Peter Benn
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Slava Ukraini!
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A Death Scene, Carefully Staged

On December 27, reports began circulating that Kapustin had been killed during a combat mission in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The reports emerged through Telegram channels connected
January 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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The victim reported the POTUS was one of the men who had raped her repeatedly. He was also reported to have been present when Epstein murdered her newborn child and threw the body into a Michigan lake.

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December 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Now dear "anti-imperialist" Russia glorifiers,

It's completely justified if, in an attempt to remove Maduro, the US invades Venezuela full-scale, enters a war of almost 4 years and counting, kills hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, and barely proceeds beyond Ciudad Guayana, right?
January 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Everyone should listen to this brilliant, well thought out analysis of the Trump Administration by Tom Friedman. 50.1% of the American public thought they were voting for lower prices. What they got instead was a banana republic losing ground fast to China. www.pbs.org/weta/washing...
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 1/2/26
The threat of war with Venezuela, Ukraine on the precipice, a possible counter-revolution in Iran, China eying an invasion of Taiwan and a U.S. president with a radical new understanding of America’s ...
www.pbs.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Sadly The West has not armed Ukraine sufficiently and their half hearted support will make them fight a war in Europe on their land. The only chance is send all weapons to Ukraine NOW with no restrictions on how they are used. If not Europe will be at war soon enough, then China will go for Taiwan
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Indeed!!

I'm old enough to remember Aristide, and Noriega. And obvs all this should be seen against context of coups (Guatemala, Chile) and, well the Monroe Doctrine.

See also Smedley Butler
January 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
China without a Doubt will call for the U.N. Security Council. :I
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Still radio silence from FIFA regarding its inaugural Peace Prize winner Donald Trump bombing Nigeria and Venezuela this week.

When will Infantino be commenting on his ‘personal friend’?
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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🚨 FLASH 🌍 En Iran, la police entend les revendications économiques des manifestants mais refuse tout "chaos". Selon son porte-parole, la force publique distingue clairement entre les demandes légitimes de la population et les actions destructrices.
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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"Iran, Colombia & Russia condemned the military operation performed by the US in Venezuela Sat., where US special forces troops captured .. Maduro & his wife, while major US allies like Germany, Spain & Italy said they were following the situation" www.jpost.com/internationa... "blatant violation"
Iran, Russia, Colombia condemn US operation on Venezuela | The Jerusalem Post
US allies are "monitoring the situation." US President Trump will be holding a press conference later on Saturday to share more information.
www.jpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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China to lead joint naval drills with Brics nations in South African waters – SCMP: ‘Media reports have named Russia and Iran as participants, with Indonesia and Ethiopia also likely to take part.’
China to lead joint naval drills with Brics nations in South African waters
It is the first defence cooperation under the Brics framework, with the Russian and Iranian navies reportedly taking part.
www.scmp.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.

I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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Anyone know what the status of Alex Saab, a key broker between VZ, Iran, and Russia, these days? Maduro named him to his cabinet last year.

www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/13/a...
Alex Saab: The Businessman Inside the DEA Informant Inside the Claimed Venezuelan Diplomat Inside the Alleged Putin "Laundry Man" - emptywheel
In testimony last August, Robert O'Brien suggested that a Colombian extradited on money laundering charges to the US in 2021 is "Vladimir Putin's laundry man."
www.emptywheel.net
January 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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"The protests have become the biggest in Iran since 2022, when the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody triggered nationwide demonstrations."...
Iran’s leader says rioters ‘must be put in their place’
Iran’s supreme leader insisted Saturday that “rioters must be put in their place” after a week of protests that have shaken the Islamic Republic, likely
english.alarabiya.net
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
This on the ground… about an hour ago now. bsky.app/profile/cast...
THERE'S A 5 STAR HOTEL NEXT DOOR TO WHERE I LIVE AND A -LOT- OF BLACK TRUCKS JUST CAME BACK WITH OFFICIAL LOOKING PEOPLE TO PICK UP A LOT OF CHINESE SPEAKING CIVILIANS IN A RUSH
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Just a few hours ago Chinese Special Envoy was meeting Maduro for three hours in Caracas.
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Calling it now, Maduro will be convicted for something, then there will be a very large anonymous purchase of trumpcoin, and trump will pardon Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Fortunately, Liberals Can More Easily Defeat the Resurging Totalitarian-Isms of Yore
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Fortunately, Liberals Can More Easily Defeat the Resurging Totalitarian-Isms of Yore
Both extremes are recycling old ideologies, but liberalism has a far stronger hand to counter them before they cause the death and destruction of the last century
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The WSJ Blew Up Trump’s Epstein Lie—and Exposed Mar-a-Lago as a Trafficking Pipeline
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The WSJ Blew Up Trump’s Epstein Lie—and Exposed Mar-a-Lago as a Trafficking Pipeline
January 2, 2025
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January 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM