David Smilde
@dsmilde.bsky.social
Check out my Substack "Venezuela and the United States" https://davidsmilde.substack.com/ Opinions expressed are my own.
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
“Cuanto más nos traguemos estas mentiras ahora, más difícil nos resultará cuestionar futuras falsedades” - elpais.com/opinion/2025...
La gran mentira detrás de los ataques de Trump a los barcos
EE UU está adoctrinando a la prensa y al público estadounidense para que asocien las acciones militares con la detención del flujo de fentanilo
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November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Cuanto más nos traguemos estas mentiras ahora, más difícil nos resultará cuestionar futuras falsedades” - elpais.com/opinion/2025...
“As Mr. Trump bombs boats that may or may not be transporting drugs, concocts a pretext to invade Venezuela…and declares vague emergencies and wars to justify his own partisan political ends, he should pause to thank the man who showed America how it could be done.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Tragedy of Dick Cheney
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November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“As Mr. Trump bombs boats that may or may not be transporting drugs, concocts a pretext to invade Venezuela…and declares vague emergencies and wars to justify his own partisan political ends, he should pause to thank the man who showed America how it could be done.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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"Maduro is a heinous dictator, and there is a need for international engagement. But what is to be done should be developed on the basis of real facts and analysis, not the tall tales of exiled and displaced leaders, which have led to disastrous miscalculations in the past" by @dsmilde.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Maduro is a heinous dictator, and there is a need for international engagement. But what is to be done should be developed on the basis of real facts and analysis, not the tall tales of exiled and displaced leaders, which have led to disastrous miscalculations in the past" by @dsmilde.bsky.social
The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices
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October 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
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This is just shameful. What a disgrace
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Revealed: police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats
Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is just shameful. What a disgrace
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats
Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This is just shameful. What a disgrace
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College?
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October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
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I am shocked.
Ecuador says no evidence to detain survivor of US strike on suspected drug vessel reut.rs/48GiDmO
Ecuador says no evidence to detain survivor of US strike on suspected drug vessel
Ecuador's prosecutor's office said on Monday it would not detain the Ecuadorean survivor of a U.S. military strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I am shocked.
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The Trump administration is running counter-drug operations in the Caribbean. Marco Rubio wants regime change in Venezuela. While they have tried to conflate the issues, as I write in today's @wpr.bsky.social column, the two narratives are splitting apart.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-venezu...
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-venezu...
Trump’s War Narrative on Venezuela Is Coming Undone
The Trump administration’s rhetoric has shifted toward regime change in Venezuela and a regionalized drug war.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump administration is running counter-drug operations in the Caribbean. Marco Rubio wants regime change in Venezuela. While they have tried to conflate the issues, as I write in today's @wpr.bsky.social column, the two narratives are splitting apart.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-venezu...
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-venezu...
“If they are so dangerous that you have a license to kill them, how could it make sense to just send them home?” David Smilde told the Times. “Deportation is the logic of civilian law enforcement, not war, which is supposedly what they are engaged in.” www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
Trump calls Colombian president a ‘drug leader’ and suspends US aid
The US president widens his rancour from Venezuela’s President Maduro to Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, labelling both ‘narco-terrorists’ as the US strikes ‘drug boats’
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October 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“If they are so dangerous that you have a license to kill them, how could it make sense to just send them home?” David Smilde told the Times. “Deportation is the logic of civilian law enforcement, not war, which is supposedly what they are engaged in.” www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
What Powers Does the Border Patrol Have Across the Country? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
What Powers Does the Border Patrol Have Across the Country?
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October 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What Powers Does the Border Patrol Have Across the Country? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Venezuela Announces Sweeping Military Exercises as U.S. Escalates Pressure www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/w...
Venezuela Announces Sweeping Military Exercises as U.S. Escalates Pressure
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October 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Venezuela Announces Sweeping Military Exercises as U.S. Escalates Pressure www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/w...
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
