NOW - U.S. Energy Secretary: "Let's just engage with reality. Oil, gas, and coal are what run the world. Full stop. We can't make a wind turbine or a solar panel or a nuclear power plant without massive amounts of oil, gas, and coal. That's how the world works." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0636acb0fe25d9a61ff3950505c10b1d40255bff77456bd4565e0d0f1727dae2.file

JUST IN - Trump administration intends to oversee the sale of Venezuela's oil indefinitely — ABC

NOW - U.S. Energy Secretary says he is "working directly in cooperation with the Venezuelans" to execute the the plan to turn over up to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the U.S., "We're going to get that crude moving again and sell it just like we did in our businesses." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/87c80a7dd0da5c6a42794b3398f3d796701475e7a74b3f71b3a7ca297ec8b87e.file

JUST IN - U.S. forces seize oil tanker "Sophia" in the Caribbean.

JUST IN - U.S. European Command proclaims the seizure of the Russian-flagged tanker in the Atlantic "supports POTUS proclamation targeting sanctioned vessels that threaten the security and stability of the Western Hemisphere."

NOW - U.S. senator says Cuba, Nicaragua, and Colombia will be next: "Democracy is coming back to this hemisphere." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/796cb2443ac1d9be59b4f7f02892ef80388ee5b8bbedab3a74a99f9f9031f24a.file

JUST IN - U.S. military forces seized the Russian-flagged tanker despite Moscow's request to stop the pursuit. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f6d6f19d2e8d35373b5f13ebb3f0170231fcfbe841cacf41e1e845b50009394a.file

NEW - China strongly condemns the U.S. for "illegally redirecting" Venezuelan oil exports to Washington. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/337d7971a37f42b9e2b23ff6682c1d139df5d2851f39ff6be5ab7bee8e701f4a.file

JUST IN - U.S. forces are attempting to seize the Russian-flagged tanker Marinera (ex-Bella 1) in the Atlantic — Reuters

NOW - Erdogan denies that the U.S. had offered to send Maduro into exile to Turkey: "We haven't heard anything like that." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3c38c27e0fc49f14d2508a7c271c112568ff0b60f6beacb4b137c58d25de7c5d.file