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En esta ocasión hablamos del caso de Lindsey Clancy, la enfermera acusada de asesinar a sus tres hijos en medio de una posible psicosis postparto. Además, conversamos sobre por qué el juicio de Maduro nunca se transmite por televisión y de si alguna vez te has atrevido a tocar tu propio pupú.GRACIAS A:NordVPN Deal ➼https://nordvpn.com/ednDeal exclusivo de 4 meses gratis.Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales:ESCUELA DE NADAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/escueladenada/Twitter: https://twitter.com/escueladenadaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@escueladenadaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/escueladenada0:00 Intro2:09 Nacho no quiere volver a limpiarse el culo sin la poceta de Japón3:10 ¿Alguna vez te has tocado tu propio pupú?12:04 Los nuevos nudes que invadieron el algoritmo de Twitter12:44 Los videos sin censura de los cadáveres de Nepal13:08 Ahora piden pasaporte para ver contenido para adultos en X14:00 Le robaron la cuenta @leo que tuvo por 13 años16:34 El caso de Lindsey Clancy, la enfermera acusada de un crimen espantoso18:24 ¿Se puede prevenir la depresión postparto?19:07 Así fue el asesinato de los tres hijos de Lindsey Clancy21:04 Las sospechas que recaen sobre el esposo26:09 Las pastillas y las fallas del sistema de salud detrás del caso28:03 ¿El esposo la empujó a matar a sus hijos?32:40 ¿Por qué nos obsesiona tanto el true crime?33:43 ¿Por qué el juicio de Maduro no se transmite por TV?36:34 El síndrome de la mujer blanca desaparecida38:26 ¿Se transmiten los juicios en Latinoamérica?39:50 Las incoherencias del Apple Watch que hundieron al esposo de Lindsey Clancy41:27 Psicosis postparto vs. depresión postparto42:48 ¿Por qué ya casi no hay asesinos en serie?45:29 ¿Van a enjuiciar a Patrick, el esposo?48:40 Lo que dicen los expertos legales del caso51:35 La mirada de las mil yardas de Lindsey Clancy52:36 Murió la voz de Optimus Prime54:30 El miedo de convertirte en mamá56:13 ¿Existe la depresión postparto en los hombres?1:00:09 Outro

For sheer brazenness, the January 2026 kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, ranks near the top in the long history of U.S. interventions in Latin America. They were taken to New York and jailed to await trial in June 2027. Trump's policies aside, U.S. sanctions on Venezuela were imposed under President Obama, who declared that country of 30 million people an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.” From Cuba to Chile and from Nicaragua to Brazil, few countries in Latin America have escaped U.S. invasions, bombings, assassinations, coups, kidnappings, rigged elections, boycotts, blockades or sanctions. Oil-rich Venezuela has long been on Washington's hit list. Today, it has ceded its sovereignty to the U.S.

President Trump is warning of economic consequences for any country that supports Iran as he tries to wind down the war, leaving Gulf allies worried about their future with their powerful neighbor.The U.S. national debt has topped 40 trillion dollars, with the government now spending more on interest than on defense and driving up the cost of everything from mortgages to small business loans.U.S. oil companies are signing deals in Venezuela for the first time in nearly two decades, eight months after American forces captured Nicolás Maduro, even as the country's politics remain unsettled.Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show's perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Tina Kraja, Rafael Nam, Alfredo Carbajal, Mohamad ElBardicy and Taylor Haney.It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.Our director is Kaity Kline.We get engineering support from Carleigh Strange and our technical director is Eowyn Fain.And our deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.(0:00) Introduction(01:55) Trump Warns Economic Warfare For Aiding Iran(06:13) Federal Debt Grows(10:06) Venezuela Oil DealsSee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

El gobierno de Venezuela ha pactado con la oposición una reforma del poder judicial tras una primera ronda de negociaciones, que debería avanzar hacia una transición democrática, siete meses después de la caída de Nicolás Maduro. La clave está en la transformación del Tribunal de Justicia, que valido la reelección fraudulenta de Nicolas Maduro en 2024. Esta primera ronda de negociaciones se ha llevado a cabo a puerta cerrada y sin la participación de la líder opositora María Corina Machado, que se encuentra en el exilio en Panamá y que ha dicho que no se opondrá a la reforma. Uno de los puntos clave de la reforma es el cambio en la designación de los jueces que componen el tribunal supremo de justicia, como explica Manuel Camilo González, experto en Venezuela, profesor de la Universidad Javeriana. "Ciertamente, la negociación no creo que vaya a ser muy fácil; no creo que vayan a salir a acuerdos muy rápidos porque esto supone quién va a ser el que juzgue y sancione, en caso de que exista un proceso de democratización en Venezuela, a los máximos responsables de violación de derechos humanos", estima González. "Lo que busca obviamente el Gobierno es blindarse ante el futuro. La oposición lo que busca es tener un actor democrático que pues obviamente no solamente sanee todo el sistema político venezolano -porque el tribunal ha sido muy importante para sostener a Nicolás Maduro-, sino también un sistema obviamente judicial que permita esa apertura democrática y sobre todo la que la justicia llegue a todos los ciudadanos, que sea una justicia que obviamente sea para todos".  Las conversaciones han sido auspiciadas por Estados Unidos, que jugara un papel de mediador cuando haya algún tema sensible. "Estados Unidos actúa como una especie de árbitro o de tercero moderador que lo que hace es empujar la negociación cuando esta se bloquea, y seguramente va a ser así. Estados Unidos va a hacer declaraciones, va a presionar para que efectivamente se llegue a un acuerdo para que las dos partes obviamente cumplan su rol dentro del plan de Estados Unidos. El plan de Estados Unidos siempre ha sido tener el orden, beneficiarse y lograr la transición. Necesita a la oposición para la transición, pero también a los chavistas para mantener el orden", asegura el profesor de la Universidad Javeriana. La oposición quiere derogar leyes contra el odio o el terrorismo que permitieron encarcelar a numerosos opositores, y lograr así un saneamiento del sistema judicial. "La idea es como quitar los obstáculos, que se dé la democratización, que esa misma democratización no suponga un peligro para los que dejen el poder, que muchas veces esos tribunales cuando se reforman, usualmente sirven para hacer purgas y como has visto las purgas que han existido desde que salió Maduro. Van a colocar seguramente como chivos expiatorios en judiciales muy irrisorias como corrupción o delitos financieros a ciertos cargos del antiguo régimen, es decir, el Gobierno de Maduro como una especie de ofrenda de que efectivamente el Gobierno interino está haciendo sus digamos su tarea". Las negociaciones se producen siete meses después del derrocamiento de Nicolás Maduro, el pasado mes de enero. Las partes aún no han dado fecha para la segunda ronda de conversaciones.

El gobierno de Venezuela ha pactado con la oposición una reforma del poder judicial tras una primera ronda de negociaciones, que debería avanzar hacia una transición democrática, siete meses después de la caída de Nicolás Maduro. La clave está en la transformación del Tribunal de Justicia, que valido la reelección fraudulenta de Nicolas Maduro en 2024. Esta primera ronda de negociaciones se ha llevado a cabo a puerta cerrada y sin la participación de la líder opositora María Corina Machado, que se encuentra en el exilio en Panamá y que ha dicho que no se opondrá a la reforma. Uno de los puntos clave de la reforma es el cambio en la designación de los jueces que componen el tribunal supremo de justicia, como explica Manuel Camilo González, experto en Venezuela, profesor de la Universidad Javeriana. "Ciertamente, la negociación no creo que vaya a ser muy fácil; no creo que vayan a salir a acuerdos muy rápidos porque esto supone quién va a ser el que juzgue y sancione, en caso de que exista un proceso de democratización en Venezuela, a los máximos responsables de violación de derechos humanos", estima González. "Lo que busca obviamente el Gobierno es blindarse ante el futuro. La oposición lo que busca es tener un actor democrático que pues obviamente no solamente sanee todo el sistema político venezolano -porque el tribunal ha sido muy importante para sostener a Nicolás Maduro-, sino también un sistema obviamente judicial que permita esa apertura democrática y sobre todo la que la justicia llegue a todos los ciudadanos, que sea una justicia que obviamente sea para todos".  Las conversaciones han sido auspiciadas por Estados Unidos, que jugara un papel de mediador cuando haya algún tema sensible. "Estados Unidos actúa como una especie de árbitro o de tercero moderador que lo que hace es empujar la negociación cuando esta se bloquea, y seguramente va a ser así. Estados Unidos va a hacer declaraciones, va a presionar para que efectivamente se llegue a un acuerdo para que las dos partes obviamente cumplan su rol dentro del plan de Estados Unidos. El plan de Estados Unidos siempre ha sido tener el orden, beneficiarse y lograr la transición. Necesita a la oposición para la transición, pero también a los chavistas para mantener el orden", asegura el profesor de la Universidad Javeriana. La oposición quiere derogar leyes contra el odio o el terrorismo que permitieron encarcelar a numerosos opositores, y lograr así un saneamiento del sistema judicial. "La idea es como quitar los obstáculos, que se dé la democratización, que esa misma democratización no suponga un peligro para los que dejen el poder, que muchas veces esos tribunales cuando se reforman, usualmente sirven para hacer purgas y como has visto las purgas que han existido desde que salió Maduro. Van a colocar seguramente como chivos expiatorios en judiciales muy irrisorias como corrupción o delitos financieros a ciertos cargos del antiguo régimen, es decir, el Gobierno de Maduro como una especie de ofrenda de que efectivamente el Gobierno interino está haciendo sus digamos su tarea". Las negociaciones se producen siete meses después del derrocamiento de Nicolás Maduro, el pasado mes de enero. Las partes aún no han dado fecha para la segunda ronda de conversaciones.

After American troops snatched Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a dawn raid in January, democracy did not seem like a priority. Yet this week, talks between the regime and opposition ended with small, positive steps. Why US consumers' love of fast food may be slowing. And how many hours of Wagner opera would you sit through?  Guests and host:Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondentShera Avi-Yonah, business correspondentBrook Unger, senior digital editorRosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”Topics covered: Venezuela, Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez, MachadoFast food, McDonalds, burgersWagner, “Ring” cycle, classical musicListen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to The Economist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After American troops snatched Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a dawn raid in January, democracy did not seem like a priority. Yet this week, talks between the regime and opposition ended with small, positive steps. Why US consumers' love of fast food may be slowing. And how many hours of Wagner opera would you sit through?  Guests and host:Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondentShera Avi-Yonah, business correspondentBrook Unger, senior digital editorRosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”Topics covered: Venezuela, Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez, MachadoFast food, McDonalds, burgersWagner, “Ring” cycle, classical musicListen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to The Economist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It started last year as a pressure campaign at sea, with the United States seizing  tankers as part of what President Trump called a "total and complete blockade" of vessels carrying Venezuelan crude subject to US sanctions. It crescendoed on January 3, when US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, bringing him and his wife to New York on narcoterrorism charges. Since Maduro's removal, confusion remains over whether—and to what extent—the US is controlling the country's oil sector. But one thing is clear: despite holding the world's largest oil reserves, Venezuela is producing at a fraction of its former levels, and its path to recovery is anything but certain. A national tragedy has only added to the instability. In June, twin earthquakes claimed more than 5,000 lives. While the country's energy infrastructure did not sustain significant damage, the quakes exposed deep fault lines in the country's political leadership and served as a stark reminder of an already long-standing humanitarian crisis in the region.   So what's the state of the energy sector and energy investments in Venezuela? How has the global energy crisis changed the calculus for prospective energy developers? What role is the Trump administration playing in the sale of Venezuelan oil? And where is oil production headed?  Today on the show, Jason Bordoff speaks with Luisa Palacios about the state of the Venezuelan energy sector, efforts around creating new policies to boost oil production, and the impact of the June earthquakes. Luisa is an adjunct senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University, where she previously served as head of research. Before joining CGEP, Luisa was chairwoman of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, the US refining arm of Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA. Credits: Hosted by Jason Bordoff and Bill Loveless. Produced by Mary Catherine O'Connor, Caroline Pitman, and Kyu Lee. Engineering by Gregory Vilfranc.

August 2, 2026.In this broadcast, host Tim Ozman provides a critical analysis of modern media as a series of engineered theatrical productions rather than spontaneous news events. Ozman introduces the concept of “systemic fakery” and the “meta script,” proposing that major global events are prefabricated decades in advance by government-aligned entertainment directors. The discussion focuses on transitioning the audience from “media believers” to “media Gnostics”—individuals who use pattern recognition to see through the “world stage”. Ozman deconstructs recent events like the Twin Falls shooting and the Trump assassination attempt, framing them as “fast food psyops” designed to manipulate the emotional state of the public and maintain a state of “mind war”.Key Topics* Twin Falls “Nothing Burger”: A deconstruction of the In-N-Out Burger shooting, which Ozman labels a “fast food psyop” characterized by “Scooby-Doo justice”.* Jordan Salinas (The Fearless Patriot): Analysis of an alleged hero who Ozman suggests is a crisis actor because he foreshadowed his role in a social media post two years prior.* Metascriptors: The role of directors like Christopher Nolan and James Cameron in producing “psyop prep” for future global events.* The Off-World Stage Perspective: A mindset of “skeptical suspension” that allows individuals to exit the “mind war” and stop reacting emotionally to media narratives.* Giancarlo Esposito as an Obama Proxy: How the actor is typecast across multiple films to play an “Obama” character antagonistic to “Trump” figures.* The “Dualopoly”: The idea that mainstream and alternative media are two sides of the same closed system designed to triangulate the public.* History Bending: The process where accumulated fake news cycles are merged with real events to create a fictional collective history.* Concurrent Programming: The identification of “engineered coincidences” where media and entertainment release relevant content at the exact same time as a “live” event.* Realville Colony: The establishment of a new intellectual space for those who have “unplugged” from both mainstream and controlled-opposition narratives.* The News Testament: Ozman's term for the “new scripture” provided by media to keep the public in a state of fear and subservience.Notable Quotes* “Time to activate your pattern-recognizing monkey brains.”* “These events are occurring within the confines of a fictional universe.”* “You do have to systematically filter out the incoming fake events.”* “We are invading the world stage space with an outside perspective.”* “Depicting the nuke on the big screen... they're educating us for future fake events.”* “Don't be conscripted into the mind war.”* “There are no coincidences on the world stage... these are engineered coincidences.”* “Conspiracy theories are scripted psyops.”* “Your future has been written in advance.”* “We are psyop critics. Psyop criticism is actually fun and entertaining.”Host Reading Audience Comments* Reading Nate: “I guess you can't recognize the force of fakery. In psyops, they make you forget the past ops.”* Reading Gwylem: “Someone I try to enlighten is having none of it. You have no respect for my ability to interrupt the world.”* Reading Lost But Not Alone: “This old flip-flopping ass channel... You made it to mid-fed agent yet?”* Reading Violet Pangon: “Harrison Ford turned 84 in 713 this year while they're playing out Air Force One stuff... worried over assassinate.”* Reading Ademski: “8-4 was a Tuesday, 9-11 was a Tuesday.”Breakdown: The August 4th (8/4) Assassination PredictionThe broadcast identifies August 4th (8/4) as a date of massive symbolic and “metascripted” importance for a potential global event or “JFK-ification” of Donald Trump. The prediction is based on several converging patterns:* Numerical Significance: 8/4 is the 216th day of the year, which Ozman notes is 6 cubed (6x6x6), invoking “Mark of the Beast” symbolism.* Historical Precedents: 8/4 is the birthday of Barack Obama, the primary “metascript” antagonist to Trump, and the date George Washington became a Mason.* Assassination Connections: James Brady, the press secretary shot during the Reagan assassination attempt, died on 8/4, exactly 33 years after being shot. There was also a failed assassination attempt on Maduro on 8/4/2018.* The “Butler” Loop: Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania—the site of his first head wound—exactly 84 days (12 weeks) after the initial shooting.* Media Deaths: Marilyn Monroe (associated with JFK) died on the night of 8/4. Additionally, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka (whose name sounds like “Trump”) died late on 8/4 after being elected president of his union at age 33.* Predictive Programming: The film Terminator (released in 1984 or 8/4) features an assassination attempt by a sniper. Ozman argues these layers of “concerted messaging” suggest that 8/4 is a target date for a “paradigm-shattering psyop”.You can also now find IPS on the following Podcast platforms:APPLE:SPOTIFY:YT MUSIC: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit infiniteplanesociety.substack.com/subscribe

C dans l'air l'invité du 28 mai 2026 avec Alain Frachon, chroniqueur en politique étrangère au Monde Notre invité du jour est Alain Frachon, éditorialiste international au Monde, qui signe la préface de « Menaces actuelles et futures vues par la CIA », aux éditions des Equateurs. Chaque année, les services de renseignement américains évaluent les menaces au niveau mondial et intérieur. Un rapport publié en mars en anglais, et une nouvelle fois traduit en français par les éditions des Equateurs. Un livre dans lequel on retrouve également la stratégie de sécurité nationale de la Maison Blanche. Quelles sont les priorités pour la sécurité intérieure et extérieure des Etats-Unis ? Qu'est-ce que cela traduit de l'actuelle administration ? Enlèvement du président Maduro au Venezuela, volonté d'annexer le Groenland, guerre en Iran, détérioration des relations avec les pays européens...L'occasion de déchiffrer la politique de Donald Trump, et de mieux saisir les rouages du renseignement américain.

