Steve Ziv

The Strait That Isn’t Closed (Until It Is) Missiles, insurance cancellations, jittery tankers, and oil climbing into the $70s, welcome to the world’s most important chokepoint discovering what “escalation” really costs.

The #StraitofHormuz is “closed.” Except it’s not. Except it kind of is.

Missiles flying, tankers idling, insurers pulling war-risk coverage, oil climbing into the $70s and the real story isn’t the headlines, it’s the plumbing of global trade. #uspolitics #iran
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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

The colbert talerico interview

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Happy Presidents’ Day to the last real president we had. Americans now see he delivered a strong economy, low unemployment, major infrastructure investment, the CHIPS Act, & the 1st Black woman on the SC. He was treated shamefully—his only “crime” was aging. I hope we learn from how good we had it.

Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.

NEW: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.

We are tracking the increase in these cases 👇

CONGRESS:

With the Epstein files release today.....

ICE and the murders and violence in the concentration centers and kidnappings....or human rights violations....

The economy and unaffordability....

The war crimes....

Don't you think it's time for impeachment for the
WHOLE Trump regime?

Tell Congress: Freeze Funding for ICE! Congress has a critical government funding deadline on January 30th. It’s up to them to use it for good—by opposing additional funding for DHS without safeguards that rein in violent and lawless agent...

Congress has a critical government funding deadline on January 30th. It’s up to them to use it for good. Send an email to demand accountability and oppose additional funding for DHS without safeguards that rein in ICE’s violence and lawlessness:

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What's happening with the release of the Epstein files? There's still over a million more that should've been released on 12/19/25.
#BelieveWomen #EpsteinFiles #FDT

Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”

So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?

#ReneenicoleGood Justice for this young woman murdered by ICE/CBP

We stand with Minneapolis. Arrest, investigate, and ICE get the fuck out.

Minneapolis residents and politicians condemn fatal ICE shooting: ‘People are being hurt’ People gathered at the scene of the killing to protest, and city’s mayor demanded that ICE ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’

People yelled at Minneapolis police to arrest the ICE agent who shot the woman in a car.

“What were you taught by your parents?” one woman yelled at the agents.

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It's not simply that this CY guy is so openly bigoted.

It's the instantly recognizable Dunning-Kruger super-confidence of the barroom-savant who's telling you how everything "really" works.

Fascist “philosopher” Curtis Yarvin is one of JD Vance’s key influences.

The first lady and her speech writers DIDNOT Plagiarize -Author CJ Cherryh from the Novel Down Below Station. This quote doesn't appear in this novel at all. I did a word search on the novel and used AI (anthropic's Claude ai) to double check as well.

Nine Former CDC Directors Just Issued a Warning About RFK Jr. Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spanning every administration from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump, just signed a formal warning about the danger Robert F.

Letter from 9 former CDC directors: “What HHS Sec. RFK Jr. has done to the CDC and to our nation’s public health system is unlike anything our country has ever experienced. Congress must exercise its oversight authority over HHS” to protect the welfare of Americans.
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Cheyenne Hunt
@cheyennehunt.bsky.social

2 of Our federal government is only concerned about the oligarchs. State governments starting to go on their own ignoring federal oversight. Nation-states rather than a country.

My concerns are : an administration that will do whatever is necessary to keep him in power, including legislative leadership. An armed military under the administration's direct control in the capital.

Active military are prevented from making political statements. It is a violation of the ucmj, and they would be brought up on charges.

Daily post : 86 47 and the entire administration! They have all demonstrated ineptitude and corruption along with violating their oath of office!

Howdy

Donald Trump promised "law and order" but instead, he pardoned Capitol rioters who bludgeoned police, threatened lawmakers & left 5 people dead. Not what Americans want!

#J6Pardons

I don't understand, 4 years ago we had a sitting president not attend the inauguration of his successor, and not so much as a peep from the right. Mrs Obama, not going is an issue? I didn't realize we have sunk so far as to denigrate dignity, and grace .

I will not be watching, not happy about it. Concerned/scared over what changes will take place that day and forward .

I'm not an isolationist, while his rantings about acquiring other parts of the world, partially is a smoke screen to the domestic moves taking place. Another project 2025 architect is being added to the administration. We have SCOTUS looking into the constitutionality of the ACA. SCARY

Welcome to Blue Sky.

Release the Gaetz report.

Pass it on.