“In our country right now, every democratic muscle that we have is flexing. And it turns out that that’s way stronger than Donald Trump.” Rachel Maddow highlights growing political unrest and widespread protests by Minneapolis residents against the Trump administration following the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents. ...

A majority of registered voters believe the state of U.S. democracy is "weak" and many support election reforms they think would lessen political division in the country. See results: https://t.co/3RiG2tLHoT📸: Samuel Corum via Getty Images https://t.co/mWRaH9T8cy ...

Since taking power in the country Delcy Rodríguez has proposed a series of reforms. So far they point to progress on the economy, but stalling on democracy https://t.co/T1g0BqNhcMPhoto: Getty Images https://t.co/bb0B0fUmxb ...

Venezuela’s opposition leader claims her country is now on an “irreversible” path to democracy. Many are eager to know if María Corina Machado’s assertion is true https://t.co/5gtCBBLgxi ...

Delcy Rodríguez may genuinely want economic reform. But the regime could also be betting that a stronger economy will dampen demands for democracy https://t.co/5gtCBBLgxi ...

RT Sulla (@gaulicsmith)Basically the Left is allowed to ignore immigration law and let in 8 million illegals over 4 years and when the people vote them out we aren’t allowed to reverse that migration. In other words, democracy is meaningless ...

Elon Musk“If there's not a good feedback loop from the people to the government, and if you have rule of the bureaucrat, then what meaning does democracy actually have?” https://t.co/2uFaKUNzYS ...

The Trump administration has finally acknowledged that Elon Musk's Departme of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, did in fact access the sensitive personal information of Americans. In a newly disclosed court filing, the Justice Department admitted two DOGE team members were in touch with an advocacy group seeking to overturn election results in certain states, and one signed an agreement that could have involved using Social Security data to match voter rolls. The filing also revealed that some DOGE team memb ...

To my mind, if you only took away one thing from the hearing today, it was this next exchange between Jack Smith and a Vermont congresswoman named Becca Ballant. It was an exchange about basically what it means to be Jack Smith right now in 2026, to have done the investigation that he did, to have found what he found, to have served your country by sticking to your guns, even when that meant the leader of the United States government and his party and his supporters would try to destroy you for it. Trump ha ...

Group 1: U.S. Control Over Venezuelan Oil - The United States now controls every drop of oil coming out of Venezuela, with Russian tankers being intercepted off the Venezuelan coast [2] - Venezuela has initiated oil sales with a 30 million-barrel tranche, expected to increase to 50 million and then 100 million barrels, with proceeds managed by a White House-run fund [2] - The U.S. will dictate the terms of oil sales, with Venezuela required to purchase only American-made products, including agriculture and medical supplies [2] Group 2: Investment and Stability Concerns - Oil companies are concerned about the stability of the Venezuelan government as they consider new investments, with Chevron holding the largest stake and potentially increasing production from 50,000 to 200,000 barrels per day [3][4] - Overall production could rise to approximately 1 million barrels per day, up from around 800,000 barrels [4] - The transition to democracy in Venezuela must be "stable, proper and judicious," according to President Trump [3] Group 3: Broader Geopolitical Implications - The situation is viewed as a strategy to expel Russia and China from the Western Hemisphere and to undermine Cuba and Iran [5] - The focus on oil is seen as part of a larger narrative about promoting freedom and democracy in the region [5]