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States must step in and counter this foolish and dangerous idiot
BREAKING: CDC announces an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule, a significant shift that recommends fewer shots for all kids.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
nbcnews.to
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
States must step in and counter this foolish and dangerous idiot
They're emboldened.
The rest of the world needs to be ready because these assholes aren't done.
Cancel or relocate FIFA.
Cancel or relocate the Olympics.
Recall ambassadors.
Suspend any joint projects or talks.
UN resolutions.
Won't matter to the assholes but for crissakes draw some lines.
The rest of the world needs to be ready because these assholes aren't done.
Cancel or relocate FIFA.
Cancel or relocate the Olympics.
Recall ambassadors.
Suspend any joint projects or talks.
UN resolutions.
Won't matter to the assholes but for crissakes draw some lines.
Trump: "Cuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it's ready to fall. I don't know if they're gonna hold out."
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
They're emboldened.
The rest of the world needs to be ready because these assholes aren't done.
Cancel or relocate FIFA.
Cancel or relocate the Olympics.
Recall ambassadors.
Suspend any joint projects or talks.
UN resolutions.
Won't matter to the assholes but for crissakes draw some lines.
The rest of the world needs to be ready because these assholes aren't done.
Cancel or relocate FIFA.
Cancel or relocate the Olympics.
Recall ambassadors.
Suspend any joint projects or talks.
UN resolutions.
Won't matter to the assholes but for crissakes draw some lines.
Plan accordingly
Quite simply, any mail-in voter must now place their ballot in the mail at least ONE WEEK sooner than they might have in previous years...or be encouraged to return them in person, if possible.
We need to message around this consistently from this point forward.
www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...
We need to message around this consistently from this point forward.
www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...
Mail-in voting faces new hurdle as postal service formalizes postmark practice
Guidelines announced on Dec. 24 allow postmarks to reflect processing date rather than mailing date, affecting 14 states with grace periods for late-arriving ballots, including Massachusetts.
www.masslive.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Plan accordingly
Saw reports oil companies really didn't want this, that they stand to lose billions trying to revive Venezuela's oil industry during time of high supply/low prices.
So someone then says "See it isn't about oil" as if the orange turd gets basic economics. Fucker bankrupted casinos, for crissakes.
So someone then says "See it isn't about oil" as if the orange turd gets basic economics. Fucker bankrupted casinos, for crissakes.
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Saw reports oil companies really didn't want this, that they stand to lose billions trying to revive Venezuela's oil industry during time of high supply/low prices.
So someone then says "See it isn't about oil" as if the orange turd gets basic economics. Fucker bankrupted casinos, for crissakes.
So someone then says "See it isn't about oil" as if the orange turd gets basic economics. Fucker bankrupted casinos, for crissakes.
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.