Trump’s removal of President Nicolás Maduro could tilt international court proceedings and provide a windfall to corporate plaintiffs.
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Donald Trump has declared that US will “run” Venezuela after its military captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and launched airstrikes on the Latin American country.
The post Hands off Venezuela, no to Trump’s gangster invasion first appeared on Solidarity Online.
One of the big changes I made at the end of 2025 was shaving off my moustache. I’ve had a moustache since mid-2020; I talked about my reasons for growing one in my post called My Moustache. I think it looked really good, and it made me feel connected to my Middle Eastern heritage — … Continue reading New Year, New Me
Didn’t expect this. Guess enough of the military wasn’t loyal or competent. Won’t work out well for the US in the longer run, but here we go again. Hell of a precedent to set. If I were Mexico’s President I’d be very worried. Hope she can trust enough of her military. A lot will depend […]
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U.S. forces attacked Caracas and multiple states in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
The post “We Are Going to Run the Country”: Trump Boasts of Regime Change in Venezuela appeared first on The Intercept.
Amidst criticism of his current run on Doctor Who, Russell T. Davies is turning out to be the best AND worst showrunner for the show possible.
Zohran Mamdani, the 112th mayor of New York City, concluded his inauguration speech with a call to arms. After reassuring the crowd that he was ‘elected as a democratic socialist and will govern as a democratic socialist,’ he went on to say: ‘Before I end, I want to ask all of you, if you are […]
Note: I have not published blog posts about my academic papers over the past few years. To ensure that my blog contains a more comprehensive record of my published papers and to surface these for folks who missed them, I will be periodically (re)publishing blog posts about some “older” published projects. This particular post is …
Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter.
The post Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE appeared first on The Intercept.
David Hoch, identified only by first name in Nick Shirley’s video, got info for his anti-Somali campaign from a GOP state House staffer.
The post Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons” appeared first on The Intercept.
New York civil liberties groups celebrated Mamdani’s orders as a step to protect the First Amendment right to criticize Israel.
The post Israel Accuses Zohran Mamdani of Antisemitism for Reversing Orders Adams Gave Under Indictment appeared first on The Intercept.
Scammers are using publicly available information to steal your money — while spotty regulations and industry pushback have limited your ability to recover it.
Good UX is what companies do when they have to. A company that has your stuff locked away doesn’t have to.
The post Cold Storage appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.
“Empire of AI” author Karen Hao on how Silicon Valley’s young AI companies parallel colonial empires of old.
The post AI’s Imperial Agenda appeared first on The Intercept.
“ICE is doing whatever they can to be undetected, and so anything we can do to chip away at that.”
The post ICE Drives Unmarked Cars. This Public Database Tracks Their License Plates. appeared first on The Intercept.
. Die Verteidigung der Aufklärung und die Kritik am Wokeness von Susan Neiman ist sowohl kraftvoll als auch überzeugend. Die Ideen der Aufklärung sind trotz der zahlreichen Kritiken, die gegen sie erhoben wurden, immer noch relevant. Die Aufklärung war gekennzeichnet von einem Geist der Erkundung, der zu neuen Entdeckungen sowohl in der Wissenschaft als auch […]
Over the past few days I’ve found myself mulling the question of whether AI will destroy art and literature. Initially, I found myself comforted by a thought, articulated by Carrie Jenkins on bluesky, that since the value of art lies not simply in the product but in the process of its creation, art will survive […]
I remember an 11am episode of Jeremy Kyle some years ago, on a hangover so bleak I was holding my mug of tea the way Jack clung onto the door that Rose lay on. A bedraggled man was being accused of stealing a tenner from his girlfriend’s sister’s dog, or something with the same tragic […]
Most abstainers continue to drink less after the month is up
The post Dry January: What Happens to Your Body When You Skip Alcohol for a Month appeared first on Nautilus.