Sombre Reality 🇦🇺
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Trump edges the US closer and closer to a war in which it will have no allies and which will mark the end of US dominance. Economically, China - closely followed by India - are minutes away from overtaking the US anyway. America is over, either way.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Venezuela ‘turning over’ $2bn in oil to US, Trump says, in move that could cut supply to China
Deal indicates Venezuelan government is responding to Trump’s demand that they open up to US oil companies or risk more military intervention
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/venezuela-oil-trump-us-latest
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The Tennessee Holler
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Never forget. 🇺🇸
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This is all the fuckwit deserves. Get rid of him. Now. He is a danger to not only America, but to the world. But especially America. If the US tries to take Greenland by force, we will see WWIII. Problem for the US is they won't have any allies. None.
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Presidente Trumpito's Inaugural Address
YouTube video by scaredketchup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v17aUGBAzF8
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"Maduro’s regular public dancing ... and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks contributed to the White House’s decision to abduct him." America's leader is a petty, vindictive child. America, you fucking blew it big time.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Nicolás Maduro ‘tries to imitate my dance’, says Trump in latest accusation
More seriously, US president claims ousted Venezuelan leader has ‘killed millions of people’ in remarks to congressional Republicans
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/nicolas-maduro-tries-to-imitate-my-dance-says-donald-trump
about 16 hours ago
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"Donald Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil." Yes, folks. You get to pay for Trump's mates to get richer off the spoils of America's illegal invasion. Winning!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Trump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment
President says a ‘tremendous amount of money’ will need to be spent repairing country’s infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/trump-us-taxpayers-oil-firms-venezuela-investment
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Just to remind people that the Trump admin TOLD THE OIL COMPANIES WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA before congress. Also a reminder: Trump has stated publicly that, according to his thinking, the Senate doesn't matter. In other words, he's doing what the fuck he wants and NO-ONE is stopping him.
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Rep. Frank Pallone
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This is the exact opposite of what Trump said he'd do. Instead of putting a stop to endless wars and lowering prices, he's threatening new conflicts and making your life even more expensive.
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When Trump says, 'Venezuela stole my oil', this is the reality his twisted brain has twisted into that theory. All total nonsense. Venezuela took control of what was theirs, which is what any sovereign nation would do. The US certainly would.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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'Completely false': Trump's claims about stolen oil refuted
US President Donald Trump has said Venezuela stole United States oil assets. Experts say the truth is much more complex than that.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-05/why-venezuelan-oil-is-not-stolen-from-the-united-states/106200804
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"The United Nations charter makes crystal clear that all UN members are to refrain from the “use of force” against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state." The geriatric, sociopathic war pig is also a war criminal. Winning yet?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The US violated international law in Venezuela. These are the questions Australia must now ask | Donald Rothwell
US conduct could become more assertive in the Indo-Pacific in the remaining years of the Trump presidency – with serious implications for Anzus and Aukus
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/us-violated-international-law-venezuela-australia-questions
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Humans on Mars? Why, of course! Excellent idea, Mr Dickhead. You and Elon first. (Besides, Musk had this idea literally years ago, you fuckwit. Trump's doing his usual: Claiming other people's ideas as his own. Not an original thought in his head.)
www.indailysa.com.au/news/podcast...
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Donald Trump wants to put humans on Mars - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer, on Elon Musk’s plan to take over NASA.
