We need to stop Trump’s escalation in Venezuela NOW. 1️⃣ Send a letter to Congress: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... 2️⃣ Like & Repost to spread the word!

Good video with Senator Mark Kelly who refuses to back down. youtu.be/26fV3ovDlF8?...

I compiled some thoughts on Venezuela, and more importantly, the insane rhetoric since the attack. Unlocked for everyone: www.patreon.com/posts/147513...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations

Better advice from a nurse: Don’t take medical advice from a reality TV game show host or a real estate developer with a history of bankrupting his own businesses.

Here are some choice quotes from Jack Smith’s testimony about the conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “..the evidence made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy.”

Of course in 2024 Venezuelans actually elected Edmundo González over Maduro, but there's not even a hint from the Trump administration that they have any interest in helping put a democratically elected President in control. They're looking for someone that Chevron or other oil players wants.

My hometown, in north Florida where it's a pain to DeSantis's @ss, had its 3rd annual Flying Pigs Parade yesterday. They found the spine Congress lost.

Put a dollar amount on what our little adventure in Venezuela cost the American taxpayer. And then tell me why we don't have money to extend the ACA?

UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far: 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇮🇷 Iran 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇲🇽 Mexico Insane.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum calls on the United Nations to step in to stop Trump. She says Trump broke article 2 of the charter of the United Nations.

At the end of a very long Saturday, this is where I landed: “Where we are is an extremely difficult moment, and that is reality, but it need not be where we go. In this moment, then, there is a chance to create a better America, as hard as that might be to see this weekend.”

Two legal issues at work in Venezuela asTrump Admin uses criminal charges to obscure regime change. Maduro’s indictment and arrest may be upheld, but that does not negate violation of UN Charter, approved by Congress in 1945, and constitutional duty to take care that laws be faithfully executed.

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.

Glug Glug (from Asheville cartoonist & drummer David Cohen) open.substack.com/pub/cohencid...

Trump has money for regime change, but not Meals on Wheels

A Japanese artist made the print DHS lifted to spread anti-immigrant hate. Can't make this up.

I’m over justifying bigotry and racism and the horrible stuff happening in the country, and giving people who perpetuate it a pass because they supposedly don’t realize they’re supporting a monster when most of the watching world seems to get it... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/most-trump...

WASH POST: “ICE to spend $100 million to recruit gun rights supporters and military enthusiasts… a ‘wartime recruitment’ strategy…” If you’re not alarmed about Trump recruiting this goon squad with payer funds you’re not paying attention. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Trump vetos a unanimous, bipartisan bill to provide clean water in rural Colorado which would create jobs. Is this retaliation that the governor refuses to pardon Tina Peters convicted of election tampering or bc it’s in Lauren Boebert’s district and she voted to release the Epstein files?

Effective tomorrow, Republicans will have increased health insurance premiums for millions of Americans. They failed to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies and they cut Medicare & Medicaid. When Congress returns, Democrats will keep relentlessly fighting for healthcare.

“People who adopt a grave visit it regularly and leave flowers on the fallen soldier’s birthday. The responsibility is often passed down through Dutch families, and there is a waiting list to adopt graves of the U.S. soldiers.” apnews.com/article/neth...

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To anyone who's claimed the large social services fraud committed by some Somalis in Minnesota received no local news coverage because the press was "scared off" by claims of racism: Here are headlines from just some of the stories run by The Minnesota @startribune.com. Also… 1/

@anntelnaes.bsky.social on SUBSTACK substack.com/@anntelnaes/...

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The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years. This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official. We will lose our elimination status shortly.

Bush judge rules that Christian teachers can out trans kids if they want to www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/bush...

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

“It’s not that we can’t feed the poor, it’s that we can’t satisfy the rich.” (James Talarico)

Sofi thought she was being offered the American dream with an H-2A farmworker visa. She wound up in a nightmare that authorities say almost got her killed. @maxblau.bsky.social on Sofi’s harrowing experience & why it’s vital to understand the perils H-2A workers face: https://propub.li/4jp9SAH

Actually, it's exactly the duty of an artist. To take a stand through their art.

There is so much about MAGA that like Trump’s M.O. is about forcing those who oppose them to engage and “participate” in or witness their domination. An entire regime of people who want more than anything to be seen performing power.

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Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.

Over the summer, Sean Dunn went viral for calling the federal law enforcement officers he encountered fascists and for tossing a hoagie—or hero, as the case may be—at one agent’s chest. To the Trump administration, it was a felony assault.

A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.

Musk prepares to buy another election and smear more trans kids This time, there are ZERO excuses for falling into his trap.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

ICE’s occupation in Memphis, the largest Black-majority city in the country, has reshaped daily life, keeping kids out of school and parents from work, turning grocery shopping into a mission that risks one’s family being torn apart.

Former judge at Trump's beauty pageants: "The smoking gun is Miss USA and Miss Teen USA."

BELIEVE WOMEN‼️

Trump heralded his ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza as dawn of new era but the slaughter continues

The agents started to divvy up the man’s groceries, as the bystander tells them they had previously detained and deported her husband. “I fucking hate these motherfuckers,” the woman filming says as they drive off—presumably to the nearby Yakima ICE Detention Center.

Talarico vs. Crockett let's talk about it!💙☠️💙☠️💙