Will "non-interventionist" MAGA go along? Yup. A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress. But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/ newrepublic.com/article/2049...

Well, it's no surprise that Epstein's Best Friend and his new bestie King Ketamine wouldn't want child exploitation or drug cartels to be a focus of law enforcement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Canadian radio doco about the current techno fascism with @quinnslobodian.com and others, including myself (for about 15 seconds). www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

🇨🇭 Swiss local authorities admitted Tuesday they failed to conduct periodic fire and safety inspections over the past five years at a bar where an inferno killed 40 people and injured 116 others.

How the Deep State Taught Stephen Miller to Love Socialism www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/06/h...

Here's Stephen Miller bragging about having encircled the "island" of Venezuela. I don't doubt there have been US covert forces on its land border, but even I have seen reporting abt stuff going down on the border w/Colombia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NiB...

After a boutique on South Street received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for selling breast binders for gender-affirming care, the region’s transgender community worries about the potential wider impacts. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/health/passi...

It’s time for today’s game of “is this appalling thing the President just said even true or is it just a neuron misfire or a manifestation of his pathological need just to say whatever shit he thinks will make him look cool and tough”

A reminder that, in the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness. DOJ: "We were too busy invading Venezuela to address your court order, Chief Judge Boasberg." Boasberg: "You didn't even follow the rules in filing this request."

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.

Insurance premiums doubled overnight for millions of Americans on January 1. Over half of ACA marketplace enrollees say they’d go without insurance if premiums double. I’m one of them. We canceled our policy. $3,000 a month isn’t health care. It’s a shakedown. @democrats.senate.gov

This kind of pathetic imperialism signals a declining hegemon rather than true strength. Real power doesn’t need constant posturing

The idea that the West "dissolved its empires and colonies" would be news the thousands who died fighting to preserve imperial rule. Besides that fact - British GDP grew only 54% from 1870 to 1913 (the apex of colonialism). But from 1970-2013 (the neoliberal era) it grew more than twice that: 123%

The thing about declaring war against the entire world is that eventually the world will fight back

Everything is a grift with this regime.

It is truly insane to me that our system has the means to end this insanity but the people who can effect it refuse to…even though we are now at a point where in cannot possibly be in their own interest to keep supporting this shitshow

One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.

Spain is concerned of the global threat of US government. Urging action and upholding of UN charter.

Pakistan and Greece condemn the invasion and demand an upholding of UN charter. Venezuela demands release of Maduro. Argentina sucks Trump’s dick on UN floor.

So this is going to end up with Trump spending billions in U.S. government funds on Venezuela to support a corrupt regime, same as he spent billions in Argentina to keep Milei in power and billions in El Salvador for Bukele's prisons, isn't it? That's the "Donroe" Doctrine.

I am so tired of this moist towelette. Please retire and go spend more time with the Baileys. You’ve done enough. This country cannot afford (both economically, socially, and ethically) your particular brand of politics anymore.

“As many Puerto Ricans suspected, the former Air Force base at Aguadilla was his first stop on American soil…The giveaway? The photo that Trump shared on social media of a blindfolded, handcuffed Maduro showed him holding a bottle of what appeared to be Nikini brand water—widely available in PR.”

The SSA is also engaging in unprecedented lying (and hyper-partisan communication) regarding agency activities. This is what their Facebook feed looks like. Reality: People are waiting over an hour for help, and 1 in 4 actually give up after waiting up to ~40 minutes www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

JFC

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.

the right gets another scalp and liberalism continues to say media isnt an issue and won't invest an iota of money or attention to the topic

This is pretty incredible censorship of journalists by their own journalism outlet. We should probably expect the same at CBS News…

Coldest winter was 1905, with average temp of 29.1 degrees. Snowiest winter was 2009-2010, with 56.1 inches of snow. Not unusual to have a thaw with highs in the 60s in January... happens most years. That said, our winter climate has warmed substantially since late 1800s.

the most prominent republican donor in america is producing csam i havent seen or heard of a single democrat speaking about this www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:

We are obliged by international law to prevent *other* countries from doing what we are now threatening to do. Do you know how fucked up this is?

On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇

In 2025, “US equities underperformed the rest of the world by the largest margin since 2009.” @thedailyshot.bsky.social

“.. Marco Rubio has held many titles during Donald Trump’s presidency. He may have just acquired his most challenging one yet: Viceroy of Venezuela.” @washingtonpost.com 🇻🇪

Trump is a tough guy who’s never been in a fight himself.

I'm old as hell, and it just hit me that Viagra is gender-affirming care.

We're going to pay more money to insure fewer people. Bank on it. Exactly what happened the only other time this was really tried, in Georgia.

The Constitution does say that war powers belong to Congress. But there are important exceptions, like if the president really, really wants to go to war. Or it’s the weekend. Or it’s January. Or he thought he saw a spider. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

So, Trump and Rubio and Hegseth are just gonna invade a bunch of countries? Just checking off a list of places to extract from?

This is some serious bullshit. Capitulating due to a racist smear of your constituents should be met with anything but capitulation. Like hold a meeting with day care providers and do a listening tour with parents of day care centers. Make their racism spur you toward lifting the oppressed.

Convinced the best prism for understanding this admin is if you've worked for a real narcissist boss where you have to chart a course between doing enough insane things to satisfy their ego and not doing too many insane things.

You don’t say. Hurdles, well, huh. Maybe a plan would have been helpful first, but, now why do that?

We are country with nuclear capability being run by an unhinged fucking moron.

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

It's been interesting watching some folks learn that Marco Rubio as a teenager was the go between for the customer & the plug.

it's truly incredible that after a decade of trump being involved in politics (setting aside decades of his history in business) so many people still line up to make deals with him that end up with his knife in their back. anyway, mariá machado, step up and claim your fell for it again award.

Oh VERY cool! Their base conclusion is that there is no long-term risk of death from getting the COVID vaccination, and it may actually reduce mortality (they actually expect to see *more* deaths in the vaxxed group due that cohort being older, but saw fewer)…