Mary Debrett
@drmaryd.bsky.social
Media & Communications academic with eyes on the clean energy transition and whatever can be done to save the future from climate catastrophe. [Views my own, reposts not endorsements]
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the US crossed an 'unacceptable line' following attacks on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro.
January 4, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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The Constitution is clear:
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.
On these counts, Congress has failed.
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.
On these counts, Congress has failed.
January 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The Constitution is clear:
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.
On these counts, Congress has failed.
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.
On these counts, Congress has failed.
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On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
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The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
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I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.
By framing this brazen act of aggression in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of War
By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
interc.pt
January 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.
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🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Reports of gunfire happening this evening outside of Presidential Palace in Venezuela
Developing Story
My fear we send boots on the ground. This is so wrong
Maduro was a really bad guy
But what is the plan
Trump administration is incompetent
🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Reports of gunfire happening this evening outside of Presidential Palace in Venezuela
Developing Story
My fear we send boots on the ground. This is so wrong
Maduro was a really bad guy
But what is the plan
Trump administration is incompetent
Reports of gunfire near Venezuela’s presidential palace
There are reports of possible gunfire or anti-aircraft fire in Caracas, Venezuela, with the cause of the incident currently unknown. Witnesses report heavy gunfire near the Miraflores Palace, the coun...
bnonews.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:18 AM
bnonews.com/index.php/20...
🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Reports of gunfire happening this evening outside of Presidential Palace in Venezuela
Developing Story
My fear we send boots on the ground. This is so wrong
Maduro was a really bad guy
But what is the plan
Trump administration is incompetent
🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Reports of gunfire happening this evening outside of Presidential Palace in Venezuela
Developing Story
My fear we send boots on the ground. This is so wrong
Maduro was a really bad guy
But what is the plan
Trump administration is incompetent
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With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
snyder.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
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You're right, but the ALP had a lower primary vote than Bandt in 2025, and only won the seat with LNP preferences.
In any case the ALP seem quite prepared to continue LNP policies (Aukus, Robodebt, off shore processing) and side with the LNP against the Greens too often.
In any case the ALP seem quite prepared to continue LNP policies (Aukus, Robodebt, off shore processing) and side with the LNP against the Greens too often.
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
You're right, but the ALP had a lower primary vote than Bandt in 2025, and only won the seat with LNP preferences.
In any case the ALP seem quite prepared to continue LNP policies (Aukus, Robodebt, off shore processing) and side with the LNP against the Greens too often.
In any case the ALP seem quite prepared to continue LNP policies (Aukus, Robodebt, off shore processing) and side with the LNP against the Greens too often.
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AAP MLAs Wear Industrial Masks In Delhi Assembly To Protest Against Pollution
->Zee News | #pollution #protest #coronavirus | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Zee News | #pollution #protest #coronavirus | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
AAP MLAs Wear Industrial Masks In Delhi Assembly To Protest Against Pollution
On the opening day of the Winter Session, the pollution crisis erupted into a powerful demonstration outside the Delhi Legislative Assembly, with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs wearing Industrial-grade masks to highlight the BJP government’s failure on air quality. Led...
zeenews.india.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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Bob Rae: "At some point the rule of law has to stand for something... we're a democracy and there are a lot of other democracies in the world and the democracies in the world need to fight back."
🎥 Credit CBC News
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
🎥 Credit CBC News
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
January 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Bob Rae: "At some point the rule of law has to stand for something... we're a democracy and there are a lot of other democracies in the world and the democracies in the world need to fight back."
🎥 Credit CBC News
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
🎥 Credit CBC News
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
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Some people are taking the fight to the government for an Independent democratic future. These are the people we need in power. Support Zoe and Rex. #Auspol
The duopoly have rewritten the election rulebook, making it almost impossible for independents to stand and win. Zoe and I are in the High Court challenging this rigged rulebook to ensure choices remain on election day. Please chip in to help us👇. #auspol
The Fair Elections Case | High Court Challenge
The major parties have re-written the rules to rig elections in their favour. But Zoe Daniel and Rex Patrick are fighting back, all the way to the High Court.
www.climate200.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Some people are taking the fight to the government for an Independent democratic future. These are the people we need in power. Support Zoe and Rex. #Auspol
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I have been slightly terrified ever since 2003, reinforced in the summer of 2019-2020.
“At least 6.9 million Australians living on the fringes of capital cities were at risk, according to a report by the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, challenging assumptions that bushfires are a regional or rural concern”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Outskirts of Australian cities at risk of catastrophic fires on scale of deadly LA blazes, study finds
At least 6.9 million residents on Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart fringes exposed as dry summer follows years of vegetation growth
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I have been slightly terrified ever since 2003, reinforced in the summer of 2019-2020.
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another interesting point about venezuelan oil that did not make it into this piece is that OPEC members self-report their reserves numbers — it's not impossible that chavez may have asked PDVSA to inflate just how much capacity the country is sitting on
The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them—or if they even want to. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Wants Venezuela's Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple
The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them—or if they even want to.
www.wired.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
another interesting point about venezuelan oil that did not make it into this piece is that OPEC members self-report their reserves numbers — it's not impossible that chavez may have asked PDVSA to inflate just how much capacity the country is sitting on
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I'm keeping my eyes on #Gaza and my effort focused on freeing #Palestine.
#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust
#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust
⚠️ Graphic
BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot a child in the head in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, close to the yellow line that separates Israeli controlled areas from rest of Gaza where the vast majority of the population lives.
Since the ceasefire in Oct, Israel has shot hundreds of Palestinians...
BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot a child in the head in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, close to the yellow line that separates Israeli controlled areas from rest of Gaza where the vast majority of the population lives.
Since the ceasefire in Oct, Israel has shot hundreds of Palestinians...
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I'm keeping my eyes on #Gaza and my effort focused on freeing #Palestine.
#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust
#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust
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Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
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@australianlabor.bsky.social refused to listen to the ~350,000 people who marched in Sydney calling for @albomp.bsky.social to meet our obligations under int'l law to stop Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
BUT the MSM demands they listen to a few feral Zionists calling for a RC into AnTiSeMiTiSm?
BUT the MSM demands they listen to a few feral Zionists calling for a RC into AnTiSeMiTiSm?
January 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
@australianlabor.bsky.social refused to listen to the ~350,000 people who marched in Sydney calling for @albomp.bsky.social to meet our obligations under int'l law to stop Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
BUT the MSM demands they listen to a few feral Zionists calling for a RC into AnTiSeMiTiSm?
BUT the MSM demands they listen to a few feral Zionists calling for a RC into AnTiSeMiTiSm?
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"Vance wrote, 'You don’t get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US because you live in a palace in Caracas.'
OK? But apparently you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US if you’re a foreign head of state with ties to Trump’s inner circle..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
OK? But apparently you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US if you’re a foreign head of state with ties to Trump’s inner circle..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
After Venezuela operation, Trump haunted by his pardon for Honduran drug trafficker
Two Latin American strongmen were charged with drug trafficking. One was captured as part of a military raid, the other is free thanks to a Trump pardon.
www.ms.now
January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Vance wrote, 'You don’t get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US because you live in a palace in Caracas.'
OK? But apparently you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US if you’re a foreign head of state with ties to Trump’s inner circle..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
OK? But apparently you do get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the US if you’re a foreign head of state with ties to Trump’s inner circle..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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What is happening in the UK?
Businesses will get compensation if boycotts work?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...
Businesses will get compensation if boycotts work?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...
UK: Labour minister tells local councils they could be sued for boycotting Israel
Multiple local authorities have in the past year voted to boycott companies 'complicit in Israeli war crimes'
www.middleeasteye.net
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
What is happening in the UK?
Businesses will get compensation if boycotts work?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...
Businesses will get compensation if boycotts work?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...
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"If the United States attacks another NATO country, everything stops."
Denmark Taking Trump's Greenland Threats 'Seriously' as White House Eyes Global Military Interventions
The Trump administration's threats of military action in Venezuela and other countries have sparked global concern. Danish PM Frederiksen warns against US annexation of Greenland, while Colombian President Petro issues a strong warning.
www.commondreams.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"If the United States attacks another NATO country, everything stops."
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So..
When will the "Non redacted" Epstein files Be released?
Do you even have laws in the US?
When will the "Non redacted" Epstein files Be released?
Do you even have laws in the US?
January 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
So..
When will the "Non redacted" Epstein files Be released?
Do you even have laws in the US?
When will the "Non redacted" Epstein files Be released?
Do you even have laws in the US?
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Sadiq Khan’s plans to rewild London. White storks back for the first time in 600 years, followed by beavers.
Sadiq Khan: I want to rewild London. First stop — storks in Dagenham (yes, really)
White storks are coming back to London for the first time in 600 years
www.standard.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sadiq Khan’s plans to rewild London. White storks back for the first time in 600 years, followed by beavers.
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