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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during a Senate hearing on Wednesday called for the impeachment of two federal judges, including Judge James Boasberg, who authorized the surveillance of Republican lawmakers during then-special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the January 6 protests.

Federal magistrate judge rules Cole must be jailed until trial, however — siding with prosecutors on the claim that Cole is too dangerous to release. Brian J. Cole Jr. denied placing pipe bombs on Capitol Hill in January 2021 for more than two hours under FBI questioning after his arrest in Virginia on Dec. 4. Cole said he did not recognize the person in a gray hoodie shown on video walking with a backpack on Jan. 5. After two hours of questioning, Cole, 30, told FBI agents that “everything is just blank” and the interview was “a little too much...

The group of men challenging their deportations include migrants who were deported to a prison in El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act in March, over allegations that they were members of Tren de Aragua. ================================================================= Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled Monday that the Trump administration must allow Venezuelan men who were deported earlier this year to return to the United States to fight allegations they were part of violent gangs. The group of men challenging their deportations include migrants who were deported to a prison in El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act in March,...

A federal appeals court on Monday took Judge Boasberg to task and delayed his contempt hearings until 2026. In March Boasberg granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop the Trump administration from deporting thousands of Venezuelan nationals believed to be members of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang under the Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg then threatened to hold Trump officials in contempt for not bringing some of the world’s most vicious killers, criminals, and rapists back to the United States. Judge Boasberg said he found probable cause to hold the Trump Administration in criminal contempt of court for defying his...

Two activist judges with a track record of sabotaging President Trump’s America First agenda have just ghosted a critical Senate hearing aimed at exposing judicial overreach. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg and U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman have both turned down invitations to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week at the explosive hearing titled “Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable. Their absence should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention. These are not neutral judges, they are political operatives wielding federal robes as weapons against the will of the American people. Judge Boasberg, a Barack Obama appointee, has...

In the summer of 2008, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez boasted to his bodyguard, “I’m about to elect the first black president of the United States.” And he did. They all know. They all knew. Everyone on the left. Every grandee, every premier and governor in the Democrat Party, U.K.’s Labour Party, Canada’s Liberal Party. Every vicious moron that runs the U.N., including the Secretary-General. Every top leftie strategist. Every NGO funder and chief. They learned it one at a time, one election at a time as their participation became necessary. They all cashed out on it. It is their great...

Grok Summary of AI-Generated Video Transcript The podcast episode features host Lara Logan interviewing Gary Berndson (former CIA) and Ralph Pezzullo (author) about their book Stolen Elections: The Takedown of Democracies Worldwide.Key claims and assertions made:Venezuelan regime (led by Hugo Chávez and later Nicolás Maduro), with Cuban assistance, developed sophisticated election-stealing software in the early 2000s to rig the 2004 Venezuelan referendum.Three Venezuelan engineers created the software, which was installed in voting machines (initially Olivetti, later Smartmatic).Smartmatic was founded in the U.S. (Boca Raton, Florida) with Venezuelan government money; the source code always remained under Venezuelan ownership despite corporate maneuvers...

The Airbus A319 that always flies Maduro touched down in Santa Elena de Uairén, right on the Venezuela-Brazil frontier. No official confirmation he's on board or that he's requested asylum in Brazil, but the timing is screaming "I'm out." Brazilian authorities say they haven't been contacted yet. If Maduro actually bolts, 26 years of Chavismo might die overnight The military splits: some will celebrate, some will try a last stand The opposition (Edmundo González, María Corina) instantly becomes the legitimate government in the eyes of the world Cuba loses its oil lifeline and implodes within months, while the U.S. bombing...

After a monitoring platform reported on the flight, the Brazilian Army Command on the border assured that it had no information indicating a possible escape of the leader of the Venezuelan government, according to CNN Brazil. ================================================================= A plane that had previously been used by the leader of the Venezuelan regime, Nicolás Maduro, traveled to the border with Brazil amid increasing US military pressure in the Caribbean region, CNN Brazil reported this Saturday. The trip information was released by ADSB Exchange, a platform that monitors flight tracking data from around the world, on its website. It details that the aircraft...

Brazil—According to a CNN report, the plane frequently used by Nicolás Maduro landed near Brazilian territory, according to the flight tracking platform ADSB Exchange, and the event prompted speculation that the Venezuelan president may have fled. What we know The information was disseminated by CNN based on public data. ADSB Exchange, a flight tracking platform, identified the landing near Brazil. The aircraft reported is the one that, according to the report, Maduro regularly used. The report raises the possibility of an escape, without providing additional evidence in the cited text. Detection on ADSB Exchange The ADSB Exchange platform published records...

US President Donald Trump has warned Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to step down or risk potential American military action, a report says. Tensions between Washington and Caracas have surged after US President Donald Trump warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that refusal to step down voluntarily could trigger the use of American military force. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Trump delivered a stark ultimatum during a hotline call on 22 November, telling Maduro he could take the “easy way or hard way," offering safe passage to a friendly capital or face direct US action. Trump’s warning coincided with a...

Sources claim Maduro might leave Venezuela due to a potential U.S. attack. According to CCN, he could have reached the Brazilian border this afternoon.

Will Trump negotiate with Maduro and refrain from military action? While the US has deployed the largest military force to America Latina since the 1990’s, the naval siege of Venezuela will not necessarily devolve into a bloody confrontation. After President Donald J. Trump stated that negotiations with dictator Nicolas Maduro was a real possibility, a report arises that Trump has already spoken with Maduro last week. The two leaders reportedly discussed a possible meeting between them in the United States, according to the New York Times. Reuters reported: “The newspaper added that there were no plans at the moment for...

A favorite leftist trope is that if wimmin ruled the world, whirled peas would abound. Well, we're seeing how stupid that idea is in real time as the claque ruling and ruining Venezuela gets a good look under the hood. According to El Mundo of Spain, which has a click-on English translation, Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, pretends to be a sweet little doting grandmother who lives to support her Maduro, writing: But don't be fooled: Cilia Flores is not the sweet 69-year-old grandmother (six years older than Maduro) who participates in Bolivarian feats and in the television marathons of the...

The coastal city of Güiria, a longtime hub for smuggling and illicit maritime trade in northeastern Venezuela, is experiencing severe economic disruption and heightened government surveillance following U.S. military strikes on boats suspected of drug trafficking. The city, home to roughly 40,000 residents, has relied for years on the movement of drugs, contraband, food, and consumer goods between Venezuela and nearby Caribbean nations. Reuters reported Friday that the recent U.S. operations have stopped nearly all boat departures from the area, leaving local commerce at a standstill. “There was only movement in stores recently because of government bonus payments; otherwise, there’s...

President Donald Trump reportedly rebuffed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's push for sweeping amnesty during a phone call last week, telling the embattled leader and his senior aides to abandon their demands and leave the country as U.S. pressure intensifies. Trump and Maduro discussed a broad amnesty proposal during a phone call last week, people familiar with the exchange told The Wall Street Journal. Maduro reportedly asked for general amnesty for himself, his senior aides, and their families. Many of those individuals face U.S. sanctions or criminal indictments tied to corruption, drug trafficking, and human rights abuses. People familiar with the...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. His government accused Trump of making a ”colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty.The White House did not respond to questions about what Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, and it was unclear whether he was announcing a new policy or simply reinforcing the messaging around his campaign against Maduro, which has involved...

President Trump is shutting down Venezuelan airspace “in its entirety” amid a surge in drug trafficking from the South American nation, he announced Saturday morning. “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Trump wrote in a morning Truth Social post. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!” The measure comes just two days after the president said he would begin bombing land-based drug trafficking targets. “The land is easier, but that’s going to start very soon,” Trump told reporters. The US has been...

President Trump is shutting down Venezuelan airspace “in its entirety” amid a surge in drug trafficking from the South American nation, he announced Saturday morning. “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Trump wrote in a morning Truth Social post. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Now for the feel-good story of the week: A California immigration judge wept after being abruptly fired mid-asylum hearing, making her the latest victim of the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown. Won’t someone please stop laughing and share in the tears of this victim? Shuting Chen, 41, of San Francisco, was halfway through a hearing on Friday for three Venezuelan siblings who had fled persecution and waited years for their day in court when an email labeled ‘notice of termination’ flashed onto her screen. Chen was appointed by Biden’s handlers in 2022. ‘I started to cry in my courtroom in front...