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  • SEN. RAND PAUL: 'All of these people have been blown up without us knowing their name'

    10/19/2025 12:48:35 PM PDT · by RandFan · 136 replies
    politico ^ | 19 Oct | politico
    Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday questioned the wisdom and legality of President Donald Trump’s policies toward Venezuela and suspected drug dealers coming from its coast. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Kentucky Republican again raised concerns about the legality of the Trump administration’s strikes on boats that it claims are carrying drug traffickers, as well as the president’s statement that the United States might conduct direct attacks on Venezuela’s territory. “When you kill someone, you should know, if you’re not at war, not in a declared war, you really need to know someone’s name at least,” Paul said. “You...
  • Senators will force a vote to prevent war on Venezuela without approval from Congress

    10/17/2025 2:33:33 PM PDT · by RandFan · 75 replies
    NPR ^ | Oct 17 | npr
    Amid a wave of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and plans for covert operations in Venezuela, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is leading a bipartisan effort to force a vote to stop President Trump from unilaterally declaring war on the South American nation. Kaine, a longtime proponent of Congress' powers to declare war, filed the resolution late Thursday, a move that will force the Senate to take up the legislation after a 10-day waiting period. Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., co-sponsored the plan. Kaine said concerns about war in the Latin American region are growing. "The pace...
  • The Constitution Does Not Allow the President To Unilaterally Blow Suspected Drug Smugglers to Smithereens

    10/09/2025 5:11:45 PM PDT · by RandFan · 190 replies
    Reason ^ | Oct 9 | RAND PAUL
    When challenged that killing citizens without due process is a war crime, the vice president responded that he "didn't give a sh*t." Sometimes in fits of anger, loud voices will say they don't care about niceties such as due process—they just want to kill bad guys. For a brief moment, all of us may share that anger and may even embrace revenge or retribution. But over 20,000 people are murdered in the U.S. each year, and yet somehow we find a way to a dispassionate dispensation of justice that includes legal representation for the accused and jury trial. Why? Because...
  • RAND PAUL urges the Pardon of Mr. Ross Ulbricht

    01/21/2025 4:07:34 PM PST · by RandFan · 14 replies
    X ^ | Jan 21 | Sen. Rand Paul
    RAND PAUL KENTUCKY United States Senate WASHINGTON, DC 20510 January 21, 2025 The Honorable Donald J. Trump President of the United States The White House Dear Mr. President: I write to urge you to follow through on your stated intention to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht. Mr. Ulbricht is serving two life sentences plus forty years without parole for nonviolent offenses related to the website he launched in early 2011. Like so many others, I am shocked by the harsh sentence imposed on this first-time offender. Mr. Ulbricht's sentence is vastly disproportionate to his crimes. He was condemned to...