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Let’s talk about…US invasion of Venezuela and “capture” of Maduro

Okay, who had “the US invades Venezuela and kidnaps the President” down as the first big story of 2026?

Well done if you did, you probably got good odds.

That’s the “breaking news” as of about two hours ago:

Venezuela President Maduro captured after US strike and will face drugs and weapons charges
CNN

The story is that a meticulously planned special forces raid resulted in Nicolas Maduro and his wife being dragged from their bedroom and whisked out of the country. They are reportedly en route to New York on a US naval ship.

This was foreshadowed late last year, when laughable stories about the US Special Forces “rescuing” Venezuelan “opposition leader” María Corina Machado. The Nobel Peace laureate (ha!) was said to be “in hiding” before that, in fear of the Maduro regime.

It’s a ridiculous story, but we live in the age of ridiculous stories.

In terms of reaction, the predictable people from each side are having their pre-programmed reactions. There’s going to be a lot of talk about sovereignty and the greater good in the next few weeks.

…but I can’t help but feel this is just another story designed to set a meta-narrative.

The US is going to heel turn and take down the notion of national interests and “old-fashioned individualism” in the process. Since it’s about oil, we’ll be told this is one more reason to focus on renewable energy, and that climate change is making warfare more likely and is thus an international security emergency.

People who die in “climate or energy conflicts” will be added to the “climate-related deaths” statistics.

And you know what would stop things like this from happening?

Global government.

But what do you guys think?

  • Will Maduro be tried?
  • If convicted, what will his sentence be?
  • What will happen to Venezuela’s oil now?
  • Will other world leaders support or condemn Trump? and will the UN do anything about it?

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Martillo
Martillo
Jan 11, 2026 3:25 PM

Release the Epstein Mossad Orange Adolf pedovore kiddyporn clips
before the demented, geriatric beast gets the planet burned crispy by the demonic Khazarian squatters genociding the Semitic people of occupied Palestine.

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 9, 2026 11:26 PM

PEOPLE OF QOM, IRAN FLOOD THE STREETS in support of the Supreme Leader and against US-Israeli instigations

https://t.me/IntelRepublic

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 9, 2026 5:52 PM

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the recent riots were planned and directed by Israel and the United States as part of an ongoing campaign to push the country into insecurity.

In a Friday statement, the council said that even after the 12-day war in June, Israel has continued “oppression against Iranians” through “hybrid warfare,” changing tactics but not abandoning its hostility toward Iran’s steadfast nation.

The SNSC said the latest incidents, while initially sparked by protests over market instability, were “drawn into scenes of insecurity through the guidance and design of Israel.”

It added that recent remarks by US President Donald Trump point to “a joint design between these two regimes to make the life of the Iranian nation insecure.”

Iranian officials have repeatedly stressed a distinction between peaceful protest and violence. The council said it was “clear” that those genuinely protesting economic conditions would not worsen the situation by inflicting further economic damage or adding insecurity alongside existing hardships.

Referring to acts such as the burning of the Iranian flag and attacks on statues of General Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the IRGC Quds Force, the statement said, “No person of honor allows national symbols such as the flag to be insulted, let alone set on fire.” It added that “no dignified Iranian would allow insults to the statue of the symbol of national resistance, Haj Qassem Soleimani, much less burn it.”

The SNSC said the Iranian nation had already demonstrated its strength during the 12-day war, when “national solidarity forced the enemy into strategic defeat,” and added that the same unity would now “render their sabotage tactics ineffective.”

The council said the presence of security and law enforcement forces is aimed at preventing chaos and ensuring public safety, stressing that these forces stand “alongside the proud and resilient nation” to neutralize Israel’s destabilization plot and that of its “godfather, the United States.”

It warned that security forces and the judiciary “will show no leniency whatsoever toward saboteurs.”

The remarks echo statements by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who has said the Islamic Republic “will not back down against vandals” and will not tolerate those acting as foreign mercenaries.

He also urged unity on Friday, saying “a united nation overcomes any enemy,” and dismissed US claims of supporting the Iranian people.

The unrest has continued for several days, with officials saying rioters exploited public concern over rising living costs and the sharp depreciation of the rial to incite violence.

Iranian authorities have acknowledged the legitimacy of peaceful economic grievances and vowed to address them, while blaming unilateral US sanctions—targeting Iran’s central bank and oil exports—for much of the economic strain.

Security and judicial authorities say they have dismantled several armed terror cells and arrested foreign-linked operatives amid the unrest, which has claimed the lives of several law enforcement officers.

Iranian officials say acts of violence have been openly encouraged by American and Israeli figures, including Trump’s repeated warnings that Washington could attack Iran if what he called “peaceful protesters” were harmed, and statements by former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alluding to Mossad involvement and separatist plots.

Iran’s top security body: US, Israel orchestrating riots to drag country into insecurity

Jerry Alatalo
Jerry Alatalo
Jan 9, 2026 8:45 PM
Reply to  brianborou

It should come as no surprise to those who’ve done a moderate level of study on Iran that recent protests would have a “Zionist Tint” similar to the January 3 kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Lopez.

See: https://onenessofhumanity.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/the-zionist-tint-explained/

antonym
antonym
Jan 9, 2026 1:18 PM

The US doesn’t need Venezuelan oil, Canada has the same sour oil. The problem was that Maduro was interfering with the CIA’s side bu$iness of cocaine. Afghan heroine out of reach already. Phentanol with the CCP.

Jaw Nervin'
Jaw Nervin'
Jan 9, 2026 7:17 PM
Reply to  antonym

Douglas Valentine reveals the architecture of all those high level drug crimes, in all his Phoenix Program history books, several, since 2000s, and how it was developed in Vietnam and neighbours 60 years back. Then imported here, for domestic use, and now exported worldwide. [I tend to believe most of what he says, simply because all the pieces of the puzzle fit into the backstory I’ve been following since high school 60 years ago, updated constantly when learning of more hidden crimes.]

His 2017 book “THE CIA AS ORGANIZED CRIME” gives its whole hidden history, as far as I can tell, pretty accurate, and shows the anatomy of how we got to this global crime spree,.

