A onetime adviser to Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney argues that the U.S. has been “too cautious” in its use of force since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/T655Sa

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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Ruben Amorim departs Manchester United as one of their least successful head coaches, one who arrived with grand ambitions but leaves having shown himself to be more compelling in theory than reality, our columnist writes.

The wealthy are always so GD worried some poor people are gonna commit some small time fraud. Meanwhile, big corporations are committing HUGE afraid. Just look at defense contractors.

Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.

Today in London, strong turnout at two separate demonstrations of solidarity with protesters in Iran. No sign of the keffiyah crowd who don’t give a damn about freeing Iranians from repressive jihadists. In fact they want exactly that for everyone from the river to the sea.
Richard Kemp

Read the indictment against Nicolás Maduro here.

Happy New Year. The president just threatened Operation Iranian Freedom.

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Ukrainian and European officials have rejected Moscow's claims that Ukraine targeted a personal residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a drone attack this week, an incident that threatens to disrupt U.S.-led peace negotiations heading into the new year.

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Trump had another embarrassing Helsinki moment by declaring in his presser with President Zelensky that Putin & Russia want Ukraine to succeed.
How effing dumb does Trump think people are? Does he think everyone is as weak & stupid as he is?
Trump's a Russian asset & that's no longer debatable!

The Convicted FElon once again posted last week that no one is allowed to criticize him. He said that the criticizing him is a National Security Threat & those should be silence. Press should lose their broadcast license & reporters jail. That's what dictators do‼️
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I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future. Some thoughts...

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-year-of-reckoning

The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.