Trump job approval rating by news platform
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Interesting Whale Hunting piece:
The $60 Billion Question: Is Venezuela Secretly a Bitcoin Superpower? Alex Saab may control $60B in Bitcoin for the Maduro regime. As Trump's naval blockade tightens, the real battle is being fought on the blockchain.
whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/the-60-billi...
BREAKING: Just weeks before the military operation in Venezuela to capture Maduro, energy giant Halliburton filed an unusual lawsuit in international court claiming the Venezuelan government owed them damages for U.S. sanctions against the country.
There’s more…
www.levernews.com/corporations...
El general Juan Miguel Huertas continúa ejerciendo como jefe del Comando de Personal del Ejército Nacional, pese a que la Procuraduría General de la Nación profirió un fallo disciplinario que ordena su suspensión provisional por presuntos vínculos con las disidencias lideradas por alias Calarcá.
Map showing potential targets in Venezuela
Map of potential US targets in Venezuela, via South American and Global Defense News.
Chile is the latest country in the Western Hemisphere to face a stark choice between right and left.
SEC. 2. Termination of the use of United States forces for hostilities within or against Venezuela. (a) Termination.—Pursuant to section 1013 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (50 U.S.C. 1546a), and in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976, Congress hereby directs the President to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces for hostilities within or against Venezuela, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force.
Like dozens of judges (including Trump appointees) who’ve had to spell out what their rulings mean, a resolution before the Senate today spells out, in the case of Venezuela, what “Congress’s power to declare war” means.
This should pass easily—if Congress still cares about being a coequal branch.
María Leonor Oviedo Pinto, magistrada del Tribunal Superior, se apartó parcialmente de la mayoría que dejó a #UribeAbsuelto. En Cuestión P. explicamos el significado de este salvamento de voto y lo que revela del debate interno en la Sala Penal. Lee👇 cuestionpublica.com/el-juicio-de...
Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.
Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.)
“He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…
mad king
Yuval Abraham, director del oscarizado documental «No Other Land», denuncia que los colonos israelíes han agredido a Hamdan Ballal, otro de los directores de la película, y que después han asaltado la ambulancia que lo llevaba al hospital y lo han capturado. Se desconoce su paradero. Qué horror.
the DOJ just stood in front of a federal judge & said it, no implying was involved; they're arguing that if cops get you out of US territory before a judge issues an order demanding that you're accounted for--not freed, accounted for in a legal process--you never get to see a judge
astonishing
New dark chapter in American history just dropped:
Basically any Venezuelan citizen in the US, regardless of status, may be removed on pretext of belonging to Tren de Aragua, with no chance at defense.
It's the 4th-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
1/3
USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows
Sent to USAID essential personnel this morning
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
Share of spending among ... Small businesses All contracts 23% Contracts on DOGE site 29% Minority-owned businesses All contracts 10% Contracts on DOGE site 19% Businesses owned by women All contracts 5% Contracts on DOGE site 11% Nonprofits All contracts 5% Contracts on DOGE site 11% Source: USA Spending, DOGE Based on obligated spending in the 2024 fiscal year for all federal contracts and those on DOGE's list.
Spending on the largest government contractors
These agencies have the largest share of federal spending on contracts ...
... and these agencies have the largest share of spending on contracts cut by DOGE
We took a deep dive into what contracts DOGE slashed — and what it left untouched. Most of the biggest contractors were unscathed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
USAID leadership sent an email to agency staffers on Tuesday instructing them that they will have 15 minutes to enter their former offices at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington, D.C., to retrieve their personal belongings. www.aol.com/usaid-staff-...
Ay, ay, si supieran lo que pitufi-encontramos... 🤭 Los tentáculos de la red de 'Papá Pitufo' llegaron hasta la hija del exfuncionario de la DIAN, Óscar Ambuila (sí, la del Lamborghini) y mucho más 🤯. Espéralo a las 5 p.m. por TODAS las redes de Cuestión P y en cuestionpublica.com 🔥
NEW: The Trump administration has just told a federal judge in a court filing that it will not comply with the court's order to resume funding for USAID and State Department foreign assistance.
Paul Martin received a termination email Tuesday night, a day after his office published a report on the impact of Trump’s foreign aid freeze.
ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
I wrote about the importance of "prebunking," in light of rumors that Elon Musk may have purchased $40 million in Super Bowl ads to spread misinformation about the "fraud" and "corruption" in this vital agency. I hope you will read and share asharangappa.substack.com/p/prebunking...
Before the takeover of USAID, how many americans knew about the agency? I wonder if they have not started by dismantling USAID precisely because it was little known and because it does not represent a significant expense for the federal government. I mean, this could be a rehearsal for them!
'A Gentle Introduction to Unqualified Reservations', Chapter 10: The Mandate of Heaven.
The government's recent actions seem to be taken from the pamphlet "A Gentle Introduction to Unqualified Reservations".
Tecnología y poder. Capital y control. Protesta y manifestantes. Y, por supuesto, sobre la obra 'Calculating Empires'. 👉 elpais.com/babelia/2025...
JUST IN: A US judge said he will enter a 'very limited' temporary order blocking the Trump administration from taking certain steps to dismantle the US Agency for International Development reut.rs/40PYNQh
“USAID-backed studies have been shuttered, data streams have dried up, researchers and technical staff have been fired or put on leave, a system to predict food crises has been muzzled, and a USAID-supported global health journal has stopped reviewing manuscripts.”
From our @science.org news team 🧪
Meanwhile, there is a suspected outbreak of Sudan virus in Uganda. Sudan virus is related to Ebola virus, but none of the currently available vaccines or antibody therapeutics are effective against Sudan virus. Viruses thrive on disruption and chaos. www.cbsnews.com/news/some-u-...
