@thomasgrose.bsky.social
Semiretired American freelance journalist living in the UK. Was a regular contributor to Time (mainly European edition), U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, Newsweek and several other publications.
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
The Looting of US Foreign Policy
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The Looting of US Foreign Policy
Goodbye, national interest. Hello, ego gratification and profits for the ruling clique.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The Looting of US Foreign Policy
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This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
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"We have elected a man who's just so sick that he can't have anybody around him who gives him sensible advice, and he has people around him who are as unwell as he is or...who are just so beholden to the grift."
@gtconway.bsky.social on Trump and his inner circle of grifters and sycophants.
@gtconway.bsky.social on Trump and his inner circle of grifters and sycophants.
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 AM
"We have elected a man who's just so sick that he can't have anybody around him who gives him sensible advice, and he has people around him who are as unwell as he is or...who are just so beholden to the grift."
@gtconway.bsky.social on Trump and his inner circle of grifters and sycophants.
@gtconway.bsky.social on Trump and his inner circle of grifters and sycophants.
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No US oil company should risk investing in Venezuela. Companies that take part in Trump's lawless takeover of Venezuela's resources should keep in mind that any American tax dollars they take to invest in a foreign country will be recovered by the next administration.
January 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
No US oil company should risk investing in Venezuela. Companies that take part in Trump's lawless takeover of Venezuela's resources should keep in mind that any American tax dollars they take to invest in a foreign country will be recovered by the next administration.
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what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
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DHS officials are already leaking that there are serious problems with how the ICE officer handled this.
"Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said."
"Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said."
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
DHS officials are already leaking that there are serious problems with how the ICE officer handled this.
"Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said."
"Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said."
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Attacking a foreign country to seize natural resources and profit from them was already illegal, wrong, and bad strategy. And that's if the profits went back to the country.
It looks like taxpayers paid for a military operation that netted money for the president's private accounts or slush fund.
It looks like taxpayers paid for a military operation that netted money for the president's private accounts or slush fund.
??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
January 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Attacking a foreign country to seize natural resources and profit from them was already illegal, wrong, and bad strategy. And that's if the profits went back to the country.
It looks like taxpayers paid for a military operation that netted money for the president's private accounts or slush fund.
It looks like taxpayers paid for a military operation that netted money for the president's private accounts or slush fund.
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The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
January 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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Hey, media, here's your headline:
"Video shows Trump and Noem lying about ICE's killing of woman in Minneapolis."
It's not a "he said, she said." There's video that shows ICE wasn't acting in self-defense. Facts exist. Everything isn't a matter of opinion. Stop being cowards.
"Video shows Trump and Noem lying about ICE's killing of woman in Minneapolis."
It's not a "he said, she said." There's video that shows ICE wasn't acting in self-defense. Facts exist. Everything isn't a matter of opinion. Stop being cowards.
January 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Hey, media, here's your headline:
"Video shows Trump and Noem lying about ICE's killing of woman in Minneapolis."
It's not a "he said, she said." There's video that shows ICE wasn't acting in self-defense. Facts exist. Everything isn't a matter of opinion. Stop being cowards.
"Video shows Trump and Noem lying about ICE's killing of woman in Minneapolis."
It's not a "he said, she said." There's video that shows ICE wasn't acting in self-defense. Facts exist. Everything isn't a matter of opinion. Stop being cowards.
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This bizarre, taxpayer-financed White House account of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, is Soviet-level propaganda. It's history through the looking glass after a couple hits on the opium pipe. I point it out so you can grasp how much the Republicans are trying to destroy the very concept of truth.
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This bizarre, taxpayer-financed White House account of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, is Soviet-level propaganda. It's history through the looking glass after a couple hits on the opium pipe. I point it out so you can grasp how much the Republicans are trying to destroy the very concept of truth.
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It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.
“.. The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal,” she said.
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
January 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.
There Is a Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Opinion | There Is a Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
There Is a Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Trump Is Falling for a Trap We Can All See Coming www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Falling for a Trap We Can All See Coming
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Trump Is Falling for a Trap We Can All See Coming www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
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I don't often agree with Donald Trump.
But this time he is absolutely, positively 💯 percent correct.
Please help us make poor Donald's nightmare come true:
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But this time he is absolutely, positively 💯 percent correct.
Please help us make poor Donald's nightmare come true:
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Trump: "You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don't win the midterms, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached."
January 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I don't often agree with Donald Trump.
But this time he is absolutely, positively 💯 percent correct.
Please help us make poor Donald's nightmare come true:
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But this time he is absolutely, positively 💯 percent correct.
Please help us make poor Donald's nightmare come true:
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If ilhan Omar had a "favorite philosopher" who said something like this, the media would literally hound her into resigning. But they don't even report on the fact that the sitting vice president loves this guy, a disgusting anti-semite
Quick question: what the FUCK?!?
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
If ilhan Omar had a "favorite philosopher" who said something like this, the media would literally hound her into resigning. But they don't even report on the fact that the sitting vice president loves this guy, a disgusting anti-semite
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Excellent piece by Greg Sargent on how Trump wants to organize the world based on legitimized plunder. The criminals are telling us they're criminals and daring us to stop them.
Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Venezuela Plan—and about MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
newrepublic.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Excellent piece by Greg Sargent on how Trump wants to organize the world based on legitimized plunder. The criminals are telling us they're criminals and daring us to stop them.
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If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
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Those “centrist” Dems who argue that it is weak to oppose Trump’s demented serial lawbreaking in Venezuela are in fact the spineless chorus of weaklings who are among Trump’s greatest assets and enablers.
January 5, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Those “centrist” Dems who argue that it is weak to oppose Trump’s demented serial lawbreaking in Venezuela are in fact the spineless chorus of weaklings who are among Trump’s greatest assets and enablers.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
January 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
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It seems increasingly clear that the President of the United States just made up a bunch of stuff about the future of Venezuela and the American role in its governance after he extracted Maduro and his wife, and now his cabinet secretaries are having to walk it all back.
BRENNAN: To be clear, there is no plan for US occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people?
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
January 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
It seems increasingly clear that the President of the United States just made up a bunch of stuff about the future of Venezuela and the American role in its governance after he extracted Maduro and his wife, and now his cabinet secretaries are having to walk it all back.
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When the news media say the U.S. attack on Venezuela “raises legal questions,“ that’s code for “the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.”
January 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
When the news media say the U.S. attack on Venezuela “raises legal questions,“ that’s code for “the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.”
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Well this is awkward 😬
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Well this is awkward 😬