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tryangregory.bsky.social
Not Carney.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/w...
World leaders push back against U.S. in wake of Maduro's ouster | CBC News
Leaders in Greenland, Mexico and Colombia are asserting their respective nations' sovereignty and pushing back on pressure from Washington after it removed Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela over ...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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vetsat.bsky.social
An interesting perspective on current events:
mari-rochelle.bsky.social Mari Rochelle🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 ⚢ 💙🧬☮️🗳️ (she/her) ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜🌶️ @mari-rochelle.bsky.social · 1d
From Rachel Hurley:

Something about Venezuela is not sitting right with me.
This is a long one.
And take this all with a grain of salt, because who the hell am I? I could be overthinking this whole thing.
Something about Venezuela is not sitting right with me. This is a long one. And take this all with a grain of salt, because who the hell am I? I could be overthinking this whole thing. Here's what can be backed up by reporting: 14 days before the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro, Russia evacuated the families of its diplomats from Venezuela. December 20th. Wives and kids. Quiet, organized, done. Then on January 3rd, Delta Force drops in, grabs Maduro and his wife, and it's over in under thirty minutes. That doesn't seem like a coincidence. Russia publicly condemned the whole thing - called it armed aggression, demanded a UN Security Council meeting, the whole performative outrage routine. But you don't evacuate your people two weeks in advance unless you know something's coming. And if you know something's coming, someone told you. Here's where it gets weirder. Cuba - Venezuela's other major ally - didn't evacuate anybody. Cuban doctors are still there, confined to their quarters, families back in Havana losing their minds because nobody warned them this was happening. China? Same thing. No evacuation, just reactive condemnation after the fact. So Russia knew. Cuba and China didn't. Or at least they didn't foresee any consequences from a US intervention - because sure;y they knew that Russians were leaving. Now let's talk about how the operation actually went down. Venezuela spent two billion dollars on Russian S-300 air defense systems - the kind that are supposed to turn the Caribbean into a no-fly zone for the U.S. military. On paper, these things track 24 targets simultaneously, knock cruise missiles out of the sky at 250 kilometers. Caracas should have been a fortress. The U.S. neutralized all of it in under twenty minutes. Either American military tech is so vastly superior that we can casually dismantle a Russian-backed air defense network before anyone even knows we're there, or those systems were ordered not to fire. Maybe both. But the speed of it - the totality of it - that's what doesn't add up. And if we can do this - why is the Ukrainian war with Russia still happening? Anyway - one helicopter took minor damage. That's it. No U.S. casualties. No significant Venezuelan casualties that anyone's bothered to specify. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez went on TV and said "innocent people died" but never gave numbers, never gave details, and hasn't brought it up again. For a surprise military raid on a hostile capital city, that's remarkably clean. And then there's Maduro himself. He and his wife both surrendered. Not fought to the death, not tried to escape, not holed up for a siege. Surrendered. The FBI Hostage Rescue Team was part of the extraction force - not just Delta, but FBI HRT, the guys who specialize in cooperative extractions. You bring HRT when you're expecting the target to come willingly. The whole transport route screams pre-arrangement. Maduro goes from his compound to the USS Iwo Jima, then Guantanamo, then a nice clean flight to New York where a 25-page indictment is ready to unseal the same day he lands. That indictment was prepared. The grand jury had already done its work. Jay Clayton's signature was on it before Maduro ever got on that helicopter. They knew exactly when he'd be in custody. Here's what I think happened - and again, I'm speculating here, but the pieces fit. Maduro was cornered. His economy collapsed. He lost the 2024 election and the international community recognized his opponent. His former intelligence chief, Hugo Carvajal, pled guilty back in June and started cooperating. That guy would have known everything - security details, schedules, which officers were loyal, which ones would fold. Maduro's wife was indicted. His son was indicted. He was facing life in prison if the U.S. ever got him. actually watched a video of a recent interview that Maduro did where he said that he was ready to work with the US - he was just waiting for them to call. So what if he made a deal? What if Maduro, through back channels, offered to surrender in exchange for a reduced sentence? Maybe witness protection, maybe unfrozen assets, maybe immunity for his kid. The U.S. gets him in custody, gets control of Venezuelan oil, gets a clean regime change without a prolonged war. Russia gets advance warning, pulls their people out, avoids an international incident. And everybody gets to maintain their public positions for domestic audiences. Maduro looks like a victim - kidnapped by imperial aggression, not a guy who cut a deal to save his own ass. The U.S. looks strong - tough on dictators, military dominance, America first. Russia looks outraged - standing up to American hegemony. And Venezuela's power structure stays mostly intact because Trump's not working with the democratic opposition, he's working with Maduro's own vice president. That last part is what really cinches it for me. María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize. She won the opposition primary. Her guy, Edmundo Gonzalez, won the actual presidential election by a two-to-one margin and got international recognition as Venezuela's legitimate leader. Seventy percent of Venezuelans support the opposition.
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Trump has just named Venezuela’s ruling junta: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Vice President JD Vance. (NBC)

