Wingnut source undercuts Trump's Venezuela fairy tale
Headline USA is a pro-Trump online news platform. But for some wierd reason, it links frequently to "Anti-war.com."
DOJ Walks Back Claim Maduro is the Leader of a Narco-Terrorist Cartel
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The Department of Justice has significantly revised its indictment against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro was kidnapped by US forces in Venezuela on Saturday, and pleaded not guilty to charges in a New York court on Monday.
The New York Times’ Charlie Savage reported that the Department of Justice had removed nearly all mentions of “Cartel de los Soles” from the indictment against Maduro. The White House previously designated Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization and claimed Maduro was the leader.
However, experts have disputed the Trump administration’s assertions, arguing that Cartel de los Soles is not an actual group and that Maduro is not the leader of a cartel. The new indictment appears to be more in line with the expert assessment of Cartel de los Soles and Maduro.
Maduro appeared in court along with his wife earlier this week, and the couple pleaded not guilty to all charges. Savage reports that the new indictment mentions Cartel de los Soles only twice, compared with 32 times in the initial charging document. Additionally, it no longer describes Maduro as its leader.
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have claimed that Maduro was responsible for smuggling narcotics into the US that were killing hundreds of thousands of Americans. But Venezuela is not a source of drug production, and only a small percentage of the cocaine that enters the US transits the South American nation.
Savage has a checkered history of reporting key national security issues. In 2020, Savage wrote that Russia was paying the Taliban to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. While the claim was later debunked, it was used to attempt to prevent Trump from ending the pullout of US troops from Afghanistan.
This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com.
This ultra weird stunt from the Donnie sock puppet on behalf of the Deep State is so preposterous, it cannot fly. I dissent from the common take at C99 that "our" government is seriously trying to take over the whole dang world.
My opinion, for whatever it is worth, remains that the American billionaire cadre could not care less about Amwerica and its citizens. They and their billionaire buddies from all around the world are now wiping out the vestiges of 19th and 20th Century International Affairs that were and remain too chaotic for long term economic activity.
Regarding Donnie Fucknuts and his excellent adventure in Venezuela, does anybody seriously contend that Trump could find Caracas on a map, let alone dream up this "op"? No, he is the front man for the Deep State and he follows orders rather than gives them.
This could be the fuckup that ends his run. How else do you end the Loony Tunes fraudulence of this Putting of the Bag on Maduro?
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Still believe the ambitions of the empire
is to script the whole
shooting match, such as it is.
That is not the same as ruling the planet.
Working as henchmen for the benefit of
the global elites is the purpose IMO.
Zionism is a social disease
agreed
"Scripting the whole shooting match. . ." I agree with you.
The dual purpose is to make money off of idiotic wars until the brave new world of capitalism has put all politics in the forgotten past while the population decreases by billions.
Fun stuff.
I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long.
I discussed the "let's steal the oil" plan in a previous post
Even the Wall Street Journal Doubts the Trump Seize-Venezuela-Oil Scheme
This one is also worth noting:
Trump DHS Post Calling for ‘100 Million Deportations’ Suggests Intent to Kick Out Nonwhite Citizens
I had been wondering what the greater ambitions were. They took over the White House, installed their senile President, claimed a global dictatorship with themselves at the top, and then proceeded to behave like home invasion robbers. Yeah, we're going to invade some poor country and steal their "leader" or something. Well, here's the under-the-radar reveal. Cue the music!
As for your post: yeah, they can't claim stuff when doing so will merely reveal their own criminality in a court of law. The question at hand, though, is really one of what type of criminals are they. Are they Hitler-level, or something much smaller?
"It hasn't been okay to be smart in the United States for centuries" -- Frank Zappa
I think of tRump and his puke as Maggot Brained and the Ghoul
Cabal. It's their collective stupidity that should scare me, but it doesn't. Guess I'm just old and realistic/cynical. The recent murder of an unarmed MN civilian by an ICE thug got my attention. There are no sensible gun laws in this country. You bet these thugs aka "federal agents" are going to start getting killed. Maggot Brained will continue to ramp it up for the distraction he needs and the IOUs$$$ he owes. The yahoo is so brutally stupid, it defies description. I avoid newsfotainment like the plague it is. But, this nonsense is just unreal. And then there is the rapid development of the international human-caused climate crisis. Sigh.....glad, I am childless and old. Enjoyed the informative diaries and comments. Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
speaking of MN
this is a song from a a group there
(Think already posted somewhere)
Have relatives encamped in the MSP region. Oh woes.
Zionism is a social disease
@QMS Geez, @QMS, I sure hope
Geez, @QMS, I sure hope your family is okay. Not surprised about the tune and its going viral. This whole MN murder deal is going super viral. I've got family here and in TN, both states super RWingnutty as you know. Their young folks are dialed in to social media, so they know what's going down.
Glad I'm a moldie oldie cos if I was younger, I would be getting the creeps. Seriously. You take care, and I hope your MN branch is staying safe.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
My tactical thought is
to criticize the deed rather than the dude.
Since the Shadow Boxing videos, the nominal opposition has kept up a steady level of INDIGNATION. Now the Big Mouth is yapping about stuff that has actually happened rather than just threatening to invade Poland. Run it up the mass media flagpole - we don't want to be kidnapping anybody, especially not to take over a whole country and its oil.
What more is needed?
I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long.
Astute
Thx for the summation.
Zionism is a social disease