https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/podcast/2026/01/05/donald-trump-people-mars-7am
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Rubio has no issue killing his own people. After all, he was born to Cuban immigrants. He is Cuban. Just happens to be born in the USA. He's not bothered. His bloodlust 'trumps' any feeling of loyalty or connection he may have had to Cuba or Cubans.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Trump threatens Colombia with military action as he reiterates that the US is ‘in charge’ in Venezuela – live
US president says operation in Colombia ‘sounds good’ and elections in Venezuela will happen at the ‘right time’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/04/nicolas-maduro-jailed-us-attack-venezuela-donald-trump-reaction-latest-news-updates-live?page=with%3Ablock-695b1b1d8f083c44d70df9ad#block-695b1b1d8f083c44d70df9ad
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The Tennessee Holler
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Republican congressman 👇🏽
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We're going to take your oil. Run the joint? No plan. We were kidding about that. Just like the bogus excuses we used to steal your shit in the first place.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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‘Extremely dangerous precedent’ set by Trump’s attack on Venezuela, six countries warn – live
Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay say US actions ‘constitute an extremely dangerous precedent for peace and regional security’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/04/nicolas-maduro-jailed-us-attack-venezuela-donald-trump-reaction-latest-news-updates-live?page=with%3Ablock-695a829d8f087b8b68f60f6c#block-695a829d8f087b8b68f60f6c
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Progressive News Service
4 days ago
96% of new cars sold in Norway in 2025 were fully electric. "...EVs are now the plurality vehicle in the country, making up 31.78% of the fleet. Diesels are 31.76%, gasoline cars are 23.9%, and hybrids are 12.56%…"
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Norway reaches 97% EV sales as EVs now outnumber diesels on its roads
97.6% of Norway's car sales were all-electric in Dec., and 95.9% for the full year. Also, there are now more EVs on Norway's roads than diesel
https://electrek.co/2026/01/02/norway-reaches-97-ev-sales-as-evs-now-outnumber-diesels-on-its-roads/
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We're going to take your oil. Run the country? About that ... We have no plans yet for how we'll run the country and probably won't. And we're kidding about why we had to overthrow your government and take your oil.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Republican casts doubt on Trump’s claim US will ‘run’ Venezuela amid Democrats’ anger over Maduro operation – live
Senator Tom Cotton says there are ‘still a lot of questions to be answered’ about what happens next in Venezuela and dismisses Trump’s assertion that the US will ‘run’ the country
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/04/nicolas-maduro-jailed-us-attack-venezuela-donald-trump-reaction-latest-news-updates-live?page=with%3Ablock-695a829d8f087b8b68f60f6c#block-695a829d8f087b8b68f60f6c
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Trump reckons America is now going to 'run' Venezuela. Heard an American government talking head on the radio earlier telling the world that America intends to get Venezuela's oil flowing again. He added that they hadn't really thought much about the actual day to day running of the country.
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Yep, it's collapse, all right. Introducing China and India. They are your new world superpowers. Or will be shortly.
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Running from barbaric US war mongers. Venezuelans are not the first to do it and won't be the last. Until the collapse of the US as a world superpower, that is, which is coming. Give it a few years and China and India will be calling the shots, like it or not.
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“One might have thought that this era of naked imperialism – of the US getting the political outcomes it wants in Latin America through sheer military force – would be over in the 21st century, but clearly it is not ...” The US, a fading star, takes a last shot.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
Most of the Americas have suffered from interference from their powerful northern neighbour – and are usually the worse off for it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/naked-imperialism-how-trump-intervention-in-venezuela-is-a-return-to-form-for-the-us
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Still shocked by how many people think invading Venezuela would be “good for them.” Like it’s a gas coupon war. This is for the 1%, not you. No cheaper gas. Just richer billionaires. Absolute morons.
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Just heard on the radio that Trump has said 'he's' not afraid of putting boots on the ground in Venezuela. Of course he's not. They won't be his fucking boots.
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Let me get this straight. US barges into another country under false pretences; kidnaps its leader; ships him off for trial in a US court; then announces, "We're in charge now." Have I got it? The US is usually not so overt about their power grabs for US profit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro captured and taken to New York
Audacious US military operation plucks leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/03/trump-venezuela-oil-industry
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Let's see what the US war machine decides to do next, because I can guarantee, this has nothing to do with liberating Venezuelans from an oppressive regime (why would it when America is one?). This has everything to do with the US busting in and plundering resources: in this case, oil.
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An unprovoked US smash and grab by the murderous yanks. It's a fucking outrage. The US is now a rogue, military regime. Unhinged. A dictatorship. A global pariah. So much for the 'no war' peace president. Nobel Prize? Pfft. We're seeing who he really is now.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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US will be ‘strongly involved’ in Venezuela oil industry, Trump says after Caracas attacked and Maduro captured – live
Donald Trump says Nicolás Maduro and wife will be taken to New York after being captured during US attack on Venezuela
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/03/caracas-explosions-venezuela-maduro-latest-news-updates-live
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Jon Burke🌍
6 days ago
Three of the top five British grid electricity records smashed in 2025! This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X. Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
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"“I’ll just close. It’s very relaxing to me,” he said. “Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.”" Yea. Sing along. 🎤 "Mr Sandman, bring me a dream ..." 🎶
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump news at a glance: president denies falling asleep in public meetings as he defends ‘perfect’ health
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Trump robustly defended his health after the first year of his second term in office raised growing questions. Key US politics stories from 1 January 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/02/trump-administration-news-latest-updates
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"We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact ..." National Guard should be removing the criminal Trump admin.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Trump says National Guard to be pulled from Chicago, LA and Portland
US President Donald Trump says his administration is removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, but added federal forces will "come back" if crime rates go up.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-01/donald-trump-says-national-guard-pulled-from-chicago-la-portland/106192734
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Kim
7 days ago
America, how long? How long are we going to tolerate an insane leader, a compromised Congress and a corrupt Supreme Court? How long?
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"The bill was aimed at funding a decades-long project to bring safe drinking water to 39 communities in Colorado’s eastern plains ..." I'm going to stop people having clean water because I'm a petty, vindictive child. In a suit. Wearing an absurd tie.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Lauren Boebert claims Trump’s veto of safe drinking water bill is retaliation
Colorado lawmaker, who pushed for Epstein files release, points to bill’s unanimous passage through US House and Senate
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/lauren-boebert-trump-colorado
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Trump sure does hate women who support other women. "This time, he has clashed with Colorado's Lauren Boebert, a generally staunch Trump ally who joined Ms Greene to break ranks and push for the release of the Epstein files." The man is a fucking misogynistic pig.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Trump clashes with another Republican congresswoman
A month after Donald Trump's spectacular falling-out with MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, another Republican congresswoman publicly lashes out at the US president.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-01/donald-trump-clashes-with-lauren-boebert/106191788
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Trump woke up and thought, "Today, I might kill children and cause untold suffering, heartache and anguish so I can handout cash to the rich." Imagine being that person.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-administration-childcare-funding-freeze
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If you're contemplating purchasing one of these, you already know what time it is. Time to see a mental health professional.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump family business delays launch of $499 gold smartphone
US-made device planned by end of year hit by recent government shutdown affecting shipments
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-family-business-delays-launch-of-gold-smartphone
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Trump rails against windfarms because they are killing all the beautiful bald eagles. In fact, the image he posted "... actually shows a falcon that was killed at a wind farm in Israel eight years ago." The main threat to US national security is in the WH.
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Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US … which was really a falcon in Israel
A pity that Trump, or one of the 18 intelligence agencies reporting to him, did not trace the image back to its source
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/30/trump-wind-turbine-bald-eagle-falcon
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The US president on whether he thought Bibi should be granted a pardon. “How can you not? ... He’s a wartime prime minister who’s a hero. How do you not give a pardon?” Fuck me. A hero? The guy's a genocidal manic. Ya couldn't make this shit up.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Israeli president’s office denies Trump’s claim Netanyahu pardon is ‘on its way’
Isaac Herzog’s spokesperson says he has not spoken to Trump since US president wrote to urge him to stop trial
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/israeli-president-office-trump-claim-netanyahu-pardon
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Ah, that Poot Poot. Who does he remind me of with all his bullshit? Oh, that's it. The US president.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/v...
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Valdai Residents Report No Signs of Claimed Ukrainian Drone Attack on Putin Residence - The Moscow Times
Residents of the town of Valdai in Russia’s Novgorod region said they neither heard nor saw signs of a large-scale drone attack overnight on Monday despite official claims that nearly 100 Ukrainian dr...
