Dean Blobaum
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I try to keep the facts straight at https://chicago68.com and https://medium.com/@dblobaum
Strong-arming Latin American countries to maximize the financial interests of US companies. What could possibly go wrong?
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Strong-arming Latin American countries to maximize the financial interests of US companies. What could possibly go wrong?
Reposted by Dean Blobaum
If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
January 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
US oil companies need a stable environment in Venezuela to justify the billions of dollars in investment needed to exploit those reserves. Freedom and democracy in Venezuela will be defined by those oil companies, not Venezuelans.
January 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
US oil companies need a stable environment in Venezuela to justify the billions of dollars in investment needed to exploit those reserves. Freedom and democracy in Venezuela will be defined by those oil companies, not Venezuelans.
American oil companies are respected around the world again.
January 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
American oil companies are respected around the world again.
Trump: oil. Miller: immigration. Rubio: regime change. The pretext: drugs. This NYT piece laid out the background for the invasion a week ago
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Trump: oil. Miller: immigration. Rubio: regime change. The pretext: drugs. This NYT piece laid out the background for the invasion a week ago
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
American imperialism is back, baby!! Woo!!
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Venezuela Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run the Country’ After Capture of Maduro
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
American imperialism is back, baby!! Woo!!
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
"We invite you to experience culture as authority, pageantry as truth, and excellence as defined by those in power."
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January 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
"We invite you to experience culture as authority, pageantry as truth, and excellence as defined by those in power."
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www.trumpkennedycenter.org
New College first-years will study The Odyssey for 7 weeks.
It's a great book, but take half the semester to read it? Seems indulgent, a pace befitting the Lotus-Eaters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
It's a great book, but take half the semester to read it? Seems indulgent, a pace befitting the Lotus-Eaters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New College first-years will study The Odyssey for 7 weeks.
It's a great book, but take half the semester to read it? Seems indulgent, a pace befitting the Lotus-Eaters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
It's a great book, but take half the semester to read it? Seems indulgent, a pace befitting the Lotus-Eaters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
Science magazine's Breakthrough of the Year for 2025 is the "unstoppable growth of renewable energy."
The fact that the US is being left behind in renewable generation is unfortunate, but isn't going to stop the rest of the world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
The fact that the US is being left behind in renewable generation is unfortunate, but isn't going to stop the rest of the world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts 5 Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Science magazine's Breakthrough of the Year for 2025 is the "unstoppable growth of renewable energy."
The fact that the US is being left behind in renewable generation is unfortunate, but isn't going to stop the rest of the world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
The fact that the US is being left behind in renewable generation is unfortunate, but isn't going to stop the rest of the world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
The power over life and death, the power of war, belongs solely to the autocrat. To share this power with the legislature would diminish the power of the autocrat, whose power properly has no limits.
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Trump on declaration of war
YouTube video by LiveNOW from FOX
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December 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The power over life and death, the power of war, belongs solely to the autocrat. To share this power with the legislature would diminish the power of the autocrat, whose power properly has no limits.
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Border Patrol conducts itself like an occupying army in a hostile country with no regard for persons or property. Shock troops to intimidate the locals.
How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Border Patrol conducts itself like an occupying army in a hostile country with no regard for persons or property. Shock troops to intimidate the locals.
How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
The dog marks his territory.
December 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The dog marks his territory.
A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending His Record on the Economy
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December 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Bongino leaps from sinking ship.
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Bongino leaps from sinking ship.
I can't wait to see what SNL does with this tirade.
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Live Updates: Trump Delivers Attacks and Deflects Blame for Americans’ Economic Worries
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I can't wait to see what SNL does with this tirade.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
The masked terrorists have returned to the streets of Chicago.
Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The masked terrorists have returned to the streets of Chicago.
"industry executives are pitching regulators on a plan to offer coins that represent shares in public companies, which would be traded in a crypto-powered version of the stock market."
Didn't they used to call these "stock certificates"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
Didn't they used to call these "stock certificates"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
What Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Has Unleashed
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December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"industry executives are pitching regulators on a plan to offer coins that represent shares in public companies, which would be traded in a crypto-powered version of the stock market."
Didn't they used to call these "stock certificates"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
Didn't they used to call these "stock certificates"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump signed an Executive Order designating illicit fentanyl and its precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction.
This is how you legitimize first-degree murder as a military tactic.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
This is how you legitimize first-degree murder as a military tactic.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
DEFENDING AMERICA FROM A CHEMICAL WEAPON: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor
www.whitehouse.gov
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump signed an Executive Order designating illicit fentanyl and its precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction.
This is how you legitimize first-degree murder as a military tactic.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
This is how you legitimize first-degree murder as a military tactic.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Trump says that Rob Reiner's was caused by Reiner's opposition to Trump.
For Trump, tragedy is just another occasion for political attacks. He is devoid of both empathy and social grace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
For Trump, tragedy is just another occasion for political attacks. He is devoid of both empathy and social grace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Trump Seizes on Rob Reiner’s Death to Attack the Hollywood Director
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump says that Rob Reiner's was caused by Reiner's opposition to Trump.
For Trump, tragedy is just another occasion for political attacks. He is devoid of both empathy and social grace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
For Trump, tragedy is just another occasion for political attacks. He is devoid of both empathy and social grace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Cancelled history: abolition, women’s suffrage, and the civil rights movement.
Rightwing DEI for white supremacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Rightwing DEI for white supremacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Cancelled history: abolition, women’s suffrage, and the civil rights movement.
Rightwing DEI for white supremacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Rightwing DEI for white supremacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
STEPS TOWARD AUTOCRACY
Create images of the leader. Multiply these images endlessly. Convey power, convey composure, convey strength, convey seriousness. These images should encourage the viewer to welcome the future that the leader promises.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/c...
Create images of the leader. Multiply these images endlessly. Convey power, convey composure, convey strength, convey seriousness. These images should encourage the viewer to welcome the future that the leader promises.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/c...
Lawsuit Challenges Park Service Passes Featuring Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
STEPS TOWARD AUTOCRACY
Create images of the leader. Multiply these images endlessly. Convey power, convey composure, convey strength, convey seriousness. These images should encourage the viewer to welcome the future that the leader promises.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/c...
Create images of the leader. Multiply these images endlessly. Convey power, convey composure, convey strength, convey seriousness. These images should encourage the viewer to welcome the future that the leader promises.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/c...
The president was responsible for the extrajudicial executions of drug traffickers. He sent masked gangs into urban neighborhoods to round up people he called criminals. He was Rodrigo Duterte and currently awaits trial for crimes against humanity.
Resistance matters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/s...
Resistance matters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/s...
Bending a Dark Arc Toward Justice
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The president was responsible for the extrajudicial executions of drug traffickers. He sent masked gangs into urban neighborhoods to round up people he called criminals. He was Rodrigo Duterte and currently awaits trial for crimes against humanity.
Resistance matters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/s...
Resistance matters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/s...
Global childhood deaths rise this year, for the first time in this century.
www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-...
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With Child Deaths Projected to Rise for the First Time This Century, Gates Foundation Urges Global Leaders to Target Scarce Resources Where They Save the Most Lives
The 2025 Goalkeepers Report warns that health funding cuts could reverse decades of progress. It outlines effective, high-impact investments to save children's lives.
www.gatesfoundation.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Global childhood deaths rise this year, for the first time in this century.
www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-...
www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-...
No, Virginia, there is no Tariff Santa Claus.
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
No, Virginia, there is no Tariff Santa Claus.
China sells more EVs than the US sells cars. It's not hard to see who is doing the scamming. The oil producers who gave Trump billions are being repaid.
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
China sells more EVs than the US sells cars. It's not hard to see who is doing the scamming. The oil producers who gave Trump billions are being repaid.