Green Beret Anthony Aguilar EXPOSES Israel's ICE Connections + Camila Escalante on Venezuela interviews with Katie Halper

Whistle Blower and retired Green Beret Anthony Aguilar exposes how Israeli oppression tactics are being imported to the U.S., including through training programs with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He also discusses the work he's doing to stop the U.S. from Israel's genocide which he witnessed first hand as a security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. But first Katie to Leena Widdi, an organizer with PAL-Awda NY/NJ, the oldest Palestinian-led organization in the NYC area about their campaign to stop Israeli real estate events selling Palestinian land in NYC and other cities around the country. Then Katie is joined by journalist Camila Escalante to talk about what's really happening in Venezuela. **THIS IS THE HORIZONTAL/DESKTOP ORIENTATION -- for the vertical/mobile orientation go to: https://youtube.com/live/6fhwMtvWj-8 Leena Widdi is a child of Palestinians in exile, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She is an organizer with PAL-Awda NY/NJ, the oldest Palestinian-led organization in the NYC area. For the past two and half years, PAL-Awda has led a campaign to stop israeli real estate events selling Palestinian land in NYC and other cities around the country. Leena is also a movement lawyer and civil rights attorney. Camila Escalante is a reporter who has been primarily based in South America since 2016, focusing on the region’s fight against U.S. imperialism and the process of building regional integration and socialism as an alternative. She spent several years as a broadcast editor, presenter and anchor at teleSUR English in Quito, Ecuador. Camila is the co-founder and Editor of Kawsachun News, an outlet which provides on the ground reporting from around Latin America. Recently she reported from Colombia and the Global Sumud Flotilla. She was in Venezuela a month ago and was supposed to return but got grounded by the US unilateral air blockade. Anthony Aguilar is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and Special Forces officer (Green Beret) who served for 25 years in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Jordan and the Philippines. He is also a whistle blower who exposed crimes he witnessed as a security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpe...

Exposed: This is why Trump's Venezuela plan will FAIL - and blow back on...

Donald Trump claims he will "run" Venezuela, after he bombed it and abducted President Nicolás Maduro. However, his plan makes no sense -- and will likely blow back on the USA. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is still independent, and not cutting off China. US sanctions devastated Venezuela's oil infrastructure, and its heavy crude is expensive to produce -- and not profitable, amid a global supply glut. Ben Norton explains.

 

Topics

-US attack on Venezuela

 -Two main US demands for Venezuela

-Chavista government is intact

-Oil corporations are skeptical

-Trump's oil deal with Venezuela

-US oil industry benefits rich elites

 -China, Russia, Iran, Cuba ties USA wants heavy crude

-Economic war

-Marco Rubio targets Cuba

-China and Venezuelan oil

-Pete Hegseth threatens China & Russia -US seizes Russian-flagged tanker

-Trump wants $1.5 trillion military budget

 -Trump bombed 7 countries in 2025

-China's oil imports by country

-Imperialist Monroe/Donroe Doctrine

-Desperation of declining US empire

-International law & UN Charter

-China: South America's top trading partner 21:17 Forcing Venezuela to buy US products

-Latin America exports

-US is trade competitor with Latin America

-US National Security Strategy

-Pressure to cut ties with China

-Geopolitics vs trade

-USA threatens Venezuelan officials

-Opposition leader María Corina Machado

-Acting President Delcy Rodríguez

-Delcy Rodríguez reaffirms China support

-Trump will not have a US colony

-Chevron deal in Venezuela

-Sanctions exemptions in oil sector

-US sanctions devastated oil industry

-US purchases of Venezuelan oil

-US imports heavy crude

-US oil refineries want heavy crude

-Oil companies say it's "uninvestable"

-Oil deal possible, but not colonialism

-High cost of Venezuelan crude

-Global oil supply glut US oil companies want gov't benefits 

Special Ops Vet: Venezuela Is a Testing Ground for America by Katie Halper

Military veterans Greg Stoker and Mike Prysner break down why Mike Waltz says Venezuela is about Iran and Hezbollah, how USA's elite military will be used against its citizenry, and what Trump is really doing in #Venezuela.  

Main points:

All of this will be used against us!

Mike Waltz: Venezuela is about Iran and Hezbollah

The connections between Palestine and Latin America.

What is next for Trump’s military action?

Netanyahu wants to invade Iran  

Greg Stoker is a former United States Army Ranger. He has a background in special operations and human intelligence collection. He conducted 4 combat deployments to Afghanistan during the unfortunately named “Global War On Terror” and is now an anti-war activist, host of the Colonial Outcasts Podcast, and analyst at MintPress News.

