"By a 4:1 ratio, polls show the American people oppose the use of military force for regime change in Venezuela — including the strike that led to Maduro’s capture over the weekend."
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"The Venezuelan incursion also reflects the central failing of American domestic politics: the continued declining relevance of Congress."
~ Idrees Kahloon
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #Congress #RogueState #InternationalLaw #NationalSecurityStrategy
/26
Making Sense of the Venezuela Attack
All actions have consequences—even arbitrary and inscrutable ones.
The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
"Now, as the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, is in essence abducted and Venezuela taken over by the US, there is barely any effort to situate the coup in any reasoning other than the US’s interests. Nor are there any attempts to solicit consent from domestic or international law-making bodies and allies, let alone the public."
~ Nesrine Malik
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #Congress #RogueState #InternationalLaw #NationalSecurityStrategy
/27
Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik
It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAE, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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"Now, as the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, is in essence abducted and Venezuela taken over by the US, there is barely any effort to situate the coup in any reasoning other than the US’s interests. Nor are there any attempts to solicit consent from domestic or international law-making bodies and allies, let alone the public."
~ Nesrine Malik
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #Congress #RogueState #InternationalLaw #NationalSecurityStrategy
/27
Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik
It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAE, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
"The days of the US trying to convince the world that Saddam Hussein did in fact have weapons of mass destruction despite secretly having no reliable intelligence were, in fact, the good old days. ...
There is little to no effort to make reasonings for the takeover cohere."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #Congress #RogueState #InternationalLaw #NationalSecurityStrategy
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"The days of the US trying to convince the world that Saddam Hussein did in fact have weapons of mass destruction despite secretly having no reliable intelligence were, in fact, the good old days. ...
There is little to no effort to make reasonings for the takeover cohere."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #Congress #RogueState #InternationalLaw #NationalSecurityStrategy
/28"Beneath Venezuelan soil sits the largest proven oil reserves on the planet. Not ideology, not morality, not democracy. OIL.
Just yesterday, during his first press conference on the strikes in Venezuela, Trump didn’t even bother to pretend that this had anything to do with combatting drug-trafficking. He simply stated the obvious:"
~ Katie Phang
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites
/29
Oil, Oil Toil and Trouble
John McCain said: "Whoever controls oil controls much more than oil."
(katiephang.substack.com)
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"Beneath Venezuelan soil sits the largest proven oil reserves on the planet. Not ideology, not morality, not democracy. OIL.
Just yesterday, during his first press conference on the strikes in Venezuela, Trump didn’t even bother to pretend that this had anything to do with combatting drug-trafficking. He simply stated the obvious:"
~ Katie Phang
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites
/29
Oil, Oil Toil and Trouble
John McCain said: "Whoever controls oil controls much more than oil."
(katiephang.substack.com)
"'We're going to have our very large U.S. oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country.' In fact, he made oil the star of the show, focusing most of his commentary on oil, even when there were no questions posed by the media about it."
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"'We're going to have our very large U.S. oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country.' In fact, he made oil the star of the show, focusing most of his commentary on oil, even when there were no questions posed by the media about it."
"The extraordinary attack, which legal experts said violated U.S. and international law, created a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
In 2024, Singer, an 81-year-old with a net worth of $6.7 billion, donated $5 million to Make America Great Again Inc., Trump’s Super PAC."
~ Judd Legum
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
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Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
(popular.info)
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"The extraordinary attack, which legal experts said violated U.S. and international law, created a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
In 2024, Singer, an 81-year-old with a net worth of $6.7 billion, donated $5 million to Make America Great Again Inc., Trump’s Super PAC."
~ Judd Legum
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
/31
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
(popular.info)
"Singer donated tens of millions more in the 2024 cycle to support Trump’s allies, including $37 million to support the election of Republicans to Congress. He also donated an undisclosed amount to fund Trump’s second transition. ...
In November 2025, Singer acquired Citgo, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
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"Singer donated tens of millions more in the 2024 cycle to support Trump’s allies, including $37 million to support the election of Republicans to Congress. He also donated an undisclosed amount to fund Trump’s second transition. ...
In November 2025, Singer acquired Citgo, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
/32"Citgo owns three major refineries on the Gulf Coast, 43 oil terminals, and a network of over 4,000 independently owned gas stations."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
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"Citgo owns three major refineries on the Gulf Coast, 43 oil terminals, and a network of over 4,000 independently owned gas stations."
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #BigOil #EconomicElites #PaulSinger #Citgo
/33"What is Donald Trump running away from so hard? Is it the fifth anniversary of his January 6 insurrection, which we will mark on Tuesday? It should be.
It could be Jack Smith’s newly released testimony, which is damning and damaging—and we haven’t even gotten the release date of Volume II of his special counsel report, due sometime in February unless Trump manages to hang it up in court."
~ Joyce Vance
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"What is Donald Trump running away from so hard? Is it the fifth anniversary of his January 6 insurrection, which we will mark on Tuesday? It should be.
It could be Jack Smith’s newly released testimony, which is damning and damaging—and we haven’t even gotten the release date of Volume II of his special counsel report, due sometime in February unless Trump manages to hang it up in court."
~ Joyce Vance
"On balance, Congressman Jim Jordan’s 'Weaponization' work is backfiring.
It could also be the Epstein Files. DOJ missed its reporting date to Congress over the weekend, and the full release of the files is still nowhere in sight.
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"On balance, Congressman Jim Jordan’s 'Weaponization' work is backfiring.
