@equaloppcynic.bsky.social
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Periodic reminder: Trump has done everything imaginable to piss off senior military.
-Keep Hegseth who endangers their lives
-Favor whiteness/maleness over competence
-Self-aggrandize in speeches; ramble about trophy wives.
-Mock them on hallowed ground.
-Keep Hegseth who endangers their lives
-Favor whiteness/maleness over competence
-Self-aggrandize in speeches; ramble about trophy wives.
-Mock them on hallowed ground.
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This, of all things, is the lead NYT opinion piece right now, on the same day that ICE killed a US citizen in the same state, without a trace of embarrassment or self-awareness.
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This, of all things, is the lead NYT opinion piece right now, on the same day that ICE killed a US citizen in the same state, without a trace of embarrassment or self-awareness.
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DHS is bragging about the execution. Which is what it was
This is a turning point. If they're allowed to get away with just executing protesters on camera, it's all over
This is a turning point. If they're allowed to get away with just executing protesters on camera, it's all over
January 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
DHS is bragging about the execution. Which is what it was
This is a turning point. If they're allowed to get away with just executing protesters on camera, it's all over
This is a turning point. If they're allowed to get away with just executing protesters on camera, it's all over
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January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Murder charges now
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Murder charges now
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NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
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Grok's issue is far, far worse than "put a bikini on her." There are huge groups of people on Telegram making it do far worse, then sharing how they did it. It truly is a nonconsensual sexual abuse material machine:
www.404media.co/inside-the-t...
www.404media.co/inside-the-t...
Inside the Telegram Channel Jailbreaking Grok Over and Over Again
Putting people in bikinis is just the tip of the iceberg. On Telegram, users are finding ways to make Grok do far worse.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Grok's issue is far, far worse than "put a bikini on her." There are huge groups of people on Telegram making it do far worse, then sharing how they did it. It truly is a nonconsensual sexual abuse material machine:
www.404media.co/inside-the-t...
www.404media.co/inside-the-t...
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Now that Trump says Venezuela will hand over 30-50 million barrels of oil, with proceeds of sales to be controlled by him, I want to reiterate: He's inviting our oligarchs to reap great riches by buying into his scheme of imperial hemispheric domination.
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Now that Trump says Venezuela will hand over 30-50 million barrels of oil, with proceeds of sales to be controlled by him, I want to reiterate: He's inviting our oligarchs to reap great riches by buying into his scheme of imperial hemispheric domination.
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: "MAGA is a vulgar, cartoonish, cultish, and incoherent movement. So, a century ago, was fascism."
Read Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-lust...
Read Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-lust...
MAGA’s Lust for Fascism
Trump’s ideologues want a smaller, meaner, whiter America.
www.thebulwark.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: "MAGA is a vulgar, cartoonish, cultish, and incoherent movement. So, a century ago, was fascism."
Read Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-lust...
Read Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-lust...
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Few thoughts on the Greenland saga, summarized in a short thread. Some of these points have already sparked debate on X, but after Miller’s speech, I am even more convinced. 🧵Thread
1/ First and foremost, Denmark is not only a member of the EU, but also a founding member of NATO.
1/ First and foremost, Denmark is not only a member of the EU, but also a founding member of NATO.
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Few thoughts on the Greenland saga, summarized in a short thread. Some of these points have already sparked debate on X, but after Miller’s speech, I am even more convinced. 🧵Thread
1/ First and foremost, Denmark is not only a member of the EU, but also a founding member of NATO.
1/ First and foremost, Denmark is not only a member of the EU, but also a founding member of NATO.
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you studied defense procurement, seapower, sociology of the military......but its secondary to the fact that a likely dying old man has been hypnotized by the mercator projection into wanting greenland
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 AM
you studied defense procurement, seapower, sociology of the military......but its secondary to the fact that a likely dying old man has been hypnotized by the mercator projection into wanting greenland
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Honestly, the Venezuela thing being a distraction from Epstein and affordability crisis seems to be working pretty well.
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Honestly, the Venezuela thing being a distraction from Epstein and affordability crisis seems to be working pretty well.
Anyone have a starter pack or similar of SME on Venezuela, northern S Am, or South American geopolitics in general?
I can't figure out this site's Starter Pack interface. Apparently there didn't use to be one, so maybe that is still missing.
I can't figure out this site's Starter Pack interface. Apparently there didn't use to be one, so maybe that is still missing.
January 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Anyone have a starter pack or similar of SME on Venezuela, northern S Am, or South American geopolitics in general?
I can't figure out this site's Starter Pack interface. Apparently there didn't use to be one, so maybe that is still missing.
I can't figure out this site's Starter Pack interface. Apparently there didn't use to be one, so maybe that is still missing.
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Mexican-American War.
Spanish-American War.
Hawaii, 1898.
Guatemala, 1954.
Chile, 1973.
Spanish-American War.
Hawaii, 1898.
Guatemala, 1954.
Chile, 1973.
KERNEN: Europeans are talking about it almost being like Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.
JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Mexican-American War.
Spanish-American War.
Hawaii, 1898.
Guatemala, 1954.
Chile, 1973.
Spanish-American War.
Hawaii, 1898.
Guatemala, 1954.
Chile, 1973.
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Spineless Republicans have spent the last 10 years saying "I disagree with Trump but I won't oppose him." They traded on the kindness and understanding of folx who wanted to engage in politics in good faith.
