US Secretary of State Tony Blinken, speaking from Tokyo, says, “We have serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people.” Blinken calls on election authorities to publish a detailed vote tabulation. (via Daniel Flatley, Bloomberg)

Conservatives: WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE OIL

Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado says that the "new elected president" of Venezuela is Edmundo González (via EFE Noticias)

That’s some rigged bullshit. I got a bat for you Maduro

There will be disingenuous comparisons to 2021 and J6, and America’s already somewhat tenuous moral high ground in this area will crumble just a bit more.

The same Blinken that supported the violent right wing coup in Bolivia?

Is he planning on paying this close attention to our election in November? Because it seems like he should.