How does Mayor Pete have one of the best statements on this? Our elected officials are cowards

Death, taxes, and not a single American government official that actually listened to the lyrics of Fortunate Son

Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist. Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it

all I’ve got is that the idea that you can commit any act of violence and say you were just executing a warrant is chilling and also common to US police

Florida woman spews war mongering bullshit out of her genocidal mouth

A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

I'm seeing some comments saying stuff like "No US President has ever done anything like the kidnapping of Maduro before" and altho I relate to the outrage behind such a comment, I encourage you to look up the history of United States presidents before you post this

I think it’s time for us as US citizens to take action into our own hands and accept that majority of these politicians are not our saviors. Regardless of their political party. Democracy is dead and no one is coming to save us. When the fuck are we going to save ourselves?

I was going to say Dems are doing the “murder? But that’s illegal” bit but actually they’re not even doing that, they’re going “murder? You’re supposed to ask us first”

Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.

RIP Dick Cheney, you would have finally found something to like about the Trump presidency (illegally overthrowing a government for oil)

Y'all please stop linking this to the Epstein stuff. We know Trump doesn't want that mentioned, but this is CLEARLY an extension of the past 50+ years of regime change for oil control. It's bigger than Trump and Epstein and we need to recognize that

Trump has just announced he is going to RUN another country (with or without boots on the ground) to ensure oil flows for US companies. Yes, there’s still people - including in Latin America - pretending this is about Maduro winning elections or not. How is a Trump occupation any more legitimate?

If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States

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.

"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"

Just as a practical matter, how is the United States going to “run Venezuela” after the overnight abduction raid. Do US forces currently control an airport? A television station? A major road?

It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

These Lions helmets without the logos look so sleek

None of these people said shit when an equally bad plan for Gaza was being pushed by Trump. Everyone was saying that Hamas should agree to it. It's good that they're speaking out for Ukraine, but damning that they didn't for Gaza

Stop abusing athletes because you lost a bet Now let’s hear from the sponsor of today’s broadcast, DraftKings

Fuck it. Let's let Vic Fangio call the offense next week. He can't do any worse than Kevin Petullo has

I don't personally think that electoral politics will save us. However, I am still excited about Mamdani's win because the struggle outside the voting booth is absolutely aided by socialist elected officials.

A self-avowed socialist just got elected mayor of the biggest city in America and quoted Eugene Debs to start his acceptance speech. Do not let some loser on here convince you this isn't the biggest accomplishment the American Left has delivered in decades.

The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC. It didn't matter. Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.

Victim-blaming rhetoric works against victims of sexual assault by imagining that they were really at fault for the offender’s violence. It works against victims of food insecurity by imagining they are at fault for the wealthy’s refusal to distribute resources fairly.

the Maccabi Tel Aviv stuff is fascinating - obviously I think they should be unwelcome everywhere for boycotting-genocidal-states reasons, but it's also completely normal to ban violent hooligans from cities where their team is playing, yet politicians and media are pretending it's unacceptable

the idea of antifa paying protesters is so funny. if i wanted to get paid to destroy the government i’d run for congress

Reminder that everything you post can be seen by law enforcement. Be smart, especially now, and don't snitch on yourself. Posting specifics about actions or promoting violence on social media is just a bad idea. There's a reason organizers and activists use Signal. You can't resist from a cage.

The building was in bankruptcy. This explains why there were moving trucks hauling out residents' possessions - including residents who were not detained - basically immediately after the raid. A building depopulated of residents is easier to sell etc.

I sat through quite a bit of low-level high school football while I was a student and I can't remember even one of them which had worse officiating than that Eagles game. I don't think the crew had any idea what was going on and the replay assist only made things worse

this is what the govt of israel demands of diaspora jewry: not that we look out for our own interests and political concerns “first and foremost,” but that we look after theirs, even to our own detriment. and if we don’t? they inveigh attacks against us to delegitimize *us* as authentic jews.

If that country is called Israel, however, we'd send it billions of dollars and arm it to the teeth so it could commit genocide

Using federal agents to stoke fear and violate constitutional rights is VERY American. This is just the first time it is impacting white people. Federal agents have been used to stoke fear in Black, Latino, and indigenous communities since the founding of the US.

Not only should the Dems refuse to cave on the shutdown; they should announce they won’t vote for a budget until: (a) the military is withdrawn from every American city where it’s been deployed; (b) the budget forbids the use of any funds for that purpose; AND (c) the healthcare demand already made.

It is really funny that Jimmy Kimmel Live showed more moral fortitude and adherence to a system of values than Columbia University

The issue with the general US public is that they appear to eat this obvious planted shit right up. Between the law enforcement published text exchange and then this absolute farce written on ammunition, I am beginning to think that this 'evidence' is being used to manufacture consent to detain.

Keep in mind when you watch #JimmyKimmel tonight that while he's back for now (without Sinclair and Nexstar his ratings will decline enough to cancel him later) there is a legion of people who lost their jobs who aren't famous, wouldn't have been personally OK anyway, and won't get their jobs back.

Saw someone post about how it's really fucked up that we all have to speculate about whether or not the FBI manufactured evidence to back their version of events. The thing is, you should always suspect that about law enforcement—these guys are just more clown-ish and obvious about it.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Muriel Bowser and the DC City Council are robbing the populace while DC burns. What a bunch of cowards.

I got called a kapo and an antisemite this morning for not lionizing Kirk, and then I read this, and I guess American Jews not being fascists means well just redefine "Jew" to include him and not us, huh

I didn't realize you could tackle a QB with your full body weight as long as the QB's name is Jalen Hurts.

I feel like I'm the only person who has heard of the police shooting in RURAL Pennsylvania, and if we had a competent democratic party they would use this given how much the GOP has painted cities as violent hell holes.

It's great that so many people are standing up for Jimmy Fallon getting cancelled, but where was all this energy 2.5 years ago when folks were getting fired for standing up against Israel's genocide in Gaza?

People legit yelled at me for 24 hours when I said it's extremely dumb to RSVP to a protest. Why hand your name over to a group organizing a protest/rally? Do you *want* to have to talk to the FBI? Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.