Maria Corina Machado Wins The Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks in Caracas. Photograph: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images

Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize for "leading the struggle for democracy in the face of ever-expanding authoritarianism in Venezuela".

trump, a self discribed "white Nationalist" has commented that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

If Ms. Machado were a US citizen, she may have been classified as ANTIFA, originally meaning anti-fascist but co-opted by the Trump administration to encapsulate anyone who's opposing his attempted authoritarian takeover.

In 2023 she announced her candidacy for president in the 2024 presidential election. When she was blocked from running, she supported the opposition’s alternative candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. The opposition mobilised widely and collected systematic documentation that it was the true winner of the election. The regime declared victory and tightened its grip on power.

Ms Machado is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize first and foremost for her efforts to advance democracy in Venezuela. But democracy is also in retreat internationally. Democracy – understood as the right to freely express one’s opinion, to cast one’s vote and to be represented in elective government – is the foundation of peace both within countries and between countries.

Trump: Transgender Healthcare Ban Or Gov Shutdown

MSNBC Screen Grab: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) hold a press briefing.

Trump is demanding that an all-ages transgender healthcare ban be included in the government funding measure, or he will shut down the United States Government.

The Republicans are responsible if the Government is shut down, as they are the ones who included ideological demands in a routine government funding measure.

The Senate will vote on Wednesday, September 30, 2025, which is today. The Republicans can't pass this without Democratic votes

Call your Senator this morning and tell him not to allow this to happen.

Talking point: First off, you voted for them and they work for you! Secondly: Every major medical association agrees that transgender-affirming healthcare is lifesaving healthcare.

“These are not budgetary measures; they are ideological attacks.”

One person on Reddit, Pink News reports, called on members of the public to “contact your senators and house reps asap”, urging them to protect “the rights and dignity of LGBTQ+ Americans”.

They went on to say: “These are not budgetary measures, they are ideological attacks [that] would erase protections, endanger lives and weaponise federal funding to coerce institutions into abandoning care. For many, access to HRT and affirming care is not optional, it’s life-saving.

“Democrats have the power to stop all this from happening if they hold the line in the Senate.”

Call your Senator this morning and urge them to hold the line.