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Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time | The Ellison’s Have Promised Trump They Will Revamp CNN to Trump’s Liking | Australia’s Social Media Ban and How the “Tech Left” Can Mobilize Against Techno-Utopianism

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Trump Says Maduro’s Days Are Numbered as War Against Venezuela Could Break Out at Any Time We begin with Trump telling Politico that Venezuela’s Maduro’s days are numbered, refusing to rule out a U.S. ground invasion. With the strikes on so-called drug boats meant to frame the coming conflict in the way weapons of mass … Continued

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Hegseth and Trump’s Murder Spree Which Are Not War Crimes Because We are Not at War–The Supreme Court Just Gave Republicans 30 of the 38 House Seats in Texas Before a Vote is Cast in November–13% of Americans Between 18 and 29 Say the U.S. is Heading in the Right Direction With Only 39% Supporting Capitalism–The Naked Partisanship of John Roberts Should be Clear to All As His Gives Trump Unlimited Power

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A Former JAG on Hegseth and Trump’s Murder Spree Which Are Not War Crimes Because We are Not at War We begin with emerging evidence of a war crime following a closed-door intelligence briefing at which a select group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers saw the full video of the September 2 strike on a … Continued

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Background Briefing – December 3, 2025

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Trump and MAGA’s Policies and Politics Are Driven by Sadism We begin with Secretary of Defense Hegseth digging the hole deeper as he sat beside a half-awake Trump in a round-robin exercise in flattery of the “dear leader” cabinet meeting yesterday spouting rapid-fire “the dog ate my homework” excuses for not committing a war crime. … Continued

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Background Briefing – December 1, 2025

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An Investigation Into the CIA-Run “Kill Or Capture” Zero Units the D.C. Shooter Worked With We begin the Trump administration’s racist focus on the Afghan shooter of 2 National Guard soldiers in Washington D.C., one of whom has died, prompting Trump’s call to deport all immigrants from the third world. We investigate the CIA-run “kill … Continued

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Background Briefing – November 25, 2025

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Will There Be Further Vindictiveness After the Dismissals of the Revenge Cases Against James Comey and Letitia James? We begin with the dismissals of the revenge cases against James Comey and Letitia James and assess what further vindictiveness Trump and AG Bondi will pursue and speak with Harry Litman, a former United States attorney and deputy … Continued

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America’s Morally Bankrupt, Corrupt and Anti-Democratic Power Elite as Revealed in the Epstein Emails–Trump’s Treasonous Sellout of Ukraine–Sasha Linden Cohen on How the “Socialist” Handled the “Fascist”

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America’s Morally Bankrupt, Corrupt and Anti-Democratic Power Elite as Revealed in the Epstein Emails We begin on a day of justice with Trump’s lawsuits against James Comey and Letitia James thrown out and Defense Secretary Hegseth waging absurd threats at Senator Mark Kelly with an investigation into his “seditious” video and go from the good to … Continued