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Beatings, electric shocks, pits, soldiers tied to trees, extortion, death threats, wounded men sent into “meat assaults,” and commanders killing their own.
These are complaints filed by Russian soldiers about their own army — investigation by The NYT. 1/
These are complaints filed by Russian soldiers about their own army — investigation by The NYT. 1/
This is how Russia treats its own troops: it strips human life of value, breaks people physically and mentally, and “zeros out” those who become inconvenient.
The NYT documents a system built on fear and violence. 2/
The NYT documents a system built on fear and violence. 2/
The investigation is based on more than 6,000 confidential complaints filed by soldiers and their families.
Together, they describe an army held together by coercion and abuse. 3/
Together, they describe an army held together by coercion and abuse. 3/
BREAKING: Google launched a vibe coding platform that just wiped out most paid app builders.
You can build AI-powered web apps and use them instantly.
No subscriptions, no fee, no paywall.
Here is how it works 👇
You can build AI-powered web apps and use them instantly.
No subscriptions, no fee, no paywall.
Here is how it works 👇
Step 1: Create the app
→ Go to Google AI Studio
→ Open the Web App templates
→ Or paste your own custom prompt
→ Go to Google AI Studio
→ Open the Web App templates
→ Or paste your own custom prompt
Step 2: Run it instantly
Once generation finishes:
→ Run the app inside the studio
→ Test uploads, inputs, outputs
→ Verify the model behavior
Example I tested:
"Create, visualize, and rebuild sculptures using the same set of blocks."
Once generation finishes:
→ Run the app inside the studio
→ Test uploads, inputs, outputs
→ Verify the model behavior
Example I tested:
"Create, visualize, and rebuild sculptures using the same set of blocks."
1/ As details emerge about the US capture of Maduro and his wife, there will be an impulse among foreign policy analysts to draw analogies to Taiwan and to warn about Trump setting a precedent Beijing could use against Taiwan. I would caution against that impulse. (short 🧵).
2/ Beijing will be unsentimental about events in Caracas. They will move to secure their interests in Venezuela and broader region. They also will condemn US actions and aim to draw a sharp contrast with US actions by presenting themselves as committed to upholding intl law.
3/ Privately, I expect Beijing will emphasize to Washington it expects to be given the same latitude for great power exemptions to international law that the US takes for itself. In other words, Beijing will request the US mute its invocations of intl law in SCS and elsewhere.
Our Constitution places the gravest decisions about the use of military force in the hands of Congress for a reason. Using military force to enact regime change demands the closest scrutiny, precisely because the consequences do not end with the initial strike. (1/5)
If the United States asserts the right to use military force to invade and capture foreign leaders it accuses of criminal conduct, what prevents China from claiming the same authority over Taiwan’s leadership? What stops Vladimir Putin from asserting similar justification to abduct Ukraine’s president? Once this line is crossed, the rules that restrain global chaos begin to collapse, and authoritarian regimes will be the first to exploit it. (2/5)
None of this absolves Maduro. He is a corrupt authoritarian who has repressed his people, stolen elections, imprisoned political opponents, and presided over a humanitarian catastrophe that has forced millions of Venezuelans to flee. The Venezuelan people deserve democratic leadership, and the United States and the international community should have done far more, years ago, to press for a peaceful transition after Maduro lost a vote of his own citizens. But recognizing Maduro’s crimes does not give any president the authority to ignore the Constitution. (3/5)
From the Trump Administration’s viewpoint, the situation would be characterized not as a military invasion, but as a law-enforcement action grounded in U.S. criminal jurisdiction.
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Key elements of that framing:
1. Criminal Indictment
In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Nicolás Maduro and other Venezuelan officials in federal court in New York on charges including narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and corruption.
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1. Criminal Indictment
In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Nicolás Maduro and other Venezuelan officials in federal court in New York on charges including narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and corruption.
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Maduro is not being treated as a legitimate head of state, but as the leader of a criminal organization.
2. Non-Recognition of Maduro
The Trump Administration did not recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s legitimate president, instead recognizing Juan Guaidó.
2. Non-Recognition of Maduro
The Trump Administration did not recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s legitimate president, instead recognizing Juan Guaidó.
What happened in Venezuela today is so disturbing because it’s yet another sign of the ongoing dismantling of the post-war international legal order—an architecture built in response to Nazi crimes.
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It never worked particularly well. It was deeply flawed and often weaponized to serve Western interests. But it did place some constraints on unbridled power. That restraint is now being stripped away.
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Anyone celebrating the forceful removal of Maduro is missing the plot entirely. Nothing good will come of it—not for Venezuela (just look at the aftermath of past regime-change operations) and not for the world at large.
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They might even explain how celebs like Hugh Jackman & Jennifer Aniston still look 30 in their 50s.
Here's everything you need to know about them: 🧵
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They might even explain how celebs like Hugh Jackman & Jennifer Aniston still look 30 in their 50s.
Here's everything you need to know about them: 🧵
First off, what are peptides?
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They act like messengers, telling your body to heal, regenerate tissue, and balance hormones.
But why should you care about them?
They’re short chains of amino acids—tiny proteins made of 2 to 50 building blocks.
They act like messengers, telling your body to heal, regenerate tissue, and balance hormones.
But why should you care about them?
As you get older, your body produces fewer peptides.
• Recovery slows
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• Recovery slows
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• Hormones go out of sync
Peptide therapy steps in to restore what’s missing—so you bounce back faster and feel stronger.
Let’s look at what they can do:
You can withdraw $70,000 from investments and pay $0 in federal taxes in 2026.
That's like earning a $100,000 pre-tax salary.
Here's how it works:
That's like earning a $100,000 pre-tax salary.
Here's how it works:
The IRS announced 2 adjustments for 2026:
1. Standard deduction rises to $16,100 (single)
2. Long term capital gains are taxed at 0% if the taxable income is up to $49,450 ($98,900 for married couples filing jointly).
Brackets are based on taxable income, so...
1. Standard deduction rises to $16,100 (single)
2. Long term capital gains are taxed at 0% if the taxable income is up to $49,450 ($98,900 for married couples filing jointly).
Brackets are based on taxable income, so...
Say Bob is single, did fairly well financially in his early years, and decided to retire at 50.
He paid off his home and needs $70,000 per year to live on. He sells $70,000 worth of Vanguard ETFs (say $5,000 was the basis)
Here’s how his tax return would look:
He paid off his home and needs $70,000 per year to live on. He sells $70,000 worth of Vanguard ETFs (say $5,000 was the basis)
Here’s how his tax return would look:
So blowing up the dead body of the man Trump deliriously claims stole the 2020 presidential election from him was part of a *law enforcement operation* targeting an entirely different leader? Pull the other leg now.
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It was almost exactly six years ago that Trump told us he thirsted to destroy key foreign cultural sites just to desecrate them and was told in reply—unambiguously—that this was a war crime.
Today he apparently bombed a culturally significant *mausoleum*. bbc.com/news/world-mid…
Today he apparently bombed a culturally significant *mausoleum*. bbc.com/news/world-mid…
Corporate media appears to be under-reporting or not reporting the mausoleum strike—a media victory for Trump because it at once hides a war crime, hides a fact that debunks Trump’s claims of this being a law enforcement op, and hides a key Venezuelan justification for vengeance.
Barry Shaw @netre25 wrote, "Trump has just done an Israel. Struck back against an entity and its leader that was killing his citizens.
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There is no, as in zero, difference between what Israel was forced to do faced with the lethal initiatives of our enemies, to what Trump and the US military is doing in Venezuela.
Both arose after the increasing death toll of our citizens by enemies that hate us.
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Both arose after the increasing death toll of our citizens by enemies that hate us.
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Both actions are entirely legitimate and justified.
It has not been spoken about but Venezuela is the South American financial hub for Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas that uses that country to funnel the proceeds from hundreds if dubious businesses in Central American regimes.
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It has not been spoken about but Venezuela is the South American financial hub for Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas that uses that country to funnel the proceeds from hundreds if dubious businesses in Central American regimes.
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The legal justification the WH gave us for attacking Venezuelan boats in int’l waters without Congressional approval was weak, and exposes the WH and military staff to domestic and international criminal prosecution. They have not even sought to justify strikes within Venezuela.
1. Their justification - dutifully repeated by every sycophantic member of the @HouseGOP was that some drugs kill Americans so any international actor who sells or traffics drugs is engaged in war against America. You can drive a bus through that logic, as I noted last month
@HouseGOP 2. Before we left Washington last month we were given a classified briefing by Hegseth and Rubio about Venezuela that contained no classified information other than details on the location of certain military assets that were irrelevant to the question at hand.
Praying on the skin of the Tiger.
Hu...
Hu...
Hu Ye the Chinese deity skinned and death Worshipper Imams prayed on it.
Interestingly the same Imams sold Iran to China.
