Sascha_Vykos2
@saschavykos.bsky.social
She/her.
I swear a lot.
I swear a lot.
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This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
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Political scientist Jim Pfiffner has a pithy retort to nonsense like Thiessen's--paraphrasing, but something along the lines of "repeated violations of the Constitution do not make something legal"
January 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Political scientist Jim Pfiffner has a pithy retort to nonsense like Thiessen's--paraphrasing, but something along the lines of "repeated violations of the Constitution do not make something legal"
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Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
This is not a problem just for Venezuela.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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The New York state health commissioner James McDonald said Friday the state is seeing a “more severe flu season than prior years.”
Record Flu Hospitalizations Reported In New York As Cases Surge Nationwide
The New York state health commissioner James McDonald said Friday the state is seeing a “more severe flu season than prior years.”
www.forbes.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The New York state health commissioner James McDonald said Friday the state is seeing a “more severe flu season than prior years.”
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Impeach, convict, remove.
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
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A new member of my local City Council will be sworn into office Monday. I ran his campaign.
He ran because the only other candidate was unacceptable to him— and, turns out, to others too
He had never run for office before and I’d never run a campaign
But we won —and now we need to keep doing it
He ran because the only other candidate was unacceptable to him— and, turns out, to others too
He had never run for office before and I’d never run a campaign
But we won —and now we need to keep doing it
January 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A new member of my local City Council will be sworn into office Monday. I ran his campaign.
He ran because the only other candidate was unacceptable to him— and, turns out, to others too
He had never run for office before and I’d never run a campaign
But we won —and now we need to keep doing it
He ran because the only other candidate was unacceptable to him— and, turns out, to others too
He had never run for office before and I’d never run a campaign
But we won —and now we need to keep doing it
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Republican leaders were briefed. Democratic leaders were not. This is the Trump approach.
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Republican leaders were briefed. Democratic leaders were not. This is the Trump approach.
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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The Islamic Republic of Iran regime’s thugs continue to brutally assault protesters.
January 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The Islamic Republic of Iran regime’s thugs continue to brutally assault protesters.
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We have to impeach him.
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
We have to impeach him.
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Hypocrisy alert:
Trump Organization sought to bring in nearly 200 workers on visas in 2025
President’s family business requested at least 184 foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, Virginia winery and two golf clubs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump Organization sought to bring in nearly 200 workers on visas in 2025
President’s family business requested at least 184 foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, Virginia winery and two golf clubs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump Organization sought to bring in nearly 200 workers on visas in 2025
President’s family business requested at least 184 foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, Virginia winery and two golf clubs
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hypocrisy alert:
Trump Organization sought to bring in nearly 200 workers on visas in 2025
President’s family business requested at least 184 foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, Virginia winery and two golf clubs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump Organization sought to bring in nearly 200 workers on visas in 2025
President’s family business requested at least 184 foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, Virginia winery and two golf clubs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
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And I don’t want to sound conspiratorial, but if they feel like they can do this in Venezuela without any serious consequences, they’re absolutely going to try it in Cuba too.
January 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
And I don’t want to sound conspiratorial, but if they feel like they can do this in Venezuela without any serious consequences, they’re absolutely going to try it in Cuba too.
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Trump isn’t predictable or consistent, but this particular action *would* be consistent with the emergence of a G2+1 order where Washington and Beijing, with Moscow as a junior partner, give each other free rein in their purported spheres of influence.
This will go down well in Moscow and Beijing. Goodbye, international order.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes
The U.S. has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, who has been taken out of the country, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Trump isn’t predictable or consistent, but this particular action *would* be consistent with the emergence of a G2+1 order where Washington and Beijing, with Moscow as a junior partner, give each other free rein in their purported spheres of influence.
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Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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This is wrong and will be the downfall of our country if someone isn't done. It's unfair and wrong.
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
This is wrong and will be the downfall of our country if someone isn't done. It's unfair and wrong.
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Measles was likely spread at a Noah’s Ark-themed creationist museum in Kentucky earlier this week, the state’s health authority warned. The museum was advised and represented by Speaker Mike Johnson, one of its promoters. www.thedailybeast.com/health-autho...
Health Authorities Issue Measles Alert at Creationist Museum
In 2025, the U.S. had the most infections of the vaccine-preventable disease since 1992.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Measles was likely spread at a Noah’s Ark-themed creationist museum in Kentucky earlier this week, the state’s health authority warned. The museum was advised and represented by Speaker Mike Johnson, one of its promoters. www.thedailybeast.com/health-autho...
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“He spent the next 48 hours in a large room with 150 other men — in a room he was told was intended for 80 people. There were three metal toilets. The lights were always on.”
“They never turned it off,” he said. Estrada had no bed, no mattress, no blankets.”
“They never turned it off,” he said. Estrada had no bed, no mattress, no blankets.”
Insults, spoiled food and no bedding — inside a Chicago landscaper’s ordeal with ICE in Broadview
A Chicago man recounts 10 weeks in federal custody, where detention in Michigan was far more humane than at the Broadview facility.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
“He spent the next 48 hours in a large room with 150 other men — in a room he was told was intended for 80 people. There were three metal toilets. The lights were always on.”
“They never turned it off,” he said. Estrada had no bed, no mattress, no blankets.”
“They never turned it off,” he said. Estrada had no bed, no mattress, no blankets.”