Über sieben Monate ist es her, da haben die Vereinigten Staaten in einer beispiellosen Operation Venezuelas Langzeit-Machthaber Nicolás Maduro und seine Frau außer Land gebracht.

Cuba is facing its worst energy crisis in decades while Venezuela enters a fragile new chapter after the fall of Nicolás Maduro. Buck Sexton breaks down what’s happening inside two countries that have long been held up as examples of socialist governance, and why their futures could have major implications for the United States and the Western Hemisphere. Never miss a moment from Buck by subscribing to the Buck Sexton Show Podcast on IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! Connect with Buck Sexton:Facebook – / bucksexton X – @bucksexton Instagram – @bucksexton TikTok - @BuckSexton YouTube - @BuckSexton Website – https://www.bucksexton.com/Support the show: https://www.youtube.com/@BuckSextonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You need to see this before Wisconsin decides who runs the state. Francesca Hong, the socialist Democrat front-runner for governor, once called for canceling Thanksgiving as a celebration of colonialism and the “original superspreader event.” When CNN asked her straight up if she still believes that, she couldn't just say no. Instead she served up nearly a minute of word salad about being a chef, bringing people to the table, and how Thanksgiving is “incredibly painful for many people in our communities.” Views can evolve, she said — while never actually walking it back. This is the same candidate who has also claimed the service industry is rooted in white supremacy and that tipping itself is racist because it has “kept wages low for black people.” Pat also covered: Trump declares he's done with Iran after the latest attacks. James Talarico tries to prove he's a “real man” after the low-T hits. Nick Shirley on the ground in Ceuta as the migrant invasion hits Spain. Chuck Schumer gets pressed on the DSA's rise inside the Democrat Party. Day 53: Mitch McConnell still missing in action. Does this sound like someone who understands Wisconsin or someone who looks down on it? Have you ever met anyone who genuinely thinks Thanksgiving should be canceled or that tipping is racist? If you want unfiltered truth and common-sense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 00:21 The Strait of Hormuz is OPENING! (...Again...Yay.) 01:25 Trump on What will Happen if Iran Backs Out Again 04:30 Radical Left-Wing Senate Primaries 08:25 Mitch McConnell has been Gone for 53 DAYS! 10:01 John Thune Says to 'Stop Blaming the GOP' 13:24 Francesca Hong HATES Thanksgiving! 16:49 Francesca Hong on Running for Wisconsin Governor 18:12 Francesca Hong Thinks Tipping is Racist?! 20:21 Francesca Hong on Defunding the Police 21:16 Francesca Hong on Abolishing the Senate 21:45 Francesca Hong on Public Ownership 23:13 Francesca Hong / Wisconsin Governor Race Discussion 27:32 James Talarico Using a Blowtorch 31:04 Chewing the Fat 46:50 Nick Freitas Joins Blaze Media! 48:23 Aryna Sabalenka on Trans Women in Sports 53:03 Geno Segers Blacklisted from Broadway 56:54 People are Getting Fed Up with Caitlin Clark 57:47 Nick Shirley in Ceuta, Spain 1:05:28 Democratic Socialists 'Say It with a Smile' 1:07:59 Maduro's False Promises to the People of Venezuela 1:12:10 Time is Speeding Up? 1:14:32 More on Mitch McConnell's Absence? 1:15:41 Desiree Townsend Tries to talk with Stephanie Penn 1:19:17 Tucker Carlson Blames the U.S.A. for Ceuta, Spain?! 1:23:17 Dow Goes Up 900 Points 1:24:31 Markwayne Mullin on Deportations 1:29:12 Is America Still a "First-World" Country? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Escuche el episodio del 4 de agosto de 2026. En La Luciérnaga, mezcla extraña de realidad y ficción, hablamos sobre las declaraciones de Petro sobre el fraude electoral, la respuesta de Verónica Alcocer por los audios de Eva Ferrer y la polémica en el Centro Democrático. Programa completo y más información en caracol.com.co

Esta terça-feira, Miguel Poiares Maduro publicou um artigo de opinião no Financial Times em que defende que “o problema da FIFA não é Gianni Infantino”. E nós ligámos ao português que já presidiu ao Comité de Governança, Auditoria e Conformidade da FIFA para perceber melhor o que é que ele quer dizer com isso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCHEDULE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW 8-3-20261705Husain Haqqani: Iran is openly boasting that it uses diplomatic pauses to reconstitute its military arsenal for future attacks on energy infrastructure. Ambassador Haqqani critiques the current US approach as a haphazard war lacking a clear end-state or ground strategy, which causes deep anxiety among Gulf allies. While GCC states such as the UAE have successfully fended off missile barrages, they feel Washington has not provided the military commitment necessary for long-term protection. Consequently, China is emerging as a winner in the conflict, gaining respect through silence while the US appears as a helpless giant unable to achieve an honorable peace. (1)Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa: The inauguration of Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella marks a pivotal shift toward the "Shield of the Americas" initiative to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. Unlike his predecessor, Gustavo Petro, the new administration seeks close cooperation with the US to dismantle narco-socialist structures. Meanwhile, Venezuela remains in crisis seven months after the detention of Nicolás Maduro, with the Rodríguez family still wielding significant power. The US is attempting to facilitate negotiations with the opposition, yet critics argue the current transition model fails the population. Regionally, Brazilian President Lula da Silva faces increasing isolation as his neighbors shift toward conservative, security-focused governance. (2)Malcolm Hoenlein: Recent reports reveal the existence of Iranian-backed assassination cells such as the Foxtrot group, which recruits European criminals to target Jewish and Israeli figures. In the Levant, the IDF continues to discover unprecedented tunnel complexes in Lebanon and Gaza, some so vast they require dedicated cement factories to seal. These reinforced, air-conditioned structures demonstrate a massive diversion of humanitarian funds toward military infrastructure. While a pilot zone plan aims to restore Lebanese sovereign authority, Hezbollah's refusal to disarm remains the primary obstacle. Similarly, in Gaza, Hamas is reportedly distributing rifles to operatives to circumvent disarmament agreements while demanding an Israeli withdrawal. (3)General Blaine Holt and Gordon Chang: Concerns are rising regarding the flow of Chinese and Russian aid to Iran, which includes potential shipments of anti-aircraft missiles. While some interpret President Trump's reserved stance as weakness, General Holt suggests it may be a strategic gambit to exploit internal CCP factional infighting. Within the Party, a reformer named Hu Chunhua is reportedly rising as a potential rival to Xi Jinping. However, experts warn that provocative Chinese actions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait require a steel-with-steel confrontation. Critics argue that the US must eventually humiliate the Chinese leadership through economic and espionage crackdowns to project true force. (4)Andrew Collier and Gordon Chang: China's banking system faces a time bomb with an estimated $7.7 trillion in unreported bad loans, largely due to government-backed entities rolling over debt to mask insolvency. The property market remains a crater, and while manufacturing and tech sectors such as EVs are growing, they represent only a fraction of the GDP once provided by real estate. Xi Jinping resists bazooka stimulus programs, preferring state-led investment in high tech over consumer-driven growth. This has resulted in a K-shaped economy in which wealthy urbanites thrive while rural citizens face declining property values and job insecurity. Ultimately, China risks a multi-decade slump similar to Japan's lost decades. (5)David Daoud: A recent drone attack on an IDF vehicle near the Ali Taher Ridge highlights the fragility of the current ceasefire in Lebanon. The IDF maintains control over the ridge's surface, yet Hezbollah continues to operate within a vast underground tunnel network. Despite diplomatic efforts, Iran has boasted that ceasefires are used primarily to rearm and redeploy its proxies. Hezbollah's regeneration efforts, including weapons shipments through Syria and recruitment via the IRGC's Imam Hussein division, reportedly outpace Israeli interdiction. While the Lebanese government denies these activities, evidence suggests Hezbollah remains a significant fighting force south of the Litani River. (6)Edmund Fitton-Brown: The Houthis have launched a blockade against Saudi shipping in the Red Sea, targeting energy routes critical to global markets. In response, Saudi Arabia has formed a fourteen-nation defense coalition to protect the Bab el-Mandeb, notably excluding the UAE and Oman. While the Houthis maintain some autonomy, they are heavily dependent on Iranian technical assistance and resupply. Iran has used regional pauses to restock its arsenal and now threatens Saudi infrastructure, including desalination plants and pipelines. Experts believe the US remains the elephant in the room, but a lack of consistent policy from Washington emboldens the Houthis to continue their aggressive psychological warfare. (7)Samuel Ben-Ur: President Trump has announced a tentative Hamas deal involving a phased disarmament and the transition of governance to a National Committee. However, the plan faces significant hurdles, as Israel demands the complete destruction of terror infrastructure before any withdrawal. Hamas seeks to retain small arms, potentially leading to a Hezbollah-style shadow governance. This diplomatic friction coincides with a tight Israeli election between Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot. Netanyahu faces criticism for allowing US interests to dictate Israeli policy, particularly regarding Iran's ballistic missile threat. Voters are increasingly focused on national security autonomy and the domestic cost of living ahead of the October polls. (8)Janatan Sayeh: The Iranian regime has dramatically escalated its internal reign of terror, with executions increasing by over 100 percent in some regions. Revolutionary courts, led by brutal judges such as Mohammad Reza Tavakoli, use public hangings and floggings to desensitize and intimidate the population. These courts specifically target young dissidents, journalists, and even musicians for offending the supreme leader or waging war against God. Washington is criticized for failing to invoke human rights sanctions since January, even as other Western nations act. The surge in executions often coincides with diplomatic negotiations, serving as the regime's deliberate internal priority to liquidate all political dissent. (9)John Hardie: President Zelenskyy has proposed a plan to use Elon Musk's Starlink network to bypass the need for scarce Patriot interceptors, enabling deep strikes against Russian missile launchers. Starlink provides the low latency required for controlling drones beyond the radio horizon, though SpaceX currently restricts its use in certain territories. Simultaneously, Russia has implemented a crippling blockade of Odessa, targeting port infrastructure and civilian vessels with new Banderol cruise missiles. This offensive has brought agricultural and metal exports to a near standstill, threatening global food security and Ukraine's hard currency earnings. Without a maritime corridor, Ukraine faces its toughest winter challenge of the war. (10)Two names to confirm: the CCP reformer rendered in the raw as "Huchen Hua" — I set it as Hu Chunhua; and the revolutionary court judge given as "Muhammad Raza Takav Tavakoli" — I set it as Mohammad Reza Tavakoli. Also still open from earlier batches: Lorenzo Fiato or Fiori.

Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa: The inauguration of Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella marks a pivotal shift toward the "Shield of the Americas" initiative to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. Unlike his predecessor, Gustavo Petro, the new administration seeks close cooperation with the US to dismantle narco-socialist structures. Meanwhile, Venezuela remains in crisis seven months after the detention of Nicolás Maduro, with the Rodríguez family still wielding significant power. The US is attempting to facilitate negotiations with the opposition, yet critics argue the current transition model fails the population. Regionally, Brazilian President Lula da Silva faces increasing isolation as his neighbors shift toward conservative, security-focused governance. (2)1910 CARACAS

Cuando me dicen que es Tepito un buen lugar para tomar un descanso.

durée : 00:03:17 - Géopolitique - Direction le Venezuela où des discussions s'ouvrent, cette semaine, entre le pouvoir en place et l'opposition pour parler de l'après-Maduro. - équipe : Marie Boëton Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

VLOG Aug 3 Luigi Mangione trial access: https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/mangione-trial-access-showdown-for Polymarket Maduro bet, bid to dismiss: https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/midnight-motion-165434193 FDIC and OCC attack on CRA opposed: https://innercitypress.com/cra2occfdicderegffw073126.html UN ban of Press: @GhanaUN looking into, hats off: https://innercitypress.com/unfreepress1proghanavseuicp080326.html

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Hervé Van Caloen, President of Mercator Investment Management, joins Michael Gayed on Lead-Lag Live to discuss where the next decade of alpha lives outside the US — with a focus on Latin America (Venezuela post-Maduro, Argentina's Milei reforms), Japan's semiconductor comeback via Rapidus, European defense investment, and the case for global diversification when US market concentration hits a 93-year high. Topics covered: (00:00) Host intro and Hervé's international investing background (05:05) US tech concentration and the case for diversification (10:00) Europe's shift toward bureaucracy and regulation (15:10) Sweden's capitalism pivot and European contrasts (20:21) Japan's lost decades and the macro turnaround (25:20) Japan's semiconductor strategy and the Rapidus initiative (30:18) Global rotation beyond the US and investor caution (35:05) Emerging markets pain, BRICS, and Latin America opportunity (40:04) Currency risk, hedging, and export-focused plays About Mercator Investment Management: Mercator is an international asset manager focused on non-US equity opportunities across developed and emerging markets. Hervé Van Caloen brings decades of experience investing across Latin America, Asia, and Europe, with particular expertise in identifying structural reforms and macro pivots that create multi-year equity re-ratings. Where to find Hervé and Mercator: Website: mercatorinvestments.com Contact: Hervé Van Caloen — herve.vancaloen@mercatorinvestments.com The Lead-Lag Report: leadlagreport.com Sponsored by Mercator Investment Management — this episode is presented as part of Mercator's Lead-Lag Live sponsored webinar series covering international investment opportunities. This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Views expressed by Hervé Van Caloen are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Lead-Lag Publishing, LLC. Investors should conduct their own due diligence before making any investment decision. Sign up to The Lead-Lag Report on Substack and get 30% off the annual subscription today by visiting http://theleadlag.report/leadlaglive. Support the show

On the Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 25, the Cigar Coop Coalition tackles the Padrón 3000 Maduro. The Padron 3000 is a classic cigar that has been around for decades and has been one of the best-selling cigars on the market. Part of the iconic Padrón Series—often referred to as the “Thousand Series”—it holds a distinct place in cigar history as the benchmark for quality, consistency, and value in Nicaraguan tobacco.  The Thousand Series was intended to be an accessible, premium daily smoke priced far below its competition without sacrificing flavor or construction.  Join us as we revisit this classic cigar.

On the Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 25, the Cigar Coop Coalition tackles the Padrón 3000 Maduro. The Padron 3000 is a classic cigar that has been around for decades and has been one of the best-selling cigars on the market. Part of the iconic Padrón Series—often referred to as the “Thousand Series”—it holds a distinct place in cigar history as the benchmark for quality, consistency, and value in Nicaraguan tobacco.  The Thousand Series was intended to be an accessible, premium daily smoke priced far below its competition without sacrificing flavor or construction.  Join us as we revisit this classic cigar.

