Scholar Officials for Zohran Mamdani
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In an age of Heaven's turning, the sage ruler shall preserve the land and uphold virtue.
'Heaven made the mountain
Gu Gong opened the land
The works were completed
Yet King Wen made them more grand'
'Heaven made the mountain
Gu Gong opened the land
The works were completed
Yet King Wen made them more grand'
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If you have any tips or info on Venezuela or other U.S. military activity, please text me on Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
Your anonymity will be protected
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
If you have any tips or info on Venezuela or other U.S. military activity, please text me on Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
Your anonymity will be protected
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Why do you guys think THAT MUCH oil has stayed underground, rather than being diminished rapidly by use? Because it's some of the worst fucking oil on the planet.
Sulfurous and thick, with a nasty pumping and processing cost per gallon of usable petroleum.
Sulfurous and thick, with a nasty pumping and processing cost per gallon of usable petroleum.
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Why do you guys think THAT MUCH oil has stayed underground, rather than being diminished rapidly by use? Because it's some of the worst fucking oil on the planet.
Sulfurous and thick, with a nasty pumping and processing cost per gallon of usable petroleum.
Sulfurous and thick, with a nasty pumping and processing cost per gallon of usable petroleum.
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My encounter with refusing orders wasn’t in combat, it was in an office—
BOSS: hey make a ‘trip book’ like we do for the [4-star] commander, but for his spouse, that has things like good places to shop in [foreign capital city]
ME: that sounds like using .gov resources for personal benefit sooo no
BOSS: hey make a ‘trip book’ like we do for the [4-star] commander, but for his spouse, that has things like good places to shop in [foreign capital city]
ME: that sounds like using .gov resources for personal benefit sooo no
The usual illegal order is something quite pedestrian like "spend the money anyway."
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
My encounter with refusing orders wasn’t in combat, it was in an office—
BOSS: hey make a ‘trip book’ like we do for the [4-star] commander, but for his spouse, that has things like good places to shop in [foreign capital city]
ME: that sounds like using .gov resources for personal benefit sooo no
BOSS: hey make a ‘trip book’ like we do for the [4-star] commander, but for his spouse, that has things like good places to shop in [foreign capital city]
ME: that sounds like using .gov resources for personal benefit sooo no
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Dem bigwigs are inclined to ignore this stuff from Trump, which they correctly see as provocation slop. But this instinct to turn the other cheek has failed us again and again. It has created a norm in which he can act like this. Force Republicans to talk about it. Make it uncomfortable for them.
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Dem bigwigs are inclined to ignore this stuff from Trump, which they correctly see as provocation slop. But this instinct to turn the other cheek has failed us again and again. It has created a norm in which he can act like this. Force Republicans to talk about it. Make it uncomfortable for them.
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It’s really awful that the tech platform taxis use, Curb, partnered with fascist state TV
January 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It’s really awful that the tech platform taxis use, Curb, partnered with fascist state TV
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This is a good and useful thread and a bunch of people are unreasonably angry at @sky.skymarchini.net for it, but this point - Venezuelan oil sucks and would provide limited economic value - is true.
Trump is just doing crimes for the love of the game (he should be impeached, removed and jailed).
Trump is just doing crimes for the love of the game (he should be impeached, removed and jailed).
OK, crash course in oil. Oil has two main gradings, viscosity (light or heavy) and sulfur (sweet or sour). A light (low viscosity) and sweet (low sulfur) oil is easier to process into gasoline and other products than a heavy and sour one, so the light & sweet oil commands a premium price.
I know several oil barons, I’ve had the oil and gas industry as clients in a past life: none of them want the Venezuelan oil, it’s dog shit quality and getting the PDVSA fields up to modern standards would take 20 years! It’s just trump being stuck in 1987
January 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This is a good and useful thread and a bunch of people are unreasonably angry at @sky.skymarchini.net for it, but this point - Venezuelan oil sucks and would provide limited economic value - is true.
Trump is just doing crimes for the love of the game (he should be impeached, removed and jailed).
Trump is just doing crimes for the love of the game (he should be impeached, removed and jailed).
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The latest from YouGov: "Do you think that U.S. foreign military interventions more often improve or worsen situations in the countries where they occur?"
Improve - Worsen:
All: -8
18-29: -3
30-44: -22
45-64: -4
65+: +0
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
Improve - Worsen:
All: -8
18-29: -3
30-44: -22
45-64: -4
65+: +0
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The latest from YouGov: "Do you think that U.S. foreign military interventions more often improve or worsen situations in the countries where they occur?"
Improve - Worsen:
All: -8
18-29: -3
30-44: -22
45-64: -4
65+: +0
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
Improve - Worsen:
All: -8
18-29: -3
30-44: -22
45-64: -4
65+: +0
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
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RETVRN to the Board of Directors holding the whip hand over the CEO. Abandon (and illegalize) cleverly engineered “Benevolent Dictator For Life” arrangements for any diffusely owned company with more employees than the population of a medium sized town.
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
RETVRN to the Board of Directors holding the whip hand over the CEO. Abandon (and illegalize) cleverly engineered “Benevolent Dictator For Life” arrangements for any diffusely owned company with more employees than the population of a medium sized town.
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abolish the filibuster (type 2)
January 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
abolish the filibuster (type 2)
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this is about greenland btw, for those of you who are to self absorbed to learn anything about your neighbors
minor gripe but to all the political commentators talking about usa interventionism today: stop fucking calling the only majority native population country left in the americas "white"
January 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
this is about greenland btw, for those of you who are to self absorbed to learn anything about your neighbors
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donating another $20.26 to @senadorajulie.bsky.social to teach the Senate a fucking lesson
NEW: Schumer rules out using a government shutdown as leverage on Venezuela in his press call.
"January 30 is days away," he said. "Let's first get all the facts out. That's what we're endeavoring to do right now, and our first ability to do that will be the War Powers Act of this week."
"January 30 is days away," he said. "Let's first get all the facts out. That's what we're endeavoring to do right now, and our first ability to do that will be the War Powers Act of this week."
January 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
donating another $20.26 to @senadorajulie.bsky.social to teach the Senate a fucking lesson
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oh man guys why is gustavo petro saying this is a distraction he should stop saying its a distraction or he's complicit
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:58 AM
oh man guys why is gustavo petro saying this is a distraction he should stop saying its a distraction or he's complicit
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SOCOM is pretty normal. Mostly they just do training iirc. JSOC are the guys who do most of the stuff you think of as "special operations", and I'm fine with it being disbanded.
SOCOM is a full combatant command that also has organize train equip responsibilities for SOF (like-ish a military service)
JSOC is a subunified command within SOCOM that post 9/11 was given global counterterrorism authorities
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JSOC is a subunified command within SOCOM that post 9/11 was given global counterterrorism authorities
bsky.app/profile/mike...
There's a solid argument for eliminating JSOC without functional replacement; SOCOM as a whole somewhat different story (whether we still call it SOCOM or something else)
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January 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
SOCOM is pretty normal. Mostly they just do training iirc. JSOC are the guys who do most of the stuff you think of as "special operations", and I'm fine with it being disbanded.
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some concerning news from the powers that be. we currently don’t have a Dem to run for Salt Lake County Auditor
The qualifications are below, if you or someone you know meet these qualifications get in touch asap with ddebry@utdem.org
The qualifications are below, if you or someone you know meet these qualifications get in touch asap with ddebry@utdem.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
some concerning news from the powers that be. we currently don’t have a Dem to run for Salt Lake County Auditor
The qualifications are below, if you or someone you know meet these qualifications get in touch asap with ddebry@utdem.org
The qualifications are below, if you or someone you know meet these qualifications get in touch asap with ddebry@utdem.org
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we got so played
"Senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez...have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime...funneled through intermediaries in Qatar."
Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro
Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez used Doha backchannels to offer Washington a 'Cartel Light' plan for a managed Venezuela transition that keeps chavismo in power.
www.miamiherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
we got so played
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I disagree. The text of the AUMF authorized actions against groups who planned and execute the 9/11 attacks and those who harbor them. There’s no possible way the action against Venezuela is authorized by that and Caine and other general and flag officers should be tried for dereliction of duty.
January 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I disagree. The text of the AUMF authorized actions against groups who planned and execute the 9/11 attacks and those who harbor them. There’s no possible way the action against Venezuela is authorized by that and Caine and other general and flag officers should be tried for dereliction of duty.
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Unless the "interim governing structure" is 'the Maduro regime run by Delcy Rodriguez,' they're gonna have a hard time governing much.
Either that or they have some invading to do. It is robustly unclear to me what they think they are doing or if they know.
Either that or they have some invading to do. It is robustly unclear to me what they think they are doing or if they know.
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Unless the "interim governing structure" is 'the Maduro regime run by Delcy Rodriguez,' they're gonna have a hard time governing much.
Either that or they have some invading to do. It is robustly unclear to me what they think they are doing or if they know.
Either that or they have some invading to do. It is robustly unclear to me what they think they are doing or if they know.
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So Trump has:
-illegally abducted Maduro, which the neocons love, because they want the opposition to take over
-but then left his VP, who fully supports him, in charge
-but said she would follow his orders
-but then she didn't
-and now the Venezuelan opposition is also condemning Trump
-illegally abducted Maduro, which the neocons love, because they want the opposition to take over
-but then left his VP, who fully supports him, in charge
-but said she would follow his orders
-but then she didn't
-and now the Venezuelan opposition is also condemning Trump
January 4, 2026 at 3:03 AM
So Trump has:
-illegally abducted Maduro, which the neocons love, because they want the opposition to take over
-but then left his VP, who fully supports him, in charge
-but said she would follow his orders
-but then she didn't
-and now the Venezuelan opposition is also condemning Trump
-illegally abducted Maduro, which the neocons love, because they want the opposition to take over
-but then left his VP, who fully supports him, in charge
-but said she would follow his orders
-but then she didn't
-and now the Venezuelan opposition is also condemning Trump
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no one here should confuse me with a fan of joe biden but until he absolutely fucked the duck in Gaza his foreign policy was on a path to be the best of our lifetimes and not every democrat is a biden-esque pathological zionist
I came here to say this, Joe Biden sent the head of the CIA to meet with the Brazilian Joint Chiefs to tell them not to even think of any shenanigans ahead of the vote in 2022.
As a result Bolsonaro had to pull the idiotic and ineffective Jan 8 stunt in Brasilia.
As a result Bolsonaro had to pull the idiotic and ineffective Jan 8 stunt in Brasilia.
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 AM
no one here should confuse me with a fan of joe biden but until he absolutely fucked the duck in Gaza his foreign policy was on a path to be the best of our lifetimes and not every democrat is a biden-esque pathological zionist
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the Wisconsin Idea and sewer socialism all came out of alliances between socialists and progressive Republicans (a thing that existed back then).
entirely possible that the resist libs be the 21st century version of the progressive Republicans, willing to ally with the left to beat conservatives
entirely possible that the resist libs be the 21st century version of the progressive Republicans, willing to ally with the left to beat conservatives
a generational shift in American politics is happening right now and a massive amount of the dem machine still doesn’t see it coming despite the largest mobilization org in the country openly telling its base to go join the questionable communists in anti-war protests
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
the Wisconsin Idea and sewer socialism all came out of alliances between socialists and progressive Republicans (a thing that existed back then).
entirely possible that the resist libs be the 21st century version of the progressive Republicans, willing to ally with the left to beat conservatives
entirely possible that the resist libs be the 21st century version of the progressive Republicans, willing to ally with the left to beat conservatives
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if you are lucky enough to be represented in Congress, you should do this
Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 AM
if you are lucky enough to be represented in Congress, you should do this
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This is how it's done. If incumbent Democrats won't do the job, their primary challengers can and will use this to make sure someone else does
The Republican Congress has chosen to give away its authority and power and now we are being told Trump plans to occupy Venezuela. We don't cry for Maduro. We demand the following of our laws and Constitution. He is already threatening Mexico and Cuba will be next. Ann Wagner is silent.
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This is how it's done. If incumbent Democrats won't do the job, their primary challengers can and will use this to make sure someone else does
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good shit good shit let's build that popular front
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
good shit good shit let's build that popular front
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we are going to have to put Ellison in his son in prison and they are both going to have to die there
January 4, 2026 at 2:55 AM
we are going to have to put Ellison in his son in prison and they are both going to have to die there