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January 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Saturday's capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro isn't the first time the U.S. entered a Latin American country by force to seize its leader on drugs charges.
Maduro's capture draws echoes of Noriega in 1990
What comes next is likely years of court battles over how Maduro is charged, how he's treated and where he's held.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Saturday's capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro isn't the first time the U.S. entered a Latin American country by force to seize its leader on drugs charges.
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Under the banner of America First, President Trump is attacking countries all over the world.
American interventionism is back, in Trumpian technicolor.
American interventionism is back, in Trumpian technicolor.
Trump brings American interventionism roaring back
Under the banner of America First, Trump is attacking countries all over the world.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Under the banner of America First, President Trump is attacking countries all over the world.
American interventionism is back, in Trumpian technicolor.
American interventionism is back, in Trumpian technicolor.
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‘Iraq 2.0’: Democrats seethe at Trump’s surprise Venezuela strike
‘Iraq 2.0’: Democrats seethe at Trump’s surprise Venezuela strike
The operation quickly united rank-and-file lawmakers behind a message that the president illegally bypassed Congress and has no plan for the aftermath.
dlvr.it
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
‘Iraq 2.0’: Democrats seethe at Trump’s surprise Venezuela strike
This never works well.
NEW: Trump said the U.S. will temporarily "run" Venezuela until a leadership transition takes place after the U.S. military captured Maduro.
Trump says US will temporarily ‘run’ Venezuela after raid capturing Maduro
The president said early Saturday that the U.S. carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and captured the country’s leader.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This never works well.
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The U.S. military action in Venezuela has drawn condemnation from many regional governments and global powers alike, raising fresh questions about legality, sovereignty and the risk of escalation. n.pr/3NsAox1
U.S. strikes on Venezuela spark alarm across Latin America and beyond
The U.S. military action in Venezuela has drawn condemnation from many regional governments and global powers alike, raising fresh questions about legality, sovereignty and the risk of escalation.
n.pr
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The U.S. military action in Venezuela has drawn condemnation from many regional governments and global powers alike, raising fresh questions about legality, sovereignty and the risk of escalation. n.pr/3NsAox1
As a former retail worker, I'd like to remind everyone that you do not 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 to go shopping tomorrow. Not at 2am, 10am, 2pm, or at all. Kill the demand and let the workers have a break.
If you absolutely must, be kind to each other, and extra kind to the workers. They miss their families.
If you absolutely must, be kind to each other, and extra kind to the workers. They miss their families.
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
As a former retail worker, I'd like to remind everyone that you do not 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 to go shopping tomorrow. Not at 2am, 10am, 2pm, or at all. Kill the demand and let the workers have a break.
If you absolutely must, be kind to each other, and extra kind to the workers. They miss their families.
If you absolutely must, be kind to each other, and extra kind to the workers. They miss their families.
Re-posting an old thread from Twitter.
November 5th, for movie buffs, is a day of remembering. "Remember, remember..." If you know, you know.
But November 5th is more than just Guy Fawkes Day, if you were fortunate enough to know a particular individual even more worth remembering today.
November 5th, for movie buffs, is a day of remembering. "Remember, remember..." If you know, you know.
But November 5th is more than just Guy Fawkes Day, if you were fortunate enough to know a particular individual even more worth remembering today.
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Re-posting an old thread from Twitter.
November 5th, for movie buffs, is a day of remembering. "Remember, remember..." If you know, you know.
But November 5th is more than just Guy Fawkes Day, if you were fortunate enough to know a particular individual even more worth remembering today.
November 5th, for movie buffs, is a day of remembering. "Remember, remember..." If you know, you know.
But November 5th is more than just Guy Fawkes Day, if you were fortunate enough to know a particular individual even more worth remembering today.
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NEW: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document 404 Media obtained. Photos taken by the app are stored for 15 years, including of U.S. citizens. We've published the full document here: www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
NEW: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document 404 Media obtained. Photos taken by the app are stored for 15 years, including of U.S. citizens. We've published the full document here: www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
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This is definitely one of those things that people would’ve called you hysterical for predicting a year ago.
Trump is going to destroy the East Room of the White House without even asking Congress and build a ballroom with funds from private companies that are seeking favors? Settle down, lib.
