At the start of the NEW Year, a fire caused by an electrical fault destroyed three tents housing Ezidi internally displaced families at Sharia IDP Camp in the Duhok area. No casualties were reported, but the affected families lost all of their household belongings. 02/01/2026

Ik roep al jaren dat controle door (regionale) supermachten over hun "achtertuinen" een oneindig veel belangrijkere rol speelt in internationale politiek dan alle andere factoren bij elkaar. De VS-aanval op Venezuela bevestigt dit maar weer. Oude tweet van me.

Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi. Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy.

Rachel Maddow on Venezuela: “There are very few Americans right now who have any idea why the United States did this. If this was about drug trafficking then why did President Trump just pardon the former President of Honduras who was convicted of sending hundreds of tons of

My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.

Just today, 27 Israeli settler attacks were carried out against Palestinians across the West Bank—and the day is not over yet. This is not random violence. It is systematic, protected, and state-backed terror.

Believing Trump bombed Venezuela to stop drug trafficking is like believing he redacted the Epstein files to protect the victims

'You can't just go into another country and remove the head of state and bring them into your country to stand trial.' US national security law professor Claire Finkelstein explains why Maduro's extraction by Trump is "blatantly illegal". Latest updates: trib.al/u983bp1

WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target? MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah. WELKER: Is that a yes? RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes

This tweet aged well 🙄

“Would the world be better off with Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi in power?” Trump: “100%! 100%!” “We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”

Zeer interessant interview met Cas Mudde, hoogleraar in de VS en gespecialiseerd in radicaal-rechts, over o.a. Trump. “Trump is eigenlijk helemaal niet geïnteresseerd in politiek. Hij heeft geen visie en dat boeit hem ook niet.” demorgen.be/nieuws/cas-mud…

Venezuelans are divided between fear of ongoing US intervention and celebrating his removal. ‘The US is not interested in freedom or democracy. It is interested in our oil and natural resources.’ Al Jazeera English

Tips van iemand die al 15 jaar journalist is en nog langer op dit platform zit: - Journalistiek leer in het echte leven. Kortom: ga de straat op. - En als je dat gedaan hebt, stel vragen. Maar bovenal: luister. Dan komen de ideeën vanzelf. - Tot slot: delete AI.

While the US "analysts" and media are discussing Venezuela's 'transition', everything remains pretty much the same inside Venezuela, minus Maduro & Cilia, and those killed in the US attack. Today Venezuelans are installing their new legislative period and the government is

“Sooner or later, “our” Western Hemisphere will organize against us and fight back. Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all.” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/…

Great analysis:

Geen idee wie het heeft gemaakt, maar een kunstenaar is het wel. 😉