It could also be the Epstein Files. DOJ missed its reporting date to Congress over the weekend, and the full release of the files is still nowhere in sight.
"Overnight, in a press gaggle with reporters that I personally watched, Donald Trump threatened American intervention in six separate countries."
~ Aaron Parnas
See the hashtags below for a list of the six.
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #Congress #NSS #Colombia #Mexico #Greenland #Iran #Cuba #megalomania #narcissism #madman #DonroeDoctrine
/36https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-threatens-american-intervention?
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"Overnight, in a press gaggle with reporters that I personally watched, Donald Trump threatened American intervention in six separate countries."
~ Aaron Parnas
See the hashtags below for a list of the six.
#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #domination #Congress #NSS #Colombia #Mexico #Greenland #Iran #Cuba #megalomania #narcissism #madman #DonroeDoctrine
/36https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-threatens-american-intervention?
"What we cannot forget for one moment in all this is that Trump is now acting as if law, or the very concept of law, does not exist. He is acting outside and in violation of the Constitution, domestic American law, and the oath he took; and outside and in violation of the UN Charter, well established international law, and Senate ratified treaties with other nations. There is only him."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw
/37
The Ridiculous Donroe Doctrine, Trump Imagines Himself Emperor Of The Americas, January Is Going To Be A Very Consequential Month
Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of Trump's attack on the Capitol and the insurrection he launched against the United States of America
(www.hopiumchronicles.com)
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"What we cannot forget for one moment in all this is that Trump is now acting as if law, or the very concept of law, does not exist. He is acting outside and in violation of the Constitution, domestic American law, and the oath he took; and outside and in violation of the UN Charter, well established international law, and Senate ratified treaties with other nations. There is only him."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw
/37
The Ridiculous Donroe Doctrine, Trump Imagines Himself Emperor Of The Americas, January Is Going To Be A Very Consequential Month
Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of Trump's attack on the Capitol and the insurrection he launched against the United States of America
(www.hopiumchronicles.com)
"Trump has always been drunk on fantasies of power. His entire rhetorical repertoire consists of frantic boasts and foolish words. … Trump is our president. He’s acting in our name."
~ William Kristol
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman
/38
The Danger and Foolishness of Trump’s Foreign Policy
There are no grand designs, just vanity and vindictiveness.
(www.thebulwark.com)
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"Trump has always been drunk on fantasies of power. His entire rhetorical repertoire consists of frantic boasts and foolish words. … Trump is our president. He’s acting in our name."
~ William Kristol
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman
/38
The Danger and Foolishness of Trump’s Foreign Policy
There are no grand designs, just vanity and vindictiveness.
(www.thebulwark.com)
"Five years ago, almost to the day, Trump launched an assault on our Capitol, watched the battle on a screen as it unfolded in real time—just as he did during the Venezuela operation—and egged on his forces as they hunted our vice president.1 Maduro’s regime isn’t the first government Trump has tried to topple in our hemisphere. It’s the second."
~ Will Saletan
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman #Jan6
/39
Which Countries Will Trump Invade Next? He’s Given Us a Guide.
The reasons he listed for toppling Venezuela’s Maduro apply just as well to many other governments.
(www.thebulwark.com)
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"Five years ago, almost to the day, Trump launched an assault on our Capitol, watched the battle on a screen as it unfolded in real time—just as he did during the Venezuela operation—and egged on his forces as they hunted our vice president.1 Maduro’s regime isn’t the first government Trump has tried to topple in our hemisphere. It’s the second."
~ Will Saletan
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman #Jan6
/39
Which Countries Will Trump Invade Next? He’s Given Us a Guide.
The reasons he listed for toppling Venezuela’s Maduro apply just as well to many other governments.
(www.thebulwark.com)
"President Trump is claiming and exercising an unbridled form of executive power not heretofore seen in the United States, unconstrained by a pliable GOP-controlled Congress that has abdicated its constitutional powers."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman #Jan6
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Trump’s Venezuela Attack Is a Uniquely Dangerous Threat to the Constitutional Order
INSIDE: Abrego Garcia ... Hannah Dugan ... Jack Smith
(morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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"President Trump is claiming and exercising an unbridled form of executive power not heretofore seen in the United States, unconstrained by a pliable GOP-controlled Congress that has abdicated its constitutional powers."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman #Jan6
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Trump’s Venezuela Attack Is a Uniquely Dangerous Threat to the Constitutional Order
INSIDE: Abrego Garcia ... Hannah Dugan ... Jack Smith
(morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com)
"While U.S. presidents have increasingly bypassed Congress and engaged in hostilities abroad on a largely unilateral basis, no prior president has simultaneously asserted such wide-ranging executive authority while aggressively sidelining the legislative branch not just in foreign affairs but in matters of the purse. It sets up a uniquely dangerous threat to the constitutional order."
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman #Jan6
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"While U.S. presidents have increasingly bypassed Congress and engaged in hostilities abroad on a largely unilateral basis, no prior president has simultaneously asserted such wide-ranging executive authority while aggressively sidelining the legislative branch not just in foreign affairs but in matters of the purse. It sets up a uniquely dangerous threat to the constitutional order."
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman #Jan6
/41Adam Kinzinger comments wryly on the Trump regime's plan to "run" Venezuela.
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman
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Adam Kinzinger comments wryly on the Trump regime's plan to "run" Venezuela.
#Trump #Venezuela #Congress #Constitution #RuleofLaw #narcissism #megalomania #madman
/42@wdlindsy he's dead on
