“This isn’t just about Maduro. This is the final nail in the coffin for the CIA-black-budget narco pipeline that’s been running since the 80s.” —The Ghost of Ezra on “X”
I think you are 100% spot on, James. I believe Venezuela has been the heart of the CIA funding for decades - drugs. Afghanistan outlawed drug production in 2001 and then promptly reversed after 9/11 and our Culinary Institute of America was directly involved.
Everything that happened after Nov. 22 1963 is under question in my book.
The *Taliban* outlawed drug production...FIFY. Although the official story was that the Taliban was supported by *drug money*, don't you know. They were against heroin production, on religious grounds, seeing it as a culture destroying proposition. Some cultures still care about self-preservation.
If memory serves, poppy production was down to about 65 metric tons under the Taliban. And yes, once we were in country, production went north of 7600 metric tons, under the watchful eye of the US military. A long time, so my numbers may be a little off, but not by far, and you get the point, or should I say, you made that point.
We finally have a president that doesn't come from the uniparty who wants to put an end to the 'games' that have cost millions of lives and trillions of our tax dollars.
Right. And he hobnobs and partners with Fink, Thiel, Ellison, Altman, Gates, Zuck, Musk, Bezos, Bourla, Adelson et al. to keep his enemies close to him. 🤣
I question this comment. I'm a supporter of Trump but I am coming more and more to the understanding that Mr. Trump isn't what we think he is. He is avoiding all of the critical issues that face this country.
National debt? Trump isn't touching it.
Money printing? I believe the treasury is still printing fake worthless dollars (counterfeiting anyone?).
Illegal and unnecessary wars? We are still waging them and funding them throughout many shit hole countries through out the world.
The Federal Reserve? Has it been audited yet?
The only real thing I have seen Mr. Trump do to live up to his promises are immigration. At least he's knuckled down on that a little.
I don't know what Trump is. I have heard him called "Trumpenstein" by other substack authors. Perhaps he is installed to do what he's doing to occupy the attention of the masses. Who knows.
Of course I understand that Trump can't do much without a willing Congress and we have a fucking useless Congress populated by a bunch of self absorbed, bought and paid for assholes who are literally walking around with their heads stuck up their assholes.
Hence the predicament we are in.
I wish one of Mr. Kunstler's optimistic predictions of justice would come to fruition but at this point I am out of optimistic energy.
Hey... The last lawful congressional budget that was passed was in 2007. Remember the $1T 'porkulus' passed in '08? It has been there every year since. Debt. And then our favorite 'republicans' passed the "The Inflation Reduction" Act in 2022. That added another $1T to the yearly deficit.
"The democrats use money to get power. Republicans use power to get money."
Congressional republicans are the same as the democrats(sans a few). Get used to it or make changes.
You might think so, but Musk quit DOGE when it became apparent that the cuts he was making, at the expense of his personal esteem(and with negative effects on TSLA) were like a fart in a gale compared to the explosion in the national debt that has been happening under Trump- recall he promised to balance the budget first time he ran. Anyone who thinks he is "hated by TPTB" is deluded: He has been going in guns blazing for every military adventure that helps keep the MIC feeding at the trough, and between spending billions upon billions to help Ukraine destroy Russian assets (while everyone was blabbing how he was Putin's BFF), threatening China's access to Venezuelan oil (the real issue, not drugs), and invoking the Monroe Doctrine, forgetting that turnaround is fair play in the Eastern Hemisphere as far as China is concerned, he is not only making us look like the Weimar Republic on steroids, but raising the risk of nuclear war big time.
You are right about the Chinese influence but I have no agreement with you about Trump and the military adventures and economics. He hates war and works to stop them which pisses of TPTB. As far as debt he knows the only way to even attempt to stop the bleeding is to grow the economy. He did it in the first term while he tightened the money supply. TPTB love debt and interest for very backward reasons...
Yes. I think, put starkly, that if the assassination of JFK is understood as a coup d'etat, then it becomes clear that we have been governed by a rogue agency for 62 years .
Oh, I think they were very involved. Have you ever seen the deathbed taped 'remembrances' of CIA veteran and Watergate persona E. Howard Hunt. He was proud to be there in Dallas helping kill Kennedy, which is why I won't call his words a 'confession'.
Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia, Mexico, Afghanistan, Iran, anyone interested in allowing the USA to rot from within. These are minor players orchestrated by a globalist Mob that NEEDS the USA to self- immolate. It is decency against crime. BRICS is in there but it is not only them. The WEF? Rothschilds? Brindenburg? Who else? Could this be Bondesque, with one group successfully hiding itself like SPECTRE?
A burning question, when is the Ult-Left of the USA going to be recognized as aiding and abetting this global effort to destroy the USA? When will they condemned as the traitors they are? This is my number one fear that allowing millions of socialistic folks, people raised under socialistic regimes, or conversion minded Muslims has changed the population of this country to a horde that hates the American republic the Constitution ordains
Don't worry. Your satanic buddies will eventually return to power here and round up the dissidents and kill us, just as their forebears in Germany, China and the USSR did. And then you can rejoice.
Yes, just as "they" are doing in Gaza. Rabbi Sneerson said that Bibi would live long enough to hand global power over the the Messiah (the Antichrist).
Dr. Rudd gave a analysis of Xi Jinping’s leadership principles.
That is; balancing CCP’s maximum/socialism and free markets/capitalism.
Xi’s objective is to improve the wellbeing of Chinese people.
Most westerners do not know that the essence of maximum/socialism is working class should have a fair share of the fruits/wealth created by their labor.
While the essence of capitalism is to pursue profits.
US capitalism is government is by the 1% and for the 1% who are rich
Chinese hybrid socialism is rather government by the people and for ALL the people!
And which system, John, is doing the best in 2025?
China is now the world's biggest economy.
The workshop of the world, arguably the leader in technology, and pulling millions of its people out of poverty.
It just launched a bespoke space rocket to rescue astronauts trapped in space
America is $35 trillion in debt, and in the 4th stage of collapse. To launch a rocket, it was having to buy its engines from the Russians. LOL
"A futurist and doyen of peace studies who had predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union has used the same framework to pinpoint the coming collapse of the United States. The late Johan Galtung, a renowned Nobel Prize-nominated sociologist, had made his original prediction of US collapse in the year 2000. The process would start, he warned, in 2025.
It’s now 2025, and the fulcrum of American collapse can be found at the seat of the US federal government under a second Trump administration. Nearly a decade ago, Galtung said that he saw Trump as an accelerant of American collapse at the beginning of his first term. Now under his second term, Galtung’s extraordinary prescience is on display again as we see a second Trump administration tear apart the fabric of the US government, democratic checks and balances, and the rule of law. Galtung had warned that as American power retracts globally, this could end up reflecting internally – even resulting in the potential breakup of the US."
After 800 years old feudalism in Europe where the people were suppressed by the nobles, and 80 years of the USSR, and 80,years of Cuban magnificence, the wonderful ness of socialism and its effect on the people is self evident. The powers that be are going to rip off the public no matter what, government control just facilitates the process. There is no such thing as a benevolent government.
"By prioritizing collective welfare, equitable access to resources, and strong public institutions, some nations and regions have achieved notable success. These examples reveal how carefully designed socialist policies can coexist with market economies to create stability, fairness, and opportunity. From universal healthcare and affordable housing to progressive education and labor protections, these systems demonstrate practical results. Exploring these success stories highlights how socialism can foster thriving, resilient societies.
The examples explored demonstrate that socialism can produce tangible, positive outcomes when adapted thoughtfully to local contexts. From universal healthcare and free education to labor protections and affordable housing, these systems improve quality of life, reduce inequality, and foster social cohesion. Success depends on strong public services, democratic accountability, and long-term planning that balances economic growth with social equity. Critics’ concerns about efficiency and innovation are addressed when policies are carefully designed and implemented. These real-world cases show that socialism, applied pragmatically, can create stable, prosperous, and inclusive societies that prioritize people over profit."
Capitalists believe that western advancements in technology and other sophisticated services are primarily a result of capitalism. However, people in some western countries, especially the US, are becoming alienated with this predominant economic philosophy. According to a Pew survey from 2010, only 29% of Americans had a positive reaction to the word ‘Socialism’ but as of 2019, 42% of Americans have developed positive views about socialism according to the most recent pew survey.
The drugs are just a part of it. Dig into the Smaratic thing. Elizabeth Nickson has an unnerving piece on her Absurdistan 'stack that connects some dots. Stunning, stunning stuff. If even a fraction is true it explains a lot.
It should have never been created to begin with. And once it was it should have never been.let off of its very short leash. Throw in MI6 and Mossad and I just hope we can stuff the genie back in the bottle. This is what the Epstein info can blow up I think.
Why do you believe Venezuela is "the heart of the CIA funding for decades"?
Afghanistan in 2001 did not have a strong central government and has never had a strong central government. So outlawing opium production was a useless endeavor that needed to be enforced by the war lords, who needed to sell opium to finance their enforcement operations that never happened.
I agree that Trump is planning to smash the Venezuela drug cartel/election stealing mob, but I think there’s one more factor at play.
It recently has been reported that there was a huge oil discovery off the coast of Guyana. Venezuela has been threatening to invade that country for years and now they have a very strong motive to do so. I think one reason for the show of force is to prevent anything like that from happening.
308B barrels in Venezuela, by far the largest proven reserve in the world. It's largely about the oil. Accusations about illegal drug production, while true, allow us to put our footprint in country to keep an eye on the black gold, and get a little off-the-books pocket change besides. Sounding familiar?
It is also the lowest grade of crude IIRC called "sour crude." It is sludgy and there are only one or two US refineries which can process this low grade crap. To paraphrase Von Bismarck, "Venezuelan crude isn't worth the bones of one Pomeranian Grenadier."
Yes John, *heavy, sour* crude, but when the low hanging *light, sweet* is gone, or EROEI goes flat to negative, she's gone. We can process the heavy, sour, or others can. I say we process it, you?
Ron. Crude oil is renewable. Oil is not made from rotted and decayed plant material. So it never has been “fossil fuel”. That it was limited in supply came from Standard Oil of Ohio. The Barons of oil, railroads and auto manufacturers really pulled a fast one on the public early on promoting the scarcity factor and it held until research concluded that crude emerged from the earths core area and is generated from magmatic activity deep within. Old “dry” wells abandoned for decades are discovered to be replenished with fresh sweet intermediate grade oil. Obviously this does violence to the “peak oil” crowd and all the scaremongering that accompanies it. So this is good news to many. But not all. Screw this alteranatve power crap. Wind/ Solar particularly. It also plays hard on the “CO2 is our enemy crowd as well. Not to mention the battery lovers songbook. Damn eCars. What a pile of HS.
Agree with what you've said, subject to a few clarifications. It's simple Economics 101, supply & demand, and effects on pricing (read affordability).
No serious student of Peak Oil, myself, and JHK included, if I may speak for him, have ever said we will run out of oil. So, there is no violence or scaremongering.
We will simply hit peak *affordable* oil. EROEI was initially 100:1, extracting 100 barrels of oil, with 1 barrel's energy input. Today? Conventional extraction, 20:1, and shale oil 1.5:1. Simply put, it costs more, i.e., becoming progressively less affordable.
"Old “dry” wells abandoned for decades are discovered to be replenished with fresh sweet intermediate grade oil." ~ William Voelz
This certainly happens, no question, but what happens to oil prices during those *decades*? Simple economics answers that. Supply reduction, prices go up.
For the half-wit e-cultists, they fail to understand that electricity (as currently configured) is not a power source, it's simply a means of transmission. Now Nikola Tesla understood that electricity is free and infinite, we just have to harness it. They have his notes, we don't.
Never happen (for us, I mean). And not run a wire to everyone's house for their perpetual monthly annuity? Does anyone ever think about Wi-Fi? How dat work?
Thanks Ron. My inoit was apartment any supply/demand/price scenarios. Just a geological take. And that the earlier explorers knew that oil was not plant/animal sourced. So they could control the psychology of the entire energy spectrum. It worked. lol.
I have read and heard, though nobody can truly prove it, that the Earth produces the crap. Deep down in the fissures of the mantle where the heat and pressure are of sufficient quantities to produce chemical reactions. Do we really believe that all petroleum reserves are massive burial grounds of rotten dinosaur carcasses? Especially those buried deep under ground or under thousands of feet of water?
I don't argue that this is true, just that there are those out there who make these claims.
The point of the comment was the scope of your thinking is limited. And it wasn’t said as derisive or insulting. At least i didn’t have that impression and also concur.
Reportedly the Guyana discovery puts that to shame. So, if your inference is that the US is about to invade Venezuela for oil, I do not believe that. Venezuela could not have retrieved its oil without American expertise. American interests there were nationalized by Chavez. If it were all about the oil that would not have been allowed to slide. Guyana appears to welcome US support to fend off Venezuelan territorial.claims that were decided long ago.
I was responding to your statement that the Venezuelan actions were related to Venezuelan oil production. I stand by my comment. BTW your data, like your logic, makes no sense. So no, no questions for you. I prefer accurate information
Your copy and paste. That seems to pass for knowledge among some. You do realize there are other oil producing nations, right? Like Saudi Arabia at 268 billion gallons. And the Guyana discovery is reported to be larger than that. So I am not sure what your point is. But then again I do not think you are either. Please do not bother to elaborate. You have lost credibility with me.
Ben, I haven't once suggested investing there, for precisely the reasons you mention. All the world's a stage, or game, if you will, and we are simply boxing out the other players, as one would imagine, in our own backyard. Finally.
Ron I was not suggesting you said that I was but pointing out the massive problems in Venezuela.
They start with the government and go straight up from there.
In order to be able to pump oil out of the area will require massive investment in a country that has all but destroyed itself.
Their kids are eating out of garbage cans and famously eating their pets and yet they have huge oil reserves this makes zero sense until one acknowledges the wonders of Socialism.
Agree. I have a friend in Belize, a Petroleum Engineer, one of the brightest guys I've ever met on almost any subject, and certainly on global oil production.
He gets dropped in by chopper on rigs all over the world to assess production, quotas, targets, problems, etc., a brilliant, but down to earth guy.
His thoughts on Venezuelan oil mirror yours, and for the same reasons you mention. No monetary incentive, top to bottom of the production chain. That's what Socialism gets you.
Yes sir. Plastics for our food packaging. Plastics for the clothing we wear. Plastics for our building materials. Petroleum for food fertilizers.
We are so hopelessly dependent upon petro chemicals for just about everything we use, eat and enjoy.
A deviation from this will eliminate large numbers of human population, probably from heart attacks alone. We are so dependent upon this for our existence that most cannot comprehend any other way of living.
They may have many regiments within our borders at this point. Onlookers were amazed at the strength and organization of the young Chinese men hiking in large groups through the Darien Gap. And when they finally got to the US, they didn't hang around on the streets. They took a shower, put on the clean clothes they kept in a sealed bag inside their packs, got on buses and went wherever. They had money. Military aged Chinese men or Chinese military men?
Since it nationalized it's petroleum industry Venezuela has allowed it's refineries to decay and lost most of it's technical expertise. Even if they managed to control the Guyanan oil, the country in it's current state would likely run the Guyanan production into the ground (pun intended).
Do we realize that the geo-political divides are occurring because of three resources, oil, rare earths, and water? The Left in this country is doing a great job of removing our global leverage on resources. Contrary to most, the USA is far from independent of any of the three. So we must be involved in global affairs.
You are correct, sir. Since Jim's prescience in TLE, back in 2005, I've said, *Them that have oil will eat, them that don't, won't*. Of course H2O is also necessary in that regard, RE essential for tech advances, but not necessarily essential for food supply.
The US, with ~ 3% of the World's population, steals and uses 25% of the World's oil.
“With less than 5 percent of world population, the U.S. uses one-third of the world’s paper, a quarter of the world’s oil, 23 percent of the coal, 27 percent of the aluminum, and 19 percent of the copper,” he reports. “Our per capita use of energy, metals, minerals, forest products, fish, grains, meat, and even fresh water dwarfs that of people living in the developing world.”
Steals you mean discovers, puts in the infrastructure and then pays fair market value for it.
We also pay in blood and treasure while the rest of the world enjoys the spoils.
Most notably New Zealand that does nothing for anyone on the world stage.
New Zealand is a net importer of oil, with consumption primarily driven by the transport sector, which uses about 76% of all oil products. In 2023, New Zealand consumed approximately \(277.3\) PJ of oil, which made up just over half of the country's total energy consumption. Oil consumption peaked in 2019, and recent trends show a decline in overall usage, although per capita use has remained relatively steady since the start of the century.
Might be time for Ol' Dennis to simply stfu since he runs mouth but knows so little.
Remember Obama trying to recognize them? Could Cuba be supported by globalist forces, including the Dems, as a burr under the USA blanket? Only 90 miles away!!!
In 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that reinforced the statutory ban on U.S. tourism to Cuba. This policy reversed the Biden Administration’s easing of restrictions, during which the Cuban govt. had, in the interest of stimulating the economy, allowed more and more economic freedom, such as Airbnb type rentals, retail activity, etc. and which in the end might have done more than anything else to force positive change in that country. Meanwhile other countries, many allied to the U.S. have profited from the trade.
Has Cuba improved? Has their bullshit rhetoric ceased? How much drug traffic goes through Cuba? Fidel died and no real difference, still trying to undo America as a tool for Russia.
Castro drove out their best blood, their White capitalists. Che could have told him that was a mistake. Che was a race realist. Now they're just another Caribbean shithole.
Perhaps sixty plus years of debilitating sanctions from the world reserve currency played a role in its devolution into a "just another Caribbean shit hole," eh?
Lugh, their white capitalists were the Mafia who controlled Havana and Batista. In 1960, Cuba got Fidel, driving out the Mob, and the Mob got Las Vegas. Hmmm, I wonder who got the better life?
A slight correction: Kelly is a retired Naval Officer and, not having reached a pre-determined age, is subject to "recall", not "re-enlistment". Officers do not "enlist". The enlisted enlist for a contracted period of time and, when that time is up, they either re-enlist or get out. Officers are commissioned and serve at the pleasure of the President, who is the Commander-in-Chief. What Kelly did comes under the USMJ and I sincerely hope that Hegseth does in fact have him recalled and courts-martialed. But then, I also hope that Milley is recalled for the same reason, as well as the 15 military signers of that infamouse letter, and that they are all reduced in rank, at a minimum. Slotkin is counting on people being too lazy to google the UCMJ and to understand that there are consequences in the military for gross insubordination to the CinC. There must be good order and discipine and anyone who thinks that they can just arbitrarily decide that they do not agree with a policy needs to find another job...they are not fit for the military. There is a process for disagreeing and questioning and what these six people suggest is not that process. They are skirting the sedition line and Slotkin may have gone over it.
I would say that the majority of the people have no idea what it is like to be working in a vipers nest of people who have the means to literallty ruin your life....and Ratcliffe, Patel, and Bongino are all in a vipers nest. Also, that the majority of people do not understand what has been going on in this country. As my Democrat, CNN-watching neighbor back in the woods said: "I feel as though we are in a revolution." My response was "We are now in the counter-revolution." When he tells me that he nows understands why I am no longer a Democrat (We were both, 30 year ago, Blue Dog Democrats) and that he knows that he has been lied to on CNN, I will know that progress is being made. Meanwhile, he is one of many who have not figured it out.
"I also hope that Milley is recalled for the same reason"
It always struck me as odd that Milley didn't get recalled and tried back in January. He has admitted to coordinating with a near-peer to warn them of an attack. That was treason on the level of Benedict Arnold.
Nothing odd...Trump was a babe in the woods in Trump 1.0....He saw himself as CEO....knew that there was a swamp but now how wide and how deep...There was no one who had military experience, who was also trusted, who could advise him. Never forget that Trump is a businessman. He operates under the concept that deals can be made. I don't think that he had, at that time, the understanding that these people are communists. The four-year break was a gift from God, as was Steve Miller.
You're right. Trump's first four years in the saddle were a failure -- mostly honorable, but still a failure. He tried to transfer the business skills he'd relied on to the political realm, and the glove didn't fit. His awful appointments were an example. As a real estate developer he could count on other parties' loyalty after cutting a deal with them, because they had gotten what they wanted and had no reason to subvert it. In the DC sinkhole a supposed ally's shadow side often is ready to show itself.
Trump's second go-around has an entirely different character. He is no longer the deal maker. He's the boss and acting like one, for better or sometimes, worse. Every day is a turning point in the drama of our times.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe keeping radio silence speaks louder than words. The standard procedure is to deliver the narrative in an all-singing, all-dancing run of press conferences. I can't think of any precedent where the head of an important and very controversial agency keeps shtum for months.
Maybe part of Ratcliffe's strategy is to keep the guilty worrying what might be coming their way, hence more likely to buckle at the knees and turn on their fellow miscreants. If so it's a new app of the art of the deal, in a situation where it might work.
He was out if his element. Strictly speaking, he should have already have dealt with the slimiest of slime in the NYC real estate business….He had just never dealt with actual traitors…he is also a nice guy…he needs a hatchet man to do the dirty work…
I will add that, on the plus side of Trump 1.0, what the Dems and RINOs did was expose it all, including that the WEF was not some tin hat conspiracy….
The WEF is not a tin-hat conspiracy. But neither is it the master puppeteer. My money is on that Cartel of the Sun. Now let's see who runs that. Well who its earthly controllers are.
