DiveDoc
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Navy Veteran (Ret)./ M.D./Common Sense is Uncommon/
Navy Veteran (Ret)./ M.D./Common Sense is Uncommon/
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President Donald Trump made a promise with his mass deportation plan: First, we’ll remove the “criminals.”
But the data doesn't lie: immigration raids’ numbers are boosted by the arrest of immigrants who haven’t committed crimes.
But the data doesn't lie: immigration raids’ numbers are boosted by the arrest of immigrants who haven’t committed crimes.
Trump is not deporting only “criminals”
“More immigration enforcement always means, as a rule, more people without criminal convictions getting arrested and detained.”
www.motherjones.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
President Donald Trump made a promise with his mass deportation plan: First, we’ll remove the “criminals.”
But the data doesn't lie: immigration raids’ numbers are boosted by the arrest of immigrants who haven’t committed crimes.
But the data doesn't lie: immigration raids’ numbers are boosted by the arrest of immigrants who haven’t committed crimes.
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“.. For Venezuelans, our situation will not be fixed by Mr. Maduro’s departure, let alone by a foreign occupying force. .. Replacing the man at the top will not dismantle the web of bosses, private loyalties, corrupt practices .. that have replaced public life ..”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
“.. For Venezuelans, our situation will not be fixed by Mr. Maduro’s departure, let alone by a foreign occupying force. .. Replacing the man at the top will not dismantle the web of bosses, private loyalties, corrupt practices .. that have replaced public life ..”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
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“.. In a telephone interview this morning, .. Trump issued a not-so-veiled threat against the new Venezuelan leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that ‘if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,’ ..”
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
“.. In a telephone interview this morning, .. Trump issued a not-so-veiled threat against the new Venezuelan leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that ‘if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,’ ..”
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump “reaffirmed to me that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention. ‘We do need Greenland, absolutely,’ he said ..”
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Trump: Delcy Rodríguez Might Be Next
The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Trump “reaffirmed to me that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention. ‘We do need Greenland, absolutely,’ he said ..”
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@theatlantic.com
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“.. If what has happened in Caracas sets a new standard, those who praise the might of the American hammer while ignoring its dangers will bitterly regret their complacency when their own interests, just as arbitrarily, are crushed to dust.”
@lemonde.fr
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
“.. If what has happened in Caracas sets a new standard, those who praise the might of the American hammer while ignoring its dangers will bitterly regret their complacency when their own interests, just as arbitrarily, are crushed to dust.”
@lemonde.fr
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UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
January 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
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It's embarrassing that this far in reporters still treat Trump personally lying to them as incredible access.
The essence of this article is that a NY Times reporter called Trump’s cellphone at 4:30am and that Trump answered the call but said nothing of importance, other than wait for the press conference.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/i...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/i...
Why I Cold-Called President Trump at 4:30 in the Morning
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It's embarrassing that this far in reporters still treat Trump personally lying to them as incredible access.
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
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“.. People inspect the damage of a damaged building in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, January 4.”
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January 4, 2026 at 9:52 PM
“.. People inspect the damage of a damaged building in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, January 4.”
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Denmark’s prime minister urged Donald Trump to stop threatening to take control of Greenland as the US president’s move to run Venezuela set alarm bells ringing in the Nordic nation about America’s military ambitions.
Denmark Warns Trump to Stop Greenland Threats in Wake of Venezuela
Denmark’s prime minister urged Donald Trump to stop threatening to take control of Greenland as the US president’s move to run Venezuela set alarm bells ringing in the Nordic nation about America’s military ambitions.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Denmark’s prime minister urged Donald Trump to stop threatening to take control of Greenland as the US president’s move to run Venezuela set alarm bells ringing in the Nordic nation about America’s military ambitions.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Statement: Situation in Venezuela, 4 January 2026
Singapore is gravely concerned by the US intervention on 3 January 2026 in Venezuela. ⬇️
Singapore is gravely concerned by the US intervention on 3 January 2026 in Venezuela. ⬇️
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Statement: Situation in Venezuela, 4 January 2026
Singapore is gravely concerned by the US intervention on 3 January 2026 in Venezuela. ⬇️
Singapore is gravely concerned by the US intervention on 3 January 2026 in Venezuela. ⬇️
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Mark Lutter’s Charter Cities Institute (CCI) has been eyeing Venezuela since 2019, has received $$$ from Emergent Ventures (backed by Thiel), & calls Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale a “supporter”. Lutter & I just had an interesting exchange. See posts 40-43…1/ threadreaderapp.com/thread/20074...
January 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Mark Lutter’s Charter Cities Institute (CCI) has been eyeing Venezuela since 2019, has received $$$ from Emergent Ventures (backed by Thiel), & calls Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale a “supporter”. Lutter & I just had an interesting exchange. See posts 40-43…1/ threadreaderapp.com/thread/20074...
