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Monetizing Regime Change - The American Prospect
It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea ahead of South Korean leader's visit to China
South Korea says North Korea has launched ballistic missiles toward the sea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says it detected several ballistic missile launches from North Korea’s capital region S...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Trump says that Ukraine didn't target Putin residence in a drone strike as Kremlin claims
President Donald Trump said that U.S. national security officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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Was Someone Insider Trading Right Before Trump’s Attack on Venezuela?
A new account on Polymarket was very lucky with some perfectly timed Venezuela bets.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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Gold, Silver Jump as Venezuela Tensions Add to Geopolitical Risk
President Donald Trump said the US plans to “run” Venezuela after ousting Maduro over the weekend, leaving the future governance of the South American nation uncertain. The episode “reinforced a back...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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Cuba says 32 Cuban fighters killed in US raids on Venezuela
Havana declares two days of mourning for the Cubans killed in US operation to abduct Nicolas Maduro.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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Nicolás Maduro to appear in New York court on drugs and weapons charges
Venezuelan president captured by US in shocking raid is seen being led in handcuffs on his way to court
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January 6, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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US-Venezuela conflict: Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other US oil company stocks surge up to 10% in pre-market trade | Stock Market News
US President Donald Trump also announced that the US plans to “run” Venezuela, and that the US oil companies will invest an unspecified amount to revive the oil infrastructure in the South American na...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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Danish Prime Minister Has A Pointed Warning For Trump About Greenland
Mette Frederiksen's blunt warning came in the wake of the United States' military operation in Venezuela.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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Top Republicans backpedal from Trump claim that US will run Venezuela
Secretary of Stat Marco Rubio defends US capture of Maduro and says US has ‘leverage’ over country
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January 6, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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Department of Justice Violates Epstein Files Law By Failing to Inform Congress of Reasons Behind Redactions
The Justice Department has now blown through another deadline.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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Trump threatens multiple countries after Maduro’s capture: Warns Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico and Iran | Today News
Less than 48 hours after US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump issued warnings to multiple countries. He threatened Colombia’s president over alleged drug traf...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Trump Reveals He Gave US Oil Companies a Heads Up ‘Before and After’ Maduro Raid
Trump revealed that American oil companies were informed in advance of the raid on Venezuela that led to the capture of the country’s president.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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Hegseth Must Testify: Congress, Don't Let Him Stonewall
The public deserves to know the truth about the violence committed in our name.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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OMG: Marco Rubio asked question he CAN’T ANSWER
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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January 6, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Trump Sidelined Venezuela Opposition Leader Machado for ‘Ultimate Sin’ of Accepting Nobel Peace Prize: Report
The claims follow Trump’s public dismissal of Machado as a viable interim leader over the weekend following the capture of the country’s former leader Maduro.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Pass a War Powers resolution and stop Trump before he attacks another country!
In the days after Donald Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela, the president issued threats against a slew of other countries, including Mexico, Cuba, and Greenland. Speaking to Fox and Fr
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January 6, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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January 6, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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'Undoing its own global order': Risk analyst says Trump is driving US to a 'tipping point'
The top global political-risk research and consulting firm, the Eurasia Group, penned its "Top Risks" to watch for in 2026 and named President Donald Trump's leadership of the United States among the ...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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Inside the GOP plot to end America as we know it
It’s not just a brand new year; it’s a midterm election year. And the stakes this coming November are mind-boggling, so, of course, Republicans are starting to do everything they can to rig the electi...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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What's really behind Trump's new power grab
The story of what’s happening in Venezuela is unfolding quickly and big questions are mounting. The immediate danger in Venezuela (and potentially in Colombia and Cuba) is chaos. Asked tonight who’s i...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Run Venezuela? Trump can’t even run the United States
Read it in the news:“Economic Confidence Drops to 17-Month Low”—Gallup, December 4, 2025“Satisfaction with U.S. healthcare costs is the lowest Gallup has recorded … since 2001.”—Gallup, December 15, 2...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Trump posts 89 times in an hour during late-night spree
President Donald Trump peppered Truth Social with nearly 100 posts until well after 1 a.m. EST on Sunday night, raging about election conspiracies, Somali immigrants and making new threats against pot...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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The most shameful day in American history
Five years ago tomorrow was the most shameful day in American history.We must not allow Trump to persuade America that it did not happen or that he was innocent, or let him deflect the nation’s attent...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM