This is a wild ride and worth the read.

People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam. Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.

The Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen to the United States: “Enough is enough.”

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

When United States start illegal wars, it always appears to be about the theft of natural resources from another country. It shows us what Trump‘s plans for Canada could be. It is also being fully cheered on by the Conservative Party of Canada.

No one believes this. We don't, they don't, even their supporters don't. There's no point on having these guys on to tell lies that no one believes and not push back.

I keep reposting this but www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Once again Al Jazeera is showing up US based journalism with quality reporting. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi. Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.

As we watch the Trump admin fly into a capital and abduct/arrest a head of state, it’s worth remembering that he’s frequently called for American governors and mayors to be arrested for their supposed coddling of gangs of narco-terrorists.

Everything Is Russiagate truly lol

Keep coming back to this. I understand why many world leaders are issuing cautious, measured statements But evidently, their real reactions were more like “WTF DEAR GOD THIS IS MAD” I worry measured statements tell populations that the US is behaving normally

I think Justin Trudeau would have said something by now

So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.

Ok, now you’ve told us what Canada’s oil and mining industry thinks… but what do YOU think?

The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists. (Published March 2025)

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

The is a “might makes right” interpretation that the United States is claiming for itself, but would not tolerate anyone else using against their citizens. The list of countries who could legitimately claim this against US citizens let alone politicians is pretty lengthy.

Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case

Would love to hear what the head of my government, an oil-producing neighbour to the US, thinks of this.

I expect sales of @naomiaklein.bsky.social book The Shock Doctrine to skyrocket as GenZ discovers it for the first time.

So Venezuela will be the next Iraq? Which worked out so well for the Iraqi people. I wonder which oil conglomerate will get to pump Venezuelan oil?

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With inequality at Gilded Age levels and more billionaires than ever, the Republican message is poor people have it too good

Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.

That principled Constitutional Conservative, Senator Mike Lee, experienced approximately 6 hours of Susan Collins-esque concern before remembering that invading other countries and removing their leaders without congressional approval is clearly an Article II power as long as it’s Trump doing it.

Not being glib: this wags the dog on all "5 year anniversary of January 6 Insurrection" coverage.

"They don't even bother to lie badly anymore. I guess that's the final humiliation."

Trump's first White House was horny to overthrow Maduro. But the people who drove that failed coup -- guys like John Bolton -- are all gone now. This is an almost completely different set of plotters. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

I guess Justin Trudeau should consider himself lucky since Canada was one of the first countries Trump accused of supplying America with fentanyl.

I can only assume that Putin will be the next corruptly elected leader that the US deposes in its selfless efforts to bring American-style freedom and democracy to the world? osce.usmission.gov/on-the-russi...

and sadly the Nobel Peace Prize people only helped "The choice of Maria Machado has attracted significant criticism in addition to praise after she dedicated her award to Trump, whose strategy on Venezuela she endorses."

Breaking:

As we all said, international law, such as it was, no longer exists. The United States, following Israel’s precedent, considers itself to have the explicit authority to blatantly violate sovereignty anywhere in the world and abduct even leaders of other states. There are no guardrails whatsoever.

As it turns out…

New celebrity standard just dropped

Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.

In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.

just thinking about every american media outlet that said something along the lines of "legal experts say there is likely no legal basis for bombing venezuelan boats" and not HEY THIS IS FUCKING ILLEGAL AND AGGRESSIVE

This just in: calculator has apologized for saying BOOBS

Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?

“…make us the last best hope on Earth” 😂 Rest of the world just shakes their heads and pats crazy Uncle Sam on the head saying “Yes Sam, you have the prettiest city on the tallest hill and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.”

US breakfast cereal companies are offering a free ‘Canada’ toque upon purchase of a box of (made in USA) cereal. I guess their sales are lagging in Canada and this was the best they could come up with. Maybe ask your President to stop calling us 51st State, and your Ambassador to stop being a dick.

What do you mean "but" - the people who warned about it were telling the truth and the outlets like Axios who helped Trump distance himself from it were lying.

A great thread and a must read for Canadians, Europeans and Americans.

I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

The man has some incredible speechwriters, and can deliver the speeches

It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time. Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.

Extra points for the use of the word ‘bindle’. 😂

Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.” Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.