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Trump put on notice by Congress over move that would be an ‘affront to the House’

US Rep. Ro Khanna on Friday demanded urgent congressional action to avert “another endless, regime-change war” amid reports that President Donald Trump is weighing military strikes inside Venezuela. Such strikes, warned Khanna (D-Calif.), would be “blatantly unconstitutional.”“The United States Congress must speak up and stop this,” Khanna said in a video posted to social media. “No president, according to the Constitution, has the authority to strike another country without Congress’ approval. And the American people have voted against regime change and endless wars.”Watch: Trump is getting ready to launch strikes inside Venezuela per the @WSJ & @MiamiHerald. This is blatantly unconstitutional. Congress must speak up now to stop another endless, regime-change war. @RepThomasMassie @RandPaul. pic. twitter. com/LrnPPUVZaU- Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 31, 2025 Khanna’s remarks came in response to reporting by the Miami Herald and the Wall Street Journal on internal Trump administration discussions regarding possible airstrike targets inside Venezuela. The Herald reported early Friday that the administration “has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment.” The Journal, in a story published Thursday, was more reserved, reporting that the administration “has identified targets in Venezuela that include military facilities used to smuggle drugs,” but adding that “the president hasn’t made a final decision on ordering land strikes.”Citing unnamed US officials familiar with the matter, the Journal reported that “the targets would send a clear message to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro that it is time to step down.”Following the reports, the White House denied that Trump has finalized plans for a military strike on Venezuela. Trump himself told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday that he has not made a final decision, signaling his belief he has the authority to do so if he chooses. Last week, the president said publicly that land strikes are “going to be next” following his illegal, deadly strikes on boats in waters off Central and South America. Trump has said he would not seek approval from Congress before attacking Venezuela directly.“The American people oppose being dragged into yet another endless war, this time in Venezuela, and our constitutional order demands deliberation by the U. S. Congress-period.”A potentially imminent, unauthorized US attack on Venezuela and the administration’s accelerating military buildup in the Caribbean have thus far drawn vocal opposition from just a fraction of the lawmakers on Capitol Hill, currently embroiled in a shutdown fight. Just three senators-Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)-are listed as official backers of a resolution aimed at preventing Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization. Other senators, including Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), have spoken out against Trump’s belligerence toward Venezuela.“Trump is illegally threatening war with Venezuela-after killing more than 50 people in unauthorized strikes at sea,” Sanders wrote in a social media post on Friday. “The Constitution is clear: Only Congress can declare war. Congress must defend the law and end Trump’s militarism.”Dylan Williams, vice president of government affairs at the Center for International Policy, wrote Friday that “most Americans oppose overthrowing Venezuela’s leaders by force-and an even larger majority oppose invading.”“Call your senators and tell them to vote for S. J. Res. 90 to block Trump’s unauthorized use of military force,” Williams added. “The Capitol switchboard can connect you to your senators’ offices at 202-224-3121.”A similar resolution led by Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) in the US House has just over 30 cosponsors. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) announced his support for the House resolution on Thursday, saying in a statement that “Trump does not have the legal authority to launch military strikes inside Venezuela without a specific authorization by Congress.”“I am deeply troubled by reports that suggest this administration believes otherwise,” said Neguse. “Any unilateral directive to send Americans into war is not only reckless, but illegal and an affront to the House of Representatives’ powers under Article I of our Constitution.”“The American people oppose being dragged into yet another endless war, this time in Venezuela, and our constitutional order demands deliberation by the U. S. Congress-period,” Neguse added.

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‘Red-handed!’ Analysts in awe as Trump’s DOJ caught ‘lying’ in court

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department just got caught lying in court and it certainly wasn’t the first time, according to a new analysis. Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern pointed out Friday that prosecutors “keep lying brazenly” to the judge and, when given the opportunity, don’t correct the record. “The government got caught red-handed just straight up lying to the 9th Circuit last week. Full-on lying from the Justice Department is familiar at this point,” Lithwick said. Raw Story wrote this week about a letter in which DOJ officials were forced to admit they dramatically inflated the number of Federal Protective Service agents (FPS) sent to Portland as a result of the danger in the city. In submitting a list of “undisputed facts,” the Justice Department alleged that the situation in Oregon was so dangerous that the president had to divert nearly a quarter of them to Portland. Adam Klasfeld, who runs “All Rise News,” posted the letter flagging the error that was sent to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. It turns out that it was more like 13%. That amounts to “65 of the 86 individuals employed to Portland were inspectors.”It was also discovered by “Law Dork’s” Chris Geidner on Bluesky that the DOJ implied that more than 100 officers were deployed for four months and FPS had to redirect “a huge chunk of its workforce for extended duty in Oregon.”It turns out that that was not true at all, as the plaintiffs wrote: Only a fraction of inspectors were ever in Portland at any given time-at most 31, and as few as 20 during some weeks. Not 115, but 20-31. So the government quadrupled the true number of FPS officers who were sent to the city to manage the protests. And the figure that the government put forth was at the core of the 9th Circuit decision in favor of Trump. Lithwick and Stern said that the DOJ’s case was trying to “justify Trump’s deployment of the National Guard.” The U. S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit panel of three judges ruled in favor of the administration. Then it became clear that the government lied in their case. “The full 9th Circuit wiped away that decision on Tuesday, giving its members another opportunity to reconsider the case on the basis of truthful information,” wrote the Slate legal experts. The lower court, with U. S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut, issued two temporary restraining orders that the 9th Circuit was considering. Lithwick and Stern explained, “This is really important, because in some sense it might sound as if we’re just nitpicking numbers. But this goes to the very heart of why we have judicial oversight at all. Look at what happens when you just take the government at its word! And this is why we have judges fighting one another about the role of the judiciary. In the circuit court’s decision, the dissenter, Judge Susan Graber, kept saying: They’re really not telling the truth!’ And the majority wouldn’t even question the DOJ’s numbers.”Read their full column here.

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President Trump Trolls Mark Carney

Oh, this is funny.[SOURCE] Think big picture. Think strategically, like Donald Trump. He’s trying to push Canada into a desperation play where they strike trade deals with China, knowing he’s holding a USA deal with Chairman Xi in his back pocket that will undercut Canada completely. Watch. The Free Trade Agreements being made for [.] The post President Trump Trolls Mark Carney appeared first on The Last Refuge.

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