This week we dug into the Maduro kidnapping as the entry point for something much bigger—the Cold War racism and corporate vengeance that has driven U.S. Policy toward Venezuela for decades, why there has never actually been a socialist government anywhere on earth, and why the American left needs to get its definitions straight before the right keeps winning that argument by default. Then we checked back in on AI concentration risk, where the hyperscalers are now issuing long-dated debt at spreads approaching junk bond territory, which tells you what the market actually thinks about pinning the entire economy on a technology nobody has fully defined yet. Chapters Intro: 00:00:38 Quick Takes: 00:01:49 Max Notes: 00:09:36 Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:28:31 Chart of the Week: 00:31:25 Headlines: 00:33:28 Resources The Economist: An interview with Elon Musk The Economist: Elon Musk on AI: humans will no longer be in control in ten years LastWeekTonight: Trump & Crypto Molly White Diario AS: Trump’s Top 10 Jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner CNBC Television: ‘Big Short’ investor Steve Eisman: Market will have ‘a big correction’ if AI doesn’t succeed Amnesty International: Facts and figures: Regularization and protection of Venezuelan nationals in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile Migration Policy Institute: Venezuelan Immigrants in the United States USA Today: Harris’ border work was on ‘root causes’ of migration; she wasn’t in charge | Fact check GDN Online: Venezuela to sell up to 10% of shares in some state companies - Maduro Reuters: Exxon awarded $908 million in Venezuela dispute The New York Times: How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar The Real News Network: US provides $300 million in earthquake recovery money to Venezuela while sitting on $8 billion in stolen oil wealth The New York Times: With $8 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Money, U.S. Gives $300 Million in Quake Aid Euro News: Venezuela calls for release of frozen assets to help earthquake recovery efforts Current Affairs: Socialists Humiliate Clueless NewsNation Host Bloomberg: Big Tech Debt Flood Is Taking Over Risk In Market: Credit Weekly Jacobin: The Cockroach Protests Are Reviving India’s Ailing Democracy The Progressive: Heat Waves Show Climate Change Is Here Truthdig: The Monty Python Election: Binface vs. Mr. Brexit Book Love Anderson M Bean: Venezuela in Crisis: Socialist Perspectives UNFTR Resources Video: On The Record 7-28-26 (Crushing Venezuela | Trump Bombs | Elon Blows | Socialism.) Essay: Socialism. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibilitySupport the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No guest this week, just CannCon and Ashe in America turning the heat all the way up. They start with that newly declassified CIA note on Venezuela and lay out why it reads less like a bombshell about Maduro and more like a blueprint for what happened at home. From there, things get spicy. The two dig into a certain must-read election book (now referred to strictly as Voldemort) and why wrong technology and phantom barcodes make them question the whole point of it. Then come the Patrick Byrne clips, complete with a Qatar phone call, a data center in Belgrade, and a casual mention of being asked to lead a coup. Along the way: Bill Pulte's firing spree, Smartmatic and Sequoia genealogy, Colombia's Petro claims, blockchain voting waiting in the wings, and cautious optimism about 2026. Plus gold, boomerangs, and a heated debate over Wawa.

Prediction markets, Lloyds of London as a model for prediction markets, Robin Hanson, Extropianism, DARPA, surveillance, Total Information Awareness, bionomic libertarianism, eugenics, cybernetics, Rationalist and prediction markets, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Michael S. Selig, cryptocurrencies, crypto's links to prediction markets, the CFTC as regulator of both prediction markets and crypto, retail trade/investors vs, institutional investors, derivates, Kalshi, Polymarket, federal vs. state as regulators of prediction markets, the role of prediction markets in surveillance, is Kalshi another FTX?, the role of Polymarket in the Maduro abduction, could prediction markets trigger a major recession?, do prediction markets herald the rise of "Assassination Politics"?, are prediction markets a threat to national security?, cyber libertarianism, do prediction markets have social utility?Music by: Keith Allen Dennishttps://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Freitas joins Jillian Michaels to break down the biggest election integrity claims making headlines right now. In this episode: How Democrats “Lawfully" Outgame the GOP Trump's claim that China acquired 220 million voter files from 18 states The New Jersey admission of 6,600 non-citizens on the voter rolls Nick Freitas's own 2020 election story: a mislabeled thumb drive, 15,000 votes, and a two-point loss The SAVE Act & Senate Gridlock The Los Angeles mail-in ballots that flipped a race and what nobody wants to explain How Democrats legally funnel taxpayer money through NGOs to swing elections Election Integrity claims tied to declassified intelligence documents Cultural Marxism & Modern Tyranny Birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment fight, explained Cuba's alleged 60-year infiltration of US institutions / Marco Rubio Venezuela's Maduro-era voting machines and why the comparison to US elections falls apart Why weak arguments can sink a strong case, and what the GOP keeps getting wrong What Americans can actually do to fix broken elections before the midterms

Today on the show, Fareed speaks with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, about some of the dangers posed to humans and companies by artificial intelligence, as well as some of its profound benefits, in an exclusive interview. Then, After US forces captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, many expected President Donald Trump to install Maduro's main political opponent—María Corina Machado—as the country's new leader. That has not happened, however, and she remains in exile. Fareed speaks with Machado about when she expects to go back to her country and what the future might hold for Venezuela. GUESTS: Satya Nadella (@satyanadella); Marina Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-Pentagon covers up troop deaths in illegal war -Capitalists panic over AI company expenditures -U.S. to keep Maduro locked up another year, as it steal oil revenue -Rich Dick confirms "Fishhook Theory"

Welcome to another hard-hitting broadcast of Hardcore Christianity on KXXT Christian Radio, hosted by professional counselor Brother Mike from the Arizona Deliverance Center in downtown Phoenix. In this "Filthy Fridays" edition, Brother Mike addresses the modern rise of self-proclaimed apostles and prophets. Grounding his arguments in scripture, he outlines the biblical standards for testing prophecy and examines how the modern prophetic movement often misleads believers with generic promises rather than absolute truth. Dive in to discover how to identify false spiritual fruit, test spiritual claims, and remain anchored in the authentic Word of God. Key Takeaways: The Rise of Marketing-Driven Titles: Why many modern claims of apostleship and prophetic status act as marketing tools rather than genuine callings from God. The Biblical Standard for Prophetic Truth: Exploring the warning from Jeremiah and Matthew's criteria for testing prophets by their spiritual fruits (Matthew 7:15-16). If a prediction fails to come to pass, the prophet is scripturally recognized as false. Supernatural Deception at the End of the Age: Understanding why Jesus warns that end-times false prophets will show real signs and wonders—using actual demonic and satanic power to seduce even the elect (Mark 13:22). The Case of Kenya’s David Owuor: A direct look at how David Owuor's December 2025 prophecy over Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro failed within weeks after a January 2026 U.S. military operation resulted in Maduro's arrest. The Demonic Trap of "Good Words": A strong warning against seeking prophets who only speak flattering, comfortable words rather than delivering difficult biblical truths. Featured Bible Passages: Jeremiah 14:14 – "The prophets prophesy lies in my name..." Matthew 7:15-16 – Beware of false prophets in sheep's clothing. Matthew 24:11-12 – False prophets rising in the end times as iniquity abounds. Mark 13:22 – False Christs and false prophets showing signs and wonders. Luke 6:26 – Woe unto you when all men speak well of you. 2 Peter 2:1 – False teachers privately bringing in damnable heresies. 1 John 4:1 – Believers are commanded to test the spirits to see if they are of God. Connect & Support: Visit the Deliverance Center: Join us at our downtown location—the red brick building on 15th Avenue, just south of Osborne Road in Phoenix, Arizona. Live Services: Thursday and Friday nights at 7:00 PM. Ladies' Night: Tuesdays at 6:30 PM. Worship Service: Saturdays at 4:30 PM, featuring our service of singing in tongues. Monthly Healing Service: Held on the last Friday of every month. Arrive early to secure a seat! Weekly Zoom Deliverance: Participate in our online healing and deliverance Zoom services on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. Counseling & Outreach: If you need professional, faith-based counseling or would like to request materials, call Brother Mike at 602-636-5800. Support the show: https://hardcorechristianity.com/donations/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was a shocking military operation that removed Venezuela's president from power, followed by a surprising declaration by President Trump that the U.S. was going to run the country. Compass Points moderator Nick Schifrin discusses the remote U.S. leadership and how an earthquake has exposed its flaws with William Brownfield, Rick de la Torre, Laura Cristina Dib and Andrés Martínez-Fernández. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Growing signs suggest Iran is taking a more direct role in the Houthi campaign against Red Sea shipping, with new reports indicating Tehran has begun flying Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel directly into Yemen. Israel's political landscape is shifting as former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot emerges as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most formidable challenger ahead of pivotal national elections. Nicolás Maduro moves one step closer to standing trial in New York after a federal judge rejects his bid to dismiss major drug trafficking charges. In today's Back of the Brief: For the first time in more than four decades, Americans will once again be able to fly directly to Lebanon. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief.  YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Goldbelly: Impress your family and friends - get free shipping and 20% off your first order at https://GOLDBELLY.com with code PDB Poncho Outdoors: Gear up for summer with Poncho and grab $10 off plus free shipping at https://ponchooutdoors.com/PDB HomeServe: Protect your home systems from expensive repairs with https://HomeServe.com/dailybrief and get 50% off your first year of coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/23/26). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant. !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2q643"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");   Rumble("play", {"video":"v7azbc6","div":"rumble_v7azbc6"}); Source Links (In Chronological Order): (1) The Last American Vagabond on X: "Hope to see you all in Nashville (Franklin, TN) on the 24th where I will be hosting. https://t.co/TB7EZ0l8Ns" / X New Tab (9) Thomas Massie on X: "I was the only Republican to vote for my amendment to cut $3.3 billion of welfare to Israel. The GOP can't seriously claim to be America First. https://t.co/m0BqB5RApz" / X (9) The Solari Report | Catherine Austin Fitts on X: "Actually, @naomirwolf, it is about integrating "the Gaza method" into America. Connect the dots to Flock and ALPR cameras, AI and data centers. And it is about putting a straw to the trillions flowing out the back door of DOD - so consider this an integration with the Treasury as" / X (9) Ryan Grim on X: "If you ever suggested a link between voting and money that was this direct you'd have been censured on the House floor a few years ago. (That actually happened.)" / X New Tab New NDAA (Further) Integrates US and Israeli Militaries & The Ongoing Axios/Iran War Deception Text - S.4615 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress H.R.8445 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the eligibility of United States citizens who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces for certain protections relating to such service. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress The 2024 IDF Bill and the Question of Extending US Military Protections (9) Ana Escobar on X: "Are you starting to get it yet? https://t.co/NUrzpIf5Qn" / X (9) Evan Kilgore

Hablamos en Washington con la periodista Dori Toribio; en la misma ciudad con Manuel Orozco del Inter-American Dialogue, y en Madrid con José Manuel Calvo, periodista de "The Objective"

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Venezuelan democracy activist and co-founder of the World Liberty Congress Leopoldo López. As part of PPP's ongoing collaboration with the Journal of Democracy they discuss Leopoldo's recent article on Democracy in an Age of Networked Control. They discuss the technological challenges that democracy activists worldwide face today, and how some activists are rethinking their use of technology to elude the infrastructure of control and create new infrastructures for freedom. Guest: Leopoldo López is a Venezuelan democracy activist and the cofounder of the World Liberty Congress, which is a global network that connects democracy advocates and leaders from across the world. From 2014 to 2020 he was imprisoned for leading peaceful protests and civil resistance against the regime of Nicolás Maduro. Currently he is a Fellow at the Wilson Center. Presenter: Licia Cianetti is Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham and Founding Deputy Director of CEDAR. She is the Principal Investigator of an upcoming research project on “Resisting Inter-Scalar Authoritarian Networks and Coalitions” (funded by the EU under Horizon Europe grant no. 101286676). Transcript here The People, Power, Politics podcast brings you the latest insights into the factors that are shaping and re-shaping our political world. It is brought to you by the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) based at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired his army commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in one of the biggest shake-ups of the country's military leadership since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. General Syrskyi had clashed with the popular defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, whose own removal from office last week triggered rare mass protests in Ukraine. Also: France becomes the first country in the EU to ban children under the age of 15 from using social media. A special report from the school in Iran where 156 people, mostly children, were killed at the start of the US-Israeli war. As Venezuela's ousted leader Nicolás Maduro is due back in court in New York, Venezuelans tell the BBC they are too focused on trying to rebuild their lives after the earthquakes to give much thought to the criminal proceedings. The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has launched legal action against its rival Eli Lilly, accusing it of false advertising in suggesting its weight-loss drugs perform better. Animal welfare experts in Britain are looking after a marmoset monkey that was found abandoned in a laundry bag on a London bus. And we look at the new developments in sleep health technology focusing on disease prediction.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.ukPhoto: Ukraine's President Zelensky and now former Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, visit an exhibition of new Ukrainian made drone-missiles Peklo in Kyiv. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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Al menos ocho personas han muerto a causa del tiempo severo en distintos puntos del país y millones siguen en alerta. Nicolás Maduro se presentará por tercera vez en una corte de Nueva York. Y anuncian una quinta muerte confirmada por legionelosis. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ralph welcomes back his old running mate, Native American activist, Winona LaDuke, who has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices to talk about her latest incarnation: hemp farmer. Then, we'll speak to Hal Weitzman, from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, about how Elon Musk's feud with Delaware may transform corporate America. Plus, we tick off Robert Reich's ten policy prescriptions the Democratic Party should fight for to beat the GOP in the upcoming midterms.Winona LaDuke is an activist, economist, and author, who has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices. She is also a two-time vice-presidential candidate with Ralph Nader. Ms. LaDuke lives and works on the White Earth Ojibwe reservation in northern Minnesota, where she runs Winona's Hemp & Heritage Farm. She is also a member of the Indigenous Hemp & Cannabis Farmer's Cooperative.I'm looking first at seed sovereignty. We're growing [European hemp] varieties and then we're growing these feral hemp varieties. They're called feral varieties (which of course, that's something that I love) which means that when they eradicated hemp in the 1930s with the Marijuana Prohibition Act—well, they missed some spots. And those guys kept growing. And so 80 years of being illegal—isn't that great? Something that's illegal for 80 years is still with us, rocking out. And so I figure if you grew illegally for 80 years, you are really a tough hemp plant…And so we are growing out these hemp varieties and built a cooperative because we want to own the seeds and we want to own the technology (the value-added processing), and we want to use this hemp as a part of our future as tribes.Winona LaDukeMy grandsons are farming. I don't know who else can say their grandchildren are farming—let me know. My grandchildren are farming. They're running the horses. They're running the farms. You know, that's a retirement plan. My 401k will be worth nothing, but my grandchildren will feed me. This is my strategy.Winona LaDukeHal Weitzman is Executive Director for Intellectual Capital at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, editor-in-chief of Chicago Booth Review, and host of The Chicago Booth Review podcast. A former Financial Times editor and foreign correspondent, he is the author of Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering and What's the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All.There is a race to the bottom. There's been a race to the bottom for many decades. That's not new. I think it's accelerated somewhat. Delaware has joined that race from having been something of a “premium product” in terms of incorporating companies—Delaware has become a bit more “cut-price” I would say, and in that sense has followed Texas and Nevada. So the conclusion that we have a race to the bottom and it may be worse than Delaware—actually I think Delaware's already there. So it's not that it's getting worse outside of Delaware, it's getting worse including Delaware.Hal WeitzmanThe trend I think we're seeing is the exclusion of small shareholders completely—regardless of the status of your shares, this is about how big you are. And if you're a small shareholder there is no corporate democracy for you… It was practice in the past for activist groups, campaigning groups, to buy one share of a company and then to go to the shareholder meeting so they could make the point that they wanted to make. Now that kind of shareholder democracy is being encroached on. And the extent now is to say: unless you have a large position (regardless of the size of the company and the cost of the shares), you will not be allowed to bring suits against the executives for the correct running of the company.Hal WeitzmanNews 7/17/26* Our top story this week is New York Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to impose a one-year “pause” on the construction of AI data centers across the state. ABC7 reports that this is the first such moratorium in the nation, despite similar attempts in several states, most notably Maine where Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill to this effect. Hochul argues that the pause is necessary so lawmakers and regulators can formulate “Guardrails to reduce the risk to our energy grid, minimize land disruption, noise pollution, and protect our natural resources, especially our water supply.” Hochul's move comes amidst a broader push against AI data centers from the left. Semafor reports Senator Bernie Sanders proposed a nationwide ban in March and many progressives running for state and local office in the midterms have made this a cornerstone of their campaigns. According to this piece, “In February, polling from Marquette Law School found 70% of all Wisconsinites agreeing that ‘the costs of the data centers outweigh the benefits.' Among Democrats, the number was 85%.”* Another progressive Member of Congress quite literally stepped into another hot-button political issue this week. While visiting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank Wednesday, Al Jazeera reports armed settlers stopped the van of Representative Ro Khanna and were “later joined by Israeli soldiers who continued to block the road.” In a video, Khanna points out, settlers can be seen “brandishing M4s [rifles], kicking the tyres of our van, laughing at us, mocking at us, videotaping us.” This continued for over an hour and was only resolved when he reached out to the American Embassy, according to Khanna. Israel has responded to this fiasco by blaming Khanna, accusing the congressman of failing to coordinate his trip with the Israeli government; Khanna retorted that “The [Israeli military] is lying” and called for the arrest of the violent settlers. Conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson excoriated U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, writing “An American member of congress is threatened by foreign terrorists carrying American rifles, backed by a foreign military paid for by American taxpayers, and the US ambassador to that country says not a word in defense of his own countryman…It's too much, too insulting and humiliating to America.”* Following his return from occupied Palestine, Khanna again teamed up with Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky to sponsor an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would have removed the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative” from the must-pass legislation. Responsible Statecraft describes the initiative as “an unprecedented integration of the U.S. and Israeli military industrial complexes,” by creating “an executive agent within the Department of Defense whose sole responsibility is furthering U.S. and Israeli military tech integration across nearly every facet of the defense process.” This article also notes that “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described this shift in the U.S.