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#venezuela #chevron #standardoil #maduro The real story of American oil companies in Venezuela, not Trump lies. dnyuz.com/2025/12/20/t...
Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. Here’s the history.
In 1976, the government of oil-rich Venezuela assumed control of the country’s petroleum industry, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and
dnyuz.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#venezuela #chevron #standardoil #maduro The real story of American oil companies in Venezuela, not Trump lies. dnyuz.com/2025/12/20/t...
We may have to wait to remove his name from The Kennedy Center, but you can cover him with a National Park sticker from Jenny McCarty: www.thesageleafstudio.com/products/nat...
National Parks Pass Stickers - Donate to the National Park Foundation
Cover your National Parks Pass with these $5 scenic vinyl stickers. Choose from 3 designs. 100% of proceeds go to the National Park Foundation.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We may have to wait to remove his name from The Kennedy Center, but you can cover him with a National Park sticker from Jenny McCarty: www.thesageleafstudio.com/products/nat...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is so disgusting I can't find words for it. Hour after hour, a new fucking low by the defective, warped, evil monster:
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Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is so disgusting I can't find words for it. Hour after hour, a new fucking low by the defective, warped, evil monster:
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bsky.app/profile/pbum...
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whoever is writing reality lately is really getting heavy-handed with it. no subtlety at all
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
whoever is writing reality lately is really getting heavy-handed with it. no subtlety at all
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Not an iota of grace or decency in this human being.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Not an iota of grace or decency in this human being.
#discontinuedfoods #Borden's Nobody knows what mincemeat is anymore. I miss it, Borden's None Such!
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#discontinuedfoods #Borden's Nobody knows what mincemeat is anymore. I miss it, Borden's None Such!
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I increasingly think that in folks' attention to Orwell, Atwood, and so on, they did not properly anticipate how Vonnegut-esque the dystopia would be.
At some point it is pretty freeing to accept the fact that complete buffoons have taken over most of the things you thought were important institutions
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I increasingly think that in folks' attention to Orwell, Atwood, and so on, they did not properly anticipate how Vonnegut-esque the dystopia would be.
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"The administration genuinely seems to believe it can pull back from the world stage yet somehow still tell the rest of the world what to do. And it has a very firm idea of what it wants Europe to do, which is 'be as racist and xenophobic as Donald Trump.'" — @snipy.bsky.social
We're the baddies now. Our new Security Strategy shows it.
It's a gift to the Kremlin and a middle finger to our erstwhile allies.
www.publicnotice.co
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The administration genuinely seems to believe it can pull back from the world stage yet somehow still tell the rest of the world what to do. And it has a very firm idea of what it wants Europe to do, which is 'be as racist and xenophobic as Donald Trump.'" — @snipy.bsky.social
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Also, of course, the State Department changing typefaces for reasons that boil down to "fuck accessibility" is both utterly in line with the overt bigotry of this administration and a signal indicator of how unserious these people are, it doesn't matter what typeface you use when you're a joke
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Also, of course, the State Department changing typefaces for reasons that boil down to "fuck accessibility" is both utterly in line with the overt bigotry of this administration and a signal indicator of how unserious these people are, it doesn't matter what typeface you use when you're a joke
I’m typing all my posts in Calibri from now on. It’s just one tiny finger-in-the-face to the MAGgots.
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I’m typing all my posts in Calibri from now on. It’s just one tiny finger-in-the-face to the MAGgots.
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I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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🎁- link - share.inquirer.com/UXuidD
There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
Never play the fool (advice to trump and his sycophants). The Fool Killer will get you.
Great 1965 drama with Edward Albert and Anthony Perkins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc5m...
Great 1965 drama with Edward Albert and Anthony Perkins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc5m...
The Fool Killer (Servando González, 1965)
YouTube video by The Digital Archives
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December 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Never play the fool (advice to trump and his sycophants). The Fool Killer will get you.
Great 1965 drama with Edward Albert and Anthony Perkins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc5m...
Great 1965 drama with Edward Albert and Anthony Perkins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc5m...
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Here's a gift link, please consider subscribing. I switched from WaPo and haven't regretted it for a moment.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Here's a gift link, please consider subscribing. I switched from WaPo and haven't regretted it for a moment.
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@steveliesman.bsky.social Thank you for being honest. And hoping Lutnick will have an open mind is as futile as hoping he has a mind
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@steveliesman.bsky.social Thank you for being honest. And hoping Lutnick will have an open mind is as futile as hoping he has a mind
#movies RIP Udo Kier, the man with the beautiful eyes. www.rogerebert.com/tributes/swa... Watch him in Swan Song, free to stream on play.xumo.com
Swan Song: Udo Kier (1944-2025) | Tributes | Roger Ebert
A tribute to the prolific character actor, who played vampires and Nazis and outcasts until the age of 81.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#movies RIP Udo Kier, the man with the beautiful eyes. www.rogerebert.com/tributes/swa... Watch him in Swan Song, free to stream on play.xumo.com
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Yes, and also, leave X if you have not already
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Yes, and also, leave X if you have not already
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I’ve never seen a clip of this man speaking that didn’t make me want to throw things.
Snide, condescending and deeply dishonest. Feels like a villain from a bad 80s teen comedy.
Snide, condescending and deeply dishonest. Feels like a villain from a bad 80s teen comedy.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’ve never seen a clip of this man speaking that didn’t make me want to throw things.
Snide, condescending and deeply dishonest. Feels like a villain from a bad 80s teen comedy.
Snide, condescending and deeply dishonest. Feels like a villain from a bad 80s teen comedy.
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all the men involved also should be put on the ice floe. cheryl hines too.
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
all the men involved also should be put on the ice floe. cheryl hines too.
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Please stop making me have to hear or know about Olivia Nuzzi.
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked