DanEase

A very long and important THREAD -

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/

On the way to a show at CBGB?

Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

My kid stuffs all her shit into the closet and under her bed when we tell her to clean her room. Not so sure it's awesome that the President of the United States is doing the same thing with the economy

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

Huge loss to DC, the tourists who visit, and the Smithsonian because this show is AMAZING www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/a...

8:493 •• LTE @ < •• Social Security Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans.

OASI trust fund goes insolvent a year faster under OBBBA

The Social Security Administration put out a statement celebrating a bill that would lead to faster insolvency of the Social Security Trust Fund

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Purple Heart veteran self-deports to South Korea after ICE threatened detention After 48 years in the U.S. and having taken two bullets for the country, Sae Joon Park left for South Korea

Purple Heart veteran shot in action self-deports after old drug charge resurfaces: ‘Can’t believe this is happening in America’

The idea that we can "easily" overthrow the regime in Iran is a fantasy of people that have never served. Afghanistan is back in the hands of the Taliban after 20 years of slaughter. Iraq still isn't peaceful. Libya is a war zone that's been in civil war since we dropped bombs. History is screaming!

I dream of a future where history holds Skrmetti in the same dustbin as it holds Dred Scott

i’ve never resonated with a video as much as this one

This is unfathomably shameful. How do we even have to debate this? Why would anyone ever again be so foolish as to trust or help the United States if this is how we treat people who risk their lives on our behalf?

The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.

(Via Christopher Hale)

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.

Another dumb gross irony here is Harvey Milk served in the Navy and Donald Trump's Navy secretary didn't www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Wow.

Town hall audience on Republicans’ Medicaid and SNAP cuts: “People are going to die.”

Republican senator smirks: “Well, we all are going to die.”

My middle school kids take the subway to school. And I have no fears at all. My oldest started taking the MTA bus to school at 10.

I don’t know how democracy can function when government officials can go on a news network with HUGE reach and just baldly lie, with no pushback.

To not even mention his cuts and hollowing out of veterans healthcare and other benefits is journalistic malpractice.

It's on the tip of my tongue, but it still eludes me...

Who was the great economic thinker who argued that decisions about what individual companies should produce, in which factory, and where, were choices best made by the government as part of their central plan?

Speaker Pro Tempore: You are to direct your comments to the chair.

Jeffries: You know what's interesting? Every time I come on this floor, I can use sharp language, he can use sharp language, you choose to admonish me. I don't work for you sir. I work for the American people.

Reagan Star Wars 2.0?

ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-...

I think reporting on, writing about and understanding of all this is a totally legitimate undertaking. Biden's decision was, indeed, consequential. But given the context of well...everything, it seems *insane* for anyone to say this is some kind of unresolved political issue Dems must address.

50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law The US government not only denied these men due process; it has generally failed to provide their families, their attorneys, or the public any information about what it alleges these men did to deserv...

You can read the whole thing here. In my wildest dreams, I would never have thought to accuse the Trump administration of planning something like this. This is clearly a crime, and DHS Sec. Noem and others should be impeached for it: www.cato.org/blog/50-vene...

Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse | Margaret Sullivan A new book has fueled controversy over press handling of the ex-president’s decline. But that distracts from a bigger problem

When will this media reckoning come? I’m thinking never. New from me https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/trump-biden-election-media-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Bruce Springsteen just opened his European tour in Manchester with a powerful message about how things are going back home 🔥

This is America.

They don't need a warrant A federal kidnapping in Worcester

A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...