The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.

Eliminating institutional knowledge and culture as fast as they can. Fascism.

death of a country by a thousand cuts

Amazing. A US serviceman deemed a “national security threat” (to the US!) for not supporting Israel.

The seizure of the wonderful network we spent years building on Twitter, and its perversion into this filthy tool for slugs, will forever stain everyone involved.

Here's a good profile of Alvin Hellerstein, the 92-yo judge who has been presiding over the Maduro (and predecessor) cases since 2011. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

No better way to get the pulse of the American public than adding to your newsroom a theocrat living in Hungary who gets enraged that the Pope doesn't know who he is.

Walsh has been growing increasingly extreme for some time, but this really puts a bow on it

It’s like watching 11 year old boys use the internet for the first time.

Remember Lauren Chen, from Tenet Media? The Kremlin-funded propagandist is back in the US

Wild- Trump’s guy Witkoff’s son using his brother’s death to praise Trump’s Venezuela invasion when in reality he died of OxyContin overdose from an American corporation (Purdue) and family (Sacklers) Gross stuff

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

Stephen Miller and Plans for Post-Decapitation www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/05/s...

Here are Andrew Solender's last three stories, for those of you who remain unaware that a big part of his clickbait is to ragebait YOU, which apparently works every single time.

Mmm-hmmm.

The anonymous Democrat, wearing basketball shorts and a hoodie…

im excited to see these people start talking about small government again, its going to be fun watching mainstream sources be all “republican deficit hawks have found their mojo” or whatever

i really cant wait for 2029 when we’re told we have to take the deficit seriously because these sane people are saying deficits are bad all of a sudden

That’s terrible, but Paul Pelosi would like to have a word…

1. The military raid on Venezuela and ouster of Maduro will create a financial windfall for a Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer. Follow this thread for details. 🧵 popular.info/p/venezuela-...

This all would be excessively dark even for a Black Mirror episode.

Notice that Pete Hegseth is doing this by administrative action, and not trying this via military justice and court-martial. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Kelly, a multimillionaire, certainly doesn’t need the money, but this ought to be a First Amendment slam dunk if he decides to fight it.

Paris court finds 10 guilty of harassing Brigitte Macron online www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Philosophers on Twitter, 2016: remember to be careful with what you say online, you never know what a hiring committee might see. Philosophers on Bluesky, 2026: fuck fascism, fuck imperialism, fuck you, and I hope Trump dies in agony yesterday.

The faces of greedy warmonger imperialism.

Barry Pollack is a very good defense attorney, with lots of experience on international issues (including with Assange).

Still can’t get over how much Rubio’s body language and demeanor have changed from a decade ago. If this were a movie about a politician who sold his soul for power, the actor playing Rubio would be panned for his ham-fistedness.

They kidnapped the head of a Latin American country, replaced him with an insecure white racist who has spent his entire life arguing that Latinos are subhuman, and made clear that their primary aim is to plunder the country for its resources. If it isn't yet clear, yes, we're the fucking baddies.

I'm no expert on Venezuela, but remember that Minister of Interior, Diosdado Cabello, has his a considerable power base, and was indicted in both the Maduro indictments.

I have so many levels of anger at this.

Tim Walz ending his reelection bid is a real loss, he genuinely cares about the people he serves. It’s concerning that Trump’s bully politics and false narratives keep driving real public servants out. But I, for one, can’t wait to see what an untethered Tim Walz does next. ✌️👌

My veteran family members would have been ashamed of Hegseth’s actions.

elon musk, pedo guy

Has a court ruled on whether, under Section 230, a web site’s AI generating content based on a user prompt is treated as the web site’s speech? Seems to me it should be, just as if the site operator published speech answering someone’s question. BWEPRA

Precisely. This isn’t about Kelly as if they expect it to have any effect on him or other members of Congress. It’s about using his prominence to make an example of what they can and will do to people vastly less powerful and secure.

Kelly should put out another video.

On 10/7, CNN revealed Trump's covert finding authorizing interference in VZ. Perhaps ironically, Natasha Bertrand was one of the journos w/the scoop. But after this (10/15), Trump confirmed that finding, and also revealed (12 29) attack on loading facility. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

There is nothing surprising about this. Its rinse and repeat. Every day for the last 10 years.

More like the Donroe Mocktrine, amirite?

All that vitriol can’t be good for his congestive heart failure…uhmm sorry, I’m hearing Chueng is calling me a “lying piece of shit”. It’s not good for his slightly swollen ankles.

More like Klandora’s Box

Knowing that Shirley grew up in Farmington, UT, I can guarantee he was baptized at 8 and took to heart having dominion over women, children and animals to heart because he was told he was a priesthood holder.

it can be hard to keep track within the cast of thousands but ashley is one of elon musk’s babymamas

Malignant narcissism. If you are not familiar with a what narcissist is and how deep their emotional well of need goes, time to research.

Ok. So maybe there are SOME good uses for AI.

Pretty hard to square this with freezing the Gang of Eight out for "security".

I'm (probably, pending approval) launching a new weekly feature in my newsletter called The Trump Body Count to remind folks that, yes, he's not just a dictator but a deadly one Just one example: The 80 (and counting) killed in Venezuela. What other deaths should I include in the tally?