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Senate Advances Resolution Preventing Trump From Further Military Force In Venezuela Without Approval

The Senate issued a harsh rebuke of President Trump's actions in Venezuela, voting 52-47 on a bipartisan measure to block him from using military force "within or against Venezuela" unless he obtains Congressional approval first.

The legislation - which was introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), was cosponsored by Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Adam Schiff (R-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Five Republicans joined all 47 Democrats in voting 'yes' on the motion to advance the resolution to the Senate floor; Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Todd Young and Josh Hawley.

"Instead of responding to Americans’ concerns about the affordability crisis, President Trump started a war with Venezuela that is profoundly disrespectful to U.S. troops, deeply unpopular, suspiciously secretive and likely corrupt. How is that ‘America First?‘" said Kaine. "Trump’s war is also clearly illegal because this military action was ordered without the congressional authorization the Constitution requires."

The procedural motion means that there will be a full Senate vote on the measure next week, which will require only a simple majority and is expected to pass. It will then require House approval and Trump's signature, making it unlikely to become law as Trump would undoubtedly veto - but it still sends a symbolic message (and possible groundwork to impeach?) that could impact Trump's foreign policy going forward.

"To my Senate colleagues: enough is enough," said Kaine. "You were sent here to have courage and to stand up for your constituents. That means no war without a debate and vote in Congress."

According to Paul, some members of Congress want to "shift the burden of war to the president" instead of taking responsibility.

"But make no mistake, bombing another nation’s capital and removing their leader is an act of war, plain and simple," said Paul. "No provision in the Constitution provides such power to the presidency."

The rebuke comes as Trump has suggested he's open to boots on the ground in Venezuela, while also threatening action against Iran, Greenland and Colombia on Sunday - adding that Cuba "is ready to fall."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-use-further-military-force-venezuela

2020 Detroit Election Investigation, Part 1: Over 10K Detroit “Voters” Made Same Bizarre “Ghost Vote” Marks On Ballots In 2020 Election—Were Mismarked Ballots Sending A Message To Voting Machines or Meant to Trigger “Adjudication”?

After years of being gaslighted by some of the most dishonest people in government and the media, The Gateway Pundit, along with some of the most respected election investigators in the state, are looking forward to blowing the lid off the lies about Detroit’s “secure” 2020 election that helped to give Joe Biden with an inexplicable victory in the must-win state of Michigan.

On Election Night 2020, President Donald J. Trump appeared to hold commanding leads in key battleground states — approximately 100,000 votes in Wisconsin, 300,000 in Michigan, and 700,000 in Pennsylvania. For Joe Biden to erase those margins, his performance in the outstanding vote would have needed to be dramatically stronger, particularly in heavily Democratic strongholds such as Detroit, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia.

As the night wore on, reports emerged — often inconsistent — that some precincts had stopped counting, sent workers home, or restarted tabulations under unclear circumstances. To this day, there is confusion and disagreement over the extent of these pauses and whether any state laws or procedures were ignored in the process. What cannot be disputed is that vote totals from Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania continued to change throughout the night, long after many Americans had gone to bed.

By the early morning hours of November 4, Wisconsin had flipped blue; next to flip was the must-win state of Michigan. Days later, Georgia and Pennsylvania flipped for Biden as well. For many observers, the stunning vote turnarounds — combined with conflicting reports of election-night disruptions — fueled deep skepticism about the process’s integrity and transparency.

Judges in Michigan dismissed cases without allowing testimony from eyewitnesses or election-integrity experts or even reviewing a shred of credible evidence. The media mocked anyone who tried to prove election fraud or malfeasance. Cowardly Republican members of the Michigan Senate, like Ed McBroom and Lana Theis, joined Democrats who added their seal of approval to a so-called report stating that there was no evidence of mass fraud in Michigan’s 2020 election.

In Detroit, affidavits signed by dozens of poll challengers claiming they witnessed fraud were ignored by lawmakers and law enforcement, including the state’s top law enforcement officer, Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel, who mocked and threatened anyone, including members of the media, who dared to challenge the election results.

