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— How will the Trump Administration respond if China or Russia seize on this precedent to justify their own military action against foreign leaders?

And the most important one of all: how does this end and what is our exit strategy?

A Year of Challenge and Hope for American Democracy As our Constitution is tested, citizens respond.

Presidential power is the great constitutional issue of 2025. This epic power grab has not gone unchallenged. We recap this year's defining challenges and the response by courts, advocates, and the public.
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Part III: The Global Damage Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"

The Beginning: How Trump Lit the Match

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Much in the footsteps of his role model, Vladimir Putin ... just invade other sovereign nations and steal their resources.

Donald Trump is clear: he launched this war to remove a foreign leader and now he claims the U.S. will “run the country.”

In other words, Donald Trump wants the U.S. to be an occupying power and control the oil.

Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. Here’s the history. The government of the oil-rich nation took control of its petroleum industry in 1976, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and foreign-owned assets.

Along with so much else, Trump, Miller, Rubio, Hegseth and Ratcliffe are lying to us about Venezuelan history—they didn't steal our land or oil—but they're confident their base is too stupid to know that and too venal to care, and in *that* they're correct

Especially since the accused assassin was motivated by an anti-choice agenda, therefore making zero sense, Trump's accusation points right back at him as doing the very thing he accuses the Governor of.

Since every accusation from Donald Trump is a confession, this one concerning that Trump has people assassinated, we now have positive proof that he had Jeffrey Epstein assassinated.

I will say again what my reporting at PROOF has established since 2021: What happened today in Caracas was a long time coming, and had nothing to do with drug trafficking, illegal immigration or undemocratic votes in South America. This happened because of who Donald Trump is and what he aims to do.

Trump posts photo of Nicolás Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima.

BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.

Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise We know that Mr. Trump’s warmongering violates the law.

President Trump “is pushing our country toward an international crisis without valid reasons,” the editorial board writes after the U.S. attack on Venezuela was announced on Saturday. “If Mr. Trump wants to argue otherwise, the Constitution spells out what he must do: Go to Congress.”

Don't women like Eileen Cannon realize the trend? Maggot men want them OUT of the workplace and SILENT; as these women waste the power they throw away, they should think about the fact that they and their daughters will before long personally know when "America was great again" -- but not for women.

Is the Post Office About to Decide the 2026 Midterms? A quiet USPS postmark change could turn “on time” ballots into “too late” ballots by the millions…

A quiet USPS postmark change could turn “on time” ballots into “too late” ballots by the millions…

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Spoiled men that have an outsized sense of entitlement to rule over others have always been tolerated. Such men need a lot of excess population to start new wars with each other which is what they crave. Don't swallow their BS.

Robert Reich What is Due Process?

Be warned: Trump is plotting to expand his cruel deportation machine even more this year.

Here's what you need to know about your right to due process. https://youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ?si=AJsWWmKMHIKtPUqR

Just think ... that skeleton would make a more competent President than what the US now has.

Fresh bone analysis makes case for earliest ‘ancestor of humankind’, but doubts remain Scientists argue ape-like Sahelanthropus tchadensis that lived in Africa 7m years ago is best contender but more are fossils needed In the murky first chapters of the human story is an unknown ancestor that made the profound transition from walking on all fours to standing up tall, an act that came to define us. The odds of stumbling on the fossilised evidence of such an evolutionary prize are slim, but in new research, scientists argue that an ape-like animal that lived in Africa 7m years ago is the best contender yet. Continue reading...

Fresh bone analysis makes case for earliest ‘ancestor of humankind’, but doubts remain

Want to clone your dog? Don't expect an exact replica Arthur Murray says his dogs Stella and Mella are "100% physically identical." Their personalities? Less similar.

Founded in 2002, ViaGen Pets and Equine is an Austin-based company able to preserve the genetics required to clone pets like dogs and cats.

🧐 He's not even smart enough to notice the irony in his last sentence.

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YouTube video by The Lincoln Project The Cover-up

Trump told you to elect him so he can release the Epstein files. Since his election, he has spent a full year covering them up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibZ76Td6pg&list=PLmHDGpDOjacoTxbrY068uPDU6lYhubjg4&index=17

YouTube video by Democracy Docket GOP Strategy Backfires | This Could Save Democracy

📽️ICYMI: There's one strategy that could save democracy, and it involves the 2nd Amendment.

Marc Elias explains how a surprising legal principle from SCOTUS' gun cases could help restore the right to vote as a first-class constitutional right👇
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‘It’s been a challenging year.’ Trump’s tariffs have taken a toll on small businesses. - The Boston Globe It's been a year of complications and cost-cutting for business owners struggling to deal with unpredictable levies on imported goods.

Trump’s tariffs are squeezing small businesses, forcing owners to raise prices, cut costs, & even lay off workers after a year of unpredictable import levies that have eaten into profits & made planning nearly impossible https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/29/nation/trump-tariffs-small-businesses/

DOJ Demands Minnesota Voting Records in New Attack on Same-Day Registration Read more here.

NEW: The DOJ sent a letter to Minnesota demanding access to same-day voter registration records, targeting the state's voter vouching system. This system allows voters to verify each other's residence, enabling them to vote where they live even with an old registration address.

Voting Tools Empower yourself with our voting tools. Register to vote, check your status, request an absentee ballot, and more.

We’re 305 days away from the 2026 midterm elections.

It’s never too early to check your voter registration and encourage your friends and fam to check theirs too. https://www.commoncause.org/research-and-resources/voting-tools/

Heart of Cochamó in Chilean Patagonia to Be Protected After Historic Purchase After a period of local and international fundraising, Conserva Puchegüín announces next steps in creating a 328,000-plus-acre protected area in Chile.

🇨🇱 A historic milestone: 328,000 acres in the heart of Chilean Patagonia will now be protected.

Discover how bold collaboration made this possible.

"Jon Husted, nine times, has voted to allow insurance rates to double and triple" Sherrod Brown Ohio Capital Journal

Time after time, Jon Husted has blocked every effort to address the crisis he helped create and stop health care costs from rising further for Ohio families.

Rollback of Federal Investment in Research and Data Collection Jeopardizes Public Safety The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities.

The Guard never deployed in Chicago but "Chicago was nearly gone before 'those Patriots' showed up." His administration’s termination of funding last April for criminal justice research and data collection speaks for itself.

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Rollback of Federal Investment in Research and Data Collection Jeopardizes Public Safety The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities.

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