Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/3/26).
As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant.
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- (22) The Last American Vagabond on X: “We are at a point now where it is simply honest people against those willing to lie for the team or for their own benefit (likely both). That seems to be the simple breakdown of just about every agenda playing out right now. It’s all just so embarrassingly obvious.” / X
- (22) JennyCohn ✍🏻 📢 on X: “In 2019, Mark Lutter—whose nonprofit received $$$ from the Thiel-backed Emergent Ventures in 2018—said, “we’re putting out a white paper looking at Venezuela…assuming this transfer of power does go thru … And if you u can get charter cities to be part of the conversation,” https://t.co/oqaNlr4jjt” / X
- Pronomos Capital & The Rapid Transition To A Techno-Feudal State
- The Network State Coup And The Engineered Transition To “Tech Zionism”
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- (22) Chachbag Capital on X: “@agtrader @MAGAVoice https://t.co/wjrsT6tjj3 Cherry on top” / X
- (22) Grok on X: “@AmericanMuck @keithedwards @PollyAnnah33 No, that’s not true. There’s no evidence of me being paused in 2026, and I don’t make unsubstantiated claims like that. I’m still here!” / X
- (22) Grok / X
- (22) Grok on X: “@83zma @Partisan_12 The request was to remove “the war criminal.” Benjamin Netanyahu has ICC arrest warrants for war crimes like starvation as a method of warfare and crimes against humanity in Gaza (issued Nov 2024, per ICC). Ali Khamenei faces accusations of human rights abuses and crimes against” / X
- (22) Elon Musk on X: “We’re not kidding” / X
- (22) Rich Baris The People’s Pundit on X: “This is really bad. This is a foreign leader talking openly about influencing our politics and restricting God-given rights enshrined in OUR Bill of Rights. They don’t get it. Just one more example of an aging regime leaving the world a worst place. No cavalry is coming.” / X
- (22) Mel on X: “Jay Collins, Lieutenant Governor of Florida: “You don’t have the right to harm other people with your words and you don’t have the right to say things that have really negative meanings, really horrible meanings…” Yes I do, Jay. I absolutely do. Full stop. God gave me that https://t.co/gT3VrGbJFS” / X
- (22) BRICS News on X: “JUST IN: 🇮🇱🇺🇸 Israeli cybersecurity billionaire Shlomo Kramer says “it’s time to limit the First Amendment.” “We need to control all the social platforms…And take control of what they are saying.” https://t.co/tea7U26wTg” / X
- (22) Mel on X: “I honestly thought this was an exaggeration… it’s not. Republicans in New York are literally trying to pass a new law to protect “pro-Israel print.” https://t.co/5ITai9UhlK” / X
- (22) Decensored News on X: “”HATE SPEECH”: Pam Bondi vs. Charlie Kirk https://t.co/XtKNx1yIV8″ / X
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- (22) The Last American Vagabond on X: “I highly doubt it. https://t.co/F1xx9kLBXW “FBI disrupts alleged ISIS-inspired New Year’s Eve attack plot targeting NC grocery store”” / X
- Mint Hill man allegedly planned New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in support of ISIS
- (21) Disclose.tv on X: “NOW – FBI arrests 18-year-old Christian Sturtevant for planning ISIS-inspired terror attack in North Carolina. Mr. Sturtevant was in contact with NYPD and FBI undercover agents while planning the attack. https://t.co/4QdnZgHuUi” / X
- (21) Steve Friend on X: “The FBI groomed a 21-year-old idiot to send them $40 in Bitcoin. When he wouldn’t agree to build a bomb, they conned him into “delivering” nail polish remover as a “bomb component.” @FBIDirectorKash promised to end these entrapments. Another lie.” / X
- (21) Steve Friend on X: “”The complaint alleges that Sturdivant lived with a relative, who secured knives and hammers away so Sturdivant could not use them for harm.” This means the FBI targeted and groomed a mentally vulnerable person whose guardian had to hide hammers from him. Fire @Kash_Patel” / X
- (22) Ken Silva on X: “On the feds’ radar since he was 14 years old. https://t.co/2fY0AFMftJ” / X
- Parents Catch FBI In Plot To Force Mentally Ill Son To Be A Right Wing Terrorist
- FBI Archives – The Last American Vagabond
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- (22) General Mike Flynn on X: “Please tell me why I, or anyone, should pay taxes (federal, state, or local)? We’re now potentially over a TRILLION DOLLARS stolen by corrupt politicians and their illegal cronies in numerous states that allow children “learing” centers and other money sucking criminal child” / X
- (22) James Li on X: “🚨 The Israeli media is now reporting that Mossad were the first to “uncover” the Somalian daycare fraud in Minnesota. Coincidentally, Israel just recognized Somaliland with plans to build a new military base and relocate Palestinians there. Nick Shirley is 100% fed slop. 🤨 https://t.co/1bBCoX8aJc” / X
- (22) The Last American Vagabond on X: “The same script every time. https://t.co/8Oc9FyYtPj” / X
- The Somali Fraud Pivot, The US/Israeli Iran Plot & The Mass Awakening Of The American People
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- (22) Global UPDATES on X: “BREAKING – Trump becomes the first US president to bоmb 7 countries in one year https://t.co/grd63QHVZJ” / X
- (9) Decensored News on X: “FLASHBACK: RFK Jr. tells a cheering crowd that Trump told him he wants to “end the grip of the neocons on U.S. foreign policy.” “Don’t you want a president who’s gonna get us out of the wars and who’s gonna rebuild the middle class in this country?…” Aug 23, 2024: https://t.co/njfuKsQgYt” / X
- (2) The Last American Vagabond on X: “The globalist president. #AmericaFirst” / X
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- The Long Con: The US and Israel Are Again Setting The Table For Regime Change In Iran
- Israel Launches Its Latest “Iranian Revolution” As Trump Threatens War
- ‘We are with you’: Mossad spurs Iran protests, says agents with demonstrators
- (22) Mike Pompeo on X: “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” / X
- (22) Brian Berletic on X: “🇺🇸🇮🇷 On riots in Iran… 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 https://t.co/nS3WtJjCqS” / X
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- (22) Alex Winston on X: “Today’s Jerusalem Post https://t.co/Bkce4YMVFy” / X
- (22) Reza Pahlavi on X: “President Trump, thank you for your strong leadership and support of my compatriots. This warning you have issued to the criminal leaders of the Islamic Republic gives my people greater strength and hope—hope that, at last, a President of the United States is standing firmly by https://t.co/G3TyrkJTy6” / X
- (22) Grok / X
- (22) Darya – Daughter Of Cyrus on X: “Spoken message from Crown Prince @RezaPahlavi to Iranian people: “My compatriots, at this moment, the Islamic Republic has reached its end and is in the process of collapse. Khamenei has gone into hiding underground like a scared rat, and has completely lost control of the https://t.co/jAS4Hlo1gU” / X
- (22) freedom on X: “@RepThomasMassie @TLAVagabond I stand behind trump on this one The people of Iran are asking” / X
- (22) Jimmy Dore on X: “Yes it does make sense now. I still can’t get over how obvious & blatant they are about it. They know Americans will never rise up against this & so they don’t even bother finding good lies to tell us anymore:” / X
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- (22) TranslateMom on X: “@malinformedtv @AryJeay Advice on denying foreign links, changing your phone wallpaper, and “playing their game” is now fully available with English subtitles/captions here: Here’s the translation: https://t.co/kCCErWa14r Transcript (snippet): “If you get arrested, it’s not the end; you still have” / X
- (22) The White House on X: ““If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” – President DONALD J. TRUMP https://t.co/ctNbfJD9jv” / X
- (22) The Last American Vagabond on X: “As expected, Trump is setting up the narrative for yet another attempted regime change in Iran, using the same tired protester claim, despite the US historically lying about this. https://t.co/B4JvhMIyjd “Trump says US ‘locked and loaded’ to intervene if Iran kills protesters”” / X
- Iran officials warn Trump of red line after his threat to ‘rescue’ protesters | Iran | The Guardian
- (21) Thomas Massie on X: “1) We have problems at home and shouldn’t be wasting military resources on another country’s internal affairs. 2) Military strikes on Iran require Congressional authorization. 3) This threat isn’t about freedom of speech in Iran; it’s about the dollar, oil, and Israel. https://t.co/820E6HMoMk” / X
- (21) Glenn Greenwald on X: “In case you’re wondering why three fanatically pro-Israel oligarchs (Miriam Adelson, Paul Singer and John Paulson) are single-handedly funding the campaign to remove @RepThomasMassie from Congress, see below. Too much America First. Can’t have that: https://t.co/i7NwMmkNC1” / X
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- (21) Ali Larijani | علی لاریجانی on X: “With the statements by Israeli officials and @realDonaldTrump, what has been going on behind the scenes is now clear. We distinguish between the stance of the protesting shopkeepers and the actions of disruptive actors, and Trump should know that U.S. interference in this https://t.co/uu9R20KFFv” / X
- (21) Arya – آریا on X: “🇮🇷| The merchants & economic unions that were originally protesting have all denounced & condemned the riots Unions from Urmia, Tabriz, Isfahan, and Ardabil, all condemn the recent unrests and pledge they recognise and follow the directives of the Leader of Iran. https://t.co/9ABcsHyhhr” / X
- (21) Arya – آریا on X: “🇮🇷| Unprecedented: Iranians from cities where riots took place last night, have come in protest AGAINST the rioters Iranians from Hamedan, Kavar, and other cities have come en masse to denounce and condemn the behaviour of rioters. They condemn vandalism, destruction of https://t.co/AYAAbDhohv” / X
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- (21) The Last American Vagabond on X: “Here you are speaking at a paid gig for the MEK extremist group, bragging about how your efforts are causing average Iranians to “sell their own organs for food”, and that “these are the kind of conditions that lead to successful revolution”. You belong in prison. https://t.co/N2mnk19M7k” / X
- Former MEK Official Exposes Saudi Arabia’s Covert Funding Of Iranian Terror Group
- (21) Maryam Rajavi on X: “Fellow compatriots, architects of the #IranProtests and rebellious youth; students and merchant, The relentless surge of your righteous anger is rising and gathering momentum by the hour. A thousand salutes to you, the forces of the democratic revolution and the great Army of https://t.co/184Wkdqtjy” / X
- (21) Goldie Ghamari | گلسا قمری on X: “Oh my God. I just realized something. Trump went after Maduro FIRST to make sure Khamenei & the terrorist Islamic Republic occupying Iran can’t escape to Venezuela when the Islamic Regime falls & Iran is freed. All of the IRGC’S assets, drone factories and military bases in https://t.co/ryb7wEBSXH” / X
- (21) Reza Pahlavi on X: “My thoughts are with my friend María Corina Machado, President-elect @EdmundoGU and the brave people of Venezuela who, like my own countrymen, have persevered through great hardship. May Venezuelans’ sacrifices soon be rewarded with the freedom and prosperity for which they have” / X
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- Maduro says Venezuela ready to negotiate drug trafficking deal with US | Fox News
- (21) JD Vance on X: “The president offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States. Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says. Kudos to our brave https://t.co/b1fqkdbB4x” / X
- (21) Natalie F Danelishen on X: “@AGPamBondi You guys seriously captured and arrested a president in another country before arresting anyone on the Epstein list.” / X
- (21) Patrick Henningsen on X: “Make no mistake – what the Trump Admin has done here is not ‘judicial’ or legal by any U.S. or international standard, it is *extraordinary rendition* – a Neocon policy requiring no real evidence other than innuendo & fabricated ‘intelligence’ which US never presented, even now, https://t.co/ZVELupSh7h” / X
- (21) Chris Martenson on X: “This has to be a parody…on what planet does the US get to charge someone in another country for violating the US’s own unconstitutional machine gun laws? WTF… https://t.co/rvH4wanCtb” / X
- (21) Thomas Massie on X: “If this action were constitutionally sound, the Attorney General wouldn’t be tweeting that they’ve arrested the President of a sovereign country and his wife for possessing guns in violation of a 1934 U.S. firearm law.” / X
- (21) Thomas Massie on X: “Trump also announced he’s ready to attack Venezuela militarily with a second wave if needed. Doesn’t seem the least bit consistent with the earlier characterization by the @AGPamBondi, or the one given to @BasedMikeLee by @SecRubio.” / X
- (21) Alan MacLeod on X: “Last night’s attack on Venezuela fits into a long history of brazen US interventions in Latin America and the world. https://t.co/bgU5fX2Oqu” / X
- (21) Censored Humans on X: “🇮🇶Iraq December 2003: Saddam Hussein captured by the United States. 🇻🇪Venezuela January 2026: Nicolás Maduro captured by the same power When the United States can’t control a nation, it criminalizes its leader. https://t.co/xWTV6lwcBq” / X
- (21) GenXGirl on X: “Donald Trump is no different than the warmongers he claimed to hate: – 1989: Bush Abducts Pres. Noriega – 2003: Bush Captures Pres. Hussein – 2011: Obama Murders Pres. Gadaffi – 2026: Trump Abducts Pres. Maduro https://t.co/2TRqdiqUPn” / X
- (21) Holden Culotta on X: “Thomas Massie is going NUCLEAR on Trump’s regime change war in Venezuela. “How did it work out in Cuba, Libya, Iraq, or Syria?” “Do we want another Afghanistan in the Western Hemisphere?” “This is about oil and regime change.” “Previous presidents told us to go to war over https://t.co/XzwsC1uPpU” / X
- (21) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 on X: “I’ve served on the Homeland Security Committee for the past three years. I’m 100% for strong safe secure borders and stopping narco terrorists and cartels from trafficking deadly drugs and human trafficking into America. Fentanyl is responsible for over 70% of U.S. drug” / X
- (22) The Sirius Report on X: “Washington commits war crimes in Venezuela. This is an act of total desperation and precisely because the US is teetering on the edge of economic and financial ruin. https://t.co/tjdOILI054” / X
- (22) Jeff Carlson on X: “I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that less than four days ago Netanyahu said exactly the same thing while he was visiting Trump in Mar a Lago: https://t.co/Dvm786BgjR” / X
- Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes | Reuters
- (22) Declassified UK on X: “Did you know❓ The Bank of England froze $2bn of Venezuelan gold to support the US effort to oust Nicolas Maduro. The UK government has been supporting regime change efforts in Venezuela for years👇 https://t.co/l7jZ6lAKSO” / X
- (22) RT on X: “US operatives cut power in Caracas before Maduro raid — Trump ‘The lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have’ https://t.co/irJwk951te” / X
- (22) Camila on X: “Overnight images of Fuerte Tiuna, headquarters of the Venezuelan Ministry of Defense, from Kawsachun News contributor in Caracas, Micaela Ovelar. These images only recently arrived because of internet, phone and power outages in Fuerte Tiuna. Micaela describes that residents of https://t.co/QK7158yQog” / X
- (22) Drop Site on X: “Reuters reports that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in an operation involving U.S. special forces, including Delta Force, with assistance from a CIA source inside Maduro’s inner circle and cooperation from members of the Venezuelan military, according to U.S. https://t.co/0bBOUHYIPH” / X
- (22) Glenn Greenwald on X: “Trump announces that the US will “run” Venezuela “for the time being,” leaving his poor supporters to try to pretend that this is somehow even remotely reconcilable with anything he said he’d do during the 2024 campaign or before. https://t.co/poo0Td0RQo” / X
- (22) Sulaiman Ahmed on X: “BREAKING: TRUMP SAYS RUBIO & HEGSETH WILL RUN VENEZUELA: “The people standing right behind me are going to be running Venezuela. We’re going to bring it back. Venezuela is a dead country.” https://t.co/eYpMbiJVxI” / X
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- (21) Drop Site on X: “🇻🇪 BREAKING: Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s executive vice president and head of the Consejo de Defensa de la Nación (National Defense Council)—the nation’s top civilian-military coordination body— addressed the nation live moments so. She declared, “There is only one president https://t.co/AkYOosoBI1” / X
- (21) Shadow of Ezra on X: “Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez claims the country was attacked by “Zionists” seeking to enslave the nation. She insists Venezuela will ignore the Trump administration’s instructions on who can become the next president. Rodríguez says the entire country is mobilized https://t.co/1sExl5nAxT” / X
- (21) susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى on X: “In other words, the United States just invaded another sovereign nation and captured its elected head of state for Israel’s benefit. It’s no coincidence that this happened on the heels of Netanyahu’s visit to the White House. The [Zionist] Federal Reserve will print money to” / X
- (21) Camila on X: “Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez: “In the face of this brutal situation and this brutal attack, we do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro and the First Lady, Cilia Flores. We demand from the government of President Donald Trump immediate proof of life https://t.co/y5CnrgIucR” / X
- U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says: Live Updates – The New York Times
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- Venezuelan, International Popular Movements Condemn US Bombings, Maduro Kidnapping – Venezuelanalysis
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- (21) James Surowiecki on X: “This argument means that any time a president wants to invade a country “legally,” he just has to get his DOJ to indict the country’s leader. It makes Congress’ power to declare war totally meaningless. https://t.co/4NE4vbjHtD” / X
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- Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter
- Justifying landgrab, Israel says it is ‘allowed to ignore international law’ anywhere it wants – Mondoweiss
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- (21) Mike Lee on X: “He anticipates no further action in Venezuela now that Maduro is in U.S. custody” / X
- (21) Dilly Hussain on X: “There is no international law. There is no rules based order. The genocide in Gaza exposed and shattered that. Trump has cemented it in Venezuela. “Terrorists”? “Islamists”? “Antisemites”? None of that has any leg to stand on.” / X
- (21) DD Geopolitics on X: “🇺🇸💥🇻🇪 Venezuela Recap Several hours after the start of the U.S. operation in Venezuela, the main targets and the current situation are becoming clearer. Most strikes hit military facilities, though some civilian sites were also attacked. Targets hit: 🔸️Caracas was the https://t.co/yJo14v9lK5” / X
- (21) MenchOsint on X: “The US has bombed the mausoleum of former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez – the Cuartel de la Montaña building in Caracas. https://t.co/K9tDCY8pi0” / X
- (21) Sherry Lyn on X: “@nicksortor 4 photos of Maduro in custody. 4 different outfits.🤔 1.The one with blood is likely AI. 2.Sitting on the plane no jacket, shirt buttoned to top button. 3.Walking in airport black jacket, short unbuttoned at top. 4.On USS Iwo Jima in a sweat suit & possibly gaming goggles? https://t.co/ZGAgXkST4m” / X
- (21) Grok on X: “@SplitDaWig @AnnieJacobsen The image is not recent—it’s from the 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein by US forces. It appears to be used illustratively here for the ongoing Venezuela operation, but it’s unrelated. Not “copypasta” per se, just mismatched.” / X
- (22) I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 on X: “@elonmusk Here is another one! 🇻🇪” / X
- (21) Clown World ™ 🤡 on X: “So symbolic https://t.co/DZeoYcMPEg” / X
- (21) Grok / X
- (21) Damin Toell on X: “https://t.co/WiN0hLxxsx” / X
- (21) Damin Toell on X: “https://t.co/VLgSQOIQul” / X
- (21) This You? on X: “https://t.co/tpgC6EaFA0” / X
- (21) This You? on X: “https://t.co/vdS7cjJuRO” / X
- (21) Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 on X: “Fox News guest Julian Epstein says Venezuelans “yearn to be free” from Pres. Maduro and the result of Trump’s war “could be a very welcome liberation of the Venezuelan people” and “dancing in the streets.” Fox anchor Eric Shawn runs with it. https://t.co/pOMPKdOvhc” / X
- (21) DD Geopolitics on X: “🇻🇪 “HOLD ON MADURO!! THE PEOPLE ARE RISING UP!!” Venezuelans in Caracas are pouring into the streets in support of their president. https://t.co/Otaw2mpoyb” / X
- (21) Camila on X: “In Caracas: “We want to live in our homeland, with our president, with the men and women who love this country. Leave us in peace. We want peace. You want to lead us to war. We want peace. But we are already in the streets, ready to give our lives if necessary, to defend our https://t.co/OHmpNLf80p” / X
- (21) The Last American Vagabond on X: “Musk doing his usual algorithm thing.” / X
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- (21) tim anderson on X: “How to qualify for Team Amerika, the Puppet Show. https://t.co/RLiRebxGK8” / X
- (21) María Corina Machado on X: “Venezolanos, llegó la hora de la libertad. https://t.co/ehy20V1xm9” / X
- (21) María Barba on X: “@MariaCorinaYA @MariaCorinaYA Os vendió a Trump ‼️‼️ Disfruten mientras puedan‼️‼️🍸 https://t.co/Z3U47l8oH6” / X
- (21) Ounka on X: “Venezuela’s Nobel prize winner Maria Corina Machado: “As soon as we conquer freedom, I will move our Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem.” It’s difficult to find a U.S. war that doesn’t, in some way, benefit Israel https://t.co/sw0HvEIJN8″ / X
- (21) Ben Norton on X: “María Corina Machado, the far-right US-backed Venezuelan coup leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize, promised a “massive privatization” if Trump can put her in power. She vowed to sell off $1.7 TRILLION of Venezuela’s oil, gas, gold, infrastructure, etc. to US corporations. https://t.co/jH4AkFbzzk” / X
- (21) Shadow of Ezra on X: “President Trump confirms that pro-Israel María Corina Machado is not being considered to run Venezuela. He says she has no respect inside the country and that his administration has had no contact with her. “She has no respect.” https://t.co/nVE5Jl8CvC” / X
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- (21) susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى on X: “It seems the US war machine was deployed against Venezuela while a Chinese delegation was visiting to negotiate bilateral trade deals. This rouge attack is meant to send a signal to China, Russia, Iran, all of BRICS, and the rest of the world: We will do what we want without https://t.co/tvLwUDvZWw” / X
- (21) Mila Joy on X: “China went to meet with Maduro today to discuss joining forces, then Trump captures Maduro the same day. Savage. In fact, the Chinese delegation is still in Venezuela. Trump captures Maduro and sends a powerful message to Xi and China at the same time. Savage. https://t.co/xpjOOidNp3” / X
- Floating oil facility arrives in Venezuela for China Concord’s project, sources say
- (21) Miles Taylor on X: “Rubio: This is about a dictator who oppresses his people. Hegseth: It’s about drugs that pose an imminent threat. Trump: Nah, it’s about oil.” / X
- (21) Acyn on X: “Trump: When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil. https://t.co/5q3Jr1j1Ho” / X
- (21) Clash Report on X: “Trump speaking about Venezuela on December 18, 2025: They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back. https://t.co/mWH6zZeoNJ” / X
- (21) Aaron Rupar on X: “Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them? TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we’re in the oil business. We’re gonna sell it to them. We’ll be selling oil. https://t.co/gVpFaWNGPg” / X
- (21) Ounka on X: “The reason why Venezuela is under attack U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson just said the truth out loud: the U.S. focus in Latin America isn’t “democracy” — it’s controlling oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals. Venezuela, with the largest oil https://t.co/Fr4Ly4vGOJ” / X
- (21) Armando.Info on X: “Las arenas negras del sur de Venezuela, ricas en coltán y tierras raras, son saqueadas por actores estatales, guerrillas y mafias que operan entre Bolívar, Amazonas y Colombia 📍https://t.co/cwpeNNpWjS https://t.co/0r3hsRtR0C” / X
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- (21) Andrew Zeglicki on X: “@TLAVagabond @TulsiGabbard 0h…and this one…https://t.co/kfX6cBoi0V” / X
- (21) Patrick Henningsen on X: “.@TulsiGabbard @DNIGabbard needs to resign now – or be unmasked as one of biggest political frauds of our era. Today we see the bombs raining down on Venezuela, US troops deployed in another “regime change war” based on 100% fake intelligence & fabricated evidence. Here’s the https://t.co/F1JM5l2WZA” / X
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- (21) Thomas Massie on X: “25 page indictment but no mention of fentanyl or stolen oil. Search it for yourself.” / X
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- (21) Greg J Stoker on X: “According to US officials Maduro was captured by Delta Force, the preeminent US special operations unit. We’re only seeing DEA patches for the photo ops so we can all collectively pretend this was a “law enforcement” operation that was about drugs, not oil or Sino-Russian https://t.co/g1Ncc7WLRw” / X
- (21) Murray 🇺🇸 on X: “JD Vance must’ve forgotten that 30 days ago, Trump pardoned the former leader of Honduras and drug Kingpin, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was in prison for drug trafficking. This isn’t about “narocoterrorism”. You’re full of it like the rest of them. Remember this for 2028. https://t.co/d0EgQj2ses” / X
- (21) Radix Verum ☦︎ on X: “The Sackler family is directly responsible for the opioid crisis that claimed so many of my friends lives in the early to mid 2000s. They were engaged in a vast criminal conspiracy, and not one of them faced charges or went to jail.” / X
- The Wiretap: The DEA Laundered $19 Million Of Cartel Drug Money Into Cash And Crypto
- (21) Niall Stanage on X: “To believe this is about drug smuggling, you have to ignore Trump’s pardon of the former Honduran president for drug smuggling. To believe it’s about Maduro’s democratic legitimacy, you have to believe Trump cares even slightly about democratic legitimacy. Alternatively: https://t.co/pUBCAJhMLO” / X
- (22) Larry Hubich 🇨🇦 on X: “@MorganC000 Precisely. https://t.co/jU06vnI0jg” / X
- (22) Acyn on X: “Reporter: You said Maduro is responsible for drug trafficking. You recently pardoned the former president of Honduras convicted of drug trafficking. Can you explain these situations? Trump: He was treated like the Biden administration treated a man named Trump. This was a man https://t.co/xgvh16lN6R” / X
- (22) 🍞🎪 on X: “Liar. He was prosecuted by Emil Bove who acted as Trump’s personal defense lawyer in the hush money case .. Trump just appointed this guy to the Federal judiciary .. https://t.co/XjNrUtIOJH https://t.co/sSu3Gx3WNO” / X
- (22) Max Blumenthal on X: “Trump defends convicted narco-trafficker and right-wing Honduran political ally Juan Orlando Hernandez, claiming he was “persecuted very unfairly” Hernandez was prosecuted by Emil Bove, a Trump loyalist appointed by the president to the federal bench” / X
- Gun Rights Groups Say Trump Direction “Anti-Second Amendment” & Honduras Regime Change For Prospera
- (22) JennyCohn ✍🏻 📢 on X: “In 2019, Mark Lutter—whose nonprofit received $$$ from the Thiel-backed Emergent Ventures in 2018—said, “we’re putting out a white paper looking at Venezuela…assuming this transfer of power does go thru … And if you u can get charter cities to be part of the conversation,” https://t.co/oqaNlr4jjt” / X
- Mark Lutter on trying to end poverty by founding well-governed ‘charter’ cities, ft Tamara Winter – 80,000 Hours
- New Tab
- (22) ☀️👀 on X: “in 2002 the US regime orchestrated a coup in Venezuela, and Chavez was kidnapped and taken away by helicopter to be executed by CIA-Mossad agents. But the Venezuelan masses came out onto the streets demanding their president, and quickly overthrew the fascist coup regime and https://t.co/3N0gdldUPl” / X
- (22) Aaron Rupar on X: “Trump on Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum: “The cartels are running Mexico. She’s not running Mexico. We could be politically correct and be nice and say, ‘Oh, yes, she is.’ No no. She’s very frightened of the cartels. They’re running Mexico. And I’ve asked her number times, https://t.co/7OlEtQgMyf” / X
- Sec of State Marco Rubio warns Cuba after US arrest of Venezuela’s Maduro | Fox News
- (22) Kari Lake on X: “Free the people of Iran. Free the people of Cuba. Free the people of Venezuela. Free the People…” / X
- (22) DD Geopolitics on X: “They don’t only want Iran…. They want the whole pie. https://t.co/4PQGh62VUo” / X
- (22) ThePatrioticBlonde🇺🇸 on X: “Well, THIS certainly aged well.” / X
- Let’s talk about…US invasion of Venezuela and “capture” of Maduro – OffGuardian
- The Fake Globalist Resistance Ushering In The Globalist Plan
- (21) Matt Kennard on X: “The Bush admin engineered a coup in Venezuela in 2002 Chávez was taken hostage and flown to an island for 2 days It was reversed because the people fought back US has been at war with Venezuela since 1999 because it slipped the imperial leash. No greater crime in Washington https://t.co/Hw5MXlCv4Q” / X
- The Last American Vagabond (podcast) – Ryan Cristián | Listen Notes
- (22) Glenn Greenwald on X: “This is Miami, not Venezuela. But who cares? Just keep re-tweeting it! It feels good, and that matters most.” / X
- (22) Hadi on X: “And all of a sudden, he’s not in the files anymore https://t.co/KxW6UxJupu” / X
- (22) Alex Jones on X: “Video: millions of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas and other major cities in celebration of the ouster of Communist dictator Nicholas Maduro. Now we need to see the same type of energy here on the HomeFront! The domestic political equivalent of this incredibly https://t.co/X33LSXgFtZ” / X
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