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Even some of Trump’s closest allies are unnerved by his brash approach to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Atlantic staff writers report: theatln.tc/EoPDM52d
January 4, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Even some of Trump’s closest allies are unnerved by his brash approach to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Atlantic staff writers report: theatln.tc/EoPDM52d
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"Old men fighting forever wars because they can't imagine a world without them in it" is basically the throughline of the MGS franchise. MGS3 has a boss fight with a man who is so old that one of the ways to defeat him is *letting him die of old age* www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy2c...
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 AM
"Old men fighting forever wars because they can't imagine a world without them in it" is basically the throughline of the MGS franchise. MGS3 has a boss fight with a man who is so old that one of the ways to defeat him is *letting him die of old age* www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy2c...
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told that all the prediction markets had rules against insider trading last April as part of a large conversation about turning the economy into gambling. This is all zeroed out by today’s insider trading on Venezuela strikes, I think www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...
January 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told that all the prediction markets had rules against insider trading last April as part of a large conversation about turning the economy into gambling. This is all zeroed out by today’s insider trading on Venezuela strikes, I think www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...
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Our latest: The president of the United States is an idiot and a criminal who just started an idiotic, criminal war with Venezuela. Happy New Year, right?
Starting off Stupid
Trump’s dumb start to 2026 might ensure a happy ending to the year
www.thealtmedia.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Our latest: The president of the United States is an idiot and a criminal who just started an idiotic, criminal war with Venezuela. Happy New Year, right?
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This is how it's done. If incumbent Democrats won't do the job, their primary challengers can and will use this to make sure someone else does
The Republican Congress has chosen to give away its authority and power and now we are being told Trump plans to occupy Venezuela. We don't cry for Maduro. We demand the following of our laws and Constitution. He is already threatening Mexico and Cuba will be next. Ann Wagner is silent.
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This is how it's done. If incumbent Democrats won't do the job, their primary challengers can and will use this to make sure someone else does
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
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Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
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Special Report on Venezuela: U.S. Kidnaps Maduro, Trump Says “We Are Going to Run” Oil-Rich Nation
Venezuela: U.S. Kidnaps Maduro, Trump Says “We Are Going to Run” Country
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host breaking news coverage on U.S. forces attacking Venezuela and seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. We speak to Venezuelan reporter Andreína Chávez in Caracas as well as professors Miguel Tinker Salas and Alejan...
www.democracynow.org
January 3, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Special Report on Venezuela: U.S. Kidnaps Maduro, Trump Says “We Are Going to Run” Oil-Rich Nation
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Remarkable quote from David Mayhew, writing in 2005:
"For the twentieth-first century, a good bet for the chief menace to the American institutional mix is the White House's continuing flexing of military muscle in imperial enterprises abroad... 1/3
"For the twentieth-first century, a good bet for the chief menace to the American institutional mix is the White House's continuing flexing of military muscle in imperial enterprises abroad... 1/3
January 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Remarkable quote from David Mayhew, writing in 2005:
"For the twentieth-first century, a good bet for the chief menace to the American institutional mix is the White House's continuing flexing of military muscle in imperial enterprises abroad... 1/3
"For the twentieth-first century, a good bet for the chief menace to the American institutional mix is the White House's continuing flexing of military muscle in imperial enterprises abroad... 1/3
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The first sentence of any public statement needs to make your main point crystal clear. This is Communications 101. If instead you cede that space to first agree with your opponent, you're a fucking idiot.
you simply do not have to preface your statements about this with “but Maduro sucks”
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
January 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The first sentence of any public statement needs to make your main point crystal clear. This is Communications 101. If instead you cede that space to first agree with your opponent, you're a fucking idiot.
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Countries Trump Has Threatened With Additional Illegal Aggression in the Last 24 Hours
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Countries Trump Has Threatened With Additional Illegal Aggression in the Last 24 Hours
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇨🇺 Cuba
He’s out of control. He’s deranged. This is the opposite of what he promised America when he ran for president. He said he’d focus on *us*.
