We've reached the point where an American dictator says he alone can decide whether or when another country can hold elections, and the American press thinks that's normal.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/06/world/venezuela-maduro-us-trump?smid=url-share
@gleick it's the logical endpoint of American exceptionalism. and it wasn't just the GOP who supported this for decades.
Unbelievable... I hope soon he will get what he deserves...
The slavish nature of the press is truly incomprehensible...
“Mr. President, what gives you the right to dictate the terms of elections in another sovereign nation?”
—apparently no American reporter dares ask him.
@gleick It's important to remember there aren't any American reporters, just sycophantic bloggers and stenographers.
They are there to reinforce their images and not to report the truth or confront inconsistencies.
They absolutely are not there to afflict the comfortable.
Do you not remember the whitest house purge of reporters?
Only RWNJ bloggers remain credintialled.
A mutual adoration circlejerk.
@gleick An important point made on TRIP-US - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeapMezP9b4 - when Trump says the Venezuelan opposition leaders "don't have the support" he does not mean support from the people, he means support FROM THE MILITARY.
#venezuela #trump
@gleick
That's because nobody cares about rights or laws anymore. It's just a matter of "Can I do it?"
