Julie Brown
@cinnawind.bsky.social
Retired, spending time on gardening, dog sports, reading and family. Secular, Liberal, Oregonian.
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And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
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Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
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Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
January 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
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Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
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I cannot stress this enough but the internet was a mistake. It could have been many things but we made it this. We are not the people for this kind of power.
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
Minnesota GOP worked with YouTuber on child care fraud viral video
www.fox9.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I cannot stress this enough but the internet was a mistake. It could have been many things but we made it this. We are not the people for this kind of power.
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
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Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
NBC's sources said that "the potential mission in Mexico is not designed to undermine the Mexican government." But that's what it will do if the US is doing CIA drone strikes on Mexican soil over the objections of the president.
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
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I keep reposting this but www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
January 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I keep reposting this but www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Welcome to America, where we’ll arrest YOUR president for crimes but not OURS
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Welcome to America, where we’ll arrest YOUR president for crimes but not OURS
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Rep. @sethmoulton.bsky.social : "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading, occupying, running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
January 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Rep. @sethmoulton.bsky.social : "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading, occupying, running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
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he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
January 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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#GVerse Massive march in NYC against #Shit4Brain's war on Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM
#GVerse Massive march in NYC against #Shit4Brain's war on Venezuela
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This is an illegal intervention in a country that poses no threat to the United States. Trump is trying to distract from the fact that he tanked our economy and kicked millions off their health care. Congressional Republicans need to rein Trump in before he gets American troops killed.
Trump says U.S. will 'run' Venezuela and sell seized oil in remarks on the strikes
President Trump says the United States conducted a strike in Venezuela and captured that country's president, Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, Cilia Flores.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This is an illegal intervention in a country that poses no threat to the United States. Trump is trying to distract from the fact that he tanked our economy and kicked millions off their health care. Congressional Republicans need to rein Trump in before he gets American troops killed.
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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How ironic that Trump, who called the national guard into Portland should now pledge 'assistance' for protestors in Iran.
Amazing how some protests are more legitimate than others.
The orange dictator should keep his neb out of other countries' affairs
Amazing how some protests are more legitimate than others.
The orange dictator should keep his neb out of other countries' affairs
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
How ironic that Trump, who called the national guard into Portland should now pledge 'assistance' for protestors in Iran.
Amazing how some protests are more legitimate than others.
The orange dictator should keep his neb out of other countries' affairs
Amazing how some protests are more legitimate than others.
The orange dictator should keep his neb out of other countries' affairs
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Errrrrrrr.... could we get some more detail on that?
We know it'll take some time to get things back into order, but we *do* have an elected president, Eduardo González so the sooner he's sworn in, the better.
We know it'll take some time to get things back into order, but we *do* have an elected president, Eduardo González so the sooner he's sworn in, the better.
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Errrrrrrr.... could we get some more detail on that?
We know it'll take some time to get things back into order, but we *do* have an elected president, Eduardo González so the sooner he's sworn in, the better.
We know it'll take some time to get things back into order, but we *do* have an elected president, Eduardo González so the sooner he's sworn in, the better.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
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America’s Putin. And he’ll do to the US what Putin has done to Russia.
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 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
America’s Putin. And he’ll do to the US what Putin has done to Russia.
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It isn't about fentanyl.
If so, he would've attacked Mexico and China.
It isn't about drug trafficking.
If so, he wouldn't have pardoned the President of Honduras.
It isn't about election integrity.
If so, he wouldn't have tried to steal an election here.
It's. About. The. Oil.
If so, he would've attacked Mexico and China.
It isn't about drug trafficking.
If so, he wouldn't have pardoned the President of Honduras.
It isn't about election integrity.
If so, he wouldn't have tried to steal an election here.
It's. About. The. Oil.
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
It isn't about fentanyl.
If so, he would've attacked Mexico and China.
It isn't about drug trafficking.
If so, he wouldn't have pardoned the President of Honduras.
It isn't about election integrity.
If so, he wouldn't have tried to steal an election here.
It's. About. The. Oil.
If so, he would've attacked Mexico and China.
It isn't about drug trafficking.
If so, he wouldn't have pardoned the President of Honduras.
It isn't about election integrity.
If so, he wouldn't have tried to steal an election here.
It's. About. The. Oil.
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Kidnapping President Maduro in a regime change operation won’t help protect the American people. It won’t actually mitigate drug trafficking in the United States: Venezuela plays virtually no role in producing or trafficking fentanyl.
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Kidnapping President Maduro in a regime change operation won’t help protect the American people. It won’t actually mitigate drug trafficking in the United States: Venezuela plays virtually no role in producing or trafficking fentanyl.
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From @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Why domestic law does not allow the President to "override" art. 2(4) of the UN Charter, which prohibits the use of force except in self-defense.
Important: "A violation of the Charter would still be unlawful" under international law
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
Why domestic law does not allow the President to "override" art. 2(4) of the UN Charter, which prohibits the use of force except in self-defense.
Important: "A violation of the Charter would still be unlawful" under international law
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter
A decades-old Office of Legal Counsel memorandum claiming the President can disregard the UN Charter does not withstand serious scrutiny.
www.justsecurity.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
From @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Why domestic law does not allow the President to "override" art. 2(4) of the UN Charter, which prohibits the use of force except in self-defense.
Important: "A violation of the Charter would still be unlawful" under international law
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
Why domestic law does not allow the President to "override" art. 2(4) of the UN Charter, which prohibits the use of force except in self-defense.
Important: "A violation of the Charter would still be unlawful" under international law
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...