Annie
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reasons i am not hitting the panic button: EU leaders haven’t observed any military movements, trump doesn’t actually have a check to write without congress on this, neither greenland nor denmark are willing to sell. lots of other ways it could go sideways, i guess, but those are substantial
i am not *entirely* convinced they are seriously considering taking it by force, but congress (specifically, republican senators) really need to dig their heads out of their asses and behave as if they are serious about it
*TRUMP AND TEAM DISCUSSING OPTIONS TO ACQUIRE GREENLAND: REUTERS
Reuters heads:
TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE DISCUSSING A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR ACQUIRING GREENLAND AND 'UTILIZING THE US MILITARY IS ALWAYS AN OPTION'- WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT
Reuters heads:
TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE DISCUSSING A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR ACQUIRING GREENLAND AND 'UTILIZING THE US MILITARY IS ALWAYS AN OPTION'- WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
reasons i am not hitting the panic button: EU leaders haven’t observed any military movements, trump doesn’t actually have a check to write without congress on this, neither greenland nor denmark are willing to sell. lots of other ways it could go sideways, i guess, but those are substantial
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Greenland is happening. Not a joke, not trolling, not a distraction. He has already made up his mind and nobody who matters in the inner circle will try to talk him out of it. Some of them want it precisely because it will destroy NATO. There are no adults in the room. They really mean to do it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Greenland is happening. Not a joke, not trolling, not a distraction. He has already made up his mind and nobody who matters in the inner circle will try to talk him out of it. Some of them want it precisely because it will destroy NATO. There are no adults in the room. They really mean to do it.
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he should be impeached for this alone
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
he should be impeached for this alone
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This is what I don’t get either. They say 2020 was stolen and they know who stole it and now they control DoJ and they haven’t done shit about it. If true it would be one of the biggest crimes in American history but it’s just a rage bait meme.
I'm not even talking just about Democrats here; Republicans claim to believe that there was a conspiracy to rig the 2020 election and almost none of them act like that was true. It gets treated with the same level of scrutiny and emotional investment as Cracker Barrel changing their fucking logo.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This is what I don’t get either. They say 2020 was stolen and they know who stole it and now they control DoJ and they haven’t done shit about it. If true it would be one of the biggest crimes in American history but it’s just a rage bait meme.
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meanwhile the same coalition is issuing statements about Greenland
this can't work
this can't work
Jared Kushner has somehow found a place at Coalition of the Willing press conference with Scholz, Zelensky, Macron, Starmer and Witkoff.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
January 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
meanwhile the same coalition is issuing statements about Greenland
this can't work
this can't work
To God's ears...
Trump: "You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don't win the midterms, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached."
January 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
To God's ears...
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It's becoming standard procedure across all news media to explicitly not mention in the obituary of a Republican member of congress that they voted on Jan. 6, 2021 to overturn the election
BREAKING: Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California has died at 65, GOP officials say. His death reduces the party's control of the House to 218-213.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House to 218-213
Republican seven-term U.S. congressman Doug LaMalfa of California has died, reducing the GOP's already narrow control of the House.
bit.ly
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
It's becoming standard procedure across all news media to explicitly not mention in the obituary of a Republican member of congress that they voted on Jan. 6, 2021 to overturn the election
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Republicans were very clear during the election that this is what they believed, & that this was what they would act upon when in office. Editors & tastemakers discounted it all, because it was ridiculous. Everything was fine. No one would blow everything up for the sake of delusion. Now here we are
According to the White House, this is the "true" timeline of January 6th.
January 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Republicans were very clear during the election that this is what they believed, & that this was what they would act upon when in office. Editors & tastemakers discounted it all, because it was ridiculous. Everything was fine. No one would blow everything up for the sake of delusion. Now here we are
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No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people.
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
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Walz is out of Fs: "Not a single Republican supported this, so every Minnesotan from here on, whoever uses this program, there is no bit of thanks that would go to the R legislators who did all they could to stop this ... our schools have money to pay their teachers? I'll take credit for that too."
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Walz is out of Fs: "Not a single Republican supported this, so every Minnesotan from here on, whoever uses this program, there is no bit of thanks that would go to the R legislators who did all they could to stop this ... our schools have money to pay their teachers? I'll take credit for that too."
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Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
How Attacks Against Obamacare Turned Into Tools to Protect Abortion Access - Bolts
Explore our ongoing Bolts series, Abortion Rights in State Constitutions. A decade ago, when conservatives were attacking President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act as government encroachment in hea...
boltsmag.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
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One of the most significant features of this current moment in Republican Party history is that it’s the ideological weirdos on the right edge of the party who’ve been the most willing to stand up to Trump. The supposedly principled moderates have been mostly spineless.
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
One of the most significant features of this current moment in Republican Party history is that it’s the ideological weirdos on the right edge of the party who’ve been the most willing to stand up to Trump. The supposedly principled moderates have been mostly spineless.
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this argues, fairly, that the text has uglier aspects that lefty readings can’t ignore, and it’s incorrect to say right wingers don’t understand it.
I would go bigger and say that modern conservatism requires basically every text be retconned to portray their rise as inevitable. It’s a project!
I would go bigger and say that modern conservatism requires basically every text be retconned to portray their rise as inevitable. It’s a project!
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
this argues, fairly, that the text has uglier aspects that lefty readings can’t ignore, and it’s incorrect to say right wingers don’t understand it.
I would go bigger and say that modern conservatism requires basically every text be retconned to portray their rise as inevitable. It’s a project!
I would go bigger and say that modern conservatism requires basically every text be retconned to portray their rise as inevitable. It’s a project!
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Journalists often talk about how the media's business model is broken, but I would gladly pay the first news organization that starts profiling the individual ICE and CBP agents involved in terrorizing people
Unacceptable behavior from ICE in Salisbury, NC today. Attempting to intimidate U.S. citizens is a major abuse of power. 1/5/26
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Journalists often talk about how the media's business model is broken, but I would gladly pay the first news organization that starts profiling the individual ICE and CBP agents involved in terrorizing people
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Like correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire """"narcoterrorism"""" pretext hinged on there being an Actual Group called Cartel de los Soles
My feelings are so strange right now. This is simultaneously the funniest thing I've ever read, and I am also absolutely incandescent with rage.
it's going Great as the Trump admin has to admit they made up a cartel
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Like correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire """"narcoterrorism"""" pretext hinged on there being an Actual Group called Cartel de los Soles
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I’ve told this story multiple times but Bowie, MD was the first time I saw a fully thriving Black middle class. You had Black people shopping at Wegmans and strip malls. Federal employment offered a path to the middle class for Black people in PG County. DOGE basically wipes out that opportunity.
I’m telling you, everything this administration does is designed to completely destroy the pathways low income people have to reach the middle class
January 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I’ve told this story multiple times but Bowie, MD was the first time I saw a fully thriving Black middle class. You had Black people shopping at Wegmans and strip malls. Federal employment offered a path to the middle class for Black people in PG County. DOGE basically wipes out that opportunity.
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This is what they write about serial killers
January 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
This is what they write about serial killers
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"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
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I do not care how you feel about either Maduro or Trump. Venezuela belongs to the Venezuelans. They have the right to self determination. Capturing a leader and allowing literal oil barons to run the country is not only deeply illegal, but class war on the highest level.
January 6, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I do not care how you feel about either Maduro or Trump. Venezuela belongs to the Venezuelans. They have the right to self determination. Capturing a leader and allowing literal oil barons to run the country is not only deeply illegal, but class war on the highest level.
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6. Paul Singer, thanks to a well-timed transaction, will be one of the largest beneficiaries. In 2024, Singer donated $5 million to Make America Great Again Inc., Trump’s Super PAC.
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
popular.info
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
6. Paul Singer, thanks to a well-timed transaction, will be one of the largest beneficiaries. In 2024, Singer donated $5 million to Make America Great Again Inc., Trump’s Super PAC.
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I saw someone on Reddit describe a different, but similar, phenomenon as, “Eating the seed corn not because of famine, but out of gluttony.”
I’ve thought about that a lot since.
I’ve thought about that a lot since.
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I saw someone on Reddit describe a different, but similar, phenomenon as, “Eating the seed corn not because of famine, but out of gluttony.”
I’ve thought about that a lot since.
I’ve thought about that a lot since.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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i love living through the dumbest fucking period in human history
Solar and wind is an expensive boondoggle, which is why we should spend billions rehabilitating infrastructure in a failed states with active left wing militias so we can get shitty oil refiners don't want
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 PM
i love living through the dumbest fucking period in human history