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@smokygirl2006's avatar

I have been disgusted with all of this since I first heard that the US bombed a sovereign nation and to top it off kidnapped that country’s leader. This is gangsterism and barbarism on steroids. I have an in-law who I’m quite sure thinks this is just wonderful and thinks Trump has made her safer. Sickening! Trump is reminding me more and more of the mustache man from WW2.

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David Korabell's avatar

Yes, I do believe the Trump playbook is very much like that of his hero from the 1930s and 40s.

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Antonio Brownlowe's avatar

Maybe even worse

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Davina's avatar

He keeps the book on hus bedside table. Wonder if it's been there so long because of his inability as a reader?

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Carolyn L Zaremba's avatar

Maybe Melania reads it to him every night as a bedtime story.

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Bob's avatar

As if that woman is anywhere near him if she doesn't have to appear before a camera.

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Davina's avatar

Before she slinks off to her own room?

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@smokygirl2006's avatar

🤣😂

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Occam's avatar

100%

Witness all those reciting all the administration talking points nonstop.

They lied about Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Ukraine, covid, China, etc.

But THIS time, they're not lying.

Uggghhh.

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A C Molino's avatar

Yes. I unsubscribe from people celebrating regime-change ops in Venezuela. I think, if you’re going to fall for the old ‘boogeyman’ propaganda by the imperialist oligarchs, then you are not someone to be trusted for good judgement on anything.

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Occam's avatar

No kidding. Not like any of these ops ever turn out well for the citizenry.

Mystifying (and disappointing) to see so many believe that THIS TIME, they're not lying to us.

That said, if VZ was in fact a hub for election interference, then there may well be reasons that they can't make public. I'll reserve judgement for now.

Great comment.

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Aamir Razak's avatar

Well said, it was a blatant, imperialist forced regime change that violates international law and led to the kidnapping of a sovereign nations leader, thuggishness in the extreme. I am sorry, but I think your in-law is way off base, if anything this makes the country less safer. I can see the parallels between the two certainly, and the occupiers seem to have learned from that mustached man also.

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@smokygirl2006's avatar

Don’t be sorry. I agree with you. Of course, she watches Fox News on her phone quite a bit if that’s any clue. 🤣😂

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Aamir Razak's avatar

Ah thank you, that explains quite a bit haha

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robert's avatar

smokeygirl, why dont you educate your in law?

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@smokygirl2006's avatar

We are no longer speaking to each other. Long story and she wouldn’t listen to me about this any way. She got upset when I spoke up for the Palestinians back in 2023. Like I said, Fox News.

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Feral Finster's avatar

So what does anyone propose to do about it?

Anyway, you can bet your last euro that the jackals on the Continent are whispering in Trump’s ear now about how Russia would be a pushover.

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jamenta's avatar
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Larry Johnson today suggesting the reason why DC and the deep state going hard now on Venezuela is because Trump gave the green light to Netanyahu for an attack on Iran. Iran has promised to hit back harder if attacked again, which likely means the Strait of Hormuz will be shutdown. So - US needs another source of oil. Connect the dots.

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Luke's avatar

Interesting connection if true. “Don’t worry about oil from the ME, we just happened to come into some in S America.”

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jamenta's avatar
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Yeah, I thought it was interesting too. It makes sense though.

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Landru's avatar

Not really, but it doesn't have to for the oil energy trader crowd. Iran launches one missile into Saudi pumping facilities and the world stops. I assume the Saudi, Yemen meetings has something to do with the magic show as well.

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wrknight's avatar

If Trump really gave Bibi the green light and Bibi goes for it, rest assured, we'll be in the middle of it within the week. The Iranians won't go down easy. One may think that many Iranians hate the Ayatollahs, but they hate Israelis a lot more than they hate the Ayatollahs. (And they hate the U.S. almost as much as they hate Israelis - and with good reason.)

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blackbird's avatar

Iran is one of BRICS countries and has signed military agreement with Russia just recently.

Wouldn't that be a "perfect reason" to launch the war that feeds the rascals ?

