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TODAY'S NEWS, January 1-5, 2026 (Happy New Year)

HEADLINES: Trump removes Maduro in a surgical action; Skinny Minny fraud investigations continue;


THE NEWS OF TODAY IS THE HISTORY OF TOMORROW




IN POLITICAL NEWS


1) The big news, which came and went faster than a bean burrito in front of Rosie O'Donnell, is that the Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, whose election was as suspect as that of Rutabaga, was arrested and teleported out of Venezuela in a perfect operation that came through like clockwork prior to digitization. U.S. forces took out anti-air stations, dropped in some special operators, killed a few bodyguards, and heisted the strongman right out of his presidential palace and to a New York court where he and his lovely wife were indicted on more charges than P. Diddy. He ain't getting out of this, though he may rat on a number of U.S. pols to keep him out of gen pop at Soledad. This operation was planned for weeks, just awaiting as Trump said, the right time. It occurred without a single leak. I must now give Susie Wiles the nickname "Silent Susie," as this is the second very big op (remember Iran's nukes?) that came off without a hitch and without a leak. Now, pump this into your brain and marinate on it: the U.S. has now carried out two operations against enemy targets heavily protected by Russian (and, one would assume, some ChiCom defense systems, disabled them like Harry Bosch picking a lock, and didn't suffer a single enemy hit. What do you think is going on within the ChicCom and Russkie militaries right now? "For sale: 200 anti-aircraft systems, never used, badly abused." Moreover, the military accompanied DOJ officials, who did the actual arrest. Remember ol' Pineapple Face, Panama's Manuel Noriega? Yeah, took weeks to get him. And now Venezuela's top intel officer wants asylum here and is willing to "name names." Hmm. Do any of those names have a "D" after them? Oh, there is not "MAGA fracture" over Venezuela. As Jeff Chliders points out, this is 100% in the Trump Strategic Doctrine released late last year. This is yet another attempt by the Hoax News to create some rift in MAGA.


2) Congrats to Pam Bondi and the Punisher, Pete Hegseth. You can see why they really didn't want him as SecWar. Trump's ability to pull off these incredible surgical strikes without long drawn-out wars has the GOP isolationist wing panicking, for what is there to complain about if we get our foreign policy goals met at virtually no cost? Here is Michael Waller's "Nine Reasons Why Trump's Venezuelan operation is Great for America." Meanwhile, opposition candidate Maria Machado is expected to assume control of the government, while the new interim leader promised to work with the USA.


3) Oh, I guess it wasn't about the oil after all. Oil futures barely moved. Chevron shares moved a little, likely because Chevron and Exxon will end up fixing the dilapidated Venuzuelan facilities.


4) Meanwhile, across the world in Iran, protesters are filling the streets. Many women are protesting the hijabi-beebees, but it remains to be seen if they can force the Ayatollahs of RockandRolla out. Trump has vowed action if any protesters are killed. Wouldn't it be astounding if two of the worst regimes in the world were toppled without violence in less than a month?


5) How does this play politically? DemoKKKrats say their party's response was "weak." Except what response can you have when a perfect operation snags an international criminal, frees millions of people, and moves a country closer into the U.S. orbit?


6) Lib fungalrabbits are really having a bad week. A federal judge nixed Kollyfornia's law against open carry of weapons. Maybe next they'll eliminate open carry of Coors Light?


7) Meanwhile, the Amazing Zohran took office and dove right into lowering housing costs. How did he do that? As Jeff Childers noted in his "Coffee and Covid" for Saturday, he did so by applying old fashioned supply side economics. He is selling public buildings to private developers. Say what?? Is this the "warmth of collectivism" he referred to? I don't know if it will work or not---it all depends on what the private developers do with the properties---but if in fact they build housing and if prices come down, hold the applause. This is Bill Clinton 101. Try to look like a thoughtful moderate before dropping the Islamofascist boom. My guess is he will, if this works, enjoy great credit for Ronald Reagan-type policies so he can look clean and articulate to the American public for his 2028 White House run. And of course the Hoax News media didn't criticism him for doing a 180 on his promises. Oh no. He is "building" on his promises. See how that works? And how about his promise to make things more affordable? He just raised bus and subway fares. What? I thought those were going to be free? Maybe that's became New Kabul (NYC) still hasn't returned to pre-pandemic tourism numbers. And it won't under Amazing Zohran. Who wants to visit Kabul?


8) Remember last Wed. when I told you the Skinny Minny fraud is different because this time the whole government, nearly every agency, is involved in investigating? Now the Small Business Administration just suspended over 7,000 Minny borrowers over China Virus loan fraud.


9) And Shipwreckedcrew argues that the China Virus fraud in Kollyfornia makes the Skinny Minny fraud look like a "rounding error." Told ya. This anti-fraud offensive will hit every blue state and a couple of corrupt red states.


10) J. D. Vance's polling against potential GOP opponents? He's off the charts, ahead of where Trump was in many cases. CNN's Harry Enten was stunned. Meanwhile, it's hard being right so much. I predicted last year when Trump and Elon had their dustup that it was two brothers fighting and that Elon would be back in the fold within months. It's January, and look who is having dinner with the Trump's at Mar-a-Lago. I further predict he will be back for a second run with DOGE.


11) From Seth Keshel: NC saw another net 2000 Rs register, making NC officially a red state. The shift has been incredible. NC was D+175,000 just five years ago. PA is next. 12) Here is a cheap and easily-deployed antidote to drones. I'm sure this will be part of the mix, but I have seen video of electronics warfare causing dozens of drones to just fall out of the sky. I think that will be the major form of defense.



IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS


14) HHS just put new rules in place for soggy snotponds like Minnesota, where Skinnies will no longer be able to just stick their hand out to taxpayers and say "Thank you sir may I have another." Now recipients must submit actual documentation (including photographs of little Mohammed and Mohammedina) to HHS. But we're "no whar nears tarrred" of the Skinny Minny fraud. Here is another: so-called "healthcare" businesses---SIXTY of them---in a single building, many with nothing but a front. Consequently, the Prancing Gheyboy, Tampon Timmy, is already dropping out of the 2028 presidential race. and is also dropping his reelection bid Don't fret, Gheyboy: you were slated to get as many delegates as the Cackler Harris got when she ran.



16) The WI judge sentenced to jail for aiding and abetting illegal invaders has resigned.



IN CULTURAL NEWS


18) The great Ryan Burge shows that young Mormons may not be quite as conservative as they once were, but they sure aren't DemoKKKrats.


IN ECONOMIC NEWS



20) The absolute weasels at the Wall Street Urinal are noting that the prices of condos is falling. That's great news right? I mean we have an "affordability" crisis? Oh, not to the Urinal, which laments the poor condo owners. You cannot win with these people. "Trump cures cancer. Million of survivors will have to be fed and housed!"


21) Jack in the Box is closing several restaurants nationwide. You better stay away form my Jack tacos, or lose an arm


22) Here is the sharp decline in federal employment under President Trump.


23) Without the subsidies, Tesla deliveries have plunged.


24) Both Dinobernie and Ron DeSantis are speaking out against AI data centers. There is no question that procedures must be in place that these energy-guzzlers do not get to siphon off existing grids. Pay your own way.


IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS


25) Burkina Faso just issued a travel ban on Americans in retaliation for Trump's ban on travelers from that fine garden spot to America. I was soooo looking forward to my week on Scorpion Ranch followed by up front encounters with Komodo dragons on Burkina Faso.


26) The large protests in Iran are mostly driven by the falling economy, but Iran's international position has been severely reduced by Israeli-US attacks on the Hamas Murder Pirates, Hezbollah, and the Yemen slatherdippers. There is also a yearning for the retun of Shah Pahlavi.



28) Remember "Global Warming?" Yeah, good times. Hudson Bay froze solid with the lowest temperatures since the 1970s.


29) Watch the little things: Panama has removed a ChiCom monument. And Green Screen Zelensky just named a new guy to replace Andriy Yermak, who is under corruption charges. The new guy? Yeah, CIA trained.


IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS


30) Tommy Lee Jones's daughter Victoria found dead in her hotel room at age 34.


31) This is sad. I feel for "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, who is dying from advanced prostate cancer, and who said he would "Convert to Christianity" before kicking the bucket. Scott, man, it doesn't work that way. Christianity is not a fire insurance policy. It is a relationship built on letting Someone else run your life.


32) Actor Mickey Rourke is now holding fundraisers because he is far behind on payments for his home. Where are those American Express commercials that begin "Remember me?"


33) That didn't take long. The Cleveland Browns fired their head coach Kevin Stefanski after a season in which he resisted playing The Messiah, Shadeur Sanders, at QB. Sanders may be a head case, but their only option is a guy with more sexual harassment suits against him than Harvey Weinstein.


IN MEDICAL NEWS


34) In Spain there were 2.7 million children and teens in 2020, over 81% unvaxxed. How many deaths from "Covid" or the, er, "treatments?" ZERO.


AND FINALLY. . .


35) This tweet speaks for itself. For those of you only listening, KTLA reported that a speeding woman on cocaine killed a drunk driver high on meth in North Las Vegas. Posthumous Darwin Awards were presented to the families.




Larry Schweikart (@WallsOther)


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