The City of Detroit election results were certified under duress by two Republicans on the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, who received multiple threats over their initial refusal to certify the results. Wayne County Board of Canvassers Chair Monica Palmer received a photo of a dead teenage girl, along with a death threat against her adolescent daughter, over her initial refusal to certify the election results.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/not-normal-10k-voters-made-same-bizarre-ghost/

Left-Wing Protest Industrial Complex Activates Across Multiple Cities After ICE-Involved Shooting In Minneapolis

It didn't take long. Within hours of an ICE-involved shooting in the Minneapolis area, the Democratic Party's protest industrial complex moved into action, quickly creating conditions for coordinated demonstrations across multiple cities. The rapid response suggested these nonprofit activist networks were on standby, waiting for a catalytic event, as an army of radicals intensified pressure campaigns against federal agents, blocking streets, harassing officers, and openly doxxing them.

Shortly after the ICE-involved shooting that left one woman dead, multiple videos of the incident went viral on X. In at least one video, she appears to be blocking the street with her vehicle in an attempt to impede ICE agents and is later shot and killed after advancing toward one of the agents. Numerous angles of the incident are circulating on X, offering competing narratives.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/left-wing-protest-industrial-complex-activates-across-multiple-cities-after-ice-involved

DOJ Sues Arizona, Connecticut For Failing To Hand Over Voter Rolls

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Jan. 6 that it is suing Arizona and Connecticut for allegedly failing to turn over their full voter registration rolls for federal inspection.

The two new federal lawsuits, which say the two states are hindering federal oversight that is intended to stop election fraud and ensure voter lists accuracy, bring the department’s nationwide total to 23 states plus the District of Columbia.

Before the most recent lawsuits were filed, the DOJ on Dec. 18, 2025, filed lawsuits against Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, alleging they failed to produce voter registration lists upon request. Earlier the same month, the DOJ filed similar lawsuits against Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington state, also for allegedly not producing the lists upon request.

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said on Jan. 6 that the DOJ will continue to file lawsuits “to protect American elections.”

“Accurate voter rolls are the foundation of election integrity, and any state that fails to meet this basic obligation of transparency can expect to see us in court,” Bondi said in a statement.

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division added the department “is committed to safeguarding fair and free elections, and will hold states accountable when they refuse to respect our federal elections laws.”

The lawsuits state that the U.S. attorney general is responsible for enforcing the National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act, which Congress passed to make sure states have effective voter registration and voter list maintenance programs. The U.S. attorney general also enforces the Civil Rights Act of 1960, which allows her to demand that states produce statewide voter registration lists.

The Arizona lawsuit states that Bondi asked Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes in July 2025 to produce a copy of his state’s voter registration list within 14 days.

Fontes responded, saying he could not comply with the 14-day deadline, and Bondi gave him an extension to September 2025. Two weeks before the new deadline, Fontes informed Bondi that he could not comply because doing so would violate state and federal privacy laws, according to the lawsuit.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-sues-arizona-connecticut-failing-hand-over-voter-rolls

Sudden Change Of Heart By Colombia's Petro: 'Good Call' With Trump Leads To Planned WH Meeting

Another foreign leader and strident Trump critic has had a rapid about-face after coming under 'threat'. And this in turn has caused President Trump to cool his own condemnations and rhetoric. Colombia's president Gustavo Petro has long been among the fiercest opponents of the US President's Venezuela policy, and especially his weekend military action which ousted Nicolás Maduro. They've frequently clashed over several months of the American military build-up in the southern Caribbean, with Petro being the butt plenty of colorful Truth Social posts by Trump, including labeling Petro "sick".

Suddenly the Colombian leader has made nice after Trump went so far as to hint that his country could be among those facing potential anti-narco trafficking military action, with the NY Times now reporting, "The two leaders spoke for about an hour late Wednesday afternoon in a call facilitated by the US Embassy in Colombia, according to the Colombian presidency." It noted that "A US official also said the call lasted about an hour, which is unusually long for a call between Mr. Trump and another leader." The Colombian side had a similarly positive assessment, with the Foreign Ministry calling it a "good meeting".

And it hasn't taken long, following Trump saying he appreciates Petro's "call and tone" - for him to even get a White House invite. Trump said Petro had "called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have had."

Now a future meeting to further advance relations and cooperation is being arranged by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Colombia’s foreign minister, Trump confirmed, which he said he is looking forward to. "I appreciated his call and tone, and look forward to meeting him in the near future," Trump said in a fresh Truth Social post. The meeting will take place at the White House.

A mere days ago Trump had denounced Petro as heading up a "very sick" cartel infested country which he accused of "making cocaine and selling it to the United States" - and then this not very veiled threat and warning: "He's not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you." Trump even ominously responded to a reporter's question about potential military intervention in Colombia with, "Sounds good to me." He earlier said Petro must "watch his ass".

Petro himself is a former member of a guerrilla group and Colombia's first leftist leader in decades but he has sworn to "never to touch a weapon again" - but "for the homeland I would take up arms that I don't want."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/sudden-change-heart-colombias-petro-good-call-trump-leads-planned-wh-meeting

Radical Activist Judge James Boasberg Faces Removal as Sens. Cruz and Schmitt Call for IMPEACHMENT Over Repeated Abuse of Power

In a fiery Senate hearing that exposed the deep rot within our politicized judiciary, Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) laid out a devastating case for the impeachment of radical Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg.

For years, conservatives have watched as the federal judiciary has been weaponized against patriots, and now, the GOP is fighting back.

Cruz and Schmitt argued that Boasberg has fundamentally violated the public trust, acting not as an impartial arbiter of the law, but as a political operative wearing a “blue jersey” to protect the Deep State and persecute Republicans.

Speaking during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Cruz laid out a damning case for impeaching not just Boasberg but also fellow leftist Judge Deborah Boardman, who infamously slapped a wrist on the would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

“Rarer still, until now, were the deeper offenses the framers feared most—judges who, without necessarily breaking a criminal statute, violate the public trust, subvert the constitutional order, or wield their office in ways that injure society itself,” Cruz said. “That is why, throughout history, Congress recognized that impeachable misconduct need not be criminal.”

The focus of Cruz’s ire involves the controversial and unconstitutional gag orders Boasberg signed in 2023.

These orders allowed Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has led the witch hunt against President Trump, to obtain phone records of Republican Congress members while keeping them in the dark.

The hearing exposed how Judge Boasberg acted as a rubber stamp for Jack Smith’s aggressive tactics. Smith subpoenaed phone records of GOP members of Congress regarding the 2020 election and January 6, seeking gag orders to prevent the Senators from knowing they were being surveilled.

Boasberg authorized it all.

While Smith and court officials now claim Boasberg “was not notified” that the targets were members of Congress, witnesses at the hearing weren’t buying it.

Rob Luther, a law professor at George Mason University, blasted the judge for being “willfully blind.”

“One must ask on what basis Judge Boasberg found that the disclosure of subpoenas would result in destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses, and cause serious jeopardy to the investigation,” Luther testified. “Did Judge Boasberg merely rubber stamp the requested gag order, or was he willfully blind?”

https://twitter.com/i/status/2009010626082033845

Trump has ‘greenlit’ Russia sanctions bill – US senator

Moscow has long criticized Western restrictions, warning they violate international law and undermine global economic stability

US President Donald Trump has “greenlit” a new Russia sanctions bill that has been in the works for months, Senator Lindsey Graham has claimed. The US Senate could vote on the bill as soon as next week, he added.

Trump proposed a roadmap to resolving the Ukraine conflict in November, which Kiev and its European backers rejected as favoring Russia, while accusing Moscow of delaying peace.

Graham, a longtime Russia hawk, has echoed that stance, claiming that Moscow has “rebuffed all our efforts” to end the conflict and would not sign a peace deal “until we increase pressure.”

He was referring to a bill he authored that would authorize tariffs of up to 500% on imports from countries that continue to buy Russian energy products. Moscow has repeatedly criticized Western sanctions, warning that they violate international law and harm global economic stability.

“After a very productive meeting today with President Trump on a variety of issues, he greenlit the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill that I have been working on for months with Senator Blumenthal and many others,” Graham wrote in a post on X on Wednesday.

The proposed bill would allow Trump “to punish those countries who buy cheap Russian oil,” Graham added.

Trump had earlier floated the idea of sanctioning Russia’s trade partners amid frustration over stalled peace efforts, but he has so far gone no further than imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods over New Delhi’s trade with Moscow. India has denounced the move as unjustified.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has cautioned against additional secondary sanctions or tariffs on major buyers of Russian oil, warning that such measures could trigger global energy price spikes. Even the EU, despite expanding its Russia sanctions to 19 packages, has refrained from penalizing third-country partners.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier called such tariff threats “dirty methods” aimed at suppressing rivals.

“When someone is trying to suppress rivals by 100- or even 500-percent tariffs or imposes sanctions after openly declaring that the reason is political, this is even more than inequality. This is a disrespect for human rights,” the minister added.

https://www.rt.com/news/630721-us-greenlit-russia-sanctions-bill/

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If we can do this now, imagine what we can do when we bring our movement to Congress.

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