@james-reckons.bsky.social
making sure none of you are up to any mischief / you better believe I've got a substack
https://jclifford.substack.com/
https://jclifford.substack.com/
Genuinely amazing to write this like a week after the Americans bombed Caracas and kidnapped the president, wow look how well the hostage collaborates with the armed maniac
The pace of change since United States special forces captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, has been breath-taking. But will Donald Trump “run” Venezuela down the barrel of a gun, or will he be more collaborative?
Donald Trump’s Venezuela oil deal is already up and running
It seems more collaborative than coercive. That will worry the democratic opposition
econ.st
January 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Genuinely amazing to write this like a week after the Americans bombed Caracas and kidnapped the president, wow look how well the hostage collaborates with the armed maniac
This headline but [laudatory]
Stuff like this is the reason why the good Lord blessed humanity with the gifts of tar and feathers
January 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
This headline but [laudatory]
Everyone in the media can see this post and see the video, it would be nice if “Trump barefacedly lies about this” was included as context while covering other topics
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Everyone in the media can see this post and see the video, it would be nice if “Trump barefacedly lies about this” was included as context while covering other topics
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... so the bbc won’t say it was an illegal kidnapping but are either sure Maduro is guilty, a pretty serious editorial stance, or that he’s not getting a fair trial. Seems important!
Fear and uncertainty: Venezuelans face up to future without Maduro
The BBC spoke to Venezuelans after the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... so the bbc won’t say it was an illegal kidnapping but are either sure Maduro is guilty, a pretty serious editorial stance, or that he’s not getting a fair trial. Seems important!
Maybe I’ve missed it but have any democrats gone “obviously we’d give Greenland back immediately and jail anyone involved in aggression against a nato ally” because that seems like a very obvious thing to do
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Maybe I’ve missed it but have any democrats gone “obviously we’d give Greenland back immediately and jail anyone involved in aggression against a nato ally” because that seems like a very obvious thing to do
Wow seems like maduro’s guys are in charge still and people who backed Trump are in trouble, seems like Trump fucked up
Even if this is happening, its a very weird way to frame a nation looking for double agents and collaborators who helped a country kidnap their leader
January 6, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Wow seems like maduro’s guys are in charge still and people who backed Trump are in trouble, seems like Trump fucked up
@vanessabusch.bsky.social any further thoughts on this now Trump has got in front of a million cameras and said it’s about the oi? any lessons learned?
@vanessabusch.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... interesting article but Trump ruefully talking about how close the US came to getting Venezuelan oil seems like pretty good supporting evidence for Maduro's claim, no?
January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
@vanessabusch.bsky.social any further thoughts on this now Trump has got in front of a million cameras and said it’s about the oi? any lessons learned?
I went to a very dire Chatham house event immediately after the election where they did not react with sufficient concern to Trump II, and have moaned about it for over a year, but their coverage on this has been good
The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro may well be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has decisively abandoned the core values that united them for the past century.
The US capture of President Nicolás Maduro – and attacks on Venezuela – have no justification in international law
This may be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has abandoned the core values that united them for the past century, writes the head of Chatham House’s International Law Programme.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I went to a very dire Chatham house event immediately after the election where they did not react with sufficient concern to Trump II, and have moaned about it for over a year, but their coverage on this has been good
Hostage wants balanced and respectful relationship with insane killer
Acting President Delcy Rodriguez calls for a 'balanced and respectful' relationship with Washington during transition.
Venezuelan interim leader tones down criticism, ready to ‘work with the US'
Acting President Delcy Rodriguez calls for a 'balanced and respectful' relationship with Washington during transition.
www.aljazeera.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Hostage wants balanced and respectful relationship with insane killer
generally good but the fact everyone writing here knows this is an illegal war of aggression is a little buried. liberal think tank speak up my friend
Our experts give their initial reaction to President Trump’s strike on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
Read in full ⤵️
Read in full ⤵️
US to ‘run’ Venezuela after Maduro captured, says Trump: Early analysis from Chatham House experts
Experts give their initial reaction to President Trump’s strike on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. What are the implications for the US, the region and the world?
