A check of the #news this morning and I came away with 4 thoughts:

1. The '10 big things in 2025' articles of the last week have all been replaced with '10 predictions for 2026'

2. The major #newsmedia REALLY wants Mamdami to fail in NY; really, really and they'll tell you 10 ways it could maybe possibly happen

3. The orange one is way, way more ill than we've been told – some of those 'predictions for 2026' include his stepping down or dying.

4. Related to (3), no one likes Vance

#uspol

A check of the #news this morning and I came away with 4 thoughts:

1. The '10 big things in 2025' articles of the last week have all been replaced with '10 predictions for 2026'

2. The major #newsmedia REALLY wants Mamdami to fail in NY; really, really and they'll tell you 10 ways it could maybe possibly happen

3. The orange one is way, way more ill than we've been told – some of those 'predictions for 2026' include his stepping down or dying.

4. Related to (3), no one likes Vance

#uspol

"What’s radical is a system which gives so much to so few and denies so many people the basic necessities of life."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/01/politics/zohran-mamdani-speech-progressive-mayor

#USPol #news #NYC #NYCMayor #mamdani #ZohranMamdani #DemocraticSocialism

"The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible"

"It became clear to me that the real goal of the ceasefire was not to stop the violence or death, nor to protect people or limit bloodshed & genocide."

"The real goal was to stop the world from talking about Gaza.. the crimes being committed there.. the daily suffering of people."

"Mass death in Gaza continues."

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/2/the-ceasefire-did-what-it-was-meant-to-do-make-gaza-invisible

#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #FakeCeasefire #press #palestine @palestine .

"The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible"

"It became clear to me that the real goal of the ceasefire was not to stop the violence or death, nor to protect people or limit bloodshed & genocide."

"The real goal was to stop the world from talking about Gaza.. the crimes being committed there.. the daily suffering of people."

"Mass death in Gaza continues."

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/2/the-ceasefire-did-what-it-was-meant-to-do-make-gaza-invisible

#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #FakeCeasefire #press #palestine @palestine .

This paragraph from The Guardian says it clearly. Every article on health care in the US ought to remind people of this.

"Like the US’s disturbingly profound poverty, its over-the-top mortality is not due to some technical shortfall or economic constraint. It is a choice. The United States is not only rich. It is better at inventing newfangled drugs and therapies than probably any other country in the world. What it is terrible at is ensuring that its people, even the poor ones, have access to the basic building blocks of a healthy life – from decent jobs and humdrum amenities like potable water, to access to health insurance."

#USpol #health #medical

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/us-healthcare-system-trump

My new year's resolution is to not post about politics, especially not the politics of countries that I don't even live in.

It's 10PM. This is my longest lasting resolution ever. Time to break it.

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Bloody hell, America. How can healthcare costs go up by over 100% for your poorest people and you're not all rioting on the streets?!

#USpol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98n8lrj7y6o

After 6 hours of watching Jack Smith's testimony, it finally dawned on me what I find so inspiring about him. Of course, it's the truth-telling, the integrity, & the utter brilliance of the man but it's also his calmness, professionalism, & unwillingness to rise to #MAGA's foolish bait, esp. King fool Jim Jordan.

& then I think of Smith's demeanor in relation to the outrageous, puerile, snotty, rude behavior of #Noem, #RFK, #Bondi, #Patel, etc.

He is a hero for our time.

#USPol
#JackSmith

Jack Smith, hero & truth-teller, makes it clear that Trump (and the others), in trying to overturn the election, was trying to overthrow the government. "Overthrowing the government," to my ears, hits even harder than overturning the election. The election is specific in time, 2020. The government goes back -- way back to 1789.

Jack Smith's deposition is required viewing & needs to be done in a public forum. Like all the other special prosecutors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGtlalhdL4c

#USPol
#JackSmith

After 6 hours of watching Jack Smith's testimony, it finally dawned on me what I find so inspiring about him. Of course, it's the truth-telling, the integrity, & the utter brilliance of the man but it's also his calmness, professionalism, & unwillingness to rise to #MAGA's foolish bait, esp. King fool Jim Jordan.

& then I think of Smith's demeanor in relation to the outrageous, puerile, snotty, rude behavior of #Noem, #RFK, #Bondi, #Patel, etc.

He is a hero for our time.

#USPol
#JackSmith

“The story of post-2008 liberalism is one of betrayal, as the ideals forged in the collapse of 2008 proved to just be a passing fad with many in the liberal commentariat who clearly just wanted to return to a 1990s status quo that is one of the most obvious political anomalies in American history.”

https://www.jezebel.com/jon-stewart-is-a-symbol-of-a-crumbling-america

#USPol

“The story of post-2008 liberalism is one of betrayal, as the ideals forged in the collapse of 2008 proved to just be a passing fad with many in the liberal commentariat who clearly just wanted to return to a 1990s status quo that is one of the most obvious political anomalies in American history.”

https://www.jezebel.com/jon-stewart-is-a-symbol-of-a-crumbling-america

#USPol

Jack Smith, hero & truth-teller, makes it clear that Trump (and the others), in trying to overturn the election, was trying to overthrow the government. "Overthrowing the government," to my ears, hits even harder than overturning the election. The election is specific in time, 2020. The government goes back -- way back to 1789.

Jack Smith's deposition is required viewing & needs to be done in a public forum. Like all the other special prosecutors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGtlalhdL4c

#USPol
#JackSmith

Trump takes massive amounts of asprin that makes him bleed really easily. Did a bullet actually hit him?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-finally-admits-hes-wearing-compression-socks-and-makeup-to-hide-how-sick-he-is/

#USPol #News #Trump #MAGA

My new year's resolution is to not post about politics, especially not the politics of countries that I don't even live in.

It's 10PM. This is my longest lasting resolution ever. Time to break it.

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Bloody hell, America. How can healthcare costs go up by over 100% for your poorest people and you're not all rioting on the streets?!

#USpol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98n8lrj7y6o

"NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html

"Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Libraries #NASA #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

lolol if you credulously post/boost john roberts into my feed i might block you (and i really never do that)

#uspol