parental-bustard 5 hours ago

Back to the Future ie, paraphrasing Santayana: Those leaders who never learned history incl “Eagle Ed Martin” of the DoJ along with most all MAGATS… Original post:

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Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)

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 t...

parental-bustard 6 hours ago

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MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com)

Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Macha...

parental-bustard 11 hours ago

I would prefer a democratic Venezuela today (as I would have preferred a democratic Germany in the 1930’s and a democratic America post 2025), but the decision rests with the respective people. Original post:

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George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social)

Paging Tulsi Gabbard circa 2019.

parental-bustard 13 hours ago

MAGA supports Trump in wake of Maduro’s capture and extraction and Trump’s demand to “run” Venezuela—just as America supported GWB in his invasion of Iraq to remove (non-existing) weapons of mass destruction. https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/04/politics/trump-venezuela-maga-republicans-support?cid=ios_app

parental-bustard 14 hours ago

If Europeans continue to speak of “rights,” they’re gonna learn a hard lesson that “Might makes Rights”

'We need Greenland': Trump repeats threat to annex Danish territory

The US president has repeatedly said he wants the island to become a part of the US.

parental-bustard 15 hours ago

Rubio says U.S. will deny access to Venezuelan oil by any adversary of the U.S. Does the list of U.S. adversaries also include Venezuela?

Fortune

Rubio says the U.S. doesn't need Venezuelan oil but seeks to deny adversaries control over it—and doesn't rule out occupying the country | Fortune

"What we're not going to allow is for the oil industry in Venezuela to be controlled by adversaries of the United States."

parental-bustard 15 hours ago

America is now gonna “run the country [Venezuela],” so Trump should first order the Venezuelan armed forces to stand down and disarm.

parental-bustard yesterday

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Street Art Utopia (@streetartutopia@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image Favorit from No Kings What a start of 2026...

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Original post:

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Street Art Utopia (@streetartutopia@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image Favorit from No Kings What a start of 2026...

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Mr.Mark "The Sharpie King" (@markmetz@sfba.social)

Attached: 1 image Pffttpt !!!! I almost spit out my coffee..

parental-bustard yesterday

Has she turned a leaf? Original post:

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Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social)

“Why is it ok for America to militarily invade, bomb, and arrest a foreign leader but Russia is evil for invading Ukraine and China is bad for ag...

parental-bustard yesterday

Trump always telegraphs what he would like to do…in this instance Trump accomplished his desire 13 years after this post. Original post:

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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (@georgetakei@universeodon.com)

Attached: 1 image There’s always a tweet.

parental-bustard yesterday

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Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social)

ICE is attempting to deport another US citizen, this time a wheelchair-bound daughter of a Navy veteran.

parental-bustard yesterday

Trump’s AGENDA is now obvious…and he is a man of his word. Trump said long ago his intent that he has now started. 1. Establish a new American (Trumpian) Empire. Venezuela is Trump’s first colony. Greenland will be an Trump’s territory. 2. Absorb Canada as America’s 51st State.

parental-bustard yesterday

Maduro will be held in a federal facility in NYC, prob the MCC the same jail as EPSTEIN… I wonder if Maduro has a record of suicide attempts.

parental-bustard yesterday

Time will QUICKLY tell us whether Trump’s Maduros escapade is a successful Noriega2 or a tangled Santa Ana affair that leads to a prolonged conflict.

Who's in charge of Venezuela and what happens next?

Donald Trump says the US will "run" Venezuela until a "safe" transition after capturing its president and first lady.

parental-bustard yesterday

Time will

Who's in charge of Venezuela and what happens next?

Donald Trump says the US will "run" Venezuela until a "safe" transition after capturing its president and first lady.

parental-bustard yesterday

1/2 Commentators are comparing Maduros’s capture to the raid on Bin Laden. And to America’s capture of Noriega. Another comparison, perhaps a better one, is Houston’s capture of Santa Ana.

AP News

US plans to 'run' Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro

President Donald Trump says the United States will run Venezuela at least temporarily after an audacious military operation plucked leader Nicolás...

parental-bustard yesterday

1/2 Commentators are comparing Maduros’s capture to the raid on Bin Laden. And to America’s capture of Noriega. Another comparison, perhaps a better one, is Houston’s capture of Santa Ana.

AP News

US plans to 'run' Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro

President Donald Trump says the United States will run Venezuela at least temporarily after an audacious military operation plucked leader Nicolás...

parental-bustard 6 days ago

Settin up another People’s Temple in rural TN. Ya gotta Believe and Drink the juice.

The fight over Christian nationalism in a small Tennessee town

A controversy kicked off after two religious podcasters moved into an Appalachian hill town deep in the Bible Belt.