The good faith is gone now, and these R shitheads can reap what they've fucking sown.
The good faith is gone now, and these R shitheads can reap what they've fucking sown.
Walz: "They're unwilling to stand with Melissa Hortman's children. And I want to tell you this: for those legislators who went and shed crocodile tears at her funeral, shame on you. Shame on you. Her children are asking you to do one thing in her name: tell the president to stop doing this."
January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Spineless Republicans have spent the last 10 years saying "I disagree with Trump but I won't oppose him." They traded on the kindness and understanding of folx who wanted to engage in politics in good faith.
The good faith is gone now, and these R shitheads can reap what they've fucking sown.
The good faith is gone now, and these R shitheads can reap what they've fucking sown.
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As @mattpolprof.bsky.social gets at in this thread, Trump and Stephen Miller are basically saying that foreign military interventions are fine as long as they're in pursuit of pillage and plunder.
Good piece by @gregsargent.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com. Affirms why we need to be cautious lumping Trump with neoconservatism, which always paid thin tribute to virtue by presenting interventionism as a noble universalistic cause.
Trump doesnt care about that..
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Trump doesnt care about that..
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth About Venezuela Plan—and About MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
newrepublic.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
As @mattpolprof.bsky.social gets at in this thread, Trump and Stephen Miller are basically saying that foreign military interventions are fine as long as they're in pursuit of pillage and plunder.
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🚨Breaking News: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are now the US Heads of State. Wonder how Trump feels about that
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
🚨Breaking News: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are now the US Heads of State. Wonder how Trump feels about that
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Think its actually pretty bearish for Trump if “only” 80 percent of his supporters back his war on Venezuela. If “only” 80 percent of his supporters supported HIM, he’d be toast. newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth About Venezuela Plan—and About MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
newrepublic.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Think its actually pretty bearish for Trump if “only” 80 percent of his supporters back his war on Venezuela. If “only” 80 percent of his supporters supported HIM, he’d be toast. newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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Not crazy to say there was a much clearer criminal case against MBS, who ordered the murder of an American newspaper columnist, than there is against Maduro.
BARTIROMO: With all due respect, I think the goal here is to stop the drug and human trafficking into America, and I don't think Saudi Arabia is sending fentanyl into America
RAND PAUL: Well, neither does Venezuela
RAND PAUL: Well, neither does Venezuela
January 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Not crazy to say there was a much clearer criminal case against MBS, who ordered the murder of an American newspaper columnist, than there is against Maduro.
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The list of historic figures who said something like this only to end up facing a jury, mob, firing squad or executioner's blade is quite long and, honestly, pretty illuminating. Miller should read more books.
Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
January 6, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The list of historic figures who said something like this only to end up facing a jury, mob, firing squad or executioner's blade is quite long and, honestly, pretty illuminating. Miller should read more books.
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If the DC press corps devoted 10% as much effort to analyzing Trump's obvious mental issues as they have to sanewashing his babbling I think the last few years would have gone real different.
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
If the DC press corps devoted 10% as much effort to analyzing Trump's obvious mental issues as they have to sanewashing his babbling I think the last few years would have gone real different.
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It's insane to see Trump spout delusional nonsense only to have national news outlets tie themselves in knots imagining what he might have 'meant.'
www.unchartedblue.com/trump-halluc...
www.unchartedblue.com/trump-halluc...
Trump hallucinated U.S. control of Venezuela and apparently we're just not going to worry about that?
(There was no plan, he just likes killing people.)
www.unchartedblue.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
It's insane to see Trump spout delusional nonsense only to have national news outlets tie themselves in knots imagining what he might have 'meant.'
www.unchartedblue.com/trump-halluc...
www.unchartedblue.com/trump-halluc...
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NEW: I haven't forgotten about the Epstein Files. I've filed my response to the government in my ongoing FOIA battle to get the redaction training videos, and I break it down here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/my-pursuit...
My Pursuit of the Epstein Files Training Video Continues
We have filed our response to the DOJ's argument that the Epstein matter isn't of widespread public interest
www.muellershewrote.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:12 AM
NEW: I haven't forgotten about the Epstein Files. I've filed my response to the government in my ongoing FOIA battle to get the redaction training videos, and I break it down here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/my-pursuit...
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infuriating that anyone took the non-interventionist bullshit from this crew seriously
When I said last year that the average American MAGA supporter closely resembles a Russian vatnik in both mindset and ideology, I meant it seriously.
January 5, 2026 at 10:16 PM
infuriating that anyone took the non-interventionist bullshit from this crew seriously
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It would actually astonish me if he ever made a careful, deliberate decision about anything.
But this does mean that it’s wrong to assume that there is A reason why we did what we did. Trump could have his reasons, Rubio could have his, etc., etc.
But this does mean that it’s wrong to assume that there is A reason why we did what we did. Trump could have his reasons, Rubio could have his, etc., etc.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
It would actually astonish me if he ever made a careful, deliberate decision about anything.
But this does mean that it’s wrong to assume that there is A reason why we did what we did. Trump could have his reasons, Rubio could have his, etc., etc.
But this does mean that it’s wrong to assume that there is A reason why we did what we did. Trump could have his reasons, Rubio could have his, etc., etc.
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Like seriously, how do his voters not see him as the wimpiest, whiniest, most pathetic manbaby to ever live.
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 3:35 AM
Like seriously, how do his voters not see him as the wimpiest, whiniest, most pathetic manbaby to ever live.