We now live in the country the Jan. 6 attackers and coup plotters hoped to create.

The wealthy are always so GD worried some poor people are gonna commit some small time fraud. Meanwhile, big corporations are committing HUGE afraid. Just look at defense contractors. Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.

Imagine having your parents brutally murdered and then having to do this because the fucking President of the United States is so disgusting.

Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."

People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam. Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.

BASH: There's no question that Maduro was a destabilizing force in the region. People are celebrating in the streets all over. Is it fair to say there's some benefit in him not being in power? CHRIS MURPHY: What changes? You just heard Sen. Cotton not be able to explain who's running the country

Dangerous and incoherent. Great combo.

Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela

It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”

There is no plan, gang

none of this is legal. none of this is normal. feel free to tell anyone who says otherwise to fuck off.

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.

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.

DOJ is still in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

This by @literaturegeek.bsky.social is still the best quick starter guide to Bluesky. People should have a look because it will improve your experience here. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.

Hoping Sabalenka knocks the socks off Kygrios

Jfc

Welp

Romeo Doubs sought redemption and got it right there 💚💛

This seems like a week to be aware. From Timothy Snyder/On Tyranny:

also interesting that the administration thinks it has a say in CBS News personnel matters. perhaps they've been given an indication that they do.

An Ojibwe band is suing to overturn a federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline, arguing the reroute would pollute their wetlands and threaten treaty‑protected waters, wild rice, and other vital resources.

support independent media. idk what else to say right now.

Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Nicki Minaj embracing MAGA is proof that wealth is the most powerful immigration document in America.

“Do you support ICE?” “Not really.” “Hell f*ckin’ nah.” These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻

😬

I can’t take an OT

This is what space smells like….

That taunting call is so soft

Malik can ball 💛💚

Love Jacobs, but they could have been using Wilson more for a few games now

Uggghhh

Malik Willis is warming up for the second half. I do not see Jordan Love.

I believe in Malik 💚💛

Oh no Pookie

Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas. www.nola.com/news/educati...

I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.

Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.

Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers

Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader? This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking

An immigrant doesn’t stand between you and a good job. A billionaire does.

Deranged gramps smelled too much go go powder tonight

Shouting into the mic like a lunatic