This is such a disappointing take from what was once one of the greatest newspapers in the world. You used to be better than this. You should be better than this.

Meh. I don't need a new research project to see if it's anything interesting. Just reported the accounts and moving on.

Smells like low-effort disinfo accounts being warmed up. Hopefully @safety.bsky.app will look into them and see if they are actually something interesting.

Many said Iraq was about oil, but as you rightly noted, it wasn't - or at least only in small part. There was a lot more going on there. Trump seems to be a lot simpler in terms of motivation: he has to win, for some definition of winning.

Trump seems to be driven by two things: greed and ego. I don't think this is ego, as Maduro has already offered Trump much of what he could want - more than enough to satisfy his ego. That leaves greed, I think. (This doesn't touch on the people pushing Trump, who have their own motivations.)

Oil. The only thing that Trump can claim to gain from going after Venezuela is their oil - nothing else would have a big enough impact to justify the level of military involvement that he's setup.

Pretty clear that they care more about their racism than protecting people.

The only thing that's changed is where she thinks she can build support from - she knows Trump is vulnerable, so it's time for her to move to build her name more and set the stage for her next political play to build her career.

My take is that there was a time that law and rules mattered, now it really doesn't matter. Should it matter? Of course. But when the President isn't accountable to anyone, does it even matter - nobody that could do anything about it will lift a finger. (Yes, I realize how cynical this is).

Also has a great CLI that makes batch / automated processing a lot faster.

Trump being wrong in almost every way seems to be very much on brand for him.

Really seems that she’s setting up her next political play after Trump sinks. I’m guessing that this is just the beginning.

So they are re-starting the investigation, meaning that the files that the House is going to vote to release will be part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Seems like a useful excuse for them to not release anything for months, if not years.

And to think, for years people said that crime doesn’t pay. It certainly does when Trump is in the White House!