Ed Wilson
@eddwilson.bsky.social
Lefty liberal by temperament, exasperated by experience.
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
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Whoa!
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
January 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Whoa!
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
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FIFA gave Trump a bullshit peace prize and as a thank you he’s going to launch a war against his World Cup co-host and make the games unplayable
New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
FIFA gave Trump a bullshit peace prize and as a thank you he’s going to launch a war against his World Cup co-host and make the games unplayable
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I joined two great legal experts, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, on this analysis
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela
Experts survey the international law issues of Operation Absolute Resolve.
www.justsecurity.org
January 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I joined two great legal experts, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, on this analysis
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.
Panama 'precedent,' safeguards for Heads of State, Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US
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"You don't sound like you're speaking for an important country, you sound like you're speaking on behalf of a supplicant country who’s afraid of a bigger country.’
@Lewis_Goodall tears Labour’s Darren Jones apart on the UK's utter spinelessness on Venezuela.
@Lewis_Goodall tears Labour’s Darren Jones apart on the UK's utter spinelessness on Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"You don't sound like you're speaking for an important country, you sound like you're speaking on behalf of a supplicant country who’s afraid of a bigger country.’
@Lewis_Goodall tears Labour’s Darren Jones apart on the UK's utter spinelessness on Venezuela.
@Lewis_Goodall tears Labour’s Darren Jones apart on the UK's utter spinelessness on Venezuela.
Venezuelan oil needs investment from private companies who are only going to invest under certain guarantees and conditions.
BRENNAN: The president's last envoy to Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, says US oil executives seem to be coming to Mar-a-Lago and whispering about how easy life would be if we just made a deal with the regime once Maduro is gone. Is that what happened here?
MARCO RUBIO: No.
MARCO RUBIO: No.
January 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Venezuelan oil needs investment from private companies who are only going to invest under certain guarantees and conditions.
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"Venezuelans at celebration parties in Miami could not believe it, insisting that Trump had misspoken. His plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations."
Donald Trump wants to run Venezuela, and dominate the western hemisphere
Snatching Nicolás Maduro and attempting to take control of Venezuela and its oil is an extraordinary display of the new “Donroe doctrine”
www.economist.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"Venezuelans at celebration parties in Miami could not believe it, insisting that Trump had misspoken. His plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations."
The public version of the US National Security Strategy doesn't mention Canada or Greenland, or Venezuela or Panama, or Cuba. It's more general.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
#WATO
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
#WATO
January 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The public version of the US National Security Strategy doesn't mention Canada or Greenland, or Venezuela or Panama, or Cuba. It's more general.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
#WATO
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
#WATO
There is no parallel between Venezuela and the Chagos Islands, Grant Shapps, not even to try a cheap point.
#BBCLauraK
#BBCLauraK
January 4, 2026 at 9:59 AM
There is no parallel between Venezuela and the Chagos Islands, Grant Shapps, not even to try a cheap point.
#BBCLauraK
#BBCLauraK
The Ukraine peace plan has been advertised as "90% done" for a couple of weeks now.
There's been no indication that Putin has moved an inch from the time he refused to countenance NATO forces in Ukraine last February.
#BBCLauraK
There's been no indication that Putin has moved an inch from the time he refused to countenance NATO forces in Ukraine last February.
#BBCLauraK
January 4, 2026 at 9:36 AM
The Ukraine peace plan has been advertised as "90% done" for a couple of weeks now.
There's been no indication that Putin has moved an inch from the time he refused to countenance NATO forces in Ukraine last February.
#BBCLauraK
There's been no indication that Putin has moved an inch from the time he refused to countenance NATO forces in Ukraine last February.
#BBCLauraK
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Compare and contrast with, er, Marine Le Pen ...
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Compare and contrast with, er, Marine Le Pen ...
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European weakness on full display by these horribly contorted responses from Merz, Macron and Starmer - neither condoning nor condemning US actions in Venezuela
Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland)
Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland)
January 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
European weakness on full display by these horribly contorted responses from Merz, Macron and Starmer - neither condoning nor condemning US actions in Venezuela
Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland)
Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland)
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
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Corporate media doesn’t understand Trump at all.
Why did Trump choose Maduro’s VP to be his proxy in Venezuela over Machado—the champion of the people?
Because Maduro’s VP has already shown she’s willing to be a proxy for a dictator.
Which is what Trump *and* Maduro *both* are.
Why did Trump choose Maduro’s VP to be his proxy in Venezuela over Machado—the champion of the people?
Because Maduro’s VP has already shown she’s willing to be a proxy for a dictator.
Which is what Trump *and* Maduro *both* are.
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Corporate media doesn’t understand Trump at all.
Why did Trump choose Maduro’s VP to be his proxy in Venezuela over Machado—the champion of the people?
Because Maduro’s VP has already shown she’s willing to be a proxy for a dictator.
Which is what Trump *and* Maduro *both* are.
Why did Trump choose Maduro’s VP to be his proxy in Venezuela over Machado—the champion of the people?
Because Maduro’s VP has already shown she’s willing to be a proxy for a dictator.
Which is what Trump *and* Maduro *both* are.
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 6:29 PM
Trump says Venezuela VP Delcy Rodríguez is 'willing to work with US'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
#BBCPM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
#BBCPM
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Trump says Venezuela VP Delcy Rodríguez is 'willing to work with US'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
#BBCPM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
#BBCPM
Donald Trump is no more the legitimate president of Venezuela than was Nicholas Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Donald Trump just said he and his administration have not talked to Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, today. He took on a dismissive tone at the question...
“I think it would be very difficult for her... she is a very nice woman but she does not have the support”
#BBCPM
“I think it would be very difficult for her... she is a very nice woman but she does not have the support”
#BBCPM
Donald Trump says US is ‘going to run’ Venezuela after overnight strikes – live
US president says ‘we’re going to run the country until a safe, proper and judicious transition’ can take place and that he is ‘prepared’ for a second attack
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Donald Trump just said he and his administration have not talked to Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, today. He took on a dismissive tone at the question...
“I think it would be very difficult for her... she is a very nice woman but she does not have the support”
#BBCPM
“I think it would be very difficult for her... she is a very nice woman but she does not have the support”
#BBCPM
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Wasn’t expecting this.
Then again, being a US poodle wouldn’t play well with French voters. Not even the fat right ones.
Then again, being a US poodle wouldn’t play well with French voters. Not even the fat right ones.
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Wasn’t expecting this.
Then again, being a US poodle wouldn’t play well with French voters. Not even the fat right ones.
Then again, being a US poodle wouldn’t play well with French voters. Not even the fat right ones.
If the US "is going to run" Venezuela, shouldn't they be there now?
And Trump didn't mention María Corina Machado, though he seemed to like her a few weeks ago.
#BBCPM
And Trump didn't mention María Corina Machado, though he seemed to like her a few weeks ago.
#BBCPM
January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
If the US "is going to run" Venezuela, shouldn't they be there now?
And Trump didn't mention María Corina Machado, though he seemed to like her a few weeks ago.
#BBCPM
And Trump didn't mention María Corina Machado, though he seemed to like her a few weeks ago.
#BBCPM
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New: Trump administration officials are internally pointing to a 1989 legal opinion and the subsequent US invasion of Panama as precedent to justify the operation that was carried out in Venezuela on Friday night without US congressional authorization, per 3 sources.
January 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
New: Trump administration officials are internally pointing to a 1989 legal opinion and the subsequent US invasion of Panama as precedent to justify the operation that was carried out in Venezuela on Friday night without US congressional authorization, per 3 sources.
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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CIA had a source in the Venezuelan government who helped them track and locate Maduro - two sources familiar with the operation tell Reuters.
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
CIA had a source in the Venezuelan government who helped them track and locate Maduro - two sources familiar with the operation tell Reuters.