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/valdai-residents-report-no-signs-of-claimed-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-putin-residence-a91581
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9 days ago
Who elected NewsCorp, the ABC, the Opposition or the "Jewish community" on a policy of a royal commission on the Bondi ISIS terrorism attack? We have already elected our government with an overwhelming majority of seats. Perhaps we can let them govern.
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“I haven’t changed my views. But I’ve matured. I’ve developed depth. I’ve learned Washington, and I’ve come to understand the brokenness of the place.” Maybe someone dropped the constitution on her head.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she was ‘naive’ for believing Trump is man of the people
Greene gives lengthy interview with New York Times days before stepping down as congresswoman for Georgia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-interview
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An empty assertion from Trump? That would be unusual! 🙄 Basically, Zelenskyy wasted a lot of time and energy to attend a WH sideshow that achieved nothing constructive. Just Trump attempting to look like a peacemaker. And failing. Badly. Again.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Is claim Ukraine deal is ‘95% done’ just another empty assertion from Trump?
A sober observer assessing the US president’s claim may react the same way as Zelenskyy – with shock and disbelief
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/ukraine-deal-trump-russia-zelenskyy
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This. ⤵️
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😆😆😆 And pigs can fly. He honestly believes the world beyond his band of halfwitted cronies believes a word that dribbles out of his mouth? Peace is near! ... (and he also expresses sympathy for poor old invaders Russia. Boo fucking hoo). He excrement in a suit.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Trump says Ukraine peace deal ‘closer than ever’ after meeting with Zelenskyy in Florida
US president said ‘thorny’ questions over territory have yet to be resolved and expressed sympathy with Russia not wanting a ceasefire
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/28/trump-zelenskyy-talks-amid-heavy-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine
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Poot Poot must've ordered his boy to gather as much kompromat from Zelenskyy as he can by setting up a meeting under false pretences. Zelenskyy honestly believes Trump wants to help him? Unless there's something in it for him, he doesn't want to help him. He'll probably attempt to humiliate him.
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This is truly fantastic news. Hardcore 'Christian' nationalists, America's version of radical Islam, are rusted on and we'll have to wait till they die off, but great news, nonetheless.
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11 days ago
white people need to stop voting like they tip, occasionally & badly
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‘Australians for Humanity’ demand the invitation to Israel’s President be withdrawn immediately
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
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‘Australians for Humanity’ demand the invitation to Israel’s President be withdrawn immediately
The Israel President cannot be welcomed in Australia. The government he represents has been found by the International Court of Justice to have breached international law: the Netanyahu regime has com...
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12/the-invitation-to-israels-president-should-be-withdrawn-immediately/
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"He ... condemned what he deemed was the "use of the narrative of human rights as an instrument of political persecution"." Where the fuck are we? World gone mad.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Four Ecuadorian boys left home to play soccer. They were found beaten, naked and charred
In the weeks before Christmas, four boys under 16 left home to play a game of soccer. Their forced disappearance at the hands of Ecuador's military has been labelled a national "turning point".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/guayaquil-four-sentence-lays-bare-racism-and-security-in-ecuador/106173084
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12 days ago
My guidance to Republican voters: If you voted for Trump, and you don’t like the direction the country is taking, then why the literal f**k will you vote for Republicans that supported him A SECOND TIME DURING MIDTERMS?? REALLY! WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!
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Last paragraph of the article says all one needs to know. "The law explicitly prohibits the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone else, and from putting another person’s name on the building’s exterior." Fuck Trump.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show
Drummer Chuck Redd decided to cancel his yearly Jazz Jam after Donald Trump added his name to the venue
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/27/kennedy-center-chuck-redd-canceled-concert
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Only you can make this happen, eligible voters of America. If you don't want to do it for yourselves, do it for the rest of the world. We want this monster gone.
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Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing
As Americans tire of Donald Trump, a Democratic midterm ‘tsunami’ could sweep the GOP out of power
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/27/trump-republicans-midterm-elections-approval-rating
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