Nah…I don’t believe that Kirk was part of this planning…My understanding is that Steve Miller is the brains behind it…Charlie was off doing his own thing but not part of the planning of Trump 2.0…
Was it not 51 signers of the Russia Collusion Hoax letter?
Also, awesome comment!
Also, pretty sure your neighbor in the woods will soon SEE because I think it will BE CNN and the rest of the (if still standing) fake news media who will be "encouraged" to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth to reach the TDS and sleeping viewers.
I sincerely hope this friendship with your neighbor in the woods is still ongoing. I believe those who didn't know (or cared to know) are gonna need folks to talk to when they finally do know.
You're right....51....We are....we just don't talk politics although internally it infuriates me that he is asleep....30 years ago we basically agreed but he knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who claims that he did a job for Trump and never got paid. May the guy did or didn't or maybe he didn't fulfill the contract.
That, btw, is, imho, the course which should have been taken regarding pharma and the vaxx...the contract was, not having read it, for a safe and effective vaccine...which was not provided on either point.
You realize that in Europe, we pay for "universal" health care?
About EUR 900 per month. Employer contribution covers part, the rest comes out of my pay.
The big joke is that if you want anything beyond basic care, you need private insurance. Many people here avoid even simple dental procedures, because they are expensive when you don't have supplementary private dental insurance.
Stolen Elections: The Takedown of Democracies Worldwide, by New York Times-bestselling author Ralph Pezzullo, is a non-fiction book that presents a highly controversial narrative based on the accounts of two U.S. government whistleblowers, Martin Rodil and former CIA operations officer Gary Berntsen. The book's assessment depends heavily on one's perspective regarding its central claims, which diverge sharply from mainstream, expert analysis of election security.
Book's Main Claims
The book details a supposed international criminal conspiracy, allegedly led by entities linked to the Venezuelan government, that used a sophisticated software (malware) to manipulate election results in the U.S. and over 70 other countries across two decades.
Methodology: The authors claim the software was originally designed to subvert voting outcomes for Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and was later integrated into voting machine technology by companies like Smartmatic and Dominion through a complex corporate structure.
Source of Evidence: The narrative is based on information from whistleblowers who allegedly recruited the software engineers who designed the system. They claim to have presented this evidence to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and members of Congress.
Goal: According to the book, the whistleblowers and civilian cyber experts eventually blocked efforts to steal the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Critical Reception and Context
Assessments of the book and its core claims vary widely:
Author's Perspective: The book is presented by the author and its proponents as an "essential reading for all those who value freedom" and a factual, "non-fiction account" of a major criminal conspiracy.
Skepticism from Experts and News Outlets: The specific allegations promoted by Berntsen and Rodil are widely considered to be unfounded conspiracy theories by independent election experts, cybersecurity professionals, and major news organizations.
For example, The Guardian reported that these specific claims involving Smartmatic and Dominion were investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice but were met with skepticism, with one source indicating the "election integrity issues" were incidental to other conversations.
These claims are part of a broader narrative of election fraud that has been consistently debunked by U.S. government agencies, election officials (from both major political parties), and numerous court decisions.
Organizations that monitor global democracy, such as the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and International IDEA, identify actual threats to democracy through issues like disinformation, foreign influence operations (e.g., from Russia or Iran), and the general decline of democratic norms, but do not substantiate the specific election machine fraud described in this book.
In summary, the book is an account based on a specific, controversial theory regarding widespread election manipulation. While presented as non-fiction by the author, its central assertions are highly disputed and contradict the findings of official government bodies and independent, non-partisan election experts.
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Is it possible to try and hang Google AI for treason, or has Gogle AI already hung itself?
Bernsen is the name of one who set Trump on this trail as well as Elizabeth Nickson who knows what happened with election fraud, centred on Smartmatic in Venezuela. I’m sure there were many leads to set up this potential military strike. They just may be striking the heart of the CIA to splinter it at last.
Thank you, IAN2364, for these links. I will get through them all; found the first one interesting. My assumption at first is that you agree with the sources , judges, journalists, and that their criticisms are probably correct, that the whistleblowers are falsely accusing Venezuela about election fraud. I’ve been too busy to keep up with this media narrative. You may be right and Trump May be wrong, but I’m always going with Trump and his sources. I will read these other articles tomorrow. Until then, thank you.
I am interested in an honest objective assessment, and have not come across information in regard to this connection.
My 2 cents is that anything that was "Debunked and Ruled False" during the Biden administration should not be considered an honest objective assessment. For Google AI to present this information as honest and factual implies that Google AI needs to be RTV for a serious adjustment. I would suggest that CEO Sundar Pichai needs a serious adjustment as well.
Just imagine what will happen if it can be proven that the elections were stolen.
My AI assessment is that it was all part of the WEF 2030 Agenda international coup, and the manner in which leadership throughout the world conducted themselves in regard to implementation amounted to treason.
100% - I think we both agree. Hastily, I also believe that the people who mock the misinformation on Wikipedia are the same people who satisfactorily digest all the misleading information and omissions on Google. Yes, I agree on all points with you…and Trump! Goodnight!
Yes, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has explicitly embraced the principles and goals of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, viewing technology as a powerful agent for change. He has positioned Google's business strategy, particularly regarding climate action and the use of AI, to align with these global objectives.
Sundar Pichai's Alignment with the 2030 Agenda
Pichai has actively participated in international forums, including the UN's Summit of the Future, where he outlined how AI and Google's initiatives contribute to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). His embrace of the agenda is demonstrated through several key areas:
Climate Action: Google has committed to running all of its data centers and offices on carbon-free energy 24/7 by 2030, a goal Pichai described as a "moonshot" to achieve "absolute zero" emissions rather than relying solely on offsets. He has also set a goal for Google's products to help a billion people make more sustainable choices in their daily lives.
Global Impact and Inequality: Pichai noted that climate change disproportionately affects disadvantaged communities, and tackling it with technology is a way to address inequality.
AI for Social Good: At the UN Summit, Pichai highlighted four key ways AI can further the UN's goals, including:
Accelerating Scientific Discovery: The AI model AlphaFold 3 is being used by researchers globally for drug discovery.
Mitigating Climate Disasters: Systems like Flood Hub and wildfire tracking provide early warnings to millions of people in vulnerable regions.
Contributing to Economic Progress: Pichai believes AI can boost global labor productivity and GDP, creating new opportunities.
Pichai's public statements and Google's corporate commitments clearly indicate a strong embrace of the sustainability and development targets inherent in the 2030 Agenda.
Is there any connection between Trump's aggression towards Venezuela and election fraud?
AI Overview
Yes, a connection exists in the form of unfounded conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump and his allies that alleged Venezuelan involvement in rigging the U.S. 2020 election. These claims have been repeatedly debunked by courts, election officials, and the companies involved, but the narrative has been used to link Trump's hardline stance against Venezuela's government to his domestic claims of election fraud.
Venezuela's Role in U.S. Election Fraud Claims
Conspiracy Theory: Following the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Trump's legal team, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, held a press conference where they claimed without evidence that Venezuela had influenced the election results.
Voting Software Allegations: The central claim was that electronic voting systems provided by companies like Smartmatic and Dominion were created under the direction of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to manipulate votes, and this system was used to switch votes from Trump to Joe Biden.
Debunked and Ruled False: These claims were widely fact-checked and found to be false. A Delaware court ruled the theory false in 2023. Major news organizations that spread these claims, including Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN, later paid hundreds of millions of dollars in defamation lawsuits to the voting machine companies.
No Evidence: Even Republican leaders in Miami, where many Venezuelan-American voters live, stated they had no evidence to back up these specific allegations.
Connection to Trump's Aggression towards Venezuela
Political Narrative: The Venezuela-based election fraud narrative served to reinforce Trump's broader "rigged election" claims within the U.S.. It also appealed to a specific electoral base, the Venezuelan diaspora in South Florida, who are strongly anti-Chavismo.
Potential Rationale for Policy: Some analysis suggests that the continued circulation of these unfounded election-rigging theories could provide a perceived rationale or justification for the Trump administration's aggressive posture and potential military action against the Nicolás Maduro regime.
Pre-existing Hostility: The Trump administration had already adopted an antagonistic stance toward Maduro, implementing sanctions and refusing to recognize his 2018 re-election as legitimate. The election fraud conspiracy theory was a separate, domestic-focused claim that co-opted the existing hostility toward the Venezuelan government.
In summary, the connection is not one of actual evidence, but rather the unsubstantiated use of Venezuela as a scapegoat within the broader narrative of U.S. election fraud claims.
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If election fraud can be substantiated, it will be a world event.
Is this the same Ratcliffe who disobeyed Trump's order to investigate and report on foreign election interference, burying evidence of CIA involvement in 2020?
Despite their vocal promises of draining the swamp and holding Deep State figures accountable, Bondi and Ratcliffe's track record of selective declassifications, delayed probes, and zero major indictments through 2025 reveals a proclivity for protecting establishment interests—unless a genuine ramp-up in prosecutions and convictions materializes in 2026, proving their actions finally match their rhetoric.
Let's see what happens in year two, but I won't be giving them any more benefit of doubt past Q1 of 2026 to draw my conclusions.
DOJ has gotten some nice wins at SCOTUS, something like 25 and counting, having to do with DJT policy decisions as Executive. However, crickets on most other issues.
Especially one. The ability of local federal judges to shoot down national orders at a national level. This is a total violation of the balance of power and as been witnessed allows the judiciary to “run” the country. Judges are a definite source of Mob corruption as they have a long history of Mafia corruption.
Jefferson was a tyrant himself, who erased “property” from the Declaration of Independence and thought he could fight wars with windy proclamations and an embargo. The “Revolution of 1800” changed the arc of American history.
A subject of discussion, considering you are referring to 'life liberty & property' as proposed wording, replaced by 'life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness' it seems this was quite an issue at the time, as was much of the wording.
They all were property owners. I don't think it possible to turn the clock back and have voting (as an example) limited to property owners. 'Property' would need definition, and if were defined as it was in the 1700's, well, it would make these interesting times even more interesting.
The election of 1800 bears, in some ways, the same divisive traits we see today. Somehow they survived and kept the Republic. The contentiousness between John Adams and Jefferson is, imo, well-known.
I don't view Jefferson as a tyrant. His purchase of property greatly expanded the territory (and bailed out Napoleon, look where that got Europe, topic for another time). He didn't want foreign entanglements (any more than Adams). The Barbary Pirates thing, from my reading through the years, was a distasteful task he had to resolve. His commission of Eaton was likely the first 'covert' operation in US history, yet he generally seemed to distance himself from it after setting it in motion. Yet another topic.
Fear of an out-of-control judiciary, standing armies and central banks seem justifiable fears. He wasn't alone in these matters.
Yes, Napoleon had the strength to blockade European ports from English commerce, thus allowing Europe time to catch up in terms of the Industrial Revolution.
Monticello is now run by anti-racists (anti-Whites) who tell visitors what a racist piece of shit Jefferson was.
Be patient grasshopper. It was/is a very big, very deep swamp. Much of it beyond the territorial US. We did not get here overnight and there is no magic wand to set things right. Rather it is a very convoluted dismantling process.
It has bothered me intensely for some time when I read that Ratcliffe and Brennan were close friends. This may still be the case and, if so, Venezuela may not succumb as easily as we’re led to believe. The CIA seems to be headquartered there, the real CIA dirty operatives. Perhaps that’s why Ratcliffe seems mute.
I'm no fan of Maduro, but blaming Venezuela for the vote-rigging in the U.S.?- that's rich. It was not Venezuela who manufactured the electronic voting machines that enabled all the chicanery,and correcting the problem is as simple as going to paper ballots.
Obviously you didn't read the article so why the question?
Maybe read it and learn something. Then comment.
Perhaps you will find, as I did, that it is important that this is brought to light immediately so there is support for going back to paper ballots. Strategy is a thing.
I don’t care if JFK was wrong, it is not worth the slimmest chance that he was, is, right. Splinter them. I am so sick of their disgusting anti-American bullshit.
It is interesting, Scott. The same methodology that the CIA has used over the decades to unseat regimes overseas is being used to unseat the Constitutional government here. I believe that after 9/11, the DNI function was created to ensure the FBI and CIA were not competing with each other and that the CIA was not allowed to go domestic. That function is not working, and it is a focus on Tulsi Gabbard to fix this discrepancy. The bureaucracies of both will fight her, so it is a problem for Trump to solve and not ignore. JFK tried and was killed for it. Trump must have that in mind. I do believe that he has the cojones to fight the corruption.
That's not in the interest of his handlers so it won't be done. He didn't care what Tulsi thought since they didn't care. He's just a wooden dummy sitting on someone's knee.
I always thought the plot lines of movies like, "The Bourne Conspiracy," and "RED" were just fiction, but it turns out that truth is stranger, and more dangerous, than fiction.
What's actually happened with Venezuela except for a lot of posturing and saber rattling? A handful of small cartel drug boats sunk is not even a drop in the bucket of the drug trade.
I'm really hoping to be pleasantly surprised someday to see that somebody has been arrested for the mountain of crimes perpetrated against this country.
I'm not very optimistic that these traitors will be brought to justice. It seems that the power of the deep state is too overwhelming to destroy, but it's nice to dream of a future without them.
And they cannot do it again. Carville says we need to load the court to remove the conservative slant. I guess they cannot assassinate their way out of a conservative SCOTUS.
Here is a recent interview (linked below) with Lara Logan and Gary Berntsen & Ralph Pezzullo who have written the book "Stolen Elections: The takedown of Democracies Worldwide" by Ralph Pezzullo with former CIA operative Gary Berntsen. They claim our election systems are deeply penetrated by foreign adversaries and the CIA is so incompetent and corrupt it needs to be dismantled. They say John Ratcliffe is blind to this and incompetent. They don't think he is a traitor but some below him are. I have no idea if they are correct but this interview is interesting.
I have heard rumblings about this interview and Emerald Robinson's 50-thread tweets on the matter. Thanks for sharing the link. I will get around to watching. In the interim, I fear this might be the same type of evidence that Sidney Powell tried to reveal but was gaslit and shut down for. Unless these claims are adjudicated to be found accurate, I suspect this will amount to nothing more than releasing the Kracken 2.0.
You could be right. Gary Berntsen and his investigative partner were shut down everywhere they tried to bring this information to different gov't agencies. Supposedly, the Trump administration does have this information now (perhaps explaining the interest in Venezuela).
Elizabeth Nickson has a recent Substack piece on our stolen elections featuring Venezuela as a key player re: the voting machines. She references the book I talked about in the above comment and has a link to the interview I linked above.
I just listened to the Sharyl Attkisson interview. It is shorter and more concise than the interview with Lara Logan if you are short on time. The interview is more of an overview than a deep dive into the nitty gritty of some of the details. But they're both good interviews.
Trump was one of the loudest critics of corruption regarding voting machines, when the simplest solution, used in many first-world nations, is to demand the use of paper ballots. But do you see any legislative action in this regard initiated by the GOP? Anyone? Another very important issue, especially considering there is every reason to believe the Oval Office was bugged, is the the intrusive phone surveillance technology. Again, the response by Trump's DOJ: crickets
If Republicans stayed home in the off year elections in NJ and VA, they are definitely staying home for the midterms if American troops are being killed in Venezuela.
What exactly is worth fighting for? Do you consider that an attempt to stamp out drug flow overseas is better than at the border or in the cities here? As I just said, does the population of the USA want to stop drugs? I am not so sure.
A yuge question. Is Trump’s more conservative slant what the country really wants, or does it want to be a third world country with little influence? We just imported 30 million people who not give a damn about that question.
All of that is beside the point. Trump ran as someone who didn’t get us involved in any wars in his first term and wouldn’t in his second. If he starts a war in Venezuela, he is no longer that guy. He will be viewed as just another neocon.
A big question, Jersey, is the USA so inundated with drugs that it is affecting the results of elections? Do a large portion of our population consider that Trump is an archenemy of their addictions?
That is the larger issue. There are at least 100 million foreigners masquerading as "Americans," within our borders. Unless they are marched out at bayonet point, none of this will matter one lick, even if its true.
It's abundantly clear. If your family wasn't here before 1965 when the floodgates to the third-world were opened up by Chappaquiddick Ted, you aren't an American. From that point forward, all assimilation ceased and what we have now are third-world cities, and increasingly, third-world suburbs. A steaming stew of primitive excrement.
Yes Medieval times are here again. It’s the only way. Those demonic souls are in for a MAJOR AWAKENING. It’s about time. God is good and He is on Trump’s side. There is his power and it’s going to be a win.
I think you are 100% spot on, James. I believe Venezuela has been the heart of the CIA funding for decades - drugs. Afghanistan outlawed drug production in 2001 and then promptly reversed after 9/11 and our Culinary Institute of America was directly involved.
Everything that happened after Nov. 22 1963 is under question in my book.
The *Taliban* outlawed drug production...FIFY. Although the official story was that the Taliban was supported by *drug money*, don't you know. They were against heroin production, on religious grounds, seeing it as a culture destroying proposition. Some cultures still care about self-preservation.
If memory serves, poppy production was down to about 65 metric tons under the Taliban. And yes, once we were in country, production went north of 7600 metric tons, under the watchful eye of the US military. A long time, so my numbers may be a little off, but not by far, and you get the point, or should I say, you made that point.
One can only guess where the proceeds went.
We were all friends together in the 70's and 80's...
You are correct, sir.
We finally have a president that doesn't come from the uniparty who wants to put an end to the 'games' that have cost millions of lives and trillions of our tax dollars.
And that's why he's so hated by TPTB.
Right. And he hobnobs and partners with Fink, Thiel, Ellison, Altman, Gates, Zuck, Musk, Bezos, Bourla, Adelson et al. to keep his enemies close to him. 🤣
I question this comment. I'm a supporter of Trump but I am coming more and more to the understanding that Mr. Trump isn't what we think he is. He is avoiding all of the critical issues that face this country.
National debt? Trump isn't touching it.
Money printing? I believe the treasury is still printing fake worthless dollars (counterfeiting anyone?).
Illegal and unnecessary wars? We are still waging them and funding them throughout many shit hole countries through out the world.
The Federal Reserve? Has it been audited yet?
The only real thing I have seen Mr. Trump do to live up to his promises are immigration. At least he's knuckled down on that a little.
I don't know what Trump is. I have heard him called "Trumpenstein" by other substack authors. Perhaps he is installed to do what he's doing to occupy the attention of the masses. Who knows.
Of course I understand that Trump can't do much without a willing Congress and we have a fucking useless Congress populated by a bunch of self absorbed, bought and paid for assholes who are literally walking around with their heads stuck up their assholes.
Hence the predicament we are in.
I wish one of Mr. Kunstler's optimistic predictions of justice would come to fruition but at this point I am out of optimistic energy.
Hey... The last lawful congressional budget that was passed was in 2007. Remember the $1T 'porkulus' passed in '08? It has been there every year since. Debt. And then our favorite 'republicans' passed the "The Inflation Reduction" Act in 2022. That added another $1T to the yearly deficit.
"The democrats use money to get power. Republicans use power to get money."
Congressional republicans are the same as the democrats(sans a few). Get used to it or make changes.
You might think so, but Musk quit DOGE when it became apparent that the cuts he was making, at the expense of his personal esteem(and with negative effects on TSLA) were like a fart in a gale compared to the explosion in the national debt that has been happening under Trump- recall he promised to balance the budget first time he ran. Anyone who thinks he is "hated by TPTB" is deluded: He has been going in guns blazing for every military adventure that helps keep the MIC feeding at the trough, and between spending billions upon billions to help Ukraine destroy Russian assets (while everyone was blabbing how he was Putin's BFF), threatening China's access to Venezuelan oil (the real issue, not drugs), and invoking the Monroe Doctrine, forgetting that turnaround is fair play in the Eastern Hemisphere as far as China is concerned, he is not only making us look like the Weimar Republic on steroids, but raising the risk of nuclear war big time.
You are right about the Chinese influence but I have no agreement with you about Trump and the military adventures and economics. He hates war and works to stop them which pisses of TPTB. As far as debt he knows the only way to even attempt to stop the bleeding is to grow the economy. He did it in the first term while he tightened the money supply. TPTB love debt and interest for very backward reasons...
Look up Meigs county and say he’s correct
I don't understand.
Look up Meigs county ohio
I don't understand.
Yes. I think, put starkly, that if the assassination of JFK is understood as a coup d'etat, then it becomes clear that we have been governed by a rogue agency for 62 years .
The Kennedy assassination was not committed by the CIA but was very conveniently utilized by it.
Oh, I think they were very involved. Have you ever seen the deathbed taped 'remembrances' of CIA veteran and Watergate persona E. Howard Hunt. He was proud to be there in Dallas helping kill Kennedy, which is why I won't call his words a 'confession'.
I’ve seen more than enough to know what I’m saying is true.
Did Charlie have Israeli security guards?
Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia, Mexico, Afghanistan, Iran, anyone interested in allowing the USA to rot from within. These are minor players orchestrated by a globalist Mob that NEEDS the USA to self- immolate. It is decency against crime. BRICS is in there but it is not only them. The WEF? Rothschilds? Brindenburg? Who else? Could this be Bondesque, with one group successfully hiding itself like SPECTRE?
A burning question, when is the Ult-Left of the USA going to be recognized as aiding and abetting this global effort to destroy the USA? When will they condemned as the traitors they are? This is my number one fear that allowing millions of socialistic folks, people raised under socialistic regimes, or conversion minded Muslims has changed the population of this country to a horde that hates the American republic the Constitution ordains
This rot has been going on for sixty years.
