Judiciary Committee members were ... excluded from the briefing:
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
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In Moscow, grudging recognition that Trump has successfully pulled off the decapitation operation in Caracas that Putin and Gerasimov has planned in Kyiv. But a sense that this means more than ever before that Ukraine is to come to Russia as part of the "grand bargain" with Trump.
From grudging respect to unease: Russia weighs up fall of Maduro
Reaction to effectiveness of US operation contrasts with loss of key ally for Putin, whose priority remains Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
In Moscow, grudging recognition that Trump has successfully pulled off the decapitation operation in Caracas that Putin and Gerasimov has planned in Kyiv. But a sense that this means more than ever before that Ukraine is to come to Russia as part of the "grand bargain" with Trump.
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Tell me why I shouldn't do an evil thing without telling me that it's evil.
See? You can't. Good is powerless.
See? You can't. Good is powerless.
Dort possesses a toddler’s understanding of national security. @mikeblack114.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Tell me why I shouldn't do an evil thing without telling me that it's evil.
See? You can't. Good is powerless.
See? You can't. Good is powerless.
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An administration that pardons insurrectionists and tells members of Congress that it's unacceptable to say soldiers can refuse to obey illegal orders
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
An administration that pardons insurrectionists and tells members of Congress that it's unacceptable to say soldiers can refuse to obey illegal orders
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There's a rising faction of the legal academy that stays quiet when their MAGAdemic colleagues produce fraudulent psuedo-scholarship in service to the cruelest aspects of Trump's agenda ... then leap in to police the discourse when their progressive colleagues criticize those MAGAdemics too bluntly.
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
There's a rising faction of the legal academy that stays quiet when their MAGAdemic colleagues produce fraudulent psuedo-scholarship in service to the cruelest aspects of Trump's agenda ... then leap in to police the discourse when their progressive colleagues criticize those MAGAdemics too bluntly.
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“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
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Has anyone written an up-to-date treatment on the application of the First Amendment to Article 88 for retired servicemembers? Or can someone point me to a well-informed smarter person who may know?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Sen. Mark Kelly will face administrative action
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Has anyone written an up-to-date treatment on the application of the First Amendment to Article 88 for retired servicemembers? Or can someone point me to a well-informed smarter person who may know?
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It hasn't been litigated because none of the recent prosecutions of retired servicemembers have relied upon Article 88. But we've raised it regularly as a reason why retirees *shouldn't* be subject to perpetual court-martial JX, and the 1A issues are ... severe:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-195-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-195-...
Bonus 195: The Mark Kelly Meshugas
Secretary Hegseth has threatened to court-martial a sitting U.S. Senator for a ... truthful video. Even though Kelly *is* subject to court-martial, such a prosecution would face insuperable obstacles.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It hasn't been litigated because none of the recent prosecutions of retired servicemembers have relied upon Article 88. But we've raised it regularly as a reason why retirees *shouldn't* be subject to perpetual court-martial JX, and the 1A issues are ... severe:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-195-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-195-...
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Judge: Are you Nicolas Madura Moros?
Maduro: [In Spanish, Inner City Press interpretation] I am the the president of Venezuela, I consider myself a prisoner of war. I was captured at my home in Caracas
Judge: Let me intervene. There will be time for this
Maduro: [In Spanish, Inner City Press interpretation] I am the the president of Venezuela, I consider myself a prisoner of war. I was captured at my home in Caracas
Judge: Let me intervene. There will be time for this
January 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Judge: Are you Nicolas Madura Moros?
Maduro: [In Spanish, Inner City Press interpretation] I am the the president of Venezuela, I consider myself a prisoner of war. I was captured at my home in Caracas
Judge: Let me intervene. There will be time for this
Maduro: [In Spanish, Inner City Press interpretation] I am the the president of Venezuela, I consider myself a prisoner of war. I was captured at my home in Caracas
Judge: Let me intervene. There will be time for this
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If you have to remind people “we are the good guys” that’s a pretty good sign you’ve stopped doing good guy stuff
Fetterman on Fox & Friends: "America is a force of good, order, and democracy. And we are promoting these kinds of values. We are the good guys."
January 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If you have to remind people “we are the good guys” that’s a pretty good sign you’ve stopped doing good guy stuff
Six Important Stories for 2026 prospect.org/2026/01/05/2...
Six Important Stories for 2026 - The American Prospect
This year, there’s a built-in understanding of the stakes, and opportunities to take back the country from its malefactors.
prospect.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Six Important Stories for 2026 prospect.org/2026/01/05/2...
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Venezuela was on my list of six important stories I'll be tracking in 2026, written several days ago.
After this weekend I moved it to the top.
But there's lots to set the table for: the midterms, AI, economic push and pull, the MAGA break with Trump, and more.
prospect.org/2026/01/05/2...
After this weekend I moved it to the top.
But there's lots to set the table for: the midterms, AI, economic push and pull, the MAGA break with Trump, and more.
prospect.org/2026/01/05/2...
Six Important Stories for 2026 - The American Prospect
This year, there’s a built-in understanding of the stakes, and opportunities to take back the country from its malefactors.
prospect.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Venezuela was on my list of six important stories I'll be tracking in 2026, written several days ago.
After this weekend I moved it to the top.
But there's lots to set the table for: the midterms, AI, economic push and pull, the MAGA break with Trump, and more.
prospect.org/2026/01/05/2...
After this weekend I moved it to the top.
But there's lots to set the table for: the midterms, AI, economic push and pull, the MAGA break with Trump, and more.
prospect.org/2026/01/05/2...
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Here's the link to the story
Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela
An officer can be heard telling the woman she's being arrested for "obstructing a roadway" and "failure to obey a lawful command from a police officer."
www.wzzm13.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Here's the link to the story
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I feel like the right gets a lot more representation from their reps than liberals do. Democratic politicians always want to apologize for being liberal, and Republicans don't mind being raging assholes and don't apologize for it.
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I feel like the right gets a lot more representation from their reps than liberals do. Democratic politicians always want to apologize for being liberal, and Republicans don't mind being raging assholes and don't apologize for it.