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Who are the local or Latin American reporters to follow on Venezuela? Spanish is fine.
January 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Who are the local or Latin American reporters to follow on Venezuela? Spanish is fine.
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The wife of Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a photo implying a U.S. takeover of Greenland, hours after the U.S. attacks on Venezuela. n.pr/497h4hu
Denmark's prime minister says 'stop the threats' of U.S. annexing Greenland
The wife of Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a photo implying a U.S. takeover of Greenland, hours after the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
n.pr
January 4, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The wife of Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a photo implying a U.S. takeover of Greenland, hours after the U.S. attacks on Venezuela. n.pr/497h4hu
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"If Venezuela were an authoritarian basket case with no strategic value, Convicted Felon Donald Trump wouldn’t be circling it like a repo man with a clipboard. Plenty of countries check the “repressive government” box and never make it to the front of the line of actionable U.S. foreign policy."
My latest piece on Substack about the REAL reason Trump wants to control Venezuela:
open.substack.com/pub/katiepha...
open.substack.com/pub/katiepha...
Oil, Oil Toil and Trouble
John McCain said: "Whoever controls oil controls much more than oil."
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"If Venezuela were an authoritarian basket case with no strategic value, Convicted Felon Donald Trump wouldn’t be circling it like a repo man with a clipboard. Plenty of countries check the “repressive government” box and never make it to the front of the line of actionable U.S. foreign policy."
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There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
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One insurance denial for Teressa’s husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.”
“This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’”
(Published Sept. 2025)
“This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’”
(Published Sept. 2025)
“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
One insurance denial for Teressa’s husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.”
“This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’”
(Published Sept. 2025)
“This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’”
(Published Sept. 2025)
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In 2026, we can’t take the easy path by giving in to despair. We have to keep doing something to be ready for the moment the right combination of events align and we can see a better future.
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026, we can’t take the easy path by giving in to despair. We have to keep doing something to be ready for the moment the right combination of events align and we can see a better future.
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This would require attacking a member of NATO, of course. Which makes Vance’s comments about France and Britain being potential threats to the U.S. all the more alarming.
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This would require attacking a member of NATO, of course. Which makes Vance’s comments about France and Britain being potential threats to the U.S. all the more alarming.
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These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
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“.. There is no evidence that anyone on the Trump team has thought about what will happen tomorrow, or next week, or next year ..
“.. we’re not even 24 hours into this .. Decades later, we’re still dealing with the aftermath in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into...
“.. we’re not even 24 hours into this .. Decades later, we’re still dealing with the aftermath in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into...
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
“.. There is no evidence that anyone on the Trump team has thought about what will happen tomorrow, or next week, or next year ..
“.. we’re not even 24 hours into this .. Decades later, we’re still dealing with the aftermath in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into...
“.. we’re not even 24 hours into this .. Decades later, we’re still dealing with the aftermath in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into...
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“Illegal, reckless, Deeply corrupt” 🎯
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
“Illegal, reckless, Deeply corrupt” 🎯
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This really isn’t unusual:
The government is the largest consumer of open source intel on the planet
OSINT analysis is part of every major mission in a connected nation, in both planning and execution phases
Robust collection capability is no substitute for eyes on the ground
The government is the largest consumer of open source intel on the planet
OSINT analysis is part of every major mission in a connected nation, in both planning and execution phases
Robust collection capability is no substitute for eyes on the ground
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This really isn’t unusual:
The government is the largest consumer of open source intel on the planet
OSINT analysis is part of every major mission in a connected nation, in both planning and execution phases
Robust collection capability is no substitute for eyes on the ground
The government is the largest consumer of open source intel on the planet
OSINT analysis is part of every major mission in a connected nation, in both planning and execution phases
Robust collection capability is no substitute for eyes on the ground
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George W. Bush winged it in Iraq after the invasion. The State Dept. spent months coming up with plans on how to govern following the US attack. The White House and DoD ignored them. And there’s no way Trump admin. devoted months-or weeks-to preparing for an occupation of Venezuela.
"My strong assumption is that they now seem to be totally winging it," writes @joshtpm.bsky.social about Trump's assertion that the U.S. will now "run" Venezuela.
First Thoughts on Trump’s Excellent Venezuela Adventure
Let me share a few thoughts about the U.S. action overnight in...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
George W. Bush winged it in Iraq after the invasion. The State Dept. spent months coming up with plans on how to govern following the US attack. The White House and DoD ignored them. And there’s no way Trump admin. devoted months-or weeks-to preparing for an occupation of Venezuela.
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The indictment doesn’t mention oil or fentanyl. Just cocaine. (After he just pardoned the president of Honduras)
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The indictment doesn’t mention oil or fentanyl. Just cocaine. (After he just pardoned the president of Honduras)