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Venezuela: Our criminal president's latest crime scene - Salon.com
A blatantly corrupt, anti-democratic and illegitimate president stages a criminal coup. He's not named Maduro
www.salon.com
>"we can skip the part where we pretend to be surprised that America has been revealed as a brain-damaged rogue state, > and the part where we emerge from our cocoons and ask each other, is this is really who we are. If we haven’t figured that out by now, we never will"
www.salon.com/2026/01/03/v...
www.salon.com/2026/01/03/v...
Have you no decency?
The president of The US is an uneducated mediocre criminal demented misogynist rapist swine with no redeeming features whatsoever.
Given all the evidence at this point, it is 100% possible to end this charade if our politicians have some decency and care about their legacy.
The president of The US is an uneducated mediocre criminal demented misogynist rapist swine with no redeeming features whatsoever.
Given all the evidence at this point, it is 100% possible to end this charade if our politicians have some decency and care about their legacy.
February 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Have you no decency?
The president of The US is an uneducated mediocre criminal demented misogynist rapist swine with no redeeming features whatsoever.
Given all the evidence at this point, it is 100% possible to end this charade if our politicians have some decency and care about their legacy.
The president of The US is an uneducated mediocre criminal demented misogynist rapist swine with no redeeming features whatsoever.
Given all the evidence at this point, it is 100% possible to end this charade if our politicians have some decency and care about their legacy.
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NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump’s second term is accelerating an authoritarian playbook at a speed the U.S. has never seen. Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins me to explain how expansionism, paramilitary policing, election sabotage, and propaganda mirror past fascist regimes, and why this moment is uniquely dangerous.
WARNING: Trump’s Fascist Takeover Has Accelerated | Ruth Ben-Ghiat
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 10:03 PM
NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump’s second term is accelerating an authoritarian playbook at a speed the U.S. has never seen. Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins me to explain how expansionism, paramilitary policing, election sabotage, and propaganda mirror past fascist regimes, and why this moment is uniquely dangerous.
Dear God.
I am not a religious person, but if you do exist what the hell is your game? If you have any powers, why are you allowing abduction of children and the killing of innocent people without any Old Testament vengeance?
TBH, it seems you do not know what you are doing.
@thegodpodcast.com
I am not a religious person, but if you do exist what the hell is your game? If you have any powers, why are you allowing abduction of children and the killing of innocent people without any Old Testament vengeance?
TBH, it seems you do not know what you are doing.
@thegodpodcast.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Dear God.
I am not a religious person, but if you do exist what the hell is your game? If you have any powers, why are you allowing abduction of children and the killing of innocent people without any Old Testament vengeance?
TBH, it seems you do not know what you are doing.
@thegodpodcast.com
I am not a religious person, but if you do exist what the hell is your game? If you have any powers, why are you allowing abduction of children and the killing of innocent people without any Old Testament vengeance?
TBH, it seems you do not know what you are doing.
@thegodpodcast.com
Adam Tooze from the Guardian Davos blog how the US communicates now:
“this is how it’s going to be: we’re going to beat up on you [Europe]; it’s going to hurt - then we’re going to beat up on you some more. You’re going to squeal. And then we’re going to do some kind of a deal on our terms.”
“this is how it’s going to be: we’re going to beat up on you [Europe]; it’s going to hurt - then we’re going to beat up on you some more. You’re going to squeal. And then we’re going to do some kind of a deal on our terms.”
![Adam Tooze: Trump supporters here have attitude of 'serial abuser'
WEF attendees are mulling over Trump’s speech.
My colleague Heather Stewart has just been chatting to the economic historian Adam Tooze, who’s been watching Trump’s speech here in Davos.
He compared the attitude of US Trump supporters he’s met here to that of a “serial abuser,” saying one top US executive had told him, “this is how it’s going to be: we’re going to beat up on you [Europe]; it’s going to hurt - then we’re going to beat up on you some more. You’re going to squeal. And then we’re going to do some kind of a deal on our terms.”
He added,
“They’re just simply saying, ‘you have to accept this is how we are now. This is what it’s like’.”
Asked about how other governments should respond, Tooze said:
“I think we ought to be thinking quite hard about whatever the international equivalent of getting up and leaving is. We need to strengthen ourselves, and have coalitions of friendly people.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vx76kstpk22pvjrjawrlb5ub/bafkreicwf3z26qcf4higl4sfp4n75gz5e2jqesjcp5375afkskhss7nc34@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Adam Tooze from the Guardian Davos blog how the US communicates now:
“this is how it’s going to be: we’re going to beat up on you [Europe]; it’s going to hurt - then we’re going to beat up on you some more. You’re going to squeal. And then we’re going to do some kind of a deal on our terms.”
“this is how it’s going to be: we’re going to beat up on you [Europe]; it’s going to hurt - then we’re going to beat up on you some more. You’re going to squeal. And then we’re going to do some kind of a deal on our terms.”
Need a reminder how non-criminal adult politicians can speak?
Canadian PM Mark Carney in Davos yesterday:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJX0...
Canadian PM Mark Carney in Davos yesterday:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJX0...
Mark Carney LIVE: Canada PM Sounds Alarm At WEF Davos | Trump | Greenland | Europe
YouTube video by Hindustan Times
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Need a reminder how non-criminal adult politicians can speak?
Canadian PM Mark Carney in Davos yesterday:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJX0...
Canadian PM Mark Carney in Davos yesterday:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJX0...
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I really don't like to say it, but it's time for all American allies to force close ALL American military bases in their respective countries. Maybe that would send a powerful enough message to the Felon in chief.
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I really don't like to say it, but it's time for all American allies to force close ALL American military bases in their respective countries. Maybe that would send a powerful enough message to the Felon in chief.
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“I spent my childhood listening to Ronald Reagan call America ‘a shining city on a hill, teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace’ while his friends planned our country’s demise.” Now I am an adult in the result,>>
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
A Shining Mausoleum on a Hill
Life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
“I spent my childhood listening to Ronald Reagan call America ‘a shining city on a hill, teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace’ while his friends planned our country’s demise.” Now I am an adult in the result,>>
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
The authoritarian capture is done. DOJ and DOD is captured. The Gestapo is in place.
No need to warn that every new crime is some kind of final straw that may break the camel’s back as America was always broken and we were asleep at the wheel. The job now is to take it back.
No need to warn that every new crime is some kind of final straw that may break the camel’s back as America was always broken and we were asleep at the wheel. The job now is to take it back.
January 17, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The authoritarian capture is done. DOJ and DOD is captured. The Gestapo is in place.
No need to warn that every new crime is some kind of final straw that may break the camel’s back as America was always broken and we were asleep at the wheel. The job now is to take it back.
No need to warn that every new crime is some kind of final straw that may break the camel’s back as America was always broken and we were asleep at the wheel. The job now is to take it back.
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We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.
January 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.
We do have the power.
We are paying for everything. Not metaphorically but factually. Every dime in the pockets of any business, fascist oligarch or politician really comes from us. Every use of the military or paramilitary forces is paid by us.
Never forget that we have the power to stop it all.
We are paying for everything. Not metaphorically but factually. Every dime in the pockets of any business, fascist oligarch or politician really comes from us. Every use of the military or paramilitary forces is paid by us.
Never forget that we have the power to stop it all.
January 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
We do have the power.
We are paying for everything. Not metaphorically but factually. Every dime in the pockets of any business, fascist oligarch or politician really comes from us. Every use of the military or paramilitary forces is paid by us.
Never forget that we have the power to stop it all.
We are paying for everything. Not metaphorically but factually. Every dime in the pockets of any business, fascist oligarch or politician really comes from us. Every use of the military or paramilitary forces is paid by us.
Never forget that we have the power to stop it all.
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Being good requires you to not only feel empathy and guilt but act on it too. It’s hard work in a world designed to reward impulse, indolence, greed, and pride. You must actively be good or drown in the cesspool of evil.
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Being good requires you to not only feel empathy and guilt but act on it too. It’s hard work in a world designed to reward impulse, indolence, greed, and pride. You must actively be good or drown in the cesspool of evil.
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Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
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The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
Maduro in Minneapolis
Murderous Lies
snyder.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
I have to agree with this 100%
It is on us as a country and always has been.
It is on us as a country and always has been.
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I have to agree with this 100%
It is on us as a country and always has been.
It is on us as a country and always has been.
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Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
snyder.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
>"we can skip the part where we pretend to be surprised that America has been revealed as a brain-damaged rogue state, > and the part where we emerge from our cocoons and ask each other, is this is really who we are. If we haven’t figured that out by now, we never will"
www.salon.com/2026/01/03/v...
www.salon.com/2026/01/03/v...
Venezuela: Our criminal president's latest crime scene - Salon.com
A blatantly corrupt, anti-democratic and illegitimate president stages a criminal coup. He's not named Maduro
www.salon.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM
>"we can skip the part where we pretend to be surprised that America has been revealed as a brain-damaged rogue state, > and the part where we emerge from our cocoons and ask each other, is this is really who we are. If we haven’t figured that out by now, we never will"
www.salon.com/2026/01/03/v...
www.salon.com/2026/01/03/v...
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.”
~ Edmund Burke
The only thing wrong with this quote is that if you do nothing you are not good people.
~ Edmund Burke
The only thing wrong with this quote is that if you do nothing you are not good people.
December 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.”
~ Edmund Burke
The only thing wrong with this quote is that if you do nothing you are not good people.
~ Edmund Burke
The only thing wrong with this quote is that if you do nothing you are not good people.
1/. It’s not like The US has not done illegal wars before.
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then any post-war American president would have been hanged.
Reagan pretty clearly started what we see today.
This GOP moronic authoritarian thing is not new, but a continuation and a vulgarian escalation.
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then any post-war American president would have been hanged.
Reagan pretty clearly started what we see today.
This GOP moronic authoritarian thing is not new, but a continuation and a vulgarian escalation.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
1/. It’s not like The US has not done illegal wars before.
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then any post-war American president would have been hanged.
Reagan pretty clearly started what we see today.
This GOP moronic authoritarian thing is not new, but a continuation and a vulgarian escalation.
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then any post-war American president would have been hanged.
Reagan pretty clearly started what we see today.
This GOP moronic authoritarian thing is not new, but a continuation and a vulgarian escalation.
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Reposting this because the crimes against humanity by this fascist regime are mounting up on the daily!
If you agree like many others, please repost as well!
If you agree like many others, please repost as well!
October 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Reposting this because the crimes against humanity by this fascist regime are mounting up on the daily!
If you agree like many others, please repost as well!
If you agree like many others, please repost as well!
Loving your country means showing up says Tim Snyder:
snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-f...
snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-f...
No Kings — Freedom (video)
Why protest is patriotic
snyder.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Loving your country means showing up says Tim Snyder:
snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-f...
snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-f...