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Q: How soon can an election take place in Velezuela?
TRUMP: I think we're looking more at getting it fixed, getting it ready first, because it's a mess
TRUMP: I think we're looking more at getting it fixed, getting it ready first, because it's a mess
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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January 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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Trump on oil companies: "They want to go in. And they're gonna do a great job for the people of Venezuela. And they're gonna represent us well."
January 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Trump on oil companies: "They want to go in. And they're gonna do a great job for the people of Venezuela. And they're gonna represent us well."
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Always follow the money.
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Always follow the money.
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Q: There's about $17 billion of oil reserves in Venezuela
TRUMP: You mean trillion. Did you say billion or trillion?
Q: I said billion
TRUMP: It's much more than that
Q: So what is going to happen to those reserves?
TRUMP: We're going to run everything
TRUMP: You mean trillion. Did you say billion or trillion?
Q: I said billion
TRUMP: It's much more than that
Q: So what is going to happen to those reserves?
TRUMP: We're going to run everything
January 5, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Q: There's about $17 billion of oil reserves in Venezuela
TRUMP: You mean trillion. Did you say billion or trillion?
Q: I said billion
TRUMP: It's much more than that
Q: So what is going to happen to those reserves?
TRUMP: We're going to run everything
TRUMP: You mean trillion. Did you say billion or trillion?
Q: I said billion
TRUMP: It's much more than that
Q: So what is going to happen to those reserves?
TRUMP: We're going to run everything
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greetings from hell
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
greetings from hell
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Don't forget Cuba and Greenland and any other land that looks at him kind of funny.
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Moments after threatening Colombia, Trump -- who just yesterday bombed Venezuela -- threatens Iran: "If they start killing people like they have in the past, I think they're gonna get very hard by the US"
January 5, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Don't forget Cuba and Greenland and any other land that looks at him kind of funny.
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A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
NEW—In late Feb, Chris Rufo published leaked chats between queer/trans employees at US intel agencies. Then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she’d fire all involved.
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
Queer intel officers targeted by top secret chat leak get their chance to speak
Chris Rufo published the chats. Staffers say a new "lavender scare" is upon us.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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The seditionist who incited and enabled an actual insurrection means he will invoke the act now to disrupt elections.
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Q: You pulled the National Guard out of Portland--
TRUMP: We did. And do you know that Portland, we got it down to almost no crime? We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts. We may use the Insurrection Act
TRUMP: We did. And do you know that Portland, we got it down to almost no crime? We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts. We may use the Insurrection Act
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
The seditionist who incited and enabled an actual insurrection means he will invoke the act now to disrupt elections.
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We are a country whose Constitution, according to the Supreme Court, gives our own presidents immunity for crimes committed while in office, but we will prosecute presidents of other countries for alleged crimes and invade them to execute arrest warrants.
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We are a country whose Constitution, according to the Supreme Court, gives our own presidents immunity for crimes committed while in office, but we will prosecute presidents of other countries for alleged crimes and invade them to execute arrest warrants.
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This image - as he makes his intimidating fascist threats with the face he practices in the mirror - and the look on John Ratcliffe...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
This image - as he makes his intimidating fascist threats with the face he practices in the mirror - and the look on John Ratcliffe...
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Listen to the pedophilic 34 count convicted felon fraud war criminal when he's talking about a congresswoman who just won with 74% of the vote in her district. That is 60% white.
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Trump on Somalis: "They are stealing money from the American taxpayer, and every one of them should be forced to leave this country, including Ilhan Omar, who is a total crook."
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Listen to the pedophilic 34 count convicted felon fraud war criminal when he's talking about a congresswoman who just won with 74% of the vote in her district. That is 60% white.
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Ok I had to look this up and…true! www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-r...
January 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Ok I had to look this up and…true! www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-r...
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“The Kingdom of Denmark — and thus Greenland — is part of NATO and is therefore covered by the alliance’s security guarantee. We already have a defense agreement between the Kingdom and US today, which gives US wide access to Greenland,” Frederiksen said."
