Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to cut Senator Mark Kelly’s military rank and dock his pension over a video in which the Arizona lawmaker reminded servicemembers of their duty to ignore unlawful orders.

China's top diplomat accused the U.S. of acting like a "world judge" by seizing Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro to put him on trial in New York, with Beijing set to confront Washington at the United Nations over the move's legality.

Never trust anyone who would rather raise the retirement age than make the rich pay their fair share into Social Security!

Follow the money. This isn’t about freedom or drug trafficking—it’s about oil, greed, and a U.S. president seeking to profit from control over Venezuela.

Seizing another country's national resources by military force for US oil and mineral companies to plunder while refusing the recognize the opposition leader with zero regard for the well being of the Venezuelan people does not make us the "good guys." bsky.app/profile/atru...

One thing to know about the Venezuela thing.,.

Fun fact: “Banana Republic” refers to Latin American governments overthrown with US backing so the Dole Corp. could install its own preferred corrupt government to protect its monopoly and profits

BREAKING: President Trump announces "Operation Take Out Wrenched Ankle" was a complete success. #DonaldTrump

"Peace President." [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

Spot the difference: Iraq vs. Venezuela

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

Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

The Trump administration's key changes have been a) to add more burdens to SSA clients, increasing frictions and b) to expect that SSA clients will be able to manage those burdens via online processes without help. Recipe for failure.

Pentagon cuts Sen. Mark Kelly’s military retirement pay as punishment over ‘illegal orders’ video. www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/p...

The second article in the ⁦‪@BulwarkOnline‬⁩ “morning shots” is a piece I did on the “belly button rule.” Putting one person in charge, and making that person accountable.

As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance. If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?

I absolutely HATE it when Marjorie Taylor Greene makes sense.

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And a level of demand for oil the world just does not have right now. And it's not gonna have it, because other, wiser nations are transitioning away from oil.

The court convicted all defendants to sentences ranging from a cyberbullying awareness training to 8-month suspended prison sentences.

This isn’t about freedom or drug trafficking—it’s about oil, greed, and a U.S. president seeking to profit from control over Venezuela

Then they were the only ones surprised.

Flip both houses of Congress so we can defund ICE please.

GAHHHHHHHHH

Clip n’ save. 🤡

I wonder if we need a passport to travel to Venezuela now that we own them. 🤔

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

Last year, Trump promised American oil executives “a great deal” if they donated $1 billion to his campaign. Today, he gave them Venezuela — home to the largest oil reserves in the world. This new war is not only illegal and reckless; it is deeply corrupt.

Donald Trump says he’ll now run Venezuela. He’s focusing his time and your taxpayer dollars on nation-building and foreign wars. Meanwhile, he refuses to spend a penny on your health care or making life more affordable for you.

Listen up, sheep.

Trump is heavily slurring this morning

When today’s far-right pundits use concerns about natural resource scarcity to push the anti-immigrant “great replacement theory,” they’re using a playbook created decades earlier by environmentalist and white nationalist John Tanton. (Published Oct. 2024)

The “no new wars” crowd are doing mental gymnastics right now.

TRUMP: I say that what we're doing is saving lives because the drug trafficking is so bad. ALSO TRUMP: Pardoned someone who trafficked 400 tons of cocaine into our country.

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TRUMP: I say that what we're doing is saving lives because the drug trafficking is so bad. ALSO TRUMP: Pardoned someone who trafficked 400 tons of cocaine into our country.

The “no new wars” crowd are doing mental gymnastics right now.

Epstein disclosures raise key question: why wasn’t he stopped earlier?

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown from the country, Trump announced early Saturday after confirming that the U.S. forces conducted what he called “a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader.”

January 2, 2026

CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.

I mean given that he is constitutionally barred from re-election what exactly can you call this other than legalized bribery?

Our @marcsallinger.bsky.social went to Trump Country on Colorado's Eastern Plains, where people asking for clean drinking water are caught up in President Trump's campaign of retaliation against Colorado.

Good to see the President is laser-focused on affordability for the American people!

What on earth is going on.