Chiliagon Imaginer
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Chiliagon Imaginer
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· Apr 15
Steve Bannon and Elon Musk Are Battling for the Soul of Trumpism
A growing rift within the MAGA coalition between populists and techno-oligarchs may determine the future of the Republican Party
newlinesmag.com
My latest is on the raging conflict between the techno-oligarchy, Traditionalists, and center right, including some broader historical and cultural analysis.
newlinesmag.com/argument/ste...
newlinesmag.com/argument/ste...
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So it was less a daring raid per se than the USA being invited to do the dirty work in an internal coup?
"Senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez...have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime...funneled through intermediaries in Qatar."
Exclusive: Venezuelan leaders offered U.S. a path to stay in power without Maduro
Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez used Doha backchannels to offer Washington a 'Cartel Light' plan for a managed Venezuela transition that keeps chavismo in power.
www.miamiherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:06 AM
So it was less a daring raid per se than the USA being invited to do the dirty work in an internal coup?
Apparently she didn't get this morning's memo?
María Corina Machado, tras el ataque militar a Venezuela: “Estamos preparados para tomar el poder”
elpais.com/internaciona...
María Corina Machado, tras el ataque militar a Venezuela: “Estamos preparados para tomar el poder”
elpais.com/internaciona...
María Corina Machado, tras el ataque militar a Venezuela: “Estamos preparados para tomar el poder”
La líder opositora pide a los venezolanos estar “vigilantes y organizados” hasta que se concrete la transición. El mandatario estadounidense afirma que no cree que la dirigente tenga los apoyos sufici...
elpais.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Apparently she didn't get this morning's memo?
María Corina Machado, tras el ataque militar a Venezuela: “Estamos preparados para tomar el poder”
elpais.com/internaciona...
María Corina Machado, tras el ataque militar a Venezuela: “Estamos preparados para tomar el poder”
elpais.com/internaciona...
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personalism isn’t the right level of analysis. you have to assume instead that there are mini-trumps inside trump’s head warring for dominance
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
personalism isn’t the right level of analysis. you have to assume instead that there are mini-trumps inside trump’s head warring for dominance
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By invading the South American nation without the approval of Congress, Trump threatens to make the United States a pariah with no moral authority for other dictatorships around the globe.
Trump’s attack on Venezuela further flouts the Constitution he swore to uphold | Editorial
www.inquirer.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
By invading the South American nation without the approval of Congress, Trump threatens to make the United States a pariah with no moral authority for other dictatorships around the globe.
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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It's crystal clear: a pending criminal indictment does NOT cure the clear illegality of this attack under int'l law. It violated the UN Charter in just the same way Russia's attack on Ukraine did. And unlike our 1989 Panama invasion, there seems not even a pretense of a threat to Americans there.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
It's crystal clear: a pending criminal indictment does NOT cure the clear illegality of this attack under int'l law. It violated the UN Charter in just the same way Russia's attack on Ukraine did. And unlike our 1989 Panama invasion, there seems not even a pretense of a threat to Americans there.
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Shame Glem could not find anyone else in the whole world that would condemn Trump's illegal adventurism in Venezuela so he had to hand it to a fash.
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Shame Glem could not find anyone else in the whole world that would condemn Trump's illegal adventurism in Venezuela so he had to hand it to a fash.
he's not wrong? this is what all the "nobody can stop us" talk leads to. the "sovereignism" of national conservatives only amounts to "I get to do whatever I want as long as nobody can put me down." they're pretty explicit that "realism" doesn't mean rational, orderly teamwork.
Trump just acknowledged that this was an attack on sovereignty. 🤦🏻♀️
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
he's not wrong? this is what all the "nobody can stop us" talk leads to. the "sovereignism" of national conservatives only amounts to "I get to do whatever I want as long as nobody can put me down." they're pretty explicit that "realism" doesn't mean rational, orderly teamwork.
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At some point those on the American left who’ve spent the last decade running interference for Donald Trump are going to have to hold themselves to the same standards of accountability that they demand from Democrats
I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
At some point those on the American left who’ve spent the last decade running interference for Donald Trump are going to have to hold themselves to the same standards of accountability that they demand from Democrats
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unitary executive theory implies the existence of trinitarian executive theory
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
unitary executive theory implies the existence of trinitarian executive theory
Just Donald the Dove posting a coup invasion to the tune of an anti-war song, showing himself once again a bold detente anti-interventionist finally illuminating the path out of the New Cold War 3.0.
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Just Donald the Dove posting a coup invasion to the tune of an anti-war song, showing himself once again a bold detente anti-interventionist finally illuminating the path out of the New Cold War 3.0.
I've seen some ppl reflexively acting like this is an act of the "uniparty" or wtv, when that's exactly the fallacious thinking that landed us with Trump in the first place. there are differences! difference exists! some things are better than others!
Scathing response from @schiff.senate.gov:
"“Acting without Congressional approval or the buy-in of the public, Trump risks plunging a hemisphere into chaos and has broken his promise to end wars instead of starting them...Congress must bring up a new War Powers Resolution and reassert its power."
"“Acting without Congressional approval or the buy-in of the public, Trump risks plunging a hemisphere into chaos and has broken his promise to end wars instead of starting them...Congress must bring up a new War Powers Resolution and reassert its power."
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I've seen some ppl reflexively acting like this is an act of the "uniparty" or wtv, when that's exactly the fallacious thinking that landed us with Trump in the first place. there are differences! difference exists! some things are better than others!
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I know several oil barons, I’ve had the oil and gas industry as clients in a past life: none of them want the Venezuelan oil, it’s dog shit quality and getting the PDVSA fields up to modern standards would take 20 years! It’s just trump being stuck in 1987
At this point the oil barons hardly even care (they can pivot to renewables too). It’s just gender and internal combustion brain
It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
January 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I know several oil barons, I’ve had the oil and gas industry as clients in a past life: none of them want the Venezuelan oil, it’s dog shit quality and getting the PDVSA fields up to modern standards would take 20 years! It’s just trump being stuck in 1987
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The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
pretty wild that some of Maduro's last statements as president of Venezuela went like this: “If they want oil, Venezuela is ready for U.S. investment, like with Chevron, whenever they want it, wherever they want it and however they want it.”
apnews.com/article/vene...
apnews.com/article/vene...
Maduro open to US talks on drug trafficking, but silent on CIA strike
Venezuela is open to reaching an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, according to President Nicolás Maduro.
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
pretty wild that some of Maduro's last statements as president of Venezuela went like this: “If they want oil, Venezuela is ready for U.S. investment, like with Chevron, whenever they want it, wherever they want it and however they want it.”
apnews.com/article/vene...
apnews.com/article/vene...
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It's just as the Europeans have been warning about: a new era of might makes right. Naked imperialism. No need to concoct self-defense excuses or make humanitarian appeals.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It's just as the Europeans have been warning about: a new era of might makes right. Naked imperialism. No need to concoct self-defense excuses or make humanitarian appeals.
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Bigger than Teapot Dome in terms of scandals, but in the age of Trump, it doesn't even raise an eyebrow: Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5m water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine approved by Interior.
The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Bigger than Teapot Dome in terms of scandals, but in the age of Trump, it doesn't even raise an eyebrow: Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5m water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine approved by Interior.
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“something has to be done with Mexico”
Donald Trump on Fox & Friends this morning. He also mentions Canada and drugs again.
Donald Trump on Fox & Friends this morning. He also mentions Canada and drugs again.
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“something has to be done with Mexico”
Donald Trump on Fox & Friends this morning. He also mentions Canada and drugs again.
Donald Trump on Fox & Friends this morning. He also mentions Canada and drugs again.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
gradient from orange to scarlet red in the top left temperature graph seems concerning!
🌊BGC-Argo float of the month is 5906497 with 4 years under Antarctic sea ice, just popped out. It was adopted by the American School in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and named “Hedy Lamarr” – the actress who co-invented and patented frequency hopping communications. Named for her science contribution. 1/2
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
gradient from orange to scarlet red in the top left temperature graph seems concerning!
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Major heat wave in the North Atlantic had widespread and lasting impacts on marine life | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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the thing ppl in the media and the Democratic Party need to understand is that if they don't counter message and push back against this insanity and the press push that will follow, this is going to be massively emboldening for Trump
January 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
the thing ppl in the media and the Democratic Party need to understand is that if they don't counter message and push back against this insanity and the press push that will follow, this is going to be massively emboldening for Trump
rage against the war machine, redux: apocalypse now
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
rage against the war machine, redux: apocalypse now