Ken Mitchell: A military veteran’s perspective on U.S. action in Venezuela
The Trump administration’s recent seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has left me shocked and disappointed.
The Trump administration’s recent seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has left me shocked and disappointed.
Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela are morally calamitous, showing a perilous disregard for human dignity and the rights of ordinary Venezuelans to be free from external forces.
The U.S. House voted on Thursday, in a stunner, to pass legislation to extend ACA health insurance tax credits for three years, sending the measure to the U.S. Senate, where, who knows.
The vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday to advance a resolution blocking military action in Venezuela will not actually force Donald Trump’s hand, because Trump would have to sign it into law, and obviously, he’s not going to do that.
Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are putting their weight behind the campaigns of a pair of former Members of Congress in two 2026 Democratic Party congressional primaries.
The gambit by U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., to force a U.S. Senate vote on extending Obamacare healthcare premium subsidies failed, as predicted, with the Senate voting 51-48 Thursday in favor of a bill that would extend the subsidies by three years.

Beth Macy, the Roanoke-based journalist and author running for the Democratic nomination for Congress in what is now the Sixth District, picked up the keyest of key endorsements – from U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
Beth Macy, the Roanoke-based journalist and author running for the Democratic nomination for Congress in what is now the Sixth District, picked up the keyest of key endorsements – from U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
Sam Rasoul, a Democrat has represented Roanoke in the General Assembly since 2014, is now publicly mulling over a run for a seat in Congress in the 2026 midterm cycle.
Mark Warner is leaving nothing to chance, rolling out a list of endorsements from pretty much every elected Democrat in the Commonwealth of Virginia as he launched his 2026 U.S. Senate re-election bid on Tuesday.
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