Bill Conroy
@bconroy.bsky.social
Independent Investigative Journalist
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https://billconroy.pressfolios.com
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* Comments ground rule: non sequitur ad hominem attacks are subject to deletion. Irony/humor excepted.
The folly of Trump's tariffs.
Seattle Times
“When China is sending fewer goods into the United States, that hurts. And when other countries aren’t buying soybeans from farmers in the Midwest, we feel that too,” said Sam Cho, a Port of Seattle commissioner. “We’re feeling it all right now.”
Seattle Times
“When China is sending fewer goods into the United States, that hurts. And when other countries aren’t buying soybeans from farmers in the Midwest, we feel that too,” said Sam Cho, a Port of Seattle commissioner. “We’re feeling it all right now.”
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
The folly of Trump's tariffs.
Seattle Times
“When China is sending fewer goods into the United States, that hurts. And when other countries aren’t buying soybeans from farmers in the Midwest, we feel that too,” said Sam Cho, a Port of Seattle commissioner. “We’re feeling it all right now.”
Seattle Times
“When China is sending fewer goods into the United States, that hurts. And when other countries aren’t buying soybeans from farmers in the Midwest, we feel that too,” said Sam Cho, a Port of Seattle commissioner. “We’re feeling it all right now.”
On ICE and abolishing it or slashing funding. 1st. Its current funding level is unprecedented. ICE survived well for years at a third its current size. 2nd. ICE was created after 9/11 by abolishing another agency: The Immigration and Naturalization Service. So, we can abolish ICE and change course.
Narco News: Borderline Security
www.narconews.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
On ICE and abolishing it or slashing funding. 1st. Its current funding level is unprecedented. ICE survived well for years at a third its current size. 2nd. ICE was created after 9/11 by abolishing another agency: The Immigration and Naturalization Service. So, we can abolish ICE and change course.
What we're seeing is a "de-democratization" project, like China did to Hong Kong.
With Trump, though, he's getting weaker with each punch thrown because of the blowback from the still-growing social movement in the Union. Big victories come from many small ones. Be like water. The Umbrella Movement.
With Trump, though, he's getting weaker with each punch thrown because of the blowback from the still-growing social movement in the Union. Big victories come from many small ones. Be like water. The Umbrella Movement.
Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: The Protests and Beyond | Journal of Democracy
The demonstrations of late 2014 captured the world’s attention with their scale, passion, and resourcefulness, but in the end were unable to move dug-in local and national authorities.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:06 AM
What we're seeing is a "de-democratization" project, like China did to Hong Kong.
With Trump, though, he's getting weaker with each punch thrown because of the blowback from the still-growing social movement in the Union. Big victories come from many small ones. Be like water. The Umbrella Movement.
With Trump, though, he's getting weaker with each punch thrown because of the blowback from the still-growing social movement in the Union. Big victories come from many small ones. Be like water. The Umbrella Movement.
The last hired/first fired apartheid reality of America.
NYT
Black women have been hit especially hard. The unemployment rate for Black women rose significantly from the start of 2025 to December, where it stood at 7.8 percent. That pattern of dramatic job loss was not seen for other groups.
NYT
Black women have been hit especially hard. The unemployment rate for Black women rose significantly from the start of 2025 to December, where it stood at 7.8 percent. That pattern of dramatic job loss was not seen for other groups.
Black Women Turn to One Another as Their Career Paths Suddenly Recede
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The last hired/first fired apartheid reality of America.
NYT
Black women have been hit especially hard. The unemployment rate for Black women rose significantly from the start of 2025 to December, where it stood at 7.8 percent. That pattern of dramatic job loss was not seen for other groups.
NYT
Black women have been hit especially hard. The unemployment rate for Black women rose significantly from the start of 2025 to December, where it stood at 7.8 percent. That pattern of dramatic job loss was not seen for other groups.
Trump is 79, Putin, 73,; Xi , 72; Modi, 75; Netanyahu , 76; al-Sisi, 71; Erdogan, 71. Not likely, but still possible a few of the gerontology tyrants could croak in 2026. At least Trump 's at the front of the line for a throne in hell among the old-codger strongmen. The planet needs new blood.
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Trump is 79, Putin, 73,; Xi , 72; Modi, 75; Netanyahu , 76; al-Sisi, 71; Erdogan, 71. Not likely, but still possible a few of the gerontology tyrants could croak in 2026. At least Trump 's at the front of the line for a throne in hell among the old-codger strongmen. The planet needs new blood.
CIA Propaganda story?
Because nothing says cooperation like the CIA uncloaking in your country to take the oil.
To paraphrase Chief Red Cloud:
"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our [oil] and they took it."
Because nothing says cooperation like the CIA uncloaking in your country to take the oil.
