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What a Way to Start 2026

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Posted By: Hazymac, 1/4/2026 6:10:33 AM

Christmas week was rather a slow week, with the big news being the further unraveling of the corruption in Minnesota, Washington state, California, and other Democrat redoubts. But like George Washington crossing the Delaware to beat the Hessians as they rested on Christmas, the U.S. pulled off an incredible military operation capturing Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro in his pajamas and bringing him back here to answer to criminal charges. The Venezuelan military was largely on Christmas leave and Maduro’s international protectors --- the Chinese and Russian forces in Venezuela -- were caught flatfooted, diminishing their credibility in the Western Hemisphere. The impact of this operation was enormous.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 1/4/2026 7:00:56 AM (No. 2049158)
Boasberg, you AWOL?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: caljeepgirl 1/4/2026 7:45:00 AM (No. 2049177)
Indeed....kinda' takes your breath away, doesn't it?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: crashnburn 1/4/2026 7:59:15 AM (No. 2049181)
The numbers are mind-boggling. I wouldn’t be surprised if Boasberg wakes up with a horse head in his bed with a note: “From Trump, with love. Thank you for your attention to this matter. “
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 1/4/2026 8:27:01 AM (No. 2049186)
Trump is recapturing the Western hemisphere for Western values. It's a joy to watch.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: anniebc 1/4/2026 8:41:56 AM (No. 2049192)
Great job, President Trump. Let's get OUR oil flowing again. I'm all in! The protesters in America are majority white people fighting for communism and protesting the US fight against it just like they did during Vietnam. Are the prosecutions of biden, clinton, obama, etc. next?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: capecodfox 1/4/2026 8:51:10 AM (No. 2049199)
Taco! Ha!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: pensom2 1/4/2026 8:53:03 AM (No. 2049200)
It would appear that the dem's momentum toward taking over control of Congress in this fall's elections may be losing steam.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 1/4/2026 9:09:14 AM (No. 2049207)
FTA - "I anticipate criminal charges against Minnesota’s officials." If this includes the Walzer, ooh boy. Look for more on this in about a month or so during the first primary elections. Then, as for similar and more wide-scale fraud in California, stay tuned.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 1/4/2026 9:10:56 AM (No. 2049208)
Do you remember - - just a few months ago - - when the demonrats and their lunatic leftist acolytes were screaming - - - - "Pete Hegseth is completely unqualified!"? Yes - - I remember that, too.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: crashnburn 1/4/2026 9:22:30 AM (No. 2049215)
I kinda like tying him spread eagle over an anthill with honey under his fingernails.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Strike3 1/4/2026 9:46:56 AM (No. 2049224)
I'm delighted to see that the brain worm that was affecting Clarice last week has been eradicated. This was a well-written, enlightening article. First of all, I think that Taiwan will not see much of a threat from China because, aside from the oil, their opportunity to invade Taiwan disappeared with the departure of Joe Biden who would have sent Xi a letter of congratulations after the invasion. The best they can do now is attempt to scare our ships by buzzing them with a couple of fighters. Russia no longer has the money or the soldiers to conduct any sort of trouble in this hemisphere for a long time. Now that Trump is sitting in the catbird seat, thanks to our superb military, even the democrats will hesitate before challenging him with anything except their simple verbal chattering. Leftists and democrats are losing steam and it's going to be another good year. With a little patience we just may see Iran fall on its bearded face all by itself. Come on Chuck-You, let's see if you can show us another shutdown to, you know, show us how tough you are.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: earlybird 1/4/2026 10:15:57 AM (No. 2049231)
Defimitely a Must Read - especially for the fainthearted.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: J. Arthur Brown 1/4/2026 10:37:59 AM (No. 2049242)
# 11, Here, here. I'm also happy to see Ms. Feldman return to form. On Taiwan, the President has promised that China will not be cut off from Venezuelan oil but U.S. control of itit is undoubtedly an unwelcome strategic complication for China.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: cThree 1/4/2026 11:43:26 AM (No. 2049304)
What a day-brightener. I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the Democrat "emergency caucus" today. Wasserman-Shultz, of all deplorables, supports the Venezuelan extraction. (She has Venezuelans dancing in the street in her district.)
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Vaquero45 1/4/2026 11:54:23 AM (No. 2049312)
This is the “must read” of the day. If you aren’t seething with anger at every left-winger after reading this, there’s something wrong with you.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: The Remnants 1/4/2026 1:31:16 PM (No. 2049366)
It is nice to be able to speak about American Exceptionalism again.
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