When asked how much running #Venezuela, potentially for years, will cost, #Trump said: “It won’t cost us anything.”
His claim that the #US won’t have to spend any money because it will be “reimbursed” by the #oil the US will take “out of the ground” is a total fantasy.
This will cost the US billions.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
In declaring that the #US will be “running” #Venezuela, #Trump has raised a host of questions: Will the US have an occupying #military force? Will it install a pliant government for some number of years? Will it run the #courts, & determine who pumps the #oil? All of this, of course, could enmesh the US in the kind of “forever wars” Trump’s #MAGA base has rejected.
Trump spoke about bringing in US oil companies to remake the #energy infrastucture &, presumably, to exploit oil reserves.
#law
#Trump has offered NO details about what the #US running #Venezuela looks like. Will there be an US official there in a leadership position?
As he justifies the #military operation, Trump argued that #Maduro sent members of Tren de Aragua to the US to terrorize the US. Trump’s own #intelligence community earlier this year debunked that claim, finding that the gang was not controlled by the Venezuelan govt.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #abduction #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
Now he’s back to insane asylums sending mental patients to the #US.
The man does not know the difference between “seeking asylum” & an “insane asylum”. #Trump is such a fucking moron.
#law #immigration #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Trump put no time limit on the #US #occupation. It would be up to the #UnitedStates to decide when to return the country to Venezulan control. And then he turned to #oil, saying that US companies would fix the infrastructure, “& start making money for the country.” [doubt any will go to Venezuelans]
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#Machado added that #EdmundoGonzález, who the #US has recognized as Venezuela’s President-elect, must “immediately” take office & be recognized as the country’s commander of the armed forces.
“Today we are prepared to enforce our mandate & take power,” Machado said. “We are going to restore order, release the political prisoners, build an exceptional country, & bring our children back home.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
The #Venezuela mission to the #UN has requested an emergency #Security Council [#UNSC] meeting & has asked the Council to condemn the #US military strikes against the country.
Venezuela’s ambassador, Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta, said in a letter to the UNSC president: “The United States of America always uses lies to fabricate wars. It is an international #tyranny imposed with the #propaganda of death: the recent past confirms this.”
#US #DOJ alleges that #Maduro partnered with “some of the most violent & prolific drug traffickers & narco-terrorists in the world” to bring “tons” of cocaine into the US, acc/to the #indictment.
The DOJ estimates that as much as 250 tons of cocaine were trafficked through #Venezuela by 2020 [start date?], acc/to the indictment.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #MaduroIndictment #oil #LandGrab #InternationalLaw
The #MaduroIndictment [for which the #US has no authority]
The #indictment accuses #Maduro of leading a “a corrupt, illegitimate government that, for decades, has leveraged government power to protect & promote illegal activity, including drug trafficking.” #DOJ alleges that the drug trafficking efforts “enriched & entrenched Venezuela’s political & military elite.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#US #DOJ released a new #indictment of #Maduro & wife
Maduro & other #Venezuela ofcls were indicted in 2020 on “narco-terrorism” conspiracy charges. The DOJ released a new indictment Saturday of Maduro & his wife for alleged role in #narcoterrorism #conspiracy.
#PamBondi said Maduro & his wife, Cilia Flores, would “soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #InternationalLaw
The #UnitedNations said it was “deeply alarmed” by the #US strikes in #Venezuela & the reported detention of President Nicolás #Maduro. It expressed concern the escalation was a violation of #InternationalLaw.
“These developments constitute a
dangerous precedent,” Stéphane Dujarric, spox for the #UN sec-gen, said. Dujarric said the UN worried about the implications for #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean & called on “all actors in Venezuela” to respect #HumanRights & the rule of #law.
#China called on the #US to comply with #InternationalLaw & the principles of the #UN Charter, urging it to stop violating the #sovereignty & #security of other nations.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#China strongly condemned the #US strike in #Venezuela & the action against its president, the Foreign Ministry said, adding the Beijing govt was “deeply shocked” & firmly opposed to the operation.
“Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate #InternationalLaw & Venezuela’s #sovereignty & threaten #peace & #security in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean region,” it said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
#Britain PM #KeirStarmer said the #UK was not involved in the #US operation in #Venezuela and that he would seek more information from #Trump. Without condemning the US action, #Starmer said he always believes that #InternationalLaw should be upheld. “But I think at this stage, fast moving situation, let’s establish the facts & take it from there,” he said.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
#EU foreign policy chief #KajaKallas wrote on X that she had spoken with #US Secy of State #MarcoRubio & the EU ambassador in Caracas. “The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr #Maduro lacks legitimacy & has defended a peaceful transition. Under all circumstances, the principles of #InternationalLaw & the #UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint.”
Meaningless ⤴︎
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings
#Trump told FauxNews that #Maduro & his wife were aboard the US warship Iwo Jima & headed to NY, where they will face prosecution.
🚨Trump said in an interview Saturday morning that the #US will be making decisions on what is next for #Venezuela.🚨
“We can’t take a chance in letting somebody else run and just take over what he left, or left off.”
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
“They should say, ‘Great job.’ They shouldn’t say, ‘Oh Gee, maybe it’s not constitutional.’ You know, the same old stuff that we’ve been hearing for years & years & years,” #Trump said who very likely has never read the #US #Constitution.
#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Living in the U.S. is a little like being in a dissociative state. There's such a disconnect. Near me, new businesses and housing are going up like gangbusters, even though we know thousands have lost their jobs. Then I find out that my government has kidnapped the leader of another nation.
