![\"crash](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/crash-of-Venezuelan-oil-industry.webp\" "\\"crash")
<\/a><\/p>\nJames Eagle: Venezuela after Maduro: what the data says, not the headlines<\/a><\/h2>\nVenezuela rarely disappears. It simply recedes, becoming a background problem until something forces it back into focus.<\/p>\n
That moment arrived over the weekend. A sudden escalation involving the United States and the removal of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro from power has returned Venezuela to the centre of geopolitical attention. The reaction has been loud and polarised, but the underlying conditions did not change overnight. They have been building quietly for years
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\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a>
\n![\"China](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/China-energy-consumption-by-source.webp\" "\\"China")
<\/a><\/p>\nJames Eagle: China\u2019s energy transition is happening on top of coal<\/a><\/h2>\nChina\u2019s energy story is often told as a pivot away from fossil fuels. This chart shows something more complicated and more revealing.
\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\nWired: Trump Wants Venezuela\u2019s Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple<\/a><\/h2>\nThe administration has made it clear that Nicol\u00e1s Maduro’s capture was tied to Venezuela\u2019s vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them\u2014or if they even want to.<\/p>\n
Jess Piper: The Ozarks and Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n![\"Jessica](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jessica-Plichta.png\" "\\"Jessica")
<\/a><\/p>\nAlternet: Police arrest woman speaking out against Trump’s Venezuela invasion mid-interview<\/a><\/h2>\nA protest organizer in Grand Rapids, Michigan was recently arrested while speaking out against President Donald Trump’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u2014 while she was in the middle of speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n
Politico: Trump suggests US used cyberattacks to turn off lights in Venezuela during strikes<\/a><\/h2>\nChristina Pagel: The paper trail to Caracas<\/a><\/h2>\nJay Kuo: Back To Legal Basics On Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\nWith various smokescreens billowing from the White House, let\u2019s not lose sight of the fundamental illegality<\/p>\n
AP: Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nLeaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee \u2014 Republican chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and ranking Democrat Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois \u2014 said they should have been included in the classified briefing, arguing they have oversight of the Justice Department under Bondi.<\/p>\n
Politico: Trump has a list of demands for Venezuela\u2019s new leader<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 5, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nFive years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the process of counting the electoral votes that would make Democrat Joe Biden president of the United States. They tried to hunt down House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and chanted their intention to \u201cHang Mike Pence,\u201d the vice president.
\n…<\/p>\n
Trump has taken on himself the right to go to war with another country in order to take its oil, and is openly working to destroy the rules-based international order that has stabilized the world since the 1940s. Today, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper: \u201cWe live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\n
![\"Maureen-Tkacik-Marco-Rubio](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maureen-Tkacik-Marco-Rubio.webp\" "\\"Maureen-Tkacik-Marco-Rubio")
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Maureen Tkacik (American Prospect): The Narco-Terrorist Elite<\/h2>\n
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?<\/em><\/p>\nIf you\u2019re a little too online, you likely know that Marco Rubio as a teenager made extra cash working for his late brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia. The business imported and sold exotic animals as a front for moving nearly a half million pounds of cocaine and marijuana. It was later said, when kingpin Mario Tabraue became a main character on the monstrously popular documentary series Tiger King<\/em>, that the cocaine was actually stuffed into the bodies of vipers and boa constrictors, though an 80-page indictment<\/a> of the enterprise makes no mention of that, and Tabraue has been known to sue<\/a> those who accuse him of animal cruelty.
\n(Maureen Tkacik more…)
\n![\"Rubio](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rubio-and-Trump.webp\" "\\"Rubio")
<\/a><\/p>\nSteven Beschloss: This Is What Happens When America Goes Mad<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nYesterday Secretary of State Marco Rubio was questioned by NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press<\/em>. One minute Rubio was justifying the regime\u2019s decision not to seek Congressional approval before invading Venezuela because it was simply a law enforcement operation. The next minute Rubio acknowledged he\u2019s been charged to \u201crun\u201d Venezuela<\/a> and take control of the oil business after kidnapping President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and flying him to New York to face drug and weapons charges.
\n…
\nFive years and one day ago, on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump convinced thousands of people to believe his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him\u2014and to storm the Capitol to express their anger and obstruct the election\u2019s certification. He fed them those lies, he fueled their anger and he incited them to violence with an additional lie that their participation in a deadly insurrection was a patriotic act, not a criminal one.
\n(Steven Beschloss more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Joyce Vance: January 6 Again<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Dean Blundell: Trump Just Invented a Venezuelan Election Hoax \u2014 And This Time, It\u2019s Not About 2020<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Mary Geddry: From OPEC to Ottawa, the World Learns to Hedge America<\/a><\/h2>\n… Trump can seize a country. He can kidnap a president and shout about oil until his voice gives out. What he cannot seize back is trust.<\/p>\n
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Heather Delaney Reese<\/a> on Facebook: Greenland in 20 days<\/a><\/h2>\nThis evening, while standing in the press cabin aboard Air Force One, the President of the United States gave one of the most disturbing interviews of his presidency. Unlike what we have seen from him in recent times, he appeared less confused and almost jolly. He was deliberate and stopped to laugh and make jokes between words that should never have been spoken by a sitting president.<\/p>\n
Surrounded by reporters as his plane cut through the night sky back to Washington, Donald Trump made clear he isn\u2019t just hungry for power. He is mapping out exactly where he intends to take his terrorist takeover of the world next. He noted 6 countries he has his eyes on. A second possible strike in Venezuela, and potential new military action in Cuba, Mexico, Iran, and Colombia. When asked about Greenland specifically, an allied territory and a constitutional part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Trump said, without flinching,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need Greenland from a national security situation. It\u2019s so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it… Let\u2019s talk about Greenland in 20 days… and the European Union needs us to have it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a>
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<\/a><\/p>\nJames Eagle: China\u2019s energy transition is happening on top of coal<\/a><\/h2>\nChina\u2019s energy story is often told as a pivot away from fossil fuels. This chart shows something more complicated and more revealing.
\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\nWired: Trump Wants Venezuela\u2019s Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple<\/a><\/h2>\nThe administration has made it clear that Nicol\u00e1s Maduro’s capture was tied to Venezuela\u2019s vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them\u2014or if they even want to.<\/p>\n
Jess Piper: The Ozarks and Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAlternet: Police arrest woman speaking out against Trump’s Venezuela invasion mid-interview<\/a><\/h2>\nA protest organizer in Grand Rapids, Michigan was recently arrested while speaking out against President Donald Trump’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u2014 while she was in the middle of speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n
Politico: Trump suggests US used cyberattacks to turn off lights in Venezuela during strikes<\/a><\/h2>\nChristina Pagel: The paper trail to Caracas<\/a><\/h2>\nJay Kuo: Back To Legal Basics On Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\nWith various smokescreens billowing from the White House, let\u2019s not lose sight of the fundamental illegality<\/p>\n
AP: Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nLeaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee \u2014 Republican chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and ranking Democrat Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois \u2014 said they should have been included in the classified briefing, arguing they have oversight of the Justice Department under Bondi.<\/p>\n
Politico: Trump has a list of demands for Venezuela\u2019s new leader<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 5, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nFive years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the process of counting the electoral votes that would make Democrat Joe Biden president of the United States. They tried to hunt down House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and chanted their intention to \u201cHang Mike Pence,\u201d the vice president.
\n…<\/p>\n
Trump has taken on himself the right to go to war with another country in order to take its oil, and is openly working to destroy the rules-based international order that has stabilized the world since the 1940s. Today, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper: \u201cWe live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n- \n
Maureen Tkacik (American Prospect): The Narco-Terrorist Elite<\/h2>\n
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?<\/em><\/p>\nIf you\u2019re a little too online, you likely know that Marco Rubio as a teenager made extra cash working for his late brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia. The business imported and sold exotic animals as a front for moving nearly a half million pounds of cocaine and marijuana. It was later said, when kingpin Mario Tabraue became a main character on the monstrously popular documentary series Tiger King<\/em>, that the cocaine was actually stuffed into the bodies of vipers and boa constrictors, though an 80-page indictment<\/a> of the enterprise makes no mention of that, and Tabraue has been known to sue<\/a> those who accuse him of animal cruelty.
\n(Maureen Tkacik more…)
\n<\/a><\/p>\nSteven Beschloss: This Is What Happens When America Goes Mad<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nYesterday Secretary of State Marco Rubio was questioned by NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press<\/em>. One minute Rubio was justifying the regime\u2019s decision not to seek Congressional approval before invading Venezuela because it was simply a law enforcement operation. The next minute Rubio acknowledged he\u2019s been charged to \u201crun\u201d Venezuela<\/a> and take control of the oil business after kidnapping President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and flying him to New York to face drug and weapons charges.
\n…
\nFive years and one day ago, on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump convinced thousands of people to believe his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him\u2014and to storm the Capitol to express their anger and obstruct the election\u2019s certification. He fed them those lies, he fueled their anger and he incited them to violence with an additional lie that their participation in a deadly insurrection was a patriotic act, not a criminal one.
\n(Steven Beschloss more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
Joyce Vance: January 6 Again<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Dean Blundell: Trump Just Invented a Venezuelan Election Hoax \u2014 And This Time, It\u2019s Not About 2020<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Mary Geddry: From OPEC to Ottawa, the World Learns to Hedge America<\/a><\/h2>\n… Trump can seize a country. He can kidnap a president and shout about oil until his voice gives out. What he cannot seize back is trust.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Heather Delaney Reese<\/a> on Facebook: Greenland in 20 days<\/a><\/h2>\nThis evening, while standing in the press cabin aboard Air Force One, the President of the United States gave one of the most disturbing interviews of his presidency. Unlike what we have seen from him in recent times, he appeared less confused and almost jolly. He was deliberate and stopped to laugh and make jokes between words that should never have been spoken by a sitting president.<\/p>\n
Surrounded by reporters as his plane cut through the night sky back to Washington, Donald Trump made clear he isn\u2019t just hungry for power. He is mapping out exactly where he intends to take his terrorist takeover of the world next. He noted 6 countries he has his eyes on. A second possible strike in Venezuela, and potential new military action in Cuba, Mexico, Iran, and Colombia. When asked about Greenland specifically, an allied territory and a constitutional part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Trump said, without flinching,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need Greenland from a national security situation. It\u2019s so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it… Let\u2019s talk about Greenland in 20 days… and the European Union needs us to have it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
Wired: Trump Wants Venezuela\u2019s Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple<\/a><\/h2>\nThe administration has made it clear that Nicol\u00e1s Maduro’s capture was tied to Venezuela\u2019s vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them\u2014or if they even want to.<\/p>\n
Jess Piper: The Ozarks and Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAlternet: Police arrest woman speaking out against Trump’s Venezuela invasion mid-interview<\/a><\/h2>\nA protest organizer in Grand Rapids, Michigan was recently arrested while speaking out against President Donald Trump’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u2014 while she was in the middle of speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n
Politico: Trump suggests US used cyberattacks to turn off lights in Venezuela during strikes<\/a><\/h2>\nChristina Pagel: The paper trail to Caracas<\/a><\/h2>\nJay Kuo: Back To Legal Basics On Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\nWith various smokescreens billowing from the White House, let\u2019s not lose sight of the fundamental illegality<\/p>\n
AP: Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nLeaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee \u2014 Republican chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and ranking Democrat Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois \u2014 said they should have been included in the classified briefing, arguing they have oversight of the Justice Department under Bondi.<\/p>\n
Politico: Trump has a list of demands for Venezuela\u2019s new leader<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n\n- \n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 5, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nFive years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the process of counting the electoral votes that would make Democrat Joe Biden president of the United States. They tried to hunt down House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and chanted their intention to \u201cHang Mike Pence,\u201d the vice president.
\n…<\/p>\n
Trump has taken on himself the right to go to war with another country in order to take its oil, and is openly working to destroy the rules-based international order that has stabilized the world since the 1940s. Today, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper: \u201cWe live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n- \n
Maureen Tkacik (American Prospect): The Narco-Terrorist Elite<\/h2>\n
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?<\/em><\/p>\nIf you\u2019re a little too online, you likely know that Marco Rubio as a teenager made extra cash working for his late brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia. The business imported and sold exotic animals as a front for moving nearly a half million pounds of cocaine and marijuana. It was later said, when kingpin Mario Tabraue became a main character on the monstrously popular documentary series Tiger King<\/em>, that the cocaine was actually stuffed into the bodies of vipers and boa constrictors, though an 80-page indictment<\/a> of the enterprise makes no mention of that, and Tabraue has been known to sue<\/a> those who accuse him of animal cruelty.
\n(Maureen Tkacik more…)
\n<\/a><\/p>\nSteven Beschloss: This Is What Happens When America Goes Mad<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nYesterday Secretary of State Marco Rubio was questioned by NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press<\/em>. One minute Rubio was justifying the regime\u2019s decision not to seek Congressional approval before invading Venezuela because it was simply a law enforcement operation. The next minute Rubio acknowledged he\u2019s been charged to \u201crun\u201d Venezuela<\/a> and take control of the oil business after kidnapping President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and flying him to New York to face drug and weapons charges.
\n…
\nFive years and one day ago, on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump convinced thousands of people to believe his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him\u2014and to storm the Capitol to express their anger and obstruct the election\u2019s certification. He fed them those lies, he fueled their anger and he incited them to violence with an additional lie that their participation in a deadly insurrection was a patriotic act, not a criminal one.
\n(Steven Beschloss more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
Joyce Vance: January 6 Again<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Dean Blundell: Trump Just Invented a Venezuelan Election Hoax \u2014 And This Time, It\u2019s Not About 2020<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Mary Geddry: From OPEC to Ottawa, the World Learns to Hedge America<\/a><\/h2>\n… Trump can seize a country. He can kidnap a president and shout about oil until his voice gives out. What he cannot seize back is trust.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Heather Delaney Reese<\/a> on Facebook: Greenland in 20 days<\/a><\/h2>\nThis evening, while standing in the press cabin aboard Air Force One, the President of the United States gave one of the most disturbing interviews of his presidency. Unlike what we have seen from him in recent times, he appeared less confused and almost jolly. He was deliberate and stopped to laugh and make jokes between words that should never have been spoken by a sitting president.<\/p>\n
Surrounded by reporters as his plane cut through the night sky back to Washington, Donald Trump made clear he isn\u2019t just hungry for power. He is mapping out exactly where he intends to take his terrorist takeover of the world next. He noted 6 countries he has his eyes on. A second possible strike in Venezuela, and potential new military action in Cuba, Mexico, Iran, and Colombia. When asked about Greenland specifically, an allied territory and a constitutional part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Trump said, without flinching,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need Greenland from a national security situation. It\u2019s so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it… Let\u2019s talk about Greenland in 20 days… and the European Union needs us to have it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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A protest organizer in Grand Rapids, Michigan was recently arrested while speaking out against President Donald Trump’s ouster of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u2014 while she was in the middle of speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n With various smokescreens billowing from the White House, let\u2019s not lose sight of the fundamental illegality<\/p>\n … Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the process of counting the electoral votes that would make Democrat Joe Biden president of the United States. They tried to hunt down House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and chanted their intention to \u201cHang Mike Pence,\u201d the vice president. Trump has taken on himself the right to go to war with another country in order to take its oil, and is openly working to destroy the rules-based international order that has stabilized the world since the 1940s. Today, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper: \u201cWe live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.