Bari Weiss killed the story. That’s the story.

No one voted for another war. Congress must stop Trump's lawless violence and hold the regime accountable. Join tomorrow's emergency organizing call with Sen. Kaine, Rep. Casar, Rep. Omar, and thousands of activists to discuss how we can mobilize to stop more endless war: www.mobilize.us/heal...

You see this right down to micro-levels- the person who is an absolute asshole on the community Facebook group shuts up really quickly at the town meeting if you call them out. They're all cowards deep down, hiding behind money and privelege, and it's why it's so so important to stand up to them

Read and learn, America.

Mob boss. Not a President.

Controlling another nation’s resources ? Trump dangling “Venezuelan oil” is not foreign policy —it’s an oligarch pump-and-dump. No law. No timeline. No surge. Just mafioso talk: loot now, explain later.Markets get played, Big Oil salivates,voters get fumes.This is kleptocracy cosplay, not leadership

He’s already warming the public up to this idea Won’t be long now

i had to write about this

Wrote up my thoughts on all the nonsense replies I've been getting falsely claiming that @schumer.senate.gov can't do anything and I should stop telling him to do more. There's a TON that he can do, as I outline in the piece. And he's doing basically none of it.

This @mmasnick.bsky.social piece is exactly on the money. Schumer should step aside and let someone willing to fight take over as minority leader. He seems to be thinking Watergate or McCarthy are the models—that "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" will cause the fever to break. He's wrong.

America’s litany of attempting to force regime change but instead creating expensive, deadly quagmires is endless Iran. Iraq. Afghanistan. Vietnam. Cambodia. Grenada. Panama. Nicaragua. Haiti. Even-previously-Venezuela. It always costs far too many American lives-and far too much American treasure

Reformed January 6th participant (who refused a pardon): “You can't gaslight me. I was there. I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down and hit his head and his back. So don't be telling me it wasn't violent.”

In a rambling speech, President Trump announced that America “is going to start producing [weapons] much faster” than before. Trump then went on to claim that he was the “king” of Boeing. Countries around the world are alert to America’s newfound hostility with a second-term Trump. trib.al/f5pGk7i

Gallego: "The reason why you have Article 1 power is because you don't want to let idiots like President Donald Trump make foreign policy decisions without their being a check and balance against that"

We all already know ICE never left Chicago, but just to emphasize: several vehicles have been spotted out and about this morning. Unconfirmed (for now) reports of several abductions.

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.

Pretty sure Denmark has universal healthcare because they voted for it and pay higher taxes and accept other trade-offs for it, not because they‘re hoarding a magic healthcare tree, but that’s too complicated for the ballcap-selfie-in-car crowd.

Taking Venezuela's oil will cost us money. Big Oil doesn't want this doomed assignment. But Trump wants to be seen as the guy who takes the oil. Same principle with Greenland. We've already got all the security benefits just for asking. But Trump wants to take it just to take it.

I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.

Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2049...

Venezuela isn't about fentanyl or national security. It's about oil and Epstein.

Pretty wild how fast MAGA went from “no new wars!” to “Invade Venezuela, bomb Iran, bomb Nigeria, destabilize Cuba, attack Colombia, threaten Mexico, and annex Greenland!!”

Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead

“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster

I explain why the International Criminal Court now has jurisdiction to prosecute Trump after his attack on Venezuela's sovereignty and killing of at least 80 people on Venezuela's soil

The Justice Manual states that DOJ personnel should refrain from expressing “Any opinion as to the defendant's guilt, or the possibility of a plea of guilty to the offense charged, or the possibility of a plea to a lesser offense.” bsky.app/profile/anna...

Be warned: this "Abundance" insanity just offers excuses for selling off our public lands. Land is not the issue for US housing! We have depopulating cities! And people do not want to be warehoused in the Nevada desert with no water supply, no utilities, no infrastructure, and no jobs. 1/

"Hernández boasted that he would 'stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses' while trafficking more than 500 tons of cocaine into the US. "Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Hotels have the right to refuse service to anyone. "If you are rude or cause trouble, the hotel can refuse you... If you do not have an ID, they can refuse you.. If you are rude or cause trouble, they can refuse you. Be kind and follow hotel rules." dailytourway.com/can-a-hotel-...

The notion that Mark Kelly committed sedition by telling troops to follow only legal orders is insane And Hegseth's attempt to take away his retirement pay because he exercised his First Amendment rights to ensure our troops FOLLOW THE LAW is vindictive Hopefully Kelly will challenge its legality

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Hey @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - Greg is 10,000% right about this. X is irredeemably toxic, and keeping your office and the other city accounts there sends a terrible message and does a terrible disservice to your constituents.

Hegseth knows a court martial would fail, so he’s cutting Kelly’s pension. For what? Reminding troops of their duty to not follow unlawful orders: www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/p...

Don’t listen to cynical or nihilistic people. There’s still hope, if enough people are willing to get active. #nokings #resist #impeach www.techdirt.com/2025/12/31/u...

Trump has thrown a wrench into Marco Rubio’s course correction on Venezuela by insisting the U.S. is “in charge” of the country just hours after his secretary of state walked back that claim.

Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:

I rarely mute posts but replies that we can’t expect our representatives to do anything to stop Trump anger me. Those who think the status quo still exists, that rules only apply to Democrats…aren’t paying attention. Some find it easier to defend the (non-existent) status quo than to find solutions

This is why we must GET LOUD! CALL ALL SENATORS. DEMAND THEY VOTE AGAINST THE USE OF [more] MILITARY FORCE! --WASH. RINSE. REPEAT-- #noWarVenezula #usDemocracy #voices4victory

Feels like Maduro is gonna be back on a plane to venezuela before we know it but only after getting dinner at the ruby tuesday in Times Square. Nothing seems to be adding up.

Ryan: This is clearly us starting another forever war—which the American people do not support. Trump is just straight up admitting this is a war for oil, and that he is willing to send our blood and treasure, to “run Venezuela,” whatever the hell that means, with no plan.

The Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to the United States: “The Kingdom of Denmark, and thus Greenland, is a member of NATO and is therefore covered by the Alliance’s collective security guarantee.” I “strongly urge the United States to cease its threats.”

In 1938, after Hitler took Austria and European leaders gave Hitler a huge chunk of Czechoslovakia, the world hoped Hitler would not try to conquer any other countries. They were wrong. The lesson was that leaders must swiftly unite to stop these type of leaders. Same rule applies now to Trump.

A reminder, as Trump is illegally attacking other countries & musing about occupying & taking territory from them, of how mind-blowingly unserious the Paper of Record’s coverage of this has been in the last twelve months:

June 5, 2025: Trump is in the Epstein files! Jan. 4, 2026: It was great having dinner with that guy from the Epstein files!

Trump now saying that next he will take Greenland. If the world does not stand up to Trump now, he will continue to wage military attacks on other countries to steal their resources. History tells us appeasement of an aspiring fascist leader like Trump will only empower him.

Breaking the law is their normalcy they want us to except. That’s not going to happen.

"JD Vance argues Venezuela attack will help curb fentanyl crisis." Vance is LYING. Fentanyl as Vance knows does not come from Venezuela. Please don't underestimate the EVIL of Vance. He will kill your family and then make up lies to justify it. I'm being literal. Vance is very dangerous.

As a notoriously bad ranker, I always try. Anyhow, here are my Top 20 Movies of 2025... (with a dozen I still want to see, yes) 20. One of Them Days 19. Good Fortune 18. The Life of Chuck 17. 28 Years Later 16. Superman 15. Black Phone 2 14. Thunderbolts 13. The Long Walk 12. Hedda 11. Frankenstein