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Posted by breppp 2 days ago

Multiple explosions in Venezuela's capital Caracas(www.cnn.com)
57 points | 31 comments
chvid 2 days ago|
End of the rules based international order. I bet none of the European leaders will speak out against this.
breppp 2 days ago||
Unconfirmed videos of US helicopters flying over Caracas

https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2007341118204330216

toomanyrichies 2 days ago|
https://xcancel.com/sentdefender/status/2007341118204330216
pr337h4m 2 days ago||
Don't you need an AUMF for this, at least in theory?
bloppe 2 days ago||
This is not war, it's merely a special military operation
yakaccount4 2 days ago||
It's really Venezuela's fault for trying to join NATO /s
dragonwriter 2 days ago|||
> Don't you need an AUMF for this, at least in theory?

That depends on which theory, and whose narrative of the facts relevant to the theory you accept.

For theories, there are three important ones to consider:

(1) The War Powers Act is Constitutional and its terms govern Presidential use of force without a separate Congressional authorization, (2) The War Powers Act is an unconstitutional limit on the President's inherent authority and the President's powers to prosecute war abroad, without a Congressional declaration, are broader than the War Powers Act would suggest, and (3) The War Powers Act is an unconstitutional delegation of reserved Congressional powers to the Executive, and has no effect, leaving the President's powers to prosecute war abroad without a Congressional authorization narrower than the War Powers Act would suggest.

As to relevant factual narratives, there are at least two salient alternatives: (1) The Government of Venezuela, through the vehicle of the Tren de Agua gang which, in fact, is an instrumentality of the state, has conducted and is conducting, since sometime before March 14, 2025, an invasion of the United States as described in President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, and therefore the US is, and has been for some time, engaged in a defensive war against that attack by Venezuela, (2) The invasion described in #1 is a fantasy, has not occurred, and the US is not engaged in a defensive war against a Venezuelan invasion.

mullingitover 2 days ago||
I mean, sure, it’s probably a crime, but the Supreme Court has already established that the President can do crimes with total impunity.
m4r1k 2 days ago||
The Peace President Strikes Again.
ChrisArchitect 2 days ago||
More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473348
andrewinardeer 2 days ago||
Will cocaine and oil prices increase because of this?
behnamoh 2 days ago||
the same CNN is sleeping on the Iran developments, such a shame
ManuelKiessling 2 days ago||
Can you explain what you mean by that? As of this writing, there is a „Iran protests“ block on cnn.com on position #2 or #3 depending on how you count, well within the first 20% of the scroll-like homepage.
raffraffraff 2 days ago||
I don't understand this. I no longer identify with this new "left wing" because of this type of dishonesty. It's such a simple own-goal.

News is news. Not opinions. Just report what is known. If there's contradictory information from two sides, report both and then shut up. Let the viewers form their own opinions.

But no, we can't have people forming their own opinions. So the new thing is selective reporting. The left will say "the right started this war of lies". "Yeah, well your neighbor started shitting in his lawn, are you gonna do that now?"

Not reporting on the revolt in Iran "because you're a left wing media outlet"??? What the fuck? Same here in Ireland, same in the UK.

The left doesn't realise it's an ideology. It claims that it's "reality" and all other ways of thinking are ideologies. I've actually heard people say this. "The left are science based". Lol.

peteforde 2 days ago||
Can you give some background context for someone reading this and genuinely not knowing what you're referring to?
raffraffraff 2 days ago||
Ok very simple, left wing media lie by omission and push agenda via slanted headlines and opinions, as much as the right do. As a traditionally left wing person I did not know the extent of this. I no longer exclusively read left wing news.

The left, in 2025, have a dreadful fear of seeming Islamophobic, and this is evident in their handling of this current situation and of the unrest in 2022 when a woman died in police custody, arrested for the crime of not wearing specific headwear. BBC headline commented on how the economic situation created the perfect conditions for unrest. How about oppression creating the perfect conditions for unrest? No, we're not allowed to comment on Iran's culture/religion, only their economy.

peteforde 2 days ago||
You absolutely should consume a mixture of news from a variety of reputable sources, mindful of their biases and your own.

I don't love CNN but comparing them to right wing news is pure false equivalency, however.

sccxy 2 days ago||
Disgusting aggression from the US.

Trump is copying his friend Putin too much.

monero-xmr 2 days ago|
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