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The Senate will vote next week on a bipartisan war powers resolution to block Trump from continuing military against Venezuela — a vote that takes on heightened importance after U.S. forces attacked the South American nation and arrested President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday.

The resolution to block the administration from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela is privileged, which means Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) cannot stop it from coming to the floor.

The measure is sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

  • nonentity@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    5 days ago

    The US has been a nation no-one should treat as a serious entity since 2024-11-05, and will not be again until they can prove their ability to hold another legitimate election.

    Right now it’s a coin flip as to whether I’ll see that within the remainder of my lifetime.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
      7·
      5 days ago

      You definitely SHOULD treat the US as a serious entity. When the government is controlled by psychopaths, it doesn’t matter what they intend to abide by. It means that they will use the weapons at their disposal when they so choose.

      • nonentity@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        5 days ago

        Absolutely FUCK that. Treating psychopathic bullies as serious entities is appeasement, and provides them vacuous credibility.

        The US has been on the losing side of every armed conflict they’ve been involved in for over 80 years, the clowns they’ve currently placed in charge believe that streak is double.

        Distance should be applied until shit settles down, isolation if that fails, and ridicule until the populous matures enough to elect representation worthy of respect for once.

        • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 days ago

          I’m not sure what you’re definition of a “serious entity” is, but just because the US military has done nothing but fuck up war since Vietnam doesnt make the US non-serious.

          Appeasement has nothing to do with it. All of the world’s countries need to take the threat of the US seriously. Isolation and ridicule is what the regime wants anyway. If you infuriate the population against you, suddenly the military grows in numbers.