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How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy

January 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM

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Thanks to former mental health professional @hartmannreport.com for inviting @gregpalast.bsky.social to write this story that explains what we need to know.

An OpEd for Hartmann Report by Greg Palast: The Radical Pragmatist versus Rubio’s Vulture

Trump wants Venezuelan oil — that we already had

January 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM

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What a coincidence!

Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is not the first official given someone else’s Nobel Prize medal. In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel medal to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda. 🧵

January 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM

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It's true.

Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is not the first official given someone else’s Nobel Prize medal. In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel medal to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda. 🧵

January 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM

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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is not the first official given someone else’s Nobel Prize medal. In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel medal to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda. 🧵

January 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM

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Trump is not the first official given someone else’s Nobel Prize medal. In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel medal to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda. 🧵

January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM

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Trump wants Venezuelan oil — that we already had!

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Watch: Palast discusses his latest report on #Venezuela on @hartmannreport.com

Palast discusses his latest report on Venezuela with Thom Hartmann

How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy

January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM

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Excellent article by @gregpalast.bsky.social on Venezuela and the shitshow Trump created. #trump #Venezuela

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January 14, 2026 at 3:58 PM

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How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy

How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy

January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM

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Quite a bit to chew on here from @gregpalast.bsky.social, with Greg's unique perspective on the situation in Venezuela — oil companies, Trump vs. Rubio, Chavez and the Bushes, and Paul Elliott Singer.

(BTW, Greg will be on @hartmannreport.com today at 1pm Eastern to discuss some of this.)

Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 4d

How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy: The Radical Pragmatist versus Rubio’s Vulture
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How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy

January 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM

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Great informative exchange with Thom.

January 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM

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Fascinating article on the political shenanigans around Venezuela.
Worth a read.

Trump is crowing that, "we're going to be taking oil" from Venezuela. Mr. President, we were taking Venezuela's oil until you stopped the flow with an embargo.
Now, it will be nearly impossible, and cost a prohibitive amount, to crank up Venezuela's production to get back up to the flow quantities we had before Trump's embargo. Because, when the extraction of super-heavy oil of Venezuela stopped, it congealed into tar and then into asphalt. Refineries and pipes are choked and destroyed, a destruction Trump engineered through blocking Venezuela from paying for equipment to maintain the lines. Now, Trump is trying to bully US oil companies to invest as much as $100 billion to restore the oil infrastructure that Trump himself destroyed.
Trump wants praise for (expensively) rebuilding what he demolished. He's like an arsonist who wants praise for calling the fire department.

January 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM

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I'll be discussing my latest report on the situation in #Venezuela on @hartmannreport.com today at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern.

Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 4d

How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy: The Radical Pragmatist versus Rubio’s Vulture
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How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy

January 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM

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How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy: The Radical Pragmatist versus Rubio’s Vulture
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January 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM

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I'm no fan of Maduro, but no New York jury’s going to convict him

Palast discusses the kidnap of Maduro, and the developing situation in Venezuela with Rick Smith

I'm no fan of Maduro, but no New York jury’s going to convict him

January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM

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I'm no fan of Maduro, but no New York jury’s going to convict him...

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Palast discusses the kidnap of Maduro, and the developing situation in Venezuela with Rick Smith

Insider: White House was warned march was illegal

January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM

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Trump’s seizing Venezuela’s presidential palace wasn’t practice for war against Denmark over Greenland, it was practice for January 6, 2029.

Today is the fifth anniversary of Trump’s attempted coup...

🧵 #Jan6 #Jan6th
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Trump’s call to march to Capitol broke organizer's promise to DC police.

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January 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM

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President Rodriguez understands what Nicholas Maduro does not. You can’t eat or drink your own oil.

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Palast on Hartmann: When Delcy Rodriguez banged on my door at 2AM

President Rodriguez understands what Nicholas Maduro does not. You can’t eat or drink your own oil.

Coming Up Today Monday, January 5, 2026

January 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM

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I’ll be on @hartmannreport.com today to talk about my latest article, “When #Venezuela’s President banged on my door at 2am.”

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Is it possible that a grudge, over not getting the Nobel Peace Prize, led Trump to attack Venezuela?

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January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM

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"President Rodriguez understands what Maduro does not. You can’t eat or drink your own oil." @gregpalast.bsky.social www.gregpalast.com/when-venezue...

When Venezuela's President Delcy Rodriguez banged on my door at 2AM

It was 2002 when Delcy Rodriguez, sworn in today as President of Venezuela, came to my apartment in London well after midnight to tell me, a BBC television reporter, that the US was planning to kidnap...

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January 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM

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Interesting article, well worth reading 📚

Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 14d

I knew Maduro well. He's not the brightest bulb in the socket. Unlike Hugo Chavez, Maduro does not understand that there is a limit to how much one can taunt Uncle Sam’s oil companies. Chavez knew that, saying, “I’m a very good chess player.” gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/when-venez...

When Venezuela’s de facto President Delcy Rodriguez banged on my door at 2AM

It was 2002 when Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump said was sworn in yesterday as President of Venezuela, came to my apartment in London well after midnight to tell me, a BBC television reporter, that the U...

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January 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM

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When Venezuela’s de facto President Delcy Rodriguez banged on my door at 2AM

It was 2002 when Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump said was sworn in yesterday as President of Venezuela, came to my apartment in London well after midnight to tell me, a BBC television reporter, that the U...

When Venezuela’s de facto President Delcy Rodriguez banged on my door at 2AM

January 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM

Greg Palast

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I knew Maduro well. He's not the brightest bulb in the socket. Unlike Hugo Chavez, Maduro does not understand that there is a limit to how much one can taunt Uncle Sam’s oil companies. Chavez knew that, saying, “I’m a very good chess player.” gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/when-venez...

It was 2002 when Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump said was sworn in yesterday as President of Venezuela, came to my apartment in London well after midnight to tell me, a BBC television reporter, that the U...