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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
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@williamwillyloman.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Republicans have proven time and again they will stop at nothing!
As the 2nd term of the Trump regime comes to an end you will see the most heinous crimes yet!
Put a pin in it!!!
As the 2nd term of the Trump regime comes to an end you will see the most heinous crimes yet!
Put a pin in it!!!
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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 1:01 AM
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"
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I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.
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January 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Cancelling research into preventing breast cancer is classic Trump and classic insanity.
www.facebook.com/reel/4354173...
www.facebook.com/reel/4354173...
2.6M views · 92K reactions | Harvard researcher Joan Brugge says her work has the potential to prevent breast cancer, but she was notified last spring that her federal funding was terminated. “It was ...
Harvard researcher Joan Brugge says her work has the potential to prevent breast cancer, but she was notified last spring that her federal funding was terminated. “It was just like a gut punch. My...
www.facebook.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Cancelling research into preventing breast cancer is classic Trump and classic insanity.
www.facebook.com/reel/4354173...
www.facebook.com/reel/4354173...
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THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
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The Department of Homeland Security is pausing immigration applications from 20 additional countries following increased scrutiny on people who seek legal pathways for immigrating to the U.S.
DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
The Department of Homeland Security is pausing immigration applications from 20 additional countries following increased scrutiny on people who seek legal pathways for immigrating to the U.S.
n.pr
January 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is pausing immigration applications from 20 additional countries following increased scrutiny on people who seek legal pathways for immigrating to the U.S.
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“Whether the outcome is ultimately good for Venezuelans, as I hope, or bad, Trump has betrayed Americans,” Conor Friedersdorf argues. “He could have tried to persuade Congress or the public to give him permission to use force. He didn’t bother.”
Trump’s Risky War in Venezuela
The president has violated the Constitution and is showing contempt for the will of the public.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 11:15 AM
“Whether the outcome is ultimately good for Venezuelans, as I hope, or bad, Trump has betrayed Americans,” Conor Friedersdorf argues. “He could have tried to persuade Congress or the public to give him permission to use force. He didn’t bother.”
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“.. U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela .. and officials didn’t kick them out of the country.
“.. ‘Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,’ ..”
@washingtonpost.com #OOTT 🇻🇪
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
“.. ‘Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,’ ..”
@washingtonpost.com #OOTT 🇻🇪
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
“.. U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela .. and officials didn’t kick them out of the country.
“.. ‘Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,’ ..”
@washingtonpost.com #OOTT 🇻🇪
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
“.. ‘Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,’ ..”
@washingtonpost.com #OOTT 🇻🇪
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Disclaimer: thats the UK *right wing* press, in no way represents the rest of Europe.
Also from uk:
Also from uk:
January 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Disclaimer: thats the UK *right wing* press, in no way represents the rest of Europe.
Also from uk:
Also from uk:
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So it turns out that the Venezuela mission and snatching of Maduro was a law-enforcement not law of war undertaking. That’s the implication of the administration‘s reliance on the 1989 Barr memo. It is a violation of international law, but the memo suggests that’s OK to enforce domestic drug laws.
January 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
So it turns out that the Venezuela mission and snatching of Maduro was a law-enforcement not law of war undertaking. That’s the implication of the administration‘s reliance on the 1989 Barr memo. It is a violation of international law, but the memo suggests that’s OK to enforce domestic drug laws.
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The Barr memo is widely discredited but as I read it, these allegations of “narco terrorism” are irrelevant. We’re just going in to snatch someone who is violating US domestic criminal law.
January 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The Barr memo is widely discredited but as I read it, these allegations of “narco terrorism” are irrelevant. We’re just going in to snatch someone who is violating US domestic criminal law.
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Police seized the cargo vessel "Fitburg" on Wednesday while it was en route from Russia to Israel on suspicion that it had sabotaged the telecoms cable running across the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki to Estonia.
January 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Police seized the cargo vessel "Fitburg" on Wednesday while it was en route from Russia to Israel on suspicion that it had sabotaged the telecoms cable running across the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki to Estonia.
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The GOP is dominated by gutter trash bigots.
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The GOP is dominated by gutter trash bigots.
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Despicable.
Trump did it again. This is his 2nd post pushing a conspiracy that Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman murdered in her own home.
Absolutely disgusting.
Absolutely disgusting.
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Despicable.
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!! BREAKING: Nicolas Maduro arrives in New York
Virginia Senator calls it “sickening return” to US meddling
youtube.com/shorts/CG6LR...
Virginia Senator calls it “sickening return” to US meddling
youtube.com/shorts/CG6LR...
BREAKING: Nicolas Maduro arrives in NY. Virginia Senator calls it “sickening return” to US meddling
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 PM
!! BREAKING: Nicolas Maduro arrives in New York
Virginia Senator calls it “sickening return” to US meddling
youtube.com/shorts/CG6LR...
Virginia Senator calls it “sickening return” to US meddling
youtube.com/shorts/CG6LR...
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I wonder if anyone has compared the US indictment against JOH with the Indictment filed against Nicolas Maduro @asharangappa.bsky.social
1/ This is the US indictment of Honduran Narcodictator Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) to whom Trump extended a pardon in early november 2025, in order to influence the Honduran election later that month.
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I wonder if anyone has compared the US indictment against JOH with the Indictment filed against Nicolas Maduro @asharangappa.bsky.social
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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“Democratic lawmakers uniformly condemned the attack and criticized the administration’s lack of plans following Maduro’s ouster.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-v...
www.ms.now/news/trump-v...
Democrats condemn Trump’s Venezuela strikes as Republicans largely cheer Maduro’s capture
Democrats and Republicans had largely opposing reactions to the operation, which Congress did not approve and reportedly had no prior knowledge about.
www.ms.now
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
“Democratic lawmakers uniformly condemned the attack and criticized the administration’s lack of plans following Maduro’s ouster.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-v...
www.ms.now/news/trump-v...
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Axios: Hours after the U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured Maduro, Donald Trump sent a warning to Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia that they could be next.
www.axios.com/2026/01/03/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/03/t...
Trump signals more Latin American invasions could be next after capturing Maduro
"Something's going to have to be done with Mexico," Trump told Fox and Friends.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Axios: Hours after the U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured Maduro, Donald Trump sent a warning to Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia that they could be next.
www.axios.com/2026/01/03/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/03/t...
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Here more Cato folks including defense and foreign policy scholars weigh in. Trump is slighting Venezuela's legitimate (& election-winning) opposition, making a show of unconstrained U.S. military power, inviting regime change quagmire, and proposing to "run" a country that isn't ours to run. /3
Cato Scholars: US Raid in Venezuela Raises Serious Constitutional and Foreign Policy Concerns While Ousting a Brutal Socialist Dictator
The best way forward for the United States and Venezuela is to quickly initiate a transition to democracy with political leaders who have democratic legitimacy, rather than engage in nation-building o...
www.cato.org
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Here more Cato folks including defense and foreign policy scholars weigh in. Trump is slighting Venezuela's legitimate (& election-winning) opposition, making a show of unconstrained U.S. military power, inviting regime change quagmire, and proposing to "run" a country that isn't ours to run. /3
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Clark Neily has now written a longer post for Cato on the Maduro operation, which "appears to have been more about regime change than law enforcement.... The Constitution’s limits on foreign affairs power do not vanish simply because courts decline to enforce them." /2
Venezuela—Indictments, Invasions, and the Constitution’s Crumbling Guardrails
There’s a constitutional process for toppling foreign dictators, and we should follow it.
www.cato.org
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Clark Neily has now written a longer post for Cato on the Maduro operation, which "appears to have been more about regime change than law enforcement.... The Constitution’s limits on foreign affairs power do not vanish simply because courts decline to enforce them." /2