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Whitney Curry Wimbish
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 28d
TAP reporters @naomibethune.bsky.social and @emmarjanssen.bsky.social and I are gathering info for upcoming stories about the foster care system. Do you have experience working with or going through the system? We'd love to hear about it. Anonymous is OK.

Please share!
Experience With The US Foster System
What have you gone through in the US foster care system? How has your connection to the system affected your health, access to medical care, emotional well-being, education, or other areas of life? Ho...
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Really, a remarkable statement from Colombia’s President.
I don’t know if Maduro is good or bad, not even if he’s a drug trafficker; in the files of the Colombian justice system, after half a century of dealing with the biggest cocaine mafias, the names of Nicolás Maduro or Cilia Flores don’t appear. Those who have come forward to denounce him are Venezuelan opposition generals, nothing more, seeking to topple the popular vote. The judicial power in Colombia doesn’t belong to me; it’s independent of me, and my opposition largely handles it. If one wants to know about the mafia and the business of cocaine commercialization, just look at Colombia’s judicial files. That’s why I deeply reject Trump speaking without knowing; my name doesn’t appear in the judicial files on drug trafficking over 50 years, neither from before nor from the present. Stop slandering me, Mr. Trump. That’s not how you threaten a Latin American president who emerged from the armed struggle and then from the people of Colombia’s fight for Peace. I was part of the clandestine organization that fought for democracy in Colombia against the civil dictatorship of the "State of Emergency." The organization that in 1974, long before Chávez, carried out the operation to raise Bolívar’s sword once more, who said he would never sheathe it until injustice ended in Gran Colombia. I was with the M19 that made the first peace in contemporary Latin America. He doesn’t read Colombia’s history, and that’s why he fails when he criticizes us. He should only meet with his officers who are experts in drug investigations in Colombia, whom I’ve helped with my own investigations as a senator of the Republic from Colombia’s Left and its people, who have suffered the narco genocide and its political allies, who are also allies of the American far right. Tens of thousands of our comrades from the armed and popular struggle for democracy were assassinated, and we didn’t go begging you for invasions; we endured and won through Peace. I’ve never burned a U.S. flag because I’ve read the history of the popular and workers’ struggles in the U.S. through Zinn’s books in Spanish. And that’s why I honor the American working people, the Black and Indigenous people, the young soldiers who, alongside the Soviets, defeated Hitler. And that’s why I dared to speak on a street in New York in front of the United Nations building and under U.S. law that protects the opinions of those attending the United Nations Assembly to speak freely. I spoke against the genocide in Gaza—how I would have loved to accompany you to make peace in Gaza! Where the Palestinians love me, and perhaps if instead of going to capture a Latin American president with small controls on oil because you blocked the oil and condemned us to hunger and unleashed the exodus that reached your own country, I would have accompanied you to capture Netanyahu, the genocidaire. For what I said, you took the arrogance to punish my opinion, my words against the Palestinian genocide. Your punishment is to falsely accuse me of being a drug trafficker and having cocaine factories; I don’t have a car, nor estates abroad—my house I’m still paying off to the bank with my salary. It’s unjust, and I fight against injustices. I’m friends with a lot of people in the U.S. who stop me on the streets, surround me with their arms. That’s why I respect the history that began with Washington and Bolívar together; they gave each other things, they were liberators more than enslavers. I learned not to be a slave, and I reject your
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
corin.bsky.social Corin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 16h
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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So far the Mamdani administration’s strategy is “we have all these ideas about how to help people so let’s try to do them” which seems like such a rare thing and which then makes you say “wait why is that a rare thing?”
January 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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An anonymous Polymarket user made $400,000 on prediction markets for Venezuela on Saturday and may have had insider knowledge before the market resolved. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social reports on insider trading in prediction markets and fears over policy:
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Monetizing Regime Change - The American Prospect
It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
Hell yes, we're doing NYC CFPB.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Makes Consumer Protection Announcement
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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The big news in today's @majorityreport.bsky.social AM Quickie is Wall Street salivating over Trump's Venezuela coup, plus stories about workers and activists revealing what the powerful want to keep secret. Join us!
Wall Street Licks Chops Over Maduro Abduction - The Monday AM Quickie 1/5/26
Sounds like the lady who illustrated the world’s best-selling tarot card deck back in 1909 was cool as hell. - Whitney Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump ...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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HAPPENING TUESDAY: Journalists don't usually get to tell their own stories. But, we're changing that – because it has to. Our parent union @newsguild.org is hosting a National Town Hall with journalists who've been targeted for doing their jobs. Register now!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: National Town Hall on Authoritarianism and the Press. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Journalists don't usually get to tell their own stories. But, we're changing that – because it has to. We're hosting a National Town Hall with journalists who've been targeted for doing their jobs. D...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
General strike. We aren't doing enough as Americans to stop this mass murder. Our government is mass murdering its way around the world. General strike.
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d
NYT:

