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[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S..

This is about making Trump's oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump's foreign policy - the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela - is fundamentally corrupt.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

"Why are we interested in what russia thinks about troops in Ukraine?
It's a sovereign country. It's not for them to decide."

- Mark Rutte
NATO Secretary General

That's it....

[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

‼️ZELENSKYY ON VENEZUELA:

“About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you”

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

💯💯💯

[ProPublica @propublica]

ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.

Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
https://t.co/zLlkVHhf1F

[Global Insight Journal @GlobalIJournal]

🇲🇽🇺🇸 President of Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum

If the world does not unite against Trump, then everyone is targeted and condemned to doom.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: It's the politicians' job to explain to voters that today Ukraine is protecting Europe's ability to drink coffee and eat a croissant.

It's the heroism of the Ukrainian army and the political leadership of Zelenskyy and his team — they're essentially saving Europe. 1/

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Elliott Abrams, Trump’s former Venezuela envoy: “The United States cannot run Venezuela…It’s just not going to work.”

Says “the worst point” of Trump’s presser was “the insult” of Machado, the opposition leader

Is it legal for US to take VZ oil?

“No…It’s not our oil.”

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

Maduro was a dictator from 2017-2021. Trump was president then. They had oil then. Did nothing!

SO why now?

Epstein knows why!

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Schumer: "Rubio I just heard in your interview said they're doing what's good for the American people. If they want to do what's good for the American people, it should not be some escapade in Venezuela. It should be focusing on lowering the cost of living that Americans are struggling with."

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Rep. Ami Bera: "Congress…had a classified briefing right before the holiday break. Rubio, Hegseth, and General Caine were asked directly if this was about regime change and if we would be seeing troops on the ground. We were misled. They indicated that we would not see that."

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) said President Trump’s actions in Venezuela show he’s losing sight of putting America first on the world stage.

Greene had an acrimonious split with the president on several issues, including foreign policy. https://t.co/8TUfEoWmb7

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Sen. Van Hollen is correct about Marco Rubio.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Multiple members of Congress are calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump.

This is a disgrace.

It should at a minimum be *every single Democrat* and *at least* one or two Republicans. https://t.co/reRkcxF7HC

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Jasmine Crockett on redistricting: “Kudos to Indiana for saying fuck you. Kudos to California for saying we’re gonna fight back. Definitely kudos to the Trump justice who wrote the 160 page opinion denouncing what took place in Texas. And fuck you to the Supreme Court for what they did.”

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

NYT Editorial Board: Trump Is the Jan. 6 President.

"Again and again, Mr. Trump dares the system to stop him. He does so knowing that the same system that failed to hold him to account for Jan. 6 is unlikely to do so now."

"In Mr. Trump's second term, he has governed as if Jan. 6 never ended. The damage to the nation is severe." https://t.co/i0SOF6PYY1

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

The Constitution is clear:
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp to the President.

On these counts, Congress has failed.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

There are major autocrat drug dealers Donald Trump pardons, like Juan (“we’ll shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos”) Hernández in Honduras, and major autocrat drug dealers whose oil he wants, like Maduro. The Constitution does not allow him to unilaterally launch a war to take over any country. Only Congress declares war. Read my full statement here: https://t.co/lnsO0OoP5B

[BrianMier @BrianMteleSUR]

Brazil has called for an emergency meeting of the Community of Carribean and Latin American States (CELAC) in reponse to the US' imperialist attack against Venezuela.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

This about sums it up...