While US and British firms did invest in early development of oil projects in Venezuela, international law clearly recognises Venezuela’s sovereignty over its own resources. www.aljazeera.com

OK am grumpy now. We coulda had the Euro and it would (probably) have been good. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... “In 30 years’ time, we can enjoy benefits equivalent to a whole second NHS or have poorer services and higher taxes than would otherwise have been the case,” he wrote.

The Atlantic (gift link): “Republicans have begun to openly & repeatedly defy him. Dems have started to outmaneuver him.The Epstein scandal has once more erupted with embarrassing revelations.And every now & then,Trump seems to have a hard time even staying awake” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Since ICE "pose" as criminals, criminals will pose as ICE. There's no real difference between them. DHS is a criminal christo-fascist organization that violates the constitution on a daily basis. Impeach and remove Noem! SHUT ICE DOWN!

ICE employees must be ostracized for the rest of their lives. No one should change their oil, hire them, rent to them, babysit their kids, fill their cavities, let them be on the PTA, be cordial to or accepting of them in any context. Ever. Until they die.

THIS IS SOME FUCKED UP SHIT!

The Pot calling the Kettle ?? wow

WORD

MTG loves neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes That's not a "policy preference"

This whole thread and all the comments should be framed for posterity

How long before someone who actually worked on the “Epstein files”, in full compliance of federal law, start whistleblowing the redacted content?

They’ve been slashing healthcare due to “waste, fraud and abuse”. Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid. Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get? A pardon! It was never about saving money. It’s eugenics.

When I was young and knew everything I despised everything about the Reagan administration. As an old guy who doesn’t know shit I still chafe about: 1. The response to the murder if the Maryknoll church women. 2. The nonresponse to the AIDS epidemic. 3. The speech in Neshoba County.

In “Military Madness,” Harry brings together @natashabertrand.bsky.social, @alexhorton.bsky.social & #StevenJLepper to assess Trump’s transformation of the Department of Defense—from Caribbean operations to the domestic risks of his radical military legal theories. bit.ly/MilitaryTF

Despite his storied career, most Americans had probably never heard of jazz musician Chuck Redd before he canceled his Kennedy Center concert. So what did the Trump-appointed president of the formerly prestigious center do? He made Redd famous by threatening him with a $1M lawsuit. trib.al/pwREoPj

UN experts urge UK to protect lives of pro-Palestine hunger strikers

As usual @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has a relevant article from 2016: thediplomat.com/2016/03/trum...

“The Central Asian states are dictatorships. They are also spectacular. And it is by examining this–dictatorship as spectacle–that the parallels to Donald Trump emerge.” Spot-on analysis by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social , written with uncanny prescience in 2016

People keep mistaking genuine horror for politicking. The people who supported the DOJ under Biden/Trump condone child rape. They defended officials who protected child rapists. Other people saw this as a clear moral horror and condemned the DOJ. That's the actual divide. It's not between parties.

Now say the words Robert….. ‘capitalism is the problem’

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

The Ukrainian delegation on the left Putin’s delegation on the right-by all rights, the US flag s/b removed….

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.

The December 2009 assassination of Honduran counternarcotics czar Gral. Julián Arístides González Irías (ret.) was planned and executed by the Honduran National Police to protect a cocaine pipeline to the U.S. and a sprawling international web of corruption. www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/w...

Little to no additional snow accumulation is expected after some New York City areas were hit with the heaviest snowfall in years, forecasters said.

Israel murdered a 16 year old and snatched his body. A local man carried out an attack in Israel. Israel is escalating its violence in the town. Israel is a GENOCIDAL APARTHEID STATE in its death cult stage. Escalate all #BDS campaigns. x.com/i/status/200...

We really need to bring back a focus on reading comprehension

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

More of this please

A 'Malignant Narcissist' is a severe personality type combining traits of NPD with antisocial features, marked by grandiosity, lack of empathy, manipulation, and aggression, often finding pleasure in others' suffering, exhibiting paranoia, and actively exploiting and harming people without remorse.

“Never Stop”: Freed After 9 Months in ICE Jail, Immigrant Activist Jeanette Vizguerra Keeps Fighting www.democracynow.org/shows/2025/1...

Dad told me yesterday he’ll be “voting for Farage”. We won’t be speaking again.

In USA v Abrego, Judge Crenshaw puts off deciding whether to make DAG Blanche & his deputies testify. 1st he’ll hold a hearing on 1/28 to see if govt can rebut the showing Abrego has already made the prosecution is vindictive. If so, he’ll revisit making Blanche testify. If not, case dism’d. ...

Clarifying analysis here of Judge Kollar-Kotelly's order in the Richman case. Professor Kerr is "on board" with her finding that the 2025 search violated Richman's 4th Am rights , but isn't sure how her remedy plays out vis-a-vis a revived Comey case.

Atty @markzaidesq.bsky.social, whose security clearance was rescinded in retribution for representing the whistleblower who reported Trump’s "favor" call to Zelenskyy, leading to 1st impeachment, WINS prelim injunction invalidating rescission ... /1 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The heavy rains are the result of a weather phenomenon known as the “Pineapple Express.”

ICE are not legitimate federal agents. They are not law enforcement. They have no authority to commit crimes, violate rights, assault and kidnap Americans. Zero. They're criminals with badges and guns.

He and his people have decimated our ability to adequately defend this country. One well-placed strike and our country, possibly the whole world, is over in a couple of hours.

“omnidirectional incoherence…” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

Yes, it’s Jewish people pulling triggers, dropping bombs and visiting death and violence and displacement on Palestinians. AND none of that would be possible if it didn’t suit Euro-American empire’s long-standing goals for Palestine.

@albomp.bsky.social has invited Isreali war criminal Isaac Herzog to Australia. We don't want him here. Unless it is in shackles ready to be sent up before the ICC to face trial. Sign the petition. Tell the government we have no time for murderers here. c.org/vvVvFJptMt

The “robust” GDP isn’t masking anything: vast majority of the 90% understand whatever robust economic gobbledygook being spouted does NOT apply to them

Found the CBS feedback form. Left a message about Bari www.cbs.com/showfeedback...

T'IS THE SEASON - PLEASE DON'T BE THE REASON ... that an un-vaxed infant, elderly grandparent, or any other vulnerable person isn't here next year. 💉.. 😷 INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES .. STAY HOME IF YOU'RE SICK.

Life is so cheap to Putin he throws the future of generations into the fire

The DOJ is now online commenting on posts, claiming information they released in the Epstein files is fake and shouldn’t be trusted. The desperation is obvious.