Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the striking similarity in appearance of Venezuela's Maduro, and Saddam Hussein?

Anything to deflect from the Epstein Files....

Bernie Sanders speaks a lot of sense (along with other radical nonsense) but unfortunately he comes across as a very bitter, angry, old man. That is not going to win votes over to the Dems' side of politics. Where is the strong but moderate, forceful but not angry, leadership of the Dems? MIA...!

Trump knows what he did is impeachable. He's daring Congress to impeach him. The more Democrats in particular dither, the more powerful he becomes, and he knows it.

Stephen Miller's wife is just as crazy as he is. She posted this.

He murdered 40 civilians to kidnap two people and steal oil..

Where is the opposition to Trump & his band of loonies? Lots of noise here in the echo chamber of Bluesky. But where is the REAL opposition? He gets away with murder - literally - because nobody stands up to him. He is the ultimate bully. He is also a demented psychopathic megalomania dictator

The US raid on Venezuela was militarily brilliant, both in the planning & the execution. But blatantly illegal...! All about oil and the Epstein Files.

What's next for Trump & his band of lunatics? So many options: Greenland? Mexico? Cuba? Colombia? Panama? Brazil to free his mate Bolsonaro? Somewhere out of the blue - eg South Korea, Taiwan, even Ukraine? (Get that pesky Zelensky out of the way for Trump's boss, Putin) Trump needs to arrested!

If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.

A dark moment indeed! No matter how bad Maduro may be, it is against international law to kidnap him and his wife. It's not about drugs - it never was. It's all about the OIL...!

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

Surely this constitutes a war crime? ANOTHER war crime?

APNewsAlert: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says #Venezuela's Maduro has been captured after the US conducted a 'large scale strike' on country.

This is a completely unauthorized war that Trump has started. It is all about the oil, & of course, yet more distraction from the Epstein Files. It also means, for Trump, that as the USA is "at war", then they can't hold elections, the Constitution can be suspended, and martial law can be declared.

Thought for the day: Giving advice from a position of privilege makes it very difficult to have credibility to those without privilege. Privilege includes financial, social, or even perceived racial privilege.

Watched Kathryn Bigelow's movie last night "House of Dynamite". Very well done & a good watch, with a surprise ending. Idris Elba played POTUS - and all the way through, I couldn't help wondering what would happen if those circumstances arose now while Trump is in the hot seat. A VERY real worry!

Bondi & the whole DOJ are out of control. They are acting as Trump's retribution mob rather than a department of justice. Also, Trump's team sell pardons for between $1m-$6m, which is why Trump has frequently never even heard of the people who get his pardons. THAT is fraud and corruption!

Trump's fronto-temporal dementia is on full display in his late night rants on Truth Social. His total lack of empathy, decency, honor. Completely devoid of warmth, his schoolboy-level insults, & his willingness to spew out hatred & anger, & to spit venom at those he perceives as enemies. Nasty!!

So censorship is alive and well at CBS, huh? "60 Minutes" segment on CECOT and how the Trump administration have been using it to abuse innocent people has been complted, reviewed by CNN's lawyers and anyone else who matters, and was due to air. Then Bari Weiss watched it - and pulled it!

I don't believe in ghosts or spirits. But I have this strange premonition that the entire Trump house of cards is about to come tumbling down in the next couple of weeks. I have no idea why, other than that it won't have anything to do with Epstein files. Something about Mike Johnson & Trump....

Once again, Trump piggy-backs onto someone else's achievements by adding his name, in self-glorification, without having done anything to enhance the Kennedy Center. In fact, by associating it with his name, he has diminished its standing. Ruined it. Petty-minded..! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

1. Why do many pronounce it "AntisemEtic"? It's "Antisemitic". 2. Why does antisemitism refer only to hatred of Jews? Semites include Jews, Arabs, & others who speak Arabic, Aramaic, & Hebrew - known as semite languages. It is a language group, not a nationality. Palestinians are also Semites.

Whoever runs for President in 2028, on the line of "I will restore dignity, civility, truth, honour, and gravitas to the White House" should win by a country mile...!

It is bit rich of Netanyahu to be savaging our Aussie PM for not preventing the Bondi Beach attacks when he himself failed to prevent October 7 even though he has at his disposal one of the world’s most powerful armies, unmatched surveillance systems & a secret service second to none. Hypocrisy..!

Trump claims that "Venezuela is surrounded by the largest armada that has ever been assembled in South America" 1. How can Venezuela be surrounded, when it has land borders with Colombia, Guyana, etc? 2. How can he claim that they "stole land and oil from USA" when there is no land border with USA?

Err - forgive an Australian's ignorance - but exactly WHAT land, oil reserves, etc did Venezuela steal from the USA? As far as I'm aware, Venezuela does NOT share a land border with USA. Just a maritime border. This is demented Trump preparing to declare war on Venezuela to wag the dog of EPSTEIN

It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.

Trying to figure out what is "off" with all the photos of Erika Kirk, especially the ones promoting her joining CBS. I think it's the dead eyes. One can fake most expressions, but one can't change one's dead eyes look. And boy - does she look dead-eyed...!

Trump is so full of his own importance that he thinks the BBC defamed him - i.e. were detrimental to his standing & reputation. Will you tell him, or shall I? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Trump's post about the deaths of Rob & Michelle Reiner is absolutely disgusting. Complete failure to read the room. Total lack of any shred of empathy & decency - but that is just part of both his psychopathy & his dementia. Trump is rapidly descending into the abyss of dementia. EPSTEIN FILES!

Hegseth's threat to anyone who targets Americans, that "you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you." is pure wannabe pseudo-tough guy trash talk. Typical Hegseth, just like the Venezuelan boats. Threatening murder!

Congress must rein in Trump & his cronies, before he declares war on Venezuela, so that he can instigate martial law, no elections, suspend the constitution, etc. Congress is the only body that can declare war - & they REALLY need to put the brakes on Trump. Doesn't matter how - JUST DO IT..!

When will enough Trump supporters realise what he & the Heritage Foundation crowd are doing to USA on the world stage? When will his own cultists have had enough & start to realise how they've been conned all this time? That the Trump crime family are just grifting not only the USA but the world?

Has the seed been sewn? Enough Indiana Republicans have joined with Democrats to defeat the gerrymandering bill. Trump is NOT pleased...! Is this the beginning of an internal revolt? What will it take to give that rebellion more momentum? More need to stand up to Trump from within his own ranks!

Just imagine it, THAT day, when you wake up, turn on the news, & he has died. Pegged it, kicked the bucket. croaked, snuffed it, deceased, but hopefully nothing as gentle as "passed away". Then to maintain order, the military top brass swoop in & arrest the whole gang, from JD to Hegseth. Cool..!

Trump's rant against Ilhan Omar, in Pennsylvania a couple of days ago was disgusting. It was about as ugly a show of truly appalling naked racism and libel against a hard-working, dedicated public servant who is a shining example of what makes America truly great. She should sue him for defamation

Just how intrusive can they get? Trump admin is not only demanding 5 yrs worth of social media history, & emails, phone numbers, dates of birth, etc from all your close relatives, partners, etc, but also YOUR DNA! What a Big Brother way to add to their DNA database. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Trump now requires at least 5 yrs of my social media history before they'll consider a visa or waiver to let me in - so I'm screwed. They also want all my phone numbers, email addresses. A gross invasion of privacy. So having no chance of visiting the USA, I can say on here: FUCK TRUMP!

What legal right do Trump, Hegseth, & Co have to seize a Venezuelan tanker on the high seas, when the USA is not at war with Venezuela? To keep the cargo of oil? Isn't that exactly what PIRACY is? You know - what they criticize the pirates off the Horn of Africa for doing? What's the difference?

Trump is famously allergic to any criticism, so this latest move to screen ALL visitors' social media history means that I have zero chance of being admitted to the USA. Which is inconvenient, as many of the international meetings I go to for work are in the USA.! www.lbc.co.uk/article/trum...

Trump and Hegseth seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker on the high seas - isn't that piracy? Trump blocking the release of Jan 6 documents for the police who were injured that day who are pursuing it in court - isn't that admission of guilt? Trump is a demented tyrant surrounded by evil acolytes!

The self-righteous right wing of politics is trying so hard to impose their "values" onto those of us who are neither right nor left. They even call anyone who is very middle of the road, & simply a good person who respects others, "lunatic lefties". "The right" is the biggest threat to society.

The just-released major policy document on international security & relations is a blowhard piece of rubbish by The Heritage Foundation & Project 2025 gang. It is USA committing international political suicide for all to see. Instead of leading the western hemisphere, people are just laughing.

What is wrong with the media? Have I just missed it, or am I right in assuming that not one single media reporter has asked Trump: WHY have you pardoned Hernandes who flooded the USA with 500 tons of cocaine, while on the other hand saying you're killing Venezuelans to stop drugs flooding the USA?

Instead of an upward path via the chain of command, with the guy at the top saying "The buck stops here", what we're seeing with the Venezuelan boat crime is the opposite. Trump throws Hegseth under the bus. Hegseth throws Admiral Bradley under the bus. Will Bradley throw HIS juniors under the bus?

Trump and his band of cronies (aka his "cabinet") would have to be the biggest bunch of losers and unqualified blow-ins that the USA has ever suffered under. I'm looking on from Australia, & while we have our share of idiotic politicians, it is nothing like you poor Americans are having to suffer.

Trump's pettiness, his vindictiveness, his childish focus on retribution, his continuing attempts to smear Biden, are all on show here. Does he actually have the legal right to rescind ex-president's pardons, etc? If so, then he is setting a very dangerous precedent www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

If, or hopefully, WHEN, Trump is finally arrested and put on trial, all of his assets should be frozen immediately. He and his rapacious family have been scamming billions of dollars from every type of grift known to man. From cryptocurrency scams, to pardons for cash, to blackmailing universities