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A big part of why we find ourselves in this predicament is that the Biden administration was so terrified of anything that might be *perceived* as political retribution that they treated obvious criminals with kid gloves and slow-walked the process to the point that Trump was able to run the clock.
It's also a reminder of what *should* have happened to Mike Flynn, who should have been stripped of his rank and tried under UCMJ guidelines.
But only one party is concerned with "looking political."
But only one party is concerned with "looking political."
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
A big part of why we find ourselves in this predicament is that the Biden administration was so terrified of anything that might be *perceived* as political retribution that they treated obvious criminals with kid gloves and slow-walked the process to the point that Trump was able to run the clock.
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"I'm drawing a line in the sand, and if you don't step up to the plate now I'm going to draw another one a little further out."
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"I'm drawing a line in the sand, and if you don't step up to the plate now I'm going to draw another one a little further out."
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Personally I'm counting on the Great Pumpkin to fix this
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Personally I'm counting on the Great Pumpkin to fix this
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Precisely. This isn’t about Kelly as if they expect it to have any effect on him or other members of Congress. It’s about using his prominence to make an example of what they can and will do to people vastly less powerful and secure.
This is designed to have a chilling effect on all retired service members. The message is that if you speak out, you risk your retirement pay.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Sen. Mark Kelly will face administrative action
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Precisely. This isn’t about Kelly as if they expect it to have any effect on him or other members of Congress. It’s about using his prominence to make an example of what they can and will do to people vastly less powerful and secure.
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The media need to stop beating their chests about how powerful our military is.
It's a point of pride when your country has a strong military that keeps the peace.
It's a source of shame when politicians turn your strong military into an international armed robbery gang.
It's a point of pride when your country has a strong military that keeps the peace.
It's a source of shame when politicians turn your strong military into an international armed robbery gang.
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The media need to stop beating their chests about how powerful our military is.
It's a point of pride when your country has a strong military that keeps the peace.
It's a source of shame when politicians turn your strong military into an international armed robbery gang.
It's a point of pride when your country has a strong military that keeps the peace.
It's a source of shame when politicians turn your strong military into an international armed robbery gang.
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
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A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The death toll from the attack on Venezuela is now at 80, per Venezuelan officials. That includes civilians. Every article about the attack, or how the US somehow claims it will run the country, should mention the fact that, you know, people died, including civilians. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: As Venezuela Projects Defiance, Rubio Says U.S. Will Use ‘Leverage’ to Advance Its Interests
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The death toll from the attack on Venezuela is now at 80, per Venezuelan officials. That includes civilians. Every article about the attack, or how the US somehow claims it will run the country, should mention the fact that, you know, people died, including civilians. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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"It said on Sunday that there would be two days of mourning on January 5 and 6 in honour of those killed and said funeral arrangements would be announced."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
Cuba says 32 Cubans killed during US raids on Venezuela
Havana declares two days of mourning for the Cubans killed in US's raid to capture Nicolas Maduro.
www.aljazeera.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
"It said on Sunday that there would be two days of mourning on January 5 and 6 in honour of those killed and said funeral arrangements would be announced."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
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This has been the default imperialist position for centuries, so really the oddity was that brief period of comfortable unipolar hegemony where it seemed gauche to say it out loud. No clearer sign of late imperial anxiety than the contemporary return of this old ass monocle and pith helmet blather
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 1:34 AM
This has been the default imperialist position for centuries, so really the oddity was that brief period of comfortable unipolar hegemony where it seemed gauche to say it out loud. No clearer sign of late imperial anxiety than the contemporary return of this old ass monocle and pith helmet blather
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Given that Trump's critics call it a kidnapping, and Trump says it's an apt term, I see no reason for the media not to use it. Literally both sides agree it's the proper description of what happened.
Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Given that Trump's critics call it a kidnapping, and Trump says it's an apt term, I see no reason for the media not to use it. Literally both sides agree it's the proper description of what happened.
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The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
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This should rank as one of the most serious corruption scandals in history- the White House sharing top secret military information with oil company executives but not with Congress, creating massive opportunities for insider trading and other corrupt deals.
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This should rank as one of the most serious corruption scandals in history- the White House sharing top secret military information with oil company executives but not with Congress, creating massive opportunities for insider trading and other corrupt deals.
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This is the best citation of my work yet
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
January 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is the best citation of my work yet
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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1/As @nytimes.com reports, Venezuela/Honduras comparison shows this is not about drugs. It is about personal interests and those of the inner circle around Trump. Trump wants Venezuelan resources. Brologarchy wants to protect network city in Honduras.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
A Pardon and a Prosecution in New York Show Trump’s Personal Geopolitics
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
1/As @nytimes.com reports, Venezuela/Honduras comparison shows this is not about drugs. It is about personal interests and those of the inner circle around Trump. Trump wants Venezuelan resources. Brologarchy wants to protect network city in Honduras.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
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This incidentally is the same reaction I have whenever there's another story about how the left refuses to be friends with conservatives over politics.
Apparently conservatives want to be friends. It's a shocker.
You'd think if it were true, they'd be more friendly.
Apparently conservatives want to be friends. It's a shocker.
You'd think if it were true, they'd be more friendly.
All of these aspects of the claim are interesting.
But "apologize" ... "apologize" is *extraordinary.*
It suggests that white conservatives have apparently been apologizing.
This blows me away, because I honestly don't remember American conservatives apologizing very much, if ever.
But "apologize" ... "apologize" is *extraordinary.*
It suggests that white conservatives have apparently been apologizing.
This blows me away, because I honestly don't remember American conservatives apologizing very much, if ever.
January 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
This incidentally is the same reaction I have whenever there's another story about how the left refuses to be friends with conservatives over politics.
Apparently conservatives want to be friends. It's a shocker.
You'd think if it were true, they'd be more friendly.
Apparently conservatives want to be friends. It's a shocker.
You'd think if it were true, they'd be more friendly.
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The GOP is dominated by gutter trash bigots.
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The GOP is dominated by gutter trash bigots.
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This is very good, for reasons that may strike many as irritating but I think are important.
The admin is going to invoke a string of executive branch interpretations of law. It's useful to know what those are. This post describes w/out endorsing them or suggesting they make everything legal.
The admin is going to invoke a string of executive branch interpretations of law. It's useful to know what those are. This post describes w/out endorsing them or suggesting they make everything legal.
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This is very good, for reasons that may strike many as irritating but I think are important.
The admin is going to invoke a string of executive branch interpretations of law. It's useful to know what those are. This post describes w/out endorsing them or suggesting they make everything legal.
The admin is going to invoke a string of executive branch interpretations of law. It's useful to know what those are. This post describes w/out endorsing them or suggesting they make everything legal.
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"None of these stories of 'apologizing for being white' involved any apology for being white, by the way—or any apology at all. The act of other people bringing awareness to what whiteness does is deemed a de facto apology for whiteness—and an obvious aggression." www.the-reframe.com/apologies-fo...
Apologies For Being White
How supremacists convert responsibility into blame to avoid paying natural costs and to make everyone else pay unnatural ones.
www.the-reframe.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"None of these stories of 'apologizing for being white' involved any apology for being white, by the way—or any apology at all. The act of other people bringing awareness to what whiteness does is deemed a de facto apology for whiteness—and an obvious aggression." www.the-reframe.com/apologies-fo...
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