Bloomberg: A sanctioned Cameroon flagged tanker (IMO: 9266750) has an unexpected obstacle in reaching it's destination in Venezuela: The guided missile destroyer: USS Stockdale 🧵 1 of 3 www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @mercoglianos.bsky.social

Den amerikansk-russiske "fredsaftale" for Ukraine er blevet lækket.

Former CIA analyst and current US Senator Elissa Slotkin responds to Trump's call for her arrest and execution over concerns about the legality of Caribbean and Pacific strikes. Don't give up the ship ⚓

Trump today threatened these lawmakers with arrest and execution for 'sedition.' Their message to troops: you can refuse illegal orders. Watch what has him so furious: x.com/SenatorSlotk....

"Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor ordinary Americans’ daily actions and connections for anomalies instead of simply targeting wanted suspects" apnews.com/article/immi...

An unidentified group cross the US Mexico border to intall signs signifying the beach was restricted by the US Department of Defense. 🧵 1 of 4 www.cbsnews.com/news/warning...

Washington Post Exclusive: A Coast Guard official who had seen the new wording called the policy changes chilling. “We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

These infographic results really are notable, I've never seen an infographic from an image generation model that wasn't obvious trash before - these really do look like they're worth the pixels they are printed on bsky.app/profile/jaco...

If H I Sutton thinks it's interesting, worth some attention.

Random interesting things on Google Earth 23.088422°, 113.428902° 29.767409°, 116.242474° 80.769831°, 47.683839° 26.690559°, 55.914652° #OSINT

The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean, whom administration officials call “narcoterrorists,” could amount to extrajudicial killings. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... @bcfinucane.bsky.social

⚠️ Explosion/fire reported at major oil processing plant in Venezuela - cause and causalities unknown. lapatilla.com/2025/11/19/f... www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Bravo Zulo...“well done” in naval tradition....to Captain Anne O’Connell, Commanding Officer of USCGC Stone, her exceptional crew, and every member of the United States Coast Guard! @uscg-official.bsky.social @mercoglianos.bsky.social www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releas...

ABC news spots two US warships in waters between Trinidad and Venezuela youtu.be/pHt4ZsCff_A

Puerto Rican plane spotter @MichaelBonet8 documents the new reality: flight a delayed at Aguadilla - Reapers on the runway. US military ops have intensified across the Caribbean, with 24/7 operations out of Puerto Rico for SOUTHCOM maritime strikes. Source: x.com/MichaelBonet...

Excellent video journalism by UK broadcaster @channel4news.bsky.social reporting from Trinidad on US maritime operations in the Caribbean. Outstanding work by their team getting boots-on-the-ground coverage. Tip of the hat to @dpmanchee.bsky.social for the share www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nig...

Great reporting from Khamarie Rodriguez, a journalist form the Trinidad Daily Express, on US military activity around Trinidad and Tobago. trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/th...

What a fiasco!

Breakdown of NTSB Report on MV Dali Crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024 Video: youtu.be/znWl_TuUPp0

🚨 US FAA just issued a 3-month advisory for the San Juan Flight Information Region (covering Puerto Rico/USVI and significant Caribbean airspace) warning of increased US military aircraft activity through mid-February 2026.

British officers serving as exchange officers aboard USS Gerald R Ford reportedly have orders not to participate in any attack on Venezuela, should one be ordered. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3735009... @mercoglianos.bsky.social

"U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he supports aggressive action against drug cartels and narcotics production in Mexico and Colombia, his latest sabre-rattling in the region after a series of strikes on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific." www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Reuter's - Trump ok with launching strikes in Mexico to stop drugs - would be proud to. Source: x.com/Reuters/stat...

US Gerald Ford is visible south of Puerto RIco in today's Sentinel 2 imagery. Coordinates: (15.94977, -67.20157) Link to imagery: link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/3hds First spotted by @mtanderson.bsky.social X: @MT_Anderson

Trump does not rule out deploying ground troops when asked about #Venezuela during today's informal Oval Office session with reporters. Source: Aaron Rupar on X x.com/atrupar/stat...

