Many Venezuelan-Americans were initially euphoric thinking Trump was liberating Venezuela from Maduro. Now, especially with Trump unceremoniously kicking Machado to the curb, they realize he only intended to liberate them from their assets and resources.

Must read about implications of US intervention in Venezuela. By @timothysnyder.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

The wife of Stephen Miller posts a prediction open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

Oil and distraction open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?

"What has emerged in place of the traditional alliances is a dangerous new alignment – a triumvirate of gangster leaders determined to undermine international law – Putin, Netanyahu, Trump." open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Poilievre just publicly declared his alignment with the illegal actions of the US President. This is the same tweedle-dee who supported the lawless occupation of Ottawa, to protest Federal actions during the onset of a global pandemic. The political line of decency has become very clear.

Every morning I wake up and thank the Good Lord that this numptie doesn't represent my nation on the world stage.

The whole reason he had to make a ballroom was supposedly because it was embarrassing to receive foreign guests in tents. Now Trump's in the tent. The Situation Tent™️.

ICYMI: Today, the United States of America, under the direction of a mentally unstable president, attacked Venezuela, a sovereign nation, kidnapped its leader and his wife, and declared they are now running the country. It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.

Reminder: this was ALL preventable. This was ALL predictable. Reminder: this is the fault of REPUBLICANS and voters who didn't take the threat of DJT seriously enough. If you aren't holding Republicans accountable for this, and demanding answers from them, then.... WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Rachel Maddow on Venezuela: “There are very few Americans right now who have any idea why the United States did this. If this was about drug trafficking then why did President Trump just pardon the former President of Honduras who was convicted of sending hundreds of tons of drugs into the US?”

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”

 "This is everything Trump has run against the whole time. And people will see it as a through line of Trump's strong man tendencies, which of course it is, but it is genuinely like this is Bush with less of a plan." - @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."

US troops won’t enter Venezuela if Maduro’s VP “does what we want,” Trump tells the New York Post.

Arc de Trump or Arch de Narcissism? This isn’t about history or patriotism. It’s a psychological tell. A president so insecure and obsessed with himself that he needs monuments, and gold trim in order to feel like a king. And we’re forced to watch him spiral in real time.

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

NYT: Hegseth demanded the resignation of the commander of U.S. forces in Europe and NATO, General Christopher Cavoli, who stated in a declaration submitted to the Senate committee in April that Russia poses a "chronic" and "growing" threat

"MAGA knows they can’t beat us from the outside. And so they will be working to defeat us from within." open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Hold the phone, are you telling me that the guy on the right created a chatbot that is producing child pornography? And are you also telling me that the President whose campaign he funded and who was Jeffrey Epstein's "best friend" for a while wants to prevent any form of AI regulation? Weird.

Over the past two years, a little-known aide to President Trump has become one of the GOP’s most influential content creators. Meet Margo Martin.

I thought it was a hoax.

This AFTER remains of a 30 ft boat washed ashore, with burned bodies inside & packages (small) of what residue tests establish was nothing more than Marijuana; which is legal for recreational use in several states. It's just murder. apnews.com/article/boat...

Putin lies to Trump in the crudest way possible. Trump is forced to affirm the lies and accept the loss of popular support he gets from looking like a weak idiot. The point of this Kremlin tactic is to demonstrate to the world that Trump is Putin's slave.

In case you thought they just meant undocumented immigrants…

"this is what it means to live through war. To float, when everything around you is trying to pull you under. Happy New Year, my friends. However it comes. —Viktor" open.substack.com/pub/viktorkr...

"IDS – the syndrome of blaming immigrants for everything bad in America. And those bad things include both actual events – such as soaring housing costs – and fantasies that exist only in MAGA’s imagination, such as a wave of violent crime." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

US Security guarantees to Ukraine are meaningless if I can lie this blatantly to Donald and he just believes me.

🤔While we're on the subject of Elon Musk, let's not forget his business genius. Apparently "it's increasingly hard to claim that DOGE made any sizable dent in federal spending, which was its primary goal." "The bottom line is that government spending increased under DOGE..." Such integrity!

Trump is Putin's loyal servant. Trump repeats any lie that Putin utters. Trump pressures Ukraine to Russia's benefit. Trump does nothing for Ukrainbe. Therefore, Trump should be excluded from any talks about Ukraine. Europe, stand up and deliver!

Trump posted a clip to his Truth Social account Wednesday that suggested the Kennedy name be removed entirely from the Kennedy Center. The clip complained that Kennedy had been “elevated to obscene levels.”

She has the microphone. She has immunity. If her concern were really about the victims, names in The Epstein Files would be said out loud — on the House floor. Silence isn’t caution. It’s a choice.

“In the midst of all their scandals, the Legault government still found time to increase MNA salaries by nearly $10,000, just two years after giving themselves a 30% raise. With the affordability crisis hitting Quebecers hard, politicians completely failed to read the room.” #polqc

If Marjorie Taylor Greene *really* cared about the Epstein victims, she would read the names of the perpetrators on the House floor (where she would have immunity) before she leaves office.

"If there is no boundary between real and unreal, good and evil, life and death, then nothing means anything, and we face a nihilist abyss." @marcishore.bsky.social in #IWMPost @iwm.at www.iwm.at/publication/...

"Reality gives us a man who ages in front of our eyes while holding a line for others." open.substack.com/pub/viktorkr...

Out with Trump and the cruelty open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

A large majority of young Canadians — including 64% of young men — say they have a negative opinion of Pierre Poilievre. This is the same demographic the CPC and their shills claim are largely voting Conservative. They only win when people stop calling out their disinformation. NEVER STOP.

Trump, with war criminal Netanyahu, is again defending his master Putin after he claimed Ukraine had attacked one of his residences. No factual evidence of that was presented nor will ever be given as Putin is a serial liar who plays head games with Trump.

It's disgusting to see Trump and Netanyahu appear together. Two murderers lavishing each other with praise.

"Since the boycott started, seven American whiskey distillers have declared bankruptcy: Luca Mariano distillery in Danville, Garrard County Distilling, Westward Distillery, Montana Distillery, Devil’s River Distillery, Old Black Button Distillery, and Kentucky Owl." open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.

Seems to me this is a pathetic exhortation but an air-tight confession of guilt

25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin The worst of the worst, ranked 1-25. www.meidasplus.com/p/25-worst-v...

It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.