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“The law probably won’t matter in court” seems a pretty accurate headline right now
Because laws don't matter in our courts anymore, because we are no longer a nation of laws. One dictator kidnapped and jailed another.
U.S. capture of Maduro may be illegal; that probably won’t matter in court www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. capture of Maduro may be illegal; that probably won’t matter in court www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. capture of Maduro may be illegal; that probably won’t matter in court
The Venezuelan leader faces a multi-count indictment in New York. Experts in international law question his arrest, but that probably will not affect his trial.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
“The law probably won’t matter in court” seems a pretty accurate headline right now
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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honestly wild that I, a citizen of the United States, do not know if we have conquered Venezuela or not, and I have no confidence that the print or broadcast media are capable of telling me the answer
January 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
honestly wild that I, a citizen of the United States, do not know if we have conquered Venezuela or not, and I have no confidence that the print or broadcast media are capable of telling me the answer
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scrawny 18-year-old about to fall out of an army helicopter over tehran: this is so epic. this is totally sigma, right babe?
AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe
AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe
January 10, 2024 at 2:09 PM
scrawny 18-year-old about to fall out of an army helicopter over tehran: this is so epic. this is totally sigma, right babe?
AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe
AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe
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Both groups held hostage by the priority of access over analysis
January 3, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Both groups held hostage by the priority of access over analysis
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CNAS, CSIS, Atlantic Council, US Naval Institute, and a long roster of lesser institutions seem to have completely accepted Trump's new order without any resistance whatsoever.
No new board, no new donors, no new hires, no new editorial policy, just "we basically agree with all of this, anyway".
No new board, no new donors, no new hires, no new editorial policy, just "we basically agree with all of this, anyway".
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
CNAS, CSIS, Atlantic Council, US Naval Institute, and a long roster of lesser institutions seem to have completely accepted Trump's new order without any resistance whatsoever.
No new board, no new donors, no new hires, no new editorial policy, just "we basically agree with all of this, anyway".
No new board, no new donors, no new hires, no new editorial policy, just "we basically agree with all of this, anyway".
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Jackson Chourio is in Venezuela. Andruw Monasterio is playing winter ball there. The Brewers say they have no information.
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Jackson Chourio is in Venezuela. Andruw Monasterio is playing winter ball there. The Brewers say they have no information.
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The USA has the capacity to do anything it wants, to anyone, anywhere. But it cannot control the consequences of choosing to do it.
In the final chapter, @seandnaylor.bsky.social writes that during the War on Terror, JSOC commanders "built the perfect hammer for the National Command Authority. The risk was that, as a result, successive administrations would continue to view too many national security problems as a nail."
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January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The USA has the capacity to do anything it wants, to anyone, anywhere. But it cannot control the consequences of choosing to do it.
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truly brain-breaking to watch a general describe the mechanics of a coup while the president struggles to stay awake in the background
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
truly brain-breaking to watch a general describe the mechanics of a coup while the president struggles to stay awake in the background
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“Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow. Vladimir Putin thinks the same of much of eastern Europe. Xi Jinping will draw his own conclusions.”
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
“Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow. Vladimir Putin thinks the same of much of eastern Europe. Xi Jinping will draw his own conclusions.”
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Anyone who says they know what happens next is lying. But Trump has made the range of outcomes huge. There's no process, no checks to produce course corrections, far less capacity to implement corrections, no experienced civilians in charge. /8 @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
goodauthority.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Anyone who says they know what happens next is lying. But Trump has made the range of outcomes huge. There's no process, no checks to produce course corrections, far less capacity to implement corrections, no experienced civilians in charge. /8 @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
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This says so much: “I watched it literally like you are watching a television show,” the president said. “It was an amazing thing.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Venezuela Live Updates: Trump to Speak on U.S. Capture of Maduro
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This says so much: “I watched it literally like you are watching a television show,” the president said. “It was an amazing thing.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Meanwhile, as IR research since Iraq shows, regime change unleashes unpredictable forces with terrible consequences. What will this mean for the region, for migration, for Chinese interests in Latin America, and how mad is Xi? 5/ bsky.app/profile/did:...
A deluge of work on regime change after the 2003 invasion of Iraq yielded strong (and rare) agreement in IR: it doesn't work & has terrible consequences. @profdownes.bsky.social's book Catastrophic Success lays it out, but it's right there in the title. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Meanwhile, as IR research since Iraq shows, regime change unleashes unpredictable forces with terrible consequences. What will this mean for the region, for migration, for Chinese interests in Latin America, and how mad is Xi? 5/ bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Strongmen may have killed international law, but they were aides and abetted by cowards.
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Strongmen may have killed international law, but they were aides and abetted by cowards.
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Take the politics of Congressional authorization and Congress punting on it seriously.
Don’t take seriously analysts/lawyers/activists who reduce these questions to minor issues that should be put aside to only focus on qs of wisdom/policy.
theintercept.com/2025/12/17/v...
Don’t take seriously analysts/lawyers/activists who reduce these questions to minor issues that should be put aside to only focus on qs of wisdom/policy.
theintercept.com/2025/12/17/v...
Congress Squanders Last Chance to Block Venezuela War Before Going on Vacation
With strikes looming, Congress squandered its last chance to block a regime-change war against Venezuela before going on vacation.
theintercept.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Take the politics of Congressional authorization and Congress punting on it seriously.
Don’t take seriously analysts/lawyers/activists who reduce these questions to minor issues that should be put aside to only focus on qs of wisdom/policy.
theintercept.com/2025/12/17/v...
Don’t take seriously analysts/lawyers/activists who reduce these questions to minor issues that should be put aside to only focus on qs of wisdom/policy.
theintercept.com/2025/12/17/v...
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A deluge of work on regime change after the 2003 invasion of Iraq yielded strong (and rare) agreement in IR: it doesn't work & has terrible consequences. @profdownes.bsky.social's book Catastrophic Success lays it out, but it's right there in the title. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
A deluge of work on regime change after the 2003 invasion of Iraq yielded strong (and rare) agreement in IR: it doesn't work & has terrible consequences. @profdownes.bsky.social's book Catastrophic Success lays it out, but it's right there in the title. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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yes, humiliating for russia, but also consistent with the spheres of influence approach that putin wants (him, xi, and trump can do what they want in their respective zones)
January 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
yes, humiliating for russia, but also consistent with the spheres of influence approach that putin wants (him, xi, and trump can do what they want in their respective zones)
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they're calling this "chekhov's enforcement of a warrant from a different country against a widely hated head of state"
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
they're calling this "chekhov's enforcement of a warrant from a different country against a widely hated head of state"
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Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's what parents should know to help kids use the technology safely.
Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks
Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's what parents should know to help kids use the technology safely.
n.pr
January 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's what parents should know to help kids use the technology safely.
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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I’m sure to Trump this looks like strength but to everyone else calculating their security options this morning it's more confirmation that US power is capricious and the only insurance policy is a nuclear one
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I’m sure to Trump this looks like strength but to everyone else calculating their security options this morning it's more confirmation that US power is capricious and the only insurance policy is a nuclear one
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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I have absolutely no idea how they're going to have an Olympics here or why anyone would want to come
July 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I have absolutely no idea how they're going to have an Olympics here or why anyone would want to come
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"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...