The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.

#JAN6 #CapitolInsurrection

Frame by frame breakdown of the ICE officer killing civilian legal observer Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis: Video: Shaun King via X (@shaunking) x.com/shaunking/st...

Hope comes alive when we take action Here are 8 Good News stories 2025 So much can seem wrong in this world right now yet one thing remains certain: in troubling times, hope is an act of resistance. At Greenpeace, we know that collective action fuels hope. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

🍃🌹🌿 R.I.P. Tim Politicians pay tribute to former Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt after his death

#CAFCA keeps track of Foreign Ownership of #NZ - how bad is it? Is it a good idea? Frankly, it’s bad, & about to get a whole lot worse as Luxon tries to entice tax-avoiding #Billionaires to buy us out. We are becoming 2nd class citizens , or worse, in our own country #nzpol #inequality #votes

CAFCA have been keeping records of Foreign ownership of Aotearoa NZ - here are some graphs:

We had her. Her name is Tory Whanau. And they did everything they could to tear her down.

Hey NZ Labour. Takes notes. This is how you do it. If you won't revoke or reverse every single monstrous policy that the coalition has put in place, if you don't reinstate policies that benefitted the country - you are next to worthless. Do it. #nzpol

People talking about lessons Hipkins could take from Mamdani, as if Hipkins would ever pay attention to a brown leftist

also part of Mamdani's appeal is his charisma which is just not an attribute Hipkins has

This is EXACTLY my fear regarding NZ Labour, this mindset

Well Hipkins said when Wellington went Green for the first time ever that people just wanted a change. Yeah mate a change to what? What message did we try to send you?

This fucker was a human rights lawyer apparently…. #nzpol I don’t fucking trust centrists, which is why I’m so depressed Labour is keeping Hipkins.

so Hipkins could completely scoop Luxon AND set the frame for the discourse by making even a quite muted announcement on Venezuela. why are Labour so FUCKING BAD at comms OR being in the right side of history?

it's so frustrating. we're seeing the same thing in NZ, the right wing government is giving SO many opportunities for really easy political messaging to the leftwing opposition and they're just... not... doing it.

so funny to me all the people STILL trying to claim that Trump et al is “un american” when the rest of the world can easily identify the current regime as the distillation of, the peak, of US ideology.

www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/08/d...?

#Trump #Venezuela

Is this what Trump meant when he said we are "running" Venezuela?

"Depending on who you listen to, America is either running Venezuela, or we’re threatening Venezuela with more attacks if they don’t do what we want. Perfectly clear." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S.. This is about making Trump's oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump's foreign policy - the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela - is fundamentally corrupt.

The story of what’s happening in Venezuela is unfolding quickly and big questions are mounting. The immediate danger in Venezuela (and potentially in Columbia and Cuba) is chaos. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-quagmire-of-trumps-venezuela

In that batshit insane interview? Stephen Miller repeatedly (after 4:15) calls Venezuela an island. I don't rule out that Miller doesn't know the difference between Venezuela and Greenland. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/05/p...

My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.

Trump on Venezuela oil:

So Trump told the press he was going to invade Venezuela, and he told the oil companies he was going to invade Venezuela, but he never bothered to ask CONGRESS if he COULD invade Venezuela. And congressional Republicans are just like… “meh”. Are you fucking kidding me?!!

Using my tax money to bomb Venezuela then giving my tax money to Exxon so they can sell the oil they stole from Venezuela

MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela

Spot the difference: Iraq vs. Venezuela

Six reasons why Trump’s attack on Venezuela was very wrong:

Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil.

When I invade Venezuela and the number one trending topic is still "Epstein Files"

Venezuela isn't about fentanyl or national security. It's about oil and Epstein.

The Truth about Venezuela.

"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman calls Trump's Venezuela action an 'illegal atrocity' that ends the era of international law. While NZ’s PM and Leader of the Opposition stay silent (to date) ... #nzpol Full interview: youtu.be/x33LoXHqUCk #NZVassaldom #InternationalLaw"

The Polymarket bettor, the identity of whom is unknown, bet $30,000 on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro less than a day before he was abducted by U.S. forces.

01/06/25 - We're taking oil from Venezula baby!! https://www.reddit.com/r/trumptweets/comments/1q5zose/010625_were_taking_oil_from_venezula_baby/ #truthsocial #trump

The United States is behaving like a rogue state. The President has carried out an illegal act of war, kidnapped a foreign head of state, and is now threatening military action against NATO allies. This is a constitutional crisis. Impeachment must be on the table.

.@PabloReports: What do you make of the White House blaming the police for what happened on January 6th? Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.

Breaking news: About 75 people were killed in Venezuela during Saturday’s military raid to capture President Nicolás Maduro, including dozens of fatalities that resulted from a gun battle at his compound in Caracas, according to U.S. officials.

The military is well aware of what an illegal order is. If they are not familiar with what defending America against enemies foreign and domestic means, they all need to be chaptered out. This is not about a convicted felon president anymore.

#nzpol #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #Zionists #Genocide

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How about massively reducing emissions first ? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Direct air capture is not currently viable strategy. Likely increases carbon pollution (more carbon energy required to than saved). See @mzjacobson.bsky.social's work: news.stanford.edu/stories/2019... & Joe Romm's review for our center (@penncssm.bsky.social): bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upen...

The Global Carbon Project has just published the most comprehensive Global Hydrogen Budget to date. H2, although not a GHG, has an indirect Global Warming Potential 37 times more potent than CO2. Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/hydrogen-emi... Research paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...