To be concise, I would strongly urge anyone here to sit back and watch. In case you’ve been living in the Matrix over the past few years, there’s a battle brewing against the deep state here and around the world. This means some very evil and corrupt people have a lot at stake keeping governments like Ukraine, Venezuela and others intact. Could this arrest of Madura be a significant step towards cleaning the shit up? Remember one thing, Dominion and SmartMatic were very much Venezuela operations and the dark forces needed them to keep their strangleholds in place (think Joe Biden 2020). Try to pay as little attention as you can to what the media pundits are barking and just watch this all play out. And be sure to stock up on popcorn.
It will be interesting to see what happens in court today before 92 year old Judge Alvin Hellerstein, supposedly a leftist. Which causes me to wonder, why bring Maduro to NYC for sentencing?
That is one of the amusing things. You have to be aware of "topics". Certain topics you won't get a good answer from either humans or Simulated Intelligence (which was trained on the crappy human misinformation).
Maybe so President Trump can get a chuckle out of the fact that he has managed to get dems to defend Maduro. I swear, if Trump were to have apprehended El Chapo, Charles Manson, Noriega, Pol Pot and all the elephant poachers in the world, libs would find 10
This is an important question. But some people seem to think it’s a power move by the admin. I can’t quite figure out how, but I’m going to pay attention with avid interest to how this plays out. Trump seems to always have a reason for what he does.
My personal suspicion is this is how he gets to that voting machine system that if in Venezuela and is the one (is it Smartmatic?) that stole the 2020 election and handed it to Biden. Maybe he'll learn, and then we all will, that the Dems really DID steal it and he can then make a powerful argument for paper ballots in federal elections. Then there's the stolen oil, and the drugs which probably rank pretty high in reasons.
I would give you 4 million likes if I could - great comment! Thanks for making me laugh so hard - you created quite an image there, which i won't soon forget! LOL
I love to envision unethical, evil and malevolent people shiteing their pants all all day and it be a chronic problem. This way they live in the bathroom and out of our lives. Thanks E!
And, if he is found innocent, he will be reimbursed for his inconvenience. He will not however be able to return to Venezuela in any capacity unless he aspires to get dead in a hurry. The free people he oppressed hate him for that and the cronies he paid off now hate him for letting himself be blind-sided.
Also, he has probably already had to give tons of info to Trump/military - since Maduro worked for CIA, this means he's already a dead man if CIA ever gets hold of him. If he becomes a free man, he's a dead man walking.
Excellent summary, thank you! I would add that the deep state is held together by CIA just for one, at least that is what Trump & Team seem to be going after. Maduro was a CIA operative and in fact CIA had captured the country of Venezuela and was the one truly in charge IMO. CIA has long been the main trafficker of drugs and probably sex trafficking as well. I'm old enough to remember hearing from numerous soldiers who returned from Vietnam that the Golden Triangle was source of heroin and CIA was distributing it to soldiers in 'Nam during the war. That's why there were so many vets strung out on heroin. I remember those days. I've read there are at least 12 countries who have been captured by CIA and under CIA control. Venezuela was one of them but also Ukraine, Columbia and probably Brazil and Iran, and there are others. I think that is probably the end goal of current ops right now, to break up CIA. I remember JFK saying he wanted to break the CIA into a thousand pieces. He never got that chance because CIA killed him. Trump is in some ways finishing what JFK started. Another project JFK started was to send astronauts into outer space. When he was killed, space travel was ended. Trump has started that back up in his first term. JFK was probably our last president who wasn't under the thumb of CIA and Trump is picking up where JFK left off so it makes sense Trump is going after CIA. Just my 2 cents.
I’d say your comments are worth more than 2 cents which in today’s economy is worthless (they are stopping production of pennies). My mom used to tell me of the days when you could by a cup of coffee for that much but by the time I was a kid a penny was good for a piece of candy or bubble gum. At any rate I value the opinions and knowledge of readers here (including yours) and on other Substacks a lot more than some of the big time reporters and commentators who just repeat the same crap that we’ve been fed for most of our lives.
Thank you, Jeff, I appreciate your compliment. I remember a cup of coffee being about 9 cents so yes, I'm a gray-hair. I also totally agree with your last sentence - way too many big time reporters babbling on and repeating what they read by another babbling reporter who only reports what they are told to report. I prefer to read articles by independent writers who do research on their own and add their own 2 cents worth that they themselves see. Jenna McCarthy is one of those, also Chris Bray on Substack, who you might like. Lots of intelligent replies in the comment section on Mr. Bray's articles, too. I also very much enjoy your insightful comments.
To clarify, JFK wasn't just making a threat; he fully intended to take down CIA but they killed him before he could do so. George H. W. Bush signed the order, there are copies of that document in the book "JFK's Last Stand" by Dr. Michael Salla but also online probably. At least, there used to be.
Exactly, and I should have included that fact in my comment. It seems, thought, that saying what he planned to do may have been a mistake. Trump is making other kinds of claims as reasons for knocking down these regimes. Brilliant.
Your last 2 sentences - good catch on your part, and yes it is brilliant. Trump works in very unusual ways, it is often difficult to decipher what he's doing and why but in the end, he always has a very good reason IMO. Just something I've learned after watching him for decades.
Yes. Everyone needs to check out Promethian action if you want to understand Trump’s quest for peace through sovereignty. It’s brilliant and it’s our fight. Trump needs to be supported in the mid terms coming up to finish the job.
you might enjoy a book called 1984. they also talk about peace through war, bombs, kidnapping or the bible that says 'you reap what you sow.' I personally cannot wait for someone to kidnap the entire administration.
A. [now the info is in two places, in case AI mercifully gets banned]
Overview of Promethian Action
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Promethian Action is a contemporary political movement that aims to challenge oligarchical structures and promote human creativity and potential. It draws inspiration from historical figures and movements that have advocated for political and social reform.
Key Features of Promethian Action
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1. Defiance Against Oligarchy: The movement focuses on resisting centralized, elite control over political and social systems, advocating for grassroots participation and empowerment.
2. Unleashing Human Creativity: Central to the Promethian philosophy is the belief in the vast potential of human creativity. This aspect promotes innovation and artistic expression as core components of societal advancement.
3. Educational and Cultural Focus: The movement includes activities like classes and seminars that explore cultural, artistic, and historical themes, motivating participants to engage deeply with their heritage and knowledge.
4. Connection to Historical Contexts: The term "Promethean" historically relates to figures like Benjamin Franklin, who is symbolic of enlightenment thought and the quest for knowledge and progress.
Historical Parallel: Prometheism [weird; substack has cut off the rest of this post]
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The term has historical roots connected to Prometheism, a Polish covert action program from the interwar period aimed at undermining the Soviet Union by supporting independence movements among various ethnic groups within its borders. This earlier form of Prometheism sought to weaken what was perceived as imperialist control through cultural and military support.
This modern manifestation in Promethian Action merges these historical perspectives with contemporary political and creative strategies, reflecting a renewed commitment to fostering individuality and collective progress in a challenging political landscape.
I would add that those 2 ladies have been gathering info since 1970s. They know a lot about what is going on with deep state and behind the scenes. Their info is very valuable and spot-on IMO.
Here’s a true story for you related to your observation - when I was 16 years old I stepped into a hotel elevator in New York and there stood Rod Serling. Just me and him and we took a ride together down to the hotel lobby. I had to ask him if his stories were true or was it all just fantasy. He smiled, took a puff off of his Lucky Strike and said something like, “Yeah kid. It is for real.” While I remembered it all through my life what he told me didn’t start to really ring true until 2020 when I witnessed things that seemed unimaginable.
I'll buy this, Jeff. The election interference angle is supremely interesting.
But I'm definitely NOT buying administration talking points about how bad things were and why the US needed to do this. Shades of Iraq/Saddam/WMD, covid, Libya, China, Russia, Taiwan and about everything else we've been told over the years.
And I'm shocked at all the administration talking points being spewed by supposedly red-pilled commenters - you'd think we'd have learned by now.
There are tons of comments by Venezuelans who will tell you about the horrors the Venezuelans have lived through for the last 26 yrs. Starvation for one - there's a reason why almost one third of Venezuelans left their country. They are scattered all around the globe now.
So glad to hear that! Those poor people have suffered hugely. I appreciate you passing on this info, "boots on the ground" is so much better than hearsay or news reports (which can't always be trusted). So, thank you for passing on this info. I've loved seeing videos of the Venezuelans rejoicing in various countries that they fled to.
I’m currently not buying anything. Just trying to get the facts straight and hoping that when we all get the whole truth it will inspire action on everyone’s part to start to clean this massive shit show up. I do believe that the 2020 election along with most others around the US and the rest of the world were rigged. Regardless of who was declared winner, this should be of utmost concern to everyone who values freedom and decency. To be honest I’ve been very disappointed in Trump 2.0. But he was a victim of this crime along with 75 million people who voted for him as well as everyone else who saw our country invaded and threatened.
I'm wondering if Trump the deal maker may offer Maduro some leniency in exchange for revealing the election fraud that he was overseeing. Now that would be popcorn worthy theater !!!
Exactly! I was also wondering why/how Maduro was able to change outfits so many times in 2 days. Do you think he had time to pack a bag?? It would seem that someone who was running to their "safe" room would not be thinking about how many outfits they need for their journey.
Oh-oh, you've been actually paying attention - we can't have that! LOL (sarcasm) Good catch, I've seen a few other folks mention that, too. One does have to wonder...
CIA has been running drug ops all over the world for a very long time, going back at least to the Vietnam War in 1960s/70s, I'm old enough to remember that. Trump is trying to take down CIA, so there's that aspect to it as well. CIA has been a bad thing for the entire world IMO.
If the election fraud does come up, it will be a shock to the system. Remember the way the media reacted when Trump astutely claimed it right away and has to this day never backed down. Despite the judges refusing to hear about (including the Supreme Court), the whole matter opened up a wound that has never healed and our entire Constitutional process is threatened. Look what happened on and after Jan 6. If Trump and his allies really do wish to save this republic (and the world for that matter), he would be wise to use this arrest as a means of discovery. And if all eyes are glued to it, the revelations would be so damning that the mainstream media will have to deal with it - kind of like they’d be covering their own funeral.
Are you familiar with Juan O Savin? He’s an insider in Trump’s circle who’s been appearing on numerous podcasts over the past five years and offers a lot of very interesting perspectives about many things including COVID, the fragile very uncertain economy and the great election fraud of 2020 and beyond (the Dems tried it again in 2024 but only succeeded in congressional/senate races. They couldn’t steal the presidency again). Juan has been talking about the Venezuela connection for sometime in relation to everything that’s been going on and it makes sense that this arrest may be a giant opportunity to get to the bottom of the rathole. You may also be aware that Trump recently pardoned Tina Peters, a 70 year old patriot who held an executive position in Mesa County, CO and exposed election hanky panky which landed her in prison for 9 years. Dem CO governor Polis is defying Trump and not letting her free. They obviously do not want this woman to testify. And right after Maduro was arrested, Trump was posting election fraud evidence like crazy. This could be one of the biggest stories of not only 2026 but of this century.
In the main I’m not a fan of this sort of intervention, but because of the Monroe Doctrine and the likelihood of drugs from China making their way into the US via Venezuela, and the thought that many prominent American Lefties have received a lot of cash from said drugs, and because Chavez appropriated oil from American oil companies without paying said American oil companies for the oil, and the 6 year old indictments against Maduro, I am all for this. Yes, we’ve done this for years mostly in the Middle East, but those wars were of the permanent kind meant to reshape that region after our own image. Here’s James Howard Kunstler this morning: https://www.kunstler.com/p/badass
Mary Ann, thanks much for illuminating more facets to this "gem." I'd completely forgotten, but SHOULD have remembered, that "Venezuelan" oil is available principally because of NON-Venezuelan technology and capital investment--both of which were STOLEN by a tinpot dictator.
I'm wondering how much the "former owners" are entitled to from Venezuela, these many years later, with interest "under international law."
The whole episode is complicated as hell: oil, stolen elections both here and in Venezuela, drugs, dictator, and maybe more than we've heard yet. But every legal analyst I've read says the law and historical precedent are on Trump's side, beginning with Jefferson and the Barbary pirates.
Another aspect that supports the removal of Maduro: Venezuela was serving as a beach head for Chinese and Russia beachheads. It's best that no one else invite them in. Trump just told them not to let the door hit them on their way out.
Oops! thanks for correcting my spelling error! Now I will correct it too. I thought it looked odd when I typed it but got no red line under it, so figured I was good to go.
This is way off topic, but I learned yesterday that my rural area (Titusville, Pennsylvania) indeed has a functional medicine physician. What I want to ask you is if there is a national organization that such doctors belong to. This man is Dr. Arthur Lewis. My problem is that I don’t know how to contact him. My source also said he’s a member of The Institute of Functional Medicine. Is that a professional organization? Any help deeply appreciated.
Nice work, Jenna!!! I called his office and you will not believe this: he cannot accept me as a patient even if I pay cash. Because he works one day a week in the Titusville Hospital emergency room (where maybe I should just show up), he is not allowed to accept Medicare and he is not allowed to accept cash. It's Medicare Law. What the hell kind of country is this? I couldn't even ask him a theoretical question, such as "What do you recommend for people who have such and such an issue? Marc Siegel on Fox does that all the time.
All of which I've belonged to for the past twenty years (give or take a bit depending on the organization).
A4M is absolutely awesome, great conferences.
IFM used to be terrific (for a couple years I was the most active person on their forums answering questions and helping other doctors) but for many years now they have been drifting more and more "conventional".
What we might want to look for is whether in five years the population of 31 million people in Venezuela are enjoying a good life or if the end result is just swapping one tyrant for another.
BUT, THIS is not THAT. This is "limited law-enforcement action: 'Put in whomever you want as your replacement; just this tip: if he or she too effs around with the USA, they'll find out too.'"
Consulting the Simulated Intelligence: it appears that the Venezuelan government is similar to the USA government but with much stronger Presidential powers. So assuming their President can be elected every six years and can only serve a second term, in theory if an election is "open and fair" their people can choose whom they want to lead them.
Let's see who "wins" the election.
I'd also like to see how the flow of resources (oil and minerals) develops. Will other nations exploit them? Or will their natural resources create great wealth for the people?
No, I felt oceanic was big enough for the illustration, and that likewise TOO oceanic would be just too much. However, as we like to say around here, it's not a hill I would die on. I'm glad you added it to let readers choose.
My "voting with your wallet" is using our choices to resist the choices that are being forced on us. If government requires social media to insist on identifying ourselves ("age verification") and social media goes along with this when we can "vote" by simply stopping using that social media platform.
Another example was the mandates requiring a vaccine passport in order to attend a concert. Simple solution is to NOT buy tickets to the concert.
Sure, both have short term "hurt". We don't get what we want. But we also force them to change if they want to continue existing as a business.
Personally I doubt that "deserving" comes into anything much.
That said, people are accountable for their own words and deeds. (And NOT accountable for the words and deeds of others.
What governments do and say is not ever done or said by me. To suggest that they do or say anything because I wish it so is a bit too collectivist a view, for my taste. :)
This gets into the difference between a "democracy" vs a "constitutional republic". Both may elect politicians, but the second has a constitution that is supposed to protect them from the politicians.
"We" said it 250 years ago: the USA government shall not do anything we haven't specified it can do. Yet corruption has eliminated this protection.
The op was indeed a strong statement.... From our military and adjacent entities.
Trump teased that he wished we could see what he saw. I do too. I'll wait anxiously for the movie, even though it most certainly won't reveal all the tricks, techniques, and weapons deployed.
Yuge Congratulations and Respect to the military, other contributing entities, and the leadership of Operation Absolute Resolve. 'MURICA!!!
Shortest movie ever, lol. (And I’m just playing, I know there’s enough going on around it to make it a full movie, just making a crack because the actual event took 6 minutes).
My friend is close to someone who lives in Caracas. They called yesterday. Reported on Saturday night they heard helicopters - nothing else - and knew something was happening. Upon waking on Sunday, they heard the news and were very happy about it and everyone they knew was also very happy about what happened.
Shared that Venezula used to be an affluent country that was destroyed by Meduro's regime - taking money, much resulting poverty - and was hopeful that Venezula and the population would be restored.
Was also predicting that within 6 months the travel ban would be lifted - friend had trip booked canceled by the travel ban - was elated they may be able to visit friends in the US sooner rather than who knows when.
Short and to the point - this was about the 2020 stolen election, via the CIA, using proxy Venezuela (cuz it's been a criminal playa for decades - actually, most of unstable South America has cuz unstable countries are the playgrounds for Operation Gladio / CIA), Smartmatic/Dominion machines, the Confession Letter of the top General for Maduro and Chavez, and fixing the wrong that MUST be fixed before anything else can go forward.
The People have a right to know not only THAT the election was stolen, but HOW and WHY.
There has always been cheating, however, in 2020, it was the literal overthrow of the American Government.
Full on Treason from within.
Conspiracy to Commit from outside.
Full Stop.
All the other includeables are just side dishes.
If you commit a crime in or against the United States of America, you CAN and WILL be brought legally and lawfully to American soil to face Justice, under the Trump Administration.
FAFO is not just a hash tag under President Trump, it is a mission statement!
EVERYTHING that President Trump does, and has done, is to the Letter of the Law and Constitutional. He ain't about to change that now to let the rats escape Justice.
The QUESTION folks should be asking is WHY was Maduro, casually wearing an Origin blue hoodie, giving two thumbs up.
Was he being controlled and is now set free from that control?
Time will tell, it always does.
The founder of Origin Clothing, Pete Roberts, was inspired by American revolutionaries and against communism. One can read his letter right on the website:
There are quite a few examples of this being done in the past including multiple targeted assassinations and war in Libya without congressional approval by President Obama, as you mentioned, invasion of Panama to overthrow Noriega by President Reagan (supported by then Senator Biden) and invasion of Grenada also under Reagan to end the Marxist government there.
I don’t necessarily support any of these as well, but there is precedent.
Yes and he was not like Maduro. He was trying to have a free Africa with gold backed currency with the use of the oil money. The citizens had free education, housing and medical.
But they did not have a Rothchild central bank. That is the only similarity with Venezuela. Imho.
All those Middle Eastern regime changes were for different purposes, too: to turn those countries into liberal democracies, as the neocons would have it.
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Article II makes the president commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
Where the line falls between those powers has been contested since the Framers left the room. But this operation crosses into territory no modern president has claimed: unilateral military invasion of a sovereign nation to capture its head of state, followed by announced plans to govern that country.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of introducing armed forces into hostilities. It allows 60 days of military action without congressional authorization, extendable to 90 days.
But the Resolution was designed for emergency defensive actions and limited engagements—not regime change operations followed by announced U.S. administration of a foreign country. The legal framework doesn’t contemplate what happened Saturday because no president has attempted it.
When “Law Enforcement” Becomes “Invasion”
The Justice Department will likely argue this wasn’t an act of war – it was law enforcement. Maduro faced a valid federal indictment. The operation was an arrest, not an invasion.
That argument has problems. Delta Force isn’t a law enforcement agency – it’s an elite military unit designed for combat operations.
The “arrest” required bombing Venezuelan military installations and striking government targets. The operation resulted in U.S. forces occupying a sovereign nation’s largest military complex.
International law distinguishes between law enforcement operations with a nation’s consent and military operations against a nation’s will. Venezuela didn’t consent. Its government is calling it kidnapping. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called it “a dangerous precedent” that violates international law.
The domestic constitutional question mirrors the international one: Can a president order military strikes on a foreign country and capture its leader without congressional authorization, then call it law enforcement?
The Precedent That Terrifies Everyone
Democratic Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated the obvious: “Does this mean any large country can indict the ruler of a smaller adjacent country and take that person out? This would lead to total chaos, this theory of the case.”
The precedent works both ways. If the United States can indict foreign leaders, bomb their countries, capture them, and fly them to Brooklyn for trial, other nations can claim the same authority.
China could indict Taiwan’s president, strike Taipei, and call it law enforcement. Russia could indict Ukrainian leadership, bomb Kyiv, and cite U.S. precedent. Any nuclear power with global reach could target any smaller neighbor’s leadership, launch military operations, and frame it as executing valid warrants.
Trump’s theory of executive power – that a president can unilaterally order military operations against sovereign nations to enforce U.S. indictments – has no limiting principle. It applies to every country that can’t militarily resist.
I’m not here for the legal or political breakdown either although I’m sure you could handle both. However, if someone accidentally wandered in here looking for that, they can check out the following:
I believe capturing and exfiltrating Maduro was merely the public face of this operation. You don’t need carrier battle groups, 12,000++ soldiers and 150 aircraft to do that. It is possible another operation was being conducted simultaneously, that was not publicized, and could have very well have been the seizure of election rigging software, hardware, and anything else illegal they knew was coming from Venezuela.
This demonstrates the fiction of international law.
The world is comprised of nearly 200 sovereign nation-states existing in a club of nation-states.
The club, like the American Bar Association, decides membership.
As there is no world government, something libertarians claim they like, no government, sovereign nations act in their interests weighing the risks and rewards of their actions.
The world club of sovereign states has rules. Diplomats represent nations in other states and have immunity from criminal acts in those states.
Saudi Arabia bans alcohol, but diplomatic missions import scotch, vodka, etc. under diplomatic seal for consumption at their consulates/embassies. Things get dicey if they try to sell it to others in the country.
What Maduro, DPRK and other states do is abuse the privilege of sovereign state membership for personal profit. Using diplomatic immunity to violate laws of other sovereign states.
Sovereign states are not untouchable in the club. If they want to be in the club, they need to follow rules or face consequences from the other sovereign states.
And all the righteous indignation from Legacy Media shouldn’t come as a surprise. Marco Rubio had to take several of them to the woodshed this weekend when the commentary was as predictable as ever. With blinders on, they never look to the left where these strategic moves have been made by all of their favorites, except for Joe “drool cup” Biden. One doesn’t even have to turn on the television to know this will be beaten into the ground and the meltdown will be repeated ad nauseam. The fact that these opinionated mockingbirds posing as journalists continue to act like they’re just finding out the Atlantic Ocean is wet, is all the more reason to let them sit and spin. Welcome to Romper Room folks! They’ll tire themselves like all temper tantrum prone children.
Thanks Jenna. This is about controlling the largest oil reserve on the planet and keeping it from China's control. Saying this is the real reason does not deny that people suffered here and are celebrating a brutal man's departure multiple things are true here. The rush to the binary that is happening in some spheres is predictable.
Trump did talk about that in his address to the union. The on,y think he didn’t address was the collaboration with Cuba regarding election interference. I predict that’s coming soon…
Just read Robert Malone's recent Stack on the manufacturing of Iranian drones in Venezuela prior to your article. I'm confident that it's much deeper than just restoring American oil interests. See what you think.
Markets are way up. Apparently, Wall Street reacts positively to a little midnight dictator‑snatching. My question remains - Who gets the $50M reward for the capture of Maduro?
If this was another person indicted of crimes in the US, USUALLY that foreign country would help extradite the alleged criminal to the US to be prosecuted, just like we do for our allies, etc. When the one who would "oversee" the extradition is the alleged criminal himself, who is going to actually do the extradition? If he himself won't turn himself in after many conversations, then I see nothing wrong with us making it happen.
I get the downstream ramifications, but it seems Trump et. al. have a plan. Time will tell.
To be concise, I would strongly urge anyone here to sit back and watch. In case you’ve been living in the Matrix over the past few years, there’s a battle brewing against the deep state here and around the world. This means some very evil and corrupt people have a lot at stake keeping governments like Ukraine, Venezuela and others intact. Could this arrest of Madura be a significant step towards cleaning the shit up? Remember one thing, Dominion and SmartMatic were very much Venezuela operations and the dark forces needed them to keep their strangleholds in place (think Joe Biden 2020). Try to pay as little attention as you can to what the media pundits are barking and just watch this all play out. And be sure to stock up on popcorn.
It will be interesting to see what happens in court today before 92 year old Judge Alvin Hellerstein, supposedly a leftist. Which causes me to wonder, why bring Maduro to NYC for sentencing?
The charges against him were filed in New York in 2020--according to my "trusty" AI source.
"AI" would never lie. 🤣
Unfortunately, I’m finding that AI is more of a straight shooter than most other sources. Sigh…
That is one of the amusing things. You have to be aware of "topics". Certain topics you won't get a good answer from either humans or Simulated Intelligence (which was trained on the crappy human misinformation).
Yes, and I encourage everyone who cares to know the allegations in play to read it.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.534994/gov.uscourts.nysd.534994.260.0_1.pdf
Filed by the Biden DOJ to boot in March of 2020, but nothing was done about it, of course.
Maybe so President Trump can get a chuckle out of the fact that he has managed to get dems to defend Maduro. I swear, if Trump were to have apprehended El Chapo, Charles Manson, Noriega, Pol Pot and all the elephant poachers in the world, libs would find 10
reasons to complain abt it.
As Trump said, he could find the cure to cancer and the dems would complain.
This is an important question. But some people seem to think it’s a power move by the admin. I can’t quite figure out how, but I’m going to pay attention with avid interest to how this plays out. Trump seems to always have a reason for what he does.
My personal suspicion is this is how he gets to that voting machine system that if in Venezuela and is the one (is it Smartmatic?) that stole the 2020 election and handed it to Biden. Maybe he'll learn, and then we all will, that the Dems really DID steal it and he can then make a powerful argument for paper ballots in federal elections. Then there's the stolen oil, and the drugs which probably rank pretty high in reasons.
part of the reason is pay back for stealing an election. payment is about to be paid in full!
Most current evidence strongly points to election theft. Case in point: Atlanta finding 300k votes..
Maduro is CIA. Trump is taking down CIA in my opinion. Venezuela was wholly owned by CIA.
I hope the CIA is driven out leaving skidmarks from their own panties.
I would give you 4 million likes if I could - great comment! Thanks for making me laugh so hard - you created quite an image there, which i won't soon forget! LOL
I love to envision unethical, evil and malevolent people shiteing their pants all all day and it be a chronic problem. This way they live in the bathroom and out of our lives. Thanks E!
Interesting
Read this, a bit long but very interesting. It’s not about the oil: https://renegaderesources.pro/p/the-venezuelan-oil-narative-is-pure?utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
oil. rare earths. epstein files. does that help you figure it out?
I was talking about the comment I was replying to, which was about why he was taken to NYC. Also, your comment is condescending.
Also, they’re bringing him to NYC for a trial, he hasn’t been convicted of anything yet, just indicted.
And, if he is found innocent, he will be reimbursed for his inconvenience. He will not however be able to return to Venezuela in any capacity unless he aspires to get dead in a hurry. The free people he oppressed hate him for that and the cronies he paid off now hate him for letting himself be blind-sided.
Also, he has probably already had to give tons of info to Trump/military - since Maduro worked for CIA, this means he's already a dead man if CIA ever gets hold of him. If he becomes a free man, he's a dead man walking.
Yay, dead man walking.
then by all means send him back to venez. would love to see the funeral pyre alit.
The most interesting charge was that he had guns. What does that have to do with US gun laws and a foreign head of state?
Wouldn't it be ironic if Maduro ends up being the NRA's poster boy for 2nd amendment rights? ;)
Even better if suddenly the gun control crowd starts defending Maduro's 2A rights. :D
He is not an American citizen. Even if he were, he would not qualify or pass the requirements in order to purchase a firearm.
Maduro is not a foreign head of state.
Maybe, he’s just a Head of a Foreign state.
What you you call him?
What he is...A Drug dealer. In what universe does he qualify to be head of a foreign state?
And no Democrat will want any questions about a 92 yr olds mental\ health, just insistence that Trump is mentally incompetent
92 yo judge. get that old geezer outta there. he is wearing depends and is trying to run a courtroom.
Excellent summary, thank you! I would add that the deep state is held together by CIA just for one, at least that is what Trump & Team seem to be going after. Maduro was a CIA operative and in fact CIA had captured the country of Venezuela and was the one truly in charge IMO. CIA has long been the main trafficker of drugs and probably sex trafficking as well. I'm old enough to remember hearing from numerous soldiers who returned from Vietnam that the Golden Triangle was source of heroin and CIA was distributing it to soldiers in 'Nam during the war. That's why there were so many vets strung out on heroin. I remember those days. I've read there are at least 12 countries who have been captured by CIA and under CIA control. Venezuela was one of them but also Ukraine, Columbia and probably Brazil and Iran, and there are others. I think that is probably the end goal of current ops right now, to break up CIA. I remember JFK saying he wanted to break the CIA into a thousand pieces. He never got that chance because CIA killed him. Trump is in some ways finishing what JFK started. Another project JFK started was to send astronauts into outer space. When he was killed, space travel was ended. Trump has started that back up in his first term. JFK was probably our last president who wasn't under the thumb of CIA and Trump is picking up where JFK left off so it makes sense Trump is going after CIA. Just my 2 cents.
I’d say your comments are worth more than 2 cents which in today’s economy is worthless (they are stopping production of pennies). My mom used to tell me of the days when you could by a cup of coffee for that much but by the time I was a kid a penny was good for a piece of candy or bubble gum. At any rate I value the opinions and knowledge of readers here (including yours) and on other Substacks a lot more than some of the big time reporters and commentators who just repeat the same crap that we’ve been fed for most of our lives.
Thank you, Jeff, I appreciate your compliment. I remember a cup of coffee being about 9 cents so yes, I'm a gray-hair. I also totally agree with your last sentence - way too many big time reporters babbling on and repeating what they read by another babbling reporter who only reports what they are told to report. I prefer to read articles by independent writers who do research on their own and add their own 2 cents worth that they themselves see. Jenna McCarthy is one of those, also Chris Bray on Substack, who you might like. Lots of intelligent replies in the comment section on Mr. Bray's articles, too. I also very much enjoy your insightful comments.
Hope all is well with you, sir.
I like your thinking on this. Makes SO much sense. It's a smarter way to get the CIA than John F. Kennedy's threat to take it down in a speech.
To clarify, JFK wasn't just making a threat; he fully intended to take down CIA but they killed him before he could do so. George H. W. Bush signed the order, there are copies of that document in the book "JFK's Last Stand" by Dr. Michael Salla but also online probably. At least, there used to be.
Exactly, and I should have included that fact in my comment. It seems, thought, that saying what he planned to do may have been a mistake. Trump is making other kinds of claims as reasons for knocking down these regimes. Brilliant.
Your last 2 sentences - good catch on your part, and yes it is brilliant. Trump works in very unusual ways, it is often difficult to decipher what he's doing and why but in the end, he always has a very good reason IMO. Just something I've learned after watching him for decades.
Have you checked out Promethian Action’s website? Interesting pov.
Yes. Everyone needs to check out Promethian action if you want to understand Trump’s quest for peace through sovereignty. It’s brilliant and it’s our fight. Trump needs to be supported in the mid terms coming up to finish the job.
Here’s a link; https://www.prometheanaction.com/on-the-verge-of-americas-250th-birthday-were-ready/
Also here is the link to Promethean videos on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/@PrometheanAction/videos
you might enjoy a book called 1984. they also talk about peace through war, bombs, kidnapping or the bible that says 'you reap what you sow.' I personally cannot wait for someone to kidnap the entire administration.
only if we kidnap you first.
HeyAI, "What is Promethian Action? [AI says it's at: promethEanaction.com]
A. [now the info is in two places, in case AI mercifully gets banned]
Overview of Promethian Action
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Promethian Action is a contemporary political movement that aims to challenge oligarchical structures and promote human creativity and potential. It draws inspiration from historical figures and movements that have advocated for political and social reform.
Key Features of Promethian Action
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1. Defiance Against Oligarchy: The movement focuses on resisting centralized, elite control over political and social systems, advocating for grassroots participation and empowerment.
2. Unleashing Human Creativity: Central to the Promethian philosophy is the belief in the vast potential of human creativity. This aspect promotes innovation and artistic expression as core components of societal advancement.
3. Educational and Cultural Focus: The movement includes activities like classes and seminars that explore cultural, artistic, and historical themes, motivating participants to engage deeply with their heritage and knowledge.
4. Connection to Historical Contexts: The term "Promethean" historically relates to figures like Benjamin Franklin, who is symbolic of enlightenment thought and the quest for knowledge and progress.
Historical Parallel: Prometheism [weird; substack has cut off the rest of this post]
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The term has historical roots connected to Prometheism, a Polish covert action program from the interwar period aimed at undermining the Soviet Union by supporting independence movements among various ethnic groups within its borders. This earlier form of Prometheism sought to weaken what was perceived as imperialist control through cultural and military support.
This modern manifestation in Promethian Action merges these historical perspectives with contemporary political and creative strategies, reflecting a renewed commitment to fostering individuality and collective progress in a challenging political landscape.
prometheanaction.com
I would add that those 2 ladies have been gathering info since 1970s. They know a lot about what is going on with deep state and behind the scenes. Their info is very valuable and spot-on IMO.
I've been very impressed by what they know!
Promethian Action is a terrific source IMO.
Definitely!!
I was just remarking to a friend that we are watching a movie … it all seems so unreal.
Here’s a true story for you related to your observation - when I was 16 years old I stepped into a hotel elevator in New York and there stood Rod Serling. Just me and him and we took a ride together down to the hotel lobby. I had to ask him if his stories were true or was it all just fantasy. He smiled, took a puff off of his Lucky Strike and said something like, “Yeah kid. It is for real.” While I remembered it all through my life what he told me didn’t start to really ring true until 2020 when I witnessed things that seemed unimaginable.
For the kids here: https://youtu.be/NzlG28B-R8Y?si=tI3X-3bXvB0X_t8L
One of my lifelong heroes - Rod Serling.
Partly because this was already shown in the Jack Ryan series years ago! His "lecture" on Venezuela was awesome.
I'll buy this, Jeff. The election interference angle is supremely interesting.
But I'm definitely NOT buying administration talking points about how bad things were and why the US needed to do this. Shades of Iraq/Saddam/WMD, covid, Libya, China, Russia, Taiwan and about everything else we've been told over the years.
And I'm shocked at all the administration talking points being spewed by supposedly red-pilled commenters - you'd think we'd have learned by now.
There are tons of comments by Venezuelans who will tell you about the horrors the Venezuelans have lived through for the last 26 yrs. Starvation for one - there's a reason why almost one third of Venezuelans left their country. They are scattered all around the globe now.
We have friends with family there and they are rejoicing.
So glad to hear that! Those poor people have suffered hugely. I appreciate you passing on this info, "boots on the ground" is so much better than hearsay or news reports (which can't always be trusted). So, thank you for passing on this info. I've loved seeing videos of the Venezuelans rejoicing in various countries that they fled to.
I’m currently not buying anything. Just trying to get the facts straight and hoping that when we all get the whole truth it will inspire action on everyone’s part to start to clean this massive shit show up. I do believe that the 2020 election along with most others around the US and the rest of the world were rigged. Regardless of who was declared winner, this should be of utmost concern to everyone who values freedom and decency. To be honest I’ve been very disappointed in Trump 2.0. But he was a victim of this crime along with 75 million people who voted for him as well as everyone else who saw our country invaded and threatened.
If you would like to hear some perspectives, you can start with this discussion- https://rumble.com/v73to3e-1.3.26-patriot-streetfighter-emergency-roundtable-maduro-captured-mckay-jac.html
I agree and I think this is more about the voting machine software than the drugs.
I'm wondering if Trump the deal maker may offer Maduro some leniency in exchange for revealing the election fraud that he was overseeing. Now that would be popcorn worthy theater !!!
Exactly! I was also wondering why/how Maduro was able to change outfits so many times in 2 days. Do you think he had time to pack a bag?? It would seem that someone who was running to their "safe" room would not be thinking about how many outfits they need for their journey.
Oh-oh, you've been actually paying attention - we can't have that! LOL (sarcasm) Good catch, I've seen a few other folks mention that, too. One does have to wonder...
Haha, I call it my "Legally Blonde" question. If you've never seen the movie you should watch it, it's amusing.
Yes, I did see that - it was pretty funny. I like your description of "Legally Blonde" question.
CIA has been running drug ops all over the world for a very long time, going back at least to the Vietnam War in 1960s/70s, I'm old enough to remember that. Trump is trying to take down CIA, so there's that aspect to it as well. CIA has been a bad thing for the entire world IMO.
Agreed
You may well be right, but if so, then that should be the story we hear.
If the election fraud does come up, it will be a shock to the system. Remember the way the media reacted when Trump astutely claimed it right away and has to this day never backed down. Despite the judges refusing to hear about (including the Supreme Court), the whole matter opened up a wound that has never healed and our entire Constitutional process is threatened. Look what happened on and after Jan 6. If Trump and his allies really do wish to save this republic (and the world for that matter), he would be wise to use this arrest as a means of discovery. And if all eyes are glued to it, the revelations would be so damning that the mainstream media will have to deal with it - kind of like they’d be covering their own funeral.
I hope what you’ve outlined turns out to be correct. Our system needs a shock—desperately!
Are you familiar with Juan O Savin? He’s an insider in Trump’s circle who’s been appearing on numerous podcasts over the past five years and offers a lot of very interesting perspectives about many things including COVID, the fragile very uncertain economy and the great election fraud of 2020 and beyond (the Dems tried it again in 2024 but only succeeded in congressional/senate races. They couldn’t steal the presidency again). Juan has been talking about the Venezuela connection for sometime in relation to everything that’s been going on and it makes sense that this arrest may be a giant opportunity to get to the bottom of the rathole. You may also be aware that Trump recently pardoned Tina Peters, a 70 year old patriot who held an executive position in Mesa County, CO and exposed election hanky panky which landed her in prison for 9 years. Dem CO governor Polis is defying Trump and not letting her free. They obviously do not want this woman to testify. And right after Maduro was arrested, Trump was posting election fraud evidence like crazy. This could be one of the biggest stories of not only 2026 but of this century.
Can’t happen soon enough! Thanks for the background info. Honestly though? I’m afraid to dive into podcasts. I spend too much time on substack. 🤣
The rumors and misinformation about this event will be monumental (already are).
We definitely live in an imperfect world. Knee jerk reactions will depend on "political alignment".
An action like this should inspire humanity to look deep into it's own soul and think about what is acceptable and what isn't acceptable.
Trump certainly is keeping us entertained! Nothing boring about this at all! World War III anyone?
Jenna, I'm really glad you put in writing the point that this is not new. The USA has been doing this for decades!
In the main I’m not a fan of this sort of intervention, but because of the Monroe Doctrine and the likelihood of drugs from China making their way into the US via Venezuela, and the thought that many prominent American Lefties have received a lot of cash from said drugs, and because Chavez appropriated oil from American oil companies without paying said American oil companies for the oil, and the 6 year old indictments against Maduro, I am all for this. Yes, we’ve done this for years mostly in the Middle East, but those wars were of the permanent kind meant to reshape that region after our own image. Here’s James Howard Kunstler this morning: https://www.kunstler.com/p/badass
I read kunstler’s article just before this one and I also recommend it. He’s a great writer.
Mary Ann, thanks much for illuminating more facets to this "gem." I'd completely forgotten, but SHOULD have remembered, that "Venezuelan" oil is available principally because of NON-Venezuelan technology and capital investment--both of which were STOLEN by a tinpot dictator.
I'm wondering how much the "former owners" are entitled to from Venezuela, these many years later, with interest "under international law."
The whole episode is complicated as hell: oil, stolen elections both here and in Venezuela, drugs, dictator, and maybe more than we've heard yet. But every legal analyst I've read says the law and historical precedent are on Trump's side, beginning with Jefferson and the Barbary pirates.
Ahhh! To paraphrase an ancient Sat.NightLive sketch: "NO ONE expects 'The Barbary Pirates!'"
Another aspect that supports the removal of Maduro: Venezuela was serving as a beach head for Chinese and Russia beachheads. It's best that no one else invite them in. Trump just told them not to let the door hit them on their way out.
Oops! thanks for correcting my spelling error! Now I will correct it too. I thought it looked odd when I typed it but got no red line under it, so figured I was good to go.
This is interesting: https://renegaderesources.pro/p/the-venezuelan-oil-narative-is-pure?utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
This is way off topic, but I learned yesterday that my rural area (Titusville, Pennsylvania) indeed has a functional medicine physician. What I want to ask you is if there is a national organization that such doctors belong to. This man is Dr. Arthur Lewis. My problem is that I don’t know how to contact him. My source also said he’s a member of The Institute of Functional Medicine. Is that a professional organization? Any help deeply appreciated.
https://www.csfmedicine.com/
Cornerstone Functional Medicine LLC
Address: 233 Sopher Road, Titusville, PA 16354, US
Email: admin@csfmedicine.com
Website: https://csfmedicine.com
https://www.ifm.org/practitioners/arthur-lewis
Nice work, Jenna!!! I called his office and you will not believe this: he cannot accept me as a patient even if I pay cash. Because he works one day a week in the Titusville Hospital emergency room (where maybe I should just show up), he is not allowed to accept Medicare and he is not allowed to accept cash. It's Medicare Law. What the hell kind of country is this? I couldn't even ask him a theoretical question, such as "What do you recommend for people who have such and such an issue? Marc Siegel on Fox does that all the time.
What the hell DOES he take? Barter? Gold coins? In kind donations? 🤦♀️
I was thinking of offering to mow his grass this summer.
Medicare has very weird rules. And not for the well-being of the patients.
Several organizations:
A4M - American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
FMU - Functional Medicine University
IFM - Institute of Functional Medicine
All of which I've belonged to for the past twenty years (give or take a bit depending on the organization).
A4M is absolutely awesome, great conferences.
IFM used to be terrific (for a couple years I was the most active person on their forums answering questions and helping other doctors) but for many years now they have been drifting more and more "conventional".
Thank you so much! 🙏
Try IMA, Mary Ann
That's exactly my next plan. I'm filling out a form on how to become a patient.
One of Pierre Kory’s nurses called me back late this afternoon! Making progress!
Agree 100%
What we might want to look for is whether in five years the population of 31 million people in Venezuela are enjoying a good life or if the end result is just swapping one tyrant for another.
100%
It's not like US-installed strongmen have a great track record over the years (decades).
One metric is emigration versus immigration.
🎯 Definitely!
#seesomalia
BUT, THIS is not THAT. This is "limited law-enforcement action: 'Put in whomever you want as your replacement; just this tip: if he or she too effs around with the USA, they'll find out too.'"
Consulting the Simulated Intelligence: it appears that the Venezuelan government is similar to the USA government but with much stronger Presidential powers. So assuming their President can be elected every six years and can only serve a second term, in theory if an election is "open and fair" their people can choose whom they want to lead them.
Let's see who "wins" the election.
I'd also like to see how the flow of resources (oil and minerals) develops. Will other nations exploit them? Or will their natural resources create great wealth for the people?
People get the government they deserve.
Actually, I've always wondered how does that work?
Do people get the family they deserve?
The neighborhood they deserve?
The recognition at work that they deserve?
The looks they deserve?
The wealth they deserve?
The status they deserve?
Is there a bureau somewhere in charge of making sure that everything that happens to everyone is "deserved"?
Some things feel "oceanic" or "meteorological" in the sense that one individual's influence can change them.
Do you mean they feel TOO oceanic for one individual's influence to change them?
No, I felt oceanic was big enough for the illustration, and that likewise TOO oceanic would be just too much. However, as we like to say around here, it's not a hill I would die on. I'm glad you added it to let readers choose.
People have choices. They can vote with a ballot, or their feet, or with bullets.
I'm in favor of voting with your wallet!
That is mostly how voting actually gets done.... some of the wallets that vote are fairly big, though... ;)
Well, that's true too.
My "voting with your wallet" is using our choices to resist the choices that are being forced on us. If government requires social media to insist on identifying ourselves ("age verification") and social media goes along with this when we can "vote" by simply stopping using that social media platform.
Another example was the mandates requiring a vaccine passport in order to attend a concert. Simple solution is to NOT buy tickets to the concert.
Sure, both have short term "hurt". We don't get what we want. But we also force them to change if they want to continue existing as a business.
A storm is coming. I have many choices - shelter, run, hide, go out and face into it. Sure. I do not say that it is the storm I deserve.... ;)
I deal.
As has been said many times: "Life is not fair".
From what I've seen corruption dominates government, so are we thinking people deserve corruption?
Personally I doubt that "deserving" comes into anything much.
That said, people are accountable for their own words and deeds. (And NOT accountable for the words and deeds of others.
What governments do and say is not ever done or said by me. To suggest that they do or say anything because I wish it so is a bit too collectivist a view, for my taste. :)
This gets into the difference between a "democracy" vs a "constitutional republic". Both may elect politicians, but the second has a constitution that is supposed to protect them from the politicians.
"We" said it 250 years ago: the USA government shall not do anything we haven't specified it can do. Yet corruption has eliminated this protection.
The op was indeed a strong statement.... From our military and adjacent entities.
Trump teased that he wished we could see what he saw. I do too. I'll wait anxiously for the movie, even though it most certainly won't reveal all the tricks, techniques, and weapons deployed.
Yuge Congratulations and Respect to the military, other contributing entities, and the leadership of Operation Absolute Resolve. 'MURICA!!!
Shortest movie ever, lol. (And I’m just playing, I know there’s enough going on around it to make it a full movie, just making a crack because the actual event took 6 minutes).
Valerie, the footage of the ENTIRE 2-hour operation would be a compelling movie.
What I've personally heard.
My friend is close to someone who lives in Caracas. They called yesterday. Reported on Saturday night they heard helicopters - nothing else - and knew something was happening. Upon waking on Sunday, they heard the news and were very happy about it and everyone they knew was also very happy about what happened.
Shared that Venezula used to be an affluent country that was destroyed by Meduro's regime - taking money, much resulting poverty - and was hopeful that Venezula and the population would be restored.
Was also predicting that within 6 months the travel ban would be lifted - friend had trip booked canceled by the travel ban - was elated they may be able to visit friends in the US sooner rather than who knows when.
Short and to the point - this was about the 2020 stolen election, via the CIA, using proxy Venezuela (cuz it's been a criminal playa for decades - actually, most of unstable South America has cuz unstable countries are the playgrounds for Operation Gladio / CIA), Smartmatic/Dominion machines, the Confession Letter of the top General for Maduro and Chavez, and fixing the wrong that MUST be fixed before anything else can go forward.
The People have a right to know not only THAT the election was stolen, but HOW and WHY.
There has always been cheating, however, in 2020, it was the literal overthrow of the American Government.
Full on Treason from within.
Conspiracy to Commit from outside.
Full Stop.
All the other includeables are just side dishes.
If you commit a crime in or against the United States of America, you CAN and WILL be brought legally and lawfully to American soil to face Justice, under the Trump Administration.
FAFO is not just a hash tag under President Trump, it is a mission statement!
EVERYTHING that President Trump does, and has done, is to the Letter of the Law and Constitutional. He ain't about to change that now to let the rats escape Justice.
The QUESTION folks should be asking is WHY was Maduro, casually wearing an Origin blue hoodie, giving two thumbs up.
Was he being controlled and is now set free from that control?
Time will tell, it always does.
The founder of Origin Clothing, Pete Roberts, was inspired by American revolutionaries and against communism. One can read his letter right on the website:
https://originusa.com/
Under "Discover"
Also, it was reported that the lights went out in Caracas during the extradition mission. According to the video shown, the lights were still on. Huh.
Kinda makes one wonder when did this ACTUALLY happen?
Anyone remember Lou Dobbs?
How about Sydney Powell?
Anyhoo, for your viewing pleasure (to confirm the above):
https://rumble.com/v73utz0-house-of-pain-jump-around.html
https://rumble.com/v73vmcc-oh-the-larceny-about-to-get-crazy.html
https://www.voanews.com/a/venezuela-s-capital-caracas-and-other-regions-face-power-outage/7765117.html
Also, International Law has NO JURISDICTION OVER SOVEREIGNS.
They can talk the talk all they want, but they definitely can't walk the walk.
Akin to "strongly worded letters."
As for Macron, IF his "wife" lets him without first beating the shit outta him, taking over America...
LingOL!!
STILL LingOL!!!!
*Tip hat
Much Love
Excellent points and I look forward to going down this rabbit hole!
Don't forget to come up for breathers Dear Friend.
Also, I'd a done the same damn thing with the toy and my daughters back in the day. Sooooo, ya wanna test me do ya!! 😂 🤣
As always,
Much Love
There are quite a few examples of this being done in the past including multiple targeted assassinations and war in Libya without congressional approval by President Obama, as you mentioned, invasion of Panama to overthrow Noriega by President Reagan (supported by then Senator Biden) and invasion of Grenada also under Reagan to end the Marxist government there.
