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Explanation: Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. The central cloverleaf is rather light emitted from a background quasar. The gravitational field of the visible foreground galaxy breaks light from this distant quasar into four distinct images. The quasar must be properly aligned behind the center of a massive galaxy for a mirage like this to be evident. The general effect is known as gravitational lensing, and this specific case is known as the...

Sorry about the source, Facebook, but it is the California Patriots Network. This gentleman makes an impassioned case about Venezuela and what is really happening and it isn’t about oil, as the mainstream press insists. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2003749590406462

When he entered No 10, Sir Keir Starmer staked his reputation on upholding international law. That commitment is now being put to the test after Britain’s closest ally stormed into a sovereign country and seized its leader, leaving the Prime Minister firmly between a rock and a hard place. Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president, and his wife Cilia Flores threatens to become a toxic disaster for Sir Keir, who is attempting to get his premiership back on track after a torrid year. Having worked hard to form a warm but fragile relationship with the erratic US...

From a Venezuelan journalist: Stop using these 3 phrases when you talk about Venezuela. https://twitter.com/DahliaKurtz/status/2007649585888673975?s=20 1 m 41 s !!!

On Sunday, SpaceX-owned Starlink announced it is providing free broadband service to the people of Venezuela through February 3, with Elon Musk expressing support. NOTE: Ground News is an aggregator. Pick your source from those presented.

Daily Readings from the USCCBThe Epiphany of the LordWhen Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Matthew 2:1–3Why did God use a star to reveal the birth of the King of Kings to foreigners from the East? To Mary, Joseph, and even the shepherds, God sent an angel to...

A US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report found more that more than $5 billion in taxpayer funds went to rental assistance recipients during the final year of the Biden administration — including to 30,000 deceased tenants and thousands of foreigners who illegally entered the country. Former President Biden called these payments "a noble effort. In exchange for the money, every recipient allowed us to fill out and cast their 2024 election ballots. Sadly Trump still won the election and is now trying to disenfranchise these voters before we can cast their ballots in the 2026 Congressional elections."...

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Kamala Harris on Saturday blasted President Trump for ordering Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s capture, calling the move “unlawful and unwise,” which backfired when X users clobbered her in the replies. “Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable,” Harris said in a lengthy X post. She further accused the President of lying to Americans, as well as “putting troops at risk, spending billions, destabilizing a region, and offering no legal authority, no exit plan, and no benefit at home.” Conversely, Joe Biden in 2020 attacked Trump, saying he “admires thugs...

Axios is reporting that someone who recently opened an account with Polymarket, bet $30,000 that Maduro would be out office by January 31. When Marduro was flown out of Venezuela early Saturday morning, that $30,000 wager netted a profit of $436,759.61. I've read other accounts of this wager indicting the account was opened on December 27, just about a week before the US took action in Venezuela. Either way, this type of what appears to be insider trading needs to be investigated, seeing suspicious activity like this could tip off an adversary of impending US action and get people killed.

A Chabad truck playing the Hasidic song 'Hinei Ma Tov' passed by Zohran Mamdani's conference to announce members of his cabinet and other changes, bringing the proceedings to a breief halt. While announcing new members of his administration, Mayor Zohran Mamdani stopped to listen to a passing Chabad truck that was playing “Hinei Ma Tov.” “It’s a good song,” Mamdani said. Link to X video @AnashReporter

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s comrades in the Democratic Socialists of America want deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro returned to power. The Democratic Socialists of America put out a lengthy statement demanding “the return of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores to Venezuela.” Meanwhile, the DSA is starting a “join our “Hands Off Venezuela” to get the “imperialist” United States out of the socialist, oil-rich country. “Solidarity with the people of Venezuela! Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution!”, separate DSA International Committee policy statement says. In its statement on the removal of Maduro, the DSA claims the Trump administration has started...

Latin American leaders aligned with the White House’s pro-freedom stance celebrated the arrest and extradition of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on Saturday morning, extended support to the exiled winner of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, Edmundo González. Leftist leaders in the region, meanwhile, expressed alarm....Remaining Venezuelan authorities at press time have stated that they do not know Maduro and Flores’s whereabouts and it is not clear who is acting as head of state in that country. Among the first to react was libertarian Argentine President Javier Milei, who reposted a speech he had delivered recently on the status of the...

President Trump and other top officials were caught watching the Venezuelan raid in real-time. Obama watching the bin Laden raid in the Situation Room was a similar moment and photo op. But someone was missing in the Trump photos: Vice President JD Vance. Where was he? Even Biden was sitting next to Obama when Seal Team Six finally greased bin Laden. Vance was kept away because the administration was becoming uneasy about having both men in the exact location, given the security conditions. It was a designated survivor scenario. Vance was involved with the raid: “Vice President Vance was deeply...

Venezuela’s ousted dictator, Nicolás Maduro, was being held in a New York detention center Sunday as he awaited court proceedings on U.S. drug charges, a day after President Donald Trump ordered a raid to capture him and said the United States would take control of the oil-producing nation. Images of the 63-year-old Maduro blindfolded and handcuffed during his transfer to the United States stunned many Venezuelans and drew international criticism. The operation was Washington’s most contentious intervention in Latin America since the U.S. invasion of Panama 37 years ago. Maduro was scheduled to appear in federal court in Manhattan on...

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Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett said one of her key advantages over Senate primary opponent James Talarico was her relationships with Democrats who lost major elections, during an interview with “The SMG Report” posted to YouTube on Tuesday. Crockett’s interview with the outlet took place at the Maiden Foundation’s “Soulful Christmas” celebration on Dec. 19, 11 days after she announced her long-shot Senate run. She told “The SMG Report” that she would particularly be relying on former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams and former Vice President Kamala Harris. “We need somebody that can win… because of all the work...

One of the classic definitions of antisemitism is insisting on one standard of morality and/or legality for the Jewish people, but a very different one for everyone else. For example — and I’m pulling this silly, unrealistic example out of a hat — if an American politician vowed to arrest the duly-elected Israeli leader but decried the arrest of the illegitimately elected Venezuelan leader, your Antisemitism Detector should start beeping. Especially when the Venezuelan leader was a wanted fugitive under American law — and the Israeli leader was not. Welcome to the manic mind of New York City Mayor Zohran...

Jorge Galicia, a Venezuelan exile who has spent the last five years touring U.S. college campuses warning young people about the dangers of socialism, said Saturday he is thrilled with the U.S. military action against his home country that led to the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro. “Today was probably the happiest day of my entire life,” Galicia told The College Fix in an email Saturday. “God is finally giving us the opportunity to witness a measure of earthly justice through President Trump, his cabinet, and the courageous U.S. Armed Forces,” he said. “As someone who was forced into exile...

Geolocated footage shows where U.S helicopters landed to capture Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. Satellite imagery shows multiple destroyed buldings near his bunker. Photo and video show destroyed vehicles including Buk SAM systems.

Quoting Badenock, 'It is not for us [the British] to second guess from afar the motives and evidence behind these events.'