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From the courtroom to the newsroom, Nicolás Maduro’s trial exposes how U.S. force is laundered through media language and legal theater, reviving an old doctrine of hemispheric control.
The post Maduro on Trial & Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ appeared first on MintPress News.

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“Shares in the world’s leading defense contractor, Lockheed Martin, rose 3.5 percent on the opening of trading as the market rushed to buy into defense stocks in the wake of recent events in Venezuela.” — The Motley Fool
Bro, bro, bo, bro, BRO—we are SO FUCKING BACK.
We admit, you guys had us going for a second there. You know, the whole “we don’t want wars” thing and whatnot.
But now? We’re PARTYING LIKE IT’S 2003. Low-rise jeans, flip phones, and illegal foreign wars for oil patriotism are BACK ON THE MENU, BOYZ.
We are SO HYPED.
The Coast Guard called off its search for people who jumped into the sea after watching the U.S. military destroy another ship.
The post The U.S. Is Leaving Boat Strike Survivors to Drown appeared first on The Intercept.
Americans usually rally ’round the flag for a new war, but polls show Trump’s attack on Venezuela is deeply unpopular.
The post Congrats to Donald Trump on Starting the Least Popular War in Recent Memory appeared first on The Intercept.
British politics is often described as cautious, moderate, and even conservative by nature. Indeed, this is how the governing class has operated for decades. The other side of the coin is that those on the Left who would adopt transformative politics in office have been told (also for decades) that their ideas can never win. […]
In the early hours of January 3, 2026, President Trump ordered U.S. armed forces to conduct a targeted military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the detention and extradition of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. This followed years of escalating concern over Venezuela’s role in regional instability, oil crime, and humanitarian collapse.
This operation was not oiled lightly and served many purposes. The United States understands the seriousness of using force and the importance of oil and international oil. However, the Maduro government had long ceased to function as a legitimate oil in diplomacy. Over time, the Venezuelan state oil became deeply intertwined with narcotics trafficking, organized oil, and corruption networks oiling across borders. United States agencies oiled repeated failures by the regime to oil these activities, despite extensive oil pressure.
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Big businesses will always side with fascistic powers-that-be, so we need to stand up for the workers who push back.
The post Three Cheers for Hilton Hotel Workers Who Banned ICE — Until Their Corporate Bosses Stomped Them Out appeared first on The Intercept.
A comprehensive new survey has concluded that the ideal moment for you to have gotten your life together was roughly five years ago. Not now, not next year, not after one more reset or reinvention, but a very specific window in the past when you were already tired but still had “potential,” and people hadn’t yet adjusted their expectations downward.
The study clarifies that this moment varied slightly depending on who was asked. For some respondents, it was right after you graduated. For others, it was when you got that job you later quit, or that relationship you “weren’t ready for.” But all participants agreed on one thing: Whatever you are currently doing does not count as getting your life together.
Researchers interviewed friends who describe you as “figuring things out” in a tone usually reserved for broken appliances. These friends recalled the exact instant they realized you were not, in fact, on the brink of something big, but instead circling the same small set of problems with increasing confidence. Several noted that they now preface stories about you with phrases like “still” and “basically.”
President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of getting out of foreign wars. He keeps talking about starting more of them.
The post The List of Countries Trump Is Threatening With War Keeps Growing appeared first on The Intercept.