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I am genuinely at a loss for a precedent here. Very, very few states in history ever enjoyed the success of the USA even on a regional level and I just can’t think of any of them dynamiting it all for absolutely no gain
January 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I am genuinely at a loss for a precedent here. Very, very few states in history ever enjoyed the success of the USA even on a regional level and I just can’t think of any of them dynamiting it all for absolutely no gain
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this pitiful sum is the starkest measure I’ve seen of how dire the hardship driving the crisis must be in Iran, and how inadequate the government is at addressing it
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
Iran Offers Citizens $7 a Month in a Bid to Cool Protests
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
this pitiful sum is the starkest measure I’ve seen of how dire the hardship driving the crisis must be in Iran, and how inadequate the government is at addressing it
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
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"this is not a war, this is a special military operation" sounded better in its original russian
UN Ambassador Michael Waltz: "There is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation."
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
"this is not a war, this is a special military operation" sounded better in its original russian
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The administration that hates refugees has just created more of them.
Trump is smart that way.
Trump is smart that way.
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The administration that hates refugees has just created more of them.
Trump is smart that way.
Trump is smart that way.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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Stephen Miller sounds so f-ing crazy and unhinged in this interview. Just watch. Lunatics are running the country.
Trump just wants a little more Living Space for Americans
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Stephen Miller sounds so f-ing crazy and unhinged in this interview. Just watch. Lunatics are running the country.
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Protests continue in Iran.
The protests are sometimes anti-regime in nature driven by resistance to factors like oppressive religious dictates, but they began and often continue driven by economic concerns.
Women wearing chadors participated in the protest below and were fired upon with tear gas:
The protests are sometimes anti-regime in nature driven by resistance to factors like oppressive religious dictates, but they began and often continue driven by economic concerns.
Women wearing chadors participated in the protest below and were fired upon with tear gas:
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Received video with description: 'Kushk city #Isfahan, Sunday, Dey 14' Continuous firing of tear gas on protesters, many of whom are women wearing chadors.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Protests continue in Iran.
The protests are sometimes anti-regime in nature driven by resistance to factors like oppressive religious dictates, but they began and often continue driven by economic concerns.
Women wearing chadors participated in the protest below and were fired upon with tear gas:
The protests are sometimes anti-regime in nature driven by resistance to factors like oppressive religious dictates, but they began and often continue driven by economic concerns.
Women wearing chadors participated in the protest below and were fired upon with tear gas:
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Explosion at Iran’s biggest dairy factory. Cause not revealed.
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Explosion at Iran’s biggest dairy factory. Cause not revealed.
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Not one reporter or news outlet has said a single word about what appears to be a lengthy, healing incision on his head at/above the right temple.
Is this why he has been having scans? What is going on here? Is it something other than a recent surgical scar?
Is this why he has been having scans? What is going on here? Is it something other than a recent surgical scar?
January 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Not one reporter or news outlet has said a single word about what appears to be a lengthy, healing incision on his head at/above the right temple.
Is this why he has been having scans? What is going on here? Is it something other than a recent surgical scar?
Is this why he has been having scans? What is going on here? Is it something other than a recent surgical scar?
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One of the final House votes of 2025 was a vote on @repmcgovern.bsky.social war powers resolution to bar President Trump from military action against Venezuela without authorization by Congress.
All Republicans except Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted to defeat the measure:
All Republicans except Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted to defeat the measure:
January 4, 2026 at 10:09 PM
One of the final House votes of 2025 was a vote on @repmcgovern.bsky.social war powers resolution to bar President Trump from military action against Venezuela without authorization by Congress.
All Republicans except Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted to defeat the measure:
All Republicans except Reps. Massie, Bacon, and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted to defeat the measure:
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As discussed here previously, the US seems to be gearing up for a strike on Iran.
"Similar increases in C-17 activity at the base were observed ahead of U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025."
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/u-s-special-...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/u-s-special-...
U.S. special operations units transit UK en route to Europe
Recent U.S. military air movements into the United Kingdom indicate a redeployment of American special forces into Europe, UK Defence Journal understands.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
January 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
As discussed here previously, the US seems to be gearing up for a strike on Iran.
Maduro’s Ouster Plays Right Into Putin’s Hands www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
Opinion | Maduro’s Ouster Plays Right Into Putin’s Hands
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Maduro’s Ouster Plays Right Into Putin’s Hands www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
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“… for no kingdom can maintain itself by force alone. Force does not work the way its advocates seem to think it does. it does not, for example, reveal to the victim the strength of his adversary. On the contrary, it reveals the weakness, even the panic of his adversary…” - James Baldwin
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
“… for no kingdom can maintain itself by force alone. Force does not work the way its advocates seem to think it does. it does not, for example, reveal to the victim the strength of his adversary. On the contrary, it reveals the weakness, even the panic of his adversary…” - James Baldwin
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this has the ring of cold truth amid the hot fog of admin spin
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
this has the ring of cold truth amid the hot fog of admin spin
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New in PN: Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path
"As Elizabeth Saunders said, 'we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship' — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
"As Elizabeth Saunders said, 'we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship' — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path
He got a taste of violence and clearly wants more.
www.publicnotice.co
January 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
New in PN: Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path
"As Elizabeth Saunders said, 'we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship' — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
"As Elizabeth Saunders said, 'we have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship' — and the dictator’s preference is watching TV shows in which the military blows things up at his whim. What could go wrong? We’ll soon find out."
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you can be sure that a whole lot of heads in a whole lot of capitals around the world this weekend had versions of this same thought: "Museveni said that East Africans must unite in land, sea, air, and space to avert future aggressions from the global powers."
chimpreports.com/africa-must-...
chimpreports.com/africa-must-...
Africa Must Learn From Maduro’s Capture and Build Defence, Says Museveni
President Museveni has challenged African nations to build collective strategic defense to avert future aggressions from global powers. The President made the remarks on Sunday in a live social media ...
chimpreports.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
you can be sure that a whole lot of heads in a whole lot of capitals around the world this weekend had versions of this same thought: "Museveni said that East Africans must unite in land, sea, air, and space to avert future aggressions from the global powers."
chimpreports.com/africa-must-...
chimpreports.com/africa-must-...
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Wow.
Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
January 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Wow.
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Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows
The former special counsel who brought charges against Trump during the Biden administration had wanted to testify in public, but Republicans refused his request.
www.nbcnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Jack Smith told lawmakers Trump was 'the most culpable' in election interference case, deposition transcript shows www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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it gets darker by the hour
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
it gets darker by the hour
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WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
January 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
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