When I was in high school in the 10th or 11th grade in America History, I was taught that the Monroe Doctrine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_..., protected the Americas from European colonialism. It has become clear that it actually asserts a superior claim to exploit the rest of this hemisphere.

On the one hand, the attack on Venezuela is appalling. On the other hand, anyone who says this is a departure from what we are is completely unaware of our deplorable history.

I’m not going to link to Thomas Friedman’s editorial in today’s New York Times, because that would reward him. But, he may have finally said something even stupider than his infamous Friedman Units en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedma... .

How we got here open.substack.com/pub/profdanw...

Pedofile can tell which way the wind is blowing. Also, who are n their right mind would trust her judgement as to what is inappropriate?

So basically the same shameful deal that Epstein got the first time around

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... More people who are perfectly willing to impose suffering on others, but have second thoughts when it comes to visit them

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “Never again “

Rich elites send poor people to their death under the propaganda of patriotism again.

In the 1970s you didn’t have to be on the verge of wealthy to own a home. The change is almost completely the effect of Republican tax policy that Democrats failed to stop.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o... And here it is “antisemitism” is no longer about demonizing Jews, it is code for prohibiting any criticism of Israel no matter how vile Israel acts.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... This is terrifying. Truth could cease to exist.

1/3 A NYT opinion piece by some of the most privileged people prominent in politics today titled “If you want welfare you must work.” I am not linking it because I don’t want to reward NYT for publishing it. The implication of this title is that people on assistance are malingering ne’r-do-wells.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o... It is a wired day when I have to agree with David Brooks. We are in the Twilight Zone.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/w... “mistaken” = “we lied, you caught us”

Notably missing from the extensive list of tariffs: Russia and Israel. There is a list of tariffs on Huffington Post, but it seems to be imbedded in an updating article, so no link.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o... It is a myth that this writer is representing people who are not “selfish or unempathetic” but are instead “moderate or slightly right of center“. Her defense of “personal autonomy “ over public health recommendations is the soul of selfishness.

www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-j... Every dollar of federal expenditures goes to pay to someone or corporate profits. MAGA’s don’t say reduce corporate profits or increase taxes, so when they say they favor balancing the federal budget but don’t hurt themselves, they mean hurt someone else.

www.huffpost.com/entry/chuck-... A coward a weasel

It would be bad enough to see your country destroyed by an evil genius. But an evil moron, that's just embarrassing.

Too little , too late www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

There are two sorts of deportation stories in the news: The truly awful that should shame us all: www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/... And the, ‘But I didn’t mean me’: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Hoping someone in NY will primary Chump Schumer.

1/2 In a way, I find the current abandonment of the Ukraine to relieve my cognitive dissonance. In the 80 years since the end of WWII we, the US, have played a morally ambiguous or outright wrongful role in almost every of the numerous wars we have participated in.

There is no way any qualified auditors would even pretend to have results in the short time these state-sponsored terrorists in the guise of efficiency evaluators have been at it,

See, some town halls are going well!

Dear Europe, stop wringing your hands and asking, “Oh dear, what will we do?” It should be clear that you cannot rely on us. You’ll have to put yourselves together and make a plan without us. I, and half the country regret this but we have structural issues that disempower us. You can do this!

Gunshots and a surge of panic: footage shows last moments of boy, 12, killed in the West Bank Between apartheid and genocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/n... A face-off between criminals and it isn’t even Valentine’s Day

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-... Is there no limit to our shame?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... Be sure to call or write your congressman and let them know about any harm you may experience or fear because of the dismantling of our government.

Unknown illness kills more than 50 in north-west DRC Of course, since the US is no longer a member of WHO, we will get any relevant info last. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture They are not prisoners, they are hostages www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

substack.com/@profdanwill... I told you so:

Today in #doomscrolling www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Anyone who thinks they’ve dodged the bullet is wrong.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s... Oops, again. What is this, number 3? Or have I missed some?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Today in more #doomscrolling

5 things I did last week 1. Posted about #doomscrolling on Monday 2. Posted about #doomscrolling on Tuesday 3. Posted about #doomscrolling on Wednesday 4. Posted about #doomscrolling on Thursday 5. Posted about #doomscrolling on Friday

Today in #doomscrolling www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Roughly half my fill are allegedly attractive young women who have mostly been on bluesky for a few days and have made few if any posts. Bluesky needs to do something about this obvious use by people who are trying to catfish retired men.

This is what apartheid is. We Americans are collaborators with the apartheid government. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/m...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Today in #doomscrolling

Removing Adams substack.com/@profdanwill...

Today in #doomscrolling www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...