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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1h

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dementuschikan 🇻🇪🇺🇦 @dementuschikan.bsky.social · 2h

Kudos to @michaeldeibert.bsky.social for a detailed look at the struggle in Venezuela and a realistic look at why applying purity tests to people casting about for any help whatsoever for their people is not helpful at all and is seriously myopic.

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 7h

My thoughts on Venezuela’s María Corina Machado and the Nobel Peace Prize. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/what-if-it...

What if It Was Your Country?

Those criticizing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado might take a moment to meditate on what the nation has lived through over the last 20 years.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 4h

It really tells you everything you need to know about Hamas that the first thing they do to mark the ceasefire is to literally execute other Palestinians in the street.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 5h

"Punishing and expelling those who think differently is the rationality displayed by the Cuban government" www.14ymedio.com/cuba/castiga...

"Castigar y expulsar a quienes piensan diferente es la racionalidad que exhibe el Gobierno cubano"

El Consejo para la Transición Democrática en Cuba acusa al régimen de mentir cuando afirma que Ferrer ha salido del país por decisión propia

www.14ymedio.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 5h

As Havana's buildings collapse around them, scavengers carry off whatever they can use www.14ymedio.com/cuba/carrone...

Los carroñeros se ceban en las ruinas del Café Boulevard en La Habana

El derrumbe de una cafetería estatal deja un amplio reservorio de materiales constructivos para los recolectores

www.14ymedio.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 5h

Today would have been George Floyd's 52nd birthday. A man dealt a tough hand early on in a life that was marked by systemic racism & whose murder in Minneapolis, where he moved for some stability, sparked a movement. Rest wherever you may be now, Big Floyd, we will continue the work here.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 6h

Two Venezuelan exiles, opponents of the Maduro regime, shot in Bogotá elpais.com/america-colo...

Dos exiliados venezolanos sufren un atentado en Bogotá

El activista Yendri Velásquez y el consultor político Luis Peche habían llegado a Colombia en septiembre de 2024, víctimas de la persecución política del chavismo

elpais.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 6h

Are Irish voters going to put this kook & Baathist apologist in the presidency? I realize it's a largely ceremonial position but still. www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Catherine Connolly defends her decision to vote against EU’s Lisbon and Nice treaties

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has defended her decision to vote “no” to the Lisbon and Nice treaties.

www.independent.ie

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 6h

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 7h

My thoughts on Venezuela’s María Corina Machado and the Nobel Peace Prize. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/what-if-it...

What if It Was Your Country?

Those criticizing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado might take a moment to meditate on what the nation has lived through over the last 20 years.

michaeldeibert.substack.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 18h

I lived in Newburgh for a time and was deeply moved by the place. This is such a tragedy: 13-year-old arrested on murder charge in 11-year-old boy's death in Newburgh abc7ny.com/post/newburg...

13-year-old arrested on murder charge in 11-year-old boy's death in Newburgh

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and is facing a charge of murder after the death of an 11-year-old boy in Newburgh on Thursday morning.

abc7ny.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

The thugs are out of control: Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Anybody to the right of Kim Jong Un is "far right" to them, apparently.

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

"Far right," @npr.org? Are you guys really this ignorant about what is going on in Venezuela right now?

NPR @npr.org · 2d

The far-right leader of Venezuela's opposition party said that the current president is illegitimate and called for his removal. n.pr/4mWZpMT

Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in 'chaos' under current regime

The far-right leader of Venezuela's opposition party said that the current president is illegitimate and called for his removal.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Puerto Rico Senate leader Thomas Rivera Schatz seeks to further restrict public's access to official information periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/10/con-...

Con temerario desprecio hacia la verdad

Vivimos un momento histórico en que se menosprecian la ciencia, los datos y la verdad. El libreto de uno de los episodios más recientes de esto que parece una serie de horror, a nivel local, lo escrib...

periodismoinvestigativo.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Cuban protester originally sentenced to 5 years in prison for holding sign calling for release of jailed rapper arrives in Madrid with his mother and 7 year-old son www.14ymedio.com/cuba/llega-m...

Llega a Madrid el preso político cubano Luis Robles, “el joven de la pancarta”

Acompañan al opositor su madre, Yindra Elizastigui, y su hijo, de siete años

www.14ymedio.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

One can hardly imagine what they endured over the last two years, but thank God now they are all home. There are too many - far too many - Palestinians and Israelis who will never be coming home. Let's never do this again, world. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

After 738 days, all living Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity in Gaza

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www.haaretz.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 1d

Haiti police stop new offensive by by criminal coalition Viv Ansanm in Kenscoff above Port-au-Prince lenouvelliste.com/article/2607...

Une offensive de « Viv ansanm » à Kenscoff stoppée par la PNH

La population civile de la commune de Kenscoff a été témoin d’un nouvel affrontement entre des unités spécialisées de la Police nationale d’Haïti (PNH) et des membres de la coalition criminelle « Viv ...

lenouvelliste.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

Had to spend part of a Sunday I wanted to devote to reading working on an essay about Venezuela & the Nobel Prize because some people remain, in 2025, reflexively suggestible to the most unsophisticated pro-totalitarian propaganda seeking to erase Venezuelans from the discussion of Venezuela.

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE. www.inquirer.com/news/ice-rai...

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

www.inquirer.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

Videos show the Sudanese army's use of chlorine gas as a weapon www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

Videos show the Sudanese army's use of chlorine gas as a weapon

On May 22, 2025, the US accused the Sudanese army of using chemical weapons in its war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia. The US presented no evidence to support the allegations, which th...

www.france24.com

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps it needs to be asked why the hostage families feel that the U.S. cares for and listens to them more than the Israeli government www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

At Hostage Square, Witkoff and Kushner gave Israelis what their own leaders won't: Empathy

Representing Donald Trump at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square on Saturday Evening, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Were Received With a Warm Embrace, While the Mere Mention of Net...

www.haaretz.com