-Israel relationship as ‘my plan.'” However, House leadership is not backing this commonsense, bipartisan amendment. In a letter, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he would vote against the amendment, calling it “overly broad” and claiming the amendment would “restrict our country's ability to confront Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations in the region who are sworn enemies of both the United States and Israel,” per the Times of Israel. However, Jeffries pledged not to whip votes against the amendment and indeed the House Minority Whip, Congresswoman Katherine Clark, voted for the amendment as did Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, despite the opposition of Jeffries and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar. The Congressional Progressive Caucus reportedly whipped votes in favor of the amendment.* In more Israel-related news, this week Marco Rubio – who serves as Secretary of State as well as the acting National Security Advisor – announced that the State Department will launch a “sweeping campaign to dismantle…the International Criminal Court.” CNN observes that “The administration's ire against the ICC goes back to President Donald Trump's first term, when it targeted the ICC for seeking to investigate alleged war crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan,” and that since taking office for the second time, the Trump administration has “imposed a slew of sanctions against ICC officials for their attempts to investigate the US and Israel.” CNN also quotes a State Department official who said that top officials, including Secretary Rubio and US ambassadors, “are calling countries as part of a campaign to diplomatically isolate the International Criminal Court.” It is worth noting that “all American presidents since the ICC's ratification have maintained that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over Americans,” and that Congress even passed a law calling for an invasion and occupation of the Hague if any American serviceman was ever prosecuted by the ICC, implying that this crackdown on the court is not about American sovereignty at all but rather the prosecution of Israeli officials for their war crimes in Gaza.* In another stunning story starring Marco Rubio, the New York Times reports the Secretary of State is functionally “running Venezuela from afar.” The Times story characterizes Rubio's position as the “de facto viceroy of Venezuela,” effectively controlling the country's “finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government.” This story makes clear that while Delcy Rodríguez, the former Vice President of Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, nominally occupies the presidency, Rubio is the one really calling the shots, with Rubio setting the conditions on what Venezuela's export revenue “can be spent on, and by whom,” and having the authority to approve or deny key governmental appointments in the country, such as the minister of defense. In short, the United States has established a shocking explicitly neo-colonial regime in the country, fulfilling the gravest prognostications of anti-imperialist critics of American intervention in the Bolivarian Republic.* Closer to home, Bloomberg reports the federal government has officially launched a grand jury investigation into the United Auto Workers and the union's outspoken president, Shawn Fain. The investigation stems from accusations made by the union's Vice President, Rich Boyer, who alleged that Fain used his position to secure benefits for his fiancée and her sister – and when Boyer refused to approve the benefits, Fain retaliated by stripping Boyer of his duties as chief negotiator with Stellantis NV. Fain has called the allegations “false” and is accusing Boyer of seeking to influence the upcoming UAW leadership election. Fain also claims that Boyer is the one retaliating after Fain “refused the vice president's request to hire family members to positions in the union.” Fain has long maintained that the Justice Department, and specifically the DOJ-appointed monitor, Neil Barofsky, has a political grudge against him because “the UAW took an anti-war stance about what was happening in Gaza.” According to Bloomberg, “Both Fain and Boyer have slates running and each is accusing the other of attempting to abuse their positions to benefit family.”* This week, another victim of harassment by the federal government, student activist Mahmoud Khalil, filed a landmark civil rights suit alleging that the government conspired with a number of private groups – including the Heritage Foundation, Betar, and Canary Mission – to “suppress criticism of Israel through a coordinated campaign to dox, jail and ultimately deport student activists.” According to the lawsuit, said activists were “nearly automatically targeted by the Federal Defendants for arrest and removal.” Khalil's lawyers argue that this “public-private partnership” could violate the “Ku Klux Klan Act, a Reconstruction-era law that sought to restrict government coordination with vigilante groups.” The suit is led by the Center for Constitutional Rights. The AP reports “Soon after his arrest, both Canary Mission and Betar boasted of their role in flagging Khalil's noncitizen status to the government.” Since Khalil's arrest, Betar has agreed to “dissolve its nonprofit status,” following a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing Betar's members of harassing Palestinians.* Turning to the state level, this week 12 state attorneys general, led by California's Rob Bonta, filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance, controlled by the Trump-aligned David Ellison. The proposed, $110 billion merger was approved by the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department last month, which reached the dubious conclusion that the merger is “not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.” In the filing, Bonta and the state AGs for Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington allege that the merger “would extinguish competition between Paramount and Warner Bros. and inflict substantial harm on movie theatres, basic cable distributors, and, ultimately, audiences nationwide.” This from Reason.* In the world of philanthropy, CNBC reports Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has “excluded the Gates Foundation from his sizable annual charitable donations.” As this report notes, the Gates Foundation has been among the top recipients of his annual Berkshire donations, totaling $47 billion worth of Berkshire stock since 2006. The reason for the exclusion of the Gates Foundation has been much speculated upon, in particular, whether it was due to the recent revelations about Gates' relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Asked about this, Buffett said that he had “read a great deal…in terms of what happened, with Bill and Epstein,” calling their relationship “distasteful,” but also saying that he “found nothing in there that was beyond what [he] could picture [himself] doing.” Instead of the Gates Foundation, all of this year's donations will go to foundations linked to the Buffett family.* Finally, British multinational diamond conglomerate De Beers, famous for coining the “A Diamond is Forever” tagline in 1947, reported this week that they plan to halt work at their “flagship” Venetia mine in South Africa as demand for the stones wanes. The BBC highlights both slackening consumer demand as well as competition from lab-grown diamonds, particularly those produced in China. That said, the closing of the Venetia mine – the biggest in South Africa, accounting for over 40% of the country's diamond production – will send shockwaves through that country's already shaky economy. That mine alone employs more than 4,000 people, while the mining sector employs nearly half a million. De Beers said they plan to reopen the mine in two years; in the meantime, they are looking to expand copper mining to keep up with demand from AI data centers.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Emily and Griffin break down Trump's elections speech with Shelby Talcott from Semafor. We ask Shelby if there is any substance to Trump's claims about 2020, Maduro, China Hacking and more. Then we turn to Tucker praising Democrats for voting No to funding Israel as well as more U.S. actions in the Strait of Hormuz in attempts to control boat traffic. We take a look at Pete Hegseth's new 'High Testosterone' soldiers and finally an insanely embarrassing Biden book tour moment. Shelby Talcott: https://x.com/ShelbyTalcott Emily: https://www.youtube.com/@AfterPartyEmily Griffin: https://www.youtube.com/@choomroomYT To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Friday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down President Trump's bombshell address declassifying intel on Chinese election interference, vulnerable voting machines, and hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens registered to vote. Bryan lays out the four major allegations from Trump's speech, including a Chinese hack of 220 million voter files, evidence Venezuela's Maduro regime rigged its own elections through voting machine software, and the fight over the SAVE America Act. He also covers the escalating war with Iran, with new US strikes isolating an IRGC stronghold near the Strait of Hormuz and growing fears that the Houthis will target Red Sea shipping. Plus, Bryan covers JD Vance's startling comments confirming Jeffrey Epstein's ties to US and Israeli intelligence and his pointed criticism of Israeli influence on the Iran peace talks, an insider betting scandal involving one of Trump's own staffers, and new research on creatine's surprising health benefits. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32   Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, election fraud, China hack, voter files, Maduro, voting machines, SAVE America Act, Iran war, Bandar Abbas, Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea, Houthis, JD Vance, Jeffrey Epstein, Mossad, Israel, Kalshi, midterms, creatine

Why the President is expected to talk about 2020 election fraud as the legacy media rush to shape the narrative as midterm election meddling. Why are they not talking about Nicolas Maduro? What has Maduro told the DOJ about election interference as part of a plea deal? Tony Fauci's day of reckoning is coming - on July 29th, to be exact. Senator Rand Paul has called Fauci to testify - under oath - if that means anything...  

