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John Reese

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Snapshot: A Deeply Appalling Press Conference
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Snapshot: A Deeply Appalling Press Conference

It's worse than I thought. Trump plans to "run" Venezuela and does not pretend he cares about anything beyond taking the oil.

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January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM

John Reese

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🧨 The U.S. Just Kidnapped Venezuela’s President and First Lady — This Is Colonialism, Not “Justice.”
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🧨 The U.S. Just Kidnapped Venezuela’s President and First Lady — This Is Colonialism, Not “Justice.”

The U.S. bombed Caracas, seized a sitting president, and called it “law enforcement.” International law is being buried in real time

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January 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM

John Reese

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BREAKING: U.S. Invades Venezuela — LIVE COVERAGE
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BREAKING: U.S. Invades Venezuela — LIVE COVERAGE

Watch MeidasTouch's live coverage

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January 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM

John Reese

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💥 Courage Over Compliance: We will not cower to bullies
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💥 Courage Over Compliance: We will not cower to bullies

🗽 A well-informed citizenry is our strongest defense against tyranny. When corruption and authoritarianism rise, Americans push back—every time.

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January 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM

John Reese

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U.S. Forces Kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Midnight Operation
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U.S. Forces Kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Midnight Operation

Trump said the U.S. would “run the country” and was prepared to launch a second wave of attacks on Venezuela.

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January 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM

John Reese

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Trump's Venezuelan Coup: Criminal Attacks by a Criminal Empire - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/03/t...

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January 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM

John Reese

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The United States Is Now Bombing The Venezuelan Capital. Here's Model Legislation to Stop Paying for It.
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The United States Is Now Bombing The Venezuelan Capital. Here's Model Legislation to Stop Paying for It.

What's your line in the sand?

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January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM

John Reese

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The Most Fooled Nation
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The Most Fooled Nation

Trump waved MFN like a victory flag, reporters applauded, Americans hoped, but Pharma raised prices anyway, proving that bold words, chest-thumping, and headlines never buy actual leverage or relief.

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January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM

John Reese

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Demand Congress stop Trump from war with Iran
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Demand Congress stop Trump from war with Iran

Trump must stop, or Congress must make him stop

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January 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM

John Reese

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Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise
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Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise

New reporting shows that Trump’s split with his pedophile friend was opportunistic.

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January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM

John Reese

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House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.
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House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.

12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony

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January 2, 2026 at 8:39 PM

John Reese

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Six People Are Rewriting the Constitution to Ensure Republicans Never Lose Power Regardless of Votes
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Six People Are Rewriting the Constitution to Ensure Republicans Never Lose Power Regardless of Votes

This article is going to explain what we’re actually facing, lay out its four preconditions, and show you that America meets every single one.

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January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM

John Reese

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The Myth of the Constitutional Sheriff

How Richard Mack led the rise off the constitutional sheriff movement, one of the most serious threats to American democracy since the Civil War.

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January 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM

John Reese

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Americans behave like a bull in a china shop when they call Denmark socialist – it is insulting and misinformation and only illustrates your ignorance
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Americans behave like a bull in a china shop when they call Denmark socialist – it is insulting and misinformation and only illustrates your ignorance

Denmark has half the child mortality of the US - Here is why, and it is not about vaccines. This post is a reaction to a post written by Jonathan Cohn.

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January 1, 2026 at 3:54 AM

John Reese

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Every Republican president in the last 50 years has increased the annual deficit, every Democratic one has reduced it
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Every Republican president in the last 50 years has increased the national debt, every Democratic one has reduced it

Republicans suck at the economy, and this president is the suckiest of them all

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December 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM

John Reese

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🔥💰US Government Admits It Lost Track of BILLIONS in Weapons Sent to Israel - Violating Multiple American Laws. Will This Ever End?
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🔥💰US Government Admits It Lost Track of BILLIONS in Weapons Sent to Israel - Violating Multiple American Laws. Will This Ever End?

This is how bipartisan complicity works: flood Israel with weapons, lose the paperwork, dodge accountability

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December 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM

John Reese

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🚨 A Respected German Journalist Was Raped in Israeli Custody — Wild How Little Germany, the Western Press, and Hillary Clinton Seem to Care.
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🚨 A Respected German Journalist Was Raped in Israeli Custody — Wild How Little Germany, the Western Press, and Hillary Clinton Seem to Care.

Anna Liedtke says it happened during strip searches after Israel seized a Gaza-bound aid ship. This demands an independent investigation.

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December 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM

John Reese

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500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025
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500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025

Part 1-100, January-March 2025.

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December 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM

John Reese

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Resistance Rises: Everglades Protests Intensify, Faith Leaders Defy ICE, and Jimmy Kimmel Delivers Scathing Reality Check To Trump
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Resistance Rises: Everglades Protests Intensify, Faith Leaders Defy ICE, and Jimmy Kimmel Delivers Scathing Reality Check To Trump

Great news that’s terrible for Trump

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December 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM

John Reese

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This Should Put At Least 3 Supreme Court Justices in Jail
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This Should Put At Least 3 Supreme Court Justices in Jail

When should you stop respecting a court's rulings?

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December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM

John Reese

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😡 Israeli terrorist deliberately runs over Palestinian man as he's praying. This is normal. And the world does nothing.
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