Rachel
@rachelelizabethel.bsky.social
Atheist heathen, Democratic voter. Here for political news & commentary.
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
this is your mission. roll up to this daycare in full tactical gear to harass some kids and teachers. when you get spooked by your own shadow like a panicked horse and start shooting your gun, our pedophile president will call the person you shot a terrorist. good luck soldier
January 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Here's the Washington Post investigation:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
New York Times:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
And Bellingcat's video
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www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
New York Times:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
And Bellingcat's video
bsky.app/profile/bell...
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Reposted by Rachel
Here are two key frames of the video. (Changed language on the first notation.)
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Here are two key frames of the video. (Changed language on the first notation.)
UPDATE: Tomorrow's Jan 6 pubic hearing organized by House Democrats will include a range of public witnesses
Former Georgia Lt Gov. Geoff Duncan
Former Jan 6 prosecutor Brendan Ballou
Former Reps. Adam Kinzinger & ELaine Luria
And former Jan 6 defendant Pamela Hemphill
Former Georgia Lt Gov. Geoff Duncan
Former Jan 6 prosecutor Brendan Ballou
Former Reps. Adam Kinzinger & ELaine Luria
And former Jan 6 defendant Pamela Hemphill
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
STEWART: “Trump removed a dangerous foreign dictator from power — not THAT one, they’re actually friends (and quite frankly I think business partners)… not that one either…” 😬
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Former top ethics official at DOJ says department at one point was considering whether it could accept the funds from private law firms and then temporarily hire the firm attorneys at their current salaries www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Before we succumb to the amnesia of Trump’s Upside Down World, let’s take a moment to remember what happened five years ago.
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
A Reminder: Donald Trump is the January 6 President
Never Forget.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?
Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.
October 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GOP usually LOVES these O’Keefe hidden cameras.
Let’s see what they have to say about this one admitting the Epstein coverup.
Let’s see what they have to say about this one admitting the Epstein coverup.
The Justice Department's acting deputy chief was caught on a hidden camera saying that the government will "redact every Republican" from an Epstein client list and "leave all the liberal, Democratic people."
September 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is sick and a war crime.
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “People want to give thoughts and prayers after a shooting, but it’s a form of theological malpractice when you pray for something you have the power to change.”
August 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hoagie assault guy, if convicted, will be punished more strongly than J6 folks who beat police officers with poles and other objects and are now walking free (and probably joining CBP)
August 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Despot's Guide to Job Statistics: how Trump's handpicked Nazi warship-admiring, January 6th-attending hack economist was chosen on the sole basis of loyalty and ideology as he seeks to undermine objective economic data, all for his Dear Leader: www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-despot...
The Despot's Guide to Job Statistics
Dictators routinely lie about economic growth. Trump just took a page from their playbook in appointing an unqualified, Nazi-admiring, January 6th hack to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.forkingpaths.co
August 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
See how Republicans hate freedom?
Lankford: "This is an American city, and to be able to have an American city where we have people literally flying Mexican flags and saying 'you cannot arrest us' cannot be allowed."
June 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
See how Republicans hate freedom?
If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
May 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
May 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
Sunday morning April 20, 2025
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
April 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nearly half of people currently detained by ICE/CBP have no criminal charges, yet some are being held in conditions that would be unacceptable in high-security prisons. Admin has eliminated oversight bodies ensured health/safety requirements are met
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Immigrants forced to sleep on floors at overwhelmed ICE detention centers
Some immigrant detention centers across the country are over capacity. The administration has asked for emergency contracts to add more facilities.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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April 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
April 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.
April 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.”
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent.
He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.
April 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM