Scott Whitmore
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So if a US indictment isn't enforceable outside our borders, isn't that the first thing Maduro's defense lawyers are going to raise? That he shouldn't even be in a US courtroom absent legal extradition?
Or will the judge consider it a fait accompli ... he's here so the case can proceed?
Or will the judge consider it a fait accompli ... he's here so the case can proceed?
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
So if a US indictment isn't enforceable outside our borders, isn't that the first thing Maduro's defense lawyers are going to raise? That he shouldn't even be in a US courtroom absent legal extradition?
Or will the judge consider it a fait accompli ... he's here so the case can proceed?
Or will the judge consider it a fait accompli ... he's here so the case can proceed?
Yes but the Dems won't
I don’t understand how the first reaction from leadership isn’t “This is an impeachable offense. My colleagues must defund Hegseth and begin drafting articles immediately.”
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
January 4, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Yes but the Dems won't
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You want civilian control of the military in a democracy. Well, this is it. Elect better civilians.
You want the military to be part of the checks and balances? That’s a praetorian guard.
You want the military to be part of the checks and balances? That’s a praetorian guard.
Real black pilled on the military. The oath means absolutely nothing at all, apparently. Happy to be praetorians, just as long as the check clears.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
The score should be 17-0 ....
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The score should be 17-0 ....
Has SF had the ball yet tonite?
January 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Has SF had the ball yet tonite?
I feel sorry for their kids. To have such horrible, bigoted, evil parents isn't something any child should be burdened with.
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January 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I feel sorry for their kids. To have such horrible, bigoted, evil parents isn't something any child should be burdened with.
I miss the days when these racist choads were barking their nonsense at home or in the local pull tab tavern instead
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
January 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I miss the days when these racist choads were barking their nonsense at home or in the local pull tab tavern instead
Gee, Chuck, it's not news to anyone paying attention that they lie about .... well, everything.
How fucking gullible are you?
How fucking gullible are you?
Schumer: “I was in the SCIF on 3 different occasions … I asked them: Are you pursuing regime change? Are you intent on taking military action in Venezuela?"
“And they are assured me they are not pursuing those things”
“And they are assured me they are not pursuing those things”
January 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Gee, Chuck, it's not news to anyone paying attention that they lie about .... well, everything.
How fucking gullible are you?
How fucking gullible are you?
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Venezuela didn't steal oil. It's not ours.
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Venezuela didn't steal oil. It's not ours.
Good to see
pikes place market protest, Seattle. I am guessing ~250 people, more that I couldn't get without faces
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Good to see
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This is what the oil companies bought with their support and donations: the right to be forced to lose billions in Venezuela.
Fucking greedy fucks
Fucking greedy fucks
Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This is what the oil companies bought with their support and donations: the right to be forced to lose billions in Venezuela.
Fucking greedy fucks
Fucking greedy fucks
This
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This
Germans are smart to make plans without US which is at best untrustworthy and possibly a future opponent
New German military plan views foreign sabotage as preparation for war. Blueprint details Berlin’s options in a major NATO conflict and anticipates no help from a Trump-led US following a Russian invasion. www.politico.eu/article/germ...
New German military plan views foreign sabotage as preparation for war
Blueprint details Berlin’s options in a major NATO conflict.
www.politico.eu
January 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Germans are smart to make plans without US which is at best untrustworthy and possibly a future opponent
No one should go to work on Monday.
National strike until the orange turd goes.
National strike until the orange turd goes.
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
No one should go to work on Monday.
National strike until the orange turd goes.
National strike until the orange turd goes.
This whole Russia turns a blind eye in our backyard in exchange for US abandoning Ukraine makes sense.
Cuba right now must be wondering about any security guarantees from pootin. I'd guess they mean nothing.
That's why Rubio has debased himself so much. He wants to be the "liberator" of Cuba
Cuba right now must be wondering about any security guarantees from pootin. I'd guess they mean nothing.
That's why Rubio has debased himself so much. He wants to be the "liberator" of Cuba
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This whole Russia turns a blind eye in our backyard in exchange for US abandoning Ukraine makes sense.