Mike Prysner joined the Army 3 months before the 9/11 attacks, and in March 2003 was part of the invasion of Iraq. After 12 months in the occupation he became an outspoken opponent of the war, and became known for speeches, protests, and veterans' organizing against US imperialism. Since 2015 he has been the producer & co-writer for Abby Martin's show The Empire Files, and is also the host of Eyes Left, a socialist anti-war military podcast. Mike is co-director with Abby Martin of the documentary Earth Greatest Enemy.

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The Narco-Trafficking Elite Set to Run Venezuela Chris Hedges interviews Maureen Tkacik- The Chris Hedges Report

Trump’s Security Adviser and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s personal ties to drug trafficking underscore a deep irony in the Trump administration’s attempts to use the drug war as a means of achieving their imperialist goals in Latin America.

The Party Line on the Bondi Royal Commission, Venezuela & Iran by Anneke Demanuele, Omar Sherrife & Jordan van den Lamb

Episode 16 - The party line on the Bondi Royal Commission, Venezuela and Iran A big one this week. The unhinged attacks on the Palestine movement and Anthony Albanese have continued for another week, and so your faithful hosts do their duty to take up the cudgels against the lies once again. Our highlight is a Canberra Times editorial calling for “rabble rousers” to be forcibly brought before a House of un-Israelian Activities Committee. It takes us some time to respond to a bunch of the rubbish being put forward to justify this McCarthyist witch hunt by some of the most racist scum in Australia. But once that’s done, we take a look at Trump’s appalling aggression against Venezuela and what it says about international politics at the moment, before wrapping up with a look at the heroic protest and strike wave sweeping Iran right now with Iranian socialist Bella Beiraghi.

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Former Army Ranger Explains Trump's Venezuela Disaster:Interview with Katie Halper

Military veterans Greg Stoker and Mike Prysner break down what Trump is really doing in #Venezuela. Then Bolivia-based reporter Ollie Vargas discusses what is happening in Venezuela and it impacts the rest of South America. And Chris Gilbert joins us from Caracas. Venezulean journalist Diego Sequera joins at the end to explain what he's seeing on the ground.

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USA admits it lied about Venezuela drug trafficking - while CIA supported cartels by Ben Norton

To justify bombing Venezuela and abducting President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump falsely accused him of leading the so-called "Cartel de los Soles". But the US Department of Justice was forced to admit that this "Suns Cartel" doesn't exist. The USA lied -- while the CIA actually has trafficked drugs in Latin America. Ben Norton reports.

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Why Trump Attacked Venezuela: Empire, Oil & China: Rania Khalek interviews Ben Norton

Rania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, to break down why the Trump administration attacked Venezuela—and what comes next. Norton explains how Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro are not isolated acts, but part of a broader U.S. imperial offensive in Latin America. The goal: control strategic resources like oil, gas, rare earths, and critical minerals, reassert U.S. dominance in the region, and build a supply chain that cuts out China.’

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Dave Clark, Teacher & Unionist speaking at Venezuela demo against Trump at Gadigal/Sydney Rally 4/1/2025

A quote of Sam Lewis, former President of NSW Teachers Federation, quoted by a High School Teacher and Unionist Dave Clark, at the 4 January rally in support of Venezuela against Trump's Attack & Against Israel's Genocide in Gaza, Sydney Town Hall - these words spoken over 50 years ago ring so true to this day. This is Dave’s full talk at the rally. Dave and I both founding members of NSW Socialists/Socialist Party.

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NSW Socialists/Socialist Party Statement on Trump’s Attack on Venezuela

#FreePalestine #venezuela #teachers

Mehdi Unpacks Trump's Venezuela Attack and What's NEXT with Mehdi Hasan and Prem Thakker on Zeteo

#news #us #venezuela

Mehdi Hasan and Prem Thakker talk Donald Trump's Venezuela strikes, the US kidnapping Maduro, and more, on 'Ask the Editor.' Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela is brazenly illegal – but Democrats and the mainstream media answered with stern letters and complacency, while right-wingers like Lindsey Graham and podcaster Matt Walsh cheer ‘regime change!’ and ‘might is right.’ “These things always backfire,” says Mehdi as he and Prem take subscriber questions during 2026’s first episode of ‘Ask the Editor,’ Zeteo’s weekly Q&A series. Watch the full video above to hear Prem and Mehdi unpack the Trump administration’s latest bout of warmongering, including:

• The US’s track record of toppling governments: “Show me a US regime change that’s gone well. Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Honduras…”
• Republican hypocrisy on the UN and international law: “I remember George Bush and ‘Mission Accomplished.’ I’m old enough to remember that.”
• Why the 2028 Democratic nominee must run on accountability and “put the fear of God into their Republican opponents.”
• What this invasion may have to do with the Epstein Files
• …and more.

