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The oil companies are going to go in.

They're going to spend money.

We're going to take back the oil that, frankly, we should have taken back a long time ago.

The oil, stupid.

That's part of the title of a new piece on Venezuela by Medi Hassan of Zateo.

He'll join us to look at President Trump's public vow to take Venezuela's oil after U.S. forces attacked

Venezuela and seized President Nicolas Maduro.

We'll also look at Trump's escalating threats against Mexico, Colombia, and Cuba, and

what he's calling the Dunrow Doctrine.

And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we've superseded it by a lot, by a real lot.

They now call it the Dunrow Doctrine.

Chevron stock surged yesterday.

We'll speak to a Wall Street Journal reporter on why oil company stocks are going up,

as well as how Trump family businesses have generated at least $4 billion since he was reelected.

In December, Trump Media merged with a company aiming to build the world's first viable nuclear fusion plant to power AI projects. The move was announced shortly after Trump signed an executive order to bar states and local governments from enacting their own AI regulations.

All that and more coming out.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the Warren Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

Venezuela's deposed president, Nicolas Maduro, appeared in federal court, Manhattan Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to four criminal counts, including narco-terrorism, conspiracy,

cocaine importation and conspiracy in possession of machine guns and destructive devices.

If convicted, each charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. During his arraignment, Maduro declared, I'm not guilty.

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