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Old but still learning. It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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The details are muddled but it does appear that the federal agents left the scene.
I guess that's how it works now. Masked feds shoot people then leave the crime scene. That's what the shooter in Minneapolis did too. He did gesture to his buddies to call 911 first which was thoughtful.
I guess that's how it works now. Masked feds shoot people then leave the crime scene. That's what the shooter in Minneapolis did too. He did gesture to his buddies to call 911 first which was thoughtful.
2 shot by Border Patrol in Portland. Here's what we know so far.
Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/01/what-we-know-2-people-shot-in-portland-by-border-patrol.html
Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/01/what-we-know-2-people-shot-in-portland-by-border-patrol.html
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM
The details are muddled but it does appear that the federal agents left the scene.
I guess that's how it works now. Masked feds shoot people then leave the crime scene. That's what the shooter in Minneapolis did too. He did gesture to his buddies to call 911 first which was thoughtful.
I guess that's how it works now. Masked feds shoot people then leave the crime scene. That's what the shooter in Minneapolis did too. He did gesture to his buddies to call 911 first which was thoughtful.
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Bc Andy Kim can always make me weep about Jan6.
January 6, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Bc Andy Kim can always make me weep about Jan6.
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Surround yourself with awesome friends.
“There’s some good in this world…and it’s worth fighting for.” - Tolkien
@semperwry.bsky.social @libradunn1.bsky.social @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social
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January 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Surround yourself with awesome friends.
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
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What gets me is he's a William Hurt in 'Broadcast News' with someone who THINKS she's a Holly Hunter.
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
What gets me is he's a William Hurt in 'Broadcast News' with someone who THINKS she's a Holly Hunter.
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Katy Tur really married down.
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Katy Tur really married down.
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Trump: We will subjugate the world w/tariffs.
China: No rare earths for you! No markets for soy farmers!
Trump: We must subjugate Venezuela for rare earths! Oil companies will pay!
Exxon: Um, no we won't!
Trump: We must pay the oil companies to occupy Venezuela for their rare earths!
Soy farmers: ?
China: No rare earths for you! No markets for soy farmers!
Trump: We must subjugate Venezuela for rare earths! Oil companies will pay!
Exxon: Um, no we won't!
Trump: We must pay the oil companies to occupy Venezuela for their rare earths!
Soy farmers: ?
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Trump: We will subjugate the world w/tariffs.
China: No rare earths for you! No markets for soy farmers!
Trump: We must subjugate Venezuela for rare earths! Oil companies will pay!
Exxon: Um, no we won't!
Trump: We must pay the oil companies to occupy Venezuela for their rare earths!
Soy farmers: ?
China: No rare earths for you! No markets for soy farmers!
Trump: We must subjugate Venezuela for rare earths! Oil companies will pay!
Exxon: Um, no we won't!
Trump: We must pay the oil companies to occupy Venezuela for their rare earths!
Soy farmers: ?
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January 6 Was a Violent Insurrection; It Was Also a Fraud Against the GOP Faithful
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/06/j...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/06/j...
January 6 Was a Violent Insurrection; It Was Also a Fraud Against the GOP Faithful - emptywheel
Republicans spent much of Jack Smith's deposition asking him about subpoenas targeted toll records. They asked no question about subpoenas targeting Trump's fraudulent grift.
www.emptywheel.net
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
January 6 Was a Violent Insurrection; It Was Also a Fraud Against the GOP Faithful
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/06/j...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/06/j...
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And there was at least a chance Cheney could have pulled Iraq off.
There's so much obviously flawed in Trump's plans here, and THIS generation of Heritage interns are even less competent than the ones who fucked up Iraq.
There's so much obviously flawed in Trump's plans here, and THIS generation of Heritage interns are even less competent than the ones who fucked up Iraq.
As someone who was opposed to the Iraq War before it began, I remember vividly watching the Mission Accomplished speech, alarmed that it seemed as though Bush was seeing no downside for his defiant, norm-breaking invasion.
But shit changed. Because shit changes, in unpredictable ways.
But shit changed. Because shit changes, in unpredictable ways.
