ICYMI: January 03, 2025

January 3, 2026ICYMI0 commentsBy Gina

Greatest distraction from the Epstein/Trump Files!

Below, you will find some headlines and events we may have missed. Feel free to share what you have found interesting as long as it comes from a credible source, not some RW cesspit.

Shortest Honeymoon Ever:

LMAO the VP of Venezuela just went on TV there demanding the immediate release of Maduro and his wife moments after Trump said that she spoke to Rubio and she told him she’ll do whatever they want

So this thing is already going swimmingly pic.twitter.com/KNpMY8icTv
— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) January 3, 2026

OMG: Trump just said popular Maduro opposition leader María Corina Machado “doesn't have the respect” of the country and suggests she won’t be leader.

Machado just won the Nobel Prize – which Trump wanted. He can’t be THAT petty and insane can he?
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— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) January 3, 2026

This Did Not Age Well:

Throughout history, every time the US topples a foreign country’s dictator/government, the outcome has been disastrous. Civil war/military intervention in Venezuela will wreak death & destruction to Venezuelan people, and increase tensions that threaten our national security. pic.twitter.com/vQBdLUAyAc
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) May 13, 2019

Daddy Called:

Gut gealterte Satire. #Venezuela #Trump #Putin

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— Oliver Das Gupta (@oliverdasgupta.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM

Craven Assholes:

Marjorie Taylor Greene on the capture of Maduro:

“If prosecuting narco terrorists is a high priority then why did President Trump pardon the former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez who was convicted and sentenced for 45 years for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine… pic.twitter.com/kDPVkPML7U
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 3, 2026

We are “running”Venezuela now. 🤦‍♀️

America First!!! 🇺🇸
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 3, 2026

GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM

CNN: Venezuela is a sovereign nation. Why is it okay for the US to go in, arrest its leader, control its oil, and take over for a time? REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: It's okay because that leader happened to be under indictment here in the US

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM

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— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM

World Leaders React:

President Zelensky reacts to Maduro’s capture, suggesting Putin should be next:

If it is possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States of America knows what to do next. pic.twitter.com/IbJjqBu0B7
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 3, 2026