The editorial ends: "For years, Maduro was a symbol of the false warmth of Latin American collectivism. Now he should spend the rest of his life in a humane American prison. His downfall is good news."
"We will hold out hope that the current crisis will end less badly than we expect. We fear that the result of Mr. Trump’s adventurism is increased suffering for Venezuelans, rising regional instability and lasting damage for America’s interests around the world. We know that Mr. Trump’s warmongering violates the law."
That can't be unrelated to Mamdani's recent assertion: "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism."
Look for more "collectivism" as "warmth" rhetoric. I'm not making a new tag for that. Not yet. I'm sticking with the tags "socialism" and "hotness." How absurd is that?
Anyway, the WaPo editors seem rather positive about Trump's action in Venezuela. The mood at The New York Times is different: "Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise." It ends:
The commenters at WaPo are irked. They're saying things like "Was this written by the Washington Post Editorial Board or by the White House Ministry of Propaganda?" And: "Not a word in this entire pro-Trump screed about international law or the United States constitution. A new low for a newspaper that once took down a president for abusing his powers. Really shameful." Lots of subscriptions getting cancelled... purportedly.
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Just 24 years after the first missile hit (in the form of an aircraft full of passengers) New York was on January 1, 2026 taken over by Muslim communists.
The putative American governor of the state of New York has promised to light up the rebuilt World Trade Center in green in celebration of some unholy Muslim holiday upcoming.
Trump needs to take the communists out of our country and not just Venezuela.
"A new low for a newspaper that once took down a president for abusing his powers"
Yes, he abused his powers by ending the war in Viet Nam and normalizing relations with China. Both big neocon no-nos.
All the Venezuelans who came here over the last 25 years can go back. Communism never works.
These "international laws" the Democrats speak of in the throes of their withdrawal symptoms ... which of my elected representatives voted for these laws? I'd like to have a word with that person.
Warmth to the left- is when they can dole out the blankets.
Only requires 9 billion.
If the NYTimes wrote about Mamdani's ascendancy to power and radical policies as they do about Trump they would be closer to the truth. ...
"We will hold out hope that the current crisis will end less badly than we expect. We fear that the result of Mr. Trump’s [Mamdani's] adventurism is increased suffering for Venezuelans [New Yorkers], rising regional instability and lasting damage for America’s interests around the world."
Reminds me that Bishop Barron slammed Mamdani's warmth line. Hard. Bold thing to do when his new boss is a liberation theologian.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bishop-robert-barron-slams-zohran-mamdani-warmth-collectivism-line-for-gods-sake
CC, JSM
99% of the commenters at the Washington Post blog are the foreign intelligence services of foreign adversaries. The Post hides the IP addresses that these comments are posted from.
That's why people are going on X instead for their news.
Transparency.
You what we haven’t heard lately? “Military people do not have to obey illegal orders”.
Uncle Fester (Sen. Mark Kelly) ought to be wandering in front of a camera momentarily.
Maduro's under indictment in the SDNY. Arresting him was 100% legal, as arresting any wanted fugitive is.
Deep Elem: "Maduro's under indictment in the SDNY. Arresting him was 100% legal, as arresting any wanted fugitive is."
Not according to the But Trump Doctrine, central to Democrat jurisprudence. CC, JSM
Collective farms never go bankrupt. People on collective farms never get foreclosed and evicted like poor Okies like Tom Joad. People sometimes starve to death on collective farms, but it's the warm, embracing death of collectivism, not the lonely, alienating death of capitalism. So many people fail to see this simple truth.........I don't know how this will turn out. It turned out okay for Panama. For Iraq and Libya not so much. I don't think Latin America is anywhere near as crazy as the Middle East, but who knows.
All the Venezuelans who came here over the last 25 years can go back. Communism never works.
The Venezuelans who came here over the past 25 years tend to be pretty stout anti-communists.
WaPo commenters defending Maduro is so on-brand.
