Laura L.
@lauriewilde.bsky.social
Singer/songwriter, piano, CELLO, guitar, BOOK lover, retired medical transcriptionist
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Putting politics aside, there is ZERO legal justification for invading Venezuela and kidnapping their leader. While I vocally disagreed with attacking Iraq, that had congressional approval. This was a rogue action that violated US and international law.
January 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Putting politics aside, there is ZERO legal justification for invading Venezuela and kidnapping their leader. While I vocally disagreed with attacking Iraq, that had congressional approval. This was a rogue action that violated US and international law.
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Trump's America First policy is getting us into a war. That means we need a "MAGA First" policy meaning young MAGA supporters get drafted FIRST to fight Trump's war.
January 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Trump's America First policy is getting us into a war. That means we need a "MAGA First" policy meaning young MAGA supporters get drafted FIRST to fight Trump's war.
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"A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for a man who wants to end wars, not start them, and who has demonstrated already that he has the courage and strength to stand up and fight for peace" -- Tulsi Gabbard, 10/27/24
January 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for a man who wants to end wars, not start them, and who has demonstrated already that he has the courage and strength to stand up and fight for peace" -- Tulsi Gabbard, 10/27/24
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Despite a statutory deadline requiring all of the files to be released by Dec. 19, 5.2 million documents remain to be reviewed and disclosed. It’s likely that the final public release will not occur until the end of February — one full year after Pam Bondi ordered the release of the records.
For Trump, the Epstein Cover-Up Beats the Truth
As one of her first acts as Attorney General, Pam Bondi wrote a letter to the new head of the FBI, Kash Patel, demanding that the “full and complete Epstein files” be delivered to her office by the ne...
www.democracydocket.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Despite a statutory deadline requiring all of the files to be released by Dec. 19, 5.2 million documents remain to be reviewed and disclosed. It’s likely that the final public release will not occur until the end of February — one full year after Pam Bondi ordered the release of the records.
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The Trump administration is threatening to retake the Panama Canal.
In response, President José Raúl Mulino told our friends at @revealnews.org, “The canal belongs to the Panamanian people and will remain so.”
In response, President José Raúl Mulino told our friends at @revealnews.org, “The canal belongs to the Panamanian people and will remain so.”
Trump's Panama Canal chaos
The administration’s America First approach to foreign policy is perplexing and even destabilizing some longtime US allies.
www.motherjones.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Trump administration is threatening to retake the Panama Canal.
In response, President José Raúl Mulino told our friends at @revealnews.org, “The canal belongs to the Panamanian people and will remain so.”
In response, President José Raúl Mulino told our friends at @revealnews.org, “The canal belongs to the Panamanian people and will remain so.”
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EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with Michael Scherer, Donald Trump threatened Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, with a fate worse than Maduro’s; defended regime change in the country; and expressed renewed interest in the U.S. seizing Greenland.
Trump: Delcy Rodríguez Might Be Next
The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with Michael Scherer, Donald Trump threatened Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, with a fate worse than Maduro’s; defended regime change in the country; and expressed renewed interest in the U.S. seizing Greenland.
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This insanity has to stop.
EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with Michael Scherer, Donald Trump threatened Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, with a fate worse than Maduro’s; defended regime change in the country; and expressed renewed interest in the U.S. seizing Greenland.
Trump: Delcy Rodríguez Might Be Next
The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
bit.ly
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This insanity has to stop.
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He also said "they're eating the cats they're eating the dogs. They're eating the pets"
January 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
He also said "they're eating the cats they're eating the dogs. They're eating the pets"
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Trump claims it "won't cost us anything" to run Venezuela.
He also said Mexico would pay for the wall.
He also said Mexico would pay for the wall.
January 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Trump claims it "won't cost us anything" to run Venezuela.
He also said Mexico would pay for the wall.
He also said Mexico would pay for the wall.
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Absolutely abhorrent that Musk is allowing his AI Grok to make naked images of people
January 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Absolutely abhorrent that Musk is allowing his AI Grok to make naked images of people
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The news out of Venezuela has understandably pushed health care costs out of the headlines, but the issue hasn’t gone away. @velshi.com carved out some time today to dive in.
www.ms.now/ali-velshi/w...
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January 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The news out of Venezuela has understandably pushed health care costs out of the headlines, but the issue hasn’t gone away. @velshi.com carved out some time today to dive in.
www.ms.now/ali-velshi/w...
www.ms.now/ali-velshi/w...
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America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
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Your activism will be even more important this year.
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026
Your activism will be even more important this year
robertreich.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Your activism will be even more important this year.
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
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Donald Trump, warmongering neocon.
Chris Murphy: "Over and over again we have seen these warmongering neocons, many of which have influence in this White House, cheerlead us into war under the guise of removing a very bad man. That ends up getting a lot of Americans killed."
January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Donald Trump, warmongering neocon.
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The Constitution is clear:
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.
On these counts, Congress has failed.
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.
On these counts, Congress has failed.
January 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The Constitution is clear:
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.
On these counts, Congress has failed.
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.
On these counts, Congress has failed.
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Trump is threatening to steal Greenland. That’s what dictators and rogue heads of state do.
January 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Trump is threatening to steal Greenland. That’s what dictators and rogue heads of state do.
