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[David Falt @DavidFalt]

I have worked with / for the Government since 2018 - I obviously know much more than I can say, but one thing I can say about the exit negotiations is that what we started in 2018 is now accomplished.

In this deal brokered by Qatar, Turkey and Brazil, with Qatar leaning on the USG was the best of the available scenarios on the table.

This deal originated in August. For the USG and Trump, this was his best, least costly way to walk out of his corner, cornering himself with the naval assets he deployed and the entire Narco nonsensical BS. I'm glad that they threw Maria Corina Machado under the bus; she has, as Trump said, no viable chance to govern. Maria Corina Machado must have been delusional, calling for armed intervention, thinking that would put her in power.

The USG has basically implemented a Qatari-engineered plan by providing military logistics capabilities, but the notion that this is a USG stroke of genius is absolutely false and misleading.

The USG agreed to this deal because it serves its oil interests. They have no interest whatsoever in democracy or in transitioning to a democratically elected government.

This deal with Maduro out of the equation and keeps the rest of the regime intact, allowing for US oil giants (Chevron, Conoco-Phillips, Exxon etc), in theory, to land wheels next week and be operational in no time.

The opposition has always been irrelevant to the USG, mostly because they don't control the armed forces, law enforcement, harbours, airports, borders, or the judiciary apparatus. This doesn't destabilise the country or the region; this was a predictable nothing burger.
Let's stand by and see how things unfold over the next weeks and months.

I wish Delcy, Jorge Rodriguez, and the rest of the remaining team all the best of luck making some incremental changes now.

As having been part of this since 2018 they can now put a portrait of me on the wall. Lol.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

The US is once again deliberately allowing Ukrainian civilians to be killed

[David Alandete @alandete]

En esencia, Rubio y Trump le controlan a Delcy hasta los números de serie de los dólares que devuelven en efectivo para inyectar divisa líquida y hacer el mercado más competitivio. Es un shock a la economía venezolana enorme, para dinamizarla con el respaldo de la primera potencia mundial. El chavismo literalmente nunca se ha visto en una así.

[David Falt @DavidFalt]

1-0 to the bad guys and China inn particular - huge loss for us in the defence-tech industry.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨 Jensen Huang lost his job at Nvidia. But almost NONE of his own employees wanted him fired.

An anonymous Blind survey of 232 Nvidia employees found:

88% wanted him to STAY.

11% wanted him to resign voluntarily.

Just 1% wanted the board to fire him.

And this was AFTER his affair with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset became public.

The poll was conducted before allegations of a second affair with a senior Nvidia executive surfaced.

Less than 48 hours later, Huang was gone.

The employees overwhelmingly backed the man who built Nvidia. The board made a different call.

Source: @Polymarket, Yahoo Finance / Writer: Oliver

[David Falt @DavidFalt]

@MarioNawfal 1-0 to the bad guys and China inn particular - huge loss for us in the defence-tech industry

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨 Jensen Huang lost his job at Nvidia. But almost NONE of his own employees wanted him fired.

An anonymous Blind survey of 232 Nvidia employees found:

88% wanted him to STAY.

11% wanted him to resign voluntarily.

Just 1% wanted the board to fire him.

And this was AFTER his affair with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset became public.

The poll was conducted before allegations of a second affair with a senior Nvidia executive surfaced.

Less than 48 hours later, Huang was gone.

The employees overwhelmingly backed the man who built Nvidia. The board made a different call.

Source: @Polymarket, Yahoo Finance / Writer: Oliver

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

Getting Vance to try and fail to fix the thing his boss is responsible for is a special form of Trumpian cruelty, but I will confess: I'm here for it.

[Ricardo Hausmann @ricardo_hausman]

As a Venezuelan, I always get approached by many non-Spanish speakers who want to know more about what happened in Venezuela, how it has been lived and how society has organized to resist the collapse in rights. This book by @roca025 is a MUST READ. https://t.co/LQvkXp7U1a

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

The sequencing of Ukraine-Russia talks is important.

The priority should be securing a ceasefire, followed by a peace agreement, and only then can there be discussions on Europe's wider security architecture.

Shifting the focus to Europe’s security architecture is diverting the attention away from where it actually should be, which is stopping the killing in Ukraine.

So far, we don’t see any goodwill from Russia.

My remarks at the European Political Community in Dublin ↓

[Jerusalem News Syndicate @JNS_org]

Deep beneath a Gaza hospital: The IDF released an infographic showing the location of a Hamas officer and command center targeted in an Israeli strike last night.

[Rahm Emanuel @RahmEmanuel]

The Nvidia CEO was having an extramarital affair with a Chinese spy and the Trump Administration knew for nearly a year. Example A of the Trump Administration’s political and commercial corruption.

Where was the CIA? FBI? NSA? Director of National Intelligence? How about the Department of Commerce? All lap dogs for the Trump Administration’s crony capitalism.

Yet, activists in Washington want to focus on Democratic leadership when the blatant corruption in the Trump Administration is staring them in the face.

We just had an election about Trump’s corruption. It’s time to show the public you heard them and start acting on it.

Stop with the circular firing squad and focus on the safety and security of the American people.

Don’t act and sound like Captain Renault in Casablanca: "I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.”

https://t.co/sUXsi3FzXX

[Delcy Rodríguez @delcyrodriguezv]

¡Llegamos a Antalya, Türkiye! 🇻🇪🇹🇷

Participaremos en la COP31, uno de los principales encuentros internacionales para debatir y avanzar en acciones frente a uno de los mayores desafíos de nuestro tiempo: el cambio climático.

[Tom Rogan @TomRtweets]

My latest - 'Arm the Iranian people' is a slogan, not a strategy - https://t.co/BrVkAUV9jV

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

Nvidia's board made a mistake

[David Falt @DavidFalt]

Idiotic decision !

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

Nvidia's board made a mistake

[Lucas Webber @LucasADWebber]

In a new indictment against Tren de Aragua, US authorities identified three remaining leaders. Two of them are known for illegal mining operations in Venezuela, but only one belongs directly to the criminal group’s leadership.
https://t.co/V58X0tQ4VZ

[David Falt @DavidFalt]

@intellbooks @routledgebooks 221 € is very steep

[Gustavo Bolívar @GustavoBolivar]

Para quienes no creen en el fraude electoral.
Según este audio entre el criminal Fernando Cerimedo y el presidente de Bolivia Rodrigo Paz, así se robaron la presidencia de Perú.
Usaron bots, alteraron algoritmos en el software y manipularon el voto del exterior. Tal como en Colombia.
Ya sin Cerimedo no pudieron robarse las de Brasil ni podrán robarse las de España.

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

‼️‼️ Countdown is on-10 days until the official debut of our very own show “The Reporter and the Spy” on @BulwarkOnline. (Affectionately now known as the RATS 🐀 pod!-merch possibilities r endless!!) Think of it this way-what do we talk about when my-host @michaeldweiss and I walk into our favorite dive bar? Well, real stories of espionage and honey traps just like below!😉 We r super pumped, gonna be a wild ride. Join us soon…

[Miraflores Al Momento @MirafloresAM]

Sostuve un fructífero encuentro con el presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, en el que reafirmamos nuestra voluntad de seguir fortaleciendo las relaciones bilaterales y avanzar en una agenda de cooperación en distintos ámbitos de interés común.

Asimismo, acordamos la revisión de nuestros acuerdos comerciales y exploramos nuevas oportunidades para dinamizar el intercambio económico, impulsar las inversiones y profundizar los lazos de amistad y cooperación entre Venezuela y Brasil, en beneficio de nuestros pueblos. 🇻🇪🇧🇷

[POLITIKS @espolitiks]

🇺🇸🇻🇪 EE.UU. estaría participando directamente en operaciones militares dentro de Venezuela.

En entrevista con @CaracasChron, el analista Daniel Blanco explica que Washington estaría aplicando un modelo de tutela sobre la FANB que incluye entrenamiento, asesoramiento, inteligencia y planificación militar.

Según Blanco, las operaciones contra el ELN en Apure y grupos armados en Bolívar apuntan a un esquema en el que militares venezolanos identifican objetivos y EE.UU. ejecuta ataques con drones. Considera probable que Washington haya realizado los bombardeos, aunque no está confirmado.

También sostiene que hubo coordinación de EE.UU. y Colombia para facilitar el regreso de María Corina Machado, posiblemente con vigilancia aérea y protección encubierta.

Sobre el Arco Minero, señala que Washington busca recuperar el control territorial de zonas dominadas por organizaciones criminales para facilitar la actividad minera.