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January 04, 2026

Dems Suddenly Discover Rule of Law

Timothy Birdnow

"Trump’s unilateral operation last night was an illegal act of war without Congress’s authorization,”

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.)

He seems to have forgotten when Bill Clinton bombed an aspirin factory in the Sudan on the eve of his impeachment, or Barack Hussein Obama making drone strikes on American citizens.

"This war is illegal, it’s embarrassing that we went from the world cop to the world bully in less than one year"

Ruben Gallego D Arizona

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) also chimed in.

"President Trump’s unilateral military action to attack another country and seize Maduro — no matter how terrible a dictator he is — is unconstitutional and threatens to drag the U.S. into further conflicts in the region,

"The American people voted for lower costs, not for Trump’s dangerous military adventurism overseas that won’t make the American people safer.”

Elizabeth "Big Smelly Sqwah" Warren, DMASS

I hate to tell this dope but the War Powers Act grants the President this very authority.

Here's more:

"Without authorization from Congress, and with the vast majority of Americans opposed to military action, Trump just launched an unjustified, illegal strike on Venezuela,”

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)

In fact WWII was the last time Congress actually declared war, so what are these clowns beefing about? we've fought plenty of wars without formal Congressional approval.

I caught Jonathan Turley this morning saying this has very solid legal grouds as it was ultimately a law-enforcement issue, and no boots were on the ground except Delta Force, and they were in and out well withing the legal timeframe.

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1 Let's not forget that Maduro was not a legitimately elected head of state. That fact plays into all this. Of course, that apparently doesn't bother Democrats in the least.

We watched most of Mark Levin's show on Fox News tonight (after being away most of the day, at church, playing a show behind a favorite singer and then going out to carouse with some of the audience). His guest was retired Rep. Newt Gingrich, one of the smartest men ever to work in the U.S. Congress. He made a very astute remark, which may have been a quote: "Trump doesn't think outside the box, because he doesn't recognize that there is a box." This was a great show tonight, since Levin and Gingrich are both super-smart people. Any chance you got to watch it, Tim?

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 05, 2026 01:46 AM (fJC/c)

2 Yes, all true Dana. The arrest of Manuel Noriega was ample precedent for doing this too, and Noriega had much greater legitimacy than does Maduro.

That was a great quote by Newt. Trump does what works rather than follow the "rules" as set down in times past.

In fact we've removed leaders of governments repeatedly through history. Remember the Communist Allende in Chile' ? Daniel Ortega (who has managed to worm his way back into power there)?

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (T2x6g)

3 The day that Democrats discover the Rule of Law is the day that Hell will freeze over, I truly believe.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 06, 2026 12:42 AM (fJC/c)

4 To the Democrats their will is the whole of the Law, nothing less, nothing more.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at January 06, 2026 08:50 AM (4Fd03)

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