Korybko: Regime-Tweaking, Not Regime-Change, Is What The US Just Achieved In Venezuela Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, This refers to keeping the targeted state’s power structure in place but after some (at times significant) changes that advance the meddling state’s interests. Some critics of the US’ “special military operation” in Venezuela claim that it didn’t succeed despite President Nicolas Maduro’s […]

Musk & Trump Grab Dinner After Maduro Arrest President Trump and Elon Musk grabbed dinner together at Mar-a-Lago following the US military’s operation to arrest and remove Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.  Via @michaelsolakie Trump had dinner with Elon at Mar-a-Lago and within an hour Starlink was being deployed to Venezuela to aid in the transition and the U.S. oil operation. He never stops working. It’s amazing. […]

First Venezuela, Next Iran? Top US officials have been eager to capitalize on the Trump-ordered military raid on Caracas, which saw the Venezuelan capital bombed and its longtime socialist leader Nicolás Maduro captured without major incident and transferred to US soil where’s facing federal drug charges related to narco-trafficking and gun-running. Hawkish pundits are already clamoring for more muscular action targeting Tehran […]

CIA & Palace Insiders: How The Surprise Raid On Maduro Went Down Since Trump’s Venezuela operation went down just over 24 hours ago, there’s been an avalanche of reporting detailing the high risk gambit of American forces entering the capital of Caracas to kidnap Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Admin officials appear eager to spike the proverbial football and divulge the details, akin to what happened after the complex SEAL raid […]

Diaper Report Authored by Eric Peters, It is six years now since the advent – and normalization of – sickness psychosis (also known as weaponized hypochondria) and it shows a remarkable persistence. Because of course it has been normalized. More than that, actually. It continues to be affirmed as a reasonable rather than aberrant behavior. This business, that is, of seeing but pretending not to notice people walking […]

Who Is Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s Deputy? Venezuela’s former Vice President Delcy Rodríguez is now president of the country, U.S. President Donald Trump said, hours after a U.S. military operation captured former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Jan. 3. “She was just sworn in, but she was, as you know, picked by Maduro,” Trump said. He said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “is working on that […]

Chinese Social Media Explodes: US Invasion Of Venezuela A ‘Template’ For Move On Taiwan A fascinating new report by Bloomberg on Sunday has observed a huge uptick in Chinese social media users weighing in on the decades-long Taiwan independence crisis, in relation to President Trump’s weekend overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. “Trump’s operation against the Venezuelan strongman shot to the top of China’s Weibo […]

Detroit Tries To Balance Gas-Powered Profits While Staying Competitive With China’s EV Surge U.S. automakers are quietly pivoting back toward what they know makes money: large gasoline vehicles. Selling trucks and SUVs is now the fastest path to higher profits, especially as government pressure to push electric vehicles has weakened. Trying to maximize profits from gas cars while keeping pace in EV technology is proving extremely […]

Operation Absolute Resolve: Why Trump Went Off Script And Why It Will Not Matter Authored by Jonathan Turley, It can fairly be said that the most precarious jobs in the world are those of a golf ball collector at a driving range, a mascot at a Chuck E. Cheese, and a Trump Administration lawyer. That was evident at the press conference yesterday as President Donald Trump blew apart the carefully constructed narrative presented […]

Bongino Makes Resignation From FBI Official FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino officially resigned from the bureau on Saturday, hours after President Donald Trump confirmed that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro had been taken into US custody.  FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino (C), accompanied by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro (L) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field […]

Why MSCI’s Upcoming Decision On Bitcoin Treasury Companies Matters Authored by Juan Galt via BitcoinMagazine.com, In a move that could shape corporate Bitcoin adoption, index provider MSCI is set to decide whether to exclude companies holding significant Bitcoin reserves from its global benchmarks. The outcome, due January 15, may influence billions in forced selling and set precedents for how Wall Street views Bitcoin as a […]

Democrats Claim Maduro Capture Is A ‘Distraction’ Democrats immediately denounced President Trump’s operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, calling it an illegal war despite broad precedent supporting the commander-in-chief’s authority to conduct such missions without congressional approval. Even former Vice President Kamala Harris has chimed in. “Donald Trump’s actions in […]

OPEC+ Reaffirms Output Pause As Eight Producers Cite Market Stability Authored by Tom Kool via OilPrice.com, OPEC+ confirmed on Sunday that it will keep oil production steady through the first quarter of 2026, as eight key producers reaffirmed their commitment to market stability amid a steady global economic outlook and what they described as healthy oil market fundamentals. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, […]

Judge Convicted Of Helping Illegal Escape ICE Resigns, Faces 5 Years In Prison A Milwaukee judge who was found guilty last month of obstructing federal agents by letting an illegal immigrant slip through a side door at her courthouse has resigned.  Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted last month on a federal felony charge, was charged by federal prosecutors after she distracted federal agents who were trying to arrest […]

The Bearish Counterpoint: What Could Go Wrong For Markets In 2026? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Wall Street’s market outlook enters 2026 in a bullish mood, albeit with nuance. After three consecutive years of substantial gains in major indexes, many strategists expect the U.S. stock market to extend its rally into another year, with the central Wall Street banks highlighting several drivers supporting […]

Cuba, Venezuela, China, And America’s Left-Wing Revolution Yesterday’s spectacle would have been unthinkable a generation ago. Donald Trump retrieved Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela and brought him to New York to be arraigned in the Southern District. Venezuelans in the diaspora celebrated the symbolic end of a tyrant’s impunity. Meanwhile, in the United States, something stranger happened: American socialist organizations erupted […]

Maduro “Effed Around & Found Out”; Trump Says ‘We Will Run Venezuela’ Until Safe Transition After Operation ‘Absolute Resolve’ Summary: Operation ‘Absolute Resolve’: US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an early morning raid and sent him to the US to face criminal charges. No servicemembers or military equipment was lost US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X that Maduro and his […]

Europe’s AI Ambitions Threatened By Soaring Memory Chip Prices Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The ongoing boom in artificial intelligence is sending memory chip prices skyrocketing, putting pressure on data center operators. Europe currently lacks a strategy to break free from this price spiral. The persistent surge in digitalization, particularly in AI, requires immense data storage capacity and is driving global demand for memory […]

Russia, China Demand That US Immediately Release Maduro From Custody Within mere hours after President Trump announced the Saturday capture by US forces of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after a brief shock bombing campaign and special forces operation in Caracas, Russia has demanded from Washington his immediate release. “We firmly call on the U.S. leadership to reconsider this position and release the lawfully […]

UK Goes Full Cradle-To-Grave With ‘Sinister’ Plan For Newborn Baby Digital IDs Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The UK government’s digital ID push is escalating into outright dystopia, with ministers privately floating the idea of assigning digital identities to newborns right alongside their health records.  This “sinister” expansion, revealed by the Daily Mail, exposes Labour’s true agenda: a lifelong […]

Insider Trading? New Polymarket Account Made 12x Gain On Venezuela Intervention As the dust settles on President Trump’s Friday-night blitz on Venezuela, suspicions of insider trading on the secret operation are rising, after a brand-new Polymarket account scored a huge profit by betting on a US military attack just before it happened. As a result, a US House representative is already preparing to introduce a bill that would […]

Brexit Architect Blows Lid Off Deep State Plot To Destroy Nigel Farage And Reform UK Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Dominic Cummings, the political strategist who oversaw Brexit, has dropped a bombshell warning to Nigel Farage: the UK establishment is plotting to crush him and Reform UK by any means necessary, including illegal tactics, to prevent a populist takeover. As Reform surges in polls and eyes major gains […]

Canceled Flights Across Caribbean Resume After US Captures Maduro Air travel across the Caribbean has normalized after a day of disruptions triggered by a U.S. special forces operation that successfully captured Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro. Late Saturday night, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote on X that “original restrictions around Caribbean airspace are expiring at 12:00 a.m. ET and flights can […]

Germany’s Banking Sector Faces Growing Crisis Amid Record Insolvencies Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The German economic crisis is slowly but surely making its way into the balance sheets of banks. Above all, the crisis in the largely credit-financed Mittelstand is increasingly weighing on savings banks and cooperative banks. The year 2025 is ending as a disastrous year for the German economy. Around 24,000 companies filed for […]

The Misinformation Inquisition: How Censorship Shields Approved Narratives From Scrutiny Authored by Tilak Doshi via Substack, As the year drew to a close, the guardians of climate orthodoxy once again unleashed their ritualistic howls of indignation at the actions of the Trump administration. Last week’s op-ed in The Guardian, Bob Ward and Michael Mann—attack dogs of the alarmist establishment—likened the US government’s […]