\u201d Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?<\/em><\/p>\n If you\u2019re a little too online, you likely know that Marco Rubio as a teenager made extra cash working for his late brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia. The business imported and sold exotic animals as a front for moving nearly a half million pounds of cocaine and marijuana. It was later said, when kingpin Mario Tabraue became a main character on the monstrously popular documentary series Tiger King<\/em>, that the cocaine was actually stuffed into the bodies of vipers and boa constrictors, though an 80-page indictment<\/a> of the enterprise makes no mention of that, and Tabraue has been known to sue<\/a> those who accuse him of animal cruelty. … … Trump can seize a country. He can kidnap a president and shout about oil until his voice gives out. What he cannot seize back is trust.<\/p>\n This evening, while standing in the press cabin aboard Air Force One, the President of the United States gave one of the most disturbing interviews of his presidency. Unlike what we have seen from him in recent times, he appeared less confused and almost jolly. He was deliberate and stopped to laugh and make jokes between words that should never have been spoken by a sitting president.<\/p>\n Surrounded by reporters as his plane cut through the night sky back to Washington, Donald Trump made clear he isn\u2019t just hungry for power. He is mapping out exactly where he intends to take his terrorist takeover of the world next. He noted 6 countries he has his eyes on. A second possible strike in Venezuela, and potential new military action in Cuba, Mexico, Iran, and Colombia. When asked about Greenland specifically, an allied territory and a constitutional part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Trump said, without flinching,<\/p>\n \u201cWe need Greenland from a national security situation. It\u2019s so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it… Let\u2019s talk about Greenland in 20 days… and the European Union needs us to have it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAlternet: Police arrest woman speaking out against Trump’s Venezuela invasion mid-interview<\/a><\/h2>\n
Politico: Trump suggests US used cyberattacks to turn off lights in Venezuela during strikes<\/a><\/h2>\n
Christina Pagel: The paper trail to Caracas<\/a><\/h2>\n
Jay Kuo: Back To Legal Basics On Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n
AP: Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nLeaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee \u2014 Republican chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and ranking Democrat Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois \u2014 said they should have been included in the classified briefing, arguing they have oversight of the Justice Department under Bondi.<\/p>\nPolitico: Trump has a list of demands for Venezuela\u2019s new leader<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 5, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nMaureen Tkacik (American Prospect): The Narco-Terrorist Elite<\/h2>\n
\n(Maureen Tkacik more…)
\n<\/a><\/p>\nSteven Beschloss: This Is What Happens When America Goes Mad<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nYesterday Secretary of State Marco Rubio was questioned by NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press<\/em>. One minute Rubio was justifying the regime\u2019s decision not to seek Congressional approval before invading Venezuela because it was simply a law enforcement operation. The next minute Rubio acknowledged he\u2019s been charged to \u201crun\u201d Venezuela<\/a> and take control of the oil business after kidnapping President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and flying him to New York to face drug and weapons charges.
\n…
\nFive years and one day ago, on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump convinced thousands of people to believe his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him\u2014and to storm the Capitol to express their anger and obstruct the election\u2019s certification. He fed them those lies, he fueled their anger and he incited them to violence with an additional lie that their participation in a deadly insurrection was a patriotic act, not a criminal one.
\n(Steven Beschloss more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nJoyce Vance: January 6 Again<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nDean Blundell: Trump Just Invented a Venezuelan Election Hoax \u2014 And This Time, It\u2019s Not About 2020<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nMary Geddry: From OPEC to Ottawa, the World Learns to Hedge America<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nHeather Delaney Reese<\/a> on Facebook: Greenland in 20 days<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n