"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit. If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.

MUST-WATCH: In 60 seconds @mehdirhasan rattles off some of the criminal fraudsters Trump pardoned, showing they don’t really care about fraud (unless you’re Somali)

It’s insane this is necessary.

Going live in 20 min!!! Don’t miss it!

This is blatantly illegal. A president can’t go into the oil business and then decide where to spend the money. We are completely untethered from our founding document with a lawless president and a Republican Congress which has abdicated all Constitutional authority.

This is fucking insanity! How does he or actually Miller think this will play out on the world stage much less in Latin America? Most of Latin America hates us for fucking with their gov't for decades. This will completely destabilize the region. May the gods watch over and bless us.

Stephen Miller and Greenland

Those who ignore the rampant conspiracy theories about Venezuela and the 2020 election are missing a key part of the story. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

✈️ For almost a week, Ukraine has controlled the skies over Moscow. Russian airports are canceling around 200 flights a day—over a thousand flights in just five days. And it’s the holiday season, when thousands of Russians want to travel, only to find that Ukraine now rules their skies. 🌍✨

Crockett: "When you look at the press conference Trump held, he didn't talk about democracy. I know there are a lot of people talking about how this is good for the Venezuelan people because Maduro was ba. That's not why he did it. He has not cared about Venezuelans at all. Here's the receipts ... "

You can’t import another country’s vaccine policy without first importing their actual healthcare system. Our vaccine recommendations fill structural gaps in our healthcare system, which is widely regarded as fragmented, inaccessible to many, and riven with inequalities.

Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night. A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office. Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.

The mob assaulted Capitol police officers, shouted death threats aimed at elected officials and abused American flags to lay waste to the halls of our democracy—and yet the President pardoned these traitors to our country. Many of whom have since committed additional violent crimes.

It doesn't get more wicked than this. Donald Trump is cutting $10 billion for child care and social services in Illinois and 4 other blue states. Playing politics and coming after kids because they happen to live in states that voted against him is anything but America first.

Despite efforts by Felon Trump & MAGA to erase January 6th from our memories, we will never forget. NPR’s @tomdreisbach.bsky.social joins me to talk about the public archive created to preserve the history of that day & how the government continues to lie about 1/6. youtu.be/63qPC4lXWpE?...

Walz: "If they have emails showing that I have committed fraud, you should get those! Why aren't they putting them out there? Why aren't they turning them over to prosecutors? Right now they're hiding behind a veil of innuendo. They're protecting the biggest fraudster in the White House."

At least 33 of the Jan 6 insurrectionists pardoned by Trump have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since the attack. But that doesn’t matter to Trump. All he cares about is loyalty — and he’s rewarding it through his pardon scheme.

Walz is out of Fs: "Not a single Republican supported this, so every Minnesotan from here on, whoever uses this program, there is no bit of thanks that would go to the R legislators who did all they could to stop this ... our schools have money to pay their teachers? I'll take credit for that too."

🇻🇪 Oil expert Prof. Miguel Tinker Salas: “I can’t imagine any 🇺🇸 oil company spending billions without boots on the ground - it’d take a decade… another Trump lie.” Prof. Alejandro Velasco: “Marco Rubio really wants Cuba — their goal is a Trumpist right-wing vision of the western hemisphere.”

January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy, as should the traitor who refused to accept the election results and incited the attack on the U.S. Capitol — Donald J. Trump.

Amazing to watch Republicans pretend this is about drugs while Trump continues to insist it’s about oil #Epsteinzuela

MAGA Republican Doug LaMalfa has died. Gavin Newsom to call for a special election.

Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn was on the front lines of January 6. Five years later, he warns the greatest threat isn’t just what happened—but the lies rewriting it. “January 6 was not legitimate political discourse.” Read his powerful piece: www.meidasplus.com/p/history-be...

Here is what I wrote five years ago. How different the world would be if my recommendations had been followed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland: "Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."

Five years ago, Donald Trump instigated a violent insurrection in the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The fact that the GOP coddled him, protected him, renominated him, and now support him in office, is a stain that will never be erased.

So not only did Trump say he talked to the oil companies before Congress, which would be bad enough — they’re also telling us he lied about that. After lying that it was about drugs. No matter how you feel about Maduro, lying us into wars of choice is never justified.

STEWART: “Trump removed a dangerous foreign dictator from power — not THAT one, they’re actually friends (and quite frankly I think business partners)… not that one either…” 😬

My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."

Rep. Jim Jordan: "I trust the commander in chief. I think the vast majority of Americans do as well. This guy projects strengths. Look at the track record."

Jeffries: "The American people are supposed to believe that this whole situation that has unfolded in Venezuela has anything to do with a counter-narcotics operation? Get lost."

Jeffies: "Donald Trump had the nerve to dismiss the popular opposition leader of Venezuela. He said that she did not have the support of the Venezuelan people. Donald Trump does not have the support of the American people! He's historically unpopular."

Jeffries: "This is a law enforcement operation that involved an elite unit of the military, it involved direct military strikes in Venezuela. And we're supposed to believe this was a law enforcement action? Make it make sense. It was military action without explicit approval by Congress."

SEN. KELLY: “How many generations of Donald Trump’s family have served in the military? ZERO.”

I wish I could apologize for all Americans 😕

I wrote something special today… It’s free to read at ChasingOz.substack.com

January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy. We will never forget it, and we will not let the nation or the world forget — despite the revisionism of Trump and his lackeys in the Republican Party.

🗺️💥 Russian geography lesson continues. Last night, a key military factory was destroyed in Yelets, Lipetsk region. “Energia” produced batteries for Russian drones, aviation, and navy. No batteries = no drones, no weapons. 🔋❌ That’s how demilitarisation works — the world becomes safer.

Investments like these don’t just sustain local economies and create new jobs for Illinoisans — they transform communities, promote continued growth, and raise the quality of life for working families in our state.

The Trump regime has really brought us to this point

Wild- Trump’s guy Witkoff’s son using his brother’s death to praise Trump’s Venezuela invasion when in reality he died of OxyContin overdose from an American corporation (Purdue) and family (Sacklers) Gross stuff

Yes. And I spent this weekend curating the 34 most important exchanges in the Jack Smith testimony here youtube.com/live/6a1TCDY... and then filed a response to DoJ in federal court over release of the Epstein redaction training videos here youtube.com/live/c3NVDAQ...

I have no additional comment on Peter Hegseth's actions against Mark Kelly today.

Trump told the oil companies about the Venezuela plan, but neglected to tell Congress. This invasion isn’t about protecting Americans, it’s military assistance for big oil and his billionaire friends.

“Taken for a ride?” They’re the fucking chauffeurs.

Walz announces he's changed his mind and will no longer run for reelection next year

Walz: "We've got conspiracy theorists, right-wing YouTubers, breaking into our daycares, demanding access to our children. We've got the president demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongfully confiscating funds that Minnesotans rely on. It's disgusting and it's dangerous."

The faces of greedy warmonger imperialism.