Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?

Search this transcript of today's White House press conference on Venezuela. Try to find any variant of the word "democracy."

There must be some pretty horrific shit in those Epstein files.

We are sure it’s just a coincidence, but today is the statuatory date for the DOJ to explain its redactions in the Epstein file productions. We have not forgotten, and we won’t let up - regardless of the President’s new unconstitutional actions.

2026 is a monumental year. It’s the 250th birthday of our nation. It’s time to celebrate by raising up our Constitution and removing ALL challenges to it—starting with 47 and his entire regime. Restoring the balance of powers within our Democracy is our own birthday present!

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Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”

Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

I know he started a war but what about those Epstein files?

It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

🚨✈️ DOJ JET DEPARTS GITMO‼️ 👉 A Department of Justice 757 (tail: N874TW - callsign: JENA1) has departed Guantanamo, flying north 👀 Track: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=ac06f0

Gallego on Fox: "The president was very clear he wants to occupy VZ, he wants to take the oil. Nothing in what they've said so far in justification is the reason why they went to get Maduro. But going forward, he doesn't have the approval of the Congress or American public for an occupation of VZ"

FOX NEWS: What are your expectations when you get briefings from senior Trump administration officials in the coming days? GALLEGO: Well, they're just gonna lie

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

Donald Trump cannot be trusted to lead America into war. He is unaccountable to America. He is lawless. He only seeks conflict to cover up for his failures. Congress must step up and reassert its power. No more forever wars.

Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."

I’ll say what CNN is afraid to say: Trump knows that María Corina Machado is the most popular person in Venezuela and the in-country opposition leader—thus, the obvious new Venezuelan leader—and he lied and said she *wasn’t* popular because she won the Nobel Peace Prize over him.

we cannot do 3 more years

MADURO WAS ARRESTED BEFORE ANYONE IN THE EPSTEIN FILES

Q: You said that Maduro is responsible for drug trafficking. You recently pardoned the former president of Honduras who was convicted of drug trafficking. How are these situations different? TRUMP: This was a man who was persecuted very unfairly by Biden. Obviously the people liked what I did

Trump: "I think Cuba is gonna be something we'll end up talking about, because Cuba is a failing nation. It's very similar"

Rubio: "If I lived in Havana in the government, I'd be concerned"

Trump seems to think he is flipping Venezuela like he bought a hotel.

Since illegally abducting Maduro 10 hours ago, Trump has threatened to take action in: - Mexico - Colombia - Cuba It’s blatantly clear he wants to take over the whole region and isn’t gonna let laws get in the way.

The guardrails are gone. (It’s about the oil)

Q: Is it possible that the US ends up administering Venezuela for years? TRUMP: Well, you know, it won't cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is very substantial

The 1989 occupation of Panama involved 27,000 U.S. military personnel. Venezuela has 12 times the land area of Panama, 6.5 times the population, and a much larger array of armed and criminal groups.

There are just 15,000 soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen currently deployed around Venezuela.

Trump on Colombia’s President: He has factories where he makes cocaine. He does have to watch his ass.

There’s also a lot of people overjoyed at ICE kidnapping people. Doesn’t mean it’s okay.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Turns out “America first” meant using 🇺🇸 military to take over Venezuela for the oil companies 🤷🏼 abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Gen. Dan Caine is now describing in exhaustive detail an illegal American military operation not a single soldier refused to carry out If you're wondering whether our armed forces will support martial law inside the United States at some point in the next 2+ years, pay attention

Trump going on national television and essentially saying that we just annexed Venezuela and are going to steal its most precious natural resource and will kidnap any Venezuelan leader who disagrees may be the craziest presidential address of my lifetime

The guardrails are gone.

At least now we know Maduro didn’t buy Trump’s crypto coin or donate to his campaign 🤷🏼

Huge military commitment incoming. "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition."

it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy

Trump says we need to go after drug cartels. Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on. And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking. Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy. It's a power grab.

Trump on China: "There's not gonna be a problem. They're gonna get oil. We're gonna allow people to have oil ... nobody can stop us."

When America abdicates its role as a defender of freedom and becomes the oppressor, it emboldens dictators everywhere. We are about to learn some hard lessons. One being how instrumental we used to be at preventing the world from descending into madness.

FOX & FRIENDS: What do you see as the future of Venezuela's oil industry? TRUMP: Well I see that we're gonna be very strongly involved in it. That's all. What can I say. We have the greatest oil companies in the world.

Here's a growing list of emergency protests demanding no war with Venezuela.

🏛️✈️ DOJ JET IN GITMO 🧐 👉 A DOJ 757 (callsign: JENA1) has arrived to Guantanamo Bay 👀

Trump on Sheinbaum: "The cartels are running Mexico. She's not running Mexico. We could be politically correct & nice and say, 'Oh, yes, she is.' No no. And I've asked her number times, 'Would you like us to take out the cartels?' ... something is gonna have to be done with Mexico."

Much of the world is now in danger from America. Trump ordered illegal assassinations—e.g., Iran’s Soleimani—in his first term, and illegal kidnappings and deportations in his second. So who’s next? Another Iranian leader? The Mexican president? A Greenlander? A Panamanian? A Brazilian? Zelensky?

I'm losing track of how many countries a man livid he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize has illegally bombed. Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen. Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.

“A dark moment.”

Exactly this.