Paradoxically, the only successful revolutions in the liberal mind are the failed ones. Allende would have delivered peace and prosperity to Chile. Lumumba would have made the Congo a garden spot. That crackpot in Iran would have truly advanced the interests of the Iranian people........If only that Bay of Pigs thing had been successful, Castro would be remembered as the unfulfilled saviour of Latin America.
I think we should all hold our horses until Judge Boasberg decides whether or not to arrest Trump for the crimes alleged by the New York Times.
The legitimate President of Venezuela is Edmundo González Urrutia. If you’re counting votes instead of gun barrels he won by a landslide in 2024, and he is recognized as the legal President of his country by most non-autocratic governments, including the US.
Maduro and his wife were indicted in the Southern District of New York, which comes across to me, at least, as a hotbed of TDS. Clearly the optimal strategy is to slow-walk the trial while getting Edmundo González installed in the Palacio de Miraflores, backed up the US military until Maduro’s thugs have been sufficiently suppressed. And then once whichever TDS-afflicted judge releases Madura and spouse from custody his deportation to Venezuela will not result in his bring able to resume his dictatorship.
"WaPo commenters defending Maduro is so on-brand."
They're all Russian mobys. By which I mean Democrats.
Anyone with a connection to the internet can comment at the Washington Post and the foreign intelligence services have legions of people doing this.
Amnesty International's view of Maduro.
"The legitimate President of Venezuela is Edmundo González Urrutia.
But the acting President of Venezuela is Donald J. Trump, proving once again my oft-stated position that land cannot be owned, it can only be defended.
Maduro did not defend Venezuela. So it's ours now.
Greenland should be taking notes.
daniela
@daniela__127
Guy who thinks he can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu also thinks it’s bad to arrest foreign leaders.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor
I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City.
Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.
This blatant pursuit of regime change doesn’t just affect those abroad, it directly impacts New Yorkers, including tens of thousands of Venezuelans who call this city home. My focus is their safety and the safety of every New Yorker, and my administration will continue to monitor the situation and issue relevant guidance.
1:06 PM · Jan 3, 2026
Big Mike: "And then once whichever TDS-afflicted judge releases Madura and spouse from custody his deportation to Venezuela will not result in his bring able to resume his dictatorship."
Then Maduro could apply for asylum here, and Trump would grant it! "See? I believe in asylum - for the ones who really are in fear of political prosecution. Like Maddy my houseboy, here! I even gave him a job!" CC, JSM
Here's the link... https://x.com/daniela__127/status/2007519246129983790?s=20
Look at all the dumb boobs falling in line and cheering. "Yeah, we showed those...uh..where it that again?...oh yeah.. those Vene-zoo-aliens who's boss!"
"murica's kicking butt!"
Sure. If it ends here fine. But according to Trump we're in Venezuela to govern. And take care of them. And help them. Y'know like...Iraq. So, maybe it will turn out OK. Or maybe it will be Afghanistan with a spanish accent.
No tag for “things we know that aren’t true?”
"Clearly the optimal strategy is to slow-walk the trial while getting Edmundo González installed in the Palacio de Miraflores, backed up the US military until Maduro’s thugs have been sufficiently suppressed."
Fine. But I dont want GI's being Gonzalez's police force and enforcers. If he cant take care of "the thugs" with his own police force - too bad.
But lets get real. 'muricans love to be the world's nanny and policeman, no matter how many times they get burned. If next year we're bogged in South America big muddy - look for the Foriegn policy geniuses to tell we can't leave because...blahdeblah.
Kill another whale with your power [off-shore wind power?]
Shoot a bunch of kids from a tower
Snipe them in their cars, blood keeps them warm
Or make a better world from the old one
Make yourself a baby and hold one
Hold her in your arms and keep her warm
I don't know much about Flo & Eddie (of the Turtles?), but I remember this song from the mid-1970s. I suppose it was written as a cynical lefty screed, but the above closing verse reminded me of Charlie Kirk and his message of procreation.
Keep It Warm
Write another song for the money
Something they can sing, not so funny
Money in the bank to keep us warm
Stick another grape in the juicer
Or fill your guts with grease and get looser
You are what you eat, so eat it warm
Roll another joint for the Gipper
Get the Gipper high, he gets hipper
Stick it in his mouth and keep him warm
Elect another jerk to the White House
Gracie Slick is losing her Dormouse
Take her off the streets and keep her warm
Fight another war if they make you
Squeal on a friend or they'll take you
The future's in your lap, so keep it warm
Warm, here in your arms
Safe from all harm, where I belong
Warm, cozy and calm
Another dawn, together warm
My woodie's broken down by the beach now
And TM's gotten far out of reach now
Tell the Mahareesh to keep it warm
(We're picking up good vibrations)
And George is suing Paul, suing Ringo
And immigration wants John and Yoko
All they need is love to keep them warm
Kill another whale with your power
Shoot a bunch of kids from a tower
Snipe them in their cars, blood keeps them warm
Or make a better world from the old one
Make yourself a baby and hold one
Hold her in your arms and keep her warm
Keep her warm
As for the NYT's - they love invade world invite the world. So, if they're against this iteration, its only because Trump is POTUS. No, doubt if "Kam" had taken out Madruo, they'd be cheering like the WaPo.
my administration will continue to monitor the situation and issue relevant guidance.
…don’t anyone spoil these emanations by showing him the organization chart..
FormerLawClerk: You cannot change history. Neither NYC nor NY State were overtaken by Muslims after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers.
Also, Jeff Bezos has made significant changes at The Washington Post, including the hiring of a new opinion editor, Adam O’Neal. His goal is to diversify the editorial voice of the paper, which has been perceived as predominantly liberal. O’Neal has brought in three conservative columnists:
Kate Andrews from The Spectator
Dominic Pino from National Review
Carine Hajjar from the Boston Globe editorial board
In parts of Mexico, the cartels are the government. By way of contrast, in Venezuela the government is the cartels. Ask ChatGPT about it. It’s a very interesting discussion.
Video: A tale of two cities
""We will hold out hope that the current crisis will end less badly than we expect."
No, you don't.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said collectivism was pretty cold when he was in Siberia.
I bet Maduro felt a sudden warmth in his lucky, rocket ship underpants when those operators came through the door.
"Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.
Donald Trump needs to invade New York.
... We're in Venezuela to govern. And take care of them. And help them. Y'know like...Iraq.
No. We're there to take their fucking oil.
Suck it.
"You cannot change history. Neither NYC nor NY State were overtaken by Muslims after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers.
The current Mayor of New York is both a communist and a Muslim. He has taken over the city and is now issuing press releases suggesting that our President be arrested.
Rudy Guiliaini, an American who once governed New York City during the initial phases of the Muslim War when the missiles (airplanes packed people) hit the World Trade Center and our Pentagon, is now arrested, destitute, bankrupted and defeated.
Muslims defeated the United States in these battles, and have captured New York a prize.
Donald Trump should invade.
"Jeff Bezos has made significant changes at The Washington Post ..."
He still HIDES the IP addresses and locations of commenters and subscribers at the Washington Post so that Americans are unable to see that the vast majority of them are foreign IP addresses directly tied to the intelligence services of our enemies. Jeff Bezos makes a considerable amount of money selling subscriptions to our enemies and allowing them to sway public opinion here by commenting on their "news" stories.
Jeff Bezos is part of the problem of US citizens acting on behalf of foreign governments.
Calling people 'muricans is similar to the tactics used by I and my 4 brothers as children. The blunt insult with your face inches from theirs.
The neo communist revolution in NYC will not succeed until they start dragging people out of uptown condos and shooting them on the streets. It’s been 2 days since total victory guys.
A couple of the predictably moronic NYT commenters think the action in Venezuela was a “distraction” and the Epstein files are substance. Fortunately for Democrats there is no intelligence test required to vote.
Fortunately for Democrats there is no intelligence test required to breathe.
