Amira
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Amira
@cplcuddles.bsky.social
Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of failing to adequately communicate details of its military operation in Venezuela and demanded a transparent follow-up plan.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Democratic US lawmakers say they were misled on Venezuela, demand a plan
Democratic members of the U.S. Congress said on Saturday that senior officials of President Donald Trump's administration had misled them during recent briefings about plans for Venezuela by insisting...
www.reuters.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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I think that’s it for me today on the internet. Time to read a book. I was thinking maybe reading about bubonic plague in the 14th century when things weren’t so crazy.
January 6, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Just want to point out that the Bondi DOJ track record on high-profile, top-down, WH-driven cases so far is…not great.
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Stephen Miller: "What the president said is true. The United States of America is running Venezuela ... by definition we are in charge because we have the US military stationed outside the country. We set the terms and conditions ... for them to do commerce, they need our permission."
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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If the attack on Venezuela and the abduction of its president were part of a "law enforcement operation," not a war, how come the U.S. still has a huge armada offshore? When cops nab a suspect, do they often set up a camp with hundreds of officers near the scene of the arrest?
January 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places

CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.

January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Democratic leaders strongly condemned Trump's military action against Venezuela.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘They lied to our face’: Democrats decry Trump’s military raid on Venezuela
Lawmakers call US intervention and capture of Maduro ‘wildly illegal’ and say it lacked congressional approval
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 AM