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News Brief: As Trump Attacks Venezuela, Media Takes His Absurd "Drug War" Pretext at Face Value
October 29, 2025
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In this News Brief, we detail how the AP, Atlantic, Washington Post and New York Times are accepting Trump's framing that his attacks on Venezuela and Colombia are about "going after drug cartels" when it's clear they are—based on Trump's own words—about controlling Venezuela's oil.