Is it not clear that a muted response to Venezuela—a failure to push back by those with powerful platforms—will further convince Trump he can keep going & invade another country? Did we not learn the pattern in 2016? “When you’re a star, they let you do it.” www.americaamerica.news/p/this-is-wh...

When the world allowed Trump to murder people in fishing boats who were international waters, they gave Trump the greenlight to attack Venezuela and kidnap their leader. And the failure of the world to stop Trump after that attack means he will 100% attack other nations. This is 2 + 2 = 4 stuff.

Bluesky: where you express angst and 204 people post support. Twitter: where people yell into the abyss and it claps back with 32 likes and 3 death threats.

“Regime change with no plan” is basically America’s default browser setting.

Today's reminder to take your ibuprofen is brought to you by the fact Blu-ray is 20 years old

My mom has informed me that 60 Minutes is "totally different now," and that they don't plan to keep on watching. Wondering how many Boomers across America have come to that conclusion. Hopefully more of them than not

Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp, to the President. The fact that Maduro is a dictator who committed grave abuses does not suspend the Constitution.

America's gun psychopathy continues: *6* mass shooting so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 1 person killed and 3 wounded, in Denver, Colo.: www.denvergazette.com/2026/01/04/1...

What's going on with MAGA Mike Duggan and his plot to hand Michigan back to the GOP is one of the most deceitful psyops of my life. Devoting his life's work to Trump's destruction of this state and country just so a Republican who'd never have a shot can possibly win.

Yes, he posted this👇

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head of chiquita banana wanting to ask the forbidden question now that trump is overthrowing governments for oil companies

will say it again: if rodgers retires after the 2020 season, never says a thing about vaccines/cancel culture, and becomes the host of jeopardy, he goes down as maybe the most universally liked athlete of all time

tech companies using society as a staging server

TACO is cashing in on a many years‑old Kremlin idea that the U.S. could be “given” Caracas in exchange for looking the other way on Ukraine. 🤬🤬🤬

NEWS: A source confirms DOJ has NOT provided Congress the legally required explanation for redactions in the Epstein file releases, despite a Jan. 3 statutory deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The reconciliation law signed by President Trump last year eliminated eligibility for Medicaid, ACA, and Medicare coverage for asylum seekers, including those from Venezuela. www.kff.org/immigrant-he...

And here’s where the GOP pulled it from.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

Up to 250 days in the year Scotland’s renewables could have powered 100% of our electricity needs so TWICE the UK figure talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/u...

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So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.

Perhaps some day ppl will realize that when the U.S. bombs Palestinians, bombs Venezuelans, bombs Somali, that those bombs will one day drop on them, too. There is no "they deserved it" or "it's a third-world shithole." There are just powerful people bombing poor people.

We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.

"America is an oil company with an army." —George Carlin

👀 wow Grok going hard

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

America 250? I'm not feeling it.

US President Donald Trump threatens to invade and attack other countries: “We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us." #VenezuelaInvasion

Continuing to insist everything he does is just to distract from the Epstein files is an insult to the people he has killed. He can do more than one horrible thing, and you need to be able to recognize that.

"The emerging order is one in which Putin, Xi, and Trump each get to do whatever they want in their respective zones: a grand bargain among the powerful at the expense of everyone else." hegemon.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."

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I'm only gonna say this just this one time;For those people that said that you're not gonna vote & think or said that voting doesn't matter...I guess you got proven wrong.

How it feels like to be a political scientist working on security and US foreign policy right now:

Nobody could have predicted this.

Take it from a Filipino, even if you despise the current rulers of your country, you will live to regret the day the United States comes in to remove them

I don’t understand how the first reaction from leadership isn’t “This is an impeachable offense. My colleagues must defund Hegseth and begin drafting articles immediately.” Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?

Article: ICE terorrist lies about murdering someone: abc7.com/post/homelan...

It would make a lot of sense tbh, if when trump says the US is running Venezuela what he acc is doing is saying the quiet part out loud about a corrupt deal between the venezuelan VP and the American government

It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.

In a nutshell.