Ed Dean
@edwardtdean.org
He/him Pittsburgher, former Birminghamian and Cantabrigian. Longtime fan of democracy and egality; still shocked at how many aren't.
I'd rather be playing a game or an instrument right now. If you're a drummer, let's start a band.
I'd rather be playing a game or an instrument right now. If you're a drummer, let's start a band.
Pinned
Trump's gonna get that peace prize even if he has to kill every last one of us to get it
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Trump's gonna get that peace prize even if he has to kill every last one of us to get it
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So what’s up with like Congress and having laws about obligated funding and stuff?
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suspending $10 billion intended for child care and poor families in five blue states.
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
Trump administration to freeze billions in childcare funding in five states
The White House is pointing to reports of social services fraud in Minnesota to threaten funding for child care around the country.
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
So what’s up with like Congress and having laws about obligated funding and stuff?
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Things are extremely shit right now, yes. They have also been extremely shit before, but your ancestors were not injecting war crimes porn and the hot takes of a thousand malinformed people about it all straight into their eyeballs for hours each day either.
January 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Things are extremely shit right now, yes. They have also been extremely shit before, but your ancestors were not injecting war crimes porn and the hot takes of a thousand malinformed people about it all straight into their eyeballs for hours each day either.
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Exhausting levels of discourse about "can Bsky grow" and "this is why Bsky can't grow" and I'm just going to say I have never been seriously dogpiled on here because every time I see someone posting something deranged I block them, same thing I used to do with Twitter. It makes for a nice time!
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Exhausting levels of discourse about "can Bsky grow" and "this is why Bsky can't grow" and I'm just going to say I have never been seriously dogpiled on here because every time I see someone posting something deranged I block them, same thing I used to do with Twitter. It makes for a nice time!
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The whole world is now being instructed that Donald Trump can just say shit like “we’re going to run Venezuela” and sometimes it means nothing at all.
UN Ambassador Michael Waltz: "There is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation."
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The whole world is now being instructed that Donald Trump can just say shit like “we’re going to run Venezuela” and sometimes it means nothing at all.
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There were people like this when Rome descended into imperial rule and abandoned democracy.
Same with the fall of the Weimar Republic.
Same with the fall of the Weimar Republic.
CNN: The leadership of the House Armed Services Committee is set to be briefed tonight by Trump administration officials. What questions do you have?
GOP REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: The questions I would have is how brilliantly they carried out the operation
GOP REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: The questions I would have is how brilliantly they carried out the operation
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
There were people like this when Rome descended into imperial rule and abandoned democracy.
Same with the fall of the Weimar Republic.
Same with the fall of the Weimar Republic.
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i don't know what to do about a system where people in power believe the antisemitic CSAM generator is too important of a platform to leave because the worst pundits on earth think the platform signals something about free speech
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
i don't know what to do about a system where people in power believe the antisemitic CSAM generator is too important of a platform to leave because the worst pundits on earth think the platform signals something about free speech
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Let me be very clear: tomorrow morning and EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, call your Reps and Senators whether Dem, Republican or Independent. Express your outrage at Trump’s imperial and illegal actions against sovereign nations. TELL THEM to convene. To hold up everything. Hold up $.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
January 5, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Let me be very clear: tomorrow morning and EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, call your Reps and Senators whether Dem, Republican or Independent. Express your outrage at Trump’s imperial and illegal actions against sovereign nations. TELL THEM to convene. To hold up everything. Hold up $.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
Lol, go Steelers. Super Bowl bound, no doubts
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Lol, go Steelers. Super Bowl bound, no doubts
How does the dumbest timeline just keep getting fucking dumber?
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 3:52 AM
How does the dumbest timeline just keep getting fucking dumber?
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As should be obvious by now, this is not idle chatter.
If the Republicans in Congress don’t get off their cowardly asses, we’re going to witness even more insanity.
If the Republicans in Congress don’t get off their cowardly asses, we’re going to witness even more insanity.
Trump: "We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it ... the EU needs us to have it"
January 5, 2026 at 1:45 AM
As should be obvious by now, this is not idle chatter.
If the Republicans in Congress don’t get off their cowardly asses, we’re going to witness even more insanity.
If the Republicans in Congress don’t get off their cowardly asses, we’re going to witness even more insanity.
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We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
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 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
January 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
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What. The Actual. Hell.
BREAKING: The U.S. won’t govern Venezuela, but will press changes through an oil blockade, Rubio says, after Trump claims of running the country.
Venezuela live updates: Uncertainty and legal questions remain after US captures Maduro
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and claims that it will “run” the country are raising stark new questions about the legality of the U.S. actions and its future operations in the South American nation.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
What. The Actual. Hell.
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“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
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if the military is ordered to go to a war Congress didn't authorize, they should go to the Gang of Eight and ask whether they were authorized to go to war.
January 4, 2026 at 3:43 AM
if the military is ordered to go to a war Congress didn't authorize, they should go to the Gang of Eight and ask whether they were authorized to go to war.
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Controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, you say?
Cilia Flores, who was captured by the U.S. with her husband, Venezuela’s longtime authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, is one of the country’s most powerful political figures. She helped consolidate his rule while controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, experts say.
Who Is Cilia Flores, the Power Broker Captured Alongside Maduro?
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Controlling the judiciary and amassing wealth through corruption, you say?
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Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
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i wonder if he ordered the military strike before or after his daily dementia test
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
i wonder if he ordered the military strike before or after his daily dementia test
This insane, narcissistic pedophile is going to do whatever he can to take us all out with him as his body deteriorates. Everyone gets that, yes?
Trump on Sheinbaum: "The cartels are running Mexico. She's not running Mexico. We could be politically correct & nice and say, 'Oh, yes, she is.' No no. And I've asked her number times, 'Would you like us to take out the cartels?' ... something is gonna have to be done with Mexico."
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This insane, narcissistic pedophile is going to do whatever he can to take us all out with him as his body deteriorates. Everyone gets that, yes?
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In hindsight it was a bad idea to put a child molester with dementia in charge of everything. That’s our bad. That one’s on us
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
In hindsight it was a bad idea to put a child molester with dementia in charge of everything. That’s our bad. That one’s on us
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rubio pretty much believes in a reverse domino theory for latin america and since he is effectively running foreign policy in the region i would expect him to see cuba as his next target
And I don’t want to sound conspiratorial, but if they feel like they can do this in Venezuela without any serious consequences, they’re absolutely going to try it in Cuba too.
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
rubio pretty much believes in a reverse domino theory for latin america and since he is effectively running foreign policy in the region i would expect him to see cuba as his next target
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Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
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Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
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ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)