CynicallyOptimistic
@cautiousoptimistic.bsky.social
Liberal, progressive, educator, Traveler, writer of fiction and facts. Anti-fascist. Woke. Vaccinated. Believer in climate change, democracy, and the Guillotine. War is mass murder. Photos are mine. Not looking for a relationship. 🚫DMs. 🚫Porn. 🚫$ 📚🇨🇦🇨🇵😱
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I'm happy to hear that George Clooney and his family just became French citizens. Bye, bye, American pie, and welcome to civilization.
American capitalism works so well that they're tens of trillions of dollars in debt, they can't provide basic health care for their citizens, and they have to steal oil from Venezuela and threaten to steal Greenland's resources in order to stay afloat. Just maybe there's a better way to go?
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM
American capitalism works so well that they're tens of trillions of dollars in debt, they can't provide basic health care for their citizens, and they have to steal oil from Venezuela and threaten to steal Greenland's resources in order to stay afloat. Just maybe there's a better way to go?
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Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
Trump is lying again when he claims that the killings have stopped in Iran. French news is reporting that the Iranian regime intends to execute the arrested protestors.
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Trump is lying again when he claims that the killings have stopped in Iran. French news is reporting that the Iranian regime intends to execute the arrested protestors.
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Greenland. My latest in @thebulwark.com
Asking the world’s most elite special operations force to brainstorm ways to “attack” an island three times the size of Texas populated by roughly 56,000 people, most of whom already host and love American troops, is lunacy.
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The Best Military ‘Option’ for Greenland: Let It Be
Attacking an ally with special forces would be the wrong tool for the wrong mission.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Greenland. My latest in @thebulwark.com
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A U.S. invasion of Greenland would be "one of the worst things" any American president has done in recent years, Republican Representative Don Bacon told the Kyiv Independent on Jan. 14, as White House escalates rhetoric toward Denmark's autonomous territory.
Republican congressman blasts Trump's Greenland invasion talk as 'one of the dumbest things' that could wreck NATO
A U.S. invasion of Greenland would be "one of the worst things" any American president has done in recent years, Republican Representative Don Bacon told the Kyiv Independent on Jan. 14, as White Hous...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
A U.S. invasion of Greenland would be "one of the worst things" any American president has done in recent years, Republican Representative Don Bacon told the Kyiv Independent on Jan. 14, as White House escalates rhetoric toward Denmark's autonomous territory.
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Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported. n.pr/49DWkgn
Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate
Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported. n.pr/49DWkgn
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Fundraising campaigns for a Ford employee who was suspended after shouting at President Trump have raised hundreds of thousands.
GoFundMe campaigns for the suspended Ford employee who heckled Trump top $692,000
Fundraising campaigns for a Ford employee who was suspended after shouting at President Trump have raised hundreds of thousands.
www.businessinsider.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Fundraising campaigns for a Ford employee who was suspended after shouting at President Trump have raised hundreds of thousands.
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More worrying news about the climate
Hotter still, and hotter
More worrying news about the climate
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January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
More worrying news about the climate
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The logical conclusion is that they are literally researching how to be cruel the Nazi way.
January 13, 2026 at 6:46 AM
The logical conclusion is that they are literally researching how to be cruel the Nazi way.
It is no coincidence that Trump is planning to attack Europe (Greenland) on that front while his master, Putin, attacks Ukraine, knowing that Europe has been weakened by that war. American military personnel must refuse to obey illegal orders that likely originate in Moscow.
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It is no coincidence that Trump is planning to attack Europe (Greenland) on that front while his master, Putin, attacks Ukraine, knowing that Europe has been weakened by that war. American military personnel must refuse to obey illegal orders that likely originate in Moscow.
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Is America great yet?
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Is America great yet?
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
Source: CNN
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China is moving towards the future while Trump is taking the US back to the Dark Ages.
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China is moving towards the future while Trump is taking the US back to the Dark Ages.
Trump wants to own Venezuela’s oil, but its largest oil customer is speeding toward clean energy | CNN
Energy experts say the US and China are diverging on the energy transition, with China sprinting far ahead on renewables and EVs, while the US doubles down on drilling oil at home and abroad.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Source: CNN
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China is moving towards the future while Trump is taking the US back to the Dark Ages.
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China is moving towards the future while Trump is taking the US back to the Dark Ages.
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"Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an adviser to President Donald Trump at the time."
"Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an adviser to President Donald Trump at the time."
Trump’s former Russia adviser says Russia offered U.S. free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine
Russia repeatedly floated the idea of a “very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine," Fiona Hill said in a 2019 congressional hearing.
www.thestar.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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"Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an adviser to President Donald Trump at the time."
"Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an adviser to President Donald Trump at the time."
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5 years after the J6 attack on the Capitol, the threat to American democracy hasn't faded, it's grown more dangerous. Political violence has surged, trust in democratic institutions has plummeted to historic lows, and leading democracy experts now classify the U.S. as an "electoral autocracy."
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
5 years after the J6 attack on the Capitol, the threat to American democracy hasn't faded, it's grown more dangerous. Political violence has surged, trust in democratic institutions has plummeted to historic lows, and leading democracy experts now classify the U.S. as an "electoral autocracy."
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h/t Canadians against all things Trump FB
h/t Canadians against all things Trump FB
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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h/t Canadians against all things Trump FB
h/t Canadians against all things Trump FB
The rest of the world needs to quickly arm themselves and form military alliances to defend themselves against the new Hitler.
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 AM
The rest of the world needs to quickly arm themselves and form military alliances to defend themselves against the new Hitler.
Nobody seems to be mentioning that the American military thugs killed forty Venezuelans during the kidnapping of Maduro. All to steal their oil.
January 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Nobody seems to be mentioning that the American military thugs killed forty Venezuelans during the kidnapping of Maduro. All to steal their oil.
It's time that the United States military personnel turned their guns in the other direction. Trump is a madman who will destroy the United States if left unchecked.
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
It's time that the United States military personnel turned their guns in the other direction. Trump is a madman who will destroy the United States if left unchecked.
I better understand why the chant "Yankee Go Home" has resonated around the world for so many decades. Stay TF out of other countries, you imperialistic, thieving, bastards. You are not welcome anywhere. Go home. And stay there.
January 4, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I better understand why the chant "Yankee Go Home" has resonated around the world for so many decades. Stay TF out of other countries, you imperialistic, thieving, bastards. You are not welcome anywhere. Go home. And stay there.
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Nobody’s naming the real story.
Fiona Hill testified in 2019 about a “swap” idea: Venezuela for Ukraine.
Deal fails. Escalation follows.
This is Extraction Code at geopolitical scale: law as cover, force as enforcement. https://thefiringline.substack.com/p/trumps-venezuela-invasion-the-russia
Fiona Hill testified in 2019 about a “swap” idea: Venezuela for Ukraine.
Deal fails. Escalation follows.
This is Extraction Code at geopolitical scale: law as cover, force as enforcement. https://thefiringline.substack.com/p/trumps-venezuela-invasion-the-russia
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Nobody’s naming the real story.
Fiona Hill testified in 2019 about a “swap” idea: Venezuela for Ukraine.
Deal fails. Escalation follows.
This is Extraction Code at geopolitical scale: law as cover, force as enforcement. https://thefiringline.substack.com/p/trumps-venezuela-invasion-the-russia
Fiona Hill testified in 2019 about a “swap” idea: Venezuela for Ukraine.
Deal fails. Escalation follows.
This is Extraction Code at geopolitical scale: law as cover, force as enforcement. https://thefiringline.substack.com/p/trumps-venezuela-invasion-the-russia
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This is the tip of the iceberg.
As detailed in 2020 bestseller Proof of Corruption, Trump used Erik Prince, Rudy Giuliani and a megadonor to launch clandestine negotiations in Venezuela that would've effectuated some version of the deal. America is being lied to every which way.
As detailed in 2020 bestseller Proof of Corruption, Trump used Erik Prince, Rudy Giuliani and a megadonor to launch clandestine negotiations in Venezuela that would've effectuated some version of the deal. America is being lied to every which way.
January 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
This is the tip of the iceberg.
As detailed in 2020 bestseller Proof of Corruption, Trump used Erik Prince, Rudy Giuliani and a megadonor to launch clandestine negotiations in Venezuela that would've effectuated some version of the deal. America is being lied to every which way.
As detailed in 2020 bestseller Proof of Corruption, Trump used Erik Prince, Rudy Giuliani and a megadonor to launch clandestine negotiations in Venezuela that would've effectuated some version of the deal. America is being lied to every which way.
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"