Well, this escalated quickly! There is obviously some history here that I’m not familiar with, but a fight between Dan Bongino and Matt Gaetz seems to have sprung up out of nowhere today. And honestly, I don’t like it. I don’t like all the infighting. I don’t like the Tucker/MTG/Gaetz/Massie vs. Trump vs. Gaetz vs. Tucker vs. Nick Fuentes and on and on it goes. We don’t need it. We don’t need any of it. We need to find what unites us and stick together or MAGA will fracture and we will lose our one opportunity to save this country. So I don’t know who’s at fault here or what the true history is because there’s obviously something pretty deep here, but I’ll show you what happened. It all started with Matt Gaetz seemingly taking the first shot by responding to Dan Bongino’s second post back after leaving the FBI with a question to Grok asking about Dan’s former run for office (and seemingly knowing Dan did not win): @grok when did Dan Bongino run for office and how did he perform as a candidate? — Former Congressman Matt Gaetz (@FmrRepMattGaetz) January 6, 2026 I like both of these guys but that admittedly seems like a dig. Dan was not at all amused, responding with this nuclear option: Maybe if I spent more time at shady parties with monied insiders I would’ve won. I heard you’d know a bit about that. You’ve always been a dick by the way. Grifting off your daddy like a suckling little doggie. When I first met you in the panhandle I knew you were a piece of… — Dan Bongino (@dbongino) January 6, 2026 At this point, two things seem pretty true to me so far… Matt Gaetz seems to have taken the first (cheap) shot. And Dan Bongino also seems to have an extreme RED ASS after leaving the FBI, which I covered earlier today here: Dan Bongino Declares War On “Blackpillers” In First Post After Leaving The FBI In other words, if you see Dan on the street, I would probably just not say anything to him and maybe don't even glance in his direction because he looks to me right now like a guy who is ready to absolutely take your head off!  Anyone's head! And Matt Gaetz made the mistake of poking the bear today. But the fight was only just beginning... After poking the bear, Gaetz tried to switch up to a mix of defense/stand his ground/why are you so pissed off: To which Bongino responded by calling Gaetz a "doggie" and telling him to backpeddle away... To which Gaetz responded by posting an old video of Bongino praising Gaetz: pic.twitter.com/Nlny0kQS6D — Former Congressman Matt Gaetz (@FmrRepMattGaetz) January 6, 2026 To which Gaetz responded by saying he loves dogs and posting the same clip again, telling Dan he "loves his show": Doggie? I don’t get it. I love dogs. And why are you making this about “Jews?” That seems weirdly black-pilling to me. Love your show! https://t.co/va8BlM4lQv pic.twitter.com/Q32pflqxKW — Former Congressman Matt Gaetz (@FmrRepMattGaetz) January 6, 2026 I think there were probably a few other back-and-forth's that I have lost track of in the massive sea of posts, but you get the idea. Whose side are you on?

The next time you hear a Far-Left loon cry about Trump arresting Maduro and try to tell you it’s not America-First, kindly show them this. Glenn Beck just put out a brilliant 15-minute video explaining what is really going on in Venezuela, why it’s absolutely about the oil but not in the way you think, and why this is the most America-First thing he’s seen in his whole lifetime! And I completely agree. Glenn absolutely knocks it out of the park with this one, please enjoy: Trump’s capture of Maduro IS “America first.” Not because we get oil, but because we STARVE China of it. Without Venezuela’s oil (and hopefully soon, Iran’s), it’s game over for China: No Taiwan invasion.No AI dominance.No BRICS reserve currency. pic.twitter.com/3b48AdVN7O — Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) January 5, 2026 That is a six minute clip from a longer 15-minute segment that is really good from start to finish. Here’s the full 15-minute video: FULL TRANSCRIPT: Been interested in seeing all of the people that are talking about this, everybody is arguing, “No, they don’t get it. It’s about this. No, they don’t get it, it’s about that.” Know? “It’s about oil, it’s about drugs, it’s about terrorism. It’s about Trump and his ego,” whatever it is. I wanna give you a completely, I think, different perspective on what happened in Venezuela. Let me just say this, it is not about the oil. It’s not about drugs. It’s not about terrorism. It’s not about China. It’s not about communism, Marxism, or socialism. It’s about all of those things. So if anybody tells you that this is really all about the oil, just listen to them, because they might have a very good point on the oil thing, and go, “Okay, well that’s cute.” But that’s not all it’s about. So let me tell you exactly. This is the first time in my lifetime that we have a president who is not reacting, not managing America’s decline, not trying to stabilize a collapsing system. Trump is doing something I have never seen any president do. He is playing to win. And I mean win all of it. Never have I seen this before. Donald Trump has been saying, “America first, America first,” his entire life. It’s not, uh, hasn’t been a slogan, it’s been the way he’s, it’s his world view, and it always has been. And whether you like it or not, you like his style or not, you can’t deny this truth: the world is splitting apart. And on one side, you have the communists, you have China. Parts of the Western hemisphere that are, that are going communist. You’re seeing it in New York, okay? You also have Islamism. This is stretching from Iran throughout the Middle East. And it is also beginning to sweep here in America, and beginning to sweep in Europe. You also have authoritarianism. Russia and its satellites. Got it? You also have, and this was what we were left with on all other presidents, you have the discredited globalist middle. This mushy, bureaucratic, you know, elitist system that promises peace and prosperity. And delivers nothing but debt, decay, censorship, instability, and war after war after war. That has been discredited, and that is totally collapsing. So what are we gonna be? This is so important that you understand this, because this will change the way you view the entire world. What are we going to be? If that mushy middle isn’t working, then what are we going to be? Europe has decided they’re going to go more fascistic. They’re gonna go to a global government, and the government is gonna control everything, including business. Okay? That’s fascism. Like it or not, that’s what that is. China, communism. What are we going to be? So into that vacuum comes the decision point for all of humanity, and especially Americans, because this moment isn’t just about, uh, geopolitics. This is truly about who sets the table and the agenda for the next 100 years. Who’s it going to be? A global government? The Chinese government? AI, some technocratic government? Or the American government? This, w- like it or not, we are in a war. I’ve been saying we’re in World War III for a while, you just don’t realize it yet, ’cause it’s gonna be fought differently. And hopefully it won’t get any worse than this. We’re in the 4th industrial revolution. What that means is AI, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, all of it is going to determine who leads the world. And it is critical. Whoever gets to AI first wins. This is not about speeches, not about summits. There’s, not about climate panels. This is all about resources, energy, capital, supply chains, data. And I know I already said energy, but let me just say it in a different way. Power. That’s the battlefield. That’s what we’re playing for. BRICS, the nations Brazil, India, and the other ones, um, w- what they, what they know is they understand that, uh, this is a play for the entire world. China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria, India, all of them know not one of them can challenge the United States. But together, they can if America continues to decline. And that’s what we were, that’s what we’ve lived under under George W. Bush, under Barack Obama, under Joe Biden, is a declining America, and they were managing the decline of America. That’s why you have been taught for the last 40 years that America’s not that special, it’s not that great, because they need you to lose faith in America, to be able to have a decline. And you not to pitch a hissy fit, so they can collapse it into something else. Their stated goal is not a multipolar world. It’s not freedom, it’s not liberty. But it’s a world where no one nation can stop the elites, where the dollar is dethroned, the authoritarian system, whatever it is—flourishes under the cover of balance. So we’ve been putting all those pieces into place. Our government, our congressmen, our senators, our presidents have been saying one thing to our face but they’ve been putting all of these things into place. For the last 50 years, especially in the last 20 years, this has just been accelerated and they’ve been putting it into place and building this system piece by piece, year after year, and then Trump came back. The first time they had to destroy him because they knew he doesn’t view the world that way, he doesn’t view America that way. He views it differently. He believes America is a special place and needs its own place at the table. They had to destroy him. They thought they were gonna keep him out of office. They didn’t, they didn’t. And in that 4 years between ’20 and ’24, he figured a lot out. I mean, I am amazed at what I am seeing. You can disagree with it, but just like I said with the progressive movement. That took 100 years to put in place, I have said someday people will study this and go, “Look at the brilliance of this plan. Look at how they just dismantled the entire West.” “It is brilliant. It’s evil, but it’s brilliant.” Let me say the same thing. I don’t know who the advisors are that he’s listening to. I don’t know if he just woke up in the middle of the night. And he’s like, “No, this is the way it is.” I don’t know. But we’re going to look back at this time, assuming that it works, and we’re going to say, “That was brilliant.” Do you know that because of Venezuela, we don’t need the oil? I’m gonna get into this here in a second. We don’t need the oil. Did you know that this is the first time since FDR that the world’s resources are now back under American, not control, but in friendly