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Aamir Razak's avatar

That's just what the world and country need, another war. I hope cooler heads prevail and this doesn't escalate into another global conflict. Well said though about Iran, they are no pushovers and agreed about them despising the genocidal occupiers

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Feral Finster's avatar

Don't kid yourself. Remember the breathless alt-media fantasies about Russian troops, submarines and oreshniks.

All fantasy.

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jamenta's avatar
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Well, already 3 days into 2026 - and the maniacs in the white house have literally kidnapped a leader of a sovereign country. What more could go wrong?

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Feral Finster's avatar

Far as they are concerned, everything is going swimmingly.

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Susan T's avatar

Don't worry, they will come up with something. Not all leaders of all countries are condemning this. They are mostly "waiting to see".

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jamenta's avatar

True. Who cares about International Law these days? Why even have it at all?

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

Hasn't the genocide in Gaza proven just how ineffectual International Law is?

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Feral Finster's avatar

Law is meaningless. Enforcement is the only thing that matters.

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Indu Abeysekara's avatar

jamenta, I am as angry as you, very angry.

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wrknight's avatar

What international law?

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Patrick Powers's avatar

It has indeed been proven to be empty, a charade. I no longer bother to refer to it. While not dead it surely is in a deep coma.

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Karen Hart's avatar

It's not like the US hasn't done it before.

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Eddie's avatar

It seems to be every presidency the US does this. There hasn't been a regime change or a war the US has not liked.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

True, but the rhetoric has changed, and the underlying narrative has collapsed for a large number of those who were formerly onboard the "freedom train."

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Jennifer Akdemir's avatar

Everything, I fear.

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Making Sense of the Madness's avatar

Idk, I don’t doubt they’d attack them. Winning isn’t always the point. What’s the last straight up war the U.S. has won? Couldn’t even beat Vietnam.

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Susan T's avatar

Maybe they haven't won any wars, but they have murdered millions and destroyed all kinds of infrastructure. Guess that makes them feel good.

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Making Sense of the Madness's avatar

Yeah, they’re psychopaths. It’s what they do

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Indu Abeysekara's avatar

Yes! Susan T, It's enough for them to destabilise, create so called civil wars, send in the death squads, stand back and enjoy the spoils.

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Feral Finster's avatar

The US got what it wanted out of its wars. Yemen is sitting idly by as the genocide continues.

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

Israel, the Jew run MIC, and the bankers get what they want out of the wars. The wars aren’t being fought to win, they are for money laundering and blood sacrifice.

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Making Sense of the Madness's avatar

Well, Yemen: the Saudi side or Ansarallah? There’s not much they could, and the Saudis are in bed with the globalist west…. It’s in the peasantry to fight back, and if that was going to happen, it would have already done. So….. idk… my prognosis is a dim one…

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Feral Finster's avatar

Nobody in Yemen is so much as raising a finger against Israel.

Hezbollah were foolish to have stood by when Hamas attacked. Fat lot of good it did.

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Spunty's avatar

Or Korea, or the Taliban.

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blackbird's avatar

US got Maduro, but lost Venez. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweyt_AD11c

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wrknight's avatar

I also remember Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and about 20 other "missions accomplished", none of which could hold a candle to Russia in terms of size, industrial capacity, GDP, population, nuclear weapons, etc.

Yes, we could destroy Russia, and for that matter, all life on earth. But it would be pointless because death by radiation poisoning is not pleasant. Just ask any survivors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki or Chernobyl (if you can find any).

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Feral Finster's avatar

The US got what it wanted out of those wars as well.

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wrknight's avatar

Really??? We really wanted 50,000 dead in Vietnam? Not to mention rampant inflation, civil unrest and the rest of the bullshit.

When you say the U.S. got what it wants, you are not speaking for me.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Nobody cares what you or I think or want.

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

The bankers win every war, the military industrial complex wins every war, and the death toll is blood sacrifice for their cabal. They don’t care one iota about dead proletariat, they in fact want it to happen.

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Helga Fellay's avatar

Re: "Trump gave the green light to Netanyahu for an attack on Iran." I don't think so. The Yahu doesn't need Trump's permission to do what he wants to do. It's the other way around. Israel controls the US. The US does not control Israel. Take my word for it.

