PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Lucifer on January 03, 2026, 06:43:22 AM
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They got him.
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/explosions-venezuelan-capital-caracas-reports
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Now the fun will start.
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Put the screws to the Fascist bastard.
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I can't wait for the lunatics to chime is screaming about this.
Can you just imagine zoran the moron this morning?
How about the fucking cunts of the squad and their enablers?
I wonder if the President has proof that they were receiving "donations" from maduro and is waiting for them to hang themselves before releasing it.
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Federal judges will be lining up with arms full of injunctions. Sit back and watch the libs defend Maduro.
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Federal judges will be lining up with arms full of injunctions. Sit back and watch the libs defend Maduro.
Which flags will there be more of next week, Somali or Venezuela?
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And this:
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I’m going to wait and see how this all shakes out before deciding how I feel about it.
Think about how things turned out after we messed around deposing leaders in little regimes around the world since ww2. Just saying.
On the other hand, Trump is a different kind of leader than we’ve ever had, and it seems Rubio supports it, so maybe it isn’t the same kind of MIC-feeding fuckery we keep getting from the Uniparty. Rubio isn’t Killary.
I do not pretend to know whether this is a brilliant move or a big mistake.
But I know one thing for sure: Maduro should have taken the deal Trump offered him; to fund his exile in some luxurious setting of his choice. I’m not talking about the recent one on Dec 1 but the one back in November. It was obvious to me back then that was an “or else”. I was thinking, if I was you Maduro I’d take that deal. Trump was telegraphing big time there would be bad consequences if the offer was not accepted. Apparently Maduro thought he could outsmart the United States military now commanded by Trump. That’s stupid and arrogant.
One thing I do like about this. Just like with the Iran strike, it shows that Trump does not make empty threats; he is a force to be reckoned with. But, I hope that like Iran, it turns out to be constrained and to simply keep these little bratty upstarts in line, not to take them over and try to nation-build. And definitely not to entangle us in another pointless forever war.
I’m gonna wait and see what happens.
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This is really Noriega the Sequal.
What will. E telling is who jumps out and screams the loudest,because they are the ones getting most in bribes from the Madurai junta.
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The "No Kings" and "Nobody is above the law" sure are crying over this..
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I’m going to wait and see how this all shakes out before deciding how I feel about it.
Think about how things turned out after we messed around deposing leaders in little regimes around the world since ww2. Just saying.
On the other hand, Trump is a different kind of leader than we’ve ever had, and it seems Rubio supports it, so maybe it isn’t the same kind of MIC-feeding fuckery we keep getting from the Uniparty. Rubio isn’t Killary.
I do not pretend to know whether this is a brilliant move or a big mistake.
But I know one thing for sure: Maduro should have taken the deal Trump offered him; to fund his exile in some luxurious setting of his choice. I’m not talking about the recent one on Dec 1 but the one back in November. It was obvious to me back then that was an “or else”. I was thinking, if I was you Maduro I’d take that deal. Trump was telegraphing big time there would be bad consequences if the offer was not accepted. Apparently Maduro thought he could outsmart the United States military now commanded by Trump. That’s stupid and arrogant.
One thing I do like about this. Just like with the Iran strike, it shows that Trump does not make empty threats; he is a force to be reckoned with. But, I hope that like Iran, it turns out to be constrained and to simply keep these little bratty upstarts in line, not to take them over and try to nation-build. And definitely not to entangle us in another pointless forever war.
I’m gonna wait and see what happens.
If this was under GWB or BHO, the military would be flooding into Venezuela, we would be setting up bases and establishing a long term occupation. Fighting would be very selective and no real goals established. The MIC would be receiving no bid contracts and the money train would be rolling.
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I’m going to wait and see how this all shakes out before deciding how I feel about it.
Think about how things turned out after we messed around deposing leaders in little regimes around the world since ww2. Just saying.