Cuba right now must be wondering about any security guarantees from pootin. I'd guess they mean nothing.
That's why Rubio has debased himself so much. He wants to be the "liberator" of Cuba
Cuba right now must be wondering about any security guarantees from pootin. I'd guess they mean nothing.
That's why Rubio has debased himself so much. He wants to be the "liberator" of Cuba
This may be a show for public consumption or taco lied earlier. Which, y'know, of course he did.
Curious as to how we're going to "run" VZ after a hit-and-leave capture strike. Demand specific actions by tweet and bomb if they don't do as we say?
Mercenaries? Hello Erik Prince.
Madness.
Curious as to how we're going to "run" VZ after a hit-and-leave capture strike. Demand specific actions by tweet and bomb if they don't do as we say?
Mercenaries? Hello Erik Prince.
Madness.
VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now.
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This may be a show for public consumption or taco lied earlier. Which, y'know, of course he did.
Curious as to how we're going to "run" VZ after a hit-and-leave capture strike. Demand specific actions by tweet and bomb if they don't do as we say?
Mercenaries? Hello Erik Prince.
Madness.
Curious as to how we're going to "run" VZ after a hit-and-leave capture strike. Demand specific actions by tweet and bomb if they don't do as we say?
Mercenaries? Hello Erik Prince.
Madness.
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they so desperately wanted their “killing of bin laden” photo and instead i just see a bunch of terminally online dopes gazing at their own reflection on X
the photographer was definitely like, "ok everybody, look tough!" but we know they're all just reading tweets with their arms crossed in a country club dining room divided up by bedsheets tacked to the beams
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
they so desperately wanted their “killing of bin laden” photo and instead i just see a bunch of terminally online dopes gazing at their own reflection on X
I'm embarrassed & ashamed. The US has never been perfect, at times farther from good than bad and at others closer.
But the promise of better has always been there for the striving.
The corruption, malfeasance, greed, and indecency on display the past year is staggering, disheartening.
But the promise of better has always been there for the striving.
The corruption, malfeasance, greed, and indecency on display the past year is staggering, disheartening.
January 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I'm embarrassed & ashamed. The US has never been perfect, at times farther from good than bad and at others closer.
But the promise of better has always been there for the striving.
The corruption, malfeasance, greed, and indecency on display the past year is staggering, disheartening.
But the promise of better has always been there for the striving.
The corruption, malfeasance, greed, and indecency on display the past year is staggering, disheartening.
Wish they would.
Suspect it's business as usual
Suspect it's business as usual
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Wish they would.
Suspect it's business as usual
Suspect it's business as usual
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In case anyone didn't notice, the DOJ has charged Maduro with the exact same crimes the former president of Honduras, Hernandez, was tried and convicted for.
The same tried and convicted former prez that Trump took a bribe to fully pardon.
Anyone doubt the same isn't coming for Maduro?
The same tried and convicted former prez that Trump took a bribe to fully pardon.
Anyone doubt the same isn't coming for Maduro?
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
In case anyone didn't notice, the DOJ has charged Maduro with the exact same crimes the former president of Honduras, Hernandez, was tried and convicted for.
The same tried and convicted former prez that Trump took a bribe to fully pardon.
Anyone doubt the same isn't coming for Maduro?
The same tried and convicted former prez that Trump took a bribe to fully pardon.
Anyone doubt the same isn't coming for Maduro?
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Absolute agree with the article you've written. Too bad all my Trump loving neighbors will respond by saying, "Yeah maybe this isn't what I thought America First meant, but as long as we keep that trans kid off the swim team I'm good with it".
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Absolute agree with the article you've written. Too bad all my Trump loving neighbors will respond by saying, "Yeah maybe this isn't what I thought America First meant, but as long as we keep that trans kid off the swim team I'm good with it".
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“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” —Mark 8:36
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” —Mark 8:36
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The indictment against Maduro is about cocaine. If we had an honest White House Press Corps, every press interview Trump did would start with why he pardoned a narco terrorist president who imported 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The indictment against Maduro is about cocaine. If we had an honest White House Press Corps, every press interview Trump did would start with why he pardoned a narco terrorist president who imported 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.