Matt Soyer
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I don't know why patriot Charlie Kirk deleted this patriotic tweet about patriotic buses busing patriots to DC on Jan 6th, but the Internet never forgets.
web.archive.org/web/20210107...
web.archive.org/web/20210107...
January 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I don't know why patriot Charlie Kirk deleted this patriotic tweet about patriotic buses busing patriots to DC on Jan 6th, but the Internet never forgets.
web.archive.org/web/20210107...
web.archive.org/web/20210107...
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Noticing that CNN is calling Jan. 6 a “riot,” not an “insurrection.”
PSA: It was an insurrection.
PSA: It was an insurrection.
January 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Noticing that CNN is calling Jan. 6 a “riot,” not an “insurrection.”
PSA: It was an insurrection.
PSA: It was an insurrection.
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Precedents like this render him immune from future gov’t shutdowns. He doesn’t need the legislature’s funds if he can create massive slush funds for himself by looting foreign nations and extorting US companies. He’s achieving escape velocity from our system & Congress is just watching.
Trump: “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President”
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Precedents like this render him immune from future gov’t shutdowns. He doesn’t need the legislature’s funds if he can create massive slush funds for himself by looting foreign nations and extorting US companies. He’s achieving escape velocity from our system & Congress is just watching.
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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I believe the original sin Democrats, and especially the Biden administration, made after January 6th was viewing January 6th as the *end* of something, rather than the *beginning* of something. My post on how to remember this somber anniversary for democracy: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-ways-...
Five Ways To Remember January 6th
Too many people saw January 6th as the final aggrieved death throes of Trumpism. We can now understand it was the start of something much darker.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I believe the original sin Democrats, and especially the Biden administration, made after January 6th was viewing January 6th as the *end* of something, rather than the *beginning* of something. My post on how to remember this somber anniversary for democracy: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-ways-...
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Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Two policemen remember January 6. One was defending the Capitol, the other attacking it. Both were transformed by the experience, and by the photos and video taken that day
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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On Jan. 6, 2021, bloody insurrectionary violence interrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Opinion | Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
On Jan. 6, 2021, bloody insurrectionary violence interrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.
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Congress set to reject Trump’s major budget cuts to NSF, NASA, and energy science. Story by @policyhound.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
Congress set to reject Trump’s major budget cuts to NSF, NASA, and energy science
Appropriators agree instead to keep this year’s spending nearly level
www.science.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Congress set to reject Trump’s major budget cuts to NSF, NASA, and energy science. Story by @policyhound.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
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TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
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The English teacher in me loves this cartoon…
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The English teacher in me loves this cartoon…
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
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America crossed many Rubicons by attacking Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026
We are now a rogue nation. Any rules-based global order is dead. Trump is a dictator, without Congress, public approval or legal restrain. And an axis of evil is carving up the globe
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are now a rogue nation. Any rules-based global order is dead. Trump is a dictator, without Congress, public approval or legal restrain. And an axis of evil is carving up the globe
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
America launches its 250th birthday year by becoming a rogue state | Will Bunch
Trump's illegal war on Venezuela cemented his claim to dictatorship and marked the U.S. as a global pariah.
www.inquirer.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
America crossed many Rubicons by attacking Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026
We are now a rogue nation. Any rules-based global order is dead. Trump is a dictator, without Congress, public approval or legal restrain. And an axis of evil is carving up the globe
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are now a rogue nation. Any rules-based global order is dead. Trump is a dictator, without Congress, public approval or legal restrain. And an axis of evil is carving up the globe
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance.
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
January 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance.
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
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Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
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In a nutshell
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 AM
In a nutshell
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The United States Congress has the Constitutional power and the patriotic duty to stop this insanity immediately, for the good of all Conservative and Liberal Americans’ future.
Danish PM Mette Fredriksen:
“I have to say this very directly to the United States: it makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the US to take over Greenland . . . I would therefore strongly urge the US to stop threats against a historically close ally.” www.ft.com/content/daae...
“I have to say this very directly to the United States: it makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the US to take over Greenland . . . I would therefore strongly urge the US to stop threats against a historically close ally.” www.ft.com/content/daae...
Denmark tells Trump to stop threatening to seize Greenland
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says US has no right to annexe the Arctic island
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The United States Congress has the Constitutional power and the patriotic duty to stop this insanity immediately, for the good of all Conservative and Liberal Americans’ future.
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A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
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I don't think there is any historical degradation or inhumanity to which the white supremacist shitheels at the helm of our nation will not now lay claim. Slavery will soon be a beneficient grant by Europe to the world. The Inquisition and the Holocaust will soon be necessary purifications.
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I don't think there is any historical degradation or inhumanity to which the white supremacist shitheels at the helm of our nation will not now lay claim. Slavery will soon be a beneficient grant by Europe to the world. The Inquisition and the Holocaust will soon be necessary purifications.
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This story details that the teen they detained for six months was just about to graduate high school early at the age of 16.
Definitely the kind of irredeemable criminal monster we don’t want in America.
Definitely the kind of irredeemable criminal monster we don’t want in America.
Meriden teen is back home for Christmas, after six months in detention at an ICE facility
The Meriden community welcomes home a teen who was detained for six months at a federal ICE facility.
www.ctpublic.org
January 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This story details that the teen they detained for six months was just about to graduate high school early at the age of 16.
Definitely the kind of irredeemable criminal monster we don’t want in America.
Definitely the kind of irredeemable criminal monster we don’t want in America.
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Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
January 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
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Venezuela. Greenland...
Donald Trump is a warmongering, neocolonial maniac. And the rest of the United States government has not the capacity nor the courage to address that reality.
Donald Trump is a warmongering, neocolonial maniac. And the rest of the United States government has not the capacity nor the courage to address that reality.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Venezuela. Greenland...
Donald Trump is a warmongering, neocolonial maniac. And the rest of the United States government has not the capacity nor the courage to address that reality.
Donald Trump is a warmongering, neocolonial maniac. And the rest of the United States government has not the capacity nor the courage to address that reality.
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Given supply dynamics and trajectories, I think control of Venezuela's actual oil is less relevant than the message sent to other countries hosting US oil majors. If national govts threaten their operations by demanding remediation/payment of liabilities, they now have to contemplate invasion.
January 4, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Given supply dynamics and trajectories, I think control of Venezuela's actual oil is less relevant than the message sent to other countries hosting US oil majors. If national govts threaten their operations by demanding remediation/payment of liabilities, they now have to contemplate invasion.
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A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
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