JointheDots
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Trump’s expansionist moves (Venezuela, Greenland, Gaza) are real but media creates a blind spot by framing him as a sort of bumbling showman, not a threat. Why isn’t he analysed with the same scrutiny as Putin or Xi?
#Geopolitics #MediaFraming #Imperialism #colonisation
#Geopolitics #MediaFraming #Imperialism #colonisation
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Trump’s expansionist moves (Venezuela, Greenland, Gaza) are real but media creates a blind spot by framing him as a sort of bumbling showman, not a threat. Why isn’t he analysed with the same scrutiny as Putin or Xi?
#Geopolitics #MediaFraming #Imperialism #colonisation
#Geopolitics #MediaFraming #Imperialism #colonisation
Will Hutton: The UK’s stance on Venezuela is embarrassing. Of course nobody sheds tears for Maduro: and we all hope for a democratic transition. But unilateral US action illegal domestically and internationally? An impending civil war ? An age of lawless impunity? The UK has nothing to say?
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Will Hutton: The UK’s stance on Venezuela is embarrassing. Of course nobody sheds tears for Maduro: and we all hope for a democratic transition. But unilateral US action illegal domestically and internationally? An impending civil war ? An age of lawless impunity? The UK has nothing to say?
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So the US will sell another country's oil and keep all the profits for its billionaires and expect Venezuelans to just sit there and accept it?
Ok! Good luck!
Oh BTW, I wonder what China, the number one buyer of Venezuelan oil, thinks about all this...
Ok! Good luck!
Oh BTW, I wonder what China, the number one buyer of Venezuelan oil, thinks about all this...
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
So the US will sell another country's oil and keep all the profits for its billionaires and expect Venezuelans to just sit there and accept it?
Ok! Good luck!
Oh BTW, I wonder what China, the number one buyer of Venezuelan oil, thinks about all this...
Ok! Good luck!
Oh BTW, I wonder what China, the number one buyer of Venezuelan oil, thinks about all this...
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More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
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Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?
January 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?
It was just too much to bear for Trump that Maria Corina won the Nobel Peace Prize. | Venezuela
Trump dismissed the idea of working with Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado on a political transition for Venezuela, a setback for the opposition leader who won international acclaim in her fight for democracy in the country.
Nobel Winner Machado Left Out of Trump’s Venezuela Plan for Now
President Donald Trump dismissed the idea of working with Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado on a political transition for Venezuela, a setback for the opposition leader who won international acclaim in her fight for democracy in the country.
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January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
It was just too much to bear for Trump that Maria Corina won the Nobel Peace Prize. | Venezuela
Fiona Hill, ex-NSC Senior Director for Europe & Russia, testified to Congress (Nov 2019) that Russia pitched a blunt swap: US backs off Ukraine, they ease up on Venezuela’s Maduro. She called it “spheres of influence Eerily relevant now. archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/hill...
Hill Deposition | YaleGlobal Online
archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu
January 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Fiona Hill, ex-NSC Senior Director for Europe & Russia, testified to Congress (Nov 2019) that Russia pitched a blunt swap: US backs off Ukraine, they ease up on Venezuela’s Maduro. She called it “spheres of influence Eerily relevant now. archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/hill...
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Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
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January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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This war and extra-judicial kidnapping is patently illegal and unconstitutional. Political leaders on both sides must condemn it. It’s not about whether Maduro is a tyrant but whether the US is still governed by laws and the Constitution. As if this morning, we are clearly not.
January 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
This war and extra-judicial kidnapping is patently illegal and unconstitutional. Political leaders on both sides must condemn it. It’s not about whether Maduro is a tyrant but whether the US is still governed by laws and the Constitution. As if this morning, we are clearly not.
Trump always framed as a bumbling showman. He has expansionist ambitions: Venezuela oil, Greenland, rare earth, Panama Canal, Gaza's coast. All strategic moves to control resources and routes, geopolitical Monopoly. Analyse him in the way same as imperialists Putin or Xi.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Trump always framed as a bumbling showman. He has expansionist ambitions: Venezuela oil, Greenland, rare earth, Panama Canal, Gaza's coast. All strategic moves to control resources and routes, geopolitical Monopoly. Analyse him in the way same as imperialists Putin or Xi.
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
January 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
The same Dominic Cummings who sold himself as the insurgent against the establishment. Now he’s the lone whistleblower exposing the establishment.
System corrupt when it suits him, heroic when it pays. As usual he’s the only genius who sees the truth.
System corrupt when it suits him, heroic when it pays. As usual he’s the only genius who sees the truth.
January 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The same Dominic Cummings who sold himself as the insurgent against the establishment. Now he’s the lone whistleblower exposing the establishment.
System corrupt when it suits him, heroic when it pays. As usual he’s the only genius who sees the truth.
System corrupt when it suits him, heroic when it pays. As usual he’s the only genius who sees the truth.
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I’m a *lot* fed up with the constant gaslighting about what this Labour government has been like.
I’d love a good Labour government. I’d be right behind it - if it stopped the xenophobic bollocks, started treating disabled people with respect etc etc.
Currently, Starmer is Farage’s best recruiter
I’d love a good Labour government. I’d be right behind it - if it stopped the xenophobic bollocks, started treating disabled people with respect etc etc.
Currently, Starmer is Farage’s best recruiter
I am a bit fed up of the constant undermining of a Labour government. Let's start 2026 with some positivity or we will have a Farage 'government' to deal with.
So he’s resigning?
January 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
I’m a *lot* fed up with the constant gaslighting about what this Labour government has been like.
I’d love a good Labour government. I’d be right behind it - if it stopped the xenophobic bollocks, started treating disabled people with respect etc etc.
Currently, Starmer is Farage’s best recruiter
I’d love a good Labour government. I’d be right behind it - if it stopped the xenophobic bollocks, started treating disabled people with respect etc etc.
Currently, Starmer is Farage’s best recruiter
Notice anything about this list of America’s highest paid CEO’s of 2025?
Source: Fortune
#billionaires
#tech
#finance
#entertainment
#retail
#CEO
#leadership
#ethics
Source: Fortune
#billionaires
#tech
#finance
#entertainment
#retail
#CEO
#leadership
#ethics
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Notice anything about this list of America’s highest paid CEO’s of 2025?
Source: Fortune
#billionaires
#tech
#finance
#entertainment
#retail
#CEO
#leadership
#ethics
Source: Fortune
#billionaires
#tech
#finance
#entertainment
#retail
#CEO
#leadership
#ethics
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JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi deletes a post touting a chart as proof of the Trump administration's success in reducing drug overdoses—after being informed the data actually reflected the *Biden* administration’s record.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi deletes a post touting a chart as proof of the Trump administration's success in reducing drug overdoses—after being informed the data actually reflected the *Biden* administration’s record.
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Investigative journalism is building a movement and I’m proud to be part of it. My spread in Jan 2026 @bylinetimes.bsky.social: Far Right Patriots at the School Gates Backed by Reform.
Nieman Lab predicts in 2026 investigative journalism becomes more profitable. Why? There’s a premium on truth.
Nieman Lab predicts in 2026 investigative journalism becomes more profitable. Why? There’s a premium on truth.
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Investigative journalism is building a movement and I’m proud to be part of it. My spread in Jan 2026 @bylinetimes.bsky.social: Far Right Patriots at the School Gates Backed by Reform.
Nieman Lab predicts in 2026 investigative journalism becomes more profitable. Why? There’s a premium on truth.
Nieman Lab predicts in 2026 investigative journalism becomes more profitable. Why? There’s a premium on truth.
Он будет выступать по-русски?
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Он будет выступать по-русски?
Investigative journalism is building a movement and I’m proud to be part of it. My spread in Jan 2026 @bylinetimes.bsky.social: Far Right Patriots at the School Gates Backed by Reform.
Nieman Lab predicts in 2026 investigative journalism becomes more profitable. Why? There’s a premium on truth.
Nieman Lab predicts in 2026 investigative journalism becomes more profitable. Why? There’s a premium on truth.
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Investigative journalism is building a movement and I’m proud to be part of it. My spread in Jan 2026 @bylinetimes.bsky.social: Far Right Patriots at the School Gates Backed by Reform.
Nieman Lab predicts in 2026 investigative journalism becomes more profitable. Why? There’s a premium on truth.
Nieman Lab predicts in 2026 investigative journalism becomes more profitable. Why? There’s a premium on truth.
My spread in Jan 2026 @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Far-Right Patriots at the School Gates.
Nieman Lab predicts 2026 the year investigative journalism turns more profit.
Why? The gap between what people need to know and what much of media delivers is where investigative reporting earns its keep.
Far-Right Patriots at the School Gates.
Nieman Lab predicts 2026 the year investigative journalism turns more profit.
Why? The gap between what people need to know and what much of media delivers is where investigative reporting earns its keep.
December 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My spread in Jan 2026 @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Far-Right Patriots at the School Gates.
Nieman Lab predicts 2026 the year investigative journalism turns more profit.
Why? The gap between what people need to know and what much of media delivers is where investigative reporting earns its keep.
Far-Right Patriots at the School Gates.
Nieman Lab predicts 2026 the year investigative journalism turns more profit.
Why? The gap between what people need to know and what much of media delivers is where investigative reporting earns its keep.
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JUST IN: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates "strongly condemns" Ukraine's attempt to target Russian President Putin's residence.
December 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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