They “peacefully” defecated & sprayed bear spray & used American flagpoles as weapons. Fuck you, MAGA:

“Nobody believes it when I say it” That’s because what you’re saying is complete crap:

Gallego: "The reason why you have Article 1 power is because you don't want to let idiots like President Donald Trump make foreign policy decisions without their being a check and balance against that"

Walz: "Republicans want to tear this state down. Republicans want to tell you it's too dangerous to talk down the streets. Republicans want to tell you there's nothing good that comes out of Minneapolis/St Paul. Republicans want to tell you everybody with brown skin is stealing money ... "

“Trump may have pardoned Cole last year as part of the sweeping clemency that he gave to Jan. 6 offenders on his first day back in office” Oh, for fuck’s sake: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

It's January 6th. How are you commemorating Insurrection Day?

“Justice Department which said a team of 400 lawyers was reviewing the documents to ensure ‘victim privacy’l Yeah…the same DOJ that failed to redact victims’ names because DOGE cut Adobe Professional from the budget? Tell us another lie: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“2026? More like twenty-twenty-sucks, right?” I am officially stealing “twenty-twenty-sucks.” An apt description of this damned year: open.substack.com/pub/adampark...

The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.

Well, we'll never forget #January6 TYVM:

Never, ever forget... #January6

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

Reviving this @anntelnaes.bsky.social reminder of who egged on the #January6 insurrectionists:

More fire extinguishers, please, Dems:

OUT: Helping you pay for health care. IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.

On this, the five-year anniversary of #January6, let us remember & honor the Capitol police officers who were treated so horribly by the MAGA insurrectionist thugs. And let us demand that the plaque that was made to honor them, which is shamefully being hidden by MAGA Mike Johnson, be displayed NOW:

I think the Greenland threat is a troll. I think. But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office

Oh? Duplicative documents brought to light by the FBI NY Field Office? Reminds me of the duplicative Clinton emails “unearthed” by Rudy’s pals that caused Comey to re-open the probe into Hillary a week before the election.

Even more handouts for billionaires & awful policies for the rest of Americans?

"Hilton and local operators of the Hampton Inn Lakeville property released statements within hours apologizing and said the messages refusing to serve agents who were focused on immigration enforcement didn’t reflect their policies" Glad I didn't make that Hilton reservation for my next trip:

This "big picture" monologue/analysis(?) is a lot more problematic than the b-roll and graphic miscues: In it, Dokoupil says that China and Russia were "building a presence in Venezuela"? Says who? From where? How? And why?

Now, one could say that it's nitpicking to have a go at Tony Dokoupil for his first-day fuckups, BUT: "Dokoupil...criticized 'the elites' and the 'legacy media' in a video shared on New Year’s Day" Jagoff, you are the ANCHOR of a major news program on legacy media. YOU are legacy media! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Kids, if you've never seen the '80's film "Broadcast News" (which is where this photo comes from), it's a little dated but it predicted a lot of the shit we're seeing from legacy media now:

"To other news now, to Governor Walz--no, we're gonna do Mark Kelly. First day, big problems here" OK...this is worse than a flub. This guy DK what he's doing & blames his crew. Even if the order of the reports was mixed up, a real anchor would smoothly have said "no, we're going to Kelly now."

"The move appears to be a reaction to Minnesota’s Somali day-care scandal" Then why the other 4 states? "this is likely just another instance of Trump going out of his way to spite American citizens, many of whom voted for him, living in states that didn’t" Of course: newrepublic.com/post/204942/...

"Trump said Venezuela will not hold new elections within 30 days following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, telling NBC News that the U.S. plans a longer-term engagement focused on stabilizing the country before any vote" By "stabilizing," he means "profiting off:" open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

This is otherwise known as a bribe. Or, if you prefer, corporate welfare for Big Oil. (mind the auto-play if you click the link): open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

“No room at the Inn” is a biblical reference about immigrants (Jesus’ parents) being turned away. Not the government. Way to go, Hilton! The 3rd Amendment protects private entities from having to house the government.

"It seems that Republican lawmakers in Ohio can’t take no for an answer. Despite a 2023 ballot measure codifying reproductive freedom in the state constitution, Republicans are still trying everything they can to make abortion inaccessible." - Susan Rinkunas www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ohio...

Has this asshole really never heard of asymmetrical warfare FFS? Because if he thinks the world will just roll over and submit to the Trump regime, he’s even more delusional than I thought: www.rand.org/topics/asymm...

Can I find 150 new friends to include in a new starter pack? You must follow me and be #NeverTrump! I will gladly help grow your account. Please comment so I can include you. Repost For me please

Delcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warning Venezuela’s interim leader offers to work with US after Trump threatened she could pay ‘very big price’ ...With respect to @theguardian.com, it's the same message--she calls for VZ sovereignty: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Republicans are enabling the Trump Epstein pedophile coverup:

"In the new appropriations bill to fund the Kennedy Center, House Republicans decided not to officially change the name to the Trump-Kennedy Center, knowing that it would likely hold up the bill with insufficient votes if that poisoned pill was added in" HA!

Pete HAGUEseth can't hold a candle to Mark Kelly:

Hegseth didn’t have the courage to give Kelly a trial by court martial because he knew he would lose it and be humiliated. So he is taking the cowardly way out. Whatever action he takes unilaterally will discredit US military civilian leadership and be reversed in 3 years:

Oh!

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) on CNN: “This is blood for oil, it’s got nothing to do with narco trafficking. Cocaine is not the drug that is killing Americans, that’s fentanyl coming from China. This has always been about the fact that Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves.”

WaPo: “The WH is weighing giving Stephen Miller a more elevated role in overseeing post-Maduro operations in Venezuela, according to one person with knowledge of the conversations.” … First Maduro and now Stephen Miller. The people of Venezuela can’t catch a break --- Pray for Venezuela:

Republicans now plan on rigorous oversight. Rep. Carlos Gimenez: Q - “The leadership of the House Armed Services Committee is set to be briefed tonight by Trump admin officials. What questions do you have? Gimenez: The questions I would have is about how brilliantly they carried out the operation”

Meidas Capitol Hill correspondent Pablo Manriquez to Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME): Q - “What do you think about Trump giving oil companies a heads up on before Congress on the strike on Venezuela? Collins: I’m not aware that he did that. I do think Congress should have been informed earlier” Concerned!

Lil' Marco Rubio is such a tool:

"Venezuelans and Venezuelan-Americans are being fed a bunch of BS by Republican politicians right now. I'm going to say something I've never said before - if you want the truth about this, then listen to Trump. He's the only Republican being brutally honest about what he is doing there" WHOA...

OFFS...my childhood home state deserves better:

Again...Trump is Putin's puppet:

Q - “Are you going to demand that Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodriguez allow opposition figures to return or free any political prisoners? Trump: We haven’t gotten to that. Right now, we want to do is fix up the oil.” OFFS...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ): “The oil companies were informed about an act of war before it happened, Congress was not. That, my friends, is what an authoritarian regime run by oligarchs looks like.”

But, of course, Donald the Terrible DGAF about protecting Greenland. This is about resources + destroying NATO. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

"fraud claims could now be politically expedient for Trump as he tries to get his base to support his actions in Venezuela, given that his supporters may be more likely to support military action over the 2020 election than over other reasons Trump has given for his opposition to Maduro’s regime"