I don’t necessarily support any of these as well, but there is precedent.
Don't forget it was Hillary and NATO that effectively sanctioned the murder of Qadafi after agreeing to turn over his nuclear weapons materials.
They then proceeded to use Libya to ship weapons to the middle east from a place called Benghazi.
Such a good point! And where was the media outrage then?
There was none…you can’t get mad at Hillary…there are severe (severe?) consequences if you do…
Yes and he was not like Maduro. He was trying to have a free Africa with gold backed currency with the use of the oil money. The citizens had free education, housing and medical.
But they did not have a Rothchild central bank. That is the only similarity with Venezuela. Imho.
All those Middle Eastern regime changes were for different purposes, too: to turn those countries into liberal democracies, as the neocons would have it.
It is hard to support any international action by U.S. while domestic governing is so divisive.
An article:
Trump Didn’t Ask Congress – Maduro’s Reign Ended in Handcuffs – U.S. Constitution.net
https://www.usconstitution.net/trump-didnt-ask-congress-maduros-reign-ended-in-handcuffs/
The War Powers Question Nobody’s Answering
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Article II makes the president commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
Where the line falls between those powers has been contested since the Framers left the room. But this operation crosses into territory no modern president has claimed: unilateral military invasion of a sovereign nation to capture its head of state, followed by announced plans to govern that country.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of introducing armed forces into hostilities. It allows 60 days of military action without congressional authorization, extendable to 90 days.
But the Resolution was designed for emergency defensive actions and limited engagements—not regime change operations followed by announced U.S. administration of a foreign country. The legal framework doesn’t contemplate what happened Saturday because no president has attempted it.
When “Law Enforcement” Becomes “Invasion”
The Justice Department will likely argue this wasn’t an act of war – it was law enforcement. Maduro faced a valid federal indictment. The operation was an arrest, not an invasion.
That argument has problems. Delta Force isn’t a law enforcement agency – it’s an elite military unit designed for combat operations.
The “arrest” required bombing Venezuelan military installations and striking government targets. The operation resulted in U.S. forces occupying a sovereign nation’s largest military complex.
International law distinguishes between law enforcement operations with a nation’s consent and military operations against a nation’s will. Venezuela didn’t consent. Its government is calling it kidnapping. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called it “a dangerous precedent” that violates international law.
The domestic constitutional question mirrors the international one: Can a president order military strikes on a foreign country and capture its leader without congressional authorization, then call it law enforcement?
The Precedent That Terrifies Everyone
Democratic Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated the obvious: “Does this mean any large country can indict the ruler of a smaller adjacent country and take that person out? This would lead to total chaos, this theory of the case.”
The precedent works both ways. If the United States can indict foreign leaders, bomb their countries, capture them, and fly them to Brooklyn for trial, other nations can claim the same authority.
China could indict Taiwan’s president, strike Taipei, and call it law enforcement. Russia could indict Ukrainian leadership, bomb Kyiv, and cite U.S. precedent. Any nuclear power with global reach could target any smaller neighbor’s leadership, launch military operations, and frame it as executing valid warrants.
Trump’s theory of executive power – that a president can unilaterally order military operations against sovereign nations to enforce U.S. indictments – has no limiting principle. It applies to every country that can’t militarily resist.
I’m not here for the legal or political breakdown either although I’m sure you could handle both. However, if someone accidentally wandered in here looking for that, they can check out the following:
https://open.substack.com/pub/boriquagato/p/when-the-system-becomes-the-enemy?r=1o69ro&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
Love bad kitty! He always brings the goods!
EKO also had a great analysis…but I do love Jenna’s take (as always)!
https://open.substack.com/pub/eko/p/who-was-buying-venezuela?r=19oj26&utm_medium=ios
Love EKO. Always on target.
I believe capturing and exfiltrating Maduro was merely the public face of this operation. You don’t need carrier battle groups, 12,000++ soldiers and 150 aircraft to do that. It is possible another operation was being conducted simultaneously, that was not publicized, and could have very well have been the seizure of election rigging software, hardware, and anything else illegal they knew was coming from Venezuela.
This demonstrates the fiction of international law.
The world is comprised of nearly 200 sovereign nation-states existing in a club of nation-states.
The club, like the American Bar Association, decides membership.
As there is no world government, something libertarians claim they like, no government, sovereign nations act in their interests weighing the risks and rewards of their actions.
The world club of sovereign states has rules. Diplomats represent nations in other states and have immunity from criminal acts in those states.
Saudi Arabia bans alcohol, but diplomatic missions import scotch, vodka, etc. under diplomatic seal for consumption at their consulates/embassies. Things get dicey if they try to sell it to others in the country.
What Maduro, DPRK and other states do is abuse the privilege of sovereign state membership for personal profit. Using diplomatic immunity to violate laws of other sovereign states.
Sovereign states are not untouchable in the club. If they want to be in the club, they need to follow rules or face consequences from the other sovereign states.
And all the righteous indignation from Legacy Media shouldn’t come as a surprise. Marco Rubio had to take several of them to the woodshed this weekend when the commentary was as predictable as ever. With blinders on, they never look to the left where these strategic moves have been made by all of their favorites, except for Joe “drool cup” Biden. One doesn’t even have to turn on the television to know this will be beaten into the ground and the meltdown will be repeated ad nauseam. The fact that these opinionated mockingbirds posing as journalists continue to act like they’re just finding out the Atlantic Ocean is wet, is all the more reason to let them sit and spin. Welcome to Romper Room folks! They’ll tire themselves like all temper tantrum prone children.
Thanks Jenna. This is about controlling the largest oil reserve on the planet and keeping it from China's control. Saying this is the real reason does not deny that people suffered here and are celebrating a brutal man's departure multiple things are true here. The rush to the binary that is happening in some spheres is predictable.
This article nicely gives the history of oil control starting with Iran if you're interested in some context to speak intelligently about the subtext going on. https://open.substack.com/pub/unbekoming/p/venezuela-decoded?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
Trump did talk about that in his address to the union. The on,y think he didn’t address was the collaboration with Cuba regarding election interference. I predict that’s coming soon…
Just read Robert Malone's recent Stack on the manufacturing of Iranian drones in Venezuela prior to your article. I'm confident that it's much deeper than just restoring American oil interests. See what you think.
Markets are way up. Apparently, Wall Street reacts positively to a little midnight dictator‑snatching. My question remains - Who gets the $50M reward for the capture of Maduro?
Great joke, Jenna. “What if Macron invaded Florida…”
Then France would have one more reason to surrender after getting its ass kicked by Florida Man, The Cajun Navy, and well…alligators.
If this was another person indicted of crimes in the US, USUALLY that foreign country would help extradite the alleged criminal to the US to be prosecuted, just like we do for our allies, etc. When the one who would "oversee" the extradition is the alleged criminal himself, who is going to actually do the extradition? If he himself won't turn himself in after many conversations, then I see nothing wrong with us making it happen.
I get the downstream ramifications, but it seems Trump et. al. have a plan. Time will tell.