"Today, Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed the House and the Senate on the strikes but continued to refuse to show the lawmakers an unedited version of the video of a strike of September 2 that killed two survivors of a previous strike, an event that legal analysts suggest is a war crime or murder."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #war #murder #Venezuela #CoverUp
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"This afternoon, Trump announced he would address the nation tomorrow night.
Then, at 6:46 this evening, he posted on social media: 'Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before—Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us.'"
#Trump #war #Venezuela
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Trump ties the blockade to the 'return . . . oil and land'—objectives that make clear the US aggression against Venezuela is an act of war.
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #war #Venezuela
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A Venezuela blockade; the end of ACA subsidies; and another Democratic victory
Robert B. Hubbell (Today's Edition Newsletter)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned.
Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close."
~ Sen. Chris Murphy
#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #war #murder #Venezuela #CoverUp
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Trump has rebooted the 'War on Terror' by essentially declaring war on Venezuela as a means to distract from his scandals, obtain oil, and enact Stephen Miller's white nationalist agenda at home."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #war #murder #Venezuela #CoverUp
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BREAKING: Trump Declares a Dumber "War on Terror" as MAGA Rats Jump Ship
THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •In a statement entitled "Trump’s Inferno of Hate Is Intensifying," Peter Wehner warns,
"When a man with the president’s personality feels besieged and abandoned, he becomes more desperate and more dangerous. ...
Heraclitus taught that character is destiny. In Trump’s case, his sociopathy is destiny."
#Trump #Venezuela #war #narcissism #cruelty #sociopathy #amorality
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Trump’s Inferno of Hate Is Intensifying
Peter Wehner (The Atlantic)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"His narcissism; his lack of conscience, remorse, or empathy; his pathological lying and grandiosity; his sense of entitlement, impulsivity, and aggression; his cruelty, predatory behavior, and sadism—these are the forces that drive him. If we don’t understand that, we understand almost nothing of importance about him. And beware:"
#Trump #Venezuela #war #narcissism #cruelty #sociopathy #amorality
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"When a man with Trump’s personality feels caged in, when he feels besieged and abandoned and begins to lose control of events, he becomes more desperate and more dangerous."
#Trump #Venezuela #war #narcissism #cruelty #sociopathy #amorality
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"In 2026, there’s every reason to think the Trump show will get even crazier. With all that extra handshaking [that Karoline Leavitt claims causes the bruises on his right hand], there’s no telling what could happen."
~ Justin Glawe
#Trump #Venezuela #war #narcissism #cruelty #sociopathy #amorality
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2025 was a political disaster for MAGA
Justin Glawe (Public Notice)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack."
~ Ryan Goodman
#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #war #murder #Venezuela #CoverUp
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Nicole Parsons
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Trump is attacking Venezuela to shore up support from his billionaire donors.
Which one?
Likely Paul Singer, the vulture capitalist of Argentina
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Forcing a sale of an oil subsidiary & then using the proceeds to pay off a nation's national debt & end sovereignty, what a precedent.
Just as tariffs are a lever for war, US Court decisions are too now
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Marco Rubio’s Sales Pitch: War in Venezuela
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William Lindsey
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •