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How US Special Forces Infiltrated Venezuela? The CIA tracked his 'Pattern of Life', what he ate, what he wore, and exactly where he slept. They didn't just guess; they knew. Back in the US, Delta Force built an exact replica of his safe house, rehearsing the raid until they could do it blindfolded. And the blowtorches? Those were for the panic room. Intelligence knew Maduro slept behind bank-vault-style steel doors. The team brought heavy-duty thermal cutters to burn him out. But in the end, speed was their weapon. Operators breached the room so fast, they caught him before he could even lock the door.

A couple of thoughts on Venezuela 🇻🇪, in no particular order and for no specific reason. - Well-prepared and rehearsed multi-agency assault. - Signal to Russia and China in the form of a “military show of force and intelligence operation.” - Bukele likely played his part by exchanging roughly 250 Tren de Aragua cartel members for 10 imprisoned US citizens, removing potential US hostage blackmail leverage. This dates back to July 2025 as preparatory steps for successful execution. - Maduro was offered an exit (and safe haven) but acted cocky, with no contingency plan. He also overestimated the capabilities of Russian and Chinese military defense systems “sold” to Venezuela compared to available US capabilities. - Maduro underestimated intelligence operators and assets in the country + probable leaks in his closest circles. - The Cuban regime is in big trouble. Its only real ally was Venezuela, which supplied “free” oil and resources in exchange for medical and military personnel stationed there. Now the Cuban regime will face hard times without regional support, and its other allies are distant and won’t make the difference. - Maduro’s removal from Venezuela will also affect Russia, as it will lose the ability to sell “laundered” Russian oil through this proxy. Russia still sells oil through other proxies but Venezuela was significant.

🆕 Rumble and Tether today launched the Rumble Wallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet integrated directly into the Rumble platform. At launch, the wallet supports USDT, XAUt, BTC, enabling audiences to tip creators natively in crypto.

Rumble

Rumble and Tether Launch Crypto Wallet for Creator Economy - Rumble

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla., Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rumble Inc. (NASDAQ:RUM), the Freedom-First technology platform, and Tether, the largest...

🚨 Leakger / Global-e had security incident involving customer data. ☝️The best way to buy a hardware wallet is from a privacy-focused manufacturer. Buy it physically at a conference/meetup/event or, when buying online, never❌ use your residential address. Always use a proxy. Don't leak personal information (name/address) and use email aliases. https://support.ledger.com/es/article/Global-e-Incident-to-Order-Data---January-2026

Pretty cool sw called rayhunter to detect cellular spying and you can flash it on Orbic device. Overall you can pull this off within $70 price range. It gives you a color signal (green - all is cool, or red - probably IMSI catcher in your close proximity)

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of techni...

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Amazon.com

Amazon.com

You can’t make this shit up… after Canada, now NYC. Everyone should get flipper.

BleepingComputer

NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devices

New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the F...

Another attack on CBIs, limiting their usability based on the country of birth. I see it more as an attack on Citizenship by Investment (CBI) rather than a "bad luck in country of birth". If an individual qualifies for Citizenship by descent (CBD) or natz, the route remains clear.

This truly amazing and @pepakriz is a total legend. Check out Finito! And please help with feedback and support if you can. Finito is a fully free and open-source project. Anyone can use it at no cost, and anyone can contribute to its development. The code is transparent, allowing verification that it does exactly what it claims. With Finito, your data remains under your sole control. No one else has access. Data loss isn't a concern thanks to automated encrypted backups to relays of your choice, readable only by you. (Runs on nostr).

GitHub

GitHub - finitoapp/finito: Make business payments self-custody again

Make business payments self-custody again. Contribute to finitoapp/finito development by creating an account on GitHub.

How it feels to be on low CARBS 🥩 ( 6 months in) If you're interested in health hacking and want to read my guinea pig experience, feelings, pros and cons here's my diary 📔 (education sources included):

I quit sugar! Here's what happened to my body and brain

My six‑month nutrition hacking – a personal diary.

⚠️ Not an advice, just my diary.

🚨 CBIs: 1️⃣Norway set the dangerous precedens with not allowing CBI holders (from Caribbean) to enter the country while not violating Schengen rules. Absolutely crazy. 2️⃣ CBIs already have and will have more scrutiny in the future not just from EU but US too (visa bond program). I was talking about this at the PLAN B meetup some months back. 3️⃣ CBD or naturalizations from geopoliticaly strong jurisdictions will always have higher value. CBIs are great for springboard benefits for some harder to get jurisdictions.