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There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
It’s just racism. An excuse to use overwhelming force on Hispanic, brown people
My fear is that the force they use on Venezuela is inexcusably horrific
Also, Putin and Xi are excited by the US engaging in an imperialistic war so we’re unable to criticize them from a moral high ground
My fear is that the force they use on Venezuela is inexcusably horrific
Also, Putin and Xi are excited by the US engaging in an imperialistic war so we’re unable to criticize them from a moral high ground
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So. You elected a child-rapist
September 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So. You elected a child-rapist
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I hope it's clear to everyone by now that Trump's play over and over again is to yell "National Security!" and pretend as though that gives him the right to act like a dictator
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I hope it's clear to everyone by now that Trump's play over and over again is to yell "National Security!" and pretend as though that gives him the right to act like a dictator
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
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The butcher of Syria, escaping the execution millions of his countrymen wanted for him, is living large in Moscow, a luxe guest of the murderous Russian leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The butcher of Syria, escaping the execution millions of his countrymen wanted for him, is living large in Moscow, a luxe guest of the murderous Russian leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
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OTD in 2016 Assange said there isn't a need for Wikileaks in Russia co competitors like Navalny "are permitted".
The guy we tried to blind. Then tried to kill. More than once. Then jailed. Then disappeared. Then we actually killed him.
So those were wise words.
The guy we tried to blind. Then tried to kill. More than once. Then jailed. Then disappeared. Then we actually killed him.
So those were wise words.
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
OTD in 2016 Assange said there isn't a need for Wikileaks in Russia co competitors like Navalny "are permitted".
The guy we tried to blind. Then tried to kill. More than once. Then jailed. Then disappeared. Then we actually killed him.
So those were wise words.
The guy we tried to blind. Then tried to kill. More than once. Then jailed. Then disappeared. Then we actually killed him.
So those were wise words.
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🇮🇪 “We’re Europe’s weakest link when it comes to security, defence, and intelligence,” Tom Clonan, an Irish senator and retired army captain, told The Telegraph.
Dublin possesses neither the modern sensors needed to spot threats nor the weaponry to stop them.
Dublin possesses neither the modern sensors needed to spot threats nor the weaponry to stop them.
December 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🇮🇪 “We’re Europe’s weakest link when it comes to security, defence, and intelligence,” Tom Clonan, an Irish senator and retired army captain, told The Telegraph.
Dublin possesses neither the modern sensors needed to spot threats nor the weaponry to stop them.
Dublin possesses neither the modern sensors needed to spot threats nor the weaponry to stop them.
Battleship or yacht?
Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Battleship or yacht?
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i feel like this from roosevelt's 1942 state of the union address still works as a mantra today for our fight
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
i feel like this from roosevelt's 1942 state of the union address still works as a mantra today for our fight
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some of my favorite things found so far behind the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
some of my favorite things found so far behind the redactions
I have never met an American in my lifetime that wanted to expand the country with Canada and Greenland. Hell, we’ve got Puerto Rico and Guam sitting there waiting to become states and be afforded representation
Trump: We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population. They say Denmark, but Denmark has no military protection. They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago with a boat—well, we were there with boats too I’m sure.
December 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I have never met an American in my lifetime that wanted to expand the country with Canada and Greenland. Hell, we’ve got Puerto Rico and Guam sitting there waiting to become states and be afforded representation
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All I want for Christmas is Democrats for start driving their social media traffic to their Bluesky posts, not to Twitter.
Folks are welcome to post on Twitter/X but we should not be driving traffic there. Am amazed this remains a common tactic.
Folks are welcome to post on Twitter/X but we should not be driving traffic there. Am amazed this remains a common tactic.
December 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
All I want for Christmas is Democrats for start driving their social media traffic to their Bluesky posts, not to Twitter.
Folks are welcome to post on Twitter/X but we should not be driving traffic there. Am amazed this remains a common tactic.
Folks are welcome to post on Twitter/X but we should not be driving traffic there. Am amazed this remains a common tactic.
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I think we have established that Bari Weiss is an odious person.
But wait... it gets worse. She's an admirer of Bukele and his concentration camps, and thinks its funny that people get sent there.
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
But wait... it gets worse. She's an admirer of Bukele and his concentration camps, and thinks its funny that people get sent there.
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I think we have established that Bari Weiss is an odious person.
But wait... it gets worse. She's an admirer of Bukele and his concentration camps, and thinks its funny that people get sent there.
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
But wait... it gets worse. She's an admirer of Bukele and his concentration camps, and thinks its funny that people get sent there.
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
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I wrote about Bari Weiss doing the hard work of defending the rich and powerful www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Bari Weiss's Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets "60 Minutes"
The new editor-in-chief at CBS News has shown she's not merely stupendously unqualified--she's ideologically opposed to the practice of good journalism.
www.thenation.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I wrote about Bari Weiss doing the hard work of defending the rich and powerful www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Fine: "I'm talking to my colleagues about whether we want these fake Somali refugees - who come to our country, add no value, suck our resources, defraud our govt - whether we actually want them here. I don't think Ilhan Omar shouldn't be a member of Congress - I think she shouldn't be an American"
December 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fine: "I'm talking to my colleagues about whether we want these fake Somali refugees - who come to our country, add no value, suck our resources, defraud our govt - whether we actually want them here. I don't think Ilhan Omar shouldn't be a member of Congress - I think she shouldn't be an American"
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Russia has begun evacuating diplomats' families from Venezuela, AP reports.
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Russia has begun evacuating diplomats' families from Venezuela, AP reports.
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NEW
President Clinton’s office is demanding the DOJ release all photos of him from the Epstein files along with any documents that mention him.
Statement from his Press Secretary:
President Clinton’s office is demanding the DOJ release all photos of him from the Epstein files along with any documents that mention him.
Statement from his Press Secretary:
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NEW
President Clinton’s office is demanding the DOJ release all photos of him from the Epstein files along with any documents that mention him.
Statement from his Press Secretary:
President Clinton’s office is demanding the DOJ release all photos of him from the Epstein files along with any documents that mention him.
Statement from his Press Secretary:
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The Oath Keepers built a massive stockpile of guns for Jan 6th and kept them in a hotel in Virginia because of D.C.'s strict gun laws.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing D.C. over its ban on semi-automatic (AR-15) weapons.
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Oath Keepers built a massive stockpile of guns for Jan 6th and kept them in a hotel in Virginia because of D.C.'s strict gun laws.
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ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
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Since we’re on the topic of asking people for comment …
In 2021, Bari Weiss famously published a resignation letter by former Smith College librarian Jodi Shaw.
Shortly after, I asked Smith if Weiss had reached out for comment first.
“She did not,” spokesperson Stacey Schmeidel said via email.
Weiss’ agents declined my requests for comment.
Shortly after, I asked Smith if Weiss had reached out for comment first.
“She did not,” spokesperson Stacey Schmeidel said via email.
Weiss’ agents declined my requests for comment.
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Since we’re on the topic of asking people for comment …
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Overall, this big @nytimes.com investigation identified $500m+ that was donated to Trump-backed groups AFTER the election from 346 donors.
It found that more than half of the donors have benefited in some way from actions by Trump or his administration. (gift link)
It found that more than half of the donors have benefited in some way from actions by Trump or his administration. (gift link)
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Overall, this big @nytimes.com investigation identified $500m+ that was donated to Trump-backed groups AFTER the election from 346 donors.
It found that more than half of the donors have benefited in some way from actions by Trump or his administration. (gift link)
It found that more than half of the donors have benefited in some way from actions by Trump or his administration. (gift link)