Dan Bongino Officially Leaves FBI After One-Year Tenure, Says Time at the Bureau Was ‘the Honor of a Lifetime’

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/dan-bongino-officially-leaves-fbi-after-one-year/

Conservative powerhouse and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has officially wrapped up his tenure at the bureau.

In a post on X on Saturday evening, Bongino announced that it was his last day on the job, capping off his service with involvement in the high-profile U.S. operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

Bongino wrote: Continue…

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Zelensky To Dismiss Security Service Head Malyuk, Responsible for Kiev’s High-Profile Assassinations: REPORT

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/zelensky-dismiss-security-service-head-malyuk-responsible-kievs/

MSM treats Kiev’s assassinations like the most normal thing in the world.

As Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky continues with his reshuffle of his administration, he will, once again, move one of his top intel people around – in this case, reportedly dismissing him.

After appointing top spy Kyrylo Budanov as his new chief of staff, today it arises that Zelensky means to remove Vasyl Malyuk as head of the infamous Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the state’s top counterintelligence agency.

Politico reported:

“The reshuffle has already seen two other top spies — Kyrylo Budanov and Oleh Ivashchenko — shifted to other responsibilities. Budanov has agreed to head the president’s office, while Ivashchenko will be chief of the HUR military intelligence service.”

But there’s a catch: Malyuk is reportedly attempting to retain his current post. Continue…

Axis of Tyrants Melts Down: Cuba, Iran, Russia, China, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia Rush to Defend Maduro After U.S. Strike in Venezuela

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President Donald Trump ordered a large-scale military strike in Venezuela early Saturday that resulted in the capture and removal of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

According to the administration, elite U.S. forces executed a nighttime raid in Caracas, seizing Maduro and flying him out of the country to face criminal charges.

The Venezuelan government labeled the actions a “grave military aggression” and sought an emergency UN Security Council meeting.

In the immediate aftermath, a familiar chorus of anti-American regimes and leftist governments rushed to his defense—proving once again that tyrants instinctively protect their own.

Cuba, a communist police state propped up by Venezuelan oil for years, predictably howled about “imperial aggression.” Havana’s ruling elite knows that Maduro’s fall threatens its own survival, given how deeply Cuban intelligence embedded itself inside Venezuela’s security apparatus.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote on X: Continue…

Liberation Day: Venezuelans Worldwide Erupt in Celebration After U.S. Forces Capture Dictator Maduro While Left-Wing Democrats Rage (Videos)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/liberation-day-venezuelans-worldwide-erupt-celebration-after-u/

Venezuelans both inside and outside their homeland erupted in celebrations this weekend following the capture of long-time dictator Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces.

From South Florida to Chile to Madrid, Venezuelans and all from all around the world took to the streets to rejoice after news broke that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown out of Venezuela early Saturday by U.S. forces following coordinated strikes.

Celebrants waved Venezuelan and American flags, banged pots and pans, and popped champagne bottles in a spontaneous display of liberation, according to the New York Post. Continue…

Nick Shirley Denounces Alleged Complicity Between NGOs and Cartels at the Arizona Border (VIDEO)

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YouTuber and citizen journalist Nick Shirley sparked controversy after describing what he personally observed at a migrant camp along the Arizona border, where—according to his testimony—much of the infrastructure and supplies come from religious organizations such as Catholic Charities, also known as Catholic Community Services. While walking through the area, Shirley pointed to the presence of numerous blankets, many of them purple and bearing the organization's markings, which he says illustrates their central role in operating the camp.

Shirley acknowledged that many people believe these organizations “are doing good” because they only see the first stage of the process: migrants crossing the border and receiving humanitarian assistance. However, he has argued that this view is incomplete and that, in his opinion, the real issues lie higher up within these structures. According to his account, there are signs of coordination with cartels—an extremely serious allegation that he bases on his direct experience at the site. Continue…

Maduro’s Right-Hand Man Reappears After Airstrikes – Calls on Communist Supporters to Remain Calm, Admits US Partially Achieved Goals with Devastating Attack

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…Following the capture of Communist President Nicolas Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, Maduro’s right-hand man, reappeared and admitted that “what they (the US) wanted with the bombs and missiles, they partially achieved,” while urging his followers not to fall into despair.

Diosdado Cabello, Maduro’s right-hand man, reappeared after the airstrikes and admitted that “what they wanted with the bombs and missiles, they partially achieved,” while urging his followers not to fall into despair. Continue…

British Citizens Head to France and Slash Illegal Migrants’ Rubber Boats To Prevent Them From Crossing the Channel – So French Police Move To Arrest THEM, Not the Illegals (VIDEOS)

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…So, what has started to happen is that desperate British citizens have started going to the French beaches and are attacking the migrant boats, slashing the rubber dinghies to try and keep the invasion from worsening.

At this juncture, the ‘brave’ French authorities have decided to arrest… the British nationals!

Several activists are now accused of slashing the rubber boats.

Daily Mail reported: Continue…

UK Goes Full Cradle-To-Grave With 'Sinister' Plan For Newborn Baby Digital IDs

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The UK government’s digital ID push is escalating into outright dystopia, with ministers privately floating the idea of assigning digital identities to newborns right alongside their health records.

This “sinister” expansion, revealed by the Daily Mail, exposes Labour’s true agenda: a lifelong tracking system masquerading as a tool to curb illegal immigration.

The move is being slammed as a blatant power grab, with many warning it has nothing to do with border control and everything to do with eroding freedoms from birth.

