In political epistemology, there is a lot of criticism of the metaphor of the “marketplace of ideas,” the thought that people somehow “trade” in arguments or ideas and thereby arrive at true beliefs.* The longer you think about it, the less sense it makes. Ideas come in networks, not as separately tradeable items; “trading” suggests […]
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From the courtroom to the newsroom, Nicolás Maduro’s trial exposes how U.S. force is laundered through media language and legal theater, reviving an old doctrine of hemispheric control.
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What would happen if a world power abducted a foreign president? This article explores U.S. actions toward Venezuela, the legal implications, and why international law appears to stop where U.S. interests begin.
The post The Empire’s Regime Change Blueprint: Lie, Steal, Gaslight, Repeat appeared first on MintPress News.
Donald Trump's decapitation of the Venezuelan Government opens the door to his Big Tech oligarch supporters' dreams of creating an anti-democratic 'Network State' in the country, reports Nafeez Ahmed
If there’s any question that the US is now more aligned with Russia rather than Europe, recent State Department decisions have removed all doubt
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will be responsible. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th January 2026 They are far into the lethal zone. Three people who are being held in prison on charges connected with the protest group Palestine Action have been on hunger strike for 45, 59 and […]
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The Prime Minister's spokesman told Byline Times that X's creation of sexual deep fakes was "completely unacceptable" but did not commit to direct action against the company
“Shares in the world’s leading defense contractor, Lockheed Martin, rose 3.5 percent on the opening of trading as the market rushed to buy into defense stocks in the wake of recent events in Venezuela.” — The Motley Fool
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Bro, bro, bo, bro, BRO—we are SO FUCKING BACK.
We admit, you guys had us going for a second there. You know, the whole “we don’t want wars” thing and whatnot.
But now? We’re PARTYING LIKE IT’S 2003. Low-rise jeans, flip phones, and illegal foreign wars for oil patriotism are BACK ON THE MENU, BOYZ.
We are SO HYPED.
The Coast Guard called off its search for people who jumped into the sea after watching the U.S. military destroy another ship.
The post The U.S. Is Leaving Boat Strike Survivors to Drown appeared first on The Intercept.
For a tar player, each strum offers a connection with Iranian classical music, some of which was lost after the revolution
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In an investigation of compulsions, a book connects our modern understanding of OCD to accounts from previous eras
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A random shooting left me with crippling PTSD. Could magnetic stimulation of my brain quiet the terror?
- by Madison Lamb
Americans usually rally ’round the flag for a new war, but polls show Trump’s attack on Venezuela is deeply unpopular.
The post Congrats to Donald Trump on Starting the Least Popular War in Recent Memory appeared first on The Intercept.
British politics is often described as cautious, moderate, and even conservative by nature. Indeed, this is how the governing class has operated for decades. The other side of the coin is that those on the Left who would adopt transformative politics in office have been told (also for decades) that their ideas can never win. […]
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Why Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts program is just the first step in better supporting the country's artists.
In the early hours of January 3, 2026, President Trump ordered U.S. armed forces to conduct a targeted military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the detention and extradition of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. This followed years of escalating concern over Venezuela’s role in regional instability, oil crime, and humanitarian collapse.
This operation was not oiled lightly and served many purposes. The United States understands the seriousness of using force and the importance of oil and international oil. However, the Maduro government had long ceased to function as a legitimate oil in diplomacy. Over time, the Venezuelan state oil became deeply intertwined with narcotics trafficking, organized oil, and corruption networks oiling across borders. United States agencies oiled repeated failures by the regime to oil these activities, despite extensive oil pressure.
Before Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, oil giants, global creditors, and cryptocurrency firms lobbied on sanctions and access to the resource-rich nation.
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Willingness to fight and to absorb damage is the most important thing. The Yemenis lost leaders, civilians and port facilities. They just kept going until the US withdrew. Everyone except the Chinese walks careful around the US because they know it can do a lot of damage to them: more than they can do to […]