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So the emerging picture seems to be: Trump Admin imagines it struck a deal with elements of Maduro's regime to hand him over and stay in power, in exchange (presumably) for inviting US oil companies back and stopping oil supplies to Cuba ....
January 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
So the emerging picture seems to be: Trump Admin imagines it struck a deal with elements of Maduro's regime to hand him over and stay in power, in exchange (presumably) for inviting US oil companies back and stopping oil supplies to Cuba ....
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/2 You can measure the spine of a Democrat by whether the ritual denunciation of Maduro comes in the first paragraph or the second or third.
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
/2 You can measure the spine of a Democrat by whether the ritual denunciation of Maduro comes in the first paragraph or the second or third.
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“In an ideal world, I would have liked to see Donald Trump's presidency annulled: his every act as president made null and void, as if it had never happened.” www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
Mamdani Teaches Us How to Speak the Language of Illegitimacy
How should that next Democratic government act on the belief that Trump's second term was lawless and illegitimate?
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“In an ideal world, I would have liked to see Donald Trump's presidency annulled: his every act as president made null and void, as if it had never happened.” www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
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Kind of amazing how someone as dumb and unsophisticated as Trump is simply manages to perfectly crystalize US foreign policy this century. He's on Fox & Friends just straight up saying "yeah we're going to put our own guy in there and take the oil"
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Kind of amazing how someone as dumb and unsophisticated as Trump is simply manages to perfectly crystalize US foreign policy this century. He's on Fox & Friends just straight up saying "yeah we're going to put our own guy in there and take the oil"
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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EEUU vulnera la carta de Naciones Unidas y la legalidad internacional. Nuestra firme condena a esta agresión imperialista a Venezuela.
El mundo es menos seguro y menos libre desde que Trump y la internacional del odio actúan impunemente.
Siempre estaremos con el derecho internacional y la paz.
El mundo es menos seguro y menos libre desde que Trump y la internacional del odio actúan impunemente.
Siempre estaremos con el derecho internacional y la paz.
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
EEUU vulnera la carta de Naciones Unidas y la legalidad internacional. Nuestra firme condena a esta agresión imperialista a Venezuela.
El mundo es menos seguro y menos libre desde que Trump y la internacional del odio actúan impunemente.
Siempre estaremos con el derecho internacional y la paz.
El mundo es menos seguro y menos libre desde que Trump y la internacional del odio actúan impunemente.
Siempre estaremos con el derecho internacional y la paz.
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
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I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
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"According to one of the Alligator Alcatraz survivors in the Amnesty report, people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication. "They were taken to 'the box' and punished for trying to help me," the person told Amnesty."
This is absolutely criminal.
This is absolutely criminal.
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"According to one of the Alligator Alcatraz survivors in the Amnesty report, people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication. "They were taken to 'the box' and punished for trying to help me," the person told Amnesty."
This is absolutely criminal.
This is absolutely criminal.
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hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
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the whole structure of this argument — independent agencies are politically unaccountable therefore the president must have removal power — treats congress as if it were a total nullity, or as if only the president truly represents the public.
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the whole structure of this argument — independent agencies are politically unaccountable therefore the president must have removal power — treats congress as if it were a total nullity, or as if only the president truly represents the public.
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Lord have mercy the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument rn in an appeal from a case I wrote about last year
it's undisputed that Damon Landor suffered a *brazen* violation of his legal rights, yet the GOP justices sound skeptical that he can actually sue the prison guards who violated his rights
it's undisputed that Damon Landor suffered a *brazen* violation of his legal rights, yet the GOP justices sound skeptical that he can actually sue the prison guards who violated his rights
Louisiana prison guards subjected Damon Landor to horrible treatment--none of the judges who heard his case dispute that
Nor do they contest the flagrant illegality of the guards’ abuse
But they're divided on whether Damon—and the courts—can do anything about it
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Nor do they contest the flagrant illegality of the guards’ abuse
But they're divided on whether Damon—and the courts—can do anything about it
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Federal Court: Prison Guards Forcibly Shaving a Rastafarian’s Head Is Someone Else’s Problem
A Fifth Circuit decision prohibited guards from cutting Damon Landor’s hair. He gave them a copy. They literally threw it in the trash.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Lord have mercy the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument rn in an appeal from a case I wrote about last year
it's undisputed that Damon Landor suffered a *brazen* violation of his legal rights, yet the GOP justices sound skeptical that he can actually sue the prison guards who violated his rights
it's undisputed that Damon Landor suffered a *brazen* violation of his legal rights, yet the GOP justices sound skeptical that he can actually sue the prison guards who violated his rights
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Many people recently deported on flights told Capital & Main that the U.S. government had taken their phones, and they struggled with the little money that they had to find their way out of being stranded in a city they did not know.
Read more here: www.laprogressive.com/immigration-...
Read more here: www.laprogressive.com/immigration-...
www.laprogressive.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Many people recently deported on flights told Capital & Main that the U.S. government had taken their phones, and they struggled with the little money that they had to find their way out of being stranded in a city they did not know.
Read more here: www.laprogressive.com/immigration-...
Read more here: www.laprogressive.com/immigration-...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast
The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.
www.readtpa.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Today's newsletter is about the awful and extremely political decision to gut Teen Vogue for parts www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
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Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
October 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
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Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.
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Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...
Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.
One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project
If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.
slate.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
October 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
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An article about at PWS last week about how fishy this whole thing is www.piratewireservices.com/p/us-claims-...
The Rubio and Trump story over Venezuelan boat bombing is full of holes — and fabrications
The Tren de Aragua doesn't traffic drugs internationally. Is this an escalation in drug policy or simply importing the 'War on Terror' to the Americas?
www.piratewireservices.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
An article about at PWS last week about how fishy this whole thing is www.piratewireservices.com/p/us-claims-...
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...