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
And there was at least a chance Cheney could have pulled Iraq off.
There's so much obviously flawed in Trump's plans here, and THIS generation of Heritage interns are even less competent than the ones who fucked up Iraq.
There's so much obviously flawed in Trump's plans here, and THIS generation of Heritage interns are even less competent than the ones who fucked up Iraq.
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This is why our healthcare sucks. It's time to demand what the rest of the developed world has managed to do.
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is why our healthcare sucks. It's time to demand what the rest of the developed world has managed to do.
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And that's interesting bc @wendysiegelman.bsky.social found this weird Devin Nunes deal that picked up a failed CITGO bid.
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Devin Nunes and others linked to Trump Media & Technology Group (Truth Social owner) recently became officers and investors of a company soon after it made an unsuccessful $10 billion bid for the US assets of Venezuelan-state-owned Citgo Petroleum. My latest:
Devin Nunes and others linked to Trump Media became officers of a company soon after it made an unsuccessful $10 billion bid for Venezuelan-state-owned Citgo Petroleum’s U.S. assets
Devin Nunes and others linked to Trump Media recently became officers and investors of a company soon after it made an unsuccessful $10 billion bid for Venezuelan-state-owned Citgo.
newstracs.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
And that's interesting bc @wendysiegelman.bsky.social found this weird Devin Nunes deal that picked up a failed CITGO bid.
bsky.app/profile/wend...
bsky.app/profile/wend...
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You see, Delcy Rodriguez -- whom Marco Rubio now orders around in his Viceroy position -- had CITGO set up a contract with Rubio's buddy, David Rivera, that hid the role of PDVSA.
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 PM
You see, Delcy Rodriguez -- whom Marco Rubio now orders around in his Viceroy position -- had CITGO set up a contract with Rubio's buddy, David Rivera, that hid the role of PDVSA.
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Thought it would be a good time to check in on this case: Marco Rubio buddy David Rivera, who was indicted 3 years ago for attempting to broker a deal for Maduro.
www.politico.com/news/2022/12...
www.politico.com/news/2022/12...
January 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Thought it would be a good time to check in on this case: Marco Rubio buddy David Rivera, who was indicted 3 years ago for attempting to broker a deal for Maduro.
www.politico.com/news/2022/12...
www.politico.com/news/2022/12...
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Reupping these posts.
The indictment against Maduro is designed to serve several purposes.
One is to get legal sanction (in form of probable cause finding from GJ) for Stephen Miller's debunked claim that Venezuela = TdA.
He will presumably now try using it to mass deport again.
The indictment against Maduro is designed to serve several purposes.
One is to get legal sanction (in form of probable cause finding from GJ) for Stephen Miller's debunked claim that Venezuela = TdA.
He will presumably now try using it to mass deport again.
Another point I made in this post comparing the 2020 and 2025 Maduro indictments is that Tren de Aragua is added (including its head as co-conspirator), but his inclusion is really thin.
Effectively DOJ used indictment to ham-sandwich TdA claim IC disavowed.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/04/d...
Effectively DOJ used indictment to ham-sandwich TdA claim IC disavowed.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/04/d...
![f. Between approximately 2006 and 2008, HECTOR RUSTHENFORD GUERRERO FLORES, a/k/a “Nifio Guerrero,” the defendant, worked with one of the largest drug traffickers in Venezuela, Walid Makled. Members of the Venezuelan regime helped protect Makled’s cocaine shipments that were transported from San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela, to Valencia, Venezuela, and were then sent by plane from the Valencia international airport to Mexico and other locations in Central America for eventual distribution to the United States. Between in or about 2008 and in or about 2009, GUERRERO FLORES also provided another major Venezuelan drug trafficker with protection for cocaine shipments moving through Venezuela, including by providing armed men who carried, among other automatic weapons, AK47s, MP5s, and AR-15s, as well as grenades. At times, GUERRERO FLORES personally accompanied large cocaine loads as they were guarded by the teams of armed men, en route to airports or airstrips for transport north and eventual distribution to the United States. GUERRERO FLORES was paid a fee per kilogram of cocaine transported or received and he sometimes received an interest in portions of these massive cocaine shipments in lieu of payment. The traffickers that GUERRERO FLORES worked with moved thousands of kilograms per shipment, multiple times per month, resulting in the distribution of hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States. In or about 2009, Makled was charged with narcotics offenses in this District and is a fugitive.