McCarthy was right Marxism took out South Africa and installed a murderous regime in place of white apartheid.
Now there is a black apartheid murdering and stealing 400 years of history from the Boers.
Next up Israel and then the US same group same endless drumbeat aided by useful idiots all over.
The destroyed statues, entire cities and are collectively going in for the kill.
Socialists, Marxists and Islamists all working hand in hand and we can see it in real time on the news nightly.
"Marxism took out South Africa and installed a murderous regime in place of white apartheid."
Come on, Ben. We both know who actually did that. Ditto Rhodesia.
Yes global Marxism.
They were at war with Marxist radicals for decades in what was called the Bush wars.
Koevoet fought them to a standstill till Billy Clinton started getting involved.
Willful and malign ignorance on your part
So you are pretending the Soviet Union was not funding all the Bush wars.
Got it you're a complete imbecile.
They won't be condemned because they still maintain a hold on many levers of power, including America's media/propaganda apparatus.
They sure a mixed bag of omnipotent and incompetent, eh? I mean they run EVERYTHING except the White House? 🤔
Don't worry. Your satanic buddies will eventually return to power here and round up the dissidents and kill us, just as their forebears in Germany, China and the USSR did. And then you can rejoice.
You have me all wrong, Bob. I fight for truth & justice & the American way.
You don't fight you make dumb posts most of which are anti-american.
Quit lying.
Yes, just as "they" are doing in Gaza. Rabbi Sneerson said that Bibi would live long enough to hand global power over the the Messiah (the Antichrist).
"On Xi Jinping: How Xi’s Marxist Nationalism Is Shaping China and the World" by Dr. Kevin Rudd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGq-A6Ap8oI&t=401s
Dr. Rudd gave a analysis of Xi Jinping’s leadership principles.
That is; balancing CCP’s maximum/socialism and free markets/capitalism.
Xi’s objective is to improve the wellbeing of Chinese people.
Most westerners do not know that the essence of maximum/socialism is working class should have a fair share of the fruits/wealth created by their labor.
While the essence of capitalism is to pursue profits.
US capitalism is government is by the 1% and for the 1% who are rich
Chinese hybrid socialism is rather government by the people and for ALL the people!
And which system, John, is doing the best in 2025?
China is now the world's biggest economy.
The workshop of the world, arguably the leader in technology, and pulling millions of its people out of poverty.
It just launched a bespoke space rocket to rescue astronauts trapped in space
America is $35 trillion in debt, and in the 4th stage of collapse. To launch a rocket, it was having to buy its engines from the Russians. LOL
https://ageoftransformation.org/the-us-is-collapsing-like-the-ussr-so-what-comes-next/
"A futurist and doyen of peace studies who had predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union has used the same framework to pinpoint the coming collapse of the United States. The late Johan Galtung, a renowned Nobel Prize-nominated sociologist, had made his original prediction of US collapse in the year 2000. The process would start, he warned, in 2025.
It’s now 2025, and the fulcrum of American collapse can be found at the seat of the US federal government under a second Trump administration. Nearly a decade ago, Galtung said that he saw Trump as an accelerant of American collapse at the beginning of his first term. Now under his second term, Galtung’s extraordinary prescience is on display again as we see a second Trump administration tear apart the fabric of the US government, democratic checks and balances, and the rule of law. Galtung had warned that as American power retracts globally, this could end up reflecting internally – even resulting in the potential breakup of the US."
After 800 years old feudalism in Europe where the people were suppressed by the nobles, and 80 years of the USSR, and 80,years of Cuban magnificence, the wonderful ness of socialism and its effect on the people is self evident. The powers that be are going to rip off the public no matter what, government control just facilitates the process. There is no such thing as a benevolent government.
Reinvented history LOL
Male bovine excrement!
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https://exploringsocialism.com/places-where-socialism-works/
"By prioritizing collective welfare, equitable access to resources, and strong public institutions, some nations and regions have achieved notable success. These examples reveal how carefully designed socialist policies can coexist with market economies to create stability, fairness, and opportunity. From universal healthcare and affordable housing to progressive education and labor protections, these systems demonstrate practical results. Exploring these success stories highlights how socialism can foster thriving, resilient societies.
The examples explored demonstrate that socialism can produce tangible, positive outcomes when adapted thoughtfully to local contexts. From universal healthcare and free education to labor protections and affordable housing, these systems improve quality of life, reduce inequality, and foster social cohesion. Success depends on strong public services, democratic accountability, and long-term planning that balances economic growth with social equity. Critics’ concerns about efficiency and innovation are addressed when policies are carefully designed and implemented. These real-world cases show that socialism, applied pragmatically, can create stable, prosperous, and inclusive societies that prioritize people over profit."
Include egalitarian New Zealand in this list.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-socialist-countries-succeeded-130731664.html
These guys include New Zealand
Capitalists believe that western advancements in technology and other sophisticated services are primarily a result of capitalism. However, people in some western countries, especially the US, are becoming alienated with this predominant economic philosophy. According to a Pew survey from 2010, only 29% of Americans had a positive reaction to the word ‘Socialism’ but as of 2019, 42% of Americans have developed positive views about socialism according to the most recent pew survey.
There YOU GO FOLKS Dennis is a Communist was there any doubt?
A Godless Commie that worships big government and cradle to grave control over every aspect of your life.
You are not smart enough to comment on this subject, Ben.
Way above you and your mates at the biker bar you frequent.
What makes you think you can tell Ben that, you egomaniacal pompous ass.
I'm good with it since I have never been in a biker bar he just shows what an absolute idiot he is.
Even better he outed himself for what he is an outright Communist it was so bad he deleted the comment.
The drugs are just a part of it. Dig into the Smaratic thing. Elizabeth Nickson has an unnerving piece on her Absurdistan 'stack that connects some dots. Stunning, stunning stuff. If even a fraction is true it explains a lot.
Indeed. Venezuela is a hub of WW nefarious activity.
Agree; and like your name for CIA-they’ve definitely been cooking up a lot very nasty stuff to poison the Republic for a long time.
It should have never been created to begin with. And once it was it should have never been.let off of its very short leash. Throw in MI6 and Mossad and I just hope we can stuff the genie back in the bottle. This is what the Epstein info can blow up I think.
Why do you believe Venezuela is "the heart of the CIA funding for decades"?
Afghanistan in 2001 did not have a strong central government and has never had a strong central government. So outlawing opium production was a useless endeavor that needed to be enforced by the war lords, who needed to sell opium to finance their enforcement operations that never happened.
Right?
This campaign against Venezuela sounds like talking points to cover some grand plan.
The US is NEVER about spreading freedom & democracy (tm).
Now THEY'RE responsible for all the drug trade in the Americas?
I’ve lived in Meigs county Ohio look up the population of that county.
Why not flesh out this comment so people can discuss it?
I’m interested in the relationship to the conversation here…
https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-counties/ohio/meigs-county
I hope you are right. We need a double dose of earth shattering justice to wake up all the people sleep walking thru this nightmare.
"It looks like it’s going to blow now and spew debris all over the swamp"
Still waiting. One day I hope something happens but until then I will continue to wait. Patiently.
I agree that Trump is planning to smash the Venezuela drug cartel/election stealing mob, but I think there’s one more factor at play.
It recently has been reported that there was a huge oil discovery off the coast of Guyana. Venezuela has been threatening to invade that country for years and now they have a very strong motive to do so. I think one reason for the show of force is to prevent anything like that from happening.
308B barrels in Venezuela, by far the largest proven reserve in the world. It's largely about the oil. Accusations about illegal drug production, while true, allow us to put our footprint in country to keep an eye on the black gold, and get a little off-the-books pocket change besides. Sounding familiar?
It is also the lowest grade of crude IIRC called "sour crude." It is sludgy and there are only one or two US refineries which can process this low grade crap. To paraphrase Von Bismarck, "Venezuelan crude isn't worth the bones of one Pomeranian Grenadier."
Yes John, *heavy, sour* crude, but when the low hanging *light, sweet* is gone, or EROEI goes flat to negative, she's gone. We can process the heavy, sour, or others can. I say we process it, you?
Ron. Crude oil is renewable. Oil is not made from rotted and decayed plant material. So it never has been “fossil fuel”. That it was limited in supply came from Standard Oil of Ohio. The Barons of oil, railroads and auto manufacturers really pulled a fast one on the public early on promoting the scarcity factor and it held until research concluded that crude emerged from the earths core area and is generated from magmatic activity deep within. Old “dry” wells abandoned for decades are discovered to be replenished with fresh sweet intermediate grade oil. Obviously this does violence to the “peak oil” crowd and all the scaremongering that accompanies it. So this is good news to many. But not all. Screw this alteranatve power crap. Wind/ Solar particularly. It also plays hard on the “CO2 is our enemy crowd as well. Not to mention the battery lovers songbook. Damn eCars. What a pile of HS.
Agree with what you've said, subject to a few clarifications. It's simple Economics 101, supply & demand, and effects on pricing (read affordability).
No serious student of Peak Oil, myself, and JHK included, if I may speak for him, have ever said we will run out of oil. So, there is no violence or scaremongering.
We will simply hit peak *affordable* oil. EROEI was initially 100:1, extracting 100 barrels of oil, with 1 barrel's energy input. Today? Conventional extraction, 20:1, and shale oil 1.5:1. Simply put, it costs more, i.e., becoming progressively less affordable.
"Old “dry” wells abandoned for decades are discovered to be replenished with fresh sweet intermediate grade oil." ~ William Voelz
This certainly happens, no question, but what happens to oil prices during those *decades*? Simple economics answers that. Supply reduction, prices go up.
For the half-wit e-cultists, they fail to understand that electricity (as currently configured) is not a power source, it's simply a means of transmission. Now Nikola Tesla understood that electricity is free and infinite, we just have to harness it. They have his notes, we don't.
Never happen (for us, I mean). And not run a wire to everyone's house for their perpetual monthly annuity? Does anyone ever think about Wi-Fi? How dat work?
Thanks Ron. My inoit was apartment any supply/demand/price scenarios. Just a geological take. And that the earlier explorers knew that oil was not plant/animal sourced. So they could control the psychology of the entire energy spectrum. It worked. lol.
Ron, your comment brings to mind the quote:
"In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king."
If all we got left is sour crude, then that sour crude becomes the sweet shit we used up.
CP, sweet. If only the world were blind, I'm blind in one eye. You got my drift perfectly.
We don't need it. Why bother with it? There's more oil out there than you can imagine.
I have read and heard, though nobody can truly prove it, that the Earth produces the crap. Deep down in the fissures of the mantle where the heat and pressure are of sufficient quantities to produce chemical reactions. Do we really believe that all petroleum reserves are massive burial grounds of rotten dinosaur carcasses? Especially those buried deep under ground or under thousands of feet of water?
I don't argue that this is true, just that there are those out there who make these claims.
Imagination can be a dangerous thing. I'm risk averse, I try to stay away from it.
The point of the comment was the scope of your thinking is limited. And it wasn’t said as derisive or insulting. At least i didn’t have that impression and also concur.
A decade ago, we had zero capacity to process sour crude.
Reportedly the Guyana discovery puts that to shame. So, if your inference is that the US is about to invade Venezuela for oil, I do not believe that. Venezuela could not have retrieved its oil without American expertise. American interests there were nationalized by Chavez. If it were all about the oil that would not have been allowed to slide. Guyana appears to welcome US support to fend off Venezuelan territorial.claims that were decided long ago.
We don't need to invade for oil. We are fencing it off.
Proven reserves:
Venezuela 304B Barrels
Russia 80B Barrels
China 26B Barrels
US 74B Barrels
Any questions?
I was responding to your statement that the Venezuelan actions were related to Venezuelan oil production. I stand by my comment. BTW your data, like your logic, makes no sense. So no, no questions for you. I prefer accurate information
EIA data, not mine. Give them a ring, I'm sure they'd like your opinion.
Your copy and paste. That seems to pass for knowledge among some. You do realize there are other oil producing nations, right? Like Saudi Arabia at 268 billion gallons. And the Guyana discovery is reported to be larger than that. So I am not sure what your point is. But then again I do not think you are either. Please do not bother to elaborate. You have lost credibility with me.
There infrastructure is in shambles.
Why would any company risk investment in an oil venture in a country that nationalized all the oil and equipment paid for by outside companies?
That is throwing good money after bad.
No one but an idiot would invest in the dumpster fire that is Venezuela.
Ben, I haven't once suggested investing there, for precisely the reasons you mention. All the world's a stage, or game, if you will, and we are simply boxing out the other players, as one would imagine, in our own backyard. Finally.
Ron I was not suggesting you said that I was but pointing out the massive problems in Venezuela.
They start with the government and go straight up from there.
In order to be able to pump oil out of the area will require massive investment in a country that has all but destroyed itself.
Their kids are eating out of garbage cans and famously eating their pets and yet they have huge oil reserves this makes zero sense until one acknowledges the wonders of Socialism.
Its a wonder anyone survives the switch to it.
Agree. I have a friend in Belize, a Petroleum Engineer, one of the brightest guys I've ever met on almost any subject, and certainly on global oil production.
He gets dropped in by chopper on rigs all over the world to assess production, quotas, targets, problems, etc., a brilliant, but down to earth guy.
His thoughts on Venezuelan oil mirror yours, and for the same reasons you mention. No monetary incentive, top to bottom of the production chain. That's what Socialism gets you.
Yes, but this time, China has replaced the U.S. as customer for their oil. What do you think happens if we invade?
You want to keep driving or not? I can live without it, but I'm unusual. Maybe we could switch to golf carts. Can you dig it?
Driving is just a small part of it now. Almost everything we consume is an oil-based product.
Yes sir. Plastics for our food packaging. Plastics for the clothing we wear. Plastics for our building materials. Petroleum for food fertilizers.
We are so hopelessly dependent upon petro chemicals for just about everything we use, eat and enjoy.
A deviation from this will eliminate large numbers of human population, probably from heart attacks alone. We are so dependent upon this for our existence that most cannot comprehend any other way of living.
Yeah, Mrs. Robinson that bitch!
Lynne, 1995 called, they want you back.
Mind your manners. You're talking to a lady.
Do you read at all?
Personally? Too hard (distant) for China to defend militarily, insufferable economically - sword of Damocles.
They may have many regiments within our borders at this point. Onlookers were amazed at the strength and organization of the young Chinese men hiking in large groups through the Darien Gap. And when they finally got to the US, they didn't hang around on the streets. They took a shower, put on the clean clothes they kept in a sealed bag inside their packs, got on buses and went wherever. They had money. Military aged Chinese men or Chinese military men?
Many of them are running drug labs in rural America now
On the money, as usual.
Excellent points, Janos. Sneeky, Chinee.
Since it nationalized it's petroleum industry Venezuela has allowed it's refineries to decay and lost most of it's technical expertise. Even if they managed to control the Guyanan oil, the country in it's current state would likely run the Guyanan production into the ground (pun intended).
I’m sure they could find some oil experts from Russia, Iran, or China to help them get their refineries back in shape for a cut of the action!
I would like to think that's the reason for the current activity. Those actors would never be allowed to materialize.
Do I smell BRICSV?
JAZ, welcome to the party.
Do we realize that the geo-political divides are occurring because of three resources, oil, rare earths, and water? The Left in this country is doing a great job of removing our global leverage on resources. Contrary to most, the USA is far from independent of any of the three. So we must be involved in global affairs.
…..in every conflict there’s always a resource sought after..
https://thecradle.co/articles-id/28455
You are correct, sir. Since Jim's prescience in TLE, back in 2005, I've said, *Them that have oil will eat, them that don't, won't*. Of course H2O is also necessary in that regard, RE essential for tech advances, but not necessarily essential for food supply.
Exactly. That's why we're fencing it in.
Simple, oil rules the world.
The US, with ~ 3% of the World's population, steals and uses 25% of the World's oil.
“With less than 5 percent of world population, the U.S. uses one-third of the world’s paper, a quarter of the world’s oil, 23 percent of the coal, 27 percent of the aluminum, and 19 percent of the copper,” he reports. “Our per capita use of energy, metals, minerals, forest products, fish, grains, meat, and even fresh water dwarfs that of people living in the developing world.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/american-consumption-habits/
Steals you mean discovers, puts in the infrastructure and then pays fair market value for it.
We also pay in blood and treasure while the rest of the world enjoys the spoils.
Most notably New Zealand that does nothing for anyone on the world stage.
New Zealand is a net importer of oil, with consumption primarily driven by the transport sector, which uses about 76% of all oil products. In 2023, New Zealand consumed approximately \(277.3\) PJ of oil, which made up just over half of the country's total energy consumption. Oil consumption peaked in 2019, and recent trends show a decline in overall usage, although per capita use has remained relatively steady since the start of the century.
Might be time for Ol' Dennis to simply stfu since he runs mouth but knows so little.
So what?
This is as much about Cuba as anything else.
Cuba uses Venezuelan oil and without that it is believed will collapse.
I don’t even know how Cuba hangs on at all. They seem to already be in a state of terminal decline.
Remember Obama trying to recognize them? Could Cuba be supported by globalist forces, including the Dems, as a burr under the USA blanket? Only 90 miles away!!!
In 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that reinforced the statutory ban on U.S. tourism to Cuba. This policy reversed the Biden Administration’s easing of restrictions, during which the Cuban govt. had, in the interest of stimulating the economy, allowed more and more economic freedom, such as Airbnb type rentals, retail activity, etc. and which in the end might have done more than anything else to force positive change in that country. Meanwhile other countries, many allied to the U.S. have profited from the trade.
Has Cuba improved? Has their bullshit rhetoric ceased? How much drug traffic goes through Cuba? Fidel died and no real difference, still trying to undo America as a tool for Russia.
OMG...more capitalist propaganda
Give it a rest, John.
How dare they want a life!
Castro drove out their best blood, their White capitalists. Che could have told him that was a mistake. Che was a race realist. Now they're just another Caribbean shithole.
Perhaps sixty plus years of debilitating sanctions from the world reserve currency played a role in its devolution into a "just another Caribbean shit hole," eh?
Lugh, their white capitalists were the Mafia who controlled Havana and Batista. In 1960, Cuba got Fidel, driving out the Mob, and the Mob got Las Vegas. Hmmm, I wonder who got the better life?
A slight correction: Kelly is a retired Naval Officer and, not having reached a pre-determined age, is subject to "recall", not "re-enlistment". Officers do not "enlist". The enlisted enlist for a contracted period of time and, when that time is up, they either re-enlist or get out. Officers are commissioned and serve at the pleasure of the President, who is the Commander-in-Chief. What Kelly did comes under the USMJ and I sincerely hope that Hegseth does in fact have him recalled and courts-martialed. But then, I also hope that Milley is recalled for the same reason, as well as the 15 military signers of that infamouse letter, and that they are all reduced in rank, at a minimum. Slotkin is counting on people being too lazy to google the UCMJ and to understand that there are consequences in the military for gross insubordination to the CinC. There must be good order and discipine and anyone who thinks that they can just arbitrarily decide that they do not agree with a policy needs to find another job...they are not fit for the military. There is a process for disagreeing and questioning and what these six people suggest is not that process. They are skirting the sedition line and Slotkin may have gone over it.
I would say that the majority of the people have no idea what it is like to be working in a vipers nest of people who have the means to literallty ruin your life....and Ratcliffe, Patel, and Bongino are all in a vipers nest. Also, that the majority of people do not understand what has been going on in this country. As my Democrat, CNN-watching neighbor back in the woods said: "I feel as though we are in a revolution." My response was "We are now in the counter-revolution." When he tells me that he nows understands why I am no longer a Democrat (We were both, 30 year ago, Blue Dog Democrats) and that he knows that he has been lied to on CNN, I will know that progress is being made. Meanwhile, he is one of many who have not figured it out.
"I also hope that Milley is recalled for the same reason"
It always struck me as odd that Milley didn't get recalled and tried back in January. He has admitted to coordinating with a near-peer to warn them of an attack. That was treason on the level of Benedict Arnold.
Nothing odd...Trump was a babe in the woods in Trump 1.0....He saw himself as CEO....knew that there was a swamp but now how wide and how deep...There was no one who had military experience, who was also trusted, who could advise him. Never forget that Trump is a businessman. He operates under the concept that deals can be made. I don't think that he had, at that time, the understanding that these people are communists. The four-year break was a gift from God, as was Steve Miller.
You're right. Trump's first four years in the saddle were a failure -- mostly honorable, but still a failure. He tried to transfer the business skills he'd relied on to the political realm, and the glove didn't fit. His awful appointments were an example. As a real estate developer he could count on other parties' loyalty after cutting a deal with them, because they had gotten what they wanted and had no reason to subvert it. In the DC sinkhole a supposed ally's shadow side often is ready to show itself.
Trump's second go-around has an entirely different character. He is no longer the deal maker. He's the boss and acting like one, for better or sometimes, worse. Every day is a turning point in the drama of our times.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe keeping radio silence speaks louder than words. The standard procedure is to deliver the narrative in an all-singing, all-dancing run of press conferences. I can't think of any precedent where the head of an important and very controversial agency keeps shtum for months.
Maybe part of Ratcliffe's strategy is to keep the guilty worrying what might be coming their way, hence more likely to buckle at the knees and turn on their fellow miscreants. If so it's a new app of the art of the deal, in a situation where it might work.
He was out if his element. Strictly speaking, he should have already have dealt with the slimiest of slime in the NYC real estate business….He had just never dealt with actual traitors…he is also a nice guy…he needs a hatchet man to do the dirty work…
I will add that, on the plus side of Trump 1.0, what the Dems and RINOs did was expose it all, including that the WEF was not some tin hat conspiracy….
The WEF is not a tin-hat conspiracy. But neither is it the master puppeteer. My money is on that Cartel of the Sun. Now let's see who runs that. Well who its earthly controllers are.
My money is on the CIA using the Soros money and the drug cartel moolah. Watch the weekend edition of Alex Jones with Bannon and Gen Flynn.
He has the Jewish bankers completely on his side this time since he surrendered to them.
And Charlie.
Nah…I don’t believe that Kirk was part of this planning…My understanding is that Steve Miller is the brains behind it…Charlie was off doing his own thing but not part of the planning of Trump 2.0…
I think you are right. I think Kirk was the heir apparent. But I also think Miller is the public face of "the plan".
Perhaps a small correction Friend.
Was it not 51 signers of the Russia Collusion Hoax letter?
Also, awesome comment!
Also, pretty sure your neighbor in the woods will soon SEE because I think it will BE CNN and the rest of the (if still standing) fake news media who will be "encouraged" to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth to reach the TDS and sleeping viewers.
I sincerely hope this friendship with your neighbor in the woods is still ongoing. I believe those who didn't know (or cared to know) are gonna need folks to talk to when they finally do know.
You're right....51....We are....we just don't talk politics although internally it infuriates me that he is asleep....30 years ago we basically agreed but he knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who claims that he did a job for Trump and never got paid. May the guy did or didn't or maybe he didn't fulfill the contract.
That, btw, is, imho, the course which should have been taken regarding pharma and the vaxx...the contract was, not having read it, for a safe and effective vaccine...which was not provided on either point.
Challenge him to read one month’s worth of Kunstler, if he has the guts.
Reading a month of your comments would make any reader vomit, John my friend.
You better look at my likes, before your shoot off your bullshitting mouth.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Why you are the only country in the World without Universal Healthcare.
And why you have one of the highest rates of gun homicides.
And why you have a dysfunctional voting system and gubmint!
And why you waste 10x on your military than the rest of the World.
And have never won a war. (WW2 does not count. You did not win that LOL).
Nothing to be proud of, eh?
A bunch of uneducated ignoramuses, maybe?
You realize that in Europe, we pay for "universal" health care?
About EUR 900 per month. Employer contribution covers part, the rest comes out of my pay.
The big joke is that if you want anything beyond basic care, you need private insurance. Many people here avoid even simple dental procedures, because they are expensive when you don't have supplementary private dental insurance.
There is no free healthcare.
You would be speaking Chinese or Russian had we not if they allowed you to even survive.
The Chinese and Russians have never attacked the US.
Had to defend themselves a lot though
And successfully.
Go back to your biker bar and bullshit with your comrades, Ben!
Thank you, BIG TIME, James for this one. You are on to it 100%!
The Venezuela Crowd--have been stealing elections left, center, and right.
Now--they are EXPOSED! The sophistication and chicanery are mind-boggling.
This is REQUIRED READING:
https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/the-electorate-isnt-5050-the-real-a46
== ELECTION FRAUD ==
AI Overview
Stolen Elections: The Takedown of Democracies Worldwide, by New York Times-bestselling author Ralph Pezzullo, is a non-fiction book that presents a highly controversial narrative based on the accounts of two U.S. government whistleblowers, Martin Rodil and former CIA operations officer Gary Berntsen. The book's assessment depends heavily on one's perspective regarding its central claims, which diverge sharply from mainstream, expert analysis of election security.
Book's Main Claims
The book details a supposed international criminal conspiracy, allegedly led by entities linked to the Venezuelan government, that used a sophisticated software (malware) to manipulate election results in the U.S. and over 70 other countries across two decades.
Methodology: The authors claim the software was originally designed to subvert voting outcomes for Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and was later integrated into voting machine technology by companies like Smartmatic and Dominion through a complex corporate structure.
Source of Evidence: The narrative is based on information from whistleblowers who allegedly recruited the software engineers who designed the system. They claim to have presented this evidence to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and members of Congress.
Goal: According to the book, the whistleblowers and civilian cyber experts eventually blocked efforts to steal the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Critical Reception and Context
Assessments of the book and its core claims vary widely:
Author's Perspective: The book is presented by the author and its proponents as an "essential reading for all those who value freedom" and a factual, "non-fiction account" of a major criminal conspiracy.
Skepticism from Experts and News Outlets: The specific allegations promoted by Berntsen and Rodil are widely considered to be unfounded conspiracy theories by independent election experts, cybersecurity professionals, and major news organizations.
For example, The Guardian reported that these specific claims involving Smartmatic and Dominion were investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice but were met with skepticism, with one source indicating the "election integrity issues" were incidental to other conversations.
These claims are part of a broader narrative of election fraud that has been consistently debunked by U.S. government agencies, election officials (from both major political parties), and numerous court decisions.
Organizations that monitor global democracy, such as the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and International IDEA, identify actual threats to democracy through issues like disinformation, foreign influence operations (e.g., from Russia or Iran), and the general decline of democratic norms, but do not substantiate the specific election machine fraud described in this book.
In summary, the book is an account based on a specific, controversial theory regarding widespread election manipulation. While presented as non-fiction by the author, its central assertions are highly disputed and contradict the findings of official government bodies and independent, non-partisan election experts.
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Is it possible to try and hang Google AI for treason, or has Gogle AI already hung itself?
Bernsen is the name of one who set Trump on this trail as well as Elizabeth Nickson who knows what happened with election fraud, centred on Smartmatic in Venezuela. I’m sure there were many leads to set up this potential military strike. They just may be striking the heart of the CIA to splinter it at last.
December 1, 2025 | FDD's Long War Journal
How Venezuela’s Maduro became Washington’s most persistent hemispheric adversary https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/12/01/how-venezuelas-maduro-became-washingtons-most-persistent-hemispheric-adversary/
Thank you, IAN2364, for these links. I will get through them all; found the first one interesting. My assumption at first is that you agree with the sources , judges, journalists, and that their criticisms are probably correct, that the whistleblowers are falsely accusing Venezuela about election fraud. I’ve been too busy to keep up with this media narrative. You may be right and Trump May be wrong, but I’m always going with Trump and his sources. I will read these other articles tomorrow. Until then, thank you.
I am interested in an honest objective assessment, and have not come across information in regard to this connection.
My 2 cents is that anything that was "Debunked and Ruled False" during the Biden administration should not be considered an honest objective assessment. For Google AI to present this information as honest and factual implies that Google AI needs to be RTV for a serious adjustment. I would suggest that CEO Sundar Pichai needs a serious adjustment as well.
Just imagine what will happen if it can be proven that the elections were stolen.
My AI assessment is that it was all part of the WEF 2030 Agenda international coup, and the manner in which leadership throughout the world conducted themselves in regard to implementation amounted to treason.
https://www.kunstler.com/p/our-democracy-im-sure/comment/177278142
100% - I think we both agree. Hastily, I also believe that the people who mock the misinformation on Wikipedia are the same people who satisfactorily digest all the misleading information and omissions on Google. Yes, I agree on all points with you…and Trump! Goodnight!
AI Overview
Yes, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has explicitly embraced the principles and goals of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, viewing technology as a powerful agent for change. He has positioned Google's business strategy, particularly regarding climate action and the use of AI, to align with these global objectives.
Sundar Pichai's Alignment with the 2030 Agenda
Pichai has actively participated in international forums, including the UN's Summit of the Future, where he outlined how AI and Google's initiatives contribute to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). His embrace of the agenda is demonstrated through several key areas:
Climate Action: Google has committed to running all of its data centers and offices on carbon-free energy 24/7 by 2030, a goal Pichai described as a "moonshot" to achieve "absolute zero" emissions rather than relying solely on offsets. He has also set a goal for Google's products to help a billion people make more sustainable choices in their daily lives.
Global Impact and Inequality: Pichai noted that climate change disproportionately affects disadvantaged communities, and tackling it with technology is a way to address inequality.
AI for Social Good: At the UN Summit, Pichai highlighted four key ways AI can further the UN's goals, including:
Accelerating Scientific Discovery: The AI model AlphaFold 3 is being used by researchers globally for drug discovery.
Mitigating Climate Disasters: Systems like Flood Hub and wildfire tracking provide early warnings to millions of people in vulnerable regions.
Contributing to Economic Progress: Pichai believes AI can boost global labor productivity and GDP, creating new opportunities.
Pichai's public statements and Google's corporate commitments clearly indicate a strong embrace of the sustainability and development targets inherent in the 2030 Agenda.
The New Republic - Opinion
DOJ Investigating Deranged Conspiracy on Venezuela and 2020 Election
Hafiz Rashid https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-investigating-deranged-conspiracy-venezuela-195242642.html
Trump’s DoJ investigating unfounded claims Venezuela helped steal 2020 election
Exclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against Maduro https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/trump-doj-venezuela-2020-election
Is there any connection between Trump's aggression towards Venezuela and election fraud?
AI Overview
Yes, a connection exists in the form of unfounded conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump and his allies that alleged Venezuelan involvement in rigging the U.S. 2020 election. These claims have been repeatedly debunked by courts, election officials, and the companies involved, but the narrative has been used to link Trump's hardline stance against Venezuela's government to his domestic claims of election fraud.
Venezuela's Role in U.S. Election Fraud Claims
Conspiracy Theory: Following the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Trump's legal team, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, held a press conference where they claimed without evidence that Venezuela had influenced the election results.
Voting Software Allegations: The central claim was that electronic voting systems provided by companies like Smartmatic and Dominion were created under the direction of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to manipulate votes, and this system was used to switch votes from Trump to Joe Biden.
Debunked and Ruled False: These claims were widely fact-checked and found to be false. A Delaware court ruled the theory false in 2023. Major news organizations that spread these claims, including Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN, later paid hundreds of millions of dollars in defamation lawsuits to the voting machine companies.
No Evidence: Even Republican leaders in Miami, where many Venezuelan-American voters live, stated they had no evidence to back up these specific allegations.
Connection to Trump's Aggression towards Venezuela
Political Narrative: The Venezuela-based election fraud narrative served to reinforce Trump's broader "rigged election" claims within the U.S.. It also appealed to a specific electoral base, the Venezuelan diaspora in South Florida, who are strongly anti-Chavismo.
Potential Rationale for Policy: Some analysis suggests that the continued circulation of these unfounded election-rigging theories could provide a perceived rationale or justification for the Trump administration's aggressive posture and potential military action against the Nicolás Maduro regime.
Pre-existing Hostility: The Trump administration had already adopted an antagonistic stance toward Maduro, implementing sanctions and refusing to recognize his 2018 re-election as legitimate. The election fraud conspiracy theory was a separate, domestic-focused claim that co-opted the existing hostility toward the Venezuelan government.
In summary, the connection is not one of actual evidence, but rather the unsubstantiated use of Venezuela as a scapegoat within the broader narrative of U.S. election fraud claims.
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If election fraud can be substantiated, it will be a world event.
Is this the same Ratcliffe who disobeyed Trump's order to investigate and report on foreign election interference, burying evidence of CIA involvement in 2020?
Despite their vocal promises of draining the swamp and holding Deep State figures accountable, Bondi and Ratcliffe's track record of selective declassifications, delayed probes, and zero major indictments through 2025 reveals a proclivity for protecting establishment interests—unless a genuine ramp-up in prosecutions and convictions materializes in 2026, proving their actions finally match their rhetoric.
Let's see what happens in year two, but I won't be giving them any more benefit of doubt past Q1 of 2026 to draw my conclusions.
"benefit of the doubt' is on very thin ice.
DOJ has gotten some nice wins at SCOTUS, something like 25 and counting, having to do with DJT policy decisions as Executive. However, crickets on most other issues.
Especially one. The ability of local federal judges to shoot down national orders at a national level. This is a total violation of the balance of power and as been witnessed allows the judiciary to “run” the country. Judges are a definite source of Mob corruption as they have a long history of Mafia corruption.
Along with others, Jefferson feared 'judicial tyranny'.
Jefferson was a tyrant himself, who erased “property” from the Declaration of Independence and thought he could fight wars with windy proclamations and an embargo. The “Revolution of 1800” changed the arc of American history.
A subject of discussion, considering you are referring to 'life liberty & property' as proposed wording, replaced by 'life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness' it seems this was quite an issue at the time, as was much of the wording.
They all were property owners. I don't think it possible to turn the clock back and have voting (as an example) limited to property owners. 'Property' would need definition, and if were defined as it was in the 1700's, well, it would make these interesting times even more interesting.
The election of 1800 bears, in some ways, the same divisive traits we see today. Somehow they survived and kept the Republic. The contentiousness between John Adams and Jefferson is, imo, well-known.
I don't view Jefferson as a tyrant. His purchase of property greatly expanded the territory (and bailed out Napoleon, look where that got Europe, topic for another time). He didn't want foreign entanglements (any more than Adams). The Barbary Pirates thing, from my reading through the years, was a distasteful task he had to resolve. His commission of Eaton was likely the first 'covert' operation in US history, yet he generally seemed to distance himself from it after setting it in motion. Yet another topic.
Fear of an out-of-control judiciary, standing armies and central banks seem justifiable fears. He wasn't alone in these matters.
Ever been to Monticello?
Yes, Napoleon had the strength to blockade European ports from English commerce, thus allowing Europe time to catch up in terms of the Industrial Revolution.
Monticello is now run by anti-racists (anti-Whites) who tell visitors what a racist piece of shit Jefferson was.
Be patient grasshopper. It was/is a very big, very deep swamp. Much of it beyond the territorial US. We did not get here overnight and there is no magic wand to set things right. Rather it is a very convoluted dismantling process.
Another Durham or Barr. These would be White Knights turned out to be duds or impressive guys working for the other side.
It has bothered me intensely for some time when I read that Ratcliffe and Brennan were close friends. This may still be the case and, if so, Venezuela may not succumb as easily as we’re led to believe. The CIA seems to be headquartered there, the real CIA dirty operatives. Perhaps that’s why Ratcliffe seems mute.
Trump prosecuted Epstein and Ghislane? Whoops! Hello!
Shhh stop ruining their tds fueled narrative with facts.
The recent substack post by Elizabeth Nickson (https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/the-electorate-isnt-5050-the-real-a46) provides a comprehensive outline about the world-wide election rigging out of Venezuela.
It's beyond shocking. It should be front page news. Perhaps it soon will be.
If this needs to be stopped with violence so be it -- whatever it takes.
Also, let's get the astronaut on trial ASAP.
Indeed, the astronaut and perhaps the Slutkin should see some military justice asap.
Nickson references a Lara Logan podcast, Going Rogue. The Stolen Election episode is 45 on YouTube.
I'm no fan of Maduro, but blaming Venezuela for the vote-rigging in the U.S.?- that's rich. It was not Venezuela who manufactured the electronic voting machines that enabled all the chicanery,and correcting the problem is as simple as going to paper ballots.
Obviously you didn't read the article so why the question?
Maybe read it and learn something. Then comment.
Perhaps you will find, as I did, that it is important that this is brought to light immediately so there is support for going back to paper ballots. Strategy is a thing.
Did you ever think of that?
I don’t care if JFK was wrong, it is not worth the slimmest chance that he was, is, right. Splinter them. I am so sick of their disgusting anti-American bullshit.
It is interesting, Scott. The same methodology that the CIA has used over the decades to unseat regimes overseas is being used to unseat the Constitutional government here. I believe that after 9/11, the DNI function was created to ensure the FBI and CIA were not competing with each other and that the CIA was not allowed to go domestic. That function is not working, and it is a focus on Tulsi Gabbard to fix this discrepancy. The bureaucracies of both will fight her, so it is a problem for Trump to solve and not ignore. JFK tried and was killed for it. Trump must have that in mind. I do believe that he has the cojones to fight the corruption.
That's not in the interest of his handlers so it won't be done. He didn't care what Tulsi thought since they didn't care. He's just a wooden dummy sitting on someone's knee.
Your model for what is going on is your opinion.
Only.
I always thought the plot lines of movies like, "The Bourne Conspiracy," and "RED" were just fiction, but it turns out that truth is stranger, and more dangerous, than fiction.
Yeah, they get their inspiration from real life. Baldacci is excellent, especially his earlier work.
Nothing will happen.
Nothing ever happens.
Nothing? Venezuela is nothing?
Venezuela is about oil. Period.
You let us know when people start getting frog marched at 0 dark 30 like Roger Stone did. Until then, this reeks of Q- Tardian horseshit.
What's actually happened with Venezuela except for a lot of posturing and saber rattling? A handful of small cartel drug boats sunk is not even a drop in the bucket of the drug trade.
You are right, it is just a beginning. But it is significant that the cartels are shifting things around.
America could stop the drug problem, by fixing itself.
Living wage and healthcare for all.
Give its youth a life worth living for.
Capitalism has failed them.
Leaving them with no option, but to get high.
We need American National Socialism, not Globalist, soul killing Marxist Communism.
EXACTLY - you are the first one in this tread to figure this out!
Good job my man.
I'm really hoping to be pleasantly surprised someday to see that somebody has been arrested for the mountain of crimes perpetrated against this country.
I'm not very optimistic that these traitors will be brought to justice. It seems that the power of the deep state is too overwhelming to destroy, but it's nice to dream of a future without them.
I still think the CIA was behind the demise of Antonin Scalia.
And they cannot do it again. Carville says we need to load the court to remove the conservative slant. I guess they cannot assassinate their way out of a conservative SCOTUS.
Here is a recent interview (linked below) with Lara Logan and Gary Berntsen & Ralph Pezzullo who have written the book "Stolen Elections: The takedown of Democracies Worldwide" by Ralph Pezzullo with former CIA operative Gary Berntsen. They claim our election systems are deeply penetrated by foreign adversaries and the CIA is so incompetent and corrupt it needs to be dismantled. They say John Ratcliffe is blind to this and incompetent. They don't think he is a traitor but some below him are. I have no idea if they are correct but this interview is interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA9OCusr64A
I have heard rumblings about this interview and Emerald Robinson's 50-thread tweets on the matter. Thanks for sharing the link. I will get around to watching. In the interim, I fear this might be the same type of evidence that Sidney Powell tried to reveal but was gaslit and shut down for. Unless these claims are adjudicated to be found accurate, I suspect this will amount to nothing more than releasing the Kracken 2.0.
You could be right. Gary Berntsen and his investigative partner were shut down everywhere they tried to bring this information to different gov't agencies. Supposedly, the Trump administration does have this information now (perhaps explaining the interest in Venezuela).
Elizabeth Nickson has a recent Substack piece on our stolen elections featuring Venezuela as a key player re: the voting machines. She references the book I talked about in the above comment and has a link to the interview I linked above.
https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/the-electorate-isnt-5050-the-real
Sharyl Attkisson also interviewed these guys. I have not listened to the podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/312-stolen-election-ralph-pezzullo-and-gary-berntsen/id1478351211?i=1000732883877&l=pt-BR
I just listened to the Sharyl Attkisson interview. It is shorter and more concise than the interview with Lara Logan if you are short on time. The interview is more of an overview than a deep dive into the nitty gritty of some of the details. But they're both good interviews.
Trump was one of the loudest critics of corruption regarding voting machines, when the simplest solution, used in many first-world nations, is to demand the use of paper ballots. But do you see any legislative action in this regard initiated by the GOP? Anyone? Another very important issue, especially considering there is every reason to believe the Oval Office was bugged, is the the intrusive phone surveillance technology. Again, the response by Trump's DOJ: crickets
If Trump starts a war, the midterms are over. And so is his agenda. It’s a trap.
Perhaps. I expect a repeat of Operation Uphold Democracy rather than Operation Just [be]Cause.
If Republicans stayed home in the off year elections in NJ and VA, they are definitely staying home for the midterms if American troops are being killed in Venezuela.
What exactly is worth fighting for? Do you consider that an attempt to stamp out drug flow overseas is better than at the border or in the cities here? As I just said, does the population of the USA want to stop drugs? I am not so sure.
A yuge question. Is Trump’s more conservative slant what the country really wants, or does it want to be a third world country with little influence? We just imported 30 million people who not give a damn about that question.
All of that is beside the point. Trump ran as someone who didn’t get us involved in any wars in his first term and wouldn’t in his second. If he starts a war in Venezuela, he is no longer that guy. He will be viewed as just another neocon.
That is a yuge “if”.
A big question, Jersey, is the USA so inundated with drugs that it is affecting the results of elections? Do a large portion of our population consider that Trump is an archenemy of their addictions?
At this late date, but for a lost ideal idea, there’s no “America” left to save or revive, no collective identity that binds.
That is the larger issue. There are at least 100 million foreigners masquerading as "Americans," within our borders. Unless they are marched out at bayonet point, none of this will matter one lick, even if its true.
Yup, number one issue, rd3.
There are nearly as many “Americans” masquerading as “Americans,” whatever that now means.
It's abundantly clear. If your family wasn't here before 1965 when the floodgates to the third-world were opened up by Chappaquiddick Ted, you aren't an American. From that point forward, all assimilation ceased and what we have now are third-world cities, and increasingly, third-world suburbs. A steaming stew of primitive excrement.
Yeah, it's like what they say. If you're not descended from the people frolicking at the foot of Mt Sinai, you ain't nuthin.
Yes Medieval times are here again. It’s the only way. Those demonic souls are in for a MAJOR AWAKENING. It’s about time. God is good and He is on Trump’s side. There is his power and it’s going to be a win.