On the other hand, Trump is a different kind of leader than we’ve ever had, and it seems Rubio supports it, so maybe it isn’t the same kind of MIC-feeding fuckery we keep getting from the Uniparty. Rubio isn’t Killary.
I do not pretend to know whether this is a brilliant move or a big mistake.
But I know one thing for sure: Maduro should have taken the deal Trump offered him; to fund his exile in some luxurious setting of his choice. I’m not talking about the recent one on Dec 1 but the one back in November. It was obvious to me back then that was an “or else”. I was thinking, if I was you Maduro I’d take that deal. Trump was telegraphing big time there would be bad consequences if the offer was not accepted. Apparently Maduro thought he could outsmart the United States military now commanded by Trump. That’s stupid and arrogant.
One thing I do like about this. Just like with the Iran strike, it shows that Trump does not make empty threats; he is a force to be reckoned with. But, I hope that like Iran, it turns out to be constrained and to simply keep these little bratty upstarts in line, not to take them over and try to nation-build. And definitely not to entangle us in another pointless forever war.
I’m gonna wait and see what happens.
Inside the beltway the panic has begun.
There is so much more to this than people realize. Maduro was heavily involved in drug trafficking, but he was also involved in so much more. And those involvements included many from the US and politicians inside the beltway.
If Maduro talks and the US Military secures receipts, shit hitting the fan will be a severe understatement.
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You will know just how corrupt our congress and senate are by how loudly each states babbling about President Trump arresting the drug king Maduro.
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Inside the beltway the panic has begun.
There is so much more to this than people realize. Maduro was heavily involved in drug trafficking, but he was also involved in so much more. And those involvements included many from the US and politicians inside the beltway.
If Maduro talks and the US Military secures receipts, shit hitting the fan will be a severe understatement.
Could this then be related to under the radar investigations by Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino into high level corruption, and that’s why Trump wants to interrogate Maduro? I have been hearing a LOT of criticism of those 3 for “not doing anything” and calls for them all to be fired (i think Bongino is stepping down anyway). These calls are coming from people within MAGA who expected to see perp walks of high level officials in the first couple months of the Trump administration, mostly related to non-action on the Epstein files…
Could the criticism of those three be psy ops to turn MAGA against them because insiders know they are getting too close to the truth? I do know many posters on X are bots, claiming to be MAGA and otherwise.
…could the Epstein file trashfire have been a distraction while they were actually gathering evidence of much more serious crimes than diddling a 15 year old? Like treason by taking bribe money to look the other way while foreign dictatorships profit from sneaking illegal Fentanyl into the country? And look the other way while Venezuela moves oil to and from sanctioned adversaries under false flags? And who knows what other national security-related activities involving collusion with the CCP or other America haters.
Exactly HOW do congresscritters become multimillionaires on a $170,000 salary again?
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Could this then be related to under the radar investigations by Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino into high level corruption, and that’s why Trump wants to interrogate Maduro? I have been hearing a LOT of criticism of those 3 for “not doing anything” and calls for them all to be fired (i think Bongino is stepping down anyway). These calls are coming from people within MAGA who expected to see perp walks of high level officials in the first couple months of the Trump administration, mostly related to non-action on the Epstein files…
Could the criticism of those three be psy ops to turn MAGA against them because insiders know they are getting too close to the truth? I do know many posters on X are bots, claiming to be MAGA and otherwise.
…could the Epstein file trashfire have been a distraction while they were actually gathering evidence of much more serious crimes than diddling a 15 year old? Like treason by taking bribe money to look the other way while foreign dictatorships profit from sneaking illegal Fentanyl into the country? And look the other way while Venezuela moves oil to and from sanctioned adversaries under false flags? And who knows what other national security-related activities involving collusion with the CCP or other America haters.
Exactly HOW do congresscritters become multimillionaires on a $170,000 salary again?
2020 US Election and tampering.
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https://justthenews.com/government/congress/dems-say-strike-leading-maduros-capture-was-illegal-despite-past-presidents
Democrats in Congress are arguing that the large strike in Venezuela that led to Nicolas Maduro's capture was illegal.
