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What We’re Reading: The Don-roe Doctrine, Minnesota’s Fraud, Marking Jan. 6 . . . And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Venezuela: The Political Aftermath Of Maduro’s Capture

Madre de Dios! Corrupt Dictator Maduro Is Gone After Trump Warned Him — Andrew Malcolm, Red State

Venezuela’s men with guns remain the ultimate power after Maduro’s ouster — Wall Street Journal, via MSN

How Maduro Sealed His Own Fate — Juan David Rojas, Compact

‘It looks weak’: Dems fume at their party’s response to Maduro capture — Axios, via Archive.today

Ten Reasons To Cheer the Arrest of Maduro — Richard Porter, Real Clear Politics

The Day The Monroe Doctrine Went Kinetic — Lawrence Kudlow, TIPP Insights

The Venezuela Raid Was A Win For America First Anti-Interventionism — The Federalist

Guess What? Americans Still Love a Winner — PJ Media

My Venezuela experience as head of trading in the region for Cargill — AgrisAcademy, X

Democrats Fundraise in Protest of Trump Admin’s Capture of Venezuelan Socialist Dictator Nicolás Maduro — Breitbart

NYC: Within Hours of Maduro’s Arrest, Communists Took to Streets in Highly Organized Protest Who paid? — Front Page Magazine

Fraud As Far As The Eye Can See?

Minnesota’s Fraud Problem Isn’t Immigrants – It’s The Welfare State — Wall Street Journal

Minnesotans Should Own Their Fraud — American Thinker

Craigslist ad crops up in Minnesota recruiting child actors for daycare centers for when state comes in to ‘observe’ operations — American Thinker

From Congress, to VP nominee to disgraced former governor: A look at the rise and fall of Tim Walz — Fox News

Minnesota House speaker: ‘We have record fraud under the Walz administration’ — Fox News

Here’s Everything Tim Walz Got Away With As Minnesota Governor — Daily Caller

Feds: Somalia’s Ambassador to United Nations Linked to Medicaid Fraud in Ohio — Breitbart

ICE Starts 2026 With A Bang

Historic ICE hiring surge adds 12,000 as agency kicks off 2026 with major busts — Blaze, via Conservative Review

ICE Arrests 118 Illegal Aliens in Sanctuary California, Including Sex Offenders, Drunk Drivers — Breitbart

Republicans boycott Hilton for barring ICE agents — Telegraph, via Yahoo

Hilton drops Minnesota hotel location over cancelled ICE agent bookings — Global News

Statement From Hilton — X

Jan. 6 Protests, Five Years Later

We Didn’t Start the Fire, But We Rocked the Casbah! Happy 5th J6 Anniversary! — PJ Media

Jan. 6 defendants and supporters march to the Capitol; counter-protester arrested — AP

On this Jan. 6, remember the violence of 2020’s BLM riots — Washington Examiner

White House Comments On Jan. 6 Five-Year Anniversary — The White House

The Climate Movement’s Collapse Into Incoherence And Violence

The $20 Trillion Question: How to Spend It and How Not To — American Greatness

‘Cut the juice to the ruling class’: Far-left group attacks German power grid — Human Events

Media continues to ring climate alarm, but 2025 saw the fewest deaths from extreme weather ever — Just The News

Attacking global electricity poverty — America Out Loud News

You Voted For This, New York: Regards, California

 Marxism In The Metropolis: NYC’s New ‘Tenant Czar’ Has Targeted White Homeowners, Private Property — Instapundit, roundup

California likely next step in federal fraud probes after newest revelations in benefit programs — Just The News

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’s Silence After ‘Life Threatening’ Weather Warning Says It All — PJ Media

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