Rubio Is Straight-Up Asked What 'Legal Authority' Trump Has To Run Venezuela

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday joined ABC News' "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos for an interview, where the host straight-up asked him what "legal authority" the U.S. has to run Venezuela after capturing its president and his wife. If you lived through the Bush years, you can see right through the hogwash the Trump administration is serving the public. First, the attack was over drugs, and now Donald Trump has admitted that it's all about the oil.

"President Trump was pretty clear yesterday. He said the United States is going to run Venezuela. Under what legal authority?" Stephanopoulos asked.

"Well, first of all, what's going to happen here is that we have a quarantine on their oil," Rubio said. "That means their economy will not be able to move forward until the conditions that are in the national interest of the United States and the interests of the Venezuelan people are met,"

"And that's what we intend to do. So that leverage remains," he continued. "That leverage is ongoing. And we expect that it's going to lead to results here. We're hopeful, hopeful that it does positive results for the people of Venezuela. But ultimately, most importantly for u in the national interest of the United States, we will no longer have, hopefully, as we move forward here."

"And obviously, we want a better future for the people of Venezuela. We want them to have an oil industry where the wealth goes to the people, not to a handful of corrupt individuals and is stolen by pirates all over the world," he insisted.

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DoorDash says it banned driver who seemingly faked a delivery using AI

DoorDash seems to have confirmed a viral story about a driver using an AI-generated photo to lie about making a delivery.

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Pathetic Fox Host Attacks Biden For Being 'On Vacation'

Fox regular Tomi Lahren got the B-Team duty of filling in for Hannity during the holiday week, and here's how she previewed an upcoming segment on this Tuesday's show:

LAHREN: Up next, our New Year's Eve security risk assessment. Plus, we'll dig into the psychological roots of socialism and you'll never believe where Joe Biden was spotted. Spoiler alert, he's on vacation. That and more as Hannity rolls on.

That later segment ended up being them calling Biden senile for the millionth time along with taking jabs at Hunter Biden for discussing all of his legal bills.

Someone needs to remind Lahren that people who are retired no longer need to take "vacation,"

The replies on BlueSky were not kind:

Hey, Tomi, guess where the PRESIDENT was today?
Golfing (again).

What job is Biden, who just completed cancer treatment, supposed to be doing from Christmas to New Year's when even Congress isn't doing their jobs?

— D Villella❄️?? ? (@dvillella) December 31, 2025

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Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein credits Trump for early release from prison

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pled guilty to money laundering charges tied to his role in the massive hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, has apparently been released early from prison.

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NY Post's 'Gotcha Moment' On Mamdani's Wife's Boots Turns Into Self-Own

When the New York Post spotted New York City's newest first lady in some killer high-fashion boots, they sent out an intrepid reporter to find out how much they cost. Turns out, the joke was on them, as the vintage Balenciaga coat from Albright Fashion Library and the archival earrings from New York Vintage, were both rented. And the boots were loaned.

It must really suck to work at the NY Post.

Source: New York Post

New York City’s first lady Rama Duwaji appeared to wear $630 “artisan” leather boots from a high-end designer to her Democratic socialist husband Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral swearing-in ceremony — a luxury look that flew in the face of the politician’s “everyman” image, eagle-eyed critics said Thursday.

Duwaji, a 28-year-old artist, gave more socialite than socialist on New Year’s Day as she apparently rocked one of the fashion house Miista’s pricey boot designs — one which is said to be crafted from “vegetable tan cow leather” and feature an “ultra-cushioned memory foam insole.”

The fashion firm charges $630 a pair for the so-called “Shelley Boots,” which feature a 6-centimeter (2.3-inch) heel and a lace-up back.

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European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold

The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance.

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Good Guy Crookie: That's *Mayor* Zohran Mamdani!

Good guy of the year? Yup, my vote is for Zohran Mamdani.

Mayor Mamdani was sworn in at midnight New Year's Eve in the old subway station beneath City Hall in New York.

But it's his campaign that brought joy and hope not only to New Yorkers, but to the whole country.

The Mamdani for Mayor campaign had great Democratic messaging. Free buses, a rent freeze, affordable housing, a public grocery store in each of the five boroughs, and childcare.

It's not complicated.

And Mamdani did something else that I believe made him win: he celebrated the city he and his voters call home.

The summertime scavenger hunt brought all the boys and girls to the yard, and, I think, healed a lot of the desperation we were clinging to after Covid.

In the week since relaunching neighborhood canvasses, our volunteers have knocked more than 91k doors across the five boroughs — including 25k this weekend.

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