"Second unjustified war in my life time. This war is illegal, it’s embarrassing that we went from the world cop to the world bully in less than one year. There is no reason for us to be at war with Venezuela," wrote Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., on X.
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., took a similar position on the issue.
"Without authorization from Congress, and with the vast majority of Americans opposed to military action, Trump just launched an unjustified, illegal strike on Venezuela," he wrote on X. "He says we don’t have enough money for healthcare for Americans—but somehow we have unlimited funds for war??"
Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., shared the same view as McGovern.
"The White House is confirming U.S. military operations in Venezuela tonight. Let us be clear: these strikes are illegal," she wrote. "The President does not have the authority to declare war or undertake large-scale military operations without Congress. Congress must act to rein him in. Immediately."
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, also opposed the strike that led to Maduro's capture.
"We have no vital national interests in Venezuela to justify war. We should have learned not to stumble into another stupid adventure by now. And he’s not even bothering to tell the American public what the hell is going on," he wrote on X.
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., said that Venezuela didn't pose a threat to the U.S.
"Congress did not authorize this war. Venezuela posed no imminent threat to the United States. This is reckless, elective regime change risking American lives (Iraq 2.0) with no plan for the day after," he wrote. "Wars cost more than trophies."
Republicans defended the strike from Democrat attacks.
"Today's action, ordered by President Trump, is what decisive leadership truly looks like. Our country has faced an unprecedented national security threat from the illegitimate Maduro regime. Unabetted for years, Maduro has sent drugs into our country, killing an untold number of Americans, kidnapped innocent Americans, flooded our country with violent cartel members from Tren de Aragua and the Cartel de los Soles, while destabilizing regional security," Mario Díaz-Balart wrote on X.
"The regime has also allied itself with America's enemies, Iran, China, Russia, Cuba, Hezbollah, and Hamas. It is utterly irresponsible behavior to continue; it puts our country’s security in jeopardy. While others dithered, President Trump recognized this threat for what it is and acted with resolve," he added.
Trump rejected the argument that he lacked the authority to conduct the operation.
Jonathan Turley, a law professor, said the operation was legal.
"Trump does not need congressional approval for this type of operation. Presidents, including Democratic presidents, have launched lethal attacks regularly against individuals," Turley wrote. "President Barack Obama killed an American citizen under this 'kill list' policy. If Obama can vaporize an American citizen without even a criminal charge, Trump can capture a foreign citizen with a pending criminal indictment without prior congressional approval."
Former President Obama launched the war in Libya without congressional authorization. The war led to the capture of Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, by National Transitional Council forces. He was later executed.
The organization Third Way compiled a list of the terrorists that were targeted and killed around the world during the Obama administration.
In 1989, the United States invaded Panama to overthrow military dictator Manuel Noriega. Former President Biden, a senator at the time, supported the operation. Noriega eventually surrendered in January 1990.
Under former President Ronald Reagan, the U.S. invaded Grenada in 1983, which led to the downfall of its Marxist government.
Democratic elections took place in Grenada following the invasion in 1984.
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I'm waiting 6 months from now when they hold a real election; Trump will be there signing a huge oil deal with Venezuela. $2 gas for us and Venezuela starts thriving under capitolism. Another failed attempt at socialism; which the left fears.
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I'm waiting 6 months from now when they hold a real election; Trump will be there signing a huge oil deal with Venezuela. $2 gas for us and Venezuela starts thriving under capitolism. Another failed attempt at socialism; which the left fears.
Venezuela has heavy, sour crude. Many refineries in the U.S. are built for it. It requires more processing and purification than sweet crude and many of those refineries are located along the gulf coast. (I live amongst them!) These refineries can process sweet but at a reduced efficiency and profit. They are hungry for the heavy and Venezuelan crude is closer than the mideast so cheaper transportation cost. We want to be friends with Venezuela and buy their crude! Trump is looking out for our own interests and our economy if this results in us getting their oil.
