Archives 1/1/26 through 1/15/26 - Freedom Window - A refuge for freedom in a hostile tech universe.

Full premier of the new CBS Evening News | Seeing fairness in the CBS package is surreal. Still too many Dem hack reporters, but a substantial improvement.

NY Times mourns collapse of corrupt socialist Maduro economy | The answer to the potential humanitarian crisis is support for the oil industry revamp backed by taxpayer support, but the NYT can't criticize it enough, as fellow leftist paper, the Guardian, decries taxpayer support.

Crude Awakening for US in Venezuela

S. Korea's Lee snaps Xi selfie with 'backdoor' phone

China hailing Maduro's capture as blueprint for Taiwan

. . . Trump just forced China out of Latin America

. . . Latin America silent

Trump: U.S. not at war with Venezuela

. . . US stretch in Venezuela could last 18 months

The assassination plot that made Marco Rubio

Maduro's wife key to the corruption

Nobel winner Machado once backed Trump’s Venezuela plan

Oil restoration could take years

. . . oil industry winners in Maduro capture

Brennan stunned MSNBC, says Venezuela op 'flawlessly executed'

Stephen Miller: Denmark won't fight for Greenland

. . . Congress takes Trump more seriously now on Greenland

Khamenei plans to flee to Russia if security team fails

. . . Iranian protester sprays Iranian Republican Guard with fire

US-based multinationals exempt from global tax

Dilbert creator has deathbed conversion, cites Pascal's wager

. . . Pascals' wager explained

Danish PM says US taking Greenland ends NATO | Almost certainly wrong. Europe would happily trade Greenland for US NATO support, especially because resulting US strategic benefits would make NATO stronger.

Starmer won't label Maduro capture illegal

Maduro-apologist Jeremy Corbyn red-faced after BBC skewering

Maduro pleads not guilty

Trump: I'll be top person in charge of Venezuela

Venezuela hunting supporters of Maduro's capture

Vance attacker is trans child of Dem donors

Tech giants look to schools as AI testing grounds

Monday, Jan. 5, 2026

Trump predicts demise of Cuba, warns Colombia, threatens Greenland

Interim leader vows cooperation

Trump: Our national security requires Greenland, Denmark can't do it

Far-left protesters call Trump 'criminal gringo'

American-Venezuelans having endless party over attack

Feud over: Trump and Musk have 'lovely' dinner at Mar-a-Lago

Walz may end reelection campaign

. . . insider says he will drop out

Kamala slams Maduro capture

9 reasons Venezuela op is great for US

Diaz-Balart furious at reporter for assuming he won't support new leader

Cuba says 32 Cuban officers killed in Venezuela attack

Unsealed indictment reveals charges against Maduro

. . . Must restore law and order before elections

. . .NYT, WaPo knew of attack early, waited to report

. . . Rubio: Venezuela a 'law enforcement operation,' not ' invasion'

. . . Politico: Maduro will be tried, but it's not law enforcement

. . . Rubio: We're not governing Venezuela, will press for changes

. . . but occupation an option in emergency

. . . Dems say their party's response to Maduro capture is weak

. . . Mamdani's comrades demand release: 'Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution!'

. . . Trump threatens new Venezuelan leader, says we need Greenland

. . . Danish PM tells Trump to stop threats on Greenland

. . . Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay say attack a violation of int'l law

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026

Somali fraudsters bought Lambos, Rolls Royce rentals, luxury resort

. . . NBC: Conservative journalism is harassment

Leftists took out power to 45K German homes

Rubio: Cuba in a lot of trouble

Who is organizing pro-Maduro protests?

Economists got 2025 all wrong

How Venezuela attack weakens China (600 bilateral agreements) . . . Iran next?

Globalist left worries about what is next

How Venezuela became a gangster state

Two decades of thuggery

Venezuelans celebrate

Venezuelan writer thanks Trump

Perp walk

Maduro put a hit on Rubio

European left rage over socialist Maduro's ousting

Mamdani angry at socialist dictator's removal

Politico parrots Cuban propaganda, 'the threat hangs over all'

The 'Donroe Doctrine'

Congressional Dems call for impeachment over 'insane' attack

How Trump kept GOP behind attack

NY Times alleges Trump-profit motive for oil execs

. . . but Trump says oil companies must rebuild infrastructure

China slams US ‘hegemonic acts’ after Venezuela strike

At Colombia’s request, UN Security Council to convene

4 confirmed attack locations in Venezuela

UK, France strike ISIS arms storage facility

Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026

Trump: Maduro captured

. . . In phone interview, Trump celebrated capture of Maduro

. . . Russia condemns

. . . Venezuelan gov't does not know Maduro's whereabouts

. . . CNN team witnesses multiple explosions in Caracas

. . . Venezuela is in emergency state

. . . Maduro says he's "ready" to talk with U.S. on drug trafficking

Unlike Obama, Trump supports freedom movement in Iran

. . . Trump threatens military force if Iran kills protesters

MAGA has $300M warchest for midterms

Trump is not putting on the breaks, 2026 key

Neither party wants another shutdown in election year

DOJ doing multiple MN fraud investigations

Grok slammed for allowing undressing of minors

Rand Paul's Festivus report, $1.6T misspent

J6 defendants plan Capitol march in support of Babbit

Jeffries trolls Trump, calls for investigation into his health

Biden judge says Kristi Noem motivated by racism

Mamdani lets antisemitism executive orders expire

Friday, Jan. 2, 2026

CBS News: We are now the voice of the people, not elites

Conservative concerns about ‘activist judges’ grow

Protests erupt throughout Iran

. . . Trump, Iranian leaders, exchange threats over protests

. . . Trump: US is 'locked and loaded' to help protesters

SBA suspends 6,900 MN borrowers over suspected fraud

Left angry they can't spread election lawfare theories . . . despite American people re-electing Trump

Key 2026 elections

. . . Dems to campaign on expired Obamacare subsidies

. . . how Trump can change the tide

. . . new lower Medicare drug prices arrive

. . . Schumer: Goal is legalizing all 11M illegals

. . . 1000+ voters registered to one Atlanta address

Mamdani targets landlords, private bankruptcy case

. . . signs 5 executive orders

. . . Mamdani is unapologetically leftist

. . . socialist block party lacks food, bathrooms

. . . Mamdani lies about the rich

. . . AOC: Good luck

. . . next Obama?

. . . Illustrating absurdity . . . Mamdani's Nazi 'salute'

Daily Beast publishes worst sort of libelous tabloid trash

Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026

Iran grinds to standstill, protesters chant ‘Death to Khamenei’

Obama-Biden lawfare conspiracy case could drop in 2026

Jack Smith: Trump election steal claim not protected by 1st Amend.

. . . Jack Smith said Trump 'most culpable' for Jan. 6 | Smith's anti-democratic streak is evident. This was an issue in the 2024 election and the people did not punish Trump for Jan. 6. Smith pretends to fight for democracy but he clearly questions its value in resolving election related controversies.

. . . Smith withheld names of those who greenlit lawmakers' phone record access

. . . five takeaways from testimony

. . . full video of Smith testimony

. . . full transcript of Smith testimony

How Trump must push his ‘American reset’ into 2026

Chief Justice: Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken'

Supreme Court: Trump might use Insurrection Act

NY Times called openly corrupt Biden 'admirable' right to the end . . . but sees Trump as self-dealing

WH Usher: Trump not first president to want more room to entertain

Military strikes 3 more drug boats

. . . alleged drug traffickers jump overboard

Mamdani now the NYC mayor