The difference between the Mexican cartels and the country of Venezuela is that the Mexican cartels have a far greater ability to hit back at the United States. For example, they could grab a random American family in Acapulco and murder them brutally just to send a message.

Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels. "We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."

We’re mobilizing across the country this weekend to honor Renee Nicole Good, demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s terror: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Trump is considering building a one-story addition to the West Wing of the White House as his $400 million ballroom project keeps getting bigger. www.thedailybeast.com//ballroom-ar...

Renee Nicole Good.

The Minneapolis neighborhood where federal immigration officers shot and killed a woman on Wednesday is less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed by the police in 2020.

Climate and money are too often divorced in our imaginations, the assumption being that you can’t make money or properly run an economy and keep the climate from imploding at the same time. People who actually handle money for a living could tell you otherwise.

Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the Capitol in a last-ditch effort to cling to power after losing a free and fair election. January 6 was not a protest that got out of hand — it was an attempted coup, carried out in plain sight.

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We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela We are a rogue state, a global pariah Trump is ruling as a dictator, period An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations The message for 2026 is clear: No kings! My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

ABSOLUTE MADNESS Night Minimums up to 64F in Illinois NIGHT TEMPERATURES TYPICAL OF JULY Hundreds oF records pulverized allover Central States with up to 8F margins and the weekend will be hotter,in some areas much hotter. It s the most extreme event in US climatic history.

Baja authorities are searching for this 15-year-old last seen in Colonias de California in Tijuana. Please share.

one of four in a week www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Ladies and gentleman: The President of the United States www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

This NYT piece dives into Trump, his modeling agency, and Mar-a-Lago as well. Check out the age of one of the girls and the quote attributed to Marla Maples:

In the relationship between Trump and Epstein, “Female bodies were currency.” Offering my last gift link on this because it’s worth a read in full: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Is A Taco A Sandwich Or a Dumpling? Tune in to CBS for a debate between two smug people you’ve never heard of but who will make your skin crawl within seconds.

Go Jack!

The fuck is happening in this framed photo three feet away from Steve Bannon?

He’s melting.

Reminder about Jan 6: it really happened It was a horror 140+ police were injured A range of violent weapons were used by attackers Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard There was a gallows and guns Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached

Brazil did the right thing jailing Bolsonaro. I’m envious.

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Brazil police take ex-president Jair Bolsonaro into custody on.ft.com/4rh2j2C

Very important for people to read this portion of the Epstein Files Transparency Act so you understand 1) why Mike Johnson was so upset today, and 2) what is NOT permitted to be redacted by the DOJ.

How to do a headline 101. Take note @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com "Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean” Also remember Jamal Khasoggi today please.💔

Losing it at women reporters is definitely the way to tamp down accusations of abusing girls.

It would take 2/3 of the House (~290 votes) and Senate (67 votes) to override a veto. Usually, it would be nearly inconceivable for 20 Senate Republicans to support legislation opposed by Trump. But pressure is already building from many Epstein survivors and even from some conservative senators.

Recycling in Mexico.

Amplified echos from Bob Woodward’s “Fear” with Trumps denial of his relationship to Epstein and the young women and girls he abused.

Call them the Trump and Epstein Files.

In one email from April 2011, Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell: "I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump."

Mood in America 2025.

Nah.

This whole thread is infuriating and heartbreaking on how horrifically ICE is treating our fellow human beings.

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The Putin playbook

Remember when they said they were only going to deport criminals? Not only have they been going after grandmothers and cops, but now priests.

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Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:

10 Food Banks in San Francisco and the Bay Area and where to get free groceries due to the fake king and Republican SNAP shutdown. Great to see California stepping up. sf.funcheap.com/city-guide/p...

Oh my god.

While the European countries have brought their spending under control, the US president’s tax cuts and defence spending will lead to increased borrowing.

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.” ― Honoré de Balzac

Election monitors in California on Prop 50 is the trial run for voter intimidation in the 2026 midterms. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...