President Zelensky reacts to Maduro’s capture, suggesting Putin should be next: If it is possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States of America knows what to do next.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Special Venezuelan discussion

Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."

Donald Trump cannot be trusted to lead America into war. He is unaccountable to America. He is lawless. He only seeks conflict to cover up for his failures. Congress must step up and reassert its power. No more forever wars.

looks like someone is about to win the “fell for it again” award

Not that crazy IMO ➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office ➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result

www.theatlantic.com/internationa... This may be a good time for Congress to show up and actually do something.

Our @nytimes.com story from last week broke the news that US officials had discussed a “Phase Two” land operation against Maduro that would involve Delta Force. It’s the definitive story on how Trump, Rubio and Miller converged on the actions today. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...

Look I don’t think it’s a stretch at all that these mf’ers can talk themselves into justifying military action in Colombia or Mexico. Dangerous times.

Trump "could have tried to persuade Congress or the public to give him permission to use force. He didn’t bother. He chose war despite polls that found a large majority of Americans opposed it." From Conor Friedersdorf www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok apologizes after generating sexualized image of young girls

there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here

A flashover is a common and deadly phenomenon in which a fire in an enclosed space rapidly spreads, causing nearly everything in the room to ignite almost simultaneously, according to fire experts.

I think people did not want to believe the obvious truth: that January 6th was an attempted coup that was abetted by the highest levels of the Republican Party. It would’ve meant arresting, trying, and possibly imprisoning many of America’s most powerful politicians.

Horror. Just horrible.

“An iced coffee? In January?” -me, auditioning for a NYT columnist slot.

More than they paid AFT to sell out our teachers and students

The next sculpture for the High Line Plinth will be a re-creation of one of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. news.artnet.com/art-world/hi...

I got to say, putting the cup on the floor is gross. This is his first seriously questionable move as mayor.

does he work *too* hard??

Stop this. How???

The monks on the current "Walk for Peace" are from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple that launched the 2,300-mile journey in October 2025, walking to Washington D.C. to promote peace, loving-kindness 1/

Mark Cuban on why he got into business selling drugs at a fixed markup, when he could make more money by selling at higher prices: “Because I’m rich as fuck and I didn’t care about the money....My next dollar is not going to change my life.”

House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

I have tried to promote this as much as possible. MSM seem to be ignoring it completely. We know our promotion helps. But should we really be trying to push peace on a national level. WAKE UP MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

Happy New Year!

Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.

Have you ever driven one? Evs are so much fun to drive. They are better

Typically, once a person dies they cannot be tried posthumously. But Jan 6 is different. Even if Trump is dead when the next Dem POTUS takes over the White House, I want Trump tried for his crimes. History has to record him as a criminal!

Off to a good start

day one in mamdani’s new york

Trump and Stephen Miller are actually failing in crucial ways. Deportations are lagging behind their goals, courts are mostly functioning, and their fascist, ethnonationalist cruelties have unleashed a countermobilization of unexpected scope and power. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2046...

Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)

Please give a thought to people whose New Year’s Eve was spent in bomb shelters because a criminal invader was trying to destroy their energy infrastructure.