The U.S. Senate has advanced a war powers resolution limiting President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further strikes in Venezuela. Five Republicans voted with Democrats to advance the resolution, with Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Susan Collins, R-Maine, Todd Young, R-Ind., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., crossing the aisle. The legislation would require Trump to gain approval from Congress before conducting any strikes on Venezuela.
@#3 ... This version of the invasion project allows dictators to "escape" and hand over their national assets to the elite.
Those people bribe "our" legislators. ...
It looks like Legislators are not the only entity being bribed ...
Citgo Is a Crown Jewel of Venezuela's Oil Industry. Elliott Is Set to Reap the Benefits.
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For activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, Nicols Maduro's swift exit comes at an auspicious time.
A U.S. judge in November backed a roughly $6 billion bid by Elliott for Citgo Petroleum, the refining firm owned by Venezuela's state-run company Petrleos de Venezuela, known as PdVSA, in a forced sale to satisfy creditors. Citgo, based in Houston, owns a U.S. network of refineries, pipelines and terminals that some analysts have said could be worth between $11 billion and $13 billion.
The deal was controversial in Venezuela. Maduro's government denounced the proposed sale as fraudulent. The board recognized by the U.S. government as the legitimate overseer of PdVSA's overseas oil assets vowed to fight to keep Citgo under Venezuelan control.
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Less than two months after receiving the judge's endorsement, Elliott is looking at a more favorable"albeit chaotic"landscape. Maduro is being held in a New York jail. President Trump has sidelined the opposition, accused Venezuela of stealing American crude and said U.S. firms would be strongly involved in its oil industry.
Now, Elliott appears poised to reap the rewards of owning Venezuela's most valuable foreign oil asset.
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After Maduro's capture, some Republicans have sought to draw attention to Elliott's dealings. Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie, a Trump critic, said Sunday on X that according to Grok, xAI's chatbot, Elliott's billionaire founder Paul Singer "stands to make billions of dollars on his distressed Citgo investment, now that this administration has taken over Venezuela." Massie said Singer, an influential GOP donor, has already spent $1 million to defeat him in the next election.
Last year, Singer gave $1 million to MAGA KY, a super PAC seeking to oust Massie, according to a filing. The investor donated about $8 million to help Trump get re-elected, and he contributed $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee, filings show. ...
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Jorma Kaukonen - Hesitation Blues, live at Woodstock, circa 2005
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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"Hesitation Blues" is a traditional American blues-folk song, written sometime before WW1 (circa 1914). It appears on the 1970 self-titled Hot Tuna album.
Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen left the original Jefferson Airplane band to form Hot Tuna in 1969.
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