A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

There is going to be an after him time. It's crazy how many folks are completely burning down their reps and credibility. They have a $50+ billion endowment. What is the point of having F U money, if you're too scared to tell somebody F U?

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

This looks like 1,000 videos I've seen from authoritarian states

President of Mexico Sheinbaum: "America does not belong to a doctrine or a power. The American continent belongs to the peoples of each of the countries that make it up. Let it be clear: Mexico defends the sovereignty of the countries of Latin America.”

the most braindead kind of take in these situations. we've had the unquestioned power to turn most countries into glass parking lots for most of our lifetimes. who on earth is still impressed by this?

In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!

The Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen to the United States: “Enough is enough.”

I meet a lot of pregnant women at work. A grand total of 0 (ZERO!) have been advised to get a COVID vaccine in pregnancy. I would say the majority have bought into the misinformation that the vaccine is dangerous in pregnancy, which is the opposite of the truth.

ChatGTP, Gemini, Copilot etc. If they build vendors into AI, sellers will know what features you want in a product. Because your banking / credit card is in your phone too, they know your price point & can up the price to the highest amount you're able / willing to pay as predicted by algorithms.

Impeach him now. This is getting very dangerous and he’s clearly insane.

Trump decapitates the government of Venezuela and Stephen Miller’s wife posts a pic of Greenland as part of America… Check out the map of the “Technate of America”, the future territory of a techbrotopia, envisioned by Elon Musk’s maternal Grandfather. Just sayin’….

UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far: 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇮🇷 Iran 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇲🇽 Mexico

Denmark needs to get rid of the US military base in Greenland and so does the rest of Europe. They aren’t going to defend against a Russian invasion but open a secondary front line to invade you too. It’s time to kick the US out worldwide.

Some professional geopolitical analysts are taking discussion by Trump and his allies about gaining control of Greenland very seriously, which I think is necessary:

The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking. It exposes that much of the world has been cowed. Most notable exception: the Latin American left. That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3

America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor

Great piece. “Insofar as there is an American plan, it is that everyone in Venezuela will now do what Americans want, starting with Maduro’s government, which is still in power.” snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."

Unsurprising. I imagine it’s similar globally, but most democratic governments outside the USA at least try to stabilize the glaring inequality. Like, with national healthcare, actual social services and more progressive taxation policies.

I had seen it last night .. they are serious and counting on doing their dirty business fast before the rest of the world wakes up to realisation they are criminals.So while others talk about their actions they will rob and lie and rob and lie.. if we believe in fair November elections we are naive

As the expected life span shortens, more Americans will now die before they ever get benefits. Working you to death to benefit all those tech bros and oligarchs getting their massive tax break.

I'm glad that they have done this although obviously convincing people that they should not trust the CDC on health is a stupid uphill battle that we should never have had to fight. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The @nytimes.com now confirming that, yep, this is exactly what happened www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...

Oh.

Probably still would have been worse just in terms of human suffering if the U.S. actually attempted to topple the regime. But if you held out any hope for freedom and democracy ever again in Caracas, today that dream may have died. An autocratic regime BACKED by the U.S. will be almost invincible

A great post. It seems to connect all dots.

Don't let them kidnap you.

Bernie Sanders is right. Again. #Venezuela #Sanders #Trump #maduro #regimechange

Cripes. Seems a lawless bully is using Venezuela as a trial balloon. He just thinks it’s a game. www.ft.com/content/4388...

@maddow.bsky.social: “There are very few Americans right now who have any idea why the United States did this. If this was about drug trafficking then why did President Trump just pardon the former President of Honduras who was convicted of sending hundreds of tons of drugs into the US?”

Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning

Yeah that's the statement, it's garbage. "Canada has long-supported a peaceful, negotiated, and Venezuelan-led transition process that respects the democratic will of the Venezuelan people" is a frankly insulting thing to say. Was this ANY of those things? Not at all.

Venezuela and freedom from fear www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...

Politico is also reporting it.

JUST IN: United States sent warnings to governments of Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia that their countries could be next, hours after the Venezuela operation, Axios reports.

Democracy is grounded in institutions run by those elected by citizens. No one can impose their will on others; there is no external management, since we collectively decided to put an end to colonialism. 1/2 #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #RuleOfLaw #Democracy

In the long list of ignored warnings, this statement by Fiona Hill from 2019(!) deserves our attention (& shame). She explicitly describes Putin's 'Venezuela Swap' with Trump, for Ukraine. Putin's cries for his pall Maduro are as fake as Trump's care for the innocent people of Ukraine (& elsewhere).

From the wife of a Trump advisor following the Venezuela invasion. Sick. Sharing here bc it illustrates the mindset.

finally, we're living through precedented times

Mexico President "Claudia Sheinbaum calls on the United Nations to step in to stop Trump. She says Trump broke article 2 of the charter of the United Nations. I stand with Mexico!"

Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

So abducting the dictator and looking people in boats extra-judicially was a trial balloon?

“Elbows up” means Canada standing up for the “rules-based international order” and publicly condemning violations of international law or arbitrary kidnappings of world leaders

Just nothing? Really? Let’s get serious.

There are many, many people still viewing world events like today's through an ideological prism, as if the Trump regime has coherent or principled worldviews. The sane among us realize Trump could just as easily "capture" the Canadian Prime Minister next month, on a whim.