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Ministers in the Labour Government have now let slip their latest proposal

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— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) January 1, 2026

The proposal emerged in secretive Cabinet Office meetings led by minister Josh Simons, who cited Estonia’s model where infants get unique numbers at birth registration for accessing public services.

Simons even suggested digital IDs could help teenagers log into social media, tying into global crackdowns like Australia’s under-16 ban on apps such as TikTok.

Announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in September as a way to verify job candidates’ right to work, the scheme is slated for rollout by 2028-29 at a staggering £1.8 billion cost. But the government has stonewalled on details, fueling suspicions of mission creep.

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Mike Wood blasted the idea: “Labour said their plan for mandatory digital ID was about tackling illegal immigration. But now we hear they are secretly considering forcing it on newborns. What do babies have to do with stopping the boats? This would be a deeply sinister overreach by Labour – and all without any proper national debate.” Continue…

Insider Trading? New Polymarket Account Made 12x Gain On Venezuela Intervention

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As the dust settles on President Trump's Friday-night blitz on Venezuela, suspicions of insider trading on the secret operation are rising, after a brand-new Polymarket account scored a huge profit by betting on a US military attack just before it happened. As a result, a US House representative is already preparing to introduce a bill that would prohibit government officials from using inside info to profit in prediction markets.

The account in question was created on Dec. 27, and quickly placed roughly $34,000 in bets on US intervention in Venezuela and Maduro's ouster both happening by January 31. On the Maduro prediction alone, the account scored a 1,242% gain, turning $32,537 into $436,760. At the time of the bets, the market placed the probability of intervention in January at just 6%. Continue…

Visualizing All Of The World's Oil Reserves By Country

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Oil remains one of the most strategically important resources in the global economy. It powers transportation systems, underpins industrial activity, and continues to shape geopolitics and trade flows. While renewable energy is growing, oil still plays a dominant role in meeting global energy needs.

This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, ranks countries by the size of their proven oil reserves at the end of 2024.

The data for this graphic comes from OPEC’s Annual Statistical Bulletin 2025. Figures represent proven oil reserves as of year-end 2024 and are measured in billions of barrels. The data includes conventional crude oil as well as oil sands.

Four Countries Dominate Global Oil Reserves

Global oil reserves are highly concentrated.

Venezuela ranks first with an estimated 303 billion barrels of oil reserves. However, turning this vast resource base into economic and geopolitical power has proven difficult, as ongoing U.S. sanctions and the recent seizure of Venezuelan oil shipments under the Trump administration continue to limit the Maduro government’s ability to export crude and fully monetize its reserves.

Saudi Arabia follows the South American country with 267 billion barrels. Iran, Canada, and Iraq round out the top five. Continue…

4,400 Starlink Satellites To Move To Lower Orbit

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SpaceX will move about 4,400 Starlink satellites to a lower orbit this year to better control risks and improve safety, the company announced Friday.

Michael Nicholls, vice president of Starlink engineering, posted the news on X, saying the adjustment would increase space safety in several ways.

Elon Musk’s Starlink system contributes more than 9,000 satellites to an increasingly crowded Earth orbit. Of those in the Starlink system, only two are not functioning, according to Nicholls.

Nicholls also noted that the atmospheric changes brought on by solar activity can affect satellite operations. An active sun causes a thicker atmosphere, which can bring spacecraft down faster.

Low solar activity, such as during the solar minimum after 2030, can have an opposite effect.

The number of debris objects and planned satellite constellations at the lower orbit—below 500 kilometers from Earth—is smaller, which reduces the likelihood of collision, Nicholls stated.

If a satellite does fail in orbit, Starlink wants to remove it as quickly as possible, improving the safety of the rest of the satellite constellation, Nicholls said.

Starlink also announced Thursday it had lost contact with one of its satellites and that it would work with NASA to monitor it. Continue…

North America Leads Largest LNG Export Surge Since 2022

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Surging liquefied natural gas exports from new North American export plants likely pushed global LNG shipments in 2025 by the most since 2022, Kpler data showed on Tuesday.

The annual rise in 2025 would be the steepest increase in global LNG exports since 2022, when shipments grew by 4.5% compared to 2021, the data showed.

North America was the key supplier of new LNG volumes, as Canada’s first-ever export facility, LNG Canada, started shipments in the middle of 2025, and Plaquemines LNG in Louisiana launched operations and ramped up shipments throughout the year.

Thanks to rising capacity and volumes, the U.S. is set to become the first LNG exporter in the world to have passed in 2025 the threshold of 100 million tons of LNG exports in one year.

Additional LNG supply is poised to hit the market between 2026 and 2030 as more U.S. export plants come online and Qatar begins shipments from its huge capacity expansion of the North Field export facilities. Continue…

UK, France in Joint Air Strikes on Underground IS Arms Dump in Syria

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/01/04/uk-france-in-joint-air-strikes-on-underground-is-arms-dump-in-syria/

A joint, targeted attack by warplanes from the UK and France on Saturday hit an underground arms cache in Syria used by the Islamic State terrorist group (IS).

The BBC reports “careful” intelligence analysis led officials to believe the jihadist facility was storing weaponry and explosives, a statement by the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed, adding the arms dump was in mountains just north of Palmyra, an ancient site in central Syria.

“Our aircraft used Paveway IV guided bombs to target a number of access tunnels down to the facility… initial indications are that the target was engaged successfully,” the MoD said.

There was no sign of any harm to civilians in the strike late on Saturday and all the aircraft returned safely, the MoD added. Continue…