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NEW: Trump’s Venezuela oil grab is a bad deal for the U.S.

In the latest edition of Receipts, Catherine Rampell breaks down four reasons why invading a country for its oil won’t deliver the windfall Trump keeps promising.

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Let’s go dark today. Special dark. bit.ly/4aK8uGD

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NEW: If you look past the MAGA narrative, you’ll find a genuinely troubling episode of government failure.

And that matters because it’s tough to run public programs effectively—and to keep up public support—when grifters have an easy time stealing the funds.

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A particularly appropriate day to re-up this one lnk.thebulwark.com/4981hPs

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Caption this.

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"We’ve never left the January 6th era. But what’s most staggering is how many people would prefer to pretend we never entered it in the first place." lnk.thebulwark.com/4pC6vbi

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NEW: In the latest edition of False Flag, Will Sommer tracks the widening gap between MAGA influencers and their audiences over Trump's Venezuela operation.

Plus, Andrew Egger on why DOJ leadership is suddenly very interested in a disgruntled clarinetist. lnk.thebulwark.com/3YXZne9

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"The peace president is killing people again and I have many questions. So buckle up, buttercup." lnk.thebulwark.com/4qanBxY

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Did Tim Walz make the right decision to drop out? Watch our team's reaction here: lnk.thebulwark.com/4qHDonO

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It's all bad and there is no plan lnk.thebulwark.com/4qclWYE

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