In January, after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, the Trump administration turned its attention to Cuba. In the months since, the White House has used every tool at its disposal to unseat the Communist government. In May, sparking fears of a humanitarian crisis, Cuba reported that it had officially run out of oil as a result of the U.S. oil blockade. Today, Lynsea Garrison, a senior producer for “The Daily,” talks with one Cuban about how his life has transformed under President Trump's pressure campaign, and what the future holds for Cuban people. Guest: Lynsea Garrison, senior producer on “The Daily” for The New York Times. Background reading:  Cuba's already-struggling schools are ending the academic year early because of the crippling fuel shortage caused by the U.S. oil blockade. The blockade has deepened a humanitarian crisis, forcing Cubans to lean on the island's long tradition of community solidarity. Photo: Lisette Poole González for The New York Times For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Who will be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2028? What will the price of gold be at the end of the week? Who will win the World Cup? All of these are relatively benign bets you can make today. But there are other bets that maybe aren't so benign, like will Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro be removed from office by the end of January? That well-timed bet, made in the hours before the U.S. captured and extracted Maduro, netted the anonymous investor who made it $400,000. Are prediction markets democratizing information as some argue or are we monetizing reality in a way that incentivizes perverse motives? Alex Goldenberg, Fellow at Rutgers University, joins The Excerpt to explain how these markets work and the risks they pose financially and politically. (This episode originally aired on February 11, 2026.)Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to podcasts@usatoday.com. Episode transcript available here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Venezuela's Humanitarian Crisis and US Diplomatic Pragmatism. Evan Ellis. Twin earthquakes in Venezuela have left thousands dead and missing, with the Maduro regime's response marked by corruption and inefficiency. The U.S.continues to work with regime "thugs" for stability and oil access while preventing the democratically elected leader, María Corina Machado, from returning to aid her country. (5)1904

SCHEDULE THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 7-8-20261966 SWEDEN Chaos in the Strait of Hormuz and Global Alignments. Gordon Chang and Kamran Bokhari. The Strait of Hormuz memorandum of understanding has collapsed, leading the U.S. to end the ceasefire with Iran. Iran is attempting to divide international allies by courting India and Pakistan. Pakistan balances a mediating role against domestic economic instability, while India shifts toward a burden-sharing role in the Indo-Pacific. (1) Chinese Missile Provocations and the Undersea Power Struggle. Gordon Chang and Rebecca Grant. Chinalaunched a long-range missile over sovereign territories toward Fiji, an aggressive move coinciding with major NATO and RIMPAC events. The test signals China's intent to expand its nuclear triad despite its currently "noisy" submarine technology. The U.S. maintains its undersea dominance through advanced programs like the Columbia-class boomer and unmanned Orca systems. (2) Religious Persecution and the Rise of Underground Christianity in China. Gordon Chang and Piero Tozzi. Pastor Ezra Jin's release highlights the CCP's continued persecution of underground churches that refuse to answer to the state. Despite intense Sinicization and arrests of figures like Jimmy Lai, Christianity is flourishing in China as a witness for human dignity. Totalitarian control efforts have created an enemy in an underground congregation potentially numbering over 100 million. (3) PLA Purges and Xi Jinping's Power Consolidation. Gordon Chang and Piero Tozzi. Xi Jinping's provocative missile launches are linked to internal instability and purges within the Central Military Commission. By creating international tension, Xi forces competing party factions to rally behind his leadership. While he controls the propaganda and state security apparatus, his control over the People's Liberation Army remains incomplete. (4) Venezuela's Humanitarian Crisis and US Diplomatic Pragmatism. Evan Ellis. Twin earthquakes in Venezuelahave left thousands dead and missing, with the Maduro regime's response marked by corruption and inefficiency. The U.S. continues to work with regime "thugs" for stability and oil access while preventing the democratically elected leader, María Corina Machado, from returning to aid her country. (5) Electoral Shifts Toward U.S. Cooperation in Peru and Colombia. Evan Ellis. Keiko Fujimori in Peru and Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia have secured victories, pledging to join U.S.-led regional security coalitions. Both leaders inherit nations plagued by record-high coca production and expanded criminal groups. Their success is viewed as critical for regional stability and counter-cartel efforts in the Americas. (6) Bolivia's Instability and US-Mexico Trade Leverage. Evan Ellis. Bolivia remains on "borrowed time" as Evo Morales leads blockades from his coca-growing stronghold. Simultaneously, the U.S. uses the USMCA's renewal uncertainty as leverage to ensure Mexico's cooperation on migration and drugs. This strategy risks long-term investment but forces immediate strategic compliance from the Mexican administration. (7) Cuba's Grid Collapse and Caribbean Regional Integration. Evan Ellis. Cuba's recurring blackouts highlight a crumbling infrastructure and the failure of economic reforms to appease U.S. sanctions. While the U.S. applies individual sanctions on leaders, CARICOM is expanding its regional influence, recently bringing Martinique in as an associate member to bolster Caribbean governance and maritime security. (8) Russia's Energy Chokepoint and the Shifting Global Oil Map. Michael Bernstam. Ukrainian drone strikes on major Russian refineries have triggered a severe fuel crisis, forcing export bans on diesel and gasoline. Meanwhile, Gulf states are building massive pipelines to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. These developments are neutralizing Iran's "golden weapon" and shifting global oil transit maps away from traditional naval chokepoints. (9) The Strategic Impact of the Drone War on Russia. Michael Bernstam. Ukrainian drones have achieved what sanctions could not, choking Russia's fuel supply and forcing it to sell oil at massive discounts to China and India. This new form of decentralized drone warfare has made fuel supplies the primary vulnerability of the Russianeconomy. Modern nations, including Taiwan, are now observing these lessons in resource warfare. (10) The Capitalism Model and Monetization of the Space Sector. Bob Zimmerman. Wall Street has embraced commercial space, with private companies like Catalyst performing satellite servicing missions once reserved for government agencies. The U.S. Space Force now buys rapid-launch capabilities from the private sector for orbital reconnaissance. India is also transitioning its space program toward this capitalist model to increase efficiency. (11) Asteroid Probes and Scientific Cosmological Anomalies. Bob Zimmerman. Missions are targeting asteroids like the potentially dangerous Apophis, with a fleet of probes planning a 2029 flyby. Meanwhile, the Euclid telescope has detected ancient quasars that challenge Big Bang timelines. Additional anomalies in Galaxy Centaurus A and unpredictable sunspot activity suggest current cosmological models remain incomplete. (12) European Heat Waves and Shifting Commodity Markets. Simon Constable. Extreme heat is becoming the norm in Europe, driving demand for air conditioning and pressuring electrical infrastructure. Commodity prices show mixed signals; oil and gas have risen due to Middle East tensions, while industrial metals like copper decline. In Britain, Andy Burnham is positioned as a likely future prime leader. (13) The Invisible Power of Global Data Centers. Simon Constable. Data centers represent the digital future, with Virginia housing the world's highest concentration for the federal government. Despite accounting for over 4% of U.S. electricity usage, a quiz reveals that a quarter of Americans know nothing about these facilities. The U.K.holds the second-highest number of data centers globally. (14) The Sino-American Lunar Race for Permanent Presence. Rick Fisher and Doug Messier. China aims for a permanent lunar presence at the South Pole to potentially deny access to other powers. NASA is countering with a civilian coalition of private partners like SpaceX to develop sustainable infrastructure for future Mars missions. China's architecture mimics Soviet systems, while NASA's Starship requires complex orbital refueling to reach the moon. (15) Risk Aversion and Logistical Timelines for Moon Landings. Rick Fisher and Doug Messier. The Chinesespace program is highly risk-averse to protect the Communist Party's legitimacy. While NASA is "game on," it faces challenges with the Starship lander, which reportedly requires at least 15 refueling launches per mission. China hopes for a manned landing by 2030, while NASA's 2028 timeline remains subject to potential delays. (16)

Preview for Later Today: Mary Anastasia O'Grady criticizes the U.S. State Department's strategy in Venezuela. She argues that relying on the corrupt Maduro regime for stability after natural disasters is a "bad bet" that hinders a democratic transition. (5)11948