NO RULES. THE WORLD ENTERS A NEW ERA Trumps actions today, kidnapping the leader of a sovereign nation, put on notice every leader everywhere. You no longer have protection in international law, you may simply be detained by any government at any time.The United States and other militarily superior

What JD Vance really means by this is that Maduro is bound by US laws but Trump is not.

For those of you playing along at home yes @nytimes.com has been lying to us this whole time

Russian troops are already pushing into the next village after capturing Huliaipole—and Ukrainian commanders are blaming the outnumbered defenders. The territorial brigades held their positions for months under heavy losses without rotation, until holding became impossible.

Japan’s Ministry of Defence says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile into the East Sea.

Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated. This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.

Quick update for US media: the story is not about Maduro or what’s going on in Venezuela. It’s about the massive rupture in US history where the country now stands for invading and occupying any country it likes. Trump in his press conference made it very clear this is a new age. Did you miss that?

Trump has not endorsed opposition leader **Edmundo González**, even though several countries say he won Venezuela’s disputed 2024 election. If Trump plans to run the country himself, that makes him no different than Maduro.

It’s worth revisiting this NY Post cover from January 8, 2025 (a year ago), now that Trump is invoking the name “The Donroe Doctrine” to describe his plans.

These are disturbed people

Democrats calling this “Iraq 2.0” are putting precise language on what Trump just did: a surprise, unauthorized regime‑change war against a country that posed no imminent threat, with no plan for the aftermath and an explicit oil motive.

In this new multipolar dictatorial world, there is no good or evil, legality or illegality, morality, democracy, or international law; only power, profit, opportunities, strength, or weakness. And it seems this new world fits the business environment like a glove.

There’s a new game being played. Democrats need to wise up.

The Washington Post: normalising an occupation.

Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.

Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico don’t appear to be backing Maduro, but they also do not support Trump’s unilateral military action in Venezuela. Meanwhile, a larger second wave of strikes, including boots on the ground, appears to be on the table as the Venezuelan VP resists U.S. demands.

Zelensky (referring to Maduro's capture by the US): "If it is possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States of America knows what to do next."

Vice President of Venezuela: We demand the immediate release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The only president of Venezuela is President Nicolás Maduro.

Regime change hasn’t even happened yet

Maduro is the 'only' leader of Venezuela, vice president says in video address #Trump previously said that Rodriguez had told Marco Rubio she was "willing to do ​what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again". He added the US would run the country news.sky.com/story/venezu...

I would just like to say that if, despite the massive amount of foreign interference we're undoubtedly going to see, moderates manage to win any of the upcoming elections in Europe this year, none of us here actually need liberating.

There’s going to be a lot of spin (from all sides) related to the U.S. grabbing Maduro. Setting aside debates of whether U.S. should or shouldn’t have done it… I’m struggling to see how Russia has a net win related to this situation.

Russian military equipment has not had a strong showing. Without significant external arms sales, it’s questionable whether Russia can afford research & development to support the industry at scale in the future.

Russia publicly backed Maduro, and that didn’t stop what happened. Russia backs Iran & the U.S. still bombed it. Russia backed Assad & look what happened there. Russia was supposed to defend Armenia, but they didn’t.

Into the ground, just like every business he has ever run.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”

The ‘putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela by Julian Borger #Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

President Zelenskyy on Maduro: What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.

Trump should not just be impeached—he must be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court! open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

MAGA is a cult

Be careful what you wish for

"Every country in Europe must understand: either we Europeans have a seat at the table in world politics, or we end up on the menu."

Russian forces shelled the grounds of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in Kherson,Ivan Hordiienko, rector of the Holy Kasperov Church stated. "Once again, the church’s utility buildings have been shelled," Hordiienko wrote. 📷Hordiienko Ivan

Hypocrites

President Trump: We never spoke with Putin about Maduro. [Q]: Are you mad at him [Putin] right now? President Trump: I'm not thrilled with Putin. He's killing too many people.

Trump and Putin are doing everything they can to push for a multipolar world, but Xi seeks Chinese hegemony

Russia’s famous air defense systems

Russia is a horrible ally

This gives Russia and China an excuse

The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela

Trump throws Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado under the bus, saying she’s “a very nice lady” but doesn’t have the support or respect in Venezuela to lead the country.

President Trump: Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.

After this statement, the US should no longer mediate peace talks in Ukraine.

Trump: “We’re going to run Venezuela until a safe transition takes place.” An invasion.

JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. will “run” Venezuela for now, until a “proper transition” can take place

Commenting on the US operation in Venezuela,Russian propagandist Dugin called Maduro&Iran "ours" [Russian],the situation "afwul". "But the most important thing is that Ukraine must be ours," Dugin concluded. In order to do that, he believed, "Do it like Trump, do it better than Trump. And faster."

Trump posts photo of Nicolás Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima.

FLASHBACK—Trump in 2023: When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil.

Throwing this one from October back out as it’s particularly relevant.

President Trump: There's nobody that has the capability that we have. You know, when I watch that war in Russia going on and on and on and everybody dying, it's like, it's primitive, it's primitive, it's horrible. It's really horrible.