Mastodawn

Read my piece, "#Venezuela End Game: Dissecting Different Interest Groups and Agendas Within the #MAGA Coalition"
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/01/04/venezuela-end-game-dissecting-different-interest-groups-and-agendas-within-the-maga-coalition/ #trump #maduro #rubio #climate #climatechange @cnn @npr @npr @NPR @msnbc @msnbc @wnyc @bbc @BBC @cbcworld @cbc

Venezuela End Game: Dissecting Different Interest Groups and Agendas Within the MAGA Coalition - Nkoz Photo

Now that the U.S. has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, perhaps it is worth asking: what are the different interest groups within Trump’s White House and how are such factions likely to shape the trajectory of Venezuela’s political future? While U.S. foreign policy may be somewhat torn between conflicting agendas, […]

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Nick M. Velli Dec 31

Cory Doctorow Dec 31

Apparently, there is a sticker version, too.

#39c3

ETA: https://punx.social/

Nick M. Velli Dec 31

evacide Dec 30

More evidence that the Trump administration is cozying up to cybermercenaries. The Treasury Dept has removed three people closely affiliated with Intellexa, the company that makes Predator, off a sanctions list: https://therecord.media/treasury-sanctions-intellexa-removed

Treasury removes sanctions for three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa

The Treasury Department on Tuesday took three people closely affiliated with the holding company behind Predator spyware off of a sanctions list, reversing their designation in 2024 by the Biden administration.

Nick M. Velli Dec 31

Timnit Gebru (she/her).Dec 30

RE: https://dair-community.social/@Meron/115790600643812539

Below is an excerpt from what I wrote before. Just think about where these monsters are sending these poor young people to.

"Eritrea boasts the longest detained journalist in the world, and with over 360 detention facilities (many underground) in a country of 45 kmi², the regime has disappeared all dissidents (even imprisoning them in shipping containers in temperatures that induce one’s skin to be stuck to the walls), with no due process or trial.

Nick M. Velli Dec 31

David Reamer Dec 31

Famed crime author Dashiell Hammett--also a middle-aged, alcoholic Communist--wound up serving in the remote Aleutians during World War II. Even Army brass then seemed surprised by it. One of my best articles of the last year dove into that experience: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/05/04/how-did-a-famous-hard-boiled-crime-author-end-up-stationed-on-adak-during-world-war-ii/

Nick M. Velli Dec 31

Dan Gillmor Dec 31

One of the finest investigative journalists of our times, a veteran of CBS news foibles himself, has posted a definitive explainer -- with deep context -- of the "60 Minutes" takedown by "oligarch functionary" Bari Weiss.

https://www.forever-wars.com/watching-bari-weiss-murder-investigative-journalism-at-cbs/?ref=forever-wars-newsletter

Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS

Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked

FOREVER WARS

Nick M. Velli Dec 31

Dan Gillmor Dec 31

"The reason it is important to identify the Court as corrupt is because it is in fact corrupt."

Essential commentary from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo, one of the news sites that is doing the journalism we need right now.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-latest-defenses-of-scotuss-corruption-only-make-the-case-against-it/sharetoken/d7bf45cf-5baf-4556-a9a1-c6929ed6cc21

The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It

Chris Geidner flags today an appearance by CBS News’ Chief Legal Correspondent...

TPM - Talking Points Memo

Nick M. Velli Dec 31

Vee Dec 31

Stop buying the "inevitable" crap reasonning. Ukraine IS NOT losing. F them. 🇺🇦 🌻🇺🇦 🌻🇺🇦 🌻

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09dbMcx2Qdg

Ukraine vs Russia: The Facts Don’t Match the “Russia Is Winning” Claim

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Nick M. Velli Sep 22, 2025

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Sep 21, 2025

I have submitted a FOIA request to the FBI for all video evidence & documents created in the investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan & his acceptance of $50K in bribes for favorable government contracts. Kash Patel says the case was closed due to no evidence of criminal behavior. Accordingly, he should have no hesitation releasing innocuous footage & docs.

I'll be publishing updates soon on my human rights newsletter. Subscribe as a free or paid sub. No paywalls, ever. https://www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

Nick M. Velli Sep 22, 2025

BeePS Sep 21, 2025

An Even Greater Tragedy:

Tens of millions of Americans adulate a “#Christian” man who’s a racist, a bigot, a misogynist, and a hater of LGBTQIA people: #CharlieKirk.

Kirk fervently promoted and endorsed a “Christian” man who’s a racist, a bigot, a misogynist, a hater of LGBTQIA+ people, a convicted felon, a fraudster, an extortionist, an insurrectionist, a pedophile, and a rapist: #DonaldTrump.

The #RepublicanParty needs to stop romanticizing racists as rockstars, and sinners as saints.
#MAGA