Robert Loerzel
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Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur.
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The New York Times
about 12 hours ago
President Trump said on Saturday that Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would act as a partner in letting the U.S. run the country. Less than two hours later, Rodríguez made clear she viewed the U.S. as an illegal invader that must be rejected.
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Venezuela’s Interim Leader Defies Trump and Calls Maduro the ‘Only President’
President Trump said that Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, would help the United States run Venezuela. She quickly said the opposite.
https://nyti.ms/4aCvtmW
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Chaotic buffoons.
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Cameo appearance by Monument with Standing Beast!
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The Tennessee Holler
about 12 hours ago
Meanwhile Stephen Miller’s wife is posting stuff like this
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Isaac Chotiner
about 14 hours ago
New Interview:
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Mark Jacob
about 12 hours ago
Chilly night in Chicago, but protesters have shown up to confront Trump’s illegal war.
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Jen B
about 12 hours ago
Stephen Miller’s gross wife —
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Benjamin Dreyer
about 21 hours ago
Happy birthday to the great Thelma!
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unraveled
about 13 hours ago
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza. It's 25 degrees outside. Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!" Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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MeidasTouch
about 13 hours ago
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.
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Philip Gourevitch
about 14 hours ago
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
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Mamdani Called Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/mamdani-trump-venezuela-maduro.html
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Maggie Hendricks
about 13 hours ago
Lucy definitely won't move the ball this time, Charlie Brown.
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It’d be hilarious if a grand jury refused to indict Maduro.
about 17 hours ago
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michael ❄️
about 19 hours ago
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD
about 19 hours ago
2026 is making an early start to a “Hold my beer, 2025.” play, and I don’t like it.
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Jeff Sharlet
about 18 hours ago
Hakeem Jeffries takes a bold stand for Trump asking first next time so Dems can exercise their rubber stamp. This is the kind of statement official Russian “opposition” parties run by Putin make.
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Josh Shepperd
about 19 hours ago
Shit just got stupider and more dangerous this morning.
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I’m sure the United Nations will straighten this out, right?
about 18 hours ago
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Carl T. Bergstrom
about 18 hours ago
Wow. When I go to bed people are like don’t jump to conclusions there’s no evidence that the explosions have anything to do with the US and when I wake up, Trump tells us we’re running the country.
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Marisa Kabas
about 18 hours ago
marco rubio says cuba is run by "incompetent, senile men" WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF AN INCOMPETENT, SENILE MAN
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Gautham Rao
about 18 hours ago
War is peace
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Lee Cicuta
about 18 hours ago
So many people over decades have been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that U.S. intervention is driven by capitalist interests, and the interests of the oil industry in particular. Now the president just says it outright in press conferences and interviews.
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shauna
about 18 hours ago
for fuck’s sake can someone give these stunted chodes some little green army men and a few toy trucks that go vroom-vroom and let them work out their issues that way instead of whatever this is
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Dan Nexon
about 18 hours ago
JFC.
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Aaron Rupar
about 18 hours ago
Q: Who will run Venezuela? TRUMP: Well it's largely going to be for a period of time the people standing right behind me. We're gonna be running it.
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Aaron Rupar
about 18 hours ago
Trump: "I think Cuba is gonna be something we'll end up talking about, because Cuba is a failing nation. It's very similar"
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Diana Parker-Kafka
about 18 hours ago
Can’t wait for the thorough 60 Minutes investigation into our invasion and occupation of Venezuela to be shut down and aired to us from Mexico
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Patrick Chovanec
about 18 hours ago
The “it’s too inconvenient to follow the Constitution” clause to the Constitution.
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 19 hours ago
Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez
about 18 hours ago
The bombing of Venezuela and the kidnapping of Maduro are gross violations of international law and our own Constitution. Trump & his admin have lied, consolidated power, & committed war crimes to seize Venezuelan oil & pursue regime change for their imperialistic agenda in the Western Hemisphere.
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez
about 18 hours ago
They are putting Americans’ safety in danger while destabilizing the region to enrich themselves. Congress must act, and Trump must be impeached.
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Michelle R. Smith
about 18 hours ago
AP: Across the Venezuelan capital, there were no signs that the U.S. had taken over control of Venezuela’s government or military forces. The Miraflores Palace and military bases remained guarded by Venezuela’s armed forces
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Live updates: Trump says US is ‘going to run’ Venezuela in interim. No immediate signs of US control
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured by the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration says he'll face charges on a New York indictment.
https://apnews.com/live/trump-us-venezuela-updates-01-03-2026#0000019b-84c3-d65b-a39f-86cb85180000
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Steven Beschloss
about 18 hours ago
The criminal Trump kidnapped Maduro and his wife in a lawless invasion and proudly threatened other leaders in the region that they could face the same. We are living in a sick rogue state, people.
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Aaron Rupar
about 18 hours ago
Q: Will US troops be on the ground? TRUMP: We're not afraid of boots on the ground if we have to have it
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shauna
about 18 hours ago
having trouble sleeping? ask your doctor if a coup is right for you
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about 19 hours ago
If you remember how the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 set off decades off mass death and destruction throughout the region, get ready. trump/rubio have NO plan for what comes next. But in 2019, US Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/venezuela-maduro-fallout-trump.html?rsrc=flt&smid=bs-share
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Rex Huppke
about 19 hours ago
My dude, you can't even run *this* country, maybe take a beat before trying to run another one.
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MisterJayEm
about 19 hours ago
America: We never learn.
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Philip Gourevitch
about 19 hours ago
Trump is slurring and stumbling through his crazed speech announcing the takeover of Venezuela with a completely make-believe story of national security threats ended… and now he’s segued to claiming that Washington DC is for the first time in memory a place where restaurants are “again open”
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Welp. I'm gonna go look at nature for a while. Will try to ignore news alerts and discourse, etc. See ya.
about 23 hours ago
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NYT already has an editorial. ("Donald Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise")
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about 23 hours ago
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dan sinker
about 23 hours ago
What the fuck
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Katie Phang
about 23 hours ago
The Convicted Felon who has taken at least three cognitive exams & falls asleep during official meetings just bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its leader.
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Philip Bump
about 23 hours ago
Honestly it would be very funny if FIFA revoked the prize.
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southpaw
about 23 hours ago
That is a lot of news to wake up to.
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Philip Gourevitch
about 23 hours ago
waking up yo a massively more destabilized world
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Lauren Harper
about 23 hours ago
So the FBI executed the warrant and this is being framed as a law enforcement action and not a war.
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I'm impressed at how many people apparently have news alerts on a setting that will wake them up in the middle of the night.
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David Corn
1 day ago
So it’s a secret war? That’s been considered an impeachable offense in the past.
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