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Landru's avatar

Sorry, it would take years, and years of rebuilding Venezuela to cover the flow of oil from the gulf, unless this is just a show for Wall Street traders thinking the war on Iran will only take a few weeks. The world is a magic show now not much is real. So why not.

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jamenta's avatar

That thought occurred to me too. But all this geopolitical maneuvering may be some kind of nefarious longterm planning by the West. Although if the fools start bombing Iran again - what a bloody Pandora's Box that will be for the world.

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Brittle Consent's avatar

@alonmizrahi made this important connection as early as October. None of the US imperialism today is free from Zionist interests. It may well be the primary driver. Israel has colonized everything. Even the colonizers.

https://x.com/alon_mizrahi/status/1977035250778710416?s=20

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blackbird's avatar

Why Donald is so open about Venez.'s oil grab ?

" Trump gave the green light to Netanyahu .... " . What about vice versa , and the "green light" was given to Trump ? - https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2026/01/targeting-maduro-u-s-and-israeli-strategic-interests/

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jamenta's avatar

I admit, it's hard to know who's dogging who.

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pstokk's avatar

You're aware that the Chevron already extracts and exports considerable Venezuelan oll to the US? That the reason more isn't exported to the US is US sanctions, not any Venezuelan policy? Also, the US does not buy any Iranian oil, it goes mostly to China. Also, there is no shortage of oil in the world, and there are multiple sources.

If you want to be an effective opponent of US imperialism, the first thing you need to do is educate yourself about how the world works, including things like energy. Judging by your comment, you are not effective.

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Landru's avatar

Yes I am, Chevron has been throughout Central and South America for decades and decades, and they do not ship considerable barrels of crude 120k a day. Sorry nothing.

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jamenta's avatar
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Actually - I did not think of the connection except I've been following Larry Johnson now for some time - starting with the Judge Napolitano show, although Larry now can be found on a number of Indie news sources - but never on the corporate MSM - CIA led bullshit Americans are subjected to daily. I find Larry's insight into all the current political machinations going on usually on target - along with his remarkable and extensive wardrobe of Hawaiian shirts.

20% of global oil supply along with other economic supplies travel through the Hormez strait. It is a worldwide economic chokepoint. If the strait were shutdown, which the Iranians are threatening - it would cause a major economic crisis for the world. Judging by your comment here, you are to stupid to understand said consequences.

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

And the CIA jackals are waving millions under the noses of Iranian dissidents.

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Feral Finster's avatar

It works.

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Luke's avatar

Worked over here in the US summer of 2020. The ZioBankers and their hand selected Intel henchmen can be quite effective.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Well, the Trucker Protests are most instructive. Try living without a bank account in Canada.

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

Probably. World runs on money.

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Susan T's avatar

some parts of the world run on money. for a lot of us, there is not much money and the world is not running all that well at all.

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

Many of the Iranian dissidents are Jews posing as Iranians. They’ve had schooling to blend in as an Iranian from their youth.

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Francesca Heather-Hayes's avatar

There are Iranian Jews though who live in Iran. I take it these Jews who’ve been training to fit in are Israeli and/ or US Jews?

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

The Iranian Jews are supposedly anti Zionist. I’m talking more about ones that are Israeli.

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Darren G Whitney's avatar

Everyone's a pushover. "Nobody can stop us." That's directed at the whole table.

Three more years of this, and then whoever the fuck is next. Hedges predicted a competent Trump...

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Feral Finster's avatar

My response to Hedges is the same, then as now.

Trump is simply the empire dropping any remaining pretense that it is anything other than an empire.

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jamenta's avatar
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Trump is the Mussolini of the United States. A narcissistic braggadocio, incompetent swindler and pathological liar.

But who comes after this Mussolini: that's who you really need to fear.

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Nick Douglas's avatar

There will be no US after Trump. Not in the current shape and form.

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Jim's avatar

Once the AI surveillance state and CBDC is locked down it is truly over. The digital prison will enslave all of humanity.

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jamenta's avatar

Man, suddenly I need a drink.

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

It’s already later than anyone knows. It’s why they’ve become so brazen, they don’t fear anything.

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@smokygirl2006's avatar

And once I actually thought the future world could be like what I grew up watching in the 70s, “Star Trek”. You know, only peaceful exploration of other worlds, only military use for defense and most of the world’s people at peace with one another having evolved away from fighting in these stupid wars. Boy did I get it wrong. Seems to me it may be more like “Star Wars” instead of “Star Trek”.😢😞🙁

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martin's avatar

is the vanguard-party already in place?

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Literally Mussolini's avatar

Yes, the "return to normalcy" in 2029 is something to fear, although it's hard to give any attention to it given the steady stream of Trump abominations occupying us these days.

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jamenta's avatar
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The Gaza abominations started under creepy Uncle Joe Biden. Trump is a symptom of the disease, but not the disease. The disease is what's killing us.

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Jet Taylor's avatar

Same proposal as any other time; start building the community mechanics to reject the power of the State. The State is as much a vehicle for oppression as it is a manifestation of megalomaniacal tendencies. Why do you think so many freakazoids call the shots ??

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Luke's avatar

Been reading commentary from former military guys. Seems to be a consensus amongst them. Saying no way could those helicopters just sail in like that. Looks like top military officials must have been in cahoots.

Maybe even Maduro was in agreement with it as well. He knows he gets to go to NY for trial. Meanwhile the Trump Admin now owns the future of VZ. Lots of guerrilla in VZ and along its borders. All I’m saying is it could be a trap?

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N. Obody's avatar

Maduro definitly was NOT on it, see what happened to Saddam or Gadaffi. The US has no word, Maduro could have easily been snuffed out. Also see how we never saw or heard Assad again after he was supposedly "secured" by Russia.

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Luke's avatar

Just saw this vid from his VP Delcy. Some have accused her of being in on it. She doesn’t sound like it here. Regardless someone high level was because VZ has far too many AD systems for slow flying helicopters to not get scorched. Especially when you have months to prepare.

Anyhow this vid Is what I mean. Perhaps the actual resistance has not started yet. Might be part Of a larger operation. Time will tell. Notice how she throws Zionists in there lol.

https://x.com/shadowofezra/status/2007537259453788466?s=46

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Luke's avatar

Just read this from Simplicius. It begs the question too “Was Maduro in on it?” Hard to tell really but not without possibility. This does a good job separating things out but still so much unknown.

Ps…might be paywalled but it’s worth it

https://open.substack.com/pub/simplicius76/p/trumps-golden-hour-historically-flawless?r=nvvvu&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

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Tom's avatar

Thanks. I resubscribed to STT because it is in fact paywalled, but good summary from him as always.

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

This was an excellent article you linked. 👍

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Ellen In NC's avatar

Oil is killing us anywsy and the US Empire warmongering adds to it

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Davina's avatar

Oil products polute the world's atmosphere, so much for climate change. People who live by the greed for wealth don't care that tge climate is getting worse instead of better - they think they'll be dead before it gets very bad, the don't stop to think how bad it is now, and how much worse it will be as the start on oil fields so that fat company directors and owners can keep making more and more money. Money that is no good to them when they die from diseases caused by the pollution they are responsible for.

You can bet Drumpf has made a deal for himself that will bring in millions. That's how much he cares about Americans, who will suffer from the pollution as much if not more that other countries, because of their use of oil products and their need to have big cars that use it up fast. Which means he is in competition with clean energy companies, and setting pollution in place of clean energy that do not cost a thing like as much as oil products. They did the same with Iraq.

The only change is: for once the US has not got any democratic countries signed up before they started a war with another country. Whatever you may think this is a war, you do not try to

steal another countries wealth - that they prefer to have remain in the ground, and expect them to roll over and accept it. Only Drumpf and his thugs would even think it was a good idea. Using the hemisphere as part of their reasoning that no one will bother them, stinks to high heaven and is an insult to intelligence, which proves there is very little intelligence about this action.

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Luke's avatar

I say this respectfully, the left was used over climate change. All of the loudest voices (Bill Gates) over the years have completely gone silent. No 1 priority now is building data centers for their precious AI. The bottleneck to AI is our electric grid and new coal plants, nuclear power, and natural gas have been ordered to be built at record paces. We are losing badly to China in the AI power race.

I think the goal is to discover AGI. I have watched multiple videos warning about what it will do in the wrong hands. I am now convinced these videos of people like Mo Gawdat former Google Exec are more a less a warning.

The warning is this: We cannot let the ZioBankers get their hands on AGI first. Look at the massive push ever since Trump took office. It’s all hands on deck as I believe it’s akin to the discovery of the Holy Grail. At least that’s what some of them are thinking. Personally I don’t know enough about it.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Gary Marcus has an informative Substack that has a focus on AI, especially LLMs, and, although he is a true believer in the 'benefits' supposed to exist therein, and that AGI really is a thing, he is also a very articulate critic of the current over-hyped BS.

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Luke's avatar

Very interesting will check that out—TY

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

Maduro is thought to be a crypto Jew in some circles. His paternal grandparents were Sephardic Jews.

Israel now has strongholds in over half of South America. They’ve taken Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru and Ecuador. Some also say Mexico, though it’s North America.

The Andinia Plan is coming to fruition in Argentina and Chile. Look it up.

It would be a lot of theater if this was the game all along, because they’ve been trying to overthrow Maduro since trumps first presidency.

I wouldn’t put anything past the psychopaths, this may very well be long term political theater. "We write the screenplay, we're the directors, we're the producers, we're the main actors, and the world is our stage".

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Sam.'s avatar

When you're reaching this hard to try to prove that everyone you dislike is Jewish, to the point of obvious internal contradiction (If the US is "controlled" by Jews, and Maduro is a "crypto Jew," what's the point of the coup?), maybe you should take a step back. There's a reason they call antisemitism "the socialism of fools."

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

Everyone is entitled to free thinking. Sometimes political theater is more than you think. Continue reading and maybe you’ll understand. Accusing people of antisemitism is utterly pathetic.

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Sam.'s avatar

"Technically, I'm allowed to believe whatever I want" doesn't make the argument any more coherent.

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Making Sense of the Madness's avatar

Something along those lines for sure

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martin's avatar

hurry - think - read the theory.

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John Visher's avatar

Trump isn’t touching Russia. Putin works with Trump. Israel is going down

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Alan's avatar

I wish

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N. Obody's avatar

Israel is going "up". Netanyahu is actually the one completing the triangle of USA and Russia, the one sitting in the middle of it. In fact, he has describes this operation as being about "Hezbollah".

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Nick Douglas's avatar

In fact Putin and Lavrov coordinate closely with israel/Netenyahoo while backstabbing allies (such as Iran, Venezuela, etc.) and billions of humans who had hopes of multipolar and more just world. China even worse.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

How is China even worse?

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CK's avatar

Force Congress to do its proper job.

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Landru's avatar

They are doing as they intend. CONgress.

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wrknight's avatar

It won't be Russia. Iran is the next target.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Iran (or Cuba) may be next, but you can rest assured that Russia is on the menu.

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wrknight's avatar
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Iran. Iran has lots of oil. Together with Israel, we could take Iran (at least for a while like we did Iraq).

Cuba doesn't have anything to offer except sugar, bananas and cigars and there's a lot more money to be made from oil.

Not Russia. Too many problems. 1) We could never take Russia. The French tried it twice, the Germans tried it twice, the British tried it twice and the U.S. tried it once - all disastrous. 2) It's too damned big (think 11 time zones), the weather sucks, supply lines are vulnerable and they have too many nukes. 3) Russia has been invaded too many times and they have lots of experience in defending their motherland.

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Feral Finster's avatar

The world is already awash in cheap hydrocarbons.

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wrknight's avatar
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With oil, there's never too much.

If you don't believe me, just ask Trump.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Oil you can't sell or use is a cost center. Now, I am sure that "oil" is how it was sold to Trump.

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Landru's avatar

57$ a barrel is upside down on energy return on investment. As the fracking fields in the u.s. die, new drilling has stopped.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Yeah, that's cheap hydrocarbons...

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

I think Russia is controlled by the same cabal, that controls the US. Ukraine is where they launder money and have their blood sacrifice. Venezuela looks to be political theater, where Russia gives over Venezuela to the US and Russia gets Ukraine. This was what they decided when Putin visited Trump.

This explains why Maduro was taken without any sort of fight and why Zelensky has never been killed. I believe it’s Iran, then probably China on the casualty list, though i could be totally wrong.