territory? That we’re the ones that dominate not just our oil. But the resources, I think it’s 50 or 60% of the resources now around the world are now dominated. It wasn’t like that 2 years ago. A year ago, it wasn’t like that. Okay, so I wanna go over, I put a chalkboard up and, and if you’re watching us at glennbeck.com, you’ll see Venezuela, China, Iran, they’re all connected. All of these things are connected and if one, if somebody tells you this is all about the oil, listen to them, because it is, but I don’t know if they understand what they’re even saying. And I’ll explain in a second. If they’re saying, “Well, this is about drugs,” uh, okay. “This is about terror. This is about the hemisphere. This is about the US military and the war machine.” Yes to all of those things. So let me pull them apart. First of all, right now Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves on Earth, 303 billion barrels. That’s $17-plus trillion at the current market value. They also claim, uh, about 8,000 to 10,000 tons of gold that is still in ground. Okay? Now here’s the part you’re not being told. With all of that oil, we don’t need the oil. Have you noticed the gas prices? They keep coming down. We don’t need the oil. We need to pull the oil out of the ground ourselves, which we are. We need to refine it ourselves, which we are. China needs the oil. China buys 60 to 90% of all of Venezuela’s crude exports. China also buys 85 to 90% of all of the oil from Iran. China also buys nearly half of all Russian oil. What’s happening right now? Well, 60 to 90% of all of the exports from Venezuela now not going to China. How is China gonna be able to power all of their electricity needs? How are they gonna do that if they don’t get oil from Venezuela? Oh, and what else has been destabilized this weekend? Iran. They buy 85 to 90% of all of the oil in Iran, and those are huge oil reserves as well. So when people say this isn’t about oil, or this is about oil, the argument goes back and forth, “No, it’s not about oil. We don’t need it.” No, it absolutely is about oil, but not for us. This is about Donald Trump, again, playing to win the long game. You’re not going to have any of the oil from Western allies. Not gonna happen. We don’t need you to win because you have all of the energy. You’re not gonna do it. We need the energy, the West needs the energy. And you’re not pulling it out of our hemisphere. Okay, if Iran and Venezuela fall at the same time, China loses 70% of its non-US regulated oil supply. 70%. What else does that mean, besides AI? You lose 70% of your oil from the f- that’s non-US. You lose 70%. What else can’t you do? Well, you can’t go into Taiwan. You certainly can’t have a war with Taiwan. You can’t have AI dominance. There’s no BRICS reserve currency. So just on the oil front, absolutely it’s about oil. But not the way everybody—”Oh, that’s ’cause Exxon’s gonna get rich.” No, because if you shut down the oil, no war in Taiwan, ’cause they don’t have the energy to do it. No AI dominance, because they won’t have the energy to do it, and no BRICS currency. Game over. For now. That’s why this matters, and that’s only one piece of this. Here’s what Marco Rubio said over the weekend. “We don’t need Venezuelan oil. We’re not going to allow, what we’re not going to allow, however, is for the oil industry in this hemisphere to be controlled by adversaries of the United States.” Is that imperialism? Or is that the defense of the hemisphere? I want you to know, and we’ll talk about this later, ’cause I think we have a George AI today after this show. And we’ll talk to Jason about this, I think George AI is gonna talk about, uh, act of war and, you know, what the founders thought about foreign entanglements and everything else. Um, but we can argue about the constitutionality of what Donald Trump did. Does he have the right to do it? Well, I don’t know. I don’t know. I think he does. I don’t necessarily like it, but I also don’t like the fact that Congress would have to be involved on short-term things. The way it’s generally been played is. I think it’s 30 or 45 days he can go in and do something in defense of the country, and then they have to approve any ongoing things within 30 or 45 days. And I’m kind of comfortable with that, uh, but we can argue about that. There’s, there’s, you know, strict constitutionalists who say, “Absolutely not,” and you know what? You might be right. There are other people who say, “No, he has the right,” and you know what? Mm, ah, I have a harder time believing that, no, he can do whatever he wants. That’s not true. But we can argue about it. What you cannot argue about is if you say you’re America first, this is an America first. This is absolutely America first. This is the most America first thing I have ever seen. Notice another thing. Trump is not just confronting our enemies. He’s stealing alliances. The UAE, don’t like a lot of the stuff in the Middle East, but notice they’re not being bombed. They’re being courted. Why? Why? Because power flows through relationships, not just weapons. This is all about blocking Iran, China, and Russia. More on this going deeper in just a second. Backup here if needed: Glenn Beck: 15 minutes worth your time This is the first time since FDR the world’s resources are back under the American umbrella. Yes; it’s about oil… it’s about ALL of it — we’re going to look back at this one day and realize just how significant it was, and just how close… pic.twitter.com/WalDHsU7it — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) January 6, 2026

Bo Polny was back on my show yesterday and in case you missed it, I’ve got you covered! Trust me, you do not want to miss this one! After all, the man who has been coming on my show since summer of 2021 and telling everyone to buy Gold, Silver, Bitcoin and XRP when Gold was in the $2,000s, Silver was in the high teens and low twenties, Bitcoin was as low at $16,000 and XRP hit as low as $0.15, I’d say he has a pretty good track record and someone who you probably want to listen to! For reference, here are the current prices of those four assets: GOLD:  $4,480 SILVER:  $80 BITCOIN:  $92,500 XRP:  $2.30 So…where do we go from here? Let’s just say it’s about to get really fun and really exciting — you ain’t seen nothing yet! We also talked about the Collatz Conjecture which continues to blow my mind. If you’ve never heard of that, it ties directly into Bo’s 4-2-1 cycle and it will totally blow your mind! 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Three days ago, I brought you this report, telling you the world just changed overnight — to the tune of $17.3 trillion! In case you missed it: The World Just Changed Overnight — $17.3 TRILLION! And once again, our reporting is confirmed 100% accurate, because what I told you three days ago is now playing out for everyone to see. President Trump just posted to TruthSocial that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over 30-50 MILLION barrels of high quality oil to the United States of America: FULL TEXT: I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Folks, the treasure that has been STOLEN from Americans is gradually being returned! And even more important than that -- FAR MORE IMPORTANT -- is the oil is now out of the hands of China and Russia. More on that here:   GLENN BECK: This Is The MOST America-First Thing I Have Ever Seen! As I said, the entire world just changed overnight! And most have no idea.... My original report here: The World Just Changed Overnight -- $17.3 TRILLION! Getting missed in all the discussion today about Maduro is the economic aspect of this, which should not be ignored. This is massive and I believe we don't fully know all the implications yet, but the United States is now "running" Venezuela which means the USA is in control of 303 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, plus countless more billions in the ground. President Trump says American oil companies will start pumping out the oil much faster. President Trump famously said he would have never gotten into Iraq, but if we were there he would not have left without the oil. He also said in his Press Conference this morning that reparations will be made to all the people who were stolen from, implying quite clearly that the USA is top on that list: WATCH: President Trump’s FULL Press Conference and Q&A After Arresting Maduro Well, we now have the oil. And at present market prices, those 303 barrels are currently worth $17.3 trillion! No, I don't expect the USA to just take all of it, but how much could this pay down our National Debt? Eliminate OUR Federal Income Taxes? And we all know that with AI, the #1 asset and really ONLY asset that will matter in the future is Energy, and we just picked up a whole lot of energy! Folks, the world just changed overnight and the impact and reverberations are not even beginning to be felt or understood right now.  But mark it down, this just completely changed the game on the world stage. This is absolutely insane: Venezuela currently has 303 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, which Trump says the US now controls. Oil prices are trading at ~$57/barrel, making Venezuela's total reserves worth $17.3 TRILLION. Even if the US sells this oil for HALF of the… — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 3, 2026 This is absolutely insane: Venezuela currently has 303 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, which Trump says the US now controls. Oil prices are trading at ~$57/barrel, making Venezuela's total reserves worth $17.3 TRILLION. Even if the US sells this oil for HALF of the market rate, that's still $8.7 TRILLION. In other words, in 12 hours, the US has gained control of oil reserves worth more than the entire GDP of ALL countries in the world, aside from the US and China. That's 4 TIMES larger than the GDP of Japan. Most people do not realize how much the world just changed. Oil markets will react to this news for the first time on Sunday at 6 PM ET. The next few days will be critical. In one picture: In case you don't realize what just happened: Venezuela holds the LARGEST oil reserves in the world, at 300 billion barrels. The US is now "running" Venezuela with large US oil companies moving in, according to Trump. The US now controls the largest oil reserve in the world. pic.twitter.com/cpBfZpTWC6 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 3, 2026 Things are going to change drastically! Your outlook?