Everything feels brittle and shattered. And when everything breaks into jagged pieces, you're much more likely to cut yourself, even while cleaning it up.
Zohran Mamdani - the new mayor of New York is an islamist.
And as a true islamist he starts to dismantle the state and particularly the justice system of USA.
nypost.com/2025/12/11/opinion/…
Well, New York — we’re going to be in for quite a ride.Douglas Murray (New York Post)
Random poll:
Would you visit the US in it's current state? Either for vacation or travel. For Americans, imagine you would visit your country from somewhere else
#US
Daylight Savings Time (DST) in the twenty-first century, yay or nay?
Please consider boosting for a more statistically significant result.
#daylightsavingstime #dst #us #poll #autumn
"The world's governments have all signed up to "anticircumvention" laws that criminalize reverse-engineering & modifying US #tech products. This was done at the insistence of the #US Trade Rep... using the threat of #tariffs
....
getting rid of anticircumvention laws only requires that governments control their own behavior – unlike taxing or fining companies, which only works if governments can control the behavior of companies"
- @pluralistic
pluralistic.net/2025/11/01/red…
#Technology #News #USA
Detailed price information for Nvidia Corp (NVDA-Q) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.United States
#US
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pointofpride.org/hrt-access-fu…
#HRT #LGBT #LGBTQIA #LGBTQI #Trans #Grant #Fund
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Oh... cool cool cool 👀
"The director of a new organization founded to advance the priorities of #US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. #Kennedy Jr. has extensively promoted the “#Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” a famous #antisemitic forgery.
Leland Lehrman, who last month was named executive director of the #MAHAInstitute, also believes #Israel may have been behind the 9/11 terror attacks, and has inveighed against “high-level #Jewish Illuminists, or Lucifer worshipers.”
timesofisrael.com/head-of-rfk-…
Social justice watchdog group finds that anti-vaxxer Leland Lehrman also believes Israel may have been behind 9/11, has said that Jewish Americans are disloyal to the USAndrew Lapin (The Times of Israel)
For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.
One of the most important international courts and a legal bulwark against #genocide, crimes against humanity, and #warcrimes is threatened by #BigTech dependency.
The organizations said they would publish researchers’ work even after the Trump administration decision to dismiss all authors on the project.Rebecca Dzombak (The New York Times)
The British and German governments have updated their advice for travellers seeking to enter the U.S. with fresh warnings about the risk of arrest or detention. A French scientist was denied entry to the US, because of text messages on their phone containing a 'personal opinion' about the #Trump administration. Veronica Cardenas, former assistant chief counsel at the US Department of Homeland Security says #deportations are eroding public trust.
#US #travel #immigration
youtube.com/watch?v=yt3He2DTD5…
Officials in Paris are expressing their dismay after a French scientist was denied entry to the US, because of text messages on their phone containing a 'per...YouTube
With #MAGA #antivax morons like #RFKJr in power in the #USA we have people dying of measles, soon polio, then what?
Consumption? Dropsy? Goiter?
What long defeated #health scourges in the #US will make comeback?
Is it going to be like that old game "#Oregon Trail"?:
"You have died of #dysentery"?
wait... what the fuck?:
"Dysentery outbreak hits Oregon
Published Mar 06, 2025 at 2:14 PM EST"
newsweek.com/dysentery-outbrea…
Dysentery rates have been rising among the Portland population since 2023, and is attributed largely to a lack of public restroom facilities.Sophie Clark (Newsweek)
#Trump claimed that his #trade policy will be “great” for the American #farmer because they won’t have to compete w/foreign producers.
Actual #farmers point out that the #US #agriculture industry produces far more corn, soybeans, pork, chicken, cattle etc. than Americans could possibly consume. Farmers say they need foreign markets, but other countries impose #tariffs on their goods in #retaliation for Trump’s tariffs. That cuts them off from the foreign customers they need.
It is now illegal to transmit personal information of EU citizens to cloud infrastructure in the #US as they won't be protected by the #GDPR.
Many European service providers will have to move quickly to avoid fines, but eventually #EU data will be held in the EU, benefiting companies in Europe, and supporting #DigitalSovereignty.
That means AWS, Azure, Google and iCloud can lose a sizeable chunk of their customer base if no moves are made. I am all for it.
berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-…
The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds.Bert Hubert's writings
Unless you don’t mind Elon Musk, and his team of unelected, illegitimate techbros sifting through all your social security personal/financial data, CALL YOUR THREE CONGRESS MEMBERS TODAY AND TELL THEM TO STOP DOGE!
Find your House Member: house.gov/representatives
Find your two Senators:
senate.gov/senators/index.htm
#musk #elonmusk #doge #trump #AI #government #techbros #hackers #coup #congress #senate #resist #fightback #america #USA #US #USAID
WASHINGTON — A federal district judge on Tuesday granted an administrative stay in a case challenging the Trump administration’s planned freeze of federal aid, pausing the plan for a week and setting a hearing for further arguments Monday morning.Daniel Barnes (NBC News)
→ U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack
nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-o…
“The hacking campaign, nicknamed SaltTyphoon by Microsoft, is one of the largest intelligence compromises in US history, and it has not yet been fully remediated.”
“Privacy advocates have long advocated using end-to-end encrypted E2EE apps.” *sigh*
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#Americans #encrypted #cyberattack #hacking #SaltTyphoon #US #Privacy #E2EE
Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers.Kevin Collier (NBC News)