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o. In or about 2019, TdA’s leader, GUERRERO FLORES, discussed drug trafficking with an individual he understood to be working with the Venezuelan regime. Over multiple calls, GUERRERO FLORES offered to provide escort services for drug loads, explaining that GUERRERO FLORES and TdA had control of the coastlines of Venezuela’s Aragua State. GUERRERO FLORES, speaking from TdA’s base of operations in Tocor6n Prison, explained that TdA could handle the logistics of ever…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreicg2zrssmx6kodqn3vjafhz7ooaujn6vyjqudnczwwnnyaylfrsdi@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Reupping these posts.
The indictment against Maduro is designed to serve several purposes.
One is to get legal sanction (in form of probable cause finding from GJ) for Stephen Miller's debunked claim that Venezuela = TdA.
He will presumably now try using it to mass deport again.
The indictment against Maduro is designed to serve several purposes.
One is to get legal sanction (in form of probable cause finding from GJ) for Stephen Miller's debunked claim that Venezuela = TdA.
He will presumably now try using it to mass deport again.
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Same thing feds charged Juan Hernandez with before Trump pardoned him.
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Same thing feds charged Juan Hernandez with before Trump pardoned him.
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
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I think one way to do this is to insist that Tom Cotton, who DID get advance notice (I'm not even sure Thune did) is personally responsible for Americans who've been wounded and anything that goes haywire.
Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.
January 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I think one way to do this is to insist that Tom Cotton, who DID get advance notice (I'm not even sure Thune did) is personally responsible for Americans who've been wounded and anything that goes haywire.
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Here is a clip of what I’m referring to… www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-tee...
Trump, 79, Teeters on Brink of Sleep as General Speaks
The president appeared to be struggling to stay awake while Gen. Dan Caine spoke.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Here is a clip of what I’m referring to… www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-tee...
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Oil prices likely to move higher on Venezuelan turmoil, ample supply to cap gains reut.rs/4jvl7b0
Oil prices likely to move higher on Venezuelan turmoil, ample supply to cap gains
Trump said on Saturday the oil embargo on Venezuelan exports remained in full effect.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Oil prices likely to move higher on Venezuelan turmoil, ample supply to cap gains reut.rs/4jvl7b0
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Venezuelan houses destroyed in US attack; no official figures on deaths reut.rs/4jplvYc
Venezuelan houses destroyed in US attack; no official figures on deaths
Some homes in the town of Catia La Mar near Venezuela’s capital Caracas were damaged or destroyed in the U.S. military operation that captured President Nicolas Maduro, residents told Reuters on Sunday, while officials reported an unspecified number of deaths.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Venezuelan houses destroyed in US attack; no official figures on deaths reut.rs/4jplvYc
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After Israel banned 37 humanitarian groups from operating in Gaza for their failure to comply with new registration rules, international aid organizations accused Israel of severely threatening the delivery of food, shelter and health care in the territory.
religionnews.com/2026/01/02/i...
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Israel's ban on humanitarian relief groups will severely impact aid to besieged strip, letter warns
(RNS) — Israel’s decision to deny registrations to 37 aid groups comes at a perilous time for Palestinians in the occupied territories and especially in Gaza.
religionnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
After Israel banned 37 humanitarian groups from operating in Gaza for their failure to comply with new registration rules, international aid organizations accused Israel of severely threatening the delivery of food, shelter and health care in the territory.
religionnews.com/2026/01/02/i...
religionnews.com/2026/01/02/i...
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As Trump continues his quest for Venezuela's oil, remember that the president stripped the legal status away from 300,000 Venezuelans in the US last October, launching the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented
Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
www.motherjones.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
As Trump continues his quest for Venezuela's oil, remember that the president stripped the legal status away from 300,000 Venezuelans in the US last October, launching the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.