Trump is going to destroy the East Room of the White House without even asking Congress and build a ballroom with funds from private companies that are seeking favors? Settle down, lib.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is definitely one of those things that people would’ve called you hysterical for predicting a year ago.
Trump is going to destroy the East Room of the White House without even asking Congress and build a ballroom with funds from private companies that are seeking favors? Settle down, lib.
Trump is going to destroy the East Room of the White House without even asking Congress and build a ballroom with funds from private companies that are seeking favors? Settle down, lib.
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Ingrassia is the nominee to be the guy who enforces the Hatch Act (ie against political acts in government) and who protects whistleblowers from Administration retaliation
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ingrassia is the nominee to be the guy who enforces the Hatch Act (ie against political acts in government) and who protects whistleblowers from Administration retaliation
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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A picture is worth 1,000 words.
October 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A picture is worth 1,000 words.
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(screaming at my computer) IT'S POOP! SAY POOP! www.404media.co/trump-no-kin...
News Outlets Won't Describe Trump's AI Video For What It Is: The President Pooping on America
Major outlets said the President dumped "brown liquid" that "appeared to be feces" in an AI-generated video. They refused to call a spade a spade, or poop, poop.
www.404media.co
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
(screaming at my computer) IT'S POOP! SAY POOP! www.404media.co/trump-no-kin...
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President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…
President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records told the same tale–then the lie passed into history and became truth." —George Orwell, 1984 This past weekend witnessed what may have been the largest single-day political protest in American history.
www.techdirt.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
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The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
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It's going up to $40 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It's going up to $40 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
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The Supreme Court's Republican appointees let Mississippi kill Charles Ray Crawford tonight, despite treatment at trial that was of the same type that SCOTUS later held in another case is unconstitutional.
All three Democratic appointees, in a lengthy dissent, would have kept him alive.
All three Democratic appointees, in a lengthy dissent, would have kept him alive.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25-385 (25A378)
CHARLES RAY CRAWFORD v. MISSISSIPPI ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI
[October 15, 2025]
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is de-nied.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from the denial of application for stay and denial of certiorari.
Charles Ray Crawford will be executed tonight for a crime that his own lawyers told the jury he committed, despite his express instructions not to do so. Had this case come to this Court on direct appeal, Crawford could have proved that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated under our decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414
(2018), in which we held that lawyers may not override a defendant's explicit and unequivocal decision not to concede guilt at trial. He would also likely be entitled to a new trial, as a McCoy violation is a structural error that mandates reversal.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiepxn2c2sysmhnj65djmldlau3pusmhbc7t3kfv6phnqpt5itky6e@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Supreme Court's Republican appointees let Mississippi kill Charles Ray Crawford tonight, despite treatment at trial that was of the same type that SCOTUS later held in another case is unconstitutional.
All three Democratic appointees, in a lengthy dissent, would have kept him alive.
All three Democratic appointees, in a lengthy dissent, would have kept him alive.
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‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like
Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'
a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'
so the funding disappeared??
and people are dying??
Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'
a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'
so the funding disappeared??
and people are dying??
There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like
Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'
a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'
so the funding disappeared??
and people are dying??
Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'
a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'
so the funding disappeared??
and people are dying??
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Remembering all the people, including Zuck, who insisted (against the actual evidence) that the Biden admin pressured them into censorship... who are suddenly silent now that Pam Bondi is happily demanding the removal of 1st Amendment protected speech.
Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That…
You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you remember…
You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you remember…
Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That…
You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you remember when he went on Joe Rogan and whined some more about Biden pressure on moderation, even though he admitted there that he rejected their requests: And they pushed us super hard to take down things that were honestly were true.
www.techdirt.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Remembering all the people, including Zuck, who insisted (against the actual evidence) that the Biden admin pressured them into censorship... who are suddenly silent now that Pam Bondi is happily demanding the removal of 1st Amendment protected speech.
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After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.
Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6
Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets.
Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6
Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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Elon Musk is now worth over $500 billion.
That means his net worth has gone up by $100 billion in less than a year.
Tax. The. Damn. Rich.
That means his net worth has gone up by $100 billion in less than a year.
Tax. The. Damn. Rich.
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Elon Musk is now worth over $500 billion.
That means his net worth has gone up by $100 billion in less than a year.
Tax. The. Damn. Rich.
That means his net worth has gone up by $100 billion in less than a year.
Tax. The. Damn. Rich.