By the way, every one of those countries leaders have been photographed wearing that small fucking hat.

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

Everyone is entitled to free thinking. Sometimes political theater is more than you think. Continue reading and maybe you’ll understand. Anyone complaining of antisemitism is someone with an agenda.

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Literally Mussolini's avatar

Any suggestions?

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Feral Finster's avatar

If I had any, I would have given them long ago.

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Literally Mussolini's avatar

Thanks for confirming how I have been interpreting this frequently asked question of yours.

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SmartLass's avatar

I doubt it. Trump is breaking the globalist hold that the British Empire has exerted all over the globe with their “central banks”, WEF, WHO, BCCI, etc, and teaming up with Russia against them would be the smart move. Trump isn’t fighting the “left” as much as he is fighting globalists which are the bulk of both parties allegiance in America at the moment. Sadly…

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Feral Finster's avatar

Lol, and then Superman came to save the good little boys and girls.....

Your capacity for self-delusion is something.

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Tom's avatar

Gawd you're fucking dumb.

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Texas Strikes Back's avatar

How could you possibly come to a conclusion like this?

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Landru's avatar

Wow, that is some kind of fiction. Not very believable though.

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Franz Kafka's avatar

At least one of the jackals is here. You.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Hilarious. Apparently your response is to shoot the messenger.

Anyway, if you wish to persist in living in a fantasy world, far be it from.me to stop you.

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Franz Kafka's avatar

‘Pride goeth before a fall’. You are, at best, a massager.

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Feral Finster's avatar

OK, so you again demonstrate that you have nothing substantive to say.

.I guess it is easier for you to sling stupid insults than face unpleasant facts.

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Franz Kafka's avatar

While you are certainly unpleasant, you are, fortunately, not a ‘fact’.

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Feral Finster's avatar

You prove my point. You sling stupid insults, as it is easier for you than to face unpleasant facts.

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Tom's avatar

Your comments certainly *are* Kafkaesque.

Don't hate the playa, hate the game (i.e., the truth).

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David Korabell's avatar

At least this is nothing like 1930's Germany.

1. Hitler was democratically elected then began removing power from the parliament and the courts.

2. Developed a cult-like following.

2. Created a para-military to intimidate and capture citizens

3. Created a series of detention camps to imprison undesirables and enemies of the state

4. Took control of other countries to rule as extension of his own empire

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Well, at least Trump doesn't have the silly mustache.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Trump does not have a stupid mustache. Trump has a stupid hairstyle and a bad fake tan.

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David Korabell's avatar

And he doesn't like dogs, and he's not a vegetarian.

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jamenta's avatar
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Yeah the problem Trump has - he's nowhere as popular as Hitler was when he came to power. He's trying to do the Hitler thing, without the popularity. Will he succeed?

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Kevin Flynn's avatar

If only there was some kind of an 'elected opposition party' that could actually stop or counteract this madness... I'll help storm the castle right behind Booker and Schumer.

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jamenta's avatar
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What I see is a rerun of the Hilly era - all the opportunists in the Democratic party coming out with their usual rallying cries of we're for reformed healthcare, tax the rich, less war! And Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump is so EVIL (and they are right about that). And they will win again - likely by a landslide this time. The Republicans will be swept away because of Trump.

But will the Democrats deliver? Will they suddenly respond to the American people with all their amazing election promises?

I wouldn't hold your breath to long.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

"tax the rich, less war!" ? I don't hear that. I do recall a beaming Kamala expressing her joy that the USA had "the most lethal fighting force in the world." I was deeply repulsed, and believe that with the Ds in power things wouldn't be that much different.

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I've been hearing more of it from certain democrats - many of them who stabbed Progressives in the back awhile ago. But Americans typically have a memory that lasts for about 3 nanoseconds. Trump is making Democrats look like heroes yet again.

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Landru's avatar

Elections, interesting.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

What do you mean? The Uniparty always delivers.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

I dunno, I think it is about equal popularity as Mustachio Man. Hitler's party only got a plurality, not a majority.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

And he never tried to go to art school.

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David Korabell's avatar

LOL. He did attempt some art for his friend Jeffrey.

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Landru's avatar

That would be a funny, frightening addition to history. Genocide Don revives a tradition. The u.s. media would cheer it, maybe NutAnYahoo would wear one as well.

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Feral Finster's avatar

I guess that's one way to get humans to stop talking about Epstein.

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jamenta's avatar

Who is Epstein?

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gypsy33's avatar

Feral, or Gaza.

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Eddie's avatar

The Trump Administration sees the entire world like Gaza.

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SW's avatar

“No one can stop us.” Truer words were never spoken. No one or nation can stop the Zionists or the US from riding roughshod over any country that doesn’t have nuclear weapons. A sad observation on what it takes to keep bullies at bay.

At their 5th meeting a few days ago, the two Head Bullies made it clear Iran is next on the menu — they have oil too and BiBi doesn’t want them to exist so their death warrant has been signed. I’m sad about what’s happening too. We’ve been given paradise and turned it into rubble in Gaza, enormous hills of trash in India and a floating garbage dump bigger than Texas in the Pacific.

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The U.S. Department of “Justice” has announced that Maduro and his wife will be charged with and tried in U.S. federal court for trafficking cocaine into the U.S. .No doubt the administration will find opportunists inside Venezuela willing to provide “evidence” in support of these allegations. My fantasy is that some excellent U.S. criminal lawyers will step forward and offer to defend the couple against what appears on its face to be a fabricated charge. And much of the evidence is already out there in plain sight, given Trump’s propensity to brag about his illegal actions. But the days of the dissident lawyers are over in the U.S. Any lawyer who stepped forward would probably face censure at the least and death threats at the worst. And any juror who reads the NYT will have already been tainted by propaganda. As commenters have pointed out elsewhere, the paper referred to the couple’s kidnapping as a “capture,” as if the two were fugitives from U.S. justice.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

So Trump's done a Regime change operation on Venezuela. What's next? Iran? Greenland? Columbia? Mexico? Canada?

This will never stop unless Trump is REMOVED from power. For things to start getting better, this would be a 'first step'.

There's a really good book that I would recommend everyone read - "Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War" by Lindsey A. O'Rourke (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63211557-covert-regime-change) that details OVER 65 regime change operations conducted by the U.S. Empire in the last 100 years. In Venezuela's case, it wasn't covert. It was ADVERTISED months and years in advance.

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Spunty's avatar

The political, economic and military interference in other countries' affairs started long before Trump and will continue unabated for long after he's under the sod. It's the whole circus, not just the monkey.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

But of course U.S. Imperialism was there before Trump and will be there after Trump. That's NOT the point of my comment. If you study U.S. Foreign Policy and U.S. regime change operations, the methods, magnitude, velocity, and style of these under Trump is radically different (and out in the open) as compared to 'the rest of U.S./World history' - and this makes a DIFFERENCE. It explicitly ushers-in a new period of lawlessness and power posterizing that is globally DE-stabilizing from everything that preceeded it after WW2. The EXPLICIT annulment, because of Trump's actions, of Global Institutions created after WW2 is something that will have far-reaching consequences - not just for the U.S. but globally.

Trump has basically advertized that 'a nation powerful enough is allowed to do WHATEVER it wants' in its hemisphere for whatever reason. This applies to powers in other regions too - like Russia in Europe and China in Asia and Israel in the Middle-East. The days of diplomacy and detente are over. There is a RAWNESS that is UNSETTLING beyond similar actions carried out in the past by other U.S. administrations.

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Jim's avatar

Jeffrey Sachs is constantly recommending that book. I’m picking it up.

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Carolyn's avatar

Canada would be good

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Patricia Blair's avatar

A protest at 4 PM today at my State Capitol today calling for the removal of Fascist Trump!

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Methinks a protest will not be enough. Force (i.e. violence) might be required. People like Trump don't go quietly into the night...

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TomR's avatar

Trump is a malignant narcissist obsessed with self-enrichment, where everything is a future real estate deal for his crime family. Surrounded by sycophants and power-hungry psychopaths waiting their own time in the big chair, I fear in 2026 we will see, at a minimum, war in Iran; takeover of the Panama Canal; and seizure of Greenland.