To paraphrase Chief Red Cloud:
"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our [oil] and they took it."
With Maduro in U.S. custody, his lieutenants warm to Trump
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with interim president Delcy Rodríguez, a U.S. official said. He is the most senior envoy to visit Venezuela since the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro.
wapo.st
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
CIA Propaganda story?
Because nothing says cooperation like the CIA uncloaking in your country to take the oil.
To paraphrase Chief Red Cloud:
"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our [oil] and they took it."
Because nothing says cooperation like the CIA uncloaking in your country to take the oil.
To paraphrase Chief Red Cloud:
"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our [oil] and they took it."
This will be Abu Ghraib x 2 if it runs its course. You starve paramilitary armies and their meat grinder concentration camps by cutting off their blood money.
Anyone failing to see that in Congress by this point is more concerned with power than human rights, let alone a piece of parchment.
Anyone failing to see that in Congress by this point is more concerned with power than human rights, let alone a piece of parchment.
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
wapo.st
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 AM
This will be Abu Ghraib x 2 if it runs its course. You starve paramilitary armies and their meat grinder concentration camps by cutting off their blood money.
Anyone failing to see that in Congress by this point is more concerned with power than human rights, let alone a piece of parchment.
Anyone failing to see that in Congress by this point is more concerned with power than human rights, let alone a piece of parchment.
Now, this is a paid agitator. DOJ, ICE and Trump are all under the sheets with him.
ST
Rep. Mohamud Noor said that while the march is expected to start downtown, he’s fearful it will move into neighborhoods with high Somali populations, such as Cedar Riverside, in order to film and provoke people.
ST
Rep. Mohamud Noor said that while the march is expected to start downtown, he’s fearful it will move into neighborhoods with high Somali populations, such as Cedar Riverside, in order to film and provoke people.
Minneapolis prepares for ‘March Against Minnesota Fraud’ led by right-wing influencer
At a weekly public safety meeting, residents raised fears that a Saturday march led by conservative influencer Jake Lang could result in Somali residents being harassed on the street.
www.startribune.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Now, this is a paid agitator. DOJ, ICE and Trump are all under the sheets with him.
ST
Rep. Mohamud Noor said that while the march is expected to start downtown, he’s fearful it will move into neighborhoods with high Somali populations, such as Cedar Riverside, in order to film and provoke people.
ST
Rep. Mohamud Noor said that while the march is expected to start downtown, he’s fearful it will move into neighborhoods with high Somali populations, such as Cedar Riverside, in order to film and provoke people.
The best offense against paramilitaries is to starve them — of funding Short of that, as they escalate, tactics must adjust. But remain nonviolent. Trump has a monopoly on state firepower. You can't out-militant his forces. But you can weaken morale & resolve. As important is keeping our morale up.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
The best offense against paramilitaries is to starve them — of funding Short of that, as they escalate, tactics must adjust. But remain nonviolent. Trump has a monopoly on state firepower. You can't out-militant his forces. But you can weaken morale & resolve. As important is keeping our morale up.
Brent crude is at $63.50 a barrel today and this opaque Trump deal got $50, per the story. Higher than a black market price maybe, but the brokers and insiders make a hefty profit. And it's not clear if the full $50 per barrel goes to Venezuela. I guess when your a hostage, you get what's offered.
U.S. Races to Sell Venezuelan Oil, Transforming Ties With Former Foe
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Brent crude is at $63.50 a barrel today and this opaque Trump deal got $50, per the story. Higher than a black market price maybe, but the brokers and insiders make a hefty profit. And it's not clear if the full $50 per barrel goes to Venezuela. I guess when your a hostage, you get what's offered.
He wants it all. He's addicted. And like all gamblers, his luck will run out unless he's stopped. Making it more dire, he's borrowed our luck to gamble with.
Still, history has often made fools and cowards of little men with grand plans.
Still, history has often made fools and cowards of little men with grand plans.
Trump rolls the dice of fortune
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chatgpt.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:42 AM
He wants it all. He's addicted. And like all gamblers, his luck will run out unless he's stopped. Making it more dire, he's borrowed our luck to gamble with.
Still, history has often made fools and cowards of little men with grand plans.
Still, history has often made fools and cowards of little men with grand plans.
The America-first dictator is now threatening nations globally with military strikes. He's a madman with an army and nukes. The purse strings need to be cut so he doesn't launch us into WWIII.
But that won't happen until after Congress is remade. The midterms are the last best hope for that.
But that won't happen until after Congress is remade. The midterms are the last best hope for that.
Mexico’s Sheinbaum rejects Trump’s threat of US strikes on drug cartels
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The America-first dictator is now threatening nations globally with military strikes. He's a madman with an army and nukes. The purse strings need to be cut so he doesn't launch us into WWIII.
But that won't happen until after Congress is remade. The midterms are the last best hope for that.
But that won't happen until after Congress is remade. The midterms are the last best hope for that.
Good's family can sue Ross for violating Renee Good's civil rights under the 4th and 5th amendments. It would at least allow discovery and testimony from witnesses, and a chance to depose Ross, if a brave judge allows it to proceed.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/wp-content/u...
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Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Good's family can sue Ross for violating Renee Good's civil rights under the 4th and 5th amendments. It would at least allow discovery and testimony from witnesses, and a chance to depose Ross, if a brave judge allows it to proceed.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/wp-content/u...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/wp-content/u...
How does a 10-year ICE veteran shoot dead in cold blood another human being? First, he was Border Patrol-trained, serving as a BP agent in El Paso starting in 2007. So, he had paramilitary training. He moved to ICE years later. The rot inside ICE has festered for decades on the border. Read more:
A Journey into the Dark Heart of the “War for Drugs”
A tale of crime, corruption and treachery
in the borderlands
houseofdeath.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 AM
How does a 10-year ICE veteran shoot dead in cold blood another human being? First, he was Border Patrol-trained, serving as a BP agent in El Paso starting in 2007. So, he had paramilitary training. He moved to ICE years later. The rot inside ICE has festered for decades on the border. Read more:
This isn't how the world's most powerful military should act. It's what happens when a bourbon breath like Hegseth takes orders from a convicted felon.
NYT
But the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries.. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”
NYT
But the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries.. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
This isn't how the world's most powerful military should act. It's what happens when a bourbon breath like Hegseth takes orders from a convicted felon.
NYT
But the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries.. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”
NYT
But the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries.. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”
Does Trump nullify their Constitution, too?
"Mineral and hydrocarbon deposits of any nature..within the territory of the nation..are the property of the Republic..and not transferable
..No foreign military bases or facilities having purposes that are in any way military shall be established.."
"Mineral and hydrocarbon deposits of any nature..within the territory of the nation..are the property of the Republic..and not transferable
..No foreign military bases or facilities having purposes that are in any way military shall be established.."
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1999 (rev. 2009) Constitution - Constitute
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'s Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2009
www.constituteproject.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Does Trump nullify their Constitution, too?
"Mineral and hydrocarbon deposits of any nature..within the territory of the nation..are the property of the Republic..and not transferable
..No foreign military bases or facilities having purposes that are in any way military shall be established.."
"Mineral and hydrocarbon deposits of any nature..within the territory of the nation..are the property of the Republic..and not transferable
..No foreign military bases or facilities having purposes that are in any way military shall be established.."
The blockade leaks. And higher risks only make profits higher. The economics of oil smuggling. Chasing ghosts.
WaPo
The ships’ apparent success in skirting the blockade — while carrying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil — raises questions about the effectiveness of the blockade....
WaPo
The ships’ apparent success in skirting the blockade — while carrying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil — raises questions about the effectiveness of the blockade....
11 tankers under U.S. sanctions defy blockade in Venezuela, satellite imagery indicates
One ship was seized Friday in the Caribbean, and others were spotted steaming hundreds of miles into the Atlantic.
wapo.st
January 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The blockade leaks. And higher risks only make profits higher. The economics of oil smuggling. Chasing ghosts.
WaPo
The ships’ apparent success in skirting the blockade — while carrying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil — raises questions about the effectiveness of the blockade....
WaPo
The ships’ apparent success in skirting the blockade — while carrying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil — raises questions about the effectiveness of the blockade....
Even his oil plan is a bust. Before it's all over, it will be Saudi Arabia brought in to fund it all hidden behind shell companies that the Trump family and cronies have a stake in.
This is an extortion plan using the US military as the enforcer. Their lives on the line for Trump's oil grift.
This is an extortion plan using the US military as the enforcer. Their lives on the line for Trump's oil grift.
Exxon CEO calls Venezuela ‘uninvestable’ without ‘significant changes’
Trump holds a meeting of oil CEOs at the White House to project support for his Venezuela plans. But the companies are skeptical.
wapo.st
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Even his oil plan is a bust. Before it's all over, it will be Saudi Arabia brought in to fund it all hidden behind shell companies that the Trump family and cronies have a stake in.
This is an extortion plan using the US military as the enforcer. Their lives on the line for Trump's oil grift.
This is an extortion plan using the US military as the enforcer. Their lives on the line for Trump's oil grift.
What happens when a MAGA radio show books an authentic journalist to discuss the Venezuela mess? Curious? Listen to a Jan. 8 show hosted by John Hayward, Breitbart's national security deputy editor. The segment is 10 minutes. [My upcoming book, "The Great Pretense," was the hook that got me booked.]
