Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

This is not in any way reassuring. It is not legal reasoning. It would effectively end congressional war powers (already heavily frayed). It is completely circular reasoning because the U.S. personnel would not be in need of protection if not going into Venezuela without authorization.

The Washpost editorial page is in full jingo mode. Its readers, not so much (“There is a recurring theme of disappointment and disillusionment with the Washington Post for publishing the piece, with some readers threatening to cancel their subscriptions.”)

Very glad I canceled my subscription

Gillibrand's office voicemail is working. Schumer turned his off for the holiday break and won't accept voicemail. Light his switchboard up at 9 am Monday. I GUESS.

Terrible take. Literally every FIFA Peace Prize winner has done this.

The issue is that a bunch of jingoistic We Did It reporting, combined with waffling or supportive statements from lawmakers, could change this.

No FIFA Peace Prize winner has ever done this before

you think this is a one-off? don’t be deluded. we are firmly in the zone of lawlessness & impunity. repression at home and aggression abroad. and a sleeping congress.

if Americans had any self-respect remaining, there would be a general strike beginning on Monday, January 5 and enduring until impeachment and removal was achieved

We cannot let this president drag us into more endless wars that risk the lives of American service members and civilians abroad. The attack last night on Venezuela was unnecessary and unauthorized. The President’s actions are reckless and illegal.

“The women voting solely on abortion make me crazy,” (Jennifer) Ziemba said. “I’d gladly give up my abortion rights and my daughter’s for my son not to have to go to war. We’ll have peace with Trump.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

Primary this cretin.

Aint no "we" buddy. We know who voted for this. Go talk to them.

Like, I get that Grok creating nudes from someone's pictures of their kids is absolutely repulsive but there were steps to get there and you were cool with every single one. So think about that for a while, sugar buns. Quietly.

The thing for Weiss is that she has one of two aims: 1) she does okay at CBS and claims victory over the MSM, or 2) much more likely, she fails, and flounces out claiming the left undermined her as she sets up her next billionaire money pit

Face it, bitch: you were really only ever a tourist who stayed.

always read @natashalennard.bsky.social: "It’s high time that Democratic leaders treat the assault on trans youth for what it is: the attempted eradication of an entire category of persons, against which committed political opposition should be the baseline."

I love her so so much ❤️

"I'm sure there's a lot of people at Meta, including perhaps Alex, who would like me to not tell the world that LLMs basically are a dead end when it comes to superintelligence," he says. "But I'm not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I'm wrong. I'm not wrong."

This is crazy man. Bluesky is the only place I “promote” my newsletter or post my stories. I’ve also never done a public sale before because I hate promo. As a woman in sports I also have to fight the understandable survival instinct to make myself small every day. this is v v humbling!

some people even say he's still out there, dunking on Rob Schneider to this very day

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

lol I just came across this post by Zoharn’s wife Rama Duwaji’s stylist and the boots were…. on loan open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...

Delete your Twitter account right now. Just do it.

Uh, so… I started rewatching #Pluribus today. Folks. This show is even better second time around. #Plur1bus

“A bunch of well-off men who are not very affected by politics making fun of people who very much are is the short story of how we got here.” Glad to see multiple outlets covering this Jon Stewart moment www.jezebel.com/jon-stewart-...

Child exploitation content on X/Twitter sharply increased under Musk, who not only abruptly disbanded the group of volunteer experts advising the platform on child safety, image exploitation, and other abuses in 2022, but tried to blame them for the company's CSAM problem www.npr.org/2022/12/12/1...

I really do not need another round of Bernie At The Inaugration memes. 😑

There’s at *least* three all-time great lines in this 60 second clip.

HE’S STILL GOING, FOLKS

I want to start this year by adding tons of cool third-party and stand-alone MB/CB stuff to Pit Trap Shop. Send me an e-mail to wholesale A pittrapshop dot com and tell me about your cool shit! New, old, doesn't matter.

I guess I need to clear the air that tactical disagreements is like “where should we put our energy, can we work together” and not like “should we as a group use the Nazi bar to promote our values”

sun is streaming in as we hear about people who ICE came for and people who stood with them

BOOM!

Conservative outlets love this pocket-watching hypocrisy trope, especially as some sort of gotcha for WOC, by willfully conflating left politics with forced universal aceticism. To them, socialists are not supposed to be stylish or attractive. Rama's both, and on her own terms, not maga aesthetic.

walking away from the implosion like a badass

Be like New Mexico

“… *too* much fuckin perspective” - David St. Hubbins, “This is Spinal Tap

This cup makes your nice hot drink taste of ashes and remorse.

"The president of the United States is a pedophile who can't stop bleeding" sounds like something you'd tell your kid to keep them away if you lived on the border

It is 50 years since the creation of @chaosium.bsky.social ... what five objects tell the story of its history? @rickmeints.bsky.social takes on the challenge. Plus, more stories from GROGMEETish. thegrognardfiles.com/2026/01/01/f...

is it even a serious start of the new year if you can shower and cut your hair with impunity

"we're here to inspect your daycare center"

like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”

Yeah those spiders in turbans are very creepy.