The consolidation of an America-friendly stability in Venezuela would be a humiliating and damaging setback for Russia and China. It would likely be a mortal blow to the Cuban regime, writes @wrmead https://t.co/EudgEy30HF

Iranians know the source of their economic plight. The Islamic Republic has made Iran a pariah and deprived its people—and for what? A nuclear program and terrorist proxy empire? Both now lie in ruins. https://t.co/KAtIW1zRS5

If Mamdani wants to show the world that “the left can govern” and be an example for the world, as he said, he could start by making the city’s 174,000 or so government apartments livable. https://t.co/1ZMQtObigp

If regulators nix a rail merger, supply-chain inefficiency will persist. That won’t help affordability. Letting the market work will, writes @mctoth https://t.co/IuDW9IWHfV

NATO said it would send frigates, aircraft and drones to patrol the Baltic Sea for undersea threats. But the patrols won’t make a difference if sea saboteurs know that international law will shield them from consequences. https://t.co/UtQ6kGpysw

As the postwar international order continues to shift, few actions would do more to further Japan’s national interests than joining the Abraham Accords, write @ZviHauser and Andrew M. Saidel https://t.co/ftiGzTWyqn

America’s real enemies are challenging U.S. interests across the world, and that’s who voters want the Trump Pentagon focused on, not Sen. Mark Kelly. https://t.co/3q1NTty5Zz

The U.S. armed forces went into harm’s way and did more for liberty in Latin America in a single night than the Mexican state has achieved in a generation—and that state condemns us for it, writes Joshua Treviño https://t.co/UFS7X3PeCc

It isn’t often that politicians pay a price for the failures of government. But we may have seen a rare and welcome example as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ended his campaign for a third term in November. https://t.co/iDW2tRctMX

Zohran Mamdani missed a chance to distance himself from Venezuelan socialism, writes @wjmcgurn https://t.co/4UPQbKbUIy

Liberal internationalism is a moral and political failure if it can’t distinguish between the aggression of Russia and China to swallow neighboring democracies and a U.S. military action to arrest a lawless dictator. https://t.co/vk7XTCDgzA

On the latest episode of the Potomac Watch podcast, Mary O'Grady considers how the Trump administration is going to manage Venezuela after the removal of Maduro. https://t.co/0MaYTxJoVS

While Gov. Tim Walz and Somali migrants may be easy political targets, the GOP will let the Minnesota scandal go to waste if it fails to explain how vast government welfare payments have become an invitation for fraud and abuse. https://t.co/GvEvWaW3my

Venezuelans living in exile celebrate the fall of Maduro, as he awaits trial in New York City. https://t.co/UXzAoJz79T

Trump’s capture of Maduro is an act of hemispheric hygiene against a dictator who spread mayhem far and wide. Whether he admits it or not, Trump is now in the business of regime change that he’ll have to make a success. https://t.co/1RQ3O5f7cy

From @WSJFreeEx: “Change in Iran is ultimately in the hands of the people of Iran themselves,” Reza Pahlavi says, in an interview with @tunkuv. “I think Iranians are finding our path again, and I’m here to help.” https://t.co/fCBbeV1rdf

Conservatives seek to uphold traditions that have given us centuries of freedom and progress. Jacob Rees-Mogg personifies that point, writes @maxraskin https://t.co/4dr6gO9G4t

When those in power mistake online commentary for real-world consensus, they make decisions based on a distorted picture of what those citizens really want. I plan to become a social-media teetotaler in 2026, writes @VivekGRamaswamy https://t.co/4aih5zkw1I

The Maduro grab was a superbly executed act of strategic opportunism that removed a troublesome enemy in the region most vital to U.S. interests. Ultimate judgment on it will rest on its long-term outcome, writes @gerardtbaker https://t.co/J6uXFLc1Q4

Mamdani, take note: New York City’s social-service system is rife with abuse and mismanagement, writes @katesfarmer https://t.co/LAIIir1jFT

From @WSJFreeEx: “Stranger Things” succeeded because it turned the ’80s into something that lives up to the memories and imaginations of those who lived through it, and repackaged it as something new for subsequent generations, writes @bradleybirzer https://t.co/e6pFFQ1bk6