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U.S. plan to 'run' Venezuela clouded in confusion

(Washington Post) The White House is weighing giving Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy White House chief of staff and homeland security adviser, a more elevated role in overseeing post-Maduro operations in Venezuela, according to one person with knowledge of the conversations, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive dealings. The day before, Trump had effectively dismissed the prospects of Venezuela’s democratic opposition, including Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, whose stand-in candidate, Edmundo González, won more than two-thirds of the vote in an election last year that saw Maduro refuse to leave office.

Even Republicans Are Challenging Trump's Claim That His Venezuela Campaign Is About Drugs

(Mother Jones) Even some Republican lawmakers criticized the Trump administration’s assertion that it is engaging in a military campaign in Venezuela to block fentanyl trafficking into the US. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who is resigning from Congress on Monday following a split from Trump, said on Sunday that the president should target Mexico if he wants to stop fentanyl. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) also condemned the Trump administration’s narrative on Venezuelan drugs on Sunday.

Trump push to politicize US military 'reminiscent of Stalin', top general warns

(The Guardian) Donald Trump and his defense secretary Pete Hegseth are mounting an aggressive push to politicise the top ranks of the US military – a push that smacks of Stalinism and could take years to repair, the former infantry chief who trained troops to invade Iraq has warned. Maj Gen Paul Eaton has sounded the alarm, saying in an interview with the Guardian that the effort to bend the higher echelons of the military to the US president’s will was unparalleled in recent history and could have long-term dire consequences. He warned that both the reputation and efficiency of the world’s most powerful fighting force was in the balance.

Denmark's prime minister says 'stop the threats' of U.S. annexing Greenland

(NPR) Denmark defended its authority over Greenland on Sunday after President Trump and the wife of a Trump adviser renewed calls for the U.S. to annex the territory. On Saturday, Katie Miller, wife of President Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted a picture of the American flag covering Greenland on X. She captioned the photo with the word "SOON."

Fear and pain in rural America as Trump breaks his promise

(The Telegraph) Lincoln County in south-east Arkansas is the epitome of rural, broke America. While it is not the poorest place, it is in the most impoverished fifth of the country. Donald Trump won 74pc of the vote here in 2024 but Lincoln County is one of many places where supporters are starting to resent the fact that, nearly a year into his presidency, he is failing to make the economy work for them. Even Terry, who has a Trump poster tied to the chicken-wire fence outside his bungalow and has voted for the president in the last three elections, can’t help but feel disappointed.

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Zohran Mamdani's Radical Refocus of the Left Is What We've Needed

(The Rude Pundit) The great lie of America is that the only way to succeed is by placing the individual self above all else, looking out for #1 and all that bullshit. "The American dream" has long been a sucker's bet, a way to make one's own advancement the only the thing that matters, not the idea of living in a country, a state, or a city, even, where everyone's needs are the business of everyone else and that helping the least makes life better for all people. Mamdani did indeed campaign on how New York City is almost uniquely positioned to demonstrate how this can actually work.

One dance too many': Insiders say Maduro's 'public dancing' was final straw for Trump

(Raw Story) President Donald Trump authorized the unprecedented attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicholas Maduro Friday night after having escalated military threats against the South American nation for months, but according to two insiders who spoke with the New York Times, it was the “Maduro’s regular public dancing” that was Trump’s breaking point. “It was one dance move too many for Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro,” the New York Times reported Sunday.

Trump Hosts Musk at Mar-a-Lago Dinner After Shock Maduro Raid, Photo Shows

(Newsweek) A photo exclusively obtained by Newsweek on Sunday showed Elon Musk dining with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, seemingly around the time that Musk announced his Starlink satellite internet service would deploy in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Newsweek reached out to the White House by email on Sunday afternoon for comment by email.

Melissa Hortman's family condemn Trump for sharing "outrageous" conspiracy theories

(CBS News) The children of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman are asking President Trump to remove a video he reposted on social media Saturday alleging Gov. Tim Walz is behind their mother's assassination. Walz responded to the president's Truth Social post, saying it is "dangerous, depraved behavior from the sitting president of the United States." "In covering for an actual serial killer, he is going to get more innocent people killed. America is better than this," Walz said.