Peter Bauer

“Washington made a choice. A choice to let the laws turn to rust.”

Here’s former Assistant AG for the U.S. Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter on how Trump’s admin is failing to enforce the antitrust laws on the books. And how we can actually lower costs for Americans.

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

Lucky for those neocon asshats that we have our “over-empathetic” traits to save them from our old Nordic warrior genes going epigenetic on the snowflake fascists. 🧬👀

Gawd, ya know how many sill-uh-bulls are in “Ecuadorian Consulate?” More than some can even count, to be sure.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Yes!

It’s sand in the gears.

Additional good faith ideas always welcome.

Another loss on the world stage for Piggy.

He didn’t just do it to himself, he and his stupidity did it to each and every one of us in the US.

Mary Peltola enters Alaska U.S. Senate race The former congresswoman is challenging incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan. Nationally, Democrats have high hopes that she can flip the seat.

Joyously confirming other sources with GREAT news to start our week:

Mary is running v Sullivan for the 2026 US Senate seat.

alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

It’s not just 3.5% showing up at a one-day rally, but that many engaged in sustained resistance to an authoritarian regime.

Protests are important starting points for citizens to engage in sustained resistance.

See also MTG.

Easy to do. At least during their NASA years, Mark kept a trimmed mustache and Scott stayed clean shaven. (M for Mark’s mustache).

Still, they got called by each other’s name now and again. Did it myself at least once.

That was his brother, Scott.

Sorry that I didn’t see it earlier. There is now a smattering of posting about it now; hope it continues to gain attention.

Legal and flawless is the MAGA party line so that's what Nick3 parrots.

He has zero military experience, is not an attorney, and just finished his freshman year in Congress. His opinion is less than worthless.

Let's send him back to his offshore software company at the end of the year!

2024 Venezuelan presidential election - Wikipedia

Edmundo González, currently in exile in Spain, is the legitimate president-elect of Venezuela. There are 5 years left on his 6 year term of office.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Ve...

At least this post is better than your milquetoast official statement. How about your next public statement on the matter be not just an obvious statement of fact, but one of action?

With 5 yrs remaining of the 6 yr term González won, what do you think…

Could the US salvage some shred of credibility out of this shameful debacle by facilitating the long-delayed formation of an elected Venezuelan administration?
3/3

Found this fresh update on Wikipedia:

After Nicolás Maduro was detained by US forces on 3 Jan 2026, opposition leader María Corina Machado called for González to assume the presidency, to which he responded that he was "ready to rebuild our nation" and that the coming hours would be "decisive”.
2/3

Disappointed that a long scroll of BSky about Dick Tater’s illegal Venezuelan op found only one mention — a quote of Pierre Poilievre, amazingly enough — in support of Edmundo González, the actual winner of the Jul 2024 Venezualan election. Just found this fresh update on Wikipedia: “After Nicolás Maduro was detained by US forces on 3 January 2026, opposition leader María Corina Machado called for González to assume the presidency, to which he responded that he was "ready to rebuild our nation" and that the coming hours would be "decisive”.” With 5 yrs remaining of the 6 yr term González won, what do you think… Could the US salvage some shred of credibility out of this shameful debacle by facilitating the long-delayed formation of an elected Venezuelan administration?

Disappointed that a long scroll of BSky about Dick Tater’s illegal Venezuelan op found only one mention — a quote of Pierre Poilievre, amazingly enough — in support of Edmundo González, the actual winner of the Jul 2024 Venezuelan election.
1/3

Allow this to serve as my periodic reminder to everyone that Congress has the power to stop this but they don’t want to because THIS has been the plan all along.

Undoubtedly, the tRump bone spurs are genetic.

Well said!

This is a far stronger and more direct statement than the milquetoast waffle-words statement issued this morning by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social.

And another thing Rubio has: ZERO military service/experience.

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Just what America needs in harrowing times such as these: an amoral pol wonk Sec of State with a side hustle cosplaying as National Security Advisor.
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Screen shot of Palmer, AK airport METAR (weather observation) at 9:53PM on 28 Dec 2025, showing wind gusts of 75K (86mph).

Ok, enough with the windstorms already!

Agree w all said in the 9+ min clip EXCEPT Mark’s disparagement of officers he doesn’t know.

It is grossly obvious that Kegsbreath is inherently unsuited & unfit for any gov office. He’d be a failure regardless of who is prior mil superiors were so insulting them “in the blind” is just WRONG.

Is the Alaska gasline a pipe dream? Skeptics flag concerns While President Trump has framed the pipeline as a centerpiece to his plans for “unleashing” the country’s energy, there are many questions surrounding the mega project.

Brief but excellent summary in this APM article.

TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to build a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Cook Inlet.

How much renewable energy production and storage infrastructure could be built instead for those billions?

alaskapublic.org/news/2025-12...

Seems that since he entered the vehicle voluntarily but without permission and presumably without a warrant, he can answer for a 4th Amendment violation and a felony menacing with a deadly weapon.

Not a lawyer; what do our attorney friends think of this?

Yup, Noem feels invincible. Now.

Still, I believe that we who will laugh last will laugh loudest.

Thank you for being stand-up honest and making the correction.

That said, regardless of where she was born — who among us got to choose their birth location? — Mai Linh is doing a great job building a campaign that will ensure…

Matt Schultz WILL be Alaska’s next US Congressman!