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John Bolton: “What I have to say, the most stunning part about the press conference was probably saying the U.S. was going to run the country. But the second most stunning was the assault on Mrs. Machado, the leader of the Democratic forces.”
via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
John Bolton: “What I have to say, the most stunning part about the press conference was probably saying the U.S. was going to run the country. But the second most stunning was the assault on Mrs. Machado, the leader of the Democratic forces.”
via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
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FLASHBACK — TAPPER: “Would the world be better off with Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi in power?”
TRUMP: “100%! 100%! We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”
Trump makes the case against what he just did.
TRUMP: “100%! 100%! We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”
Trump makes the case against what he just did.
January 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
FLASHBACK — TAPPER: “Would the world be better off with Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi in power?”
TRUMP: “100%! 100%! We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”
Trump makes the case against what he just did.
TRUMP: “100%! 100%! We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”
Trump makes the case against what he just did.
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The expiration of ACA subsidies will have "ripple effects," warns @kff.org Exec VP of Health Policy Larry Levitt. "There is years and years and years of research showing that if you don't have insurance...your household finances will be worse, and in fact, you are likely to die sooner." #Velshi
Expiration of ACA subsidies will have ‘ripple effects’ in health care and economy
Since Congress allowed the Affordable Care Act subsidies to lapse at the end of 2025, millions of Americans are starting off the new year with a significantly higher health insurance bill. Some are opting to just go without insurance at all. KFF’s Executive Vice President of Health Policy Larry Levitt tells Ali Velshi that the “combined loss” of the subsidies and Medicaid cuts will have “ripple effects throughout the system.” Levitt adds, “If you increase the number of non-paying patients, people who are uninsured, it's just going to make the numbers that much harder to work for you.”
www.msnbc.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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“They wanted someone that was going to go up there and be a fighter,” Democrat Renee Hardman said on achieving her landslide election to the Iowa state Senate. She became the first Black woman elected to the role and prevented a Republican supermajority. She vows to "fight the good fight." #Velshi
‘Be a fighter’: Democrat Renee Hardman reflects on landslide victory in Iowa Senate race
Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate last week in a landslide victory. And in the process, she made history as the first Black woman elected to the legislative body and prevented Republicans from regaining a supermajority in the right-leaning state. She said she was able to pull this off by being a voice for all people. “I ran a campaign on affordability, on trying to work with childcare, livable wages, housing,” she said. “I'm going to go up there and fight the good fight.”
www.msnbc.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
“They wanted someone that was going to go up there and be a fighter,” Democrat Renee Hardman said on achieving her landslide election to the Iowa state Senate. She became the first Black woman elected to the role and prevented a Republican supermajority. She vows to "fight the good fight." #Velshi
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Donald Trump’s fixation on Venezuela’s oil supply during yesterday’s news conference cut across many of the other critiques of Maduro. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social says “people who claim this isn't about oil, just need to listen to Donald Trump speaking." #Velshi
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‘I wonder why Maduro didn't just offer him the oil’: Mehdi Hasan says Trump strikes were oil-driven
Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan says the U.S.’s interest in Venezuela is primarily resource based, and that drug trafficking charges against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro are a smokescreen for extracting oil from the country. In this way, Hasan says this move is similar to the U.S.’s invasion of Iraq. “The only difference between Donald Trump and his predecessors is that Trump is very open about it. He's very brazen about it.”
www.msnbc.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Donald Trump’s fixation on Venezuela’s oil supply during yesterday’s news conference cut across many of the other critiques of Maduro. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social says “people who claim this isn't about oil, just need to listen to Donald Trump speaking." #Velshi
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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In the first year of Trump’s second term, he imposed his thuggery on the United States. In the second year, apparently he will impose it on the hemisphere.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/thug-world
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/thug-world
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
In the first year of Trump’s second term, he imposed his thuggery on the United States. In the second year, apparently he will impose it on the hemisphere.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/thug-world
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/thug-world
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Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’
Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’
US president claims US will take back ‘stolen’ oil, but experts say no legal claim to natural reserves exists
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’
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Some plain, honest talk. And quite right.
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Some plain, honest talk. And quite right.
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GS: “Sen. Warner said you can’t argue drug trafficking charges demand invasion in one case while issuing a pardon in another…”🤔
@marcorubio: “Maduro was indicted.”
GS: “Hernandez was CONVICTED.”
RUBIO: “I wasn't involved in the pardon… I've got other things going on.” 🤷🏽♂️
@marcorubio: “Maduro was indicted.”
GS: “Hernandez was CONVICTED.”
RUBIO: “I wasn't involved in the pardon… I've got other things going on.” 🤷🏽♂️
January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
GS: “Sen. Warner said you can’t argue drug trafficking charges demand invasion in one case while issuing a pardon in another…”🤔
@marcorubio: “Maduro was indicted.”
GS: “Hernandez was CONVICTED.”
RUBIO: “I wasn't involved in the pardon… I've got other things going on.” 🤷🏽♂️
@marcorubio: “Maduro was indicted.”
GS: “Hernandez was CONVICTED.”
RUBIO: “I wasn't involved in the pardon… I've got other things going on.” 🤷🏽♂️