Official White House Rapid Response account: @POTUS on Venezuela: "We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we'll see how that turns out — but they would like to talk. " Source: x.com/RapidRespons...

Casus belli ? www.state.gov/releases/off...

⚠️ US State Department to designate Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Declares Maduro's leadership illegitimate. 🧵 1 of 3

Quite the spot from one of the most respected analysts in unconventional naval warfare. Thankfully, Sutton is on the good guy's side.

⚠️ US Southern Command announces that the 21st maritime strike since September 2nd occured yesterday 15 November in the Eastern Pacific. Three reported killed. Source: x.com/Southcom/sta... 🧵 1 of 3

US Southern Command announces arrival of Ford CSG in the Caribbean sea: www.southcom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-A...

Helpful outside perspective: German outlet DW provides a clear, big-picture breakdown of US operations off Venezuela's coast with Operation Southern Spear www.dw.com/en/operation...

Great reporting by Danwatch on sightings of Russian military aboard merchant vessels in the Baltic region. @mercoglianos.bsky.social

Danish pilots keep reporting sightings of little green men aboard civilian vessels coming from Russia. Unfortunately the authorities don’t want to discuss these sightings. But a veteran pilot with decades of experience is willing to talk. Full story here: danwatch.dk/militaerunif...

Zelensky's morning address: A significant agreement has been reached with France to strengthen Ukraine's air force and air defense. Signing is scheduled for tomorrow. Source: x.com/ZelenskyyUa/...

CV-18 Fujian, assorted images. The ones showing her underway without hull number should be from her short excursions in the SCS before the commissioning event. Via 未来军事画匠 & 楠宫卸甲/Wb.

Great work on X by @ianellisjones and @SA_Defensa Thread: threadreaderapp.com/twitter_thre...

Chile's foreign ministry: "The Government of Chile expresses its deep concern at the deployment of large-scale military operations in the Caribbean and rejects any armed action that puts stability and peace in our region at risk." www.minrel.gob.cl/sala-de-pren...

Beautiful + a lil frightening: "U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with @2nd_MAW, @22nd_MEU , conduct night flight operations from the USS Iwo Jima while underway in the Caribbean Sea." Source: X/TW - Southcom x.com/Southcom/sta...

Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 Cuts Gas Output Ahead of Winter Challenges gcaptain.com/russias-arct...

Ukraine Hits Novorossiysk, Knocking Out 2% of Global Oil Supply gcaptain.com/ukraine-hits...

Worth noting: The United States recently ordered the Gerald Ford carrier strike group to the Caribbean. The CSG had been in the Mediterranean. 🌎 The Mediterranean is closer to the Black Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf than the Caribbean is.

"Marshall Islands-flagged #oil tanker TALARA (IMO: 9569994) was seized by IRGC Naval forces around 20nm off the #UAE’s Gulf of #Oman coast whilst underway from UAE to #Singapore." Source: Martine Kelly, EOS Risk group x.com/_MartinKelly... @mercoglianos.bsky.social

Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today's front page of Trinidad and Tobago's Guardian

Today, US Southcom disclosed a Monday maritime strike in the Caribbean, reportedly killing 4. Yesterday, CBS broke the story and CNN confirmed. This is the 20th strike since Sept 2, with 79 killed (1 survivor missing, search suspended by Mexican Navy). Source: x.com/Southcom/sta...

Next week, the U.S. Marines have scheduled exercises in Trinidad and Tobago, coinciding with reports that the U.S. president is considering land strikes in neighboring Venezuela. trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/us...

At my graduate school orientation, a speaker advised us: "Speak only when it's an improvement upon silence." Clearly, the US Border Czar never got that memo.

--- One senior defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, blasted the opinion. “I don’t know what’s more insane – that the ‘President of Peace’ is starting an illegal war or that he’s giving a get out of jail free card to the U.S. military,” --- theintercept.com/2025/11/14/b...

Yesterday, the US Secretary of Defense demonstrated proper technique in operating a screwdriver: "This is a new era for the Department of War." Source: Official Rapid Response Account For The DOW x.com/DOWResponse/...