Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

I spoke at length with Jamie Thompson of The Atlantic last year. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

We have a lot more video and information on our visual archive of that day apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

And then there's this video, of officers talking with each other about what they just witnessed. "We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."

Worth watching.

Some news: Along with a Jan. 6 rioter, here are some of the other activists now embedded within the DOJ/FBI who are helping out with Ed Martin's J6 'weaponization' report. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

I sat down with Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges, who both defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and experienced some of the most brutal violence that day. We watched their bodycam footage together - moment by moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvL4...

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.

Thanks for this. Excellent. Also: 34 Felonist & Co. make out good. REEEEEL good. youtube.com/shorts/uCIOE...

My big new piece for @currentaffairs.bsky.social on the roots of fascist anti-socialism www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...

hereswhykevin Journalists in Venezuela are reporting on several shootings tonight in the west of Caracas, La Vega, and El Paraíso, following gunfire activity at the Presidential Palace.

Thank you to President Emmanuel Macron for bringing together the Coalition of the Willing in Paris today. Canada and France are strong Allies and partners — and we’re working relentlessly to secure a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... What has the UK become? I was a student there in the 70s and UK students had free university education paid for by local county council's, whether rich or poor, good grades was all you needed. Trains weren't privatized, vaccines and medications were free.

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This was inevitable given that the largest importer of Canadian oil & gas just stole the world's largest oil reserves. Recession incoming? Maybe it's about time we transition away from an economy that's dependent on volatile global commodity markets? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #CDNPoli

This is great and Jim Jordan isn't.

All Americans, and the entire world, must remember. Robert Reich: The most shameful day in American history open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

“What has so far received little public attention is that the blackout also affects an area hosting diplomatic missions, embassy residences and related infrastructure. (…) As a result, not only civilian infrastructure but also state-sensitive facilities are impacted.” bsky.app/profile/lecu...

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Call to Activism-Joe Gallina 🚨HOLY COW: Colombian President Gustavo Petro just went after Trump: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."

I kept waiting for tRump to fall over while the other people were speaking. The odds are very good that it’s going to happen, he’s not a flamingo. #Pinks #ProudBlue #SleepyPedo

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

HOLY CRAP! Trump is literally falling in and out of consciousness as his Military commander speaks about kidnapping Maduro and taking over Venezuela. What a sh-tshow!

Trump is trying to distract us from the Epstein files by launching a military invasion from the same golf resort that trafficked children to Epstein.

In the Maduro capture operation, the Trump administration relies on Bill Barr’s (discredited) 1989 memo claiming a President can disregard the UN Charter (CNN report). That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed. My assessment just published: www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...

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The NYT says there was no loss of life 🤔 Meanwhile the president and his aides were in a "secure location" just off the ballroom at his club.

REP. GOLDMAN: “Trump promised oil executives if they gave him $1 billion for his campaign, he’d do right by them. They gave about $500 million. This is a massive gift in violation of international law, essentially just co-opting an entire country's natural resources for the benefit of 🇺🇸 Companies.”

The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion. This is the aftermath in one area

this is what schumer & jeffries SHOULD be doing mayor mamdani showing the moral clarity we should ALL have right now re: these ILLEGAL actions on 🇻🇪 NYC is very lucky to have him leading right now.

The most junior copy editor at the nation’s worst college paper could find a way to squeeze “which killed an estimated 40 people” somewhere into these top 6 grafs of the NYTimes story. It was a conscious decision to bury it in the bottom half.

This bit of news — at least 40 dead— appears around the 27th graf of the NYT story. Which is a really bizarre choice. (And we find out a few grafs down that several US soldiers were injured)

"Cut the crap... shut your yap." #cdnpoli

🇨🇦 Down with Pierre Poilievre 👎

It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation

"The most powerful man in the world is both evil and demented. He has the most severe personality disorder. It's called malignant narcissism." 💯

he posted seventeen different photos, each one as its own individual post, no captions. like a teenager who can't decide which selfie is the cutest.

Hilarious ... but obviously sick.

During the US operation against Maduro X-Twitter was running in the background in the situation room, emphasizing how important the information space is even or especially during ongoing operations.

This time, in very trumpesque fashion, the "situation room" is at his golf club as evidenced by the chairs from the Mar-a-lago ballroom

they didn't stage a photoshoot afterwards, these pictures weren't them looking at tweets after the strikes were carried out to see if people were talking about them... this photo clearly shows they were posing for photos & looking at posts DURING the illegal military operation.

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

Demonstrators set US flag on fire on Place de la République in Paris during the rally against the American military intervention in Venezuela.

Unhinged stuff. How is this supposed to make Canadians feel better in the face of Trump’s threats against us? Like who has faith that a Prime Minister Poilievre would push back forcefully against an American president who demands our water?

This suck up of lawlessness is just example 1000 of why I am so implacably opposed to Poilievre. Why I never regret supporting Bruce Fanjoy and PM Carney (for all my disagreements with his recent actions). Can't trust PP to lead our country and not surrender to Trump and MAGA