My roommate first year of college had a boyfriend named Diego from Venezuela. His family was filthy rich. Got that way from the oil boom before it collapsed. Venezuela mismanaged their biggest resource. “Capitalism” wasn’t the problem. Over-borrowing and mis-reading the economy was. But the leftists fucked everything up even more and the rest is history.
I wonder whatever happened to Diego.
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https://x.com/CNviolations/status/2007293338366685379?s=20
https://x.com/Shawn_Farash/status/2007531476087087436?s=20
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https://x.com/CNviolations/status/2007293338366685379?s=20
https://x.com/Shawn_Farash/status/2007531476087087436?s=20
🤣🤣🤣 both of those.
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The Donroe doctrine, lol! Listening to Trump’s speech.
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https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2007546721598079414?s=49&t=gLFuW2wh2Hu9_6pSgTtSuw
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The problem with liberals is that they feel no need to act sane, intelligent, or honest.
Their only goal is to destroy anything good, and crave everything bad.
Their ignorance is their pride, and their incompetence is their joy, while insanity is their sole achievement..
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https://x.com/antoniogm/status/2007398586246672723
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My sister was asking me how can we get away with taking Maduro when it’s against “international law”.
I sent her this:
https://x.com/TRHLofficial/status/2007548155689353716
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Kamala Harris weighed in:
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I see we have a hoax on X about some ex Venezuelan official releasing a list of Senators that were on the take from Maduro.
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So, we’re all exhausted waiting for perp walks. Here is one. He seems suspiciously cheerful.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/04/nicolas-maduro-lands-in-new-york-and-gets-the-full-perp-walk-treatment/
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Kamala Harris weighed in:
Has this been fact checked?
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I see we have a hoax on X about some ex Venezuelan official releasing a list of Senators that were on the take from Maduro.
There is going to be a flood of these. This obfuscates what really is going on and provides cover ( “but that’s been proven to be a hoax” ). In the next few weeks many revelations will come out from Venezuela and we will start seeing who has had their hand in the cookie jar.
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Trump only did this to distract from the anniversary of January 6
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Has this been fact checked?
Yes. Fact checked: True.
;D
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Yes. Fact checked: True.
;D
Well, you’ll need to cite the source before someone gets offended.
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Trump only did this to distract from the anniversary of January 6
Yep, the holiness day in the Democrat year is 2 days away. 24 hour coverage and worshipping. Cardinal Liz Cheney will step out on the balcony to speak to the faithful. Bishop Adam Kinzinger will say prayers to the impeachment gods.
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/just-kamala-harris-gets-lit-up-x-after/
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Keep your attention towards those who are crying the loudest. There’s a reason.
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/just-kamala-harris-gets-lit-up-x-after/
Yet Biden administration put a $50 million bounty on Maduro for his arrest. Think this dingbat was VP then. 🙄
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This a great reply to a Liberal.....
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2007833808834621543?s=20
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As the hours go by I’m leaning toward feeling good about what Donald (and Rubio, and Hegseth and those hot Delta Force guys) did.
I am cautiously optimistic. Loving seeing all the videos of happy Venezuelans celebrating.
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This a great reply to a Liberal.....
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2007833808834621543?s=20
There really is nothing dumber than a modern liberal.
I have couple door knobs with more sense than these morons.
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/you-cant-make-this-up-92-year-old/
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/you-cant-make-this-up-92-year-old/
one thought: if maduro is convicted with that sludge as judge, it would be hard to argue maduro was railroaded.
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one thought: if maduro is convicted with that sludge as judge, it would be hard to argue maduro was railroaded.
I’d be willing to lay odds through some creative legal jujitsu it never sees inside a courtroom.
There’s a real interest among the establishment Maduro never talks.
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/you-cant-make-this-up-92-year-old/
I KNEW IT! I knew they'd get some TDS judge when I heard they were going to try him in New York.
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I KNEW IT! I knew they'd get some TDS judge when I heard they were going to try him in New York.
but who decided that (using New York - or is that where all international crimes are tried?)?
is the DOJ that stupid to let such sludge preside?
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There is more to this than meets the eye. Why didn't they just kill him? Why bring him back to the US? To New York?
Did we go after him for:
A. Drugs
B. Oil
C. Stolen Elections
D. All of the above
What if Maduro spill the beans and brings down the Clintons, the Obamas, the Bidens, and all the corrupt members of congress that are getting bribes; because Maduro knows where all the bodies are buried?
This is huge. It took Bush 8 years, 170K troops 4,400 casualties to get Hussain. Trump did this in one night, while we were sleeping, with no deaths and no equipment lost. We left Iraq and just handed Kuwait their country back with no payment. We all know the disaster that was/still is Afghanistan. This liberation will be paid for with Venezuelan oil. Every tin-horn dictator in the world is now on notice: FAFO. The Democrats are now forced to defend actual dictators. He just sewed up the Hispanic vote, stabilized the region, weakened our enemies, and strengthened our economy. I have a feeling this is going to be a great year.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/wayne-root-trump-brings-back-maduro-usa-why/#comments (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/wayne-root-trump-brings-back-maduro-usa-why/#comments)
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What are the odds (now) that maduro is jeffrey epsteined? The fucking communist democrats can't afford to let maduro air their dirty laundry, so a convenient suicide (hilary style) seems possible.
Then ALL the questions go away.
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They should have taken him to gitmo. Indicting him in NY is about as dumb as indicting a liberal in DC.
IF the judge commits legal jujitsu and lets this guy go, the blowback from the American Cuban and Venezuelan community, as well as the Hispanic community as a whole will be epic.
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They should have taken him to gitmo. Indicting him in NY is about as dumb as indicting a liberal in DC.
IF the judge commits legal jujitsu and lets this guy go, the blowback from the American Cuban and Venezuelan community, as well as the Hispanic community as a whole will be epic.
Baffling. Who makes that call? I can’t see Trump doing it, or did he because NY is his home turf? Well so is Florida.
If N7 is right and he’s due to be Epsteined I can see where it doesn’t matter where the trial is, and having him in a U.S. prison would make it easier to claim it’s suicide. But I do not for a minute think Trump would be behind that. It would be the corrupt ones.
Meanwhile, I heard he’s going to be held at the same prison as P Diddy, because it’s where they keep the rich folks who have a lot of oil.
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They should have taken him to gitmo. ...
During one of the "special reports" during a commercial break in a college football game (can't interrupt something THAT important), the person said the DOJ plane landing in new jeresy had come from qitmo. But maybe I didn't hear him correctly.
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Could be the extraction helicopter flew him to Gitmo and he got a DOJ jet to NJ.
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Meanwhile, I heard he’s going to be held at the same prison as P Diddy, because it’s where they keep the rich folks who have a lot of oil.
Haha I see what you did there!
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Could be the extraction helicopter flew him to Gitmo and he got a DOJ jet to NJ.
Grok says this:
The transport to New York happened like this:Maduro and his wife were extracted from Caracas by U.S. military helicopters and flown directly to the USS Iwo Jima offshore.
From the ship, they were flown (likely by helicopter or Osprey) to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) in Cuba.
At Gitmo, they were transferred to a separate FBI/Justice Department aircraft—reported as a Boeing 757 (a conventional large jet)—which then flew them nonstop to Stewart International Airport (New Windsor, NY, near New York City).
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Very cool. Notice the three adversaries providing military support to Venezuela: Russia, China and I believe Iran (their drones). I did not know this. We absolutely cannot allow this to exist in our hemisphere; 3 of the 4 biggest enemies to Western civilization (the 4th is the American left) to be within intermediate range nuclear reach, and Russia has already suggested stationing such missiles in Venezuela.
I now say Trump was 100% correct to take this action.
Plus it’s just a fucking awesome demonstration of our military superiority; sends a STRONG message to the world who is boss.
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Holy shit this is funny! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
https://x.com/amiKozak/status/2008583232800129117
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It woul dbe nice to know what is being done in Venezuela to get rid of the military leadership. Have read there are hundreds of Generals who each get a section to loot from. If that is not stopped, what have we accomplished except creating a void for someone else to fill and become the new MFWWIICC.
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It woul dbe nice to know what is being done in Venezuela to get rid of the military leadership. Have read there are hundreds of Generals who each get a section to loot from. If that is not stopped, what have we accomplished except creating a void for someone else to fill and become the new MFWWIICC.
I’ve been wondering about this myself. If the country existed largely on criminal income, think about all the individuals with income streams derived from the drug smuggling, etc. Just because we’ve cut off the head doesn’t mean all of that instantly stopped, and to the extent it does stop, suddenly all of these individuals are cut off, meaning they and their families are suddenly desperate for money. The militarized ones will loot and turn to other violent means.
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(https://i.imgur.com/JFM2YRx.png)
OK, before anyone gets their panties twisted up, this is a joke.
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(https://i.imgur.com/JFM2YRx.png)
OK, before anyone gets their panties twisted up, this is a joke.
and give him some flying lessons (if you know what I mean)
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(https://www.libertynation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/FB_IMG_1767469970117.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/0C6GOhD.jpg)
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OK, before anyone gets their panties twisted up, this is a joke.
Wow. You can't get over that, can you.
You can't even point out anyone that said anything negative about your little meme.
I asked if you had a link because I wanted to show it to some liberals and I knew they'd need some evidence.
Then someone else looked it up and found it was false.
Then YOU got you panties all twisted up and keep dropping little pearls like this one.
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Wow. You can't get over that, can you.
You can't even point out anyone that said anything negative about your little meme.
I asked if you had a link because I wanted to show it to some liberals and I knew they'd need some evidence.
Then someone else looked it up and found it was false.
Then YOU got you panties all twisted up and keep dropping little pearls like this one.
Still playing the victim?
Seems the only one here that can't see the humor in this is YOU.
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I’ve been wondering about this myself. If the country existed largely on criminal income, think about all the individuals with income streams derived from the drug smuggling, etc. Just because we’ve cut off the head doesn’t mean all of that instantly stopped, and to the extent it does stop, suddenly all of these individuals are cut off, meaning they and their families are suddenly desperate for money. The militarized ones will loot and turn to other violent means.
This was posted by a FB friend. Grok says it is real.
Life in Venezuela from a Cargill employee.My experience in Venezuela as head of trading for Cargill in the region. Cargill was/is the leading producer of critical staple ingredients such as flour, pasta, vegetable oil, and rice in VZ. I am not saying I agree with grabbing the dictator, but I did have a front row seat to the damage a kleptocracy did to innocent people.
1. The government took over our "minute rice" facility at gunpoint because we were "gouging" the nation's poor. The government was never able to run the plant. It never ran again. It was returned years later with no equipment inside
2. There are 1000's of generals in the army. They are each given a slice of the economy to loot. The large number of generals made it difficult to organize a coup against the regime.
3. The government opened grocery stores and sold staples below the cost we sold them to the government. In theory they used petro oil money to lower grocery prices. Our regular grocery outlets were forced out of business. When the government demanded we sell them products below cost we simply had to shut down. The populous became ever more dependent on the government handouts. (PS this is the mayor of New York City's proposal.
4. Dollars- We needed dollars to go buy raw materials like wheat from places like the US and Canada. The government would periodically allocate us some dollars that could only be spent for raw materials and freight. Eventually only the local companies that can and would pay bribes got dollar allocations. We had several facilities closed for lack of raw material
5. My employees liked working for Cargill. The office was an armed compound with access to a gym, high speed internet, global communications, and a weekly box of basic staples. Cargill provided a safe and secure environment if only for the working hours.
6. Employees became very close to others inside the apartment building. Going out on the street with a desperate population was not advisable.
7. I needed wood pallets for feed. We tried to export wood pallets to swap for grain. We refused to pay the bribes it would take to export the pallets
8. I once tried to set up a closed loop wheat planting to flour mill supply chain. A. They came and stole all the seed wheat for food. When we tried to ship in seed wheat in containers via US donors there was no way to get it out of the port without it being stolen
9. Livestock- Our feed business completely collapsed. Even if you could raise a pig, you couldn't defend it from being stolen. People with guns were hungry.
10. Employees- In the end my highly skilled team alone with other highly educated people chose to leave. Cargill often found jobs for them in other Latin countries. The regime was more than happy to see the well-educated leave the country. Setting these employees up with high quality stable jobs after fleeing remains one of the best things I ever did in my career. No one remembers millions in trading earnings.
This is a short list. In my opinion the first money spent needs to happen now and it needs to be food. The US is already on the clock. The current regime does not care if it starves the population. The orgy of theft will actually accelerate if they believe their days are numbered. VZ should be an outstanding customer of US grown ag products. Rice, bread wheat, veg oil etc. Feed the people first.
Jeff KazinFormer head trading Cargill
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Like all good democrats, everything they touch turns to shit and they steal everything in the process.
Just like American democrats.
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I have a friend who is in oil industry. He says he may go down to Venezuela for work. All the big companies are hammering out deals and such to get down there. He worked down there before socialists and dictators took over and loved it.
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and give him some flying lessons (if you know what I mean)
Just tell Hillary he has some dirt on her.
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Still not sure it's been liberated.
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Still not sure it's been liberated.
Yeah I’m not exactly rushing to buy more Chevron stock quite yet.
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This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.
Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn't know how to react.
Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?
Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look like anything we've fought against before.
Interviewer: And then the battle began?
Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.
Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn't they help?
Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn't just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.
Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?
Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.
Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?
Security Guard: Without a doubt. I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they're capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They're not to be messed with.
Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?
Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region.
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This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.
Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn't know how to react.
Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?
Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look like anything we've fought against before.
Interviewer: And then the battle began?
Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.
Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn't they help?
Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn't just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.
Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?
Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.
Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?
Security Guard: Without a doubt. I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they're capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They're not to be messed with.
Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?
Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region.
I was going to reply to this and just high light the pieces that I liked. But I loved the whole thing.
If it is true that peace only comes through strength, then we should start seeing a lot of peace breaking out all over.
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I question whether this is real.
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I question whether this is real.
All of the things he mentioned are reasonable. There are sound weapons, drones, and night vision. Plus training to be VERY accurate against the opposition. Even better if the opposition is confused and leaderless. It seems like all this could have happened, but it's also too good to be true. The good guys aren't talking. The bad guys are in no shape to talk.
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I question whether this is real.
I believe it. Delta is the best special ops unit we have.
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I believe it. Delta is the best second best special ops unit we have.
FTFY
Navy Seals are number 1. ;)
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FTFY
Navy Seals are number 1. ;)
FTFY
Air Force Combat Controllers are number 1
They’re all Tier 1, best of the best. Many time they’re all part of the same package working together.
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LOL military banter.
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FTFY
Air Force Combat Controllers are number 1
They’re all Tier 1, best of the best. Many time they’re all part of the same package working together.
Seals DevGru tops them out. ;)
BTW, we don't see AFCC operating out of submarines. ;)
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Seals DevGru tops them out. ;)
BTW, we don't see AFCC operating out of submarines. ;)
That we know of….
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Speaking of military I have a huge looming concern I don’t hear people talk about enough. Our pool of healthy (mentally and physically), fit, and intelligent young males is shrinking very fast.
I asked Grok to analyze this for me and give me an estimate of how long before the difficulty of getting enough qualified recruits results in degradation of military excellence. Grok said possibly as early as 2035 if current trends continue, as the military may need to reduce standards just to fill slots.
The good news is that our biggest adversaries (Russia and China) are in even worse demographic collapse and will face the problem sooner. So relatively speaking, our military will continue to dominate.
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What to Do If You're Shot 3X During Maduro Operation? If You're This Chinook Pilot, You Finish Mission
By Bob Hoge | 8:00 PM on January 09, 2026
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP
Operation Absolute Resolve was a stunning military success. In the wee hours of January 3, American military forces stealthily entered the South American country of Venezuela by air, lowered boots to the ground, and successfully captured the dictator and illegitimate president Nicolás Maduro. He was spirited off to New York City, where he awaits his reckoning from the U.S. Justice system.
No U.S. troops were killed, nor was any of our military hardware captured or destroyed.
But that doesn’t mean there weren’t multiple deaths among the Venezuelans and their protectors, the Cubans, and it doesn’t mean there were no injuries on the American team. In fact, one helicopter pilot, who was the team leader and one of the planners of the mission, was hit three times.
That didn’t stop him, according to multiple reports:
In the early hours of Saturday morning, U.S. Army helicopters skimmed 100 feet above the sea and then over Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, racing toward their target. Their stealthy pathway had been cleared by an American cyberattack that darkened the city, and by radar-evading U.S. fighter jets that pounded Venezuela’s Russian-built air defenses.
Initially, the helicopters, carrying dozens of Army Delta Force commandos, flew undetected.
But as they approached Mr. Maduro’s lair, the aircraft came under fire and shot back. The first helicopter in the assault, a giant twin-rotor MH-47 Chinook, was hit but remained flyable. The flight leader, who also planned the mission and was piloting the Chinook, was struck three times in the leg, said current and former U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
Although the pilot survived the shots, the drama was far from over:
As the damaged helicopter struggled to stay aloft and deliver its troops to their target, the success of the entire operation, called Absolute Resolve, involving more than 150 aircraft launched from 20 different land and sea bases in the region, hung in the balance.
The entire operation was in jeopardy:
Would these operators from the Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment adjust and prevail, as members of the SEAL Team 6 raid to capture Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011 did after one of their helicopters clipped a wall and crashed?
Or would the Chinook plummet into a hostile city and become a deadly echo of the Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993 and ignited a fierce battle in which 18 U.S. troops died and 73 were wounded, at the time the deadliest single engagement for American troops since the Vietnam War?
Spoiler alert: the helicopter did not crash, we didn’t witness the second coming of Black Hawk Down, the brave pilot was able to disgorge the soldiers on his craft to go capture Maduro, and he was able to later get the chopper back to the warship Iwo Jima. Although he was seriously injured, he is being treated at a Texas hospital along with another soldier.
And that, my friends, is yet another reason why the U.S. military is feared and respected. In this operation, as in so many others throughout our history, they didn’t come to play games.
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/01/09/what-to-do-if-youre-shot-3x-during-maduro-operation-if-youre-this-chinook-pilot-you-finish-mission-n2197967
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Not to take away from what he did, but thank goodness it was the leg, and not the femoral artery therein either, nor the chest, head, or spinal cord. He probably wrapped bandages around it, swallowed some tylenol, and carried on. Much respect!
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/update-pam-bondi-reveals-classified-leaker-behind-trumps/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/update-pam-bondi-reveals-classified-leaker-behind-trumps/)
Did I miss something? What was leaked?
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/update-pam-bondi-reveals-classified-leaker-behind-trumps/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/update-pam-bondi-reveals-classified-leaker-behind-trumps/)
Did I miss something? What was leaked?
I don't have a link right now, but I read earlier that there is a website where people can place bets on when certain things might happen. Somebody put down a $30k bet and won $400k on when the Venezuela action would commence. It was thought that his wager was to specific to be random and suspected it was an insider.
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/update-pam-bondi-reveals-classified-leaker-behind-trumps/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/update-pam-bondi-reveals-classified-leaker-behind-trumps/)
Did I miss something? What was leaked?
I guess she wasn’t gonna re-leak it.