@oak-aged
@oak-aged.bsky.social
Painfully politically aware.
X refugee. Chicago girl made from hardy Democratic stock. Voter, defender, mom & activist.
I am here to talk about politics, but can be easily distracted by topics on: Wine, cooking, cats, music & gardening.
X refugee. Chicago girl made from hardy Democratic stock. Voter, defender, mom & activist.
I am here to talk about politics, but can be easily distracted by topics on: Wine, cooking, cats, music & gardening.
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If they do decide to invade at least we’ll get a warning bc someone will absolutely place a suspiciously large bet on one of these sites right before
January 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
If they do decide to invade at least we’ll get a warning bc someone will absolutely place a suspiciously large bet on one of these sites right before
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I was told that Congress was finally back in session today.
How, exactly, are we going to be able to tell?
How, exactly, are we going to be able to tell?
January 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I was told that Congress was finally back in session today.
How, exactly, are we going to be able to tell?
How, exactly, are we going to be able to tell?
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Is “law enforcement operation” the new “special military operation”?
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz: "There is no war against Venezuela or its people. WE are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation."
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz Statement at U.N. Security Council Meeting on Venezuela
YouTube video by C-SPAN
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Is “law enforcement operation” the new “special military operation”?
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it’s hilarious that the united states is trying to charge the president of a foreign country with possession of machine guns
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
it’s hilarious that the united states is trying to charge the president of a foreign country with possession of machine guns
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Nixon was pardoned. Bush and Blair did not even smell the threat of jail time. Unless there are arrests, trials, criminal convictions, actual jail time and significant *individual* fines, these flagrant violations of domestic and international law will not only continue, they will escalate.
January 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Nixon was pardoned. Bush and Blair did not even smell the threat of jail time. Unless there are arrests, trials, criminal convictions, actual jail time and significant *individual* fines, these flagrant violations of domestic and international law will not only continue, they will escalate.
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NEW: President Trump cites people leaving Colorado "in droves" as a reason he vetoed a bipartisan clean drinking water project. Trump appears to rely on a single moving company's survey, which is contradicted by four similar surveys and government stats. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump offers questionable new reason for killing Colorado water project
Trump said he vetoed a clean drinking water project because people are leaving Colorado “in droves.” It appears he’s relying on a single moving company’s statistics.
www.9news.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:11 AM
NEW: President Trump cites people leaving Colorado "in droves" as a reason he vetoed a bipartisan clean drinking water project. Trump appears to rely on a single moving company's survey, which is contradicted by four similar surveys and government stats. www.9news.com/article/news...
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It wasn’t just the Republican district attorney who supported the prosecution of Peters, all 3 GOP Mesa County (Co.) Commissioners at the time supported the prosecution.
In August 2024, Peters was convicted of 7 charges, including four felonies. 1/3
In August 2024, Peters was convicted of 7 charges, including four felonies. 1/3
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It wasn’t just the Republican district attorney who supported the prosecution of Peters, all 3 GOP Mesa County (Co.) Commissioners at the time supported the prosecution.
In August 2024, Peters was convicted of 7 charges, including four felonies. 1/3
In August 2024, Peters was convicted of 7 charges, including four felonies. 1/3
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House Judiciary Committee releases transcript of interview with Jack Smith (with redactions)
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
judiciary.house.gov
December 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
House Judiciary Committee releases transcript of interview with Jack Smith (with redactions)
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Let's consider this a preview of the legal and political defeats to come in 2026. 🍻https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/donald-trump-national-guard-deployment-00708714
Trump ends National Guard deployment in 3 cities after Supreme Court loss
The president said troops will no longer be in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland.
www.politico.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Let's consider this a preview of the legal and political defeats to come in 2026. 🍻https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/donald-trump-national-guard-deployment-00708714
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If anyone can screw up this prosecution - it's her
Jan 6 bomber’s lawyer calls out legal flub by Jeanine Pirro www.alternet.org/jeanine-pirr...
Jan 6 bomber’s lawyer calls out legal flub by Jeanine Pirro www.alternet.org/jeanine-pirr...
Jan 6 bomber’s lawyer calls out legal flub by Jeanine Pirro
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, a former Fox News host, was called out by the lawyers for the accused Jan. 6 bomber, Brian Cole, for trying to influence the jury pool before the case even went to trial....
www.alternet.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If anyone can screw up this prosecution - it's her
Jan 6 bomber’s lawyer calls out legal flub by Jeanine Pirro www.alternet.org/jeanine-pirr...
Jan 6 bomber’s lawyer calls out legal flub by Jeanine Pirro www.alternet.org/jeanine-pirr...
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I will have more to say about our strike on Venezuela as soon as I can figure out *if it really happened or if Trump is conflating it with something*, which is a hell of thing to say about a statement from the president about military action.
Well, rumor has it Trump seemed to have just bombed a port in Venezuela. This can give you some military stuff to think about to take your mind off this conversation.
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I will have more to say about our strike on Venezuela as soon as I can figure out *if it really happened or if Trump is conflating it with something*, which is a hell of thing to say about a statement from the president about military action.
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Kelly’s work documenting resistance to ICE in Chicago was essential reading for me this year, please consider subscribing!
My favorite piece that I wrote this year was published in my newsletter last month. Paid subscribers make pieces like this one possible.
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Kelly’s work documenting resistance to ICE in Chicago was essential reading for me this year, please consider subscribing!
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This presser is like listening to a child. A dim child.
December 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This presser is like listening to a child. A dim child.
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One presumes a generous “donation” to the new ballroom will clear these concerns up
the geniuses of this WH are:
a. closely associating themselves with the AI industry (inviting CEOs to WH, relying on endless slop)
b. deliberately stopping any attempts to mitigate even the most obvious harms (halting green power projects that might lower electrical bills, neutering state AI laws)
a. closely associating themselves with the AI industry (inviting CEOs to WH, relying on endless slop)
b. deliberately stopping any attempts to mitigate even the most obvious harms (halting green power projects that might lower electrical bills, neutering state AI laws)
December 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One presumes a generous “donation” to the new ballroom will clear these concerns up
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The president is apparently celebrating Festivus and the airing of the grievance is about 45 minutes too late.
December 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The president is apparently celebrating Festivus and the airing of the grievance is about 45 minutes too late.
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To him I say:
a cartoon character in a tuxedo is holding a violin in his hand
Alt: a cartoon character in a tuxedo is holding a violin in his hand
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
To him I say:
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again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
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Bon(gino) Voyage!
👋 Bon(gino) Voyage!
The deputy FBI director calls it quits, the White House looks to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship, and was the president high as a kite last night?
zeteo.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Bon(gino) Voyage!
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OMG
There's also "Don Snoreleone"...
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
OMG
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Film harder. Gotta pump those numbers up.
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Film harder. Gotta pump those numbers up.
Absolutely disgusting.
Victims get nothing and Maxwell is living her best life!!🤬
Victims get nothing and Maxwell is living her best life!!🤬
“Within days of her arrival at a Texas prison camp in early August, Ghislaine Maxwell gushed in emails to her friends and family over the cleanliness and safety of her new surroundings… Maxwell was moved days after meeting with Deputy AG Todd Blanche in July.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility
Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Absolutely disgusting.
Victims get nothing and Maxwell is living her best life!!🤬
Victims get nothing and Maxwell is living her best life!!🤬
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Email from Ghislaine Maxwell to family after Trump had her transferred to a Club Fed facility, obtained by Dems on House Judiciary Committee.
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Email from Ghislaine Maxwell to family after Trump had her transferred to a Club Fed facility, obtained by Dems on House Judiciary Committee.