Insightful article by Nicolas Kristoff. Gift link… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...

We now live in the Western hemisphere's version of Putin's Russia.

This new war is not only illegal, reckless and deeply corrupt, it is the latest in a series of increasingly desperate distractions from the EPSTEIN Files. #ImpeachAndConvict47NOW

Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”

Exactly this! 🎯🎯🎯

Did anyone read one (1) book on the history of US colonialism in Latin America or the war in Iraq? The Wikipedia articles?

Just because we don’t have the votes to impeach him doesn’t mean that articles of impeachment shouldn’t be filed. Get it on record. Make the GOP own this.

“Illegal, reckless, Deeply corrupt” 🎯

Following the U.S. ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Trump promises a peaceful transition of oil.

Unbelievable. This is headline from Washington Post's Editorial Board:

"A war game run during President Trump’s first term assessed what may follow if Mr. Maduro were ousted, forecasting chaotic power struggles as military units, rival political factions and guerrilla groups vie for control of the country." NYT gift link... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...

What happens to the Venezuelan oil tanker we've been pursuing that changed to be under the Russian flag? Is Trump claiming now "own" a Russian oil tanker?

Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."

Watching this interminable press conference, I get the sense that Trump et al haven't really thought through what happens next.

There is no plan, gang

Just as a practical matter, how is the United States going to “run Venezuela” after the overnight abduction raid. Do US forces currently control an airport? A television station? A major road?

Trump going on national television and essentially saying that we just annexed Venezuela and are going to steal its most precious natural resource and will kidnap any Venezuelan leader who disagrees may be the craziest presidential address of my lifetime

The US will run Venezuela, Trump said, 'until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,' signaling an open-ended US role reut.rs/3Ne4l3T

Trump equating invading Venezuela with sending federal troops into US cities is a terrifying warning of how he hopes to use war powers. (also Grandpa going off the teleprompter. Rubio looks nervous)

Trump is now equating his invasion of Venezuela with his invasion of US cities!

He's doing "the weave" about invading another country.

I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris. In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).

The Trump regime is accusing Maduro of doing the same drug trafficking crimes that former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández did before Trump pardoned him.

“Kinetic action” is the new euphemism for “killing people”. People who may have just been going about their jobs or in the wrong place at the wrong time. Occasionally of course the military has to kill people.A hard reality of life. But it should only ever be as a last resort & in accord w the law

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.

speed running the entire 8 years of bush jr in 11 months

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Hakeem Jeffries was not briefed on the operation, Jake Sherman is now reporting. Neither was House Armed Services Committee. Amazing.

Hey @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy America has never had true equality, fewer people are experiencing true liberty in the U.S. now than they did 20 years ago, and your own president ignores the rule of law. If you truly “loved America” you’d expose this, instead of bowing down to it.

Republicans rushed tax cuts for the wealthy but delayed their cuts to Medicaid and food assistance. Why? So they don't kick in until after the midterms. Help spread the word.

If 2025 was a tow truck…

Just to clarify: Not *all* ACA subsidies have expired. A large chunk of them have, but they’re still *mostly* around. If they all expired, net premiums would triple or quadruple on average instead of “only” doubling, which is disastrous enough.

Fair warning: If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow. My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history. We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.

My friend in France sent me this last night Just saw it now So...true .. So very true

Happy New Year fireworks at the space needle in Seattle.

This Jack Smith deposition makes one thing abundantly clear: If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison. And he should be.

So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.

ROVE: “.. He’s gone way too far by slapping his name on buildings .. “.. the public is tiring of his hyperbole and insatiable desire for retribution. Increasingly, they may hear only the offensive or cruel things he says.” @thehill.com thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Purple mountains majesty. Olympic Mountains this morning from Edmonds, Washington. 📸 @ezlorenz.bsky.social

Donald Trump’s Top 25 Lies of the Year politicalwire.com/2025/12/27/d...

EXACTLY 👇 THIS......

Gift link: 7 Questions to Ask Yourself for a Happier New Year www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...

Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”

"It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be," Daniel Dale writes. https://cnn.it/49bMv9c