'It Feels Like Someone Is Always There': In Gaza, IDF Drones Infiltrate Every Moment of Palestinians' Lives Palestinians in Gaza tell Haaretz what it's like to live under a watchful and potentially lethal eye www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

In this interview, Professor Robert Pape breaks down the latest and most dramatic developments in U.S. policy toward Venezuela Drawing on decades of research in international security and political behavior to help you understand not just what happened, but why it matters youtu.be/fMNdKd3Wczw?...

Extremely important and with useful informative information on who’s tackling this issue

It should be a habit one develops.

I've been busy with my own life, but here are my initial thoughts on Venezuela. The practical upshot: Greenland, Canada, NATO, and the EU should all be extremely worried, and take immediate action to ensure Trump doesn't continue a policy of Anschluss and Lebensraum. newrepublic.com/article/2048...

Omg, there’s a company called Jizzellery - “Closer Than Skin, Deeper Than Love”, apparently they have a ‘collection’ 🫡🤨😏 jizzellery.com

FYI: here’s their snail-mailing address if you want to make an impact. Flood the zone Wegmans Food Markets 1500 Brooks Avenue P.O. Box 30844 Rochester, NY 14603-0844

Here you go: topclassactions.com/lawsuit-sett...

This started when they handed out the bar coded discount cards, they’ve been tracking what you buy, that data is sold to places like your insurance companies, data analytic cos, booze, cigarettes, sugar, etc, they know. Never give them you information. Don’t step foot into a Wegman’s, on principle.

This so sad. Please help out if you’re able to. The American College of Nurse-Midwives called Dr. Green Smith's death a "profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing people thegrio.com/2026/01/04/d...

Cuban intelligence has a reputation for being one of the most formidable in the Western Hem. Yet they were seemingly caught off guard by an elaborate and long-planned Maduro op, in spite of controlling Venezuela’s security. I have questions: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...

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This is nineteenth century Great Power “sphere of influence” talk, essentially no different than Russia‘s view of Ukraine or the rest of its “near abroad.” It’s been said before, but really worth underlining now: The Trump admin is overthrowing the very post-1945 world order the US itself built.

I’d give my right arm to be able to buy a set of these chairs. 🫜

Good reporting. Important to hear from the people of Venezuela

Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.

Wilman Gonzalez looks on at his apartment that was damaged in a missile strike in which his aunt, Rosa Elena, was fatally injured, following U.S. strikes on Venezuela during which Maduro and his wife were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa

Iranian television: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have begun a military exercise that includes missile launches and testing of air defense systems. The exercise is being conducted in several cities, including Tehran and Shiraz. Amichai Stein 124 News

Narco Rubio

Yep, he’s that brazen. That out of control. I hope Moscow Mitch McConnell is proud of himself.

As a teenager, Marco Rubio worked for his brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia in an import and sale business of exotic animals. It was a front for moving nearly half a million pounds of cocaine and marijuana Maureen Tkacik prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...

The U.S. State Department’s Farsi account. “President Trump is a man of action. If you don’t know, now you know.”

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

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“Martin went on to make more than 150 appearances on the Russia Today TV channel and Sputnik radio, both Russian state-owned media outlets” www.propublica.org/article/ed-m...

Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president of 🇻🇪 puts out a statement— “We extend an invitation to the US govt to work together on a cooperation agenda, aimed at shared development, w/in the framework of international law, and to strengthen lasting community coexistence.” @annmariehordern.bsky.social

Notice how all the reporters with access to Trump don’t bother confronting him about his vile post about Melissa and Mark Hortman? It’s sanewashing on steroids.

Dallas is the second Texas county to sue over public health cuts after a judge ordered the Trump administration to return $20 million to Harris County last summer.

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all this is both foolish and unnecessary

And imprison.

“The Donroe Doctrine” 🙄😅

“Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and capture of its president mark the end of the West as we know it, warns world affairs editor Sam Kiley … Outside the White House and Magaland, the only cheering will be in the Kremlin and in Beijing.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Iran may strike targets across the Middle East if protests against the regime gain momentum and threaten its survival, Israeli intel officials assess www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Moon from home.

I took the holidays off from politics. I recommend Heated Rivalry on HBO. Seriously.

apparently i am doing this wrong. here is buttons

The Dog That Didn't Bark in the Maduro Op Cuban intelligence runs Venezuela's security apparatus. Where was it when the U.S. snatched the Venezuelan strongman? @michaeldweiss.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...

Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Karnaukhov offered drastically different takes about the situation in Venezuela before and after Maduro's rendition, one month apart (ironically, while wearing the same outfit). www.youtube.com/watch?v=1co7...

one thing that good leadership can help prevent is these rough vibes. it remains painfully obvious we have a vacuum of national leadership on our side

Be kind. Breathe. 🧘🏻‍♀️ Sing, read, cuddle your pets, phone a friend, sleep, make tea, cook or eat something yummy, dance. Smile.. 😄 - no really- smile- your brain takes the clue fr your body .... easy take it. No hurry, no worry. There’s so much beauty, still. You are stardust. ✨ We will win.

So may questions about Trump and Venezuela! Here are a few answers…and more questions! open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

I will be cursing and raging against them until my dying breath. As a society we must find a way to hold them accountable.

“It's up to us as to what parts of the internet we work to cultivate, and which we try to starve.‼️‼️ 👇🏼

The notion that the US military incursion into Venezuela and seizure of its leader wasn't a use of force under int'l law b/c it was a "law enforcement operation" is absurd. In prior US military-LE capture ops abroad, USG definitely viewed such actions as uses of force under int'l law. From 2014.

Arabs: “Hold my beer.” 🍺

“.. People inspect the damage of a damaged building in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, January 4.” @reuters.com 🇻🇪 www.reuters.com/pictures/pho...