Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela

So: 1. Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders hasn't called for impeachment yet. 2. Progressive Rep. AOC hasn't called for impeachment yet. 3. Progressive Senate candidate Dr. El-Sayed hasn't called for impeachment yet. It's possible that one, two or all three will soon. But as of tonight...nope.

Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.

What will be the impact of the Trump cuts to Medicaid and other health programs? One estimate is that the Trump health cuts will kill 51,000 Americans annually--fragile people like a widow I met after she hobbled with her walker for 2 hours in hope of getting care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...

Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.

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.

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.

These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver. This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.

I don't have much hope of it actually happening even if/when Dems win back power, but is nice to see one Dem politician bring it up

JFC. He's a mad dictator trying to control the world.

Congratulations, Tuffy Gabardine. You're in the regime change business now.

Any chance these people can die just from irony?

JFC

Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies. Full statement below:

Almost certainly less secure, really

If we’re starting another endless war, with no clear national security strategy or need, count me out. Maduro is a cruel criminal dictator, but President Trump has never sought approval from Congress for war as the Constitution requires—& our military deserves. 1/

Every American should be ashamed of who we are and what we have become as a nation today. We have a long history of military misadventures and even crimes but the attacks we have been conducting on Venezuela are among the most wanton, egregious and least defensible acts we’ve ever conducted.

A president who wanted a peace prize is actually a prime candidate to be tried for war crimes.

We have now achieved the full Putinization of US foreign policy. Bad as today was, it bodes worse for the future. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...

Carving up the world into bully state spheres of influence is where this is headed. It’s a dark turn. Also: Stand by for the unintended consequences and sleazy back channel deal phases of today’s operation. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...

rubio pretty much believes in a reverse domino theory for latin america and since he is effectively running foreign policy in the region i would expect him to see cuba as his next target

an “inherent power” to respond to an “imminent” attack is just a license for aggressive war on the president’s whim

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.

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U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN

Last bit of news I saw last night was the orange demon and Maduro apparently agreeing to negotiations. I wonder if this evil administration captured Maduro by a ruse saying they would meet to negotiate. If so, a very gross act and terrible precedent.

4 people died in ICE detention in 4 days! Should an immigration violation be a death sentence? Is it worth calling Congress to tell them you don't want mass detention & immigrants brutalized&tortured? Yes, it's the least you can do. CALL THEM 202-224-3121. FFS speak out about #ICELawlessness. 🧵

This Pedo-President is going to get more Americans killed. Nothing he does is legal (Thanks SCOTUS for this immunity bullshit) and everything he says is a confession. #TrumpIsADisgrace

🤷 #noforeverwars

Good morning, Democrats in Congress. Wake up, get briefed, and then don't you DARE ever say an equivocating word that attempts to justify this.

Yes, it’s true, Republican presidents have been violating the law & Constitution with impunity for my entire life.

We have to impeach him.

Freaking insanity

Sen. Tim Kaine, member of foreign relations committee, on Trump's "unauthorized military attack on Venezuela to arrest Maduro": "...it makes it difficult to make the claim with a straight face that other countries should respect the United States’ sovereignty when we do not do the same."

Bari Weiss’ rebrand of CBS News as “Fox News but way less successful!” is coming along apace.

One thing you could choose to think about when you see stories about this made-up aspect of the Second Amendment is that it was once Not-The-Law, but became the law through activism. Similarly, the current SCOTUS says presidential immunity is the law. We should strive to make it Not-The-Law.

Paul Graham has been having a several months long “Are we the baddies?” moment on X. Here he concedes that people have had their fears come to pass when it comes to tech billionaires misusing their wealth to capture political power.

I truly cannot wait for these incredibly stupid people to find out what happens when you try to wave the flag harder than Fox News

In fact he's just announced that he plans to flood the 2026 campaign on behalf of the GOP. And they're thrilled.

Trump promoted his head of SBA, Linda McMahon, to Secretary of Education. He fired the Black Inspector General, Hannibal Ware, who uncovered the fraud.

The Paycheck Protection Program, a pandemic program started under Trump and administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA), may have had more than $200 BILLION in fraudulent payments www.sba.gov/document/rep...

You'll be shocked to learn that Trump and his buddies are using The "Trump" Kennedy Center to loot, grift, and hand out money to pals, just like he did with his charity and inaugurations. Well probably not shocked. Sheldon Whitehouse is working to expose this. www.rawstory.com/investigatio...

It’s Southeast Colorado today — your district tomorrow. If any member from either party wants to actually deliver for their constituents, they’ll stand up and send a clear message. Congress should overturn Trump’s veto on our unanimous, bipartisan bill to finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit.

Millions are losing health care and premiums are rising. What are we hearing from Mar-a-Lago… Caviar anyone?

MAGA Came To Christmas Dinner This year, I went home in the Midwest for Christmas, visiting my parents and friends. They are quite conservative and full of Trump voters. I was struck by all the ways Trumpism is actively hurting their lives. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”

I really think this is the most important basic journalistic error we need to stamp out right now. If you know why Grok can’t comment on anything and also know any journalists, please check in with them and help them understand it too.

I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...

Grok is not a human representative of X, therefore should not be quoted as if they are a human representative of the company. The company’s AI chatbot generated CSAM of users bc human beings programmed the AI to allow such things What are we doing here