www.chathamhouse.org
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
generally good but the fact everyone writing here knows this is an illegal war of aggression is a little buried. liberal think tank speak up my friend
Oh they can protest their own government why aren’t they protesting the IRAN REGIME
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Oh they can protest their own government why aren’t they protesting the IRAN REGIME
Freddy gray, senior figure at the spectator, cheerfully stating it’s a war of aggression based on controlling oil prices and having zero further opinion on this matter
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Freddy gray, senior figure at the spectator, cheerfully stating it’s a war of aggression based on controlling oil prices and having zero further opinion on this matter
Lying to readers is a sign of low moral character
January 3, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Lying to readers is a sign of low moral character
I guess no one in the media feels like pointing out Trump‘s Iran threat is illegal?
January 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I guess no one in the media feels like pointing out Trump‘s Iran threat is illegal?
Can’t believe MechHitler would let everyone down like this
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Can’t believe MechHitler would let everyone down like this
Hy remember when everyone pretended Kirk was killed because of violent rhetoric on the left
How stochastic terrorism works - Trump leverages the threats he induces against even Marjorie Taylor Greene's family www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m... One important reason that so many Rs are scared to challenge him.
December 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hy remember when everyone pretended Kirk was killed because of violent rhetoric on the left
I love Halo 3, just make more 10 level campaigns and pay your workers. to quote jim stephanie stirling, ‘just make and sell a video game’. I’m sure it’s hard but it’s not this hard
Halo art director leaves studio after 17 years with ominous message alluding to discontent
www.eurogamer.net/halo-art-dir...
www.eurogamer.net/halo-art-dir...
December 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I love Halo 3, just make more 10 level campaigns and pay your workers. to quote jim stephanie stirling, ‘just make and sell a video game’. I’m sure it’s hard but it’s not this hard
being able to spare my eyes for another task is literally the point of podcasts what are these maniacs doing
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
being able to spare my eyes for another task is literally the point of podcasts what are these maniacs doing
Do you guys remember in the last days before the 2024 election Labour organising frantic meetings with JK like she’s the Pope of Women begging her approval
Almost everyone these dorks have tried to suck up to, openly hates them
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Do you guys remember in the last days before the 2024 election Labour organising frantic meetings with JK like she’s the Pope of Women begging her approval
Does seem like her main complaint is “the training isn’t racist enough”
This is the second story in three days The Times has carried arguing against misogyny lessons in schools, which it describes as "some weird feminist attack on male children".
December 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Does seem like her main complaint is “the training isn’t racist enough”
epstein sure didn’t hang out with many non white people did he
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
epstein sure didn’t hang out with many non white people did he
the entire British political and media elite really seem to have decided to lie to our faces that people are being radicalised more by chants in London than genocide in Gaza
December 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
the entire British political and media elite really seem to have decided to lie to our faces that people are being radicalised more by chants in London than genocide in Gaza
Are we sure it wasn’t the guys asking for peace that drove them to kill people, that seems to be what everyone is pretending to believe
Investigators say the deadly Bondi Beach attack is being treated as 'terrorism' after evidence of ISIL influence found.
Australian police say Bondi Beach attackers inspired by ISIL
Investigators say the deadly Bondi Beach attack is being treated as 'terrorism' after evidence of ISIL influence found.
www.aljazeera.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Are we sure it wasn’t the guys asking for peace that drove them to kill people, that seems to be what everyone is pretending to believe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... engaging my brain for a fraction of a second do we think perhaps this might actually have been the flag of Israel what with it being projected on the leader of Israel? I Wonder
Venue apology in Primal Scream antisemitic image row
A London music venue says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... engaging my brain for a fraction of a second do we think perhaps this might actually have been the flag of Israel what with it being projected on the leader of Israel? I Wonder
They’ll argue all day we need to hear from Nazis because freedom of speech must protect the worst speech but will go “nah forget the rule of law” if it looks like it’ll benefit someone they don’t like for even One Second
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
They’ll argue all day we need to hear from Nazis because freedom of speech must protect the worst speech but will go “nah forget the rule of law” if it looks like it’ll benefit someone they don’t like for even One Second