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M. Portnoy 🇺🇸 @mportnoy.bsky.social · Jan 12
History repeats itself. We will never learn. #diesindarkness
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jessicatarlov.bsky.social
Donald Trump says “we” are in charge of Venezuela. Everyone wants to know what comes next. Richard Haass has some answers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG9d...
Trump says WE'RE IN CHARGE of Venezuela. What Comes Next?
YouTube video by Raging Moderates
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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laurenmeidasa.bsky.social
Trump warns acting Venezuelan leader will ‘pay a big price’ if she doesn’t cooperate

The president’s comments to The Atlantic come after Delcy Rodriguez signaled she’ll resist U.S. involvement in the country.

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump warns acting Venezuelan leader will ‘pay a big price’ if she doesn’t cooperate
The president’s comments to The Atlantic come after Delcy Rodriguez signaled she’ll resist U.S. involvement in the country.
www.politico.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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andersaslund.bsky.social
@FT: "Rubio said he had “admiration” for both Machado and González but there had to be a “little realism” about Venezuela holding new elections and becoming a democracy."
The Trump administration opposes democracy in Venezuela.
www.ft.com/content/fed6...
Marco Rubio sets out US demands for Venezuela’s remaining leaders
Washington is controlling Caracas through naval embargo on oil exports, secretary of state says
www.ft.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
So President Trump seems to think the Govt of Venezuela has already been toppled and in fact the government's foreign minister is touching base with Iran about getting support.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister on his conversation with the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Yvan Gil • @yvangil I held a conversation with the Chancellor of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, and we have received the solidarity and support of the Iranian government and people with Venezuela in the face of the flagrant violation of international law committed by the government of the United States. In the same way, Iran demands that the region return to being a zone of peace, that the attacks and threats cease, and that President Nicolás Maduro and First Fighter Cilia Flores be released and return to their homeland.
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Trump really seems to think, hey, we captured your king. So now we're in charge.
January 4, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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sykescharlie.bsky.social
Amid the chaos, there is clarity. About “democracy,” oil, and the international rule of law.

In a bizarre and rambling press conference on Saturday, Trump unveiled the “Don-roe Doctrine,” which essentially makes him the Supreme Caudillo of the Americas. )

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Caudillo President
Amid the chaos, there is clarity.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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patriottakes.bsky.social
Trump Golfs After Missing Key Epstein Files Deadline

Trump confronted by Epstein protest sign on 13th golf club trip in 16 days

meidasnews.com/news/trump-g...
Trump Golfs After Missing Key Epstein Files Deadline
Trump confronted by Epstein protest sign on 13th golf club trip in 16 days
meidasnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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apnews.com
BREAKING: The U.S. won’t govern Venezuela, but will press changes through an oil blockade, Rubio says, after Trump claims of running the country.
Venezuela live updates: Uncertainty and legal questions remain after US captures Maduro
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and claims that it will “run” the country are raising stark new questions about the legality of the U.S. actions and its future operations in the South American nation.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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michaelscherer.bsky.social
NEW: Trump threatened Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez in a phone interview this morning with me: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump: Delcy Rodríguez Might Be Next
The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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markjacob.bsky.social
When the news media say the U.S. attack on Venezuela “raises legal questions,“ that’s code for “the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.”
January 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
No discussion of democracy. No discussion of elections. Plenty of talk by Trump about running the country and taking the oil. Let’s not forget to thank John Roberts for his role in immunizing this international criminal.
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
Maduro is bad, his government has been bad, that’s not the point. There are multiple bad state leaders in the world.

The point is whether removal by force makes things better.

Whatever the goal—drugs? migration? conditions in Venezuela?—destabilization could make things worse.
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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natsechobbyist.bsky.social
If today’s events remind you of waking up in December 1989 and hearing the news about Panama, please make sure you’ve had a preventative colonoscopy…if you have insurance which many now do not and that’s the real reason for this distraction, friends. It’s not Epstein.
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Are there US forces still on the ground in Venezuela? Usually they say something about that.
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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markjacob.bsky.social
Obviously, the FIFA Peace Prize comes with a lot of credibility.
January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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saletan.bsky.social
Looks like NYT wrote its editorial against the Venezuela attack at least 3 days ago and then forgot to change the reference. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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markjacob.bsky.social
If we're going to criminally charge every foreign dictator, when will we get around to Trump's Saudi friend, Mohammed "Bonesaw" bin Salman?
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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axios.com
Under the banner of America First, President Trump is attacking countries all over the world.

American interventionism is back, in Trumpian technicolor.
Trump brings American interventionism roaring back
Under the banner of America First, Trump is attacking countries all over the world.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Okay, I opted to spend the morning in sanity land. But alas I must return to here. So our we now acting as the sovereign power in Venezuela? I'm a little unclear what's happening here. I thought overnight that we kidnapped the head of state and left. But now we're running Venezuela?
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
How long until Maduro is pardoned in exchange for American companies' access to Venezuelan oil fields?

A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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pylos.co
I'm still sick as a dog so I can't drink through this, so I'm going to shitpost through it instead
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
In 2020, when Bill Barr attempted to set up this VZ invasion, the indictment specifically named Guaido as democratically elected, even though it was not as legitimate as last year's.

In 2025, Trump is not naming who was democratically elected.

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In or around 2019, the National Assembly of Venezuela invoked the Venezuelan constitution and declared that MADURO MOROS had usurped power and was not the president of Venezuela. Since in or about 2019, more than 50 countries, including the United States, have refused to recognize MADURO MOROS as Venezuela's hea d of state and instead recognized Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela. In or about January 2020, the United States Department of State certified the authority of Guaidó, as the interim president of Venezuela, to receive and control property in accounts at the United States Federal Reserve maintained by the Venezuelan government and the Central Bank of Venezuela. 5. NICOLAS MADURO MOROS, the defendant, a Venezuelan citizen, was previously the President of Venezuela, and is now, having remained in power despite losses in recent elections, the de facto but illegitimate ruler of the country. MADURO MOROS also previously held a seat in Venezuela's National Assembly between in or about 2000 and in or about 2006, acted as the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs between in or about 2006 and in or about 2013, and acted as the Vice President of Venezuela in or about 2013. MADURO MOROS succeeded to the Venezuelan presidency after former President Hugo Chavez died in or about 2013 and, during MADURO MOROS's own presidency, continued to participate in cocaine trafficking with drug dealers and narco-terrorist groups. In or about 2018, MADURO MOROS declared victory in a disputed and internationally condemned presidential election in Venezuela. In or about 2019, Venezuela's National Assembly invoked the Venezuelan constitution and declared that MADURO MOROS had usurped power and was not the legitimate President of Venezuela. Nonetheless, MADURO MOROS continued to exercise the powers of the Venezuelan presidency, causing more than 50 countries, including the United States, to refuse to recognize MADURO MOROS as Venezuela's head of state. In or about 2024, Venezuela held another presidential election that was again widely criticized by the international community, in which MADURO MOROS declared himself the winner despite widespread condemnation.
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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kylehaynes.bsky.social
I regularly point out Trump’s total inability to think even one move down the game tree but somehow this is still shocking.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?

TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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financialtimes.com
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has called for Edmundo González, who was widely considered to have won last year's presidential election, to take power immediately and be recognised by the military as commander-in-chief.

Follow live updates: ft.trib.al/rFS4VYD
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM