Nobel Institute says Venezuelan leader
Machado can’t give Peace Prize to Trump
Posted By: Mercedes44, 1/11/2026 9:30:30 AM
The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump. Once the Nobel Peace Prize is announced, it can’t be revoked, transferred or shared with others, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said in a short statement on Friday. “The decision is final and stands for all time,” it said. The statement comes after Machado said she’d like to give or share the prize with Trump, who oversaw the successful U.S. operation to capture authoritarian Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. He is facing drug trafficking charges in New York.
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As the Iranian uprising continues to escalate, it’s been reported that hundreds of protesters have been killed by the regime’s security forces.
The internet, phone signals and lighting have been cut, and it’s feared the killings are intensifying behind the blackout.
Yet the Iranian people have increasingly poured onto the streets to confront the regime’s murder and torture squads. There’s never been such a mass display of raw courage in the teeth of such vicious repression.
If the regime does fall, this will be a seismic event, reshaping the region and world politics. The insurrection might be the most consequential global event so far this century.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed on Monday the uprising against his brutal regime is “now under total control” after hundreds, or even thousands, of civilians were killed by security forces.
Estimates of the death toll vary widely. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said 496 protesters have been killed, plus 48 members of Iran’s security forces, and about 10,600 people have been arrested over the past two weeks. Iran Human Rights (IHR), a group based in Norway, cited “unverified reports” that “suggest the possibility that over 2,000 people may have died” since the regime began shutting down Internet and mobile phone access on Thursday to cover its activities.
In Jaromil Jireš’s 1969 film The Joke, written by Milan Kundera, a young Czech student’s life is quietly destroyed by a sentence meant in jest. A postcard. A slogan. A flash of irony. Under communism, humor is not harmless; it is deviation. The collective takes offense, and ideology responds with merciless efficiency. No mob forms. No villain monologues. A life is simply erased because individual expression collides with collectivist certainty.
What makes The Joke unsettling is not brutality but banality. The system doesn’t rage; it processes. It doesn’t argue; it categorizes. The crime is not violence or conspiracy but nonconformity.
The scandal surrounding Somali-linked welfare fraud in Minnesota has been festering for more than a decade. For years, it lingered as an open secret, quietly discussed and carefully avoided. That era has ended. The Trump administration is going to turn a blind eye to it in the way other past administrations have in the past.
In an exclusive interview, Christopher Rufo and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out just how vast the problem has become — and why Minnesota is just the tip of the iceberg because what the Treasury Department has uncovered is worse than most people realize.
What’s Happening? Having Flipped Against
Hamas, Dem Pols In Unison Now Back Iranian Protesters 8 replies
Hamas, Dem Pols In Unison Now Back Iranian Protesters 8 replies
Something’s happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.
We covered how Democrats politicians in unison and contrary to every message they’re sent since the October 7 Massacre, declared that public support for Hamas was unacceptable and antisemitic. We asked, What’s Behind the Democrats’ Sudden Pivot on Hamas and Antisemitism?
The talking points just dropped.
Now they’re condemning Hamas.
The Democrats are pure phonies. pic.twitter.com/TUzc1ocsAJ
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) January 10, 2026
I think it’s an election set up, they are going to use the “Woke Right” against Republicans not only in the 2026 midterms, but particularly if JD Vance is the Republican nominee in 2028. His proximity and friendship with Tucker Carlson
The Trump administration is moving to withhold nearly $50 million in federal transportation funding from North Carolina after a federal audit found the state illegally issued a majority of its non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses, putting public safety and federal compliance on a collision course.
According to a Department of Transportation briefing released Thursday, federal inspectors determined that 54 percent of North Carolina’s reviewed non-domiciled CDLs were issued in violation of federal law, triggering a formal ultimatum from Washington.
As bullets tore through the crowded Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14th, Ahmed al-Ahmed acted with extraordinary courage. The 43 year-old Syrian born Muslim immigrant and father of two ran towards the gunfire. He tackled an ISIS-inspired shooter and wrestled away his rifle. He was shot twice. His intervention almost certainly saved lives in the massacre that left 15 dead and more than 40 wounded.
Within hours, his story went viral, dominating global headlines and social media. Donations quickly mounted to AUD 2.5 million in a GoFundMe dedicated to his heroism. World leaders praised him, from Australian Prime Minister Albanese to President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Trump's "Board of Peace" will reportedly include countries such as Turkey and Qatar. Both countries, like Hamas, are followers of the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood. Its motto is: "Allah is our objective; the Prophet is our leader; the Quran is our law; Jihad is our way; dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."
"Qatar is at the top of funding terrorism worldwide, even more than Iran." — Udi Levy, former head of a Mossad unit dealing with economic warfare against terrorist organizations and countries that sponsor terrorism, Ynet, April 18, 2024.
At one of the anti-Trump/No Kings/50501/Indivisible rallies I covered last year, I overheard one white woman complain about the lack of young people and people of color coming out to protest the evil President (King) Donald Trump and his ICE enforcement to rein in illegal immigration. While I cannot speak for young people, as a person of color, I know for a fact that Blacks and Hispanics are pretty much over Affluent White Liberal Females (AWFL) and their self-centered campaigns against not only the duly elected president that many of us voted for, but against the rule of law.
Iranian Regime Declares Israel, U.S. Military
“Legitimate Targets” if Trump Orders Strike 12 replies
“Legitimate Targets” if Trump Orders Strike 12 replies
While the Islamic Guard (IRGC) and foreign fighters massacre peaceful protesters in Iran, the Khamenei regime has threatened to attack Israel and the U.S. military and commercial shipping in the region if President Donald Trump orders a strike on Iranian targets. On Sunday, Iran’s parliamentary speaker declared that the U.S. and Israel would be “legitimate targets” in case of an American strike.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump cautioned that if the regime forces “start killing people,” the U.S. will “hit them really hard.”
Iran has so far decided to ignore President Trump’s warnings and has toughened its stance.
President Trump holds an impromptu press briefing flying back to Washington DC.
TOPICS: Iran protests, Response to Iran actions, You go to Venezuela? Meet with Delcy Rodriguez? When meet with Machado? Oil company commitments, Guarantees for oil companies, Deal with Cuba, Oil tankers and Cuba, Send Starlink to Iran? (DT: Going to call Elon Musk) Iran retaliate? Machado meeting Q2, Gaza Board of Peace. Greenland, Greenland and NATO, Pull USA out of NATO? Offer to Greenland? UK, Germany & Greenland, Put more bases in Greenland?
A U-Haul truck mowed through a crowd of protesters in Los Angeles on Sunday during a demonstration in support of the Iranian people.
The number of injured individuals is currently unclear.
Video from the scene shows protesters surrounding the truck and smashing a window before the truck drives through the crowd. Protesters can be heard screaming as the truck makes its way through the crowd.Aerial footage shows police later surrounding the abandoned U-Haul truck. Authorities have reportedly not identified the driver.
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Whoopsie. Look what Tampon Tim signed into law back in 2020. As the circus over the George Floyd protests raged on, Minnesota’s Legislature updated its “use-of-force” statute, and Gov. Walz signed it into law that July.
(snip)
MN law §609.066: Officers can use deadly force if a driver accelerates toward them, creating immediate life-threatening danger. No need to wait for impact—they can act based on apparent intent & proximity.
(snio)
And it’s all based on the totality of circumstances known at the moment, not some hindsight debate after the fact.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer dropped a bombshell this week, suggesting that far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar sits “at the top of the suspect list” in the sprawling Minnesota fraud scandals involving taxpayer-funded daycare and healthcare programs.
The comments came during a pointed exchange with journalist Alison Steinberg, who raised serious concerns about whether members of Congress themselves may have benefited from money funneled through political action committees tied to fraudulent daycare and healthcare schemes.
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surged into Minneapolis, Minnesota, one local McDonald’s made a public display against the upholding of federal immigration law.
The Daily Wire posted an image of the sign, which was captioned “NO ICE ACCESS IN THIS BUSINESS,” to social media platform X on Thursday afternoon.
The sign was clear that it was intended as a “NOTICE TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT & IMMIGRATION AGENTS.” “This is a private business,” it said.
“You are not permitted to enter non-public areas of this business (including offices, break rooms, storage areas, and staff-only areas) without a valid JUDICIAL WARRANT signed by a judge or magistrate.”
The Illinois Republican Party has blasted as "divisive" the hiring language the Obama Foundation is using (snip) arguing it shows the privately run project is using public land to advance a political agenda. (snip) While commonly referred to as a "library," the Obama Presidential Center (snip) does not function as a traditional presidential library. (snip) [The state GOP] said the hiring language reinforces concerns that the Obama Presidential Center is operating as an ideological institution (snip.) "[J]ob postings state that the foundation is deeply committed to (snip) leveraging our global reach to combat systemic racism and inequity wherever it exists."
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin compared the U.S. to Iran in several social media posts Sunday, claiming both countries are guilty of "killing protesters."
Martin made his first comparison on X, expressing support for both protesters in the U.S. and Iran for rising up against "systems that wield violence without accountability."
"From Tehran to my birthplace of Minneapolis, people are rising up against systems that wield violence without accountability. In Iran, brave protestors confront a far-right theocratic regime that crushes dissent and denies basic freedoms," Martin wrote.
Minnesota sued the Trump administration on Monday, asking a court to halt a massive federal immigration operation they claim is unconstitutional, politically motivated and endangering public safety.
The lawsuit claims “Operation Metro Surge” has led to racial profiling and disruptions to public life.
“The unlawful deployment of thousands of armed, masked, and poorly trained federal agents is hurting Minnesota,” said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. “People are being racially profiled, harassed, terrorized, and assaulted."
The scandal surrounding Somali-linked welfare fraud in Minnesota has been festering for more than a decade. For years, it lingered as an open secret, quietly discussed and carefully avoided. That era has ended. The Trump administration is going to turn a blind eye to it in the way other past administrations have in the past.
In an exclusive interview, Christopher Rufo and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out just how vast the problem has become — and why Minnesota is just the tip of the iceberg because what the Treasury Department has uncovered is worse than most people realize.
The Billionaire Tax Act isn’t even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors from fleeing the state, taking $1 trillion in wealth – along with jobs and opportunity – with them.
Tech entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya has been keeping track of who’s decided to leave the state in advance of this “temporary” tax.
“We had $2T of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue, and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them,” he posted on X this weekend.
Disgraced former British Ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson, has claimed to have been ‘kept in the dark’ about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes ‘because he was gay’.
The Telegraph reported:
“The peer was sacked as ambassador to the United States last year after it emerged [that] he had urged the financier to fight for early release from prison.
Lord Mandelson claimed that, because of his sexuality, he was ‘kept separate from what [Epstein] was doing in the sexual side of his life’.”
Between American military operations in Venezuela and Iran, anti-ICE protesters screeching in the streets, mass demonstrations in Iran, ongoing terrorist attacks in our cities, and other conflicts, you can understand why some Americans are feeling a little jittery. It’s hardly a surprise, then, when some observers were freaked out when the “Doomsday plane” landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday.The Air Force plane, a Boeing E‑4B Nightwatch, is equipped to become a floating Pentagon in the sky and maintain operations even if catastrophe hits — a doomsday scenario — and is built to withstand nuclear and even EMP attacks. It also boasts massive communications abilities.
Iranian Regime Declares Israel, U.S. Military
“Legitimate Targets” if Trump Orders Strike 12 replies
“Legitimate Targets” if Trump Orders Strike 12 replies
While the Islamic Guard (IRGC) and foreign fighters massacre peaceful protesters in Iran, the Khamenei regime has threatened to attack Israel and the U.S. military and commercial shipping in the region if President Donald Trump orders a strike on Iranian targets. On Sunday, Iran’s parliamentary speaker declared that the U.S. and Israel would be “legitimate targets” in case of an American strike.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump cautioned that if the regime forces “start killing people,” the U.S. will “hit them really hard.”
Iran has so far decided to ignore President Trump’s warnings and has toughened its stance.
A New Nick Shirley Video Shows Grift That
Is 'Ten Times Worse' and Will Cause 'World
War III' 11 replies
Is 'Ten Times Worse' and Will Cause 'World
War III' 11 replies
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was told over the weekend that a new Nick Shirley video being released soon - maybe even as early as Monday — is "ten times worse" than the "Quality Learing Center" daycare scam. In Shirley's previous video, he and his source, David Hoch, who has been investigating this billion-dollar-plus scam for years, discovered multiple daycare centers in one building without children in them for years. And this is where Hoch says is the heart of the ongoing continuing criminal enterprise.
Hoch says the new video will show that most of these companies are Somali-owned, and his and Shirley's visit to these companies found zero companies.