It’s been a really bad week for Tim Walz, leading to the Governor abandoning his historic run for a third term in Minnesota, something never before done by anyone else (because who hell wants to live in Minnesota for more than 8 years?) I’m kidding, I love all my non-Somali friends living in Iowa’s Hat — errrr, I mean Minnesota! But in all seriousness, I believe this scandal is only in the early innings of blowing wide open and is going to get much worse for so many people. And that may include the current Attorney General, Keith Ellison.  At least if you listen to Fox News, who just today claimed there is leaked audio of Ellison talking to fraudsters and agreeing to help them out and cover up the fraud scheme if needed. Watch here: JUST IN: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison could be next after reportedly being on audio TALKING to fraudsters, confirming the coverup “Ellison is on leaked audio talking to these people, telling them he will cover up the investigations!” PROSECUTE THEM! pic.twitter.com/fpMUREaaPm — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 6, 2026 I want to be clear, I am not claiming that’s what Ellison did. That will be up to prosecutors and a jury. But I am reporting on what was just said on Fox News. This is the alleged audio: BOMBSHELL AUDIO: Democrat AG Keith Ellison bragged about helping indict fraudsters who stole $250 million from a federal child nutrition program. But newly uncovered audio shows Ellison privately offering support to people tied to the scandal. pic.twitter.com/6QTWxnGvOs — Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) April 14, 2025 Grok confirms that audio is authentic and adds this information: This report highlights a thread detailing investigative findings regarding Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and his alleged involvement with individuals connected to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. Key Details from the Thread Main Claim: Ellison publicly claimed credit for indictments related to the theft of $250 million from a federal child nutrition program. However, audio suggests he privately offered support to individuals connected to the scandal prior to federal raids. Scandal Background: Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit primarily run by Somali immigrants, acted as a sponsor for sites that falsely claimed to distribute meals. This resulted in $250 million in fraud. 70 people were charged federally; 44 had been convicted or pleaded guilty by the time of the post. The Meeting: In December 2021, Ellison met with a group including future defendants Ikram Mohamed and Salim Said. Attendees complained of “racist” scrutiny from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and discussed a lawsuit against the agency. Ellison’s Quotes in the Audio “I’ve heard that name” (referring to Feeding Our Future). “Of course I’m here to help.” “Let’s just go fight these people.” Offered to call state officials on their behalf. Additional Context Attendees discussed pooling money to support politicians who “protect our interests,” to which Ellison responded, “That’s right.” Nine days later, he received $10,000 in donations from individuals tied to the fraud. Contradiction Ellison later claimed his office played a key role in the indictments and was aware of the probe while defending MDE in the lawsuit. However, in the audio, he stated it was the “first time” he’d heard of the suit, and his office did not accuse Feeding Our Future of fraud during that legal case. Analysis of the Audio/Video The video consists of edited clips from a December 2021 meeting. Cross-referenced information indicates: The recording originated from trial exhibits in the federal case against founder Aimee Bock. It was first published by the Center of the American Experiment in April 2025. Ellison acknowledged the recording, calling the meeting “routine” and denying wrongdoing. In April 2025 testimony, Ellison stated he was unaware of the FBI investigation at the time of the meeting. The authenticity of the recording is not disputed by mainstream reporting; the debate centers on whether the audio demonstrates complicity or standard constituent outreach. Key Timeline August 2021: FBI investigation begins. December 2021: Meeting between Ellison and future defendants. January 2022: FBI conducts raids. September 2022: Federal indictments issued. April 2025: Audio surfaces publicly. But it’s not just Internet chatter… Here is the Fraud Oversight Committee questioning Ellison back in April of 2025: WATCH: The Republican-led fraud oversight committee questions AG Keith Ellison on LEAKED audio of his meeting with individuals tied to the Feeding Our Future scandal.@pattiandersonmn: “You said earlier that you didn’t know who you were talking to. They, in this conversation,… pic.twitter.com/oceaCxTiSn — MN House Republicans (@mnhousegop) April 28, 2025 More here: While Tim Walz is the first major scalp, Keith Ellison has SIGNIFICANTLY more exposure and should resign (or be arrested) There’s ACTUAL audio of him working with the fraudsters, coordinating the cover-up, then taking campaign cash from them! Audio and breakdown here https://t