BREAKING: The US Justice Department proposes a June 2027 start date for the criminal trial of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on drug trafficking charges.
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Trump promised to get the US out of “stupid wars.” But now he and John Bolton are on the brink of launching us into a very stupid and costly war with Iran. Join me in sending a strong message to President Trump: The US must NOT go to war with Iran. #TULSI2020
Commander Chávez warned in 2005 of the development of an operation by the United States to accuse him of drug trafficking and apply the ‘Noriega formula’ to the president of Venezuela 🇻🇪
“An incredibly dramatic moment in court.”
@tonydokoupil and @CBSMATTGUTMAN report on the latest from inside the courtroom: Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said during his arraignment, “I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country.” He entered a plea of not guilty on charges related to drug trafficking.
The Nobel Committee has decided to make the case for Trump’s war on Venezuela, giving its “Peace Prize” to Maria Corina Machado, a US govt-funded regime change activist who’s helped lead failed military coups, violent street riots, and has likely promised her country’s oil and mineral wealth to a consortium of MAGA aligned billionaires in exchange for financing her political arsonism. This icon of peace has even appealed to Benjamin Netanyahu to help her lead a military invasion of Venezuela.
Maria Corina Machado is a marionette for Marco Rubio, a creation of the CIA-sponsored Gusano Industrial Complex that has brought violent terror and siege to any Latin American country defying the Washington Consensus of privatization and austerity, and a would-be Pinochet in a skirt.
Machado has spent years lobbying for US and EU starvation sanctions on her own country, resulting in waves of migration to the US, fueling the nativist resentment that gave rise to Trump. When Trump shipped Venezuelan migrants to a torture camp in El Salvador this year, Machado predictably sided with Trump, the main sponsor of her putchist career, over her countrymen.
Giving the Nobel to Machado is a green light for regime change war on Venezuela, and then Cuba. But the decision is consistent with the Committee’s role as a soft power instrument of Western empire. Just recall its award to Obama at the beginning of his first term, granting him infinite legitimacy in advance of his destruction of Libya, escalation of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and facilitation of Gaza’s decimation. Given that nothing has happened in Machado’s career without the support and guidance of Washington, the Committee’s decision must be seen as the result of another Western op - a coup in Oslo to pave the way for one in Caracas.
Drove by the ICE raid at McArthur Park this morning and was in complete disbelief of what I was seeing. Fully armed soldiers in armored vehicles raiding one of the busiest hubs of working class people in LA.
Was this a war zone?
No.
But they are waging war on working people.
@MayorOfLA Anyone saying there’s no way kids would be playing in this park have clearly never been here. Kids are regularly at the playground and soccer field. It’s one of the only accessible open spaces for local kids to play in.
The way that people are openly praising concentration camps being built in front of our eyes, is enough to tell you what direction this country is headed towards.
I don’t think anyone realizes how impressive Alligator Alcatraz is. The State of Florida built this 3,000 bed federal prison in eight days. The director tells me it could have been done in 72 hours were it not for some regulatory hold-ups. Now all the state needs is DOJ approval to deputize the National Guard as Deportation judges and this will become the most efficient deportation center in American history. 🇺🇸👊🏼
Watching and playing sports after not doing so for years, really brings back a side to you that you forgot existed. Despite all that is going on around us, sports always heals.
I was born and raised in Queens, New York. As a lifelong NYC resident, let me be absolutely clear: New York City is the economic engine of the United States. Handing it over to someone who has openly espoused anti-American rhetoric and supports defunding or dismantling the NYPD is not just misguided—it’s dangerous.
I have never been a fan of Andrew Cuomo, but personal opinions aside, the stakes are far too high to ignore. Zohran Mamdani poses a serious threat to our shared values, our way of life, and the economic stability of both our state and the nation.
If you care about the future of New York City, do not rank Zohran Mamdani for mayor. The future of our city depends on it.