263
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2026
263 points (98.9% liked)
News
38974 readers
1995 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Ironically, this is shaping up like Reagan's Iran-Contra Scandal.
Congress forbid the Reagan administration from interfering in the Nicaraguan elections and government, but the Republicans didn't want to obey. So they secretly sold weapons to our bitterest enemies, the Iranians (who had recently held dozens of American hostages for over a year), using the profits to fund and operate a secret war in Nicaragua. Republicans are proud of that treason, and George HW Bush pardoned everyone involved, on the advice of Bill Barr, the Republicans' designated presidential cover-up man.
Side note: since they used known drug smugglers to smuggle the guns OUT of America, and to Central America, the drug runners would find themselves in Cocaine HQ, with an empty plane, a fistful of American cash, and CIA cover. What do you think they did?
Yep, they loaded up their planes with fresh cocaine, and flew it back to the United States, over and over and over, kicking off the crack cocaine epidemic that still exists today. This is no conspiracy theory, it is a known fact, ever since pilot Eugene Hassenfuss' plane crashed and he claimed CIA immunity.
It's still debated how much the CIA knew about the drugs (they HAD to know, nobody is that stupid), or if they were deliberately involved in the smuggling because they wanted the profits from the cocaine sales to keep funding their illegal operation. Dumping drugs into America's inner cities, while creating profits to fight commies? For a psychopath, like ALL Republicans, that sounds like an elegant solution to two problems at once.
Trump wants that oil, so he can be as rich as his friends the Saudis. Does anyone honestly believe that a mere law passed by Congress is going to stop him? The only difference between this and Iran-Contra is that he will do this right out in the open, in defiance of Congress. He'll just get the oil companies to put up the money to pay for it, and they'll do it, and he'll claim that was his workaround. Since Congress isnt paying for it, they don't get a say.
But we'll pay for it anyway, and he'll just pocket whatever money he extorts from the oils companies.