Democrats support criminals of all types, including Somali fraudsters and South American commie narco-terrorists. This is a red flag for people of integrity. For the Democrat base and leftmediaswine, not so much.
just to be clear..
it WAS good and proper for Hilary! Clinton's state dept to overthrow Kadafi in Libya.. Right? i mean, right?
And..
it WAS good and proper for BJ Clinton's Dept of War to attack and steal various pieces of Yogoslavia..
Right? i mean, right?
The VP appointed by the illegitimate president Maduro, who has been sanctioned by the US for human rights abuses, is picked by Trump to run the country, alongside us. The legitimately elected president (and peace prize winner) isn't up to the job according to Trump.
The VP is hiding in Russia.
The “warmth of collectivism” is best understood as an HOA with guns and gulags. - Glenn Reynolds
Narco states should be sure to buy lots of Trump coins.
"Warmth" is a positive "halo" word, but there's a lot of unpleasant "warmth" and unwanted intimacy in sharing a communal apartment or in having secret policemen breathing down your neck day and night. The closeness and warmth of collectivism can be something that one needs to escape to breathe freely and live one's life.
"The closeness and warmth of collectivism can be something that one needs to escape..."
Sort of like a burning bag of dog shit.
"Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law."
Why? Is there some legal theory about keeping people oppressed and starved for as long as possible so as to not offend the ones oppressing and starving them?
A new low for a newspaper that once took down a “REPUBLICAN” president for abusing his powers"
Just more democrat violent haters. Useless to care.
Hopefully NYC businesses will not roll over like London has for its Muslim mayor. There is a perfectly good stock exchange being built in texas. Perfectly good gold repository. Perfectly good corporate jurisprudence.
"You cannot change history. Neither NYC nor NY State were overtaken by Muslims after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers.
NYC lit up the city GREEN for Muslim Heritage MONTH. Our Veterans only get one day, and I have YET to see the city lit up for Christian Heritage month......
We’re going to Cambodia in a week. We watched The Killing Fields, The Missing Picture, and First They Killed My Father. You can’t believe how much collective warmth they had in Cambodia.
We fear that the result of Mr. Trump’s adventurism is increased suffering for Venezuelans, rising regional instability and lasting damage for America’s interests around the world.
This is untrue and the people who wrote it don't believe it to be true. This is just what the people who wrote it believe is a persuasive argument that will get readers to believe the conclusion that Trump's arrest of Maduro and his wife was bad. What really happened in the minds of the people who wrote this was: 1) Maduro is a strong-arm leftist, 2) that makes him feel like he is on our team, 3) our team losing feels bad, 4) we need to get as many other people as possible to also feel like this is bad and say it is bad, 5) we need to come up with more socially acceptable arguments for why Maduro's arrest is bad so that others will feel it is bad or that others will have the necessary permission structure to say that it is bad publicly.
Don't you just admire leftist's incredible ability to strike revolutionary poses while mouthing ultra-conventional phrases like "rule of law" and simultaneously being 100% reactionary to every single thing Trump does? That ability to inhabit a dichotomous space between "international law" (there truly is no such thing) and chaos while pointing accusatory fingers at the only president in my life who scrupulously follows our Constitutional order is truly impressive, but alas highly indicative of widespread mental illness on the left.
Sad!
Happiness is a warm (and cuddly) collectivism?
"Not a word in this entire pro-Trump screed about international law or the United States constitution.
1: There is no such thing as "international law". There's only power. We have it, they don't
2: Nothing in the US Constitution prohibited this. Congress doesn't need to be informed before things happen, and until Dems top leaking Congress will NOT be informed before important things happen.
3: Hey Dems: if you want to be notified ahead of time, you need to establish credibility that you will expel and punish anyone who leaks. So start by expelling Ilhan Omar
4: Apparently Russia had "guaranteed" Venezuela's "safety", and China actually had a delegation in Venezuela to negotiate such an agreement
Trump certainly has plenty of opportunity to fuck this up, but so far, so good
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