As based in Langley.

~~~~~~~

Global PSA: Don’t miss two Netflix exclusives, such Deep Crime revealing documentaries by Errol Morris: WORMWOOD from 2017, and CHAOS: The Manson Murders (the latter came out only in March, and is 2 hours).

So insightful.

Scary movies, for very real, but must-see all the same.

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 9, 2026 10:40 AM

After nearly two weeks of diminishing the protests, the msm are now presaging the downfall of the regime.

Huge anti-government protests across Iran | BBC News
BBC News
Jan 9, 2026
Huge crowds of protesters have been marching through Iran’s capital and other cities, videos show, in what is said to be the largest show of force by opponents of the clerical establishment in years.
The demonstrations in Tehran and the second city of Mashhad on Thursday evening were not dispersed by security forces.
It was the 12th consecutive day of unrest that has been sparked by anger over the collapse of the Iranian currency and has spread to more than 100 cities and towns across all 31 of Iran’s provinces, according to human rights groups.
The US-based Human Rights Activist News Agency said at least 34 protesters – five of them children – and eight security personnel have been killed, and that 2,270 other protesters have been arrested.
Norway-based monitor Iran Human Rights said at least 45 protesters, including eight children, have been killed by security forces.
BBC Persian has confirmed the deaths and identities of 22 people, while Iranian authorities have reported the deaths of six security personnel.

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 8, 2026 1:47 PM

In case anyone doubts that many many Venezuelans are angry about the murder of Venezuelans and the kidnapping of their President elect.

Venezuelans demonstrate in support of kidnapped president Nicolas Maduro

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 8, 2026 11:05 AM

The Beginning of the End

https://www.turbulenttimes.co.uk/news/front-page/middle-east-the-temperature-rises
Middle East: the temperature rises
By Richard North – January 8, 2026
Despite an almost complete news blackout from the British legacy media, it is still possible to stay in touch with events in Iran via social media as the protests there continue uninterrupted into their twelfth day.

To keep the momentum going, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has called for nationwide protests today and tomorrow . . . and while the Wall Street Journal thinks that the protests aren’t yet larger enough to topple the regime, the combination of the regime’s undeniable failures and new American pressure raises the chances. This isn’t 2009, the paper says, when Barack Obama stayed mute to appease the Ayatollah.

https://funker530.com/video/nsfw-drive-by-assassins-take-out-iranian-police-chief
This short but brutal GoPro clip shows the assassination of Mahmoud Haqiqat in Iranshahr, Iran, necessitating viewer discretion. He was the commander of the local police station, and prior to that, Haqiqat headed up the police’s intelligence division. His work enabled the targeting, arrests and interrogations of ethnic Balochs who were opposed to the ruling Iranian regime. Although it has been rumored that this strike was related to the current protests and riots, Baloch Jihadist group Jaish al-Adl has also been named as responsible. The assassins pull alongside Haqiqat and the man riding shotgun puts accurate fire through the window, appearing to strike him in the head several times before his car veers off-road, eventually hitting a tree.

Chilling footage: Iranian police commander killed in drive-by ambush amid protests
NEWS9 Live
Jan 8, 2026
A high-ranking Iranian police officer, Mahmoud Haqiqat, was killed on Wednesday in a drive-by shooting. The killing took place in the southern province of Sistan & Baluchestan. The attackers ambushed Haqiqat while he was driving his car and fired multiple rounds at him.
The accused men recorded the attack on camera and later shared it online. A probe has been initiated, and efforts are underway to identify the accused killers. The attack comes just a day after a senior police officer was killed in clashes with protesters in western Iran. The officer was shot by the armed protesters in Malekshahi in Ilam province.

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 8, 2026 1:41 PM

” To keep the momentum going, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has called for nationwide protests..”

After backing Israel, Iran’s self-styled crown prince loses support
Critics argue Reza Pahlavi’s monarchical ambitions and ties to Israel undermine his claims of advocating for democracy

Hours before a ceasefire took effect between Israel and Iran on June 24, the son of Iran’s last shah, Reza Pahlavi, held a televised news conference in the French capital, Paris.

Dressed in a grey suit and blue tie with his hair combed back, the 64-year-old exiled (and self-styled) crown prince of the monarchy that Iranians overthrew in 1979 urged the United States not to give Iran’s government a “lifeline” by restarting diplomatic talks on its nuclear programme.

But the mass protests Pahlavi encouraged never materialised.

Instead, many Iranians – including those opposed to the government – rallied around the flag in a moment of attack by a foreign force. It appears that Pahlavi, who said in his Paris speech that he was ready to replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and lead Iranians down a “road of peace and democratic transition”, had misread the room.

After backing Israel, Iran’s self-styled crown prince loses support | Israel-Iran conflict News | Al Jazeera

Signs of Uprising in Sistan-o-Balochistan: Regional Implications of Mossad-RAW Nexus – Sri Lanka Guardian

” The Beginning of the End”

To misquote Churchill, it is nowhere near the end of the beginning !

Brianberou
Brianberou
Jan 9, 2026 12:39 PM
Reply to  brianborou
Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 8, 2026 6:23 PM

Update by Funker530

https://funker530.com/video/nsfw-update-drive-by-assassins-take-out-iranian-police-chief

UPDATE: Although the assassination of Iranian police chief Mahmoud Haqiqat did in fact occur, the footage here is being confused with and incorrectly attributed to the event by multiple sources. Funker530’s own Will Kilmore confirmed the shooting shown here to be an ISIS attack in Iraq, 2014.- CS

mysea
mysea
Jan 8, 2026 10:22 AM

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Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 8, 2026 11:17 AM
Reply to  mysea

Keep Up!

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Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 8, 2026 6:52 PM

What is happening in the second?
Are Trump and MAGA celebrating the rapture of Maduro?

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 8, 2026 7:37 PM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen

The performance of Nessun Dorma at Trump rallies is a reference to the payback scene in Sum of All Fears. However, like the Bushes, Clintons and Bidens, I think it likely that Maduro did a deal.

Martillo
Martillo
Jan 8, 2026 7:40 AM

Will the demented Orange moron have to blow the planet to prevent the ensuing “embarrassment” should his best buddy’s Mossad Nutnyahoo kiddyporn clips ever be released in the “prurient interest”? What has the aging, faltering psychopath to lose when his coterie of ZionaZi demons pull the plug and poke the Bear and clip the Dragon once too often?

Forget about the inevitable co££ap$€ of their worthless fiat filth and attendant chaos, the madness of the Orange Utang looks ever more likely to unleash an extinction “event” as he flounders in the Washing town sewer and Petey Hogset gets ever more stoked as his idiot “Minister of War” crimes. Never, ever underestimate the viciousness of a narcisstic, decadent, ignorant, blackmailed thug.

Release the Epstein Mossad kiddyporn tapes!

DENIER
DENIER
Jan 8, 2026 4:29 PM
Reply to  Martillo

The only “extinction event” in this space-time continuum exists in their Bible-addled brain rot. There are no “nukes” and you know the “tapes” are long gone!

antonym
antonym
Jan 7, 2026 9:27 AM
Martillo
Martillo
Jan 8, 2026 7:42 AM
Reply to  antonym

Gee but that surely justifies centuries of anglosaxon and angloZionaZi barbarity.

Armando Romani
Armando Romani
Jan 8, 2026 5:36 PM
Reply to  antonym

You are one big self-contradictory cartoon of a troll. A border skirmish over disputed territory with no injuries is not an invasion, and it could have easily been a false flag anyway. On the other hand, your heroes in the “only democracy in the ME” are constantly invading and occupying all their neighbors while openly committing genocide.

Balkydj
Balkydj
Jan 8, 2026 7:43 PM
Reply to  Armando Romani

Antonym Paradoxically ? – A.P. ? Associated Press Agent Provocateur ? 😂

Well I never … 😂 though, I must say it did occur to me over… & over again,

A decade ago .. . EasyJetInjection😂 rollin’ Synonymously , with ‘Paki-Bash’.

antonym
antonym
Jan 9, 2026 2:18 AM
Reply to  Armando Romani

Life is not black and white only; color exists. Truth has many facets ans our limited minds can only approach it by seeing many.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 8, 2026 6:56 PM
Reply to  antonym

Meaning there is equal shit on both sides.
This means also that the US Supreme Court could condemn Maduro, sodomise him with a rusty knife like Gaddafi was, and hang him as Saddam was hanged…in public so we all can see USA is doing it equally…..for our Security in freedom.

TFS
TFS
Jan 6, 2026 8:33 PM

The West and its Friends In Low Places have DECLARED WAR on the institutions setup in the aftermath of WW2.

The West and its Friends In Low Places are shitting on the memory of the Holocaust victims and those who sacrificed their lives during WW2.

The West and its Friends In Low Places have DECLARED WAR (WW3) on the Human Population.

rawmilkladie
rawmilkladie
Jan 6, 2026 9:09 PM
Reply to  TFS

shitting on the memory of the Holocaust victims?

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TFS
TFS
Jan 6, 2026 9:40 PM
Reply to  rawmilkladie

The West and Friends In Low Places supporting the carrying out of ethnic cleansing/genocide by Pissrael, IS NOT SHITTING ON THEIR MEMORY?

You think NEVER AGAIN, had an exception for the State of Pissrael, Gods Chosen and alleged mouthpiece for ALL Jewish People, written in the margins in really, REALLY small lettering, THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD MISSED?

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 8, 2026 6:59 PM
Reply to  rawmilkladie

Dont push on the link. Its a worm.

DENIER
DENIER
Jan 7, 2026 8:32 PM
Reply to  TFS

I shit on the false victims.

Hail
Hail
Jan 6, 2026 6:46 PM

Let me guess.?
Apart of the greater isntreal project…
The J pillers are so woke.

Hail
Hail
Jan 6, 2026 6:42 PM

Musks MSpaceX’s Starlink is offering free broadband internet service to the people of Venezuela through Feb. 3

VaccinesToday
https://www.vaccinestoday.eu ›

Oct 8, 2025 — Thanks to cooperation with GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, Ukraine has secured a full supply of vaccines for the National Immunisation Schedule.

Free internet and vaccines.

Look what the terrorists have done since THE USA left.

The Taliban suspends polio vaccine campaign in Afghanistan

Martillo
Martillo
Jan 8, 2026 7:46 AM
Reply to  Hail

“Musk” like BeZos and Zuckerberg, Thiel, Soros, Altman Epstein etc etc etc are all Al CIAduh slash Mossad cutouts, an assortment of idiot crisis actor$ owned by the angloZionaZi cabal of undead demons of the global pedovore elite.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 6, 2026 6:23 PM

As Hillary Clinton said: “Why are we producing all these weapons if we are not using them?”. I am asking the same thing: Why Mr. Anderson, why???

landy
landy
Jan 6, 2026 4:17 PM

“Who would have thought it”
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Cured
Cured
Jan 6, 2026 6:26 PM
Reply to  landy

Puppets, they know nothing. Just following a script. Actors.

Front of house enemies. The outer circle..

Jaw Nervin'
Jaw Nervin'
Jan 9, 2026 7:22 PM
Reply to  Cured

Porch Masons

The Real Edwige
The Real Edwige
Jan 6, 2026 8:13 AM

Venezuela…. Greenland next?….

https://substack.com/@thedukereport/note/c-195418579

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 6, 2026 12:22 PM

Then USA become BIGGER than Russia. That is the whole idea of it all. USA cant live on this planet with a country who are BIGGER than USA. BIG BIG BIG BIIIIIIIG. Got it?
It is as simple as that!

antonym
antonym
Jan 6, 2026 1:10 AM

Why did a Venezuelan president needed a Cuban body guard?? Are Venezuelans not to be trusted? These Cubans turned out to be useless BTW.

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 6, 2026 10:54 AM
Reply to  antonym

Why did a Venezuelan president needed a Cuban body guard??

Maybe Maduro was being held captive?

Jaw Nervin'
Jaw Nervin'
Jan 9, 2026 7:28 PM

Whatever the case, or the answer, I strongly opine that we are not hearing at all the real story, all the Venezuela facts are occulted and then made up to suit certain tastes. Like the makeup of an oscar-winning actress!

That kind of duplicity, and strategic deceptions, I learned about from reading John Perkins books about 20 years ago, that Confessions of an Economic Hitman series of his.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 6, 2026 12:08 PM
Reply to  antonym

Educated.

landy
landy
Jan 6, 2026 4:19 PM
Reply to  antonym

hear ya go amended it for you.

Why did a USA president needed a manly looking Slovenian wife?
Are the white USA women not to be trusted? 

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 6, 2026 6:10 PM
Reply to  landy

Education.

DENIER
DENIER
Jan 8, 2026 4:39 PM
Reply to  antonym

Oh look- it’s the resident hasbara whataboutery bot!

Maduro should have hired an Israeli guard for total trust! 😂

Marfanoid
Marfanoid
Jan 6, 2026 1:00 AM

Tony Blair

judith
judith
Jan 6, 2026 12:43 AM

There is a character on the british tv show W1A, a scathing comed about the bbc, who when confronted with ridiculous ideas, statements, suggestions just utters “Bollocks”.
I think of him constantly now.
Epstein, Kirk, WW3, endless wars, tariffs, overthrows….
I cannot understand why people attribute this particular bollocks of the day to Trump, or any other politician.
He’s doing what he’s told. They all are.
It’s all such a dog and pony show now.
It’s truly insane.
I can’t read or watch any of it. Even independent journalists. Even you guys.
Scripted. Just like Charlie Kirk, and the other bollocks.

Sofia
Sofia
Jan 6, 2026 7:17 AM
Reply to  judith

I was thinking exactly the same. I’ve been taking a break from social media and have just allowed myself to keep YouTube. My feed is now full of this stuff from independent journalists. Just stop now! Seriously this event couldn’t be more theatrical. It’s like they’ve really not bothered about making this stuff look real anymore. They are f***ing with all our heads. Let’s just get on with making a better world. Let’s not lose focus on that.

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 6, 2026 3:54 PM
Reply to  judith

Never mind the bollocks.

rawmilkladie
rawmilkladie
Jan 6, 2026 9:10 PM
Reply to  judith

Scripted. Just like Charlie Kirk,

OG top authors thought this was real.

judith
judith
Jan 7, 2026 12:16 AM
Reply to  rawmilkladie

That’s OK. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I just think it was fake.

Thom 9
Thom 9
Jan 5, 2026 8:04 PM

As many people have pointed out we have seen this all before we need only look back to the invasion of Panama to see the playbook in use now and then.
And did I mention regime change lately ..lol
Because the list is getting longer and longer by the day it seems.
Next up Columbia? Mexico? Greenland? Taiwan” Canada? Lol
You have to hand it to President Trump and his handlers no one “wags the dog” better.
PS Cartel boys beware!!!

Carlo
Carlo
Jan 5, 2026 1:59 PM

The media have conveniently neglected the Silver heist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc1Adgk9Czw

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 5, 2026 10:16 PM
Reply to  Carlo

What silver heist? I cant see nothing. Only my 3 oz price doubled. Those international bankers bastards doubled the prize of my silver by market manipulation.
But they are not gonna get it. I am not selling!

Lu1
Lu1
Jan 6, 2026 11:03 AM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen

Wait until its a quarter of current and sell it for half the original.

You deserve it.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 6, 2026 12:31 PM
Reply to  Lu1

You dont understand it. You buy gold and silver not to be rich, but to not be poor.
I have my 3 oz silver to survive the day Wall Street crack, and you walk around with a wheel barrow full of paper dollars to buy 1 piece of bread! German-Hyperinflation-Wheelborrow.jpg (620×357)

Lu1
Lu1
Jan 6, 2026 3:42 PM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen

You buy gold and silver not to be rich, but to not be poor.

Wealth is relative, if you can find a caveman ask him.

If you can still buy one apple when nobody else can, you are still rich.

Allegedly only God knows the future. If he’s given Felon Musk the answer to fusion then your silver will be like paper too.

Let’s face it Erik, you think you have a free will, so you can’t be that smart just lucky with the silver so far but for how long.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 6, 2026 6:20 PM
Reply to  Lu1

Old universal rules. Its so simple, but people always think they can do it better: Diversity is the keyword!

3 oz silver, a little gold, some dollares, the Bible, some euroes, some china rice, and a hacienda in Marbella Spain, a llittle cottage in Scotland, and a little favela wood house with a wife in Brazil, a sail yacht, and you are safe!

Lu1
Lu1
Jan 6, 2026 6:48 PM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen

“Its so simple”

Remember that when they reset your social credit score to zero.

You are nearly as funny as bro bero :- )

rawmilkladie
rawmilkladie
Jan 6, 2026 9:11 PM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen

the Bible 😂 

Republicofscotland
Republicofscotland
Jan 5, 2026 1:57 PM

Utterly disgraceful to see the democratically elected president of Venezuela, and his wife hands bound, all but frogmarched from a US helicopter onto Yankee soil like some sort of US death row prisoners heading for the gas chambers – the US is a Terrorist/Pirate State, and it will continue to illegally abduct, regime change, invade attack and murder with impunity in other nations around the globe.

Today might is right – and International Law is dead – the US Terrorist/Pirate State, China, Russia and possibly a few other nations aside, will do what it wants, and who will stop them? no nation outside the ones I’ve mentioned and a few other with viable nukes will stand in a military sense against the USA – when he’s done with Maduro and Venezuela – Trump will go after Cuba and Colombia, and after a while he WILL go after Greenland as well, I mean who’s going to stop him? the toothless UN, the EU? no chance they’ll find someway to fall in line with the US narrative – which will be – we need Greenland for protection, and Cuba and Colombia were killing innocent citizens and sending drugs to the US.

Scratching head
Scratching head
Jan 5, 2026 12:52 PM

Bully on the block. Borrowed the concept of Duterte’s war on drugs. But later on said they will run the country. It all about oil.

aspnaz
aspnaz
Jan 5, 2026 12:33 PM

Trump tries to assassinate Putin then goes on to kidnap Maduro …. looks like 2026 is warming up.

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 5, 2026 10:29 AM

A few dozen Venezuelans protest in support of Maduro!

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15432765/Chaos-Caracas-Supporters-Nicolas-Maduro-streets-protests.html

We must focus all of our energy and might on ELECTION FRAUD!!

– Trump

STOLEN ELECTIONS
Ep 45 – Going Rogue with Lara Logan
Nov 21, 2025
Gary Berntsen & Ralph Pezzullo explain how America’s enemies, foreign & domestic, are stealing the Republic. 

We dissect the controversial involvement of Smartmatic in the U.S. election system and explore the swirling allegations of manipulation and fraud. Our discussion probes deep into electoral malfeasance, questioning the integrity of the very systems that uphold our Republic. Expect a thorough examination of the evidence and sentiments surrounding these topics, drawing connections that extend all the way to Venezuela.

(0:00:00) – Exposing the True Power Players
(0:04:34) – The Stolen Elections Investigation
(0:10:04) – Foreign Influence
(0:20:12) – Uncovering Election Fraud Networks
(0:30:12) – Persecuted Christians
(0:35:41) – Revealing Evidence
(0:39:42) – Foreign Election Interference 
(0:44:13) – Foreign Influence in US Intelligence
(0:58:08) – Global Election Fraud Networks
(1:06:33) – The Cartels’ Global Influence
(1:11:42) – Infiltration of American Institutions
(1:23:04) – Uncovering Election Fraud 
(1:31:51) – Chinese Hybrid Warfare in US Elections
(1:44:47) – Investigating Election Fraud Networks
(1:55:24) – Father-Son Diplomatic Bond
(2:01:13) – State Department Covert Actions 
(2:10:09) – The Fight to Save America
(2:15:56) – Cartel Connections

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 5, 2026 4:38 PM

Because voting changes things.

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 5, 2026 5:41 PM

Just a reminder, US policy papers like 2009 Brookings’ “Which Path to Persia” focused on the overthrow and destruction of Iran list a number of options including sanctions, color revolution, terrorism, proxy war using Israel, and outright US war – all options the US has now repeatedly used and will continue using both one after the other as well as in combination. 

Riots in Iran will be combined with all of these other options including terrorism and almost certainly additional military aggression by proxy and directly when the opportunity presents itself…

 Continuity of Agenda: US President Donald Trump publicly announces US-backing of Iranian opposition – as per decades of neo-con regime change ambitions targeting the Islamic Republic.

Decades of US policy papers have sought to undermine and overthrow Iran – not because it poses a threat to US national security inside the US – but because it obstructs US domination over the Middle East and the rest of the world.

The only thing that changed in January 2025 was the face you had to look at and the lies you had to listen to as US primacy continued forward uninterrupted.

President Trump is “locked and loaded” to pick up exactly where Biden/Obama/Bush left off.

Brian Berletic’s New Atlas Channel – Telegram

Which path to Persia? : options for a new American strategy toward Iran
Title

  • Which path to Persia? : options for a new American strategy toward Iran

Other Title

  • Options for a new American strategy toward Iran

Summary

  • “Presents policy options available to the U.S. in crafting a new strategy toward Iran. Considers four solutions: diplomacy, military, regime change, and containment, pointing out that none is ideal and all involve heavy costs, significant risks, and potentially painful trade-offs. Addresses how these could be combined, producing an integrated strategy”–Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Pollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966-
  • Brookings Institution. Saban Center for Middle East Policy.

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

Contents

  • The trouble with Tehran : U.S. policy options toward Iran — Dissuading Tehran : the diplomatic options — An offer Iran shouldn’t refuse : persuasion — Tempting Tehran : the engagement option — Disarming Tehran : the military options — Going all the way : invasion — The Osiraq option : airstrikes — Leave it to Bibi : allowing or encouraging an Israeli military strike — Toppling Tehran : regime change — The velvet revolution : supporting a popular uprising — Inspiring an insurgency : supporting Iranian minority and opposition groups — The coup : supporting a military move against the regime — Deterring Tehran : containment — Accepting the unacceptable : containment — Crafting an integrated Iran policy : connecting the options.

Which path to Persia? : options for a new American strategy toward Iran | Library of Congress

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 5, 2026 6:51 PM
Reply to  brianborou

There’s perhaps about a thousand people in that crowd. When Chavez was first elected, he could draw crowds in the hundred thousands. But there’s nothing like that now.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 5, 2026 11:21 PM

millones de venezolanos

Brianberou
Brianberou
Jan 6, 2026 8:50 AM

“ ..son milliones de venezolanos..”

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 6, 2026 9:44 AM
Reply to  Brianberou

The statement and the image don’t tally!

Brianberou
Brianberou
Jan 7, 2026 9:05 AM

“ The statement….” So the Daily Mail is the Oracle about Venezuela?

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 7, 2026 9:46 AM
Reply to  Brianberou

Translation of YOUR post:

You won’t see these images on TV, there are millions of Venezuelans walking the streets of Venezuela asking for the release of hostage Nicolas Maduro, kidnapped by U.S. imperialist terrorists.

The mercenary press only shows images of squalid traitors abroad who celebrate the invasion of “their country”, but never shows you the Venezuelans who live in Venezuela and who ask for Maduro’s return.

The media must be judged as complicit in war crimes, their lies are weapons used to justify genocide and invasions against other innocent peoples.

I’m referring to the images you supplied which show around a thousand people. In the image in the Daily Mail there are a few dozen.

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 7, 2026 3:17 PM

Hmm, since when has the Daily Mail been a seeker of truth

Poor Reliability
The Daily Mail has a poor reputation for reliability and does include completely fabricated material.[1]

Banning on Wikipedia
In February 2017, Wikipedia editors decided that the Daily Mail should no longer be accepted as a source, due to “poor fact-checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication.” [2]

September 11, 2001
The Daily Mail has consistently backed the 9-11 Official narrative,..

Daily Mail – Wikispooks

And there are many many more instances of the Daily Mail’s ” reliability”

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 7, 2026 9:47 AM
Reply to  Brianberou

BTW: I couldn’t be bothered replying to you anymore. The whole process is painfully retarded.

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 7, 2026 3:19 PM

Try finding reliable sources and you will be more enlightened !

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 8, 2026 12:47 AM

Here is your image you want then. This is BBC and say ‘hundreds of thousands*. Satisfied?
But notice they are opposition against Maduro. Probably organised and paid by the usual ‘Agencies’ for regime change operations.
_92104744_771bff07-1bca-4a53-ab3a-24588251cc61.jpg (640×360)

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 8, 2026 9:51 AM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 8, 2026 7:05 PM
Reply to  brianborou

My link is from BBC claiming the hundreds thousands are against Maduro, and you link is from Iran claiming the protesters are in favour of Maduro.

Whatever photoshopping they make, I think the Iranian version sounds and looks much more plausible.

Chicot
Chicot
Jan 6, 2026 10:05 AM

True. Maduro was neither as popular nor as capable as Chavez. Of course, the economic blockade didn’t actually help. Still doesn’t justify his kidnapping though. In a nutshell, the US is a gangster state. Maduro refused to join the protection racket and paid the price.

theobalt
theobalt
Jan 7, 2026 8:41 AM
Reply to  Chicot

Or he accepted the bribe and let them in

Chicot
Chicot
Jan 7, 2026 9:42 AM
Reply to  theobalt

Certainly possible but I doubt it. Don’t think he’d want to spend years in a US jail. If he somehow gets off that would make it look more likely.

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 7, 2026 3:22 PM
Reply to  theobalt

Sounds like the 4 Ukrainians in a boat yarn about the Nord stream 2 explosion.

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 5, 2026 6:58 PM
Reply to  brianborou

My post concerns Venezuela’s role in stolen elections; including the US in 2020. Your post concerns Iran and belongs elsewhere.

Brianberou
Brianberou
Jan 6, 2026 8:52 AM

Iran, Venezuela they follow a similar plan by the string pullers of the US !

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 6, 2026 9:45 AM
Reply to  Brianberou

It’s just basic netiquette

Brianberou
Brianberou
Jan 7, 2026 9:07 AM

Except there are huge holes in their “ netiquette “

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 6, 2026 12:40 PM

Meaning Venezuela and Iran destroyed our Democracy in US in the most sneaky way by showing leadership behind the curtains and behind the back of the innocent American people, and they also did it under the tables.

Now I understand it all much better. Thank you.

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 6, 2026 1:07 PM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen

No, it’s just an argument on another thread being carried over on to this one. As indicated by that thread, I consider Iran to be an important issue. The issues are related, but they deserve separate discussions.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 8, 2026 12:35 AM
Reply to  brianborou

Yes it looks to me like the mask just shifted from Bush, to Obama, to Biden, to Trump. Same shit all over.

Exactly same regime change operation concepts, Colour Revolutions, Disgusting Brutality and Behaviour in full global Public, Full spectrum Global Dominance.

My Lai Massacres, Fallujah massacres, Gaza Massacres, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo.
US cant get enough, performers of perverse sadistic anti-human exhibition.

Hail
Hail
Jan 6, 2026 6:44 PM

Lost is really lost.
This is woke right msmplus Q red pill at its finest.

Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 6, 2026 8:36 PM
Reply to  Hail

The man with a plan!

https://x.com/mikepompeo/status/2007180411638620659
Jan 2, 2026
The Iranian regime is in trouble. Bringing in mercenaries is its last best hope. 
Riots in dozens of cities and the Basij under siege — Mashed, Tehran, Zahedan. Next stop: Baluchistan.  
47 years of this regime; POTUS 47. Coincidence?
Happy New Year to every Iranian in the streets. Also to every Mossad agent walking beside them…

It’s ‘pretty rich’ to hear Russia and China complain about this: Mike Pompeo
Fox News
Jan 4, 2026
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro projects strength abroad on ‘The Big Weekend Show.

brianborou
brianborou
Jan 7, 2026 3:25 PM
Lost in a dark wood
Lost in a dark wood
Jan 7, 2026 4:25 PM
Reply to  brianborou

Thank you for underlining my point; i.e. that Pompeo is “the man with a plan”. It’s the point I’ve been stating since his Hudson address in June 2022. See (for instance):
https://off-guardian.org/2022/08/03/nancy-pelosi-taiwan-yet-another-fake-binary
Lost in a dark wood – Aug 3, 2022 8:24 PM

We lied, we cheated, we stole. We had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.

Brianberou
Brianberou
Jan 7, 2026 11:07 PM

‘ “ ..the man with a plan..” ‘

Yes, here is an example of him In action with a “ plan “.

“ Syria

In July 2017, Ludwig De Braeckeleer on Intel Today alleged that the then CIA Director was obviously lying when he said that he had assembled “a couple hundred folks at the Agency” in order to solve the Khan Sheikhun chemical attack in less than 24 hours.

Mike Pompeo had said in a speech:

“I’ve now spent six months nearly working for President Trump. He is a demanding customer, and frankly, we like it that way. It shows he depends on us and values what we do. Let me give you a brief example to illustrate that point.

“Back in April one afternoon, I got a call from the president. He wants to talk about some disturbing images that he saw coming in from Syria. I’m sure you saw many of them yourselves, scenes of innocent civilians writhing in agony, the apparent victims of chemical weapon attacks.

The president had a very direct message for me. He wanted to know exactly what had happened and he wants to know quickly. So, we assembled a crack team — a couple hundred folks at the Agency — to begin to diagnose and understand what had taken place.

They began piecing together evidence, working closely with some outstanding partners from across the Intelligence Community.

“The next day the president called the cabinet together. Then he turned to me and asked what we had learned. Several of us shared what we now knew. I told them that the intelligence community had concluded that chemical weapons had indeed been used in the attack and launched by the Syrian regime.”

De Braekeleer commented:

“As soon as I heard that part of the speech, I felt something was wrong: ‘You
can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.’

“And you sure cannot produce a complex intelligence report in less than 24 hours by assembling 200 analysts…”[11]

Pompeii was succeeded by Gina Haspel in 2018, Pompeo himself becoming US Secretary of State. “

Brianberou
Brianberou
Jan 7, 2026 11:12 PM
The Real Edwige
The Real Edwige
Jan 5, 2026 9:03 AM
Lu1
Lu1
Jan 5, 2026 1:40 PM

Machado, presumably the next leader

Thin piece of paper between them:

After Russia announced it had registered the Covid-19 vaccine, which it has named Sputnik V, Mr Maduro congratulated it on its achievement. He also said on that he would be the first to get inoculated. “The first one to be vaccinated will be me”.31 Aug 2020

95% of humanity do not realise this – they are gullible, guilty, self-centred, stupid, evil a-holes.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 6, 2026 12:42 PM

Supported and backed by Russia with permission from Israel, (like in Syria).

Johnny
Johnny
Jan 5, 2026 8:59 AM

Newsflash!!

Trump has renamed Venezuela:
It’s now called TRUMPSLAND.

I reckon South Texas has a nice ring to it.

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 5, 2026 4:50 PM
Reply to  Johnny

And the twelve months of the year have been changed to his twelve names. And he has announced he will be quarterback for the NY Jets in the Superbowl, and has ordered their regular season record changed to 16-0 and that they be exempted from playoff games. He has announced the Jets will win by 250 points, thanks to his 30 touchdown passes, to commemorate America’s 250th birthday. During the halftime show, he will announce America’s re-naming as Trumpica.

Johnny
Johnny
Jan 5, 2026 9:02 PM
Reply to  kofimoseley

Sounds plausible to me.

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 6, 2026 12:24 AM
Reply to  Johnny

I wonder how many Romans actually called their state Commodiana after Commodus decreed it.

collins
collins
Jan 5, 2026 8:23 AM

Irony of some of The MAGA Republicans Conservatives Populess lot saying they did not vote for this.

in 2024/25 year, Trump has bombed Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Nigeria, Yemen, Venezuela and boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

Trump has now beaten Bush when it comes to invasion.

Refute the facts.

Johnny
Johnny
Jan 5, 2026 8:35 AM
Reply to  collins

Same controllers, different President.

May Hem
May Hem
Jan 5, 2026 5:09 AM

“China has multiple projects in Latin America to sideline US dominance in their own backyard. The Nicaragua Grand Canal to rival the Panama Canal (has stalled due to economic, environment, political hurdles). The Brazil-Peru Bi-Oceanic Corridor – A rail-and-port system connecting Brazil’s Atlantic coast with Peru’s Pacific coast (via the Chancay port), significantly reducing transit times and costs compared to the Panama Canal. The Colombia Dry Channel – A proposed railway linking Colombia’s Pacific port of Buenaventura to the Atlantic, offering a rail-based alternative. Chinese State-subsidised firms have also been increasing investment in Panama’s port infrastructure to expand China’s strategic influence in Latin America.”

Just one of Vanessa Beeley’s 14 points about this latest US crime. She gives a good background summary on the reasons and possible outcomes of this event.

May Hem
May Hem
Jan 5, 2026 5:10 AM
Reply to  May Hem

Forgot to include the link to Vanessa’s article …. https://beeley.substack.com/p/14-points-on-trump-kidnap-of-venezuelan

Big Al
Big Al
Jan 5, 2026 5:44 AM
Reply to  May Hem

Excellent analysis, thanks for sharing. While perusing the US mainstream media outlets for articles and comments to the articles (where allowed and always heavily censored), it was clear that almost no one has any clue about all this. All they know is the company line given to them by Trump and the media. So the support is unbelievable and again, goes along political party lines, even though both parties are completely supportive of the overall “new Monroe Doctrine” agenda. They believe it has to be done or the Empire is kaput.

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 5, 2026 4:55 PM
Reply to  May Hem

China will take a dive. Russia will take a dive. Iran’s leaders will take a dive. And everyone, everywhere who was waiting for the BRICS hero to save them will be without hope and totally demoralized.

jubal hershaw
jubal hershaw
Jan 5, 2026 4:00 AM

Seems President Trump didnt like ‘Maduro’s constant and insufferable “dancing”‘.
https://simplicius76.substack.com/major-questions-finally-answered

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 5, 2026 11:33 PM
Reply to  jubal hershaw

But Ruby and Trump says it was and is about USA’s security so that Americans can feel safe in their homes. Therefore I still support MAGA.

les online
les online
Jan 5, 2026 3:42 AM

When you stop trying to understand AI in human terms
you might get to understand it better” … (anon) …

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 5, 2026 3:27 AM

C’mon keep it real !

The folks behind the moon hologram dictate, surely !

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 5, 2026 3:39 AM
Rhys Jaggar
Rhys Jaggar
Jan 5, 2026 3:20 AM

And there are writers of financial newsletters writing that ‘the stolen oil has been liberated’.

They will say they are giving financial advice, but their politics is one of absolute lawlessness.

Penelope
Penelope
Jan 5, 2026 1:39 AM

Partial Comment by Secy of State Rubio:
“The guy lived on a military base. Land within three minutes, kick down his door, grab him, put him in handcuffs, read him his rights, and leave the country without losing any American”

READ HIM HIS RIGHTS?! HAH HAH HA Is there no end to the hypocrisy?

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 5, 2026 1:34 AM
Rashid
Rashid
Jan 5, 2026 1:27 AM

Is this a reference article?
What you’re saying here is the same as saying nothing… are these the great reports from Offguardian?

collins
collins
Jan 5, 2026 8:32 AM
Reply to  Rashid

Is this a reference article?

They don’t do references, more reposting ; they were very light in what was written so as not to upset the funders.
Take note that OffGuardian did not condemn what Trump and his due team did.
They took the wokeright MAGA light touch to pretend to report while at the same time downplaying.

Truth is great
Truth is great
Jan 5, 2026 12:04 AM

Just shows me the climate change hoax is a BiG HOAX if one country like the hegemonic, demonic country acting a bully can target sovereign nations and steal their oil. Libya, Syria, Iraq, Venezuela…I wander whose next….Iran is my strong guess, all the while drawing attention away from another demonic state, invented by the British and French tp commit genocide, mass murder, land grab and yet the same bully, USA, does nothing to stop that! Wake up people.

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 5, 2026 5:11 PM
Reply to  Truth is great

Mexico kicked out US oil companies too, so add them to the list as well.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 4, 2026 11:47 PM

I urge the United States to show respect for the Venezuelan people, their dignity and their right to freedom.
My advise to Trump is that he should talk it over with Maduro. Give peace a chance Mister President.

Truth is great
Truth is great
Jan 5, 2026 12:06 AM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen

You really think they care! The massses need to take control of their own sovereignty.

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 5, 2026 5:12 PM
Reply to  Erik Nielsen

Funny stuff.

Penelope
Penelope
Jan 4, 2026 11:47 PM

https://cairnsnews.org/2026/01/04/venezuela-selling-oil-in-yuan-trying-to-join-brics/
Once again the headline says it all.

I bet, like me, you can think of some OTHER faces you’d like to see wearing kidnapped masks.

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 4, 2026 11:37 PM
Woden
Woden
Jan 5, 2026 3:34 AM

Brother, please help me understand this. I have been seeing this. (369)

les online
les online
Jan 4, 2026 10:57 PM

The Experts agree, President Trump has developed full-blown TDS !

It appears to be infectious; there is no cure; it can only get worser !!

SusanD
SusanD
Jan 4, 2026 10:55 PM

I had atrial fibrillation before I got the covid vaccine. Now I have congestive heart failure.
I was given the vaccine in a hospital and was not asked if I wanted it (I did not).

Sal P
Sal P
Jan 5, 2026 12:13 AM
Reply to  SusanD

Sorry to read this. Be strong.

Johnny
Johnny
Jan 5, 2026 4:15 AM
Reply to  Sal P

Ditto. Peace be with you.

Captain Birdheart
Captain Birdheart
Jan 5, 2026 2:18 AM
Reply to  SusanD

SUE

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 5, 2026 5:19 PM

YES!!! The murderer will certainly make himself pay a heavy price once he finds himself guilty! And he will note the polite and respectful way that you sought redress for his murdering you when he is calculating the sum he will pay you for killing you, less any taxes and fees owed, of course..

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 5, 2026 5:14 PM
Reply to  SusanD

So you know your murderer. Hmm.

les online
les online
Jan 4, 2026 10:41 PM

Australia’s PM has resisted Intense Pressure to hold a Royal
Commission into an “ism”… The Maduro kidnapping has spooked
him… He fears Agents from The Only Democracy In The Middle East
will adopt Trump’s action and kidnap him, hold him till they get
their demand for a Royal Commission agreed…

May Hem
May Hem
Jan 5, 2026 4:59 AM
Reply to  les online

There is no need to kidnap any Aussie P.M. They are all absolutely obedient to the orders of their US/Zionist masters.

les online
les online
Jan 5, 2026 5:28 AM
Reply to  May Hem

Some “isms” are more dangerous than other “isms” ! (So They Claim !)…
Can we expect a HUAC** to hunt down this “ism” spreaders ?
…….
** HUAC – House Un-Australian Activities Committee…

Gezzah Potts
Gezzah Potts
Jan 5, 2026 5:52 AM
Reply to  May Hem

Any Aussie Prime Minister, regardless of political party, and pretty much all politicians here can’t get on their knees fast enough defending the “great friendship” between Australia and the United States, as well as their bestest buddies in the Middle East. It’s embarrassing and cringeworthy seeing adults behaving like grovelling sycophants. Incidentally May, how many current politicians in Australia have spoken out against Israel and its ongoing genocide in Gaza and have explicitly called for a boycott of Israel for its genocide and continuous war crimes including the murder of journalists, aid workers and health professionals. Anyone? Even one?

Johnny
Johnny
Jan 5, 2026 6:01 AM
Reply to  Gezzah Potts

Bootlicking: it’s a prerequisite for the job.

kofimoseley
kofimoseley
Jan 5, 2026 5:22 PM
Reply to  Johnny

At this point, to be rich too. Will only change with money that comes from the ground.

Johnny
Johnny
Jan 4, 2026 10:02 PM
Johnny
Johnny
Jan 4, 2026 9:57 PM
MartinU
MartinU
Jan 4, 2026 10:28 PM
Reply to  Johnny

Its not that relevant to this article and — believe it or not — its becoming ‘well known’ that there is a connection between Covid and heart problems. My cardiologist said that about 30% of those diagnosed with Covid have a history of atrial fibrillation but was unable to state whether vaccines — specifically mRNA — were involved. Its a good thing that its being investigated; it was a very touchy subject when I asked about it.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled program — “The Empire Strikes (Back?)”. I’ve scanned the criminal complaint issued by our DoJ and it seems pretty thin, it appears that to go from “we don’t like Maduro or his politics” to “he’s a criminal” they’ve got to somehow link him to the Tren de Aragua. This might be a bit tricky but knowing our government’s virtually infinite resources, control of media through various media combines that need favors and its tendency to invent stuff nothing is entirely certain. One thing I am sure of is that it probably wasn’t a smart move to bring Maduro to the US for a show trial. The rules of criminal trials require all sorts of things like discovery which we know will need to reveal things that must be kept secret ‘for national security reasons’ but then we can’t really try him in secret because the world is watching. I reckon that like their plans to rule Venezuela from DC via some puppet (who will either behave “or else”) this indictment hasn’t really been thought through. They’ve just done the easy bit — apply overwhelming force and kidnap a few people.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 4, 2026 11:07 PM
Reply to  MartinU

Nice to see that you are still hoping and believing in America and in the US Legal Court system too…………I mean after all we have been through………. 😂 .

Johnny
Johnny
Jan 5, 2026 4:18 AM
Reply to  MartinU

Thank you for your brilliant insights Martin. I’m in awe of your erudition.

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 4, 2026 11:17 PM
Reply to  Johnny

I am just saying be careful with statistics and old newspapers.

You can get anything out of figures collected by deliberate selections and omissions.

The Author or Scientist doesnt even have to be aware of the claim, it can be done only by cognitive dissonance. You choose the figures after the result you already have informed in your head.

Could these ‘heart risks’ have been caused by passive sitting, depression, stress factors, genetics instead?
I am against vaccines in general, but I am also against false propaganda on the none-vaxx side. Facts on the table whatever they are.

Serapis
Serapis
Jan 4, 2026 9:49 PM

January 2, 2025

Nick Shirley looks like yet another poorly disguised Agentcomment image

Just my opinion as usual, based on the free internet research I show you below Why do I think that?

Because this all happened way too fast to be natural.
This nobody kid comes out of nowhere just a week ago, the day after Christmas, with no credentials and no history—and a suspicious two-year gap in his bio, he reports that an “N” fell off a sign and that some doors were closed at “Somali” daycare centers in Minneapolis, and within two days his channel has 118 million hits and the story breaks at a thousand sites simultaneously, including all the big alternative ones.

How does that work? With no government investigation, Trump announces—based on nothing—that $18 billion have been stolen by fake daycare centers, and the FBI and Justice immediately jump on it. Many Congresspeople also jump heavily onboard, though, as I say, there has been no time for even the most cursory investigation
https://mileswmathis.com/shirley.pdf

Brian Sides
Brian Sides
Jan 5, 2026 7:44 AM
Reply to  Serapis
  • Ted Striker: “Surely you can’t be serious.”
  • Dr. Rumack: “I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley.”
judith
judith
Jan 5, 2026 11:55 AM
Reply to  Serapis

I got about 30 seconds into the bombshell video and turned it off.
I don’t buy it.

les online
les online
Jan 4, 2026 9:23 PM

‘The smell of boiled cabbage permeated everything, everywhere.’ ‘2026’

Heinz
Heinz
Jan 4, 2026 8:45 PM

Russikies plan to kidnap “neo-Nazi”
Merz. As if this would even adjust a
single screw in the rotten system…
https://archive.is/8paiC

Erik Nielsen
Erik Nielsen
Jan 4, 2026 9:48 PM
Reply to  Heinz

Ohh yes, those were the days where everybody bowed when young man walked by. Respect man.

Aloysius
Aloysius
Jan 5, 2026 4:09 AM
Reply to  Heinz

Is that a girl or a boy?

Heinz
Heinz
Jan 5, 2026 3:50 PM
Reply to  Aloysius

(Childless) “Mutti” Merkel’s successor, clearly recognizable on his/her hairdo.

sandy
sandy
Jan 4, 2026 6:30 PM

The latest FOX News dispatch is the most ludicrous, insane, off-the-rails, off the charts, anti-intellectualism since McCarthyism psychosis-virus occupied American society in the 50’s…

[The idea, that the idea of democratic socialism as a governing principle for providing for the social needs of humanity, is the equivalent of a satanic cult (like ’50’s anti-“communism” communism) of inexcusable evil, is literally contravention of constitutional and human rights. Free speech hypocrisy on steroids.]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/second-front-how-socialist-cell-us-mobilized-pro-maduro-foot-soldiers-within-12-hours

Rhys Jaggar
Rhys Jaggar
Jan 5, 2026 3:23 AM
Reply to  sandy

It’s called freedom of speech. The danger is that millions of people believe it.