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Vijay Prashad: Why the US Will Never ‘Rule’ Venezuela interview Vijay Prashad with Break Through News

Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, discusses the real motive behind the U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro, explaining the attacks are about controlling Venezuela’s oil and undermining the Bolivarian Revolution. Prashad breaks down the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine and situates the attack in a long history of U.S. imperialism. He warns that Trump’s proclamation that the U.S. will “run Venezuela” would be a “worse fiasco than Iraq.” #breakthroughnews

In Bed with a Ped? | The West Report by Michael West

"In bed with a ped? Too strong? This episode of The West Report examines Donald Trump and Australia's alliance of 'shared values' with the US in the light of the Epstein Files and the invasion of Venezuala and abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Has the final nail been hammered into the coffin of the Global Rules Based Order? #aukus #auspol #trump #china #israel

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Report from Caracas After the Bombs: Venezuelans Denounce Maduro’s ‘Kidnapping’ by Venezuelan journalist Andreína Chávez Alava reports from Caracas

Venezuelan journalist Andreína Chávez Alava reports from Caracas after U.S. strikes and the kidnapping of President Maduro, describing how communities are coming together, listening to authorities, and preparing to “resist in the streets” while showing solidarity. She calls the attack “an illegal U.S. bombing against a civilian population” and a clear attempt at regime change, exposing Washington’s goal to control Venezuela’s political life and oil resources. Chávez warns this is just the beginning of a broader U.S. campaign in Latin America, calling it “another Monroe Doctrine” and pledging to “continue denouncing by every means necessary” the assault on Venezuela.

Venezuelan Journalist Witness: Maduro was KIDNAPPED, Katie Halper interviews Andreína Chávez who is a Venezuelan journalist, based in Caracas.

Andreína Chávez mainpoints: ‘How Venezuelans experienced Trump’s attack on the ground-A criminal imperialist aggression: Venezuelans were told to get ready to defend themselves.-President Maduro was KIDNAPPED but captured or arrested.-The false narrative that the Venezuelan government is behind narco-terrorism drug trafficking.-We took to the streets of Venezuela.- USA admitted they wanted to take the oil.- Photos from the response to the invasion.-Venezuela has experienced coups and sanctions, but nothing like this.-Anti-Maduro Venezuelans: responding to people in the comments who support Trump and US Imperialism.-María Corina Machado and the Venezuelan Right Wing.-We still have a Venezuelan government

🚨 STUNNING: Venezuela HUMILIATES Trump on LIVE TV

Venezuela's leadership, including interim president Delcy Rodriguez, publicly humiliated Donald Trump and rejected his claims they would roll over for him.

Special Report: U.S. Abducts Maduro, Trump Says "We Are Going to Run" Venezuela by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and Venezuelan reporter Andreína Chávez in Caracas

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host breaking news coverage on U.S. forces attacking Venezuela and seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. We speak to Venezuelan reporter Andreína Chávez in Caracas as well as professors Miguel Tinker Salas and Alejandro Velasco.

The REAL reason why Trump bombed Venezuela and 'captured' President Maduro by Ben Norton

The US government bombed Venezuela, and Donald Trump said he captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country to be tried in a show trial on politically motivated charges. Ben Norton explains why the USA is waging war on Venezuela.

Trump Attacks Venzueala’s Capital Caracas & Kidnaps President Nicolás Maduro & His Wife by John Tognolini

International Law hasn’t really existed for a long time, and it's never been applied to the US and Israel. This is all about overturning the rights of the Venezuelan People to their natural resources, such as their oil and rare metals and installing a US puppet that will most likely be María Corina Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner who supports the Mango Mussolini Trump attacking her own nation. Trump, has enacted the colonial Monroe Doctrine, now known as the Donroe Doctrine.

Where will we stand as Australians on this? Well, for starters, at the Emergency Demonstrations that have been called in most of our major cities tomorrow and the other protests that will follow, to put pressure on Albanese to take a stand against the blatant imperialism by Trump. It really is time to scrap AUKUS.

I’ve been posting the following YouTube docos on Trump's plans and actions against Venezuela, South and Central America by US Journalist Ben Norton who runs Geopolitical Economy Report that I support on Patreon.

I’ve also posted US Singer Jesse Welle’s song Venezuela.  Jesse Welles is touring Australia this month. Here are his gigs and venues. Just click on the link and click on the link for Ben Norton’s YouTube Docos below.

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Just clink on the links to Ben Norton's YouTube Doco on his doco titles

The USA is the worst pirate on Earth by Ben Norton

'The US government is seizing oil tankers and stealing Venezuela's crude. Donald Trump boasted that the USA will "keep" the oil and the ships. This is piracy. Ben Norton explains how Washington is blatantly violating international law in its imperialist war on Venezuela.'

