Chicago.

Sorry for limited skeets; frozen fingers! Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.

First minute of Tony Dokoupil's debut as CBS anchor is pure Trump propaganda, showing only celebration of Trump's kidnapping, plus illiterate grammar: "Commandos raiding his compound before dawn grabbing he and his wife in their pajamas." No, Tony, grabbing *him*. He's all jaw.

Come for the MAGA dog whistles, stay for Tony & Bari’s elite cred.

NYT: At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.

MDC will now be home to a leader who our country says is so dangerous they needed to be violently deposed. The very same building also holds people that fled his regime who are being detained by ICE because we are not granting them asylum.

An occupation fueled by an oil grab…

This is the cherry on top for Bari Weiss' terrible, horrible, no good, very bad tenure at CBS News. Maybe just maybe she should have beefed up resources for the CBS Evening News. More reporters, staff, bigger travel budget etc, instead of trying to build a PM Magazine style program.

if you don't follow @shayan86.bsky.social yet, you should. Some of the very best fact checking out there -especially of viral images like this.

The fact that Twitter is being used as a factor in a military operation is so Black Mirror, I don’t even know where to begin

That’s not a “no”

VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now. Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet. Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"

Trump is posting a bunch of photos without captions, presumably of him watching the Maduro kidnapping. Is this the inside of a SCIF at Mar-a-Lago or did they just toss up some pipe and drape?

This is fucking insane. Trump took over another country for oil when he can’t even run the US.

The president of Cuba is 65. Trump is 79

Trump keeps trying to top Obama and this still ain't it.

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

quite the split screen here: NYTimes: Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise Wash Post: Trump’s bold capture of Maduro was a victory for America. What’s next?

apparently the new news anchor of the CBS evening news is too busy working on his PM magazine style feature stories to anchor the Trump attack/ capture live coverage today... The good news for viewers is that Jerika Duncan is doing a terrific job on the story.

Just your occasional reminder that Venezuela’s oil reserves are greater than Saudi Arabia’s, and nearly 4X those of the United States www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...

This sure seems a lot like those recent cabinet meetings. Trump is sleeping while his minions heap lavish praise on their fearless leader.

Trump's face starts drooping as his eyes keep closing

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There is no plan, gang

The new president of Venezuela is sleeping standing up.

Any reporter at all: Ask him the author of the Monroe Doctrine

“You may ask yourself, ‘How do I work this?’”

Chicago fact check: ✅The city's crime has been coming down for several years. Now it's at a 60-year low. ✅A massive DHS raid at a Chicago apt bldg said to be targeting Tren de Aragua resulted in no criminal charges against of the Venezuelans arrested that night. NO CRIMINAL CHARGES.

ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT

This thing gets worse every minute. Now the US is going to run another country? What the hell.

“We are going to run the country” - trump on Venezuela WHAT THE HELL

These masked wusses can’t handle cold weather

The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.

This thread from suburban Chicago MoC @seancasten.bsky.social is worth a read:

This is so PM Magazine and NOT network evening news. What a joke. Nothing says we are a serious fact based news organization working 24/7 to bring you critical news & information that impact your lives & the country than stories like these: -playing soccer -jet skiing -boat party -out to lunch

I can't wait to read about the deal that was struck between Trump and Maduro in a reporter's new book that will be released a year from now centering on a scoop being doled out by favored admin sources this week.

Camera’s up, Ohio!

Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.

It’s darkly humorous he can’t even muster the ability to give some lip service to democracy or allowing the Venezuelan people to choose their leader.

Breaking news like this Venezuelan attack/ abduction is always a big test for news organizations. So far, @cnn.com is doing a superb job now with @wolfblitzercnn.bsky.social; @ms.now just upped it's game with @maddow.bsky.social & @velshi.com. CBS News? running local programming....

This is a Tracy Flick style high school social studies project masquerading as a blueprint for a serious news organization. It’s MAGA-coded throughout including ‘the stories we ignored’ pledge to the ‘yes, both sides will get equal play’ promise. Trump & Bari’s funders will be thrilled.

Will be curious to see how the Venezuela attack & abduction will impact Tony & Bari's plans to remake the CBS Evening news into PM Magazine.

This headline is obscene.

In case you weren't sure, no, Bari Weiss still hasn't cleared 60 Minutes (@60minutes.bsky.social) to air their piece on the Venezuelan men being tortured at CECOT. Instead this week, it's humanoid robots, figure skater Alysa Liu, and a Dutch improv comedy troupe.

No Kings. No War.

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U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN