I made a short, visual summary inspired by this clip with Cory Doctorow, about how various groups have accused each other of "piracy" through the years @pluralistic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0BcHTxHfk
#Piracy #sketchnotes #sketchnote #VisualThinking #Copyright #illustration
#US forces have boarded a #Russia-flagged US sanctioned #OilTanker linked to #Venezuela in the North #Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.
The US had been pursuing the #oil tanker since last month after it tried to evade a US “ #blockade” around Venezuela.
#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #criminal #law #Congress #WarPowers #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-tanker-77f2c1441dda8217b37f9e38c3ae9131?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-07-Breaking+News
#RT, the #Russia state-owned broadcaster, published images of a helicopter approaching the Russian-flagged #OilTanker being pursued by the #USCG & said it appeared US forces were attempting to board.
#China on Wednesday said that US claims on Venezuela’s #oil were “a classic act of bullying.” Mao Ning, a spox for China’s foreign ministry, said #Venezuela has “full & permanent #sovereignty over its #NaturalResources & all #economic activities.”
Following the #Venezuela raid, #Trump has voiced threats toward #Colombia & #Mexico, while resurfacing his desire to control #Greenland
“Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine & selling it to the United States, & he’s not going to be doing it very long,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
#imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/venezuela-trump-maduro-01-04-26?post-id=cmk0gm3dm00103b6qjg1wfaa3
As the #Trump admin asserts a #NewWorldOrder guided by #military #force & #economic #power — & Trump calls for a massive increase in military spending to confront these “dangerous times” — #US #allies are insisting that global stability depends on following #InternationalLaw.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
Top #Republican lawmakers are firmly backing the #Trump admin’s arrest of Venezuela’s president & assertions of control over the South American nation’s #oil industry, but some #GOP senators are drawing the line on more attacks without the approval of #Congress.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #WarPowers #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
The #Senate has advanced a resolution to limit #Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against #Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for the president’s expanding ambitions in the #WesternHemisphere.
#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-8-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-08-Breaking+News
As the #Trump admin asserts a #NewWorldOrder guided by #military #force & #economic #power — & Trump calls for a massive increase in military spending to confront these “dangerous times” — #US #allies are insisting that global stability depends on following #InternationalLaw.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
These idiots have no idea what they’re doing
#Rubio says #US won’t govern #Venezuela but will press changes through #oil blockade
# #idiocracy #kakistocracy #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/us-venezuela-trump-maduro-updates-01-04-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-04-Breaking+News
I made a short, visual summary inspired by this clip with Cory Doctorow, about how various groups have accused each other of "piracy" through the years @pluralistic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0BcHTxHfk
#Piracy #sketchnotes #sketchnote #VisualThinking #Copyright #illustration
#Russia hasn’t commented on the apparent #US operation against the Russian-flagged #OilTanker. In a statement issued on Tuesday to the state news agency #Tass, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the vessel was operating in full compliance with international #MaritimeLaw, & said it was receiving increased attention from the US & #NATO “disproportionate to its peaceful status.”
#Trump #MafiaState #geopolitics #Venezuela #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#RT, the #Russia state-owned broadcaster, published images of a helicopter approaching the Russian-flagged #OilTanker being pursued by the #USCG & said it appeared US forces were attempting to board.
#China on Wednesday said that US claims on Venezuela’s #oil were “a classic act of bullying.” Mao Ning, a spox for China’s foreign ministry, said #Venezuela has “full & permanent #sovereignty over its #NaturalResources & all #economic activities.”
The ship was sanctioned by the #US in 2024 for allegedly smuggling cargo for a company linked to Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah. The US #CoastGuard attempted to board it in the #Caribbean in December as it headed for #Venezuela, which the #Trump admin has placed under naval blockade [but they continue to claim it’s not a #war]. The ship refused boarding & headed across the #Atlantic.
#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Russia hasn’t commented on the apparent #US operation against the Russian-flagged #OilTanker. In a statement issued on Tuesday to the state news agency #Tass, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the vessel was operating in full compliance with international #MaritimeLaw, & said it was receiving increased attention from the US & #NATO “disproportionate to its peaceful status.”
#Trump #MafiaState #geopolitics #Venezuela #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#US forces have boarded a #Russia-flagged US sanctioned #OilTanker linked to #Venezuela in the North #Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.
The US had been pursuing the #oil tanker since last month after it tried to evade a US “ #blockade” around Venezuela.
#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #criminal #law #Congress #WarPowers #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-tanker-77f2c1441dda8217b37f9e38c3ae9131?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-07-Breaking+News
The ship was sanctioned by the #US in 2024 for allegedly smuggling cargo for a company linked to Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah. The US #CoastGuard attempted to board it in the #Caribbean in December as it headed for #Venezuela, which the #Trump admin has placed under naval blockade [but they continue to claim it’s not a #war]. The ship refused boarding & headed across the #Atlantic.
#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#US forces have boarded a #Russia-flagged US sanctioned #OilTanker linked to #Venezuela in the North #Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.
The US had been pursuing the #oil tanker since last month after it tried to evade a US “ #blockade” around Venezuela.
#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #criminal #law #Congress #WarPowers #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-tanker-77f2c1441dda8217b37f9e38c3ae9131?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-07-Breaking+News
Following the #Venezuela raid, #Trump has voiced threats toward #Colombia & #Mexico, while resurfacing his desire to control #Greenland
“Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine & selling it to the United States, & he’s not going to be doing it very long,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
#imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/venezuela-trump-maduro-01-04-26?post-id=cmk0gm3dm00103b6qjg1wfaa3
These idiots have no idea what they’re doing
#Rubio says #US won’t govern #Venezuela but will press changes through #oil blockade
# #idiocracy #kakistocracy #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/us-venezuela-trump-maduro-updates-01-04-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-04-Breaking+News
Clearing out some stuff I've been storing for a friend that emigrated around 14 years ago
Venezuelan ruling party leader Nahum Fernández told The Associated Press that Nicolás #Maduro & his wife were at their home within the Ft. Tiuna military installation when they were captured.
“That’s where they bombed,” he said. “And, there, they carried out what we could call a kidnapping of the president & the first lady of the country.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump put no time limit on the #US #occupation. It would be up to the #UnitedStates to decide when to return the country to Venezulan control. And then he turned to #oil, saying that US companies would fix the infrastructure, “& start making money for the country.” [doubt any will go to Venezuelans]
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