At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
48 minutes ago Mariana Martinez Reporting from Caracas, Venezuela At least 40 people were killed in Saturday's attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe preliminary reports.
January 4, 2026 at 12:03 AM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
Katie Miller, loathsome consort of Stephen Miller, apparently posted an image of Greenland painted like the American flag with the word "soon."

General strike.
andersnilsson.substack.com Anders Nilsson @andersnilsson.substack.com · 2d
Stephen Millers fru Katie Miller har delat ett inlägg med texten "Soon" och en kartbild på Grönland målad i den amerikanska flaggan.
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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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.”
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...
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January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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it must feel amazing to be Isaac Chotiner
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Impeach, convict, remove.
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
Trump just said oil companies are going to rebuild Venezuelan infrastructure and then be reimbursed. By whom? us, right? with our taxes I presume?
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
Trump is swaying back and forth. He can't keep his eyes open.
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
Trump just posted a picture of Maduro allegedly on the Iwo Jima, blindfolded, handcuffed, ears covered with big headphones. Absolute nightmare material. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
Impeach this man right now.
An update from the NYT reporter Tyler Pager: Reporting from West Palm Beach, Fla. Trump brushed off concerns about the legality of the U.S. operation in Venezuela. When asked about criticism from Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, the president said Democrats were “weak, stupid people.” “They should say great job,” he said. “They shouldn’t say ‘Oh, gee, maybe it’s not constitutional.’ You know the same old stuff that we’ve been hearing for years and years and years.”
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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The United States is a rogue actor throwing the world into disarray. It hosts war criminal Netanyahu, sanctions ICC and European officials, launches strikes around the world, and now kidnaps foreign leaders.

Western allies need to stop it if they truly believe in human rights and international law.
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
What? Possession of machine guns and conspiracy to possess machine guns? You mean the weapon that local police departments have? WTF is this?
An NYT update on Trump's illegal war by journalist William Rashbaum: It appears, based on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s social media post that Nicolás Maduro has been charged in a new indictment. The existing charges filed in March 2020 do not include his wife, Cilia Flores. The earlier indictment, filed under seal, contained four counts, charging Maduro and five others with narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and conspiracy to possess machine guns.
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Extremely disturbing press release from @freedomflotilla.bsky.social just now, stating that Israeli prison guards raped German journalist Anna Liedtke after soldiers intercepted the flotilla ship she was on with medics and other journalists.
On December 21, 2025, Anna Liedtke, a German journalist who was aboard the flotilla ship Conscience—a vessel carrying dozens of journalists and medics—spoke at an international conference in solidarity with political prisoners. In her remarks, she publicly revealed, for the first time, that Israeli personnel raped her after she resisted a forced strip search by female officers. Since disclosing her assault, the FFC has worked to support Anna and follow her lead in determining what is said publicly and when.
January 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.

He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
Mamdani's Executive Order Number 1, as described in the post.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
Really appreciate the clarity and anger in this essay.
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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In her New Year's message, UFW President Teresa Romero shares that farm workers are facing many challenges with the current administration. The UFW will continue to fight for the men and women who are out there harvesting our food and asks you to stand with them. Si Se Puede!
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Happy New Year!!!!
Video: Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as the Mayor of New York City
Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the mayor of New York City in the first moments of New Year’s Day.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Are white people aware that Trump won twice BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF WHITE PEOPLE WHO VOTED PUT HIM IN OFFICE?????????? Why is this consistently elided???? Stop being ridiculous.
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM