None of this is true, obviously. And if Trump was actually serious about holding off Russia we’d be strengthening our NATO allies and backing Ukraine not threatening to take our allies’ territory. In fact the US attempting to seize Greenland would be doing Putin a huge favor. Jesus Christ.

I have to push back on this because there’s nothing more inane or counterproductive than foreign liberals bullying American liberals for the actions of American reactionaries. The far right is a global movement which cannot be countered if we abandon internationalism as a virtue.

He saw what was in the Epstein files and he could not stay.

Jesus Christ. Every Sunday host should be asking every Republican if they think Tim Walz murdered Melissa Hortman. And when they say no, ask what it says about this president that he’s amplifying this garbage.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAID WE ARE IN CONTROL OF VENEZUELA

For the past year I've had the feeling that the Trump administration's primary goal is the creation of content, and I expanded upon it here in the wake of our excursion in Venezuela

Man how is it that the US launched a raid to kidnap the head of state of Venezuela but this still qualifies as nothing ever happens??

The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane

this is basically ricks' argument in THE GENERALS: that the structure of the american military (and political leadership) has generated an enormously competent professional force... that consistently generates useless results because of a void of strategic thinking at the top

Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine. We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.

one of the dumbest parts of this is the idea that oil producers actually want their holdings in venezeula back, which they do not. it’s a war for oil no one really wants.

Sorry can someone explain to me how the power to militarily extradite Maduro expanded into the power to directly administer the government of Venezuela as some kind of oil colony

First of all none of this will happen as a result of an air campaign and one special forces operation. But second, if you take this seriously, this is Trump announcing a war of conquest. He expects to rule Venezuela. Which is fundamentally immoral and illegal.

How are we doing this? Are we occupying Venezuela?

This is right, and a good reminder since Hegseth and Tucker Carlson want the US military to be more like Russia’s.

So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago. And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.

So like…now what? Is there a plan here exactly for what happens when you decapitate a government overnight? Or is this just the “Jesus take the wheel” school of military planning?

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.

Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.

A big question whether this was a one off operation or a start of a sustained campaign against Venezuela.

America did not vote for war with Venezuela. Trump tried to run as a peace president. This is one more way Trump is betraying his own voters.

I know several oil barons, I’ve had the oil and gas industry as clients in a past life: none of them want the Venezuelan oil, it’s dog shit quality and getting the PDVSA fields up to modern standards would take 20 years! It’s just trump being stuck in 1987

War with Venezuela is pointless and wrong.

My tween tells me the Youtube and Tiktok influencers have tired of brain rot and have declared, "the great meme reset of 2026" where they go back to the meme of the early 2010s like Nyan Cat. What an exciting time to be alive.

The past year has been terrifying. Really, the past two—I lost a lot of sleep in 2024 over the promises of the Trump campaign, promises they immediately sought to make good on. But at the end of the first year of his would-be dictatorship, I am calling it: we are going to win.

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To recap: *The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law. *Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.

Speech has never been freer! Not performing for the president is now illegal.

Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.

The same people who think a 9/11 first responder and 31-year FDNY veteran is unqualified to be FDNY commissioner also seem to think that the Fox and Friends guy is perfectly suited to run the Pentagon.

"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel" "sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"

is there anybody even denying that the pardons are paid for or do we just kind of all accept this now?

If I can be too sincere for a moment, this was the first Christmas I hosted, and the first my oldest kid is likely to remember, and it was great. Would recommend.

A report from three organizations, analyzing data from Kansas and Arizona, posits that citizenship laws are costly, error-prone and disenfranchise voters. Plus, citizenship is already a requirement to vote nationwide. via @kansasreflector.com

An enraging trend right now, from CBS to the CDC, of people actively undermining institutions, then taking the reins of those institutions and claiming they need to rebuild the trust they helped destroy. (Also, people already trusted 60 Minutes.) bsky.app/profile/just...

The people defending Bari Weiss today want it to be one way, but it’s the other way. Weiss was installed at CBS as the result of a corrupt deal involving Trump and one of his biggest backers. It is Weiss who needs to prove she is acting in good faith. She doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt.

It has been a brutal 3 months filled with very difficult decisions to get here but this is what @govpritzker.illinois.gov and our whole team has had our sights set on as the deployment of the guard into our communities was a line we never wanted the administration to be able to cross.

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.

Everything is just so dumb.

You might question her methods, but credit to Bari Weiss: her leadership has pushed 60 Minutes into new formats and attracted a bunch of new viewership outside the normal broadcast audience.

bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public

Put it up on YouTube as well.

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win

The Trump administration’s commitment to raising your utility bill is unmatched.