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WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
January 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
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“In terms of global stability, the worst thing about the Maduro rendition is that it worked.” @julianborger.bsky.social writes absolutely correctly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
“In terms of global stability, the worst thing about the Maduro rendition is that it worked.” @julianborger.bsky.social writes absolutely correctly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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BRENNAN: You're describing the regime as still in place. I'm confused why the Trump admin only arrested Maduro. The chief thug who controls the police & has $25m price on his head is still in place
RUBIO: You're confused?
B: They are still in power
R: You're gonna go in & suck up 5 more people?
RUBIO: You're confused?
B: They are still in power
R: You're gonna go in & suck up 5 more people?
January 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
BRENNAN: You're describing the regime as still in place. I'm confused why the Trump admin only arrested Maduro. The chief thug who controls the police & has $25m price on his head is still in place
RUBIO: You're confused?
B: They are still in power
R: You're gonna go in & suck up 5 more people?
RUBIO: You're confused?
B: They are still in power
R: You're gonna go in & suck up 5 more people?
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It seems increasingly clear that the President of the United States just made up a bunch of stuff about the future of Venezuela and the American role in its governance after he extracted Maduro and his wife, and now his cabinet secretaries are having to walk it all back.
BRENNAN: To be clear, there is no plan for US occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people?
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
January 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
It seems increasingly clear that the President of the United States just made up a bunch of stuff about the future of Venezuela and the American role in its governance after he extracted Maduro and his wife, and now his cabinet secretaries are having to walk it all back.
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See, it’s not hard to denounce this and toe it into the larger pattern of criminality.
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
See, it’s not hard to denounce this and toe it into the larger pattern of criminality.
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Broke: America is a violent, expansionist empire but we tell ourselves we're not
Woke: Damn straight we're a violent, expansionist empire and we're not not going to hide it anymore
Woke: Damn straight we're a violent, expansionist empire and we're not not going to hide it anymore
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Broke: America is a violent, expansionist empire but we tell ourselves we're not
Woke: Damn straight we're a violent, expansionist empire and we're not not going to hide it anymore
Woke: Damn straight we're a violent, expansionist empire and we're not not going to hide it anymore
This stuff is scary as hell. UnAmerican.
Comer: "You're gonna see the Trump administration continue to freeze funds until Democrat governors do like what the Republican governors are doing: they're complying with the federal government, with the Trump administration."
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This stuff is scary as hell. UnAmerican.
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America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
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Gotta say, the moderate position here is impeachment and removal and the moderates seem like they're on board.
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Gotta say, the moderate position here is impeachment and removal and the moderates seem like they're on board.
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I wanted to add an observation, that this sure is one whopper of a distraction from Epstein, Jack Smith, and bad polling, and one colossal infusion of narcissistic energy for a weakened and diminished old man who has been embarrassed by advancing ill health and progressive cognitive decline.
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I wanted to add an observation, that this sure is one whopper of a distraction from Epstein, Jack Smith, and bad polling, and one colossal infusion of narcissistic energy for a weakened and diminished old man who has been embarrassed by advancing ill health and progressive cognitive decline.
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it’s an insane digression but still relevant in its in own way. Trump has no sense whatsoever what’s going on in the world outside the bubble that he lives in and is totally dependent on what other people tell him. Which is why we’re now colonizing Venezuela
Trump is slurring and stumbling through his crazed speech announcing the takeover of Venezuela with a completely make-believe story of national security threats ended… and now he’s segued to claiming that Washington DC is for the first time in memory a place where restaurants are “again open”
January 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
it’s an insane digression but still relevant in its in own way. Trump has no sense whatsoever what’s going on in the world outside the bubble that he lives in and is totally dependent on what other people tell him. Which is why we’re now colonizing Venezuela
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spare a thought for Canada now that Venezuela has supplanted it as our cherished fifty-first state
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
spare a thought for Canada now that Venezuela has supplanted it as our cherished fifty-first state
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But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
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Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
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The chattering classes have spent endless hours over the past year debating what Trump’s particular system of odious rule should be called — lot of Greek and Latin sounding terms got road-tested but the answer is: a pirate’s nest.
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The chattering classes have spent endless hours over the past year debating what Trump’s particular system of odious rule should be called — lot of Greek and Latin sounding terms got road-tested but the answer is: a pirate’s nest.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury:
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Rep. Melanie Stansbury:
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
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waking up yo a massively more destabilized world
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
waking up yo a massively more destabilized world
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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Grotesque
Trump to Fox & Friends on the raid that captured Maduro: "I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would've seen the speed, the violence -- it was an amazing thing."
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Grotesque
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We were told the boat killings were about drugs, not regime change.
We were told a land invasion of Venezuela would require congressional authorization.
We were told the U.S. would not be starting wars.
All lies.
We were told a land invasion of Venezuela would require congressional authorization.
We were told the U.S. would not be starting wars.
All lies.
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We were told the boat killings were about drugs, not regime change.
We were told a land invasion of Venezuela would require congressional authorization.
We were told the U.S. would not be starting wars.
All lies.
We were told a land invasion of Venezuela would require congressional authorization.
We were told the U.S. would not be starting wars.
All lies.
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universalize this please
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January 2, 2026 at 3:35 AM
universalize this please