And if the voters appear to disagree, for good measure, his DOJ and the Supremes will find a way to cancel the 2026 midterm elections.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

I fear you may be right on your predictions...😡😬

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Amos's avatar

Seizure of Greenland is fairy tales mate. That one would completely rupture the American world order.

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TomR's avatar

I really hope you're right.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

CJ>>"But I am still getting Trump supporters prattling on about drugs and terrorism and democracy in my social media replies defending my criticisms of his monstrous act of war."

Caitlin, it is a CULT - the 'cult of Trump'. Trumpsters are incorrigible. They will defend Trump even if he nukes most of the planet and 90% of the population on it. These 'Trump supporters' suffer from the same 'psychological problems' that we see people suffering from that are in other 'such cults' throughout history. It's a sickness.

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Antonio Brownlowe's avatar

Wherever there is problems in this World Israel will always be lurking in the Shadows, you can bet your life on that

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Nope, sorry! The world is MORE complex than your 'simplicity reducing' answer of 'Israel' to everything. Venezuela has been in the works for decades!

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Antonio Brownlowe's avatar

I still say I believe the US/ISRAEL is going to destroy us all because they are the only two states that International laws and man made laws, don't apply to and can and have been able to do whatever they want without any consequences. ZERO consequences.

There is no one there to stop them because they feel like two INVINCIBLE KINGS of the World

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

>>" still say I believe the US/ISRAEL is going to destroy us all..."

Oh, I definitely agree with you 100% on that! But that doesn't mean Israel is behind everything. For instance, the Monroe Doctrine was in existence since 1823 (well before the birth of Israel or official Zionism). The U.S. has ALWAYS been an imperialist nation. And the U.S. Empire will always need more OIL (regardless of the existence of Israel).

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Well said, Caitlin.

This spoke to me: "The US empire always lies, the mass media always facilitate its lies, and the global south continues to be ransacked by the murderous abusers who run things."

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paul's avatar

Let's not forget about Israel's role in this.

See James Li's "The REAL Reason We Just Invaded Venezuela (It’s Not Drugs)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYK-pNWVWjI

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Criminals have no respect for law, especially if there is no consequence for their actions. The less regulations, the less laws there are, the more they can plunder, exploit and murder at will. That's pretty much all of it in a nutshell.

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Marten's avatar

Hear ya, there is no respect among Liars !!!!

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I thought there was honor among thieves!!?

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Darren G Whitney's avatar

You spelled blackmail wrong.

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jamenta's avatar

0.0

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SafePlace's avatar

The sadness today is incredible. That we feel helpless in the horrors of our government. Doesn’t bode well for the new year 🤯🤯🤯

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Feral Finster's avatar

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

Habbakuk 1:4-5

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

"the Babylonians,

that ruthless and impetuous people,

who sweep across the whole earth

to seize dwellings not their own.

7 They are a feared and dreaded people;

they are a law to themselves

and promote their own honor."

Habbakuk 1:6-7

This could have been written today, with different names.

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Brianna Amore's avatar

War is peace

Ignorance is strength

Freedom is slavery

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Dan Drazenovich's avatar

The Orwellian dystopian world

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

Life in 2026.

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jamenta's avatar

It's only been 3 days! 3 DAYS !!!

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Davina's avatar

Drumpf, and his partners in crime, know he hasn't much time and everything us done at a rush. He must be kicked out and in prison fast.

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Yeah - I don't think he'll last past 2026. Either his failing health will finish him, or his numerous, gross crimes will catch up with him, especially now that his popularity has dipped into the low 30s - and MAGA is collapsing with significant in-fighting. Without his political power base (popularity and MAGA) - he's not going to last much longer.

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Davina's avatar

Better for the world and America if he's gone however it happens.

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Eddie's avatar

It's been far too long already.

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denmla's avatar

...and again...During a war, news should be given out for instruction rather than information.

Joseph Goebbels

100% right...Man is and remains an animal.Here a beast of prey, there a housepet, but always an animal.

Joseph Goebbels

..it is hard to bet this, with any comments!.......

hmm, fact!: communism, fascism, nazism concentration camps and all other "humane" torture, comes from so called "western civilization" I won't mention the inquisition ... I'll stop here...

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