Venezuela, Maduro's abduction, CIA, the CIA's penetration of Maduro's inner circle, Enrique “Rick” de la Torre, Tower Strategy LLC., Bitdeer, Atlantic Council, cryptocurrency, Tether, James B. Story, why it will be difficult to get oil companies to invest in Venezuela, regime tweak vs regime change, Trump's attempt to avoid democracy building, neo-liberal vs MAGA perspective on what to do with Venezuela, Gabriel Jimenez, Petro, Tareck El Aissami, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jimenez's time as an intern for Ros-Lehtinen, Ros-Lehtinen's CIA links, alleged "Russian" involvement in Petro, did the US/Trump initially sponsor Petro?, the dramatic change in US-Venezuela relations after 2018 after Jimenez's ouster from Petro, Reserve Right, Reserve's use in Venezuela, "Reserve Rangers," Jimenez's role in Reserve, Leverage Research, Peter Thiel, Leverage's links to Reserve, Leverage as a cult/behavior modification operation, Zizians, Rationalist movement, San Francisco, the similarities between the Reserve Rangers and the Bay area Rationalist movement, were the Reserve Rangers CIA assets?, the resurgence of the CIA, Trump's foreign policy dominated by CIA, Marco "Narco" Rubio, grid war, Venezuela as part of global grid war the US is waging, ICE/DHS shootings, 2026 midterms, why the Trump administration needs a pretext for marital law, how grid war could lead to marital law domestically

Resources

Jack Poulson's Report of Tower Strategy LLC

The Atlantic Council's Recommendations on Tether re Venezuela

Gabriel Jimenez's Linkedin

The NYT's Jimenez puff piece

How Jimenez was depicted circa 2018

Jimenez's Stonks Go Moon interview

Rest of World's Reserve Right puff piece

On Reserve's ban in Venezuela

Music by: Keith Allen Dennis

https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/

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2026 preview, the US economy in 2026, Trump's Faustian pact with workers, Trump's inflation fetish, will we get Trump checks?, the global economy in 2026, China's 2026 outlook, the Ukraine-Russia war in 2026, will Zelensky survive 2026?, the EU in 2026, the EU's internal issues and unrealistic expectations, Mercosur, Israel in 2026, Africa in 2026, will the ruling classes shift from race to religion as a means of division, the left's complicated relationship with spirituality, the rise of Islam and the West, what's in store for the illicit economy in 2026, "Narco" Rubio, the Monroe Doctrine 2.0, Trump 2.0 as a crime syndicate, Cuba, the Miami faction, anti-Castro Cubans, Epstein, where the Epstein shit show is headed

Music by: Keith Allen Dennis

https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/

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Warner Brother, Paramount/Comcast, Netflix, the WB merger bids, what would a merger mean for consumers?, why Warner Brothers is special, Netflix and movie theaters, David Zaslav (WB CEO), Zaslav as a new Robert Evans, Zaslav's mixed legacy at Warner Brothers, the legality of the mergers, was the Netflix merger ever intended to go through in the first place, the Netflix merger as a means of crippling its chief rival, are the cultures of Netflix and Warners compatible?, Paramount's links to Trump, the Paramount merger as a bid to destroy CNN, Jared Kushner/Saudi money behind the Paramount hostile takeover, Netflix's links to Obama, why the Obama/Netflix connection is overhyped, the Hollywood money model and price signals, Jane Fonda, Committee for the First Amendment, how deregulation has contributed to Hollywood's woes, could the merger attempts spur bipartisan opposition?, will a workable model for Hollywood's future come out of the discussions?, Rob Reiner

Music by: Keith Allen Dennis

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