The song is literally about Trump !!!

Trump: "All the way back it dated to the Monroe Doctrines. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal. But we've superseded it by a lot. By a real lot. They now call it the Donroe Document. I don't know. It's Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it."

Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are. “Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.

It’s also time to start wondering if some of these reporters are a little cooked by the bots themselves. Reporters aren’t inured to chatbot psychosis. In fact, some of them may have drank too much of the kool aid from sources selling them stuff. We’re in a new world of stupid. Adjust your credulity.

Protesters in the city of Shiraz chant "freedom, freedom, freedom" on Maliabad Boulevard, in northern suburbs of the city. Location: maps.app.goo.gl/Tqvp2VpP3h1p...

My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

"Beforehand, according to an American official present, Mr. Hegseth dabbed his nose with powder from a small compact. 'Look commanding,' he told one aide. The handshake with the Ukrainian might be shown on Fox; the president might be watching." (Gift link)

Saudi Arabia may lower February crude prices to Asia for a third month reut.rs/49dJmWq

Russian flagged bulker Irtysh delivered stolen grain from occupied Sevastopol, for the second time, to Houthi controlled Al-Salif. Irtysh returned from Houthi controlled port of Yemen, transited Bosphorus and returned to the Black Sea. #T

Russian flagged bulker Irtysh delivered stolen grain for the second time from occupied Sevastopol to Houthi controlled Al-Salif. Irtysh returned from Houthi controlled Yemen, transited Bosphorus and returned to the Black Sea.

Donald Trump has been accused of holding a party for prostitutes at his Mar-a-Lago resort in yet another FBI file relating to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Signs of new regional realities in Caucasus: Turkish, the airline flying to the most countries internationally, is introducing Yerevan as its next new destination. (There was service on this route by low-cost, but no flagship carrier to Zvartnots due to political issues.)

White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller has spent years weaponizing hatred to become the mastermind of Trump’s crackdown on marginalized groups. Zeteo traces his most hateful, strange, and downright cringey moments along the way.

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them — theonion.com/democratic-l...

Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young nubile girls"

Russia fired more than 650 drones and three dozen missiles at Ukraine in a large-scale attack that began during the night and stretched into daylight hours Tuesday, officials said. At least three people were killed, including a 4-year-old child. https://to.pbs.org/4s6SXXH

It's time to leave your lucrative office job and go work at a factory, where the robots have taken all of the jobs

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

How a remote airstrip in Libya reshaped Sudan’s civil war - www.reuters.com/world/how-re...

Turkish F16s shot down an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle that had been observed violating NATO airspace over the Black Sea.

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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

A partner at London law firm Carter-Ruck won her bid to throw out disciplinary proceedings stemming from an allegation that she had made an improper legal threat on behalf of fraudulent cryptocurrency business OneCoin and its founder Ruja Ignatova reut.rs/3XTsNd3

Using Satellite imagery and Automated Identification System (AIS) data from Lloyd’s List Intelligence we show that a Russian owned bulk carrier sailed from Sevastopol to Saudi Arabia twice in recent months.

EU to freeze €210bn in Russian assets indefinitely

Zelensky arrived in Kupyansk, which Putin claims is "under Russian control."

An investigation by Bellingcat and Lloyd’s List found that Saudi Arabia joined the countries importing grain directly from a sanctioned port in occupied Crimea. Meanwhile Russia attempts to secure recognition of the Ukrainian territory via a US-led peace plan. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...

Turkey cuts Russian Urals oil imports in November, diversifies with Kazakh, Iraqi supply - www.reuters.com/business/ene...

US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

FIFA's ethics code calls for a ban from football of up to two years for violating the duty of neutrality, though it is unclear if the case will be taken up. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/nN4b

🔺OOA activity - Update Russian COI tanker “General Skobelev” likely ICW Black Sea Fleet Pr.22160 PS-417 “Viktor Veliky” completed a westbound transit of the English Channel, 9 December 2025. ⚠️Units likely heading for the Levant region.

Our national security strategy contains points lifted directly from TASS

Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine A new tax reform approved in mid-November to keep the war going threatens the nation with a “gradual degradation of human capital.”

Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon on.ft.com/48RjAYW | opinion

This is not policy. Just insanity

The report can be found here, and it's worth noting a lot of additional evidence (some of which seems to be directly from the Bellingcat website) can be found in hyperlinks in the footnotes www.gov.uk/government/p...

Xenophobia is bad enough, but turning it on *American citizens* born in other countries is another step away from a rule-bound immigration regime towards...something else. lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l

Putin’s entourage takes a detour via Benghazi #Libya en route to India

The White House says their peace plan didn’t come from Russia — the problem is it reads like Putin’s wishlist. We need a deal to end the war that actually protects Ukraine and doesn’t reward the war criminal who started this.

Russian-run smuggling operation that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth billions $€: Murmansk Shipping Company’s Russia flagged bulker Novaya Zemlya transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea after delivering stolen grain to Lattakia Syria. #T

"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies" Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Here's a transcript of the podcast www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

HM Treasury sanctioned dark fleet tanker KAIROS may sink in Black Sea after mysterious engine room explosion. Turkish Coastal Safety tugs and nearby vessel are assisting. Dark fleet tanker VIRAT also might be in distress. Another mystery is how deregistered Gambia flagged tankers transit Bosphorus.

Dim Philby is an appropriate nickname for a reason.

EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg

SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!

Witkoff is not an useful idiot. He is a traitor. Plain and simple: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@governorwalz.mn.gov was right about everything! “These are weird people”: