"Similarly, #Trump’s bombing and invasion of a sovereign country suddenly became an 'escalating pressure campaign' or an 'operation,' rather than an act of war.
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Just as crime reporters mindlessly adopt 'copspeak,' military reporters — despite their recent dust-ups with the Pentagon over access — have almost completely, to the reporter, adopted Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s 'police action' framing."
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/04/trump-maduro-venezuela-war-media/
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