Entries by John Jorgensen

US military says some forces have been dispatched to Nigeria

Reuters The U.S. has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria, the general in charge of the U.S. command for Africa said on Tuesday, the first acknowledgment of U.S. forces on the ground since Washington struck by air on Christmas Day. President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on what he described as Islamic State targets […]

Statement on Kaine Venezuela Bill Advancing

Washington, DC – Today, in response to the Senate advancing Senator Kaine’s War Powers Resolution, Max Rose, Afghanistan War Veteran and Senior Advisor to VoteVets, released the following statement: “The dam has broken. Today, a stunning bipartisan majority in the Senate rebuked Donald Trump’s unilateral wars. They stood up and said that Trump does not […]

As Trump Invades Venezuela and Promises to Occupy It for Oil, Stunning VoteVets Video Morphs Trump Into Bush

See Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zOowLFN91Ss WASHINGTON, DC – A dramatic new video calls out Donald Trump for his Iraq-like invasion and apparent forthcoming occupation of Venezuela, literally morphing Trump and Bush, after laying out all the points in common between the two wars for regime change. See the video here: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zOowLFN91SsTwitter/X: https://x.com/votevets/status/2007542291796562030 In a statement regarding the invasion, […]

Powerful Republican Turns on Pentagon Pete’s ‘Kill’ Orders

Daily Beast Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s alleged order to “kill” everyone aboard a suspected Venezuelan drug boat is slated to face intense oversight by the Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee. SASC chair Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and SASC member Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, released a joint statement Friday promising […]

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. The Washington Post The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on […]

House Republican Says ‘We Need To Go In’ Venezuela Because It ‘Will Be a Field Day’ for Oil Companies

Yahoo! News Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) said the U.S. must and will “go in” Venezuela, stating that American oil companies will have a “field day” in the petroleum-rich country. Appearing on Fox Business on Monday, Salazar called for the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. In recent months, President Donald Trump has bombed Venezuelan […]

Trump deploys aircraft carrier strike group to South America amid Venezuela tensions

USA Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deployed a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its complement of guided missile destroyers to the South American coast Friday, according to his top spokesperson. Sean Parnell, who is Hegseth’s assistant defense secretary for public affairs, announced that the USS Gerald R. Ford, its on-board warplanes, and the other ships in its […]

Trump is Violating the Constitution; Bypassing Congress to Fight War

Washington D.C. – The Trump administration’s recent military strikes against vessels off the coast of South America have ignited a fierce constitutional debate, with critics in Congress and foreign leaders accusing the president of bypassing congressional authority to wage war. Since early September, the U.S. military has conducted a series of lethal strikes in the Caribbean […]