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January 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
“The Kingdom of Denmark — and thus Greenland — is part of NATO and is therefore covered by the alliance’s security guarantee. We already have a defense agreement between the Kingdom and US today, which gives US wide access to Greenland,” Frederiksen said."
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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 1:58 AM
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About 230 male and female medical students from Gaza’s various colleges of medicine held a graduation ceremony in front of the ruins of the Al‑Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City on Saturday. The event was organized by Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Video: Abdulruhman Ismail via X (@a_abdulruhman)
Video: Abdulruhman Ismail via X (@a_abdulruhman)
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
About 230 male and female medical students from Gaza’s various colleges of medicine held a graduation ceremony in front of the ruins of the Al‑Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City on Saturday. The event was organized by Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Video: Abdulruhman Ismail via X (@a_abdulruhman)
Video: Abdulruhman Ismail via X (@a_abdulruhman)
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With that being said, Grok and other AI image generators should be destroyed. If we had a just society, it never would have gotten this far.
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
With that being said, Grok and other AI image generators should be destroyed. If we had a just society, it never would have gotten this far.
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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Apparently SCIF stands for
Shitty Curtains In Florida.
Shitty Curtains In Florida.
January 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Apparently SCIF stands for
Shitty Curtains In Florida.
Shitty Curtains In Florida.
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FUN FACTS: Trump campaigned in October 2024 on the lie about "emptying out their prisons & mental institutions".
SCOTUS in May 2025 allowed Trump to temporarily strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans living in the US.
Noem terminated their TPS in November 2025.
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SCOTUS in May 2025 allowed Trump to temporarily strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans living in the US.
Noem terminated their TPS in November 2025.
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Q: You've talked about returning some control to American companies. Did that play at all into your decision to capture Maduro?
TRUMP: No. What really played is the fact he sent millions of people into our country from prisons and mental institutions
TRUMP: No. What really played is the fact he sent millions of people into our country from prisons and mental institutions
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 AM
FUN FACTS: Trump campaigned in October 2024 on the lie about "emptying out their prisons & mental institutions".
SCOTUS in May 2025 allowed Trump to temporarily strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans living in the US.
Noem terminated their TPS in November 2025.
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SCOTUS in May 2025 allowed Trump to temporarily strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans living in the US.
Noem terminated their TPS in November 2025.
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Q: What's your response to voters who voted for you who are worried about a forever war in Venezuela?
TRUMP: The voters who voted for me are thrilled. The said, this is what we voted for
TRUMP: The voters who voted for me are thrilled. The said, this is what we voted for
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Q: What's your response to voters who voted for you who are worried about a forever war in Venezuela?
TRUMP: The voters who voted for me are thrilled. The said, this is what we voted for
TRUMP: The voters who voted for me are thrilled. The said, this is what we voted for
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The more brazen the lies are told without consequence the more they must rely on media malfeasance to feed the fascism.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:35 AM
The more brazen the lies are told without consequence the more they must rely on media malfeasance to feed the fascism.
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"War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength."
- George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
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- George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
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January 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
"War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength."
- George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
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- George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
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After his renewed threat of annexing Greenland, Danish PM Mette Frederiksen speaks up to the US President:
"I have to say it very directly to the United States: The United States has no right to annex one of the three countries in the Danish Realm."
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"I have to say it very directly to the United States: The United States has no right to annex one of the three countries in the Danish Realm."
🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇫🇴
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Mette Frederiksen opfordrer USA til at stoppe trusler
Det giver ingen mening, at det skulle være nødvendigt for USA at overtage Grønland, siger statsministeren.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
After his renewed threat of annexing Greenland, Danish PM Mette Frederiksen speaks up to the US President:
"I have to say it very directly to the United States: The United States has no right to annex one of the three countries in the Danish Realm."
🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇫🇴
www.bt.dk/politik/mett...
"I have to say it very directly to the United States: The United States has no right to annex one of the three countries in the Danish Realm."
🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇫🇴
www.bt.dk/politik/mett...