Social Distance Cat
@socialdistancecat.bsky.social
The votes aren't there for impeachment, and they aren't going to be there either no matter what happens.
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The votes aren't there for impeachment, and they aren't going to be there either no matter what happens.
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I’m sorry, but I don’t think the top priority for the opposition party in Congress should be appealing to a white middle-aged couple Chuck Schumer imagined who think everything is basically fine-to-good except groceries should be a bit cheaper.
I accept that many on this website disagree with me.
I accept that many on this website disagree with me.
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I’m sorry, but I don’t think the top priority for the opposition party in Congress should be appealing to a white middle-aged couple Chuck Schumer imagined who think everything is basically fine-to-good except groceries should be a bit cheaper.
I accept that many on this website disagree with me.
I accept that many on this website disagree with me.
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Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
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I increasingly wonder if US civ-mil is now operating in full Huntingtonian mode: civilians dictate political goals & mil leaders advise on technical/tactical options to implement them while siloed off from the political implications or wisdom of that advice.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Troops with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska are preparing after President Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I increasingly wonder if US civ-mil is now operating in full Huntingtonian mode: civilians dictate political goals & mil leaders advise on technical/tactical options to implement them while siloed off from the political implications or wisdom of that advice.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I would only add that there is a certain assumption about the competency of these people. Americans haven't exactly been serious voters electing serious people. Overall, there is a big degradation in the competency of our government.
No one from the GOP Congressional majority does anything about all this because they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
January 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I would only add that there is a certain assumption about the competency of these people. Americans haven't exactly been serious voters electing serious people. Overall, there is a big degradation in the competency of our government.
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No one from the GOP Congressional majority does anything about all this because they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
January 18, 2026 at 4:46 PM
No one from the GOP Congressional majority does anything about all this because they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
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The FAA has warned U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying over parts of Mexico, Central America and South America due to a “potentially hazardous situation.”
FAA Warns Airlines Of Potential ‘Military Activities’ In Latin America
The FAA has warned U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying over parts of Mexico, Central America and South America due to a “potentially hazardous situation.”
www.forbes.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The FAA has warned U.S. airlines to exercise caution when flying over parts of Mexico, Central America and South America due to a “potentially hazardous situation.”
I'm definitely in the hot stove camp, but I think the lags can be longer than people realize.
According to touch-the-stove-ism, Trump managing to remove Fed Chair Powell and install a crony who lowers interest rates, which will likely raise inflation and further weaken the dollar, would be a positive.
It's the only way for the "who cares about the fascism, I've made money" crowd to learn.
It's the only way for the "who cares about the fascism, I've made money" crowd to learn.
January 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I'm definitely in the hot stove camp, but I think the lags can be longer than people realize.
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TWO. Two chances this Supreme Court had to make the right call. One was the simply call January 6 what it was: An insurrection. Even the liberal justices couldn’t do that. The other was to not make sham and politically-motivated investigations an “official act.”
And here we fucking are.
And here we fucking are.
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
TWO. Two chances this Supreme Court had to make the right call. One was the simply call January 6 what it was: An insurrection. Even the liberal justices couldn’t do that. The other was to not make sham and politically-motivated investigations an “official act.”
And here we fucking are.
And here we fucking are.
Wow
Wow, talk about unprecedented.
The Fed Chairman makes official statement that the President is using criminal charges to threaten him over monetary policy.
The Fed Chairman makes official statement that the President is using criminal charges to threaten him over monetary policy.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Wow
"The US must take Greenland, whatever the cost"
This is one of the most bootlicking arguments I've read in a very long time. The whole premise of the argument is that scoring all of our allies for "ownership" of a land we already have bases on advances our power in some way.
This is one of the most bootlicking arguments I've read in a very long time. The whole premise of the argument is that scoring all of our allies for "ownership" of a land we already have bases on advances our power in some way.
thehill.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"The US must take Greenland, whatever the cost"
This is one of the most bootlicking arguments I've read in a very long time. The whole premise of the argument is that scoring all of our allies for "ownership" of a land we already have bases on advances our power in some way.
This is one of the most bootlicking arguments I've read in a very long time. The whole premise of the argument is that scoring all of our allies for "ownership" of a land we already have bases on advances our power in some way.
I suspect the WH opinion is that nobody can do anything about Trump's ambition of conquest.
Europe is finally waking the F up to the fact that they have leverage too.
January 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I suspect the WH opinion is that nobody can do anything about Trump's ambition of conquest.
So much this.
One thing I've learned about our side? Is that we are completely incompetent and unprepared to make critical decisions. The crime scene should have been secured immediately by Minneapolis PD. Instead, our leaders wallowed in the usual press gaggles, speaking slots and hot takes.
January 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
So much this.
I'm conservative when it comes to speculating on what is possible to achieve with the democratic party. For example, they would need a creditable plan for immigration control that doesn't involve ice. It's almost certain they'd be portrayed as soft on immigration.
January 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I'm conservative when it comes to speculating on what is possible to achieve with the democratic party. For example, they would need a creditable plan for immigration control that doesn't involve ice. It's almost certain they'd be portrayed as soft on immigration.
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Rubio: "It's so crazy it ... just ... might ... work!"
“It’s an insane plan,” Sen. Chris Murphy told POLITICO coming out of a briefing Wednesday with Trump administration officials on Venezuela. “They are proposing to steal Venezuela’s oil at gunpoint forever and use that leverage to run the country.” www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Wright: US will sell Venezuelan oil ‘indefinitely’
The Energy secretary’s statement comes after the U.S. seized another sanctioned crude tanker.
www.politico.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Rubio: "It's so crazy it ... just ... might ... work!"
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One of the organizations the US withdrew from is the European Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats.
That group primarily focuses on protecting European democracies from hostile Russian intelligence and military operations. Except the current US government hopes to see those hostile ops succeed.
That group primarily focuses on protecting European democracies from hostile Russian intelligence and military operations. Except the current US government hopes to see those hostile ops succeed.
50. US withdraws from @ipcc.bsky.social, @ipbes.net, @irena-official.bsky.social, Intl Union for the Conservation of Nature, UN Energy, UN Oceans, UN Water, @ununiversity.bsky.social, UNFCCC, among others (Jan. 7, 2026)
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
One of the organizations the US withdrew from is the European Centre for Countering Hybrid Threats.
That group primarily focuses on protecting European democracies from hostile Russian intelligence and military operations. Except the current US government hopes to see those hostile ops succeed.
That group primarily focuses on protecting European democracies from hostile Russian intelligence and military operations. Except the current US government hopes to see those hostile ops succeed.
Agreed. Those people were and are faker than wrestling.
Congrats to the “anti-imperialists” who helped usher in an imperialist U.S. government.
Maybe supporting (or at least anti-anti-ing) politicians who cheered Russian imperialism, and trying to blame Russian aggression on people opposing Russian aggression, wasn’t a good way to oppose imperialism.
Maybe supporting (or at least anti-anti-ing) politicians who cheered Russian imperialism, and trying to blame Russian aggression on people opposing Russian aggression, wasn’t a good way to oppose imperialism.
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Agreed. Those people were and are faker than wrestling.
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This is Kylo. He's Dominican, so he learned to dance before he could walk. 12/10 impressive moves (TT: chantyyyy_)
January 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This is Kylo. He's Dominican, so he learned to dance before he could walk. 12/10 impressive moves (TT: chantyyyy_)
No, it'll simply dissolve. But who knows what comes after.
Narrator: Every other NATO country will be bound by Article 5 of the NATO Treaty to defend Denmark if the US attacks its territory.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 AM
No, it'll simply dissolve. But who knows what comes after.