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Edmundo González Urrutia won the 2024 election in Venezuela. He was the choice of the people.

The Maduro-Delcy Rodríguez ticket stole power instead.

Now Trump says he is freeing the Venezuelan people by making Rodríguez his puppet.

So no, there is *nothing* to celebrate today.
January 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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President Trump, "I'm not going to start a war, I'm going to stop wars"

"No more wars, no more disruption"

"Under Trump we will have no wars, no more disruptions"

"I am the candidate of peace, I am peace"
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Good to see the Kennedy Center has lined up some top talent to replace the lily livered wokesters cancelling because of Trump
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Has a single day gone by without Trump embarrassing himself and America? How can even his most loyal courtiers support this cowardly cretin? His pathetic subservience to Putin shames the USA

news.sky.com/story/its-ea...
It's easy to get lost in multi-point plans and spin - but Zelenskyy's reaction to Trump said it all
The Mar-a-Lago meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not materially move things forward, but there were some notable takeaways - and no bust-up like the infamous Oval Office encount...
news.sky.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Notorious racist Brigitte Bardot dies: proof that a lifetime of achievement can be undone by intolerance

www.vogue.co.uk/article/brig...
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Brigitte Bardot?
A new TV series about Brigitte Bardot’s life is in the works – despite the fact that the actor has been fined no less than six times for making racist comments.
www.vogue.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Mark Zuckerberg settles $8bn lawsuit to avoid testifying under oath over Cambridge Analytica and walks away without public accountability

This is surveillance capitalism in action: law-breaking treated as cost of doing business, executives shielded, power untouched.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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This is the official “Who did I miss off?” #sgtpepper2025 thread. I started the update with all the obvious ones last night but I’m sure there’s a few I’ve missed. Replying does not guarantee inclusion and please try not to come across as aggressive or entitled xxx
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Top tip - Avoid ruining a fantastic legacy and all your obituaries by not becoming a terrible bigot in later life.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
French actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91
The actress revolutionised French cinema in the 1950s, but became increasingly controversial in her later years.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Northern Ireland is now the only part of the UK where hunting wild animals with dogs remains legal. In 2021 a bill was brought forward to change this. The bill was defeated. Every Sinn Féin MLA voted against it. Why?

Via @sluggerotoolepols.bsky.social

sluggerotoole.com/2025/12/26/f...
Fox Hunting and Political Evasion
Boxing Day is a significant date in the fox-hunting calendar. Foxes are unaware of this, moving through hedgerows and fields largely unseen, doing what wild animals do in winter, trying to survive. Me...
sluggerotoole.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A whole generation of Americans haven't heard rapist Trump's grab em by the pussy tape

youtu.be/WAJDB4zKoZw?...
Trump. Grab em by the Pussy. (Uncensored)
YouTube video by STEM=MONEY
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Earlier this month, after Trump blasted "60 Minutes" for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes. "Bari Weiss got personally involved," specifically with stories about politics, a source at the program says.
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Oh yeah Global TV (in Canada or by VPN) has the full uncut 60 Minutes story on its 60 Minutes rebroadcast. CBS must have sent them the original tape.
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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these documents are more blacked out than Pete Hegseth on New Years Eve
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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This is Nigel Tufnel math.
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you

LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times

F: Not a 600% cut

L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Why on earth do 41% of Americans still approve of Trump? Yes his approval ratings are tanking but 41%? Bloody hell America. Wake up before it's too late

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump's approval rating underwater in final 2025 poll
Donald Trump will end 2025 with a net approval rating of -9 percentage points, according to pollsters.
www.newsweek.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.
Breaking news: The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has voted to rename the storied arts institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Kennedy Center trustees, installed earlier this year by President Trump, have voted to rename the center after him, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The president is wrecking yet another Washington institution.

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Trump Awards Himself Tasteless Kennedy Center Christmas Gift
The president is wrecking yet another Washington institution.
trib.al
December 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Oh, that’s really going to boost the Kennedy Center’s plummeting ticket sales since the Trump takeover. 🙄
December 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Hideous"

@mrjamesob.bsky.social on that hideous Rob Reiner tweet and other Trump related insanity

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'Hideous': James O'Brien on Trump's response to Rob Reiner's death
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Absolutely glorious thread on the Telegraph's "Whisper it" series.

I would "whisper it", too, if I was putting out this much drivel...
Tominey's classic 'Whisper it'
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM