Arizona couple plead guilty to health fraud scam, stocking firearms for civil war www.courthousenews.com/arizona-coup...

They have both denounced the raid you hack.

The indictment against Maduro is about cocaine. If we had an honest White House Press Corps, every press interview Trump did would start with why he pardoned a narco terrorist president who imported 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.

Guterres says pending ban targets groups 'indispensable to life-saving' work, undermines ceasefire progress.

"We're in the oil business" - Trump

On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations. Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.

hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.

The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine. This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.

Canada’s response has shown why we need the NDP: Poilievre applauds Trump. Carney's government cannot muster a single world of criticism. Whatever you think about Maduro, Canada cannot be an accessory to this blatant violation of international law.

Of course it's also the minerals, metals and energy but that's an old story. 3/3

It's why he is threatening Colombia + Mexico. Why he bought elections in Argentina + Honduras. And interfered in Brazil's courts. Latin America's democratic left bloc is the most principled opposition to Trump in the world, defending international law while richer + more powerful nations cower. 2/3

The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking. It exposes that much of the world has been cowed. Most notable exception: the Latin American left. That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3

I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.

Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.

Whatever is in the Epstein files on Trump must be pretty horrendous.

⭕️ Axios reports that the CIA played a central role in enabling the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with U.S. intelligence officials saying a small CIA team was clandestinely deployed on the ground starting in August. According to a source, the team mapped Maduro’s “pattern of...

Well this is awkward 😬

FBI soliciting tips about "organizations that pose a major threat to our society." This is likely another NSPM-7 action

Israel's cheerleaders are weaponising the horrific Bondi Beach antisemitic attack. They intend to use this sickening atrocity to silence opposition to genocide. But now is the time for moral clarity - to oppose violence against all civilians.

What a criminal disgrace this man is

Why is the far right triumphing across the West? Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources. This is a lie. A failed economic order is to blame: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a massive victory for the left - and workers. And a big defeat for Keir Starmer. Left-wing candidate Andrea Eagan has been elected General Secretary of UNISON - the UK’s biggest union. I spoke to her earlier this year. Massive kudos!

Is there anything they won’t do to protect Israel?

Israel's cheerleaders should just be honest. They want to criminalise all speech condemning Israel's behaviour. They want Israel to be able to slaughter as many Palestinians as it wants, and for it to be a criminal offence to oppose that. That's their actual intentions!

Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib have been on hunger strike for 46 days. They are at serious risk of death. They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide. The Home Secretary must intervene.

What’s happening with Venezuela? Is regime change on the horizon? There’s no better person to ask than Venezuelan historian Miguel Tinker Salas.

There are reasons for the left to be hopeful going into 2026, writes Owen Jones ✍️

Two crushing defeats for the pro-Israel lobby 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/two-crushi...

The US to the rescue of Iran! Great! What could go wrong? Remember how the US rescued Iraq? Oh, hold on. But remember how the US rescued Libya? OK, maybe not... But remember how the US rescued Afghanistan? Errrr

The US attack on Venezuela is rampantly and shamelessly illegal. Donald Trump has repeatedly made it clear that the US wants to steal Venezuela's resources. This gangsterism, trashing anything left of the 'international order', will pave the way for global violent mayhem.

Trump's illegal Venezuela assault means global anarchy: owenjones.news/p/trumps-ill...

Donald Trump is so obviously going to annex Greenland. And European leaders will respond with unparalleled levels of "monitoring the situation".

Donald Trump is going to annex over 2 million kilometres of European territory. Then what? 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump is on a colonial rampage. This is about American Empire - and there's not even an attempt to disguise it. Discussing that on BBC Radio 2 at 12pm

Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela is naked, loud and proud colonialism. And it's only the start. Next: Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico...

The BBC bans its journalists from stating that Maduro was "kidnapped" 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/exclusive-...

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

The problem that self driving car and robot companies are having is that they are in a hard tech sector that requires 10-20 years of development time, but their investors think that the tech is similar to building a website which requires 1 month of time.

Local news www.startribune.com/largest-marc...

"It's not what Tesla sold to customers." www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/t...

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I’m sorry but I find it impossible to believe Dotard Trump has any idea what’s going on around him let alone requesting plans that were drawn up on invading Mexico last year. He is illiterate, uninformed, dim witted and that’s in addition to being mentally addled.

You can count on it. There is someone acting out and pulling these strings namely Miller. The entire regime is maniacal.

🚨 BREAKING News: Federal judge says U.S. must give due process to deported Venezuelans | NPR #legal www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...

There was a practice of making an old, tired horse look frisky and alive to be sold at a higher price. They called it "feagueing". I suspect something similar is happening with Trump every time he needs to look Presidential.

NBC's sources said that "the potential mission in Mexico is not designed to undermine the Mexican government." But that's what it will do if the US is doing CIA drone strikes on Mexican soil over the objections of the president.

Right. If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests

yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.

Venezuela could, if Delcy Rodriguez loses her monopoly on organized violence and political legitimacy, become a nightmare. Attacking the cartels in Mexico, or god forbid, trying to topple Sheinbaum, *will* be a catastrophe, no ifs about it.