DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Venezuela’s Oil: ‘Uninvestable’:
President Trump has put a number on how much he wants the biggest U.S. and European oil giants to pour into Venezuela: at least $100 billion.
During a meeting at the White House on Friday afternoon, oil executives made it clear that they were not yet prepared to follow through.
Darren Woods, who leads the largest U.S. oil company, Exxon Mobil, was especially blunt during a televised portion of the meeting.
“We’ve had our assets seized there twice, and so you can imagine to re-enter a third time would require some pretty significant changes,” he said. “Today it’s uninvestable.”
The clip shows Good telling Ross as he approaches her car, “It’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” as her wife, standing on the road outside the car, appears to film Ross, telling him, “We don’t change our plates every morning. It’ll be the same plates when you come talk to us later” ― an apparent reference to ICE agents reportedly changing or removing their license plates in violation of state law.
“You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy,” said Good’s wife, who shared Friday that the two had stopped on the street that day to “support our neighbors.”
The camera pans up to the sky as Good drives away and Ross fatally shoots the 37-year-old mother. It remains unclear from the footage whether Good’s car made contact with Ross, but previously released footage showed her angling her car away from him when she began driving. It also showed Ross walking away from the scene after he shot her.
The new video includes audio of someone saying, “Fucking bitch,” seconds after Ross shot Good.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10
Rehoboth Beach:
Who: Indivisible Southern Delaware
When: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Where: Northbound Route 1 at Giant
Rehoboth Beach:
Who: Indivisible Southern Delaware
When: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Where: Southbound Route 1 at Thompson Island
Milford:
Who: Indivisible Southern Delaware
When: 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Where: 698 N Dupont Blvd, Milford, DE 19963
Rehoboth Beach:
Who: Indivisible Southern Delaware
When: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Where: Garfield Pkwy, Rt 26 between Tingle and Hudson, Bethany Beach, DE 19930
DOVER:
Who: Indivisible Central Delaware
When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Where: Sidewalk in front of Lowe’s (1450 N Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11
NEWARK:
Who: Indivisible Newark DE
When: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Where: Intersection of S. College Ave and W. Main St
WILMINGTON:
Who: Indivisible Highlands and Beyond
When: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Where: Along Concord Pike near First Unitarian Church of Wilmington (730 Halstead Road)
REHOBOTH BEACH (Car Parade):
Who: Indivisible Southern Delaware
When: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Where: Car parade through Rehoboth to the beach
CLAYMONT:
Who: Indivisible Highlands and Beyond
When: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Where: I-95 Pedestrian Overpass
YouTube influencer Nick Shirley, whose viral video alleging fraud by daycare centers servicing Minneapolis’s Somali American community came days ahead of the Trump administration’s declaration of a national funding freeze, has for years published conspiracy-minded takes on hot-button rightwing issues.
He also has close ties to the White House, Republicans, and to representatives of an earlier generation of rightwing partisan “ambush journalists” such as James O’Keefe. He worked with Minnesota Republicans to produce the viral video on Somali-run daycares.
Shirley has collaborated closely with his mother and fellow influencer Brooke Shirley, with the pair traveling together to flashpoints elevated by rightwing discourse online and in conservative media, and publishing across platforms including TikTok and YouTube.
Shirley’s 26 December video, which targeted Minnesota’s Somali community with allegations of widespread fraud, became the basis for a torrent of anti-immigrant and anti-Somali content across social media, including in Truth Social posts by Donald Trump.
Follow-up reporting by local outlets including CBS Minnesota and the Minnesota Star-Tribune, has found little factual basis for Shirley’s claims that daycare centers were claiming federal funding without caring for any children.
Nevertheless, it served as the fig leaf for Trump to send the ICEstapo into Minneapolis. Now you know.
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