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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
@trash-artificer.bsky.social just started JP Evo 3. It should feel illegal how cute some of the baby dinos are
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 AM
@trash-artificer.bsky.social just started JP Evo 3. It should feel illegal how cute some of the baby dinos are
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They put ALL his business out in the street! And I am going to enjoy this thoroughly. bsky.app/profile/greg...
This is incredibly worth reading in light of what is happening now and the basis on which Trump and Rubio are pursuing charges against Maduro.
The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
prospect.org
January 4, 2026 at 8:37 PM
They put ALL his business out in the street! And I am going to enjoy this thoroughly. bsky.app/profile/greg...
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All around me are familiar places 🎵
January 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
All around me are familiar places 🎵
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Yeah, so I checked in this and it’s true. Bonkers. But true.
“And the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine.”
From: d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2019/...
“And the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine.”
From: d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2019/...
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Yeah, so I checked in this and it’s true. Bonkers. But true.
“And the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine.”
From: d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2019/...
“And the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine.”
From: d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2019/...
Man, when I worked at a Tex-Mex place I could make a hell of a breedable burrito bowl. Sadly, that was 8 years ago and have lost the touch
stoned
very stoned
can't stop saying breedable burrito bowl
send help
or burrito bowls.
very stoned
can't stop saying breedable burrito bowl
send help
or burrito bowls.
January 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Man, when I worked at a Tex-Mex place I could make a hell of a breedable burrito bowl. Sadly, that was 8 years ago and have lost the touch
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Legacy journalism is dead. The birthright of the fourth estate must now pass to the only heir willing to speak the truth: Whoever writes those little announcements in City Trial of Kirby Air Ride
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Legacy journalism is dead. The birthright of the fourth estate must now pass to the only heir willing to speak the truth: Whoever writes those little announcements in City Trial of Kirby Air Ride
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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“We are at war with terrorists, not with the people of Afghanistan.”
“We are at war with Saddam’s regime, not with the people of Iraq.”
“We are at…”
“We are at war with Saddam’s regime, not with the people of Iraq.”
“We are at…”
WELKER: Is the US at war with Venezuela?
MARCO RUBIO: There's not a war. I mean, we're at war against drug trafficking organizations. It's not a war against Venezuela.
MARCO RUBIO: There's not a war. I mean, we're at war against drug trafficking organizations. It's not a war against Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“We are at war with terrorists, not with the people of Afghanistan.”
“We are at war with Saddam’s regime, not with the people of Iraq.”
“We are at…”
“We are at war with Saddam’s regime, not with the people of Iraq.”
“We are at…”
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Is that what’s happening? Or did it fail today to coopt Maduro’s subordinates in the Chavista regime, who are still entrenched in power and pissed off?
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Is that what’s happening? Or did it fail today to coopt Maduro’s subordinates in the Chavista regime, who are still entrenched in power and pissed off?
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Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
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The last bombshell paleontology discovery of a year of bombshell discoveries: Ammonites survived the K-PG extinction! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark - Scientific Reports
We provide a reassessment of the hypothesis of ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (Maastrichtian–Danian) boundary, based on new data from the lower Danian Cerithium Limestone Member at ...
www.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The last bombshell paleontology discovery of a year of bombshell discoveries: Ammonites survived the K-PG extinction! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Capitalism must obtain new markets by any means necessary and will inflict whatever horrors necessary in pursuit of them
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 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Capitalism must obtain new markets by any means necessary and will inflict whatever horrors necessary in pursuit of them
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This is a weird story. We do not have military control over any of the country. Why would they be allowed in? Why would they be allowed their freedom?
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 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
This is a weird story. We do not have military control over any of the country. Why would they be allowed in? Why would they be allowed their freedom?
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so cute that they took a break from the war crimes to do a boys sleepover photoshoot
the photographer was definitely like, "ok everybody, look tough!" but we know they're all just reading tweets with their arms crossed in a country club dining room divided up by bedsheets tacked to the beams
January 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
so cute that they took a break from the war crimes to do a boys sleepover photoshoot
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'americans didnt vote for this!!!' i just. i dont care. can we please fucking center venezuelans. colombians, cubans, mexicans, who are all next on the chopping block. please. im asking.
January 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
'americans didnt vote for this!!!' i just. i dont care. can we please fucking center venezuelans. colombians, cubans, mexicans, who are all next on the chopping block. please. im asking.
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Just NPR passive voice-ing the President unilaterally annexing a country.
Update: President Trump said the U.S. will run Venezuela until a "proper transition can take place," as he defended Saturday's military strikes that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
Trump says U.S. will 'run' Venezuela and sell seized oil in remarks on the strikes
President Trump said the U.S. will run Venezuela until a "proper transition can take place," as he defended Saturday's military strikes that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
n.pr
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Just NPR passive voice-ing the President unilaterally annexing a country.
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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And you wonder why we keep saying to stop using Twitter. It’s their platform, now. You have no reason to use it anymore.
They’ve got Twitter up on the big screens in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago makeshift “situation room.”
Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
And you wonder why we keep saying to stop using Twitter. It’s their platform, now. You have no reason to use it anymore.
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Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
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Looking forward to watching all the people who initially defended the Iraq war....
....who then "reinvented" themselves to align with Bannon's/MAGA's anti-forever war, "America First" isolationism....
....suddenly morph back into regime-changing, oil recouping, Neocon occupiers....
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....who then "reinvented" themselves to align with Bannon's/MAGA's anti-forever war, "America First" isolationism....
....suddenly morph back into regime-changing, oil recouping, Neocon occupiers....
1/
Q: You said the US is going to run Venezuela. So who's in power right now?
TRUMP: Well, we're gonna be running it with a group. We're gonna make sure it's run properly. We're gonna rebuild the oil infrastructure which will cost billions of dollars.
TRUMP: Well, we're gonna be running it with a group. We're gonna make sure it's run properly. We're gonna rebuild the oil infrastructure which will cost billions of dollars.
January 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Looking forward to watching all the people who initially defended the Iraq war....
....who then "reinvented" themselves to align with Bannon's/MAGA's anti-forever war, "America First" isolationism....
....suddenly morph back into regime-changing, oil recouping, Neocon occupiers....
1/
....who then "reinvented" themselves to align with Bannon's/MAGA's anti-forever war, "America First" isolationism....
....suddenly morph back into regime-changing, oil recouping, Neocon occupiers....
1/
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The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
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It took me less than fifteen minutes to call my representative and my senators and leave them a message.
I used the 5 Calls app script that I'm posting here.
Turn your words into action now!
I used the 5 Calls app script that I'm posting here.
Turn your words into action now!
![Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [your city]
I’m calling to express my alarm about the Trump administration's unauthorized military strikes in Venezuela and dangerous escalation toward an illegal and unnecessary war. I ask that Senator [your senator]
[CHOOSE 1-3 options]:
immediately pass a war powers resolution to block all unauthorized strikes or military action in Venezuela, (and)
hold public hearings to investigate the legality and justification for the administration's aggressive use of military force, (and)
call for the impeachment of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, (and)
demand the resignation of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, (and)
support articles of impeachment and move to convict Trump for his repeated defiance of the law.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
IF LEAVING VOICEMAIL: Please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jshfr2euksrhn4rtacmkuraz/bafkreicodoeub7a7rto7kybohyczqucynol6hcgbwcnme4rtbdjclg2fja@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It took me less than fifteen minutes to call my representative and my senators and leave them a message.
I used the 5 Calls app script that I'm posting here.
Turn your words into action now!
I used the 5 Calls app script that I'm posting here.
Turn your words into action now!