“It's a group of all. They have all expertise, different expertise,” Trump said. Trump has final say.
January 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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204queenb0574.bsky.social
Carney’s response a concern after Trump goes looting in South America
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...
Opinion: Carney’s response a concern after Trump goes looting in South America
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
leeram.bsky.social
Cana­dians split over whether Car­ney can deal with Trump: poll
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January 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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ocanadaeh.bsky.social
“We have to be really careful that in this effort to appease Trump in the hope of getting some sort of concession that we don’t surrender some of the basic values and commitments we have,”
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Carney government showing a ‘clear reluctance’ to criticize Trump with lack of direct condemnation over Venezuela raid, says past Liberal foreign minister Axworthy
Neither Prime Minister Mark Carney nor Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand mentioned the United States when responding to the Jan. 3 raid in Venezuela that saw President Nicolás Maduro apprehended an...
www.hilltimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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beanjammin.bsky.social
They are still there because they support what X and Musk are doing. There is no other explanation. Govern yourself accordingly.
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
leeram.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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econklin44.bsky.social
The world kinda forgot this voice from the past. Trump 2.0 remembers it very clearly, & it's happening. Hill was deputy ass't to the president & senior director for European & Russian affairs on the U.S. National Security Council 2017-2019.
#ProudBlue
January 4, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Under international law, since Trump has used Mar-A-Lago as a command post for military operations it is now a valid and priority military target for any country the US commits aggression against.
January 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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scotfreeme.bsky.social
And here is a hot mic audio recording of Donald demanding a war be started, so that the Epstine files are not released.

And a go at Marge, too.

vt.tiktok.com/ZS5fd3dkq/
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
leeram.bsky.social
Canadian PM Mark Carney also welcomed the US military action, saying, “One of the first actions taken by Canada’s new government in March 2025 was to impose additional sanctions on Nicolás Maduro’s brutally oppressive and criminal regime —
www.republicworld.com/world-news/u...
UN Chief Chief Warns Of 'Dangerous Precedent' As Russia, China & Iran Demand Maduro's Release
US captures Venezuelan President Maduro in massive military operation, leading to global outrage from Russia, China, Iran, and the UN, demanding the Venezuelan President's release.
www.republicworld.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM
leeram.bsky.social
Would right now be a great time to formally cancel the F35 purchase??

#cdnpoli
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
I will say again what my reporting at PROOF has established since 2021: What happened today in Caracas was a long time coming, and had nothing to do with drug trafficking, illegal immigration or undemocratic votes in South America. This happened because of who Donald Trump is and what he aims to do.
jamestalarico.bsky.social James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 2d
Last year, Trump promised American oil executives “a great deal” if they donated $1 billion to his campaign.

Today, he gave them Venezuela — home to the largest oil reserves in the world.

This new war is not only illegal and reckless; it is deeply corrupt.
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
leeram.bsky.social
If you don't condemn...you condone.
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
leeram.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Patiently awaiting your official statement on Bluesky. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
January 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
leeram.bsky.social
Well. There you go....
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
leeram.bsky.social
What say you Mark?
avilewis.ca Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 2d
The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine.

This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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saeedwkhan.bsky.social
How about calling an illegal invasion and overthrow of a government, exactly what it is.

There is NOTHING legal about what the US did.

Canadians didn't elect a government that gives us doublespeak about law and order while turning a blind eye to genocide and illegal coups.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Attack and a dozen transport helicopters see flying at low altitudes across Caracas, the transport helis have a capacity of up to 400 US invaders. US paratroopers are reported to have landed at Maduro’s residence and are fighting Venezuelan defence forces. #VenezuelaInvasion
January 3, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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meidastouch.com
Colombian President Gustavo Petro:
January 3, 2026 at 7:33 AM
leeram.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2026/01/03/a...
CNN team witnesses multiple explosions in Venezuela’s capital Caracas | CNN
A CNN team witnessed several explosions on Saturday night in Caracas, and reported that some areas of the city were without electricity.
www.cnn.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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beanjammin.bsky.social
Carney playing with calling the genocide of Palestinians out for what it was before the election and then going full Zionist post election is 100% on brand, just like his supposed climate consciousness and being a Liberal.
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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morningside.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Canada deporting nearly 400 people a week, fastest pace in a decade
The Canada Border Services Agency is removing people, largely refugee claimants, from the country at a rate not seen in over a decade as the Carney government moves to slow population growth. Refugee ...
www.cbc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
leeram.bsky.social
Sifting through my emotional wreckage.
#heatedrivalry
December 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM