DIFFERENT WARS, SAME PROPAGANDA ...a montage showing the direct parallels between the rhetoric around the Iraq war & the current rhetoric around Venezuela. Jon Stewart 🎥 #IraqNeverAgain

Statement from she who should have been our President.

Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.

Himes: "If you were serious about stability in Venezuela, you wouldn't have spent half your press conference talking about oil. What do Venezuelans hears when they hear Donald Trump talking about oil? That the Americans are here for our resources."

See, it’s not hard to denounce this and toe it into the larger pattern of criminality.

NEW: I have not forgotten about the Epstein files. Kash Patel is trying to hide his Trump redaction training videos, saying I’ve failed to prove sufficient public interest. Well, I just hit back in court. I’ll share my response with you today at noon PT. youtube.com/live/c3NVDAQ...

Sen Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) does not mince words here with his take on the strikes in Venezuela and the capturing of Maduro. ‘This is a dumb administration following a dumb man into a dumb war that will have dumb outcomes.’ Go Sen Gallego, more of this please Democrats!! Bravo💥🔥💥

Never has a President wagged a dog harder than Trump and MAGA now. To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.

GS: “Sen. Warner said you can’t argue drug trafficking charges demand invasion in one case while issuing a pardon in another…”🤔 @marcorubio: “Maduro was indicted.” GS: “Hernandez was CONVICTED.” RUBIO: “I wasn't involved in the pardon… I've got other things going on.” 🤷🏽‍♂️

UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far: 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇮🇷 Iran 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇲🇽 Mexico Insane.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.

Cartoon by Nick Anderson

From Katie Miller on X Steven Goebbels Miller wife Her caption "soon" Response from the Ambassador from Denmark, Jasper Meller Serensen..has a word for Katie GREENLAND IS A PART OF NATO.... It is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark Founding member of the Alliance #Greenland

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This new war is not only illegal, reckless and deeply corrupt, it is the latest in a series of increasingly desperate distractions from the EPSTEIN Files. #ImpeachAndConvict47NOW

Your activism will be even more important this year. Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

The White House would like us to forget this, but we will not.

How does an entire administration not understand this basic reality? Venezuelan oil is not profitable. Heavy crude takes years to extract profitably. It requires massive upfront investment, specialized infrastructure, refineries configured for heavy oil, long timelines, and political stability. 1/2

Angus: We see this attack as setting the stage for an attack where Trump could go anywhere. The same language he’s used against Venezuela, he’s used against Canada—and he sees that we have immense resources. The difference is, good luck thinking that you are going to break the Canadian people.

And those who shoot them. "At least 50 rounds" were fired, Withrow said."We've been able to determine that there were at least five different firearms that were fired at this birthday party, (a) birthday party that killed three innocent children and a young adult." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

📌It must be clearly articulated that we will not survive three more years of this frenetic, bloody pace. Trump’s “presidency” has been chaotic, brutal and has accomplished nothing but weakening our standing in the world, and making our day-to-day lives far more challenging, expensive, and stressful.

🧵Have you heard of the Citgo auction? Everyone should know about this. It is part of Trump's Venezuela invasion.

The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:

A major use-case for AI is reality destabilization.

This should be enlightening! Tonight Denver Riggleman will be reading text messages between the WH and members of Congress on Jan 6th. This is s a great compliment to the transcript of Jack Smith’s testimony. youtu.be/ickpLHkaO2Q?...

Democracy is going to prevail. Oh, there will be moments each day...when you fear that it won't. That's just a reminder from your deeper self...of just how damned important preserving democracy really is. And that...is fuel.

Rubio during the press conference today... "This was not the kind of mission that you can do congressional notification on. It was a trigger-based mission..." But they *did* have the time to notify the @washingtonpost.com and @nytimes.com. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Giuliani & Erik Prince travelled to Venezuela and attempted to reach a secret deal with Maduro during the first Trump presidency, the deal was not on behalf of the United States and would financially benefit Trump and his cohorts. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

🧵This is brilliant. A team of researchers is poring over satellite imagery, building permits, etc., to build a map of the massive computer-filled buildings springing up across the US They're taking that data & turning it into an interactive map that lists costs, power output & owners.

My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.

The truth seems obvious to anyone willing to open their eyes. Trump has decided that whatever the files contain is more damaging to him than the political cost of keeping them under wraps as the country clamors for their release. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/for-...

Farm workers join workers around the world in condemning U.S. aggression in Latin America. Too many children of the farm workers who feed the United States have been sent to fight overseas while their families can’t put food on the table at home.

Two legal issues at work in Venezuela asTrump Admin uses criminal charges to obscure regime change. Maduro’s indictment and arrest may be upheld, but that does not negate violation of UN Charter, approved by Congress in 1945, and constitutional duty to take care that laws be faithfully executed.

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

The Republican Congress has chosen to give away its authority and power and now we are being told Trump plans to occupy Venezuela. We don't cry for Maduro. We demand the following of our laws and Constitution. He is already threatening Mexico and Cuba will be next. Ann Wagner is silent.

Americans are sick and tired of endless war, regime change, and failed attempts to “run” foreign nations. I am demanding answers & accountability.

No congressperson should have an empty voicemail by Monday Weekends are a great time to fill up those voicemails NO excuses 2022243121

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🚨 ACT NOW! Tell Congress to Reassert Congressional Oversight on War Powers and Follow the Constitution. No Unchecked Power. No Unauthorized Wars. Contact your member of Congress via Lincoln Square ACTION: action.lincolnsquare.media/venezuela

My quick take on the legality of the Venezuela invasion. open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

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