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See this is very good, this should be the unified line @beyer.house.gov
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
See this is very good, this should be the unified line @beyer.house.gov
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Stephen Miller being present in every policy decision reinforces @jamellebouie.net's point that he operates as a shadow president (Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...)
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Stephen Miller being present in every policy decision reinforces @jamellebouie.net's point that he operates as a shadow president (Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...)
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Someone made a ton of money betting on Maduro’s capture
Someone made a ton of money betting on Maduro’s capture
A brand-new account placed suspiciously timed bets on Polymarket regarding Nicolás Maduro’s ouster and made over $400,000.
buff.ly
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Someone made a ton of money betting on Maduro’s capture
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Believe it or not, independent journalists can get our own frontline sources.
It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Believe it or not, independent journalists can get our own frontline sources.
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This is all very not complicated.
Any member can introduce any impeachment article about whatever. It could even say "Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors."
Any member can force a vote on this as many times as they want.
Any member can introduce any impeachment article about whatever. It could even say "Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors."
Any member can force a vote on this as many times as they want.
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 AM
This is all very not complicated.
Any member can introduce any impeachment article about whatever. It could even say "Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors."
Any member can force a vote on this as many times as they want.
Any member can introduce any impeachment article about whatever. It could even say "Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors."
Any member can force a vote on this as many times as they want.
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Breaking News: Venezuela accused the U.S. of carrying out military attacks in the capital of Caracas and three other locations after reports of explosions. Follow live updates.
Live Updates: U.S. Military Strikes Caracas, Venezuela Says
President Nicolás Maduro denounced what he called an “imperialist attack” after explosions were heard at a military base in the Venezuelan capital. The Trump administration has been building pressure on Mr. Maduro for months.
nyti.ms
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Breaking News: Venezuela accused the U.S. of carrying out military attacks in the capital of Caracas and three other locations after reports of explosions. Follow live updates.
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abandoning my journalistic objectivity to say that the U.S. should not be bombing Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM
abandoning my journalistic objectivity to say that the U.S. should not be bombing Venezuela
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RFK Jr was always the one MAGA horseman I feared could do the most damage.
They're all dangerous, but this freak could single-handedly kill the most people due to his HHS position.
A year later...here we are. It'll get worse.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
They're all dangerous, but this freak could single-handedly kill the most people due to his HHS position.
A year later...here we are. It'll get worse.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
How RFK Jr. upended the public health system
Interviews with almost 100 people reveal how Kennedy, as health secretary, has reshaped the vaccine and broader public health infrastructure in less than a year.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
RFK Jr was always the one MAGA horseman I feared could do the most damage.
They're all dangerous, but this freak could single-handedly kill the most people due to his HHS position.
A year later...here we are. It'll get worse.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
They're all dangerous, but this freak could single-handedly kill the most people due to his HHS position.
A year later...here we are. It'll get worse.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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December 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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ICYMI, great @ddiamond.bsky.social @theodoricmeyer.bsky.social accountability piece on Trump officials (including RFK Jr.) breaking their promises to testify before Congress on a regular basis: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Kennedy, other Trump officials balk at requests to testify on Capitol Hill
Democrats have suggested the lack of testimony is yet another way the administration is snubbing the legislative branch.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICYMI, great @ddiamond.bsky.social @theodoricmeyer.bsky.social accountability piece on Trump officials (including RFK Jr.) breaking their promises to testify before Congress on a regular basis: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, behind a $1.3B Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Florida Senator Rick Scott led a company that paid $1.7B for Medicare fraud. This is the party pretending to care about Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
December 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trump commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, behind a $1.3B Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Florida Senator Rick Scott led a company that paid $1.7B for Medicare fraud. This is the party pretending to care about Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
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The inauguration???
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The inauguration???
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Nothing about this quote about a “ballroom” suggests “peaceful transfer of power.”
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Nothing about this quote about a “ballroom” suggests “peaceful transfer of power.”