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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 13m

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 8h

Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Prompt Rare U.N. Meeting on the United States www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Prompt Rare U.N. Meeting on the United States

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 10h

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What to know about Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado

The Nobel committee said it chose María Corina Machado for "her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 11h

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Venezuela's 'Iron Lady' wins the Nobel Peace Prize - The World from PRX

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her decades-long fight to restore democracy in her country. From hiding in Caracas, the 58-year-old ca...

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 13h

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María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons

Venezuelan opposition leader is the latest in a long list of controversial laureates.

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 14h

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María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader, wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Prize Committee honored Machado, who is in hiding, for keeping “the flame of democracy burning.” The White House accused members of “placing politics over peace.”

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 15h

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Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 15h

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Peace Prize Winner Has Supported Trump’s Military Actions in the Caribbean

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 18h

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 18h

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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Opponent of Maduro regime receives award and praise for keeping ‘flame of democracy burning’

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 1d

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Venezuela asks UN Security Council for emergency session over US military actions in the Caribbean

Venezuela's government has requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council. The request, made Thursday, focuses on recent U.S. military actions in waters off Venezuela.

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 1d

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 1d

Qatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Qatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 2d

G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 2d

Texas’ Blue-State Deployments Shred Relations Between Governors www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Texas’ Blue-State Deployments Shred Relations Between Governors

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 2d

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Grenell ‘just isn’t winning this particular battle’

Grenell's sidelined, but not out of conversations on Venezuela.

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 2d

Colombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

Colombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 2d

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Professor who teaches about antifascism moves to Europe after death threats

A Rutgers University professor who wrote a book about antifa received the threats after he commented on President Donald Trump designating the movement a “domestic terrorist organization.”

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 2d

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Chicago journalists, protesters sue Trump administration, alleging ‘extreme brutality’

The organizations are urging the court to protect the First Amendment rights of protesters to peacefully protest and journalists to “observe, record, and report on the federal agents’ activities and t...

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 3d

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Adam Schiff on X: "Tomorrow, I, along with @SenTimKaine will be forcing a vote to block President Trump’s use of our Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea. Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war." / X

Tomorrow, I, along with @SenTimKaine will be forcing a vote to block President Trump’s use of our Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea. Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war.

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 3d

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Bloomberg TV on X: ""We can't have a policy where we just blow up ships." Kentucky Sen. @RandPaul told @jmathieureports that he will be co-sponsoring a War Powers Act resolution later this week with eyes on military strikes on vessels allegedly ferrying drugs from Venezuela https://t.co/JvbVbctBCc https://t.co/MbZaLVO8tn" / X

"We can't have a policy where we just blow up ships." Kentucky Sen. @RandPaul told @jmathieureports that he will be co-sponsoring a War Powers Act resolution later this week with eyes on military strikes on vessels allegedly ferrying drugs from Venezuela https://t.co/JvbVbctBCc https://t.co/MbZaLVO8tn

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 3d

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Legal Flaws in the Trump Administration’s Notice to Congress on “Armed Conflict” with Drug Cartels

Top legal expert analyzes the Trump administration's notice to Congress of an "armed conflict" with drug cartels.

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 4d

Venezuela on edge over Trump regime change whispers: ‘If it does happen we are ready’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Venezuela on edge over Trump regime change whispers: ‘If it does happen we are ready’

Allies of President Nicolás Maduro vow to resist any military intervention but experts suspect Venezuela’s leaders were rattled by Trump’s decision to bomb Iran

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 4d

www.caracaschronicles.com/2025/10/03/a...

A U.S. License to Kill in the Caribbean? | Caracas Chronicles

Lethal strikes on alleged terrorists in the Caribbean echo a long history of militarized policies and a contempt for human life Venezuela knows all too well

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 4d

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PODCAST | The President's Inbox : The Legality of Trump's Drug-Boat Strikes, With Matthew Waxman

Matt Waxman, adjunct senior fellow for law and foreign policy and Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia University sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the legality of the Trump administra...

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