This is Trump's plan to steal Venezuela's oil by Ben Norton

Donald Trump admitted he wants to “take over” Venezuela and its oil. Marco Rubio is overseeing the war plans, aiming to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and install US puppet María Corina Machado, who vowed to privatize Venezuela's natural resources and sell off $1.7 trillion of her country's assets to North American corporations. Ben Norton explains.

Venezuela by Jesse Welles

2500 miles away from the American border,

there's a boat humming along with a 100 miles worth of gas.

It's got some fisherman out there in it.

Little do they know but here in a minute they'll be sunk down to the bottom

and dead from an American blast.

Now our infallible intelligence knows a whole lot about them.

See, these are Narco Terrorists with drugs strapped to their back.

Now, it's the same intelligence that had the perfect wisdom in the real

good sense to know there's weapons of mass destruction hidden in Iraq.

Well, if your leader is a fugitive of American justice, and if your people need a liberation from their own soil,

If you're a threat to our national security, well, we're probably just in

need of your oil.

How much fentanyl does Venezuela make? Well, Johnny, that's

about 0%.

See, China ships the precursors into Mexico. They mix them in

a lab, then they press them into pills and ship them up to Uncle Sam.

Oh, well then, how much cocaine does Venezuela produce?

Well, Johnny, that's a goose egg, too.

But don't you worry your little head, cuz they're all just going

to be like dead.

Some call it murder. Some call it justice. You can call it

whatever you like, but dry your liberal tears cuz you know around here we

call a presidentially authorized lethal kinetic strike.

Well, if it looks like al-Qaeda and smells like ISIS, you're headed down

the road for a refugee crisis.

Well, they can dangle the Nobel carrot out in front of the mule, but I

guess it wasn't orange enough to really pull the card.

Pete and Marco, come out of the closet and say you're coming on in for

that oil deposit.

The only war you'll ever end is the one you start.

The REAL reason why Trump is attacking Latin America by Ben Norton's Geopolitical Economy Report

The Donald Trump administration seeks to forcibly impose the US empire's hegemony in Latin America, waging war on Venezuela, imposing sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, hitting Brazil with tariffs, and meddling in Argentina's election. Ben Norton explains how Trump and Marco Rubio are trying to cut off all western hemisphere ties with China and Russia, bringing back the colonial Monroe Doctrine, now known as the Donroe Doctrine.

Trump orders CIA to attack Venezuela, as US military kills innocent people by Geopolitical Economy Report (Ben Norton)

The Donald Trump administration seeks to forcibly impose the US empire's hegemony in Latin America, waging war on Venezuela, imposing sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, hitting Brazil with tariffs, and meddling in Argentina's election. Ben Norton explains how Trump and Marco Rubio are trying to cut off all western hemisphere ties with China and Russia, bringing back the colonial Monroe Doctrine, now known as the Donroe Doctrine.

 Trump-backed Venezuelan coup leader promises to give oil to US corporations by Geopolitical Economy Report (Ben Norton)

'2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, a US government-funded far-right coup leader, vowed to privatize Venezuela's oil and give it to US corporations. "We are going to privatize all our industry", she told Donald Trump Jr. "American companies ... are going to make a lot of money", she promised. Ben Norton exposes the neocolonial US war on Venezuela.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, a far-right Venezuelan coup-plotter who has long been funded by the US government. She strongly supports Israel as it commits genocide against the Palestinian people, and she is at the center of Donald Trump's war on Venezuela, pushing for regime change against President Nicolás Maduro. Ben Norton exposes the ugly truth.'

 

The USA is the worst pirate on Earth by Ben Norton

'The US government is seizing oil tankers and stealing Venezuela's crude. Donald Trump boasted that the USA will "keep" the oil and the ships. This is piracy. Ben Norton explains how Washington is blatantly violating international law in its imperialist war on Venezuela.'

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The Party Line on Venezuela, US Imperialism and Stupol with

Big news this week: Anneke has been adopted! By her big sister that is. We discuss all that before moving on to headlines, including what the Annika Wells expense scandal reveals about the culture of entitlement that runs through Parliament. The main breaking story that was unfolding as we were recording was the US hijacking of a Venezuelan oil tanker, which follows months of deadly strikes on boats that have killed nearly 100 civilians. This leads on to a chat about Trump’s new National Security Strategy, which declares his intent to see the US engage in aggressive operations throughout Latin America to reassert US hegemony over the ‘western hemisphere’, while also promoting the great replacement theory and other fascist ideas and organisations throughout Europe. We wrap up with some goss from the National Union of Students National Conference in Ballarat, which saw Labor Party members try (and fail) to lock out socialist party members from national office. Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman. Content Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say 

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