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moondust

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15. Could get ugly

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:01 PM

Jan 3

and last a while.

Superficial reality TV actors focused on impressing people with tough guy video clips aren't known for long-term planning. Apparently VZ has a sizeable military that Maduro has cleansed of his opponents. How will they react? Multiple cartels may see an opportunity. How will they react? How will VZ allies in BRICS react? ...

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Kamala Harris: We've seen this movie before. Wars for regime change or oil that are sold as strength but turn into chaos [View all] bigtree Jan 3 OP

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And gone. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Jan 3 #2

I actually saw the troll post and alerted mvd Jan 3 #6

I did the same. Hellbound Hellhound Jan 3 #7

Haha. Excellent use of your Saturday. ok_cpu Jan 3 #4

They get $200 Trump Bucks for weekend posting. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 3 #18

I'm having flashbacks to 2003 and "Operation Iraqi Freedom," and they aren't good ones. Vogon_Glory Jan 3 #3

It was originally called MustLoveBeagles Jan 3 #9

O.I.L. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 3 #20

Bingo MustLoveBeagles Jan 3 #22

That's the right stance mvd Jan 3 #5

This is a good posture for Democrats. Recognize that Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator but emphasize tritsofme Jan 3 #8

Just what I was thinking... and State What Cha Jan 3 #14

K&R betsuni Jan 3 #10

Well said, Madam VP mcar Jan 3 #11

KNR niyad Jan 3 #12

K&R spanone Jan 3 #13

Could get ugly moondust Jan 3 #15

My President....and she seems like she is stepping up. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 3 #16

Really powerful statement, Let's see how the media digests this? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 3 #17

Powerful statement but why wasn't it posted to Bluesky? BoycottTwitter Jan 3 #19

Watched in my YT feed....thankfully. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 3 #21

Because she has more than 100x as many followers on X, 20.7M vs 185K. Her post got 4.7M views highplainsdem Jan 4 #24

She has staff. BoycottTwitter Jan 4 #25

I urge people to have Bluesky accounts as well as Twitter accounts. I use both myself because a highplainsdem Jan 4 #27

I agree with you there! BoycottTwitter Jan 4 #32

I get very little "real engagement" on either Twitter or Bluesky... Jack Valentino Jan 4 #30

I've found support for Democrats and Democratic reps on twitter MorbidButterflyTat Jan 4 #26

It's an important platform and shouldn't be ceded to rightwingers, with liberals scattering to much highplainsdem Jan 4 #28

Musk controls the algorithm, what you see and has our data BoycottTwitter Jan 4 #31

Here's her post from X. PLEASE put the link in your OP, or at least in the first reply below, because if highplainsdem Jan 4 #23

Strongest political statement I've seen from her in more than a year.... Jack Valentino Jan 4 #29

"Any such resistance has been too long coming" -- who do you mean hasn't been resisting Trump? Voters? betsuni Jan 4 #33

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