Erin Overbey
@erinoverbey.bsky.social
Writer, Archivist, Editor
Archive Editor, The New Yorker
Journalist, whistleblower & media gal in NYC
Archive Editor, The New Yorker
Journalist, whistleblower & media gal in NYC
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So @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com abetted a war crime?
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 AM
So @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com abetted a war crime?
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personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
personally I think if a story about an illegal war and kidnapping leaks to you should publish it.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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absolutely unbelievable
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:15 AM
absolutely unbelievable
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40 people (at least) died. It's the official policy of these newsrooms that Latin American lives aren't worth anything. Again, if you still pay for an NYT subscription I think you're trash.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
40 people (at least) died. It's the official policy of these newsrooms that Latin American lives aren't worth anything. Again, if you still pay for an NYT subscription I think you're trash.
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With even a second's thought, you'd realize that a blown operation would not mean dead troops but the cancelling, or at least indefinite postponement of the war crime
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 2:40 AM
With even a second's thought, you'd realize that a blown operation would not mean dead troops but the cancelling, or at least indefinite postponement of the war crime
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Didn't the 40 dead Venezuelans deserve some consideration?
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Didn't the 40 dead Venezuelans deserve some consideration?
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if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:24 AM
if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
the US government just doing covert CIA ops & regime changes out in the open right now
what a time to be alive…🙄
what a time to be alive…🙄
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
the US government just doing covert CIA ops & regime changes out in the open right now
what a time to be alive…🙄
what a time to be alive…🙄
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the @nytimes.com has a track record of seriously awful & complicit headlines & op-eds, but this one by Maureen Dowd from 2016 will go down in history as one of their worst
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
the @nytimes.com has a track record of seriously awful & complicit headlines & op-eds, but this one by Maureen Dowd from 2016 will go down in history as one of their worst
starting to have my doubts about the legitimacy of the FIFA Peace Prize…
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
starting to have my doubts about the legitimacy of the FIFA Peace Prize…
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if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
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if i was running a political party and every time my opponents held power they started illegal wars for oil and crashed the economy i would simply say that repeatedly
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
if i was running a political party and every time my opponents held power they started illegal wars for oil and crashed the economy i would simply say that repeatedly
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
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“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
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wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader
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No Authorized Use of Military Force.
No declaration of war against Venezuela.
No declaration of war against Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
No Authorized Use of Military Force.
No declaration of war against Venezuela.
No declaration of war against Venezuela.
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Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
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Americans believe that Trump's operations in Venezuela are unlawful
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Americans believe that Trump's operations in Venezuela are unlawful
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BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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They really bombed Venezuela before releasing the Epstein files.
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 AM
They really bombed Venezuela before releasing the Epstein files.