Alan Nathan Show w- Breitbart News' John Hayward Hosting - 10.21.am.Thursday
Listen to Alan Nathan Show w- Breitbart News' John Hayward Hosting - 10.21.am.Thursday by Conroy #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
What happens when a MAGA radio show books an authentic journalist to discuss the Venezuela mess? Curious? Listen to a Jan. 8 show hosted by John Hayward, Breitbart's national security deputy editor. The segment is 10 minutes. [My upcoming book, "The Great Pretense," was the hook that got me booked.]
Few details available.
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A news release from the city of Portland stated that the federal agents shot the pair on Southeast Main Street shortly before 2:18 p.m., when Portland police were dispatched to the area of East Burnside Street.
Portland police officers were not involved in the shooting.
ST
A news release from the city of Portland stated that the federal agents shot the pair on Southeast Main Street shortly before 2:18 p.m., when Portland police were dispatched to the area of East Burnside Street.
Portland police officers were not involved in the shooting.
Federal agents shoot two in Portland, local media reports
Portland City Council abruptly recessed due to a security concern Thursday afternoon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
www.seattletimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Few details available.
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A news release from the city of Portland stated that the federal agents shot the pair on Southeast Main Street shortly before 2:18 p.m., when Portland police were dispatched to the area of East Burnside Street.
Portland police officers were not involved in the shooting.
ST
A news release from the city of Portland stated that the federal agents shot the pair on Southeast Main Street shortly before 2:18 p.m., when Portland police were dispatched to the area of East Burnside Street.
Portland police officers were not involved in the shooting.
Bush and the neocons were engaged in nation-building in Iraq. It failed miserably. Why not double down as zealots do? Enter Trump's ego and neocon Rubio. We just didn't go big enough in Iraq. So, we are now committing US treasure and blood to continent-building in Latin America. What could go wrong?
Trump Says U.S. Oversight of Venezuela Could Last for Years
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Bush and the neocons were engaged in nation-building in Iraq. It failed miserably. Why not double down as zealots do? Enter Trump's ego and neocon Rubio. We just didn't go big enough in Iraq. So, we are now committing US treasure and blood to continent-building in Latin America. What could go wrong?
VIDEO WARNING: Americans under attack!
A cold-blooded shooting. A kid no longer has a mother. A neighborhood is traumatized. A city terrorized.
And chew on this. They are lying so blatantly covering it up not because they are concerned about the blood spilled. But rather to prove they don't care.
A cold-blooded shooting. A kid no longer has a mother. A neighborhood is traumatized. A city terrorized.
And chew on this. They are lying so blatantly covering it up not because they are concerned about the blood spilled. But rather to prove they don't care.
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 AM
VIDEO WARNING: Americans under attack!
A cold-blooded shooting. A kid no longer has a mother. A neighborhood is traumatized. A city terrorized.
And chew on this. They are lying so blatantly covering it up not because they are concerned about the blood spilled. But rather to prove they don't care.
A cold-blooded shooting. A kid no longer has a mother. A neighborhood is traumatized. A city terrorized.
And chew on this. They are lying so blatantly covering it up not because they are concerned about the blood spilled. But rather to prove they don't care.
The fall of Rome and what it could have been are different paths, a choice. For Rome, what could have been ended the day the Republic died. And Caesar declared himself emperor. Many more followed. But never again a Republic.
Our choice today: self-determination and democracy or emperors and oil.
Our choice today: self-determination and democracy or emperors and oil.
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The fall of Rome and what it could have been are different paths, a choice. For Rome, what could have been ended the day the Republic died. And Caesar declared himself emperor. Many more followed. But never again a Republic.
Our choice today: self-determination and democracy or emperors and oil.
Our choice today: self-determination and democracy or emperors and oil.
Excerpt From The Great Pretense:
"The use of U.S. military forces to depose Maduro almost certainly will create a crisis of credibility for any new regime installed by the U.S. to replace him, even if such a transition is wrapped in the rhetoric of democracy and the war on drugs."
"The use of U.S. military forces to depose Maduro almost certainly will create a crisis of credibility for any new regime installed by the U.S. to replace him, even if such a transition is wrapped in the rhetoric of democracy and the war on drugs."
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Excerpt From The Great Pretense:
"The use of U.S. military forces to depose Maduro almost certainly will create a crisis of credibility for any new regime installed by the U.S. to replace him, even if such a transition is wrapped in the rhetoric of democracy and the war on drugs."
"The use of U.S. military forces to depose Maduro almost certainly will create a crisis of credibility for any new regime installed by the U.S. to replace him, even if such a transition is wrapped in the rhetoric of democracy and the war on drugs."
The Sword of Damocles Coup
Live Updates: Venezuela Projects Defiance as Rubio Says U.S. Will Exert ‘Leverage’ on Its Leaders
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The Sword of Damocles Coup