Michael Gibson (Thiel Fellowship and 1517 Fund) just posted: “Someone should pitch Rubio on a charter city in Venezuela and Cuba.” As if he only just thought of this now. 1/ x.com/william_blak...

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.

Asked if he supports Congress using its power of the purse to hold Trump accountable for Venezuela, Chuck Schumer replies: "Let's first get the facts."

Today, Trump also threatened Mexico. And Cuba. And Columbia. This CTA is freely shareable, it doesn't require a Patreon account to access; consider sending it to your normie friends who don't know how to call their electeds before we fully tip over into the unthinkable

They just love liberty & the rule of law so much

These stories are just starting to come in. This was not some bloodless coup done "for the vine" this was a crass murderous act with real victims beyond the basic rule of law.

Maduro's big mistake- He didn't get the Roberts' Court to declare him immune from committing crime.

There are several steps before impeachment: I would start with refusing to appropriate Defense and State without testimony from Hegseth, Rubio and Bondi. I mean if I was John Thune I would have encouraged Donald Trump to wait after January 30th. But as we all know, January 6 is a trigger for him.

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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.

Man, the Dem consultants really got in there. Most of the politicians reactions today on MSNBC worked in "Invading Venezuela won't bring down prices"

for everyone who didn't live through John Kerry's presidential campaign, be advised: "This stupid and immoral war would be good if I were managing it" is not the poll-tested flex you think it is

And so it begins…

I was driving all day so only caught the news via radio. MSNBC was so bad as to be shameful. Mainly the tone was "Everything was necessary and well executed, but Trump didn't plan enough for the occupation."

“‘I was in a SCIF on three different occasions‘ and the government still lied to me“ is one of those phrases that will live in my head forever.

Roll Tide?

12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed

“The problem here is that he didn’t follow the rules” is the only argument you can really make when almost no one in your coalition is anti-war in any meaningful sense.

It's a hell of a thing to wake up and learn that an American president, who attempted to overturn a free and fair election, has kidnapped a foreign leader to stand trial in the United States.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Listening to BBC and MSNBC all morning and I don't think I have heard anyone say that this is psychotic yet. Mainly it has been a lot of praise. Sick, sick times

Extradite Trump

Watching this coverage on the BBC and it’s wild to actually see people talking direct shit about Trump in ways you never ever see on US news. It’s like 5% as pointed as it should be but it’s more than you ever see at home.

Probably -> Definitely

As usual - Jeremiah Wright was correct

The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.

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

Colombian president Gustavo Petro has requested urgent meetings in the UN and the Organization of American States (OAS) - only question is to what extent these multilatreal organizations even matter in a world where the US has shown no regard for the rules based international order.

We're going to need a bigger Hague.

fucking insane

There's your Nobel Peace Prize winner, btw. Hats off to everyone involved. Great job.

Worth noting the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has been encouraging Trump to do exactly this ever since she won the prize. Another one to add to the dismal record of that prize committee, too. bsky.app/profile/elio...

Hey remember when dumbass libs said the military was too well-trained to follow obviously unlawful orders

Also while I'm up and it's 4am, just gonna acknowledge that the rest of the govt has enabled all of this by refusing to hold DJT accountable for anything, or obey their own ethical directives re: his flagrantly illegal behavior.

A US president uses his for-profit (but money losing) social media site to announce a military strike against a foreign sovereign nation and the seizure by military force of a foreign government leader. Says a lot about where things are at in the US in 2026.

I mean given that he is constitutionally barred from re-election what exactly can you call this other than legalized bribery?

how do these assholes not feel shame proudly displaying this slop they didn't pay anyone for and calling it "art"

London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.

Dad complaint: Everyone thinks everything will fit in the truck for the drive back north. Everyone is wrong. But that's okay because dad is the only one who has to make it work.

Snow, welcome to The War on ICE.

The conservative mind has been ruled for a generation by the fantasy of a brilliant, principled liberal who is led by the spirit of honest inquiry to a humble, weeping conversion to conservatism. And since that has never happened in reality, they have to pay each other to perform it for them.

Do y'all know how many PhD students are on food stamps?? And this is a 2024 article www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means

My lord Reba! What the fudge!??

THIS ISN’T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION. More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation. Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law. The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness. 1/2

it's awesome that like 40% of the Bari Weiss CBS stuff is because Ta Nehisi Coates made a stupid freak lose it on TV

NEW: White Supremacist Mass Shooter of Protesters To Be Released From Prison in First Week of 2026 A decade after shooting five unarmed Black protesters in Minneapolis, white supremacist Allen “Lance” Scarsella is set to be released from his prison sentence on January 5, 2026.