Politics

By Craig Bannister, CNS News - On December 16, Pres. Trump announced a blockade of Venezuela “Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us,” referring to Venezuela’s 2007 expropriation of the oil interests of U.S. companies under then-President Hugo Chavez... “The illegitimate Maduro regime is using oil from these stolen Oil Fields” to finance drug terrorism and other nefarious acts... “America…will not allow a Hostile Regime to take our Oil, Land, or any other Assets, all of which must be returned to the United States,” the U.S. president reiterated.

By Elle Purnell, The Federalist - If you’ve only paid attention to the legacy media over the past few days, you probably know more about Renee Good’s poetry than you do about the actions that led to her tragic death last Wednesday. After refusing federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers’ commands to get out of her car, which she had used to impede agents’ access to a neighborhood road, Good was caught on video accelerating her SUV toward one agent with another hanging on her door.

By David Catron, The American Spectator - Last Thursday Vice President JD Vance joined a White House press briefing to discuss initiatives the Trump administration is taking to investigate the pervasive welfare fraud that has been discovered in Minnesota. He was inevitably asked questions about the death of Renee Good after she attempted to drive her SUV over an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Vance described the media coverage of the death as “disgraceful,” and followed up with this question: “You guys are meant to report the truth. How have you let yourselves become agents of propaganda?”