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American citizen. Estonian resident.
Oh no. Then how will Canada be a force for peace? [half-heartedly clutches pearls]
Trump Rescinds Canada’s Invitation to Join His ‘Board of Peace’
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Ah yes, remembering how Trump betrayed the Kurds during his first administration.

No matter how bad it gets in the US, never think that Trump hasn’t screwed over other people worse.
U.S. Pivot in Syria Leaves an Old Ally in the Lurch
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 AM
With China leading the global economy, and the EU as leaders of the Free World, “America First” has reached its inevitable result.
China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Officials lying in the most disgusting fashion. Also giving CBS the opportunity to show off its new Qanon-friendly journalism.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
www.cbsnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 AM
What are the odds that this statement was made because it’s accurate versus serving as the basis for Trump to become the first ever two-time FIFA Peace Prize recipient?
Trump Says Iran Is Stopping Its Killings of Protesters as U.S. Moves Troops
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Just in case there was any doubt left as to how quickly CBS has turned into OAN.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
www.cbsnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A Mitrokhin biography. IYKYK.

Gift article for any intelligence/CI geeks out there.
The Lowly Clerk Who Tried to Bring Down the K.G.B.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Remind me again what people didn’t love about Kamala Harris?
Trump says his 'own morality' is limit to his global power
Trump made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times.
abcnews.go.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is why people caution against ever saying that things cannot get worse.

Gift article for those who have decided to euthanize their own last shred of hope.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Yet another proof that MAGA has no principles, no ideology. It is a cult of personality. No more, no less.

Gift article for the masochistic
Trump Says U.S. Oversight of Venezuela Could Last for Years
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM
A death I do not mourn.

The article ends quoting Ames as saying that betraying those working for America sentenced him to the same fate.

The most disgusting statement of self pity I’ve heard.

Gift article for those with a strong stomach.
Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Russia’s military hasn’t been successful on any battlefield that wasn’t already leveled by artillery.
Russia's Medvedev floats kidnapping scenario involving Germany's Merz | dpa international
dpa-international.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Should we start practicing our feigned surprise for when all the “America First-ers” turn out to be perfectly fine with this?

And that when it goes badly, they will look us straight in the eye and blame Biden?
In Toppling Maduro, Trump Risks Blowback from ‘America First’ Base
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
War may not be the answer, but it sure is a popular guess these days.
At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas
At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. It was not immediately clear what was behind the explosions.
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Mel Gibson, 69, separates from 35-year old partner.

Did she finally commit the cardinal sin of exceeding half his age?
Mel Gibson separates from 35-year-old partner Rosalind Ross after nine years together
The former couple share an eight-year-old son named Lars
www.independent.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Of Russia and Europe, only one of them acts like they are not in an active war with each other.

I’m not comparing this to what’s happening in Ukraine. I am saying that every act of sabotage is a literal act of war.

Gift article for those reality-curious.
Sabotage Suspected in Cutting of Undersea Cable, Finnish Police Say
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Reposted
Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.

Let that sink in.

File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...

www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’m pretty sure that as Russia allows Sharia (see Chechnya), Carlson is contractually obligated to use something else to whip up hysteria.
Tucker Carlson Slammed Over Wild 'Radical Islam' Comments
Tucker Carlson is facing backlash from conservative critics after he said he feels "sorry" for people who view "radical Islam" as a bigger threat than OnlyFans.
www.mediaite.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
So we should pencil in the press conference to announce his pardon for tomorrow?
Justice Department says Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect believed election conspiracy theories
The DOJ said in a new filing that the suspect was not “openly political” but believed the 2020 election had been tampered with.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
That’s been abundantly clear for a while now. No one can tell Europe what to do, but it’s either Europe or no one.
thehill.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Is there a Nobel for TV Hosting? I’d absolutely offer to nominate him for that, if that would get him to resign the presidency early.

Absent a Nobel for that, perhaps FIFA would agree to make that award for Trump as well.
thehill.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
*At least* eight flights with Epstein?

Gift article for the incredulous among us.
Federal Prosecutor Was Surprised by Trump’s Flights on Epstein’s Jet
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Where’s the asterisk saying that any less rosy report could have gotten people fired?
U.S. Economic Growth Surged in Third Quarter of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Mitt Romney: the last person to figure out that trickle down economics is a sham.
Mitt Romney says the U.S. is on a cliff—and taxing the rich is now necessary ‘given the magnitude of our national debt’
Romney is worth an estimated $254 million, and was among Congress's wealthiest members.
finance.yahoo.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I am a native English speaker with a Master’s degree and only got three of the four questions.

Gift article.

Whether you receive humility or validation, you will almost certainly agree that the students were rightly owed the apology.
Korea’s English Exam Was So Hard It Prompted an Apology. How Would You Do?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM