Venezuela is looking at being flexible about letting opposition candidates run either separately and in a coalition.

Some opposition parties have been running candidates (and gaining some seats) all along. But some were excluded, I think, after their leader Juan Guaido tried try to stage a coup, claiming support from the US. Not surprisingly, he faced criminal charges for that.

Can anyone tell me whether he still faces charges?

The Sunrise Movement organized a protest at the White House criticizing Biden's desperate efforts to find a "compromise" so weak that Republicans won't kill it.

I suspect that that is a moving target, and that each new surrender emboldens Republicans to demand more.

If you are going to accept a "compromise" that is a small fraction of what must be done, at least have the courage to continue describing it as such — something like. "I thank the Republicans for compromising on 15% of what we wanted to do for US infrastructure."

The worst part of this "compromise" is that it takes a step backwards.

Biden launched another retaliatory air attack on "Iran-backed militia groups" which seem to be using drones to bombard US military forces and US civilian activities in Iraq (for instance, a consulate). The Iraqi government condemned this attack.

It is the Iraqi government's responsibility to protect foreign consulates, and US forces as well if it has invited them to Iraq. This raises the question: why are the forces there?

Are they there to provide military support that Iraq wants? If so, Iraq should join in protecting them, including counterattacking if that is necessary.

But perhaps the Iraqi government regards US forces as intruders, and would rather they were gone. If so, removing them might be the right thing to do. The only force in the region that the US has a reason to fight is PISSI, as far as I know.

*Nigerian government threatens to rein in press after Twitter ban.*

Minnesota "law enforcement" personnel claim to have arbitrarily prohibited travel from a road to a driveway and say they will build a wall there to prevent it.

The driveway, like the land it leads to, belongs to protesters that oppose the Line 3 pipeline. The "law enforcement" personnel come from a local sheriff's department which has been (in effect) purchased by the pipeline company.