@chrislmendonca.bsky.social
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The surprise invasion of Venezuela isn't imperial expansion driven by the dictates of capitalism; it is somehow even sicker. The Trump administration is behaving like gambling addicts chasing clout in an attention economy. Venezuela is a fucking meme stock. www.theverge.com/policy/85807...
Snatching Maduro was all about the spectacle
Kidnapping a world leader for online clout
www.theverge.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The surprise invasion of Venezuela isn't imperial expansion driven by the dictates of capitalism; it is somehow even sicker. The Trump administration is behaving like gambling addicts chasing clout in an attention economy. Venezuela is a fucking meme stock. www.theverge.com/policy/85807...
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/ FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO BOSTON:
/ STOP ICE TERROR!
/ EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
/ TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7TH
/ 7 PM
/ PARK STREET STATION
/ FROM: www.instagram.com/p/DTOXqMZD80k/
/ STOP ICE TERROR!
/ EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
/ TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7TH
/ 7 PM
/ PARK STREET STATION
/ FROM: www.instagram.com/p/DTOXqMZD80k/
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
/ FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO BOSTON:
/ STOP ICE TERROR!
/ EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
/ TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7TH
/ 7 PM
/ PARK STREET STATION
/ FROM: www.instagram.com/p/DTOXqMZD80k/
/ STOP ICE TERROR!
/ EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
/ TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7TH
/ 7 PM
/ PARK STREET STATION
/ FROM: www.instagram.com/p/DTOXqMZD80k/
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ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
I have been saying this for a year. It’s just terrible.
Today is one of those days where I’m struck anew by how *bad* the internet has gotten. It’s almost unusable. Clouds, apps, advertising — nothing is where it should be and it’s nigh impossible sometimes to do basic tasks online.
January 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I have been saying this for a year. It’s just terrible.
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highly recommended
I joined two great legal experts, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, on this analysis
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela
Experts survey the international law issues of Operation Absolute Resolve.
www.justsecurity.org
January 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
highly recommended
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every single story needs to be clear: this was illegal.
illegal domestically.
illegal internationally.
textbook rogue.
illegal domestically.
illegal internationally.
textbook rogue.
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
every single story needs to be clear: this was illegal.
illegal domestically.
illegal internationally.
textbook rogue.
illegal domestically.
illegal internationally.
textbook rogue.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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It sorta feels like the Rube Goldberg machine of suicide pacts. If every AI, Big Tech, VC, billionaire, and investment banker is tied up in the survival of its competitor, they must all thrive or die together.
circular spending is more like a tangled web www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/o...
OpenAI in talks with Amazon about investment that could exceed $10 billion
OpenAI is in discussions with Amazon about a potential investment and an agreement to use its artificial intelligence chips, CNBC confirmed.
www.cnbc.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It sorta feels like the Rube Goldberg machine of suicide pacts. If every AI, Big Tech, VC, billionaire, and investment banker is tied up in the survival of its competitor, they must all thrive or die together.
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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Oh. I see.
Breaking News: A grand jury is said to have declined to re-indict Letitia James, rejecting a Trump effort to revive a criminal case.
Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James
After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Oh. I see.
Ok this made my Saturday.
Brazil police take ex-president Jair Bolsonaro into custody on.ft.com/4rh2j2C
Brazil police take ex-president Jair Bolsonaro into custody
Court says Trump ally was planning to take advantage of a demonstration outside his home to escape
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ok this made my Saturday.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Tens of thousands of lives could be saved if more people got screened for lung cancer, according to a new study that found too few eligible Americans are being checked for the country’s deadliest cancer before it spreads.
The Key to Fighting Lung Cancer Is More Screenings, New Study Shows
A new report says too few eligible Americans are being checked for the country’s deadliest cancer before it spreads.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tens of thousands of lives could be saved if more people got screened for lung cancer, according to a new study that found too few eligible Americans are being checked for the country’s deadliest cancer before it spreads.
It’s kind of amazing the bipartisanship that’s happened in the last 72 hours approach … but I am leery about the investigation angle.
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It’s kind of amazing the bipartisanship that’s happened in the last 72 hours approach … but I am leery about the investigation angle.
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We live in hell
Approximately 30% of all job postings are fake, with millions of ghost jobs making a tough hiring process even worse.
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We live in hell
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There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/
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the sudden resignation of oklahoma's maga republican education chief keeps getting
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
kfor.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
the sudden resignation of oklahoma's maga republican education chief keeps getting
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
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I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
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This is such a gorgeous first signal of good governance.
Mamdani announces transition team:
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is such a gorgeous first signal of good governance.
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NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Trump deported Iranian Christians with open asylum claims for religious persecution four weeks ago.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians reut.rs/4qBrVXy
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."
reut.rs
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump deported Iranian Christians with open asylum claims for religious persecution four weeks ago.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.
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The Fugitive Slave Act legalized bounty hunting.
It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.
It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.
“Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.”
Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.
Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.
theintercept.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Fugitive Slave Act legalized bounty hunting.
It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.
It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.