The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.

It feels vaguely surreal that apparently you can just fight whoever now. Like, Bush had to do a whole song and dance to sell Iraq and Obama did a push to sell Libya but as far as I can tell, there was basically no effort to sell Venezuela beyond "fuck em'," if we're actually going to war.

nah he's the real thing. but I'm with you on his karma.

Venezuela happens to have the largest oil reserves in the world. They want the oil, all of it, even if it's heavy crude.

There are so many government employees who understand that their work keeps millions safe, and they've honored that commitment while Trump and his House leadership put their families in economic peril and dismissed them as unnecessary.

Months ago, we said Trump would declare martial law in practice if not officially, and we were called alarmist. Sure looks like we're there now. He's doing it city by city.

New information show that an investigation into Epstein accounts at J.P. Morgan was stop under G.W. Bush DOJ. Also there were people from J.P. Morgan involved in Epstein "activities". Some of the people who involved are in the Regime now.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...

"Denmark has required weekly empathy classes for children aged 6–16 since 1993 as part of its national curriculum, known as "Klassens tid" or "The Class's Hour".
These sessions focus on developing emotional intelligence, building social skills, and fostering compassion through...
Via Kusala Bhikshu

Bloody hell , what's going on in France, considering they're making plenty of arrests this must be a massive organisation

There’s a name for this.

C O R R U P T I O N

New York knows how to do Halloween!

UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF: “These attacks and their mounting human cost are unacceptable…. airstrikes by 🇺🇸 on boats in the Caribbean and in the Pacific violate international human rights law…” apnews.com/article/un-u...

that's a follow.

Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.

What he said: 💯 🎯

Two Illinois Guardsmen claim to have sworn an oath over orders, stating that they will not turn on their city

If the GOP doesn’t want tax dollars going to food, healthcare, housing, ed, SS, veterans’ care, housing, research, science, art, infrastructure, transit, childcare, the environment, public broadcasting, diplomacy, regulatory agencies, or job training… WTF are we paying them for?

I didn't see nothin'

How the Mashantucket Pequot tribe in Connecticut is fighting to tell Indigenous history in American classrooms. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.

💯

Okay, I went back out tonight with a clearer sky and the knowledge that I gained last night and took what I think is a much better picture of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon).

I'm quite happy with this one.

Someday there will be a reckoning for the serial killings that the US government is engaged in on the oceans. Another admin should not refuse to extradite indicted officials to Intl Criminal Courts and senior military officers “just following orders” should not be exempted.