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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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The public comment period is now open and will close 9 February 2026.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The public comment period is now open and will close 9 February 2026.
Submit comments to:
CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov.
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“Like AI itself, Time has elevated the ultrarich at the expense of the working class, who are displaced and erased.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Corporate Democrats Are Foolishly Surrendering the AI Fight
Voters want the party to get tough on the industry. But Democratic leaders are following the money instead.
www.thenation.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“Like AI itself, Time has elevated the ultrarich at the expense of the working class, who are displaced and erased.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Democratic MCs need to start calling the Trump Administration what it is: fascist.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Democratic MCs need to start calling the Trump Administration what it is: fascist.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“These files show how Roberts devised the messaging strategies that made it possible for the administration to claim it supported the VRA, while actually helping to neuter it—an approach he has since mastered as chief justice
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“These files show how Roberts devised the messaging strategies that made it possible for the administration to claim it supported the VRA, while actually helping to neuter it—an approach he has since mastered as chief justice
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
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December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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An earlier version of the NSS specifically said that the US should try to pry Italy, Austria, Poland and Hungary away from the EU
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
An earlier version of the NSS specifically said that the US should try to pry Italy, Austria, Poland and Hungary away from the EU
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Defense One reports more NSS details on US intention to divide EU.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy
A fuller version reviewed by Defense One outlines the Trump administration’s plans for shedding old relationships and creating new ones.
www.defenseone.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Defense One reports more NSS details on US intention to divide EU.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
