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Trump’s Venezuela oil plan in one line: “We’ll sell the oil and I’ll control the money.”
Translation: foreign oil sold at market prices, proceeds parked in U.S.-controlled private bank accounts, not the Treasury, outside Congress’s budget process.
Executive branch authoritarianism…
https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-ill-control-money-venezuela-oil-claim
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Unprecedented move: NASA is sending Crew-11 home from the ISS over a month early after a medical scare involving one astronaut. NASA won’t share details, but says the crew member is stable — a 1st-of-its-kind controlled medical evac from orbit.
NASA’s Dr. Polk says the astronaut should be evaluated on the ground since ISS lacks “the complete amount of hardware” you’d find in an ER for a full medical workup.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/science/nasa-astronauts-crew-11-return #press
BREAKING: A man & a woman were shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland during a “targeted vehicle stop" at 2:19pm today.
Portland’s mayor called the incident “deeply troubling” and called for ICE to halt operations in the city.
Notably, DHS claimed the driver “weaponized his vehicle” — eerily similar to language used in the fatal ICE shooting in MN just yesterday. https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-shot-federal-agents-portland-sources/story?id=129038573 #press
Like… seriously?! These are streets in America. That dude is wearing a full-on gas mask and the officers have guns, batons, tear gas, bulletproof vests… We’re just supposed to pretend this is normal??
Also, FYI: at least a 100 more federal agents are being deployed to MN today. #press
BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-sprayed a U.S. citizen on a Minneapolis sidewalk — for filming them. No notice. No orders. Just retaliation caught on camera. The real question: who’s protecting our rights when the government won’t? #press
BREAKING: @RepJeffries and House Dems just forced a vote to extend ACA tax credits that keep health care affordable for millions.
GOP let them expire, premiums soared — today 17 Republicans joined to pass a 3-year extension. #press
This wasn’t “domestic terrorism” — it was murder.
A woman lost her life during an ICE operation, and calling her a terrorist is obscene.
America isn’t being made safer — it’s being pushed into fear & violence. Leaders who cheer this on must be held accountable. Congress has a duty to step in before more lives are lost. #press
JD Vance in a press briefing today:
"The people in this room have been lying about this attack. She was trying to ram this guy with her car. He shot back. He defended himself. He's already been seriously wounded in law enforcement operations before.
Everybody who's been repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her, you should be ashamed of yourself, every single one of you." #press
JD Vance: “The precedent here is very simple… that guy is protected by absolute immunity.”
Defending pedophiles. Redacting evidence. Shielding murderers. Pardoning criminals. Where does it end?
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BREAKING: Armed federal immigration agents are now entering school grounds.
After the ICE killing of Renee Good, Roosevelt High saw tackles, pepper spray, and staff in cuffs — and Minneapolis schools closed for safety. One school official: “They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.”
BREAKING: 52–47: Senate advances bill to block unauthorized war in Venezuela. Bipartisan warning shot. 
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-senate-vote-reining-trump-venezuela-2026-01-08/
New NYT footage from 3 angles shows the motorist was driving away — not toward — a federal officer when shots were fired. But Trump doubled down in the interview, insisting the driver “ran him over.” A major gap between the video and the narrative. 
BREAKING: Never before has NASA had to end a mission early due to medical issues. Now NASA is weighing whether to bring a sick ISS crew member home months ahead of schedule — and canceling spacewalks in the process. Space medicine just became mission-critical. 
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NEW: Trump says the U.S. could oversee Venezuela — including its oil — for years, calls it ‘very profitable’ & says the interim govt is ‘giving us everything.’
That’s a jaw-dropper for foreign policy… the rest of the world will have thoughts on that. 
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/trump-interview-venezuela.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share #press
This is the ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good.
MN Mayor Frey: “Don’t believe this propaganda machine.” He called ICE’s version “bull—t” & told them to get out of the city.
Renee can’t speak anymore — so we have to. Justice for Renee. #press
Trump: “It is a horrible thing to watch… the woman… violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE Officer… It is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital.” Does this guy look injured??
Orwell, 1984: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.” #press
"This is murder. This is what happens when a corrupt federal administration floods our cities with masked ICE thugs and treats American cities like occupied territory. ICE must get out of our cities now."— Sen. Ed Markey #press
Sen Warren: “I just left the Venezuela briefing.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to ICE: “Get the f out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here… you’re doing the exact opposite of safety.”
Reports of protests erupting, too.
She sure doesn’t appear to be trying to run over the agent to me… What do you see?