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Biden raises bounty for Venezuela’s Maduro to $25 million
NY Times via The Spokesman-Review ^ | Jan. 10, 2025 | Julie Turkewitz

Posted on 01/04/2026 7:33:09 AM PST by Mr. Mojo

BOGOTA, Colombia – The Biden administration said Friday that it was offering $25 million for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, after he assumed a third term in office despite evidence suggesting that he lost Venezuela’s recent election.

The announcement was a retaliatory measure by Washington, which does not recognize Maduro as the rightful president of Venezuela. Maduro has presented no evidence that he won a July election, while his opponent Edmundo González has presented thousands of publicly available vote tallies that he says indicate he easily won the most votes.

The United States has said that González is the president-elect of Venezuela and has urged Maduro to step aside.

The Biden administration also announced that it was extending protections for roughly 600,000 Venezuelan migrants living in the United States with temporary protected status. The measure allows those who apply to stay for an extra 18 months.

John Kirby, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, said the decision to raise the bounty on Maduro was part of “a concerted message of solidarity with the Venezuelan people,” meant “to further elevate international efforts to maintain pressure on Mr. Maduro and his representatives.”

(Excerpt) Read more at spokesman.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bounty; demhypocrisy; democrathypocrisy; fjb; literallyhitler; maduro; tds; trumpishitler
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Article from a year ago. How soon so many (conveniently) forget.
1 posted on 01/04/2026 7:33:09 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

joe biden is a guard dog with no teeth.


2 posted on 01/04/2026 7:35:45 AM PST by know.your.why
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To: Mr. Mojo

Trump gets BiXiden’s 25 Million?


3 posted on 01/04/2026 7:36:18 AM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Its democrats being democrats.

Once again Trump puts the left in the unenviable position of having to support criminals to oppose Trump.


4 posted on 01/04/2026 7:36:50 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: MrRelevant

Democrats and Uniparty, write strongly worded letters, post bounties and make red lines(that get crossed). Trump takes decisive action...


5 posted on 01/04/2026 7:42:35 AM PST by aklurker
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To: Paladin2

Lol, he should demand it during a press conference. The press sill go mental... well, more mental


6 posted on 01/04/2026 7:44:30 AM PST by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: know.your.why

Correction - Bidet is a lowlife who sold his soul just to be ‘president’ - everyone knows he just sat in his diaper with a pretend red phone. I am betting all of the phone calls he made with heads of state were really with laughing staffers, unbeknownst to him.


7 posted on 01/04/2026 7:45:49 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Bob434

Trump -Metal

Liberals- Mental


8 posted on 01/04/2026 7:46:13 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: know.your.why

No teeth? No balls...


9 posted on 01/04/2026 7:51:17 AM PST by fhayek
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To: Mr. Mojo

Kamala said that the arrest of Maduro was unlawful but the Biden-Harris administration had a reward for his arrest.

https://x.com/willchamberlain/status/2007652410077086175

“The Biden-Harris administration made available a $25,000,000 reward for information that would have lead to the arrest of Nicolas Maduro.

Now you’re saying capturing him was unlawful? Did you just entirely forget your administration’s policy?”


10 posted on 01/04/2026 7:55:03 AM PST by DFG
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To: Mr. Mojo

I would really Like Trump to come out and suggest he’s deserving of the reward Diaper Joe created.


11 posted on 01/04/2026 7:56:55 AM PST by Mean Daddy
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To: Mr. Mojo

Thread of the week. Thank you for posting this.


12 posted on 01/04/2026 8:02:40 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Paladin2

The target audience for this money - billionaires.

The media does not cover this. $25 mil is a lot for most but chumps to billionaires.

Everyone in Congress, whom people are now calling on to oversee Trump, knows this. If I know it they know it and knew it

Biden and his people knew it


13 posted on 01/04/2026 8:04:45 AM PST by stanne
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To: Mr. Mojo

“$25 mil’ is chump change, man! I was tryin’ t’ get’im cheap!” —Go Brandon


14 posted on 01/04/2026 8:06:12 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Joe Biden needs to STFU and do what he does best.

Hide in the background (like with his family Christmas picture) and quietly CRAP HIS PANTS!


15 posted on 01/04/2026 8:09:52 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Does the Delta Force get the Bounty?


16 posted on 01/04/2026 8:14:21 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Former White House Resident Autopen signed this?

Is this one of the EO’s invalidated by PRESIDENT Trump’s recent EO declaring ALL EO’s from Jan 20,2021 to Jan 20, 2025 to be expunged from the official records as no records were kept of who/when such orders were given.


17 posted on 01/04/2026 8:16:19 AM PST by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Trump should pick someone or several people from LE or military and award them the $25 million — and do a press conference where he publicly identifies it as “Biden’s Maduro bounty” (or whatever) and saying the U.S. couldn’t have done this without Biden’s actions. After the leftists sputter for about an hour, their heads will explode.


18 posted on 01/04/2026 8:19:49 AM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: OHPatriot

I will NEVER forget NOR forgive that white trash family NOT putting their granddaughter, NAVY BIDEN, on the Christmas mantle in the White House along with the other GRANDDAUGHTERS’ stockings.

F that family.


19 posted on 01/04/2026 8:20:58 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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So.....we can thank Joe for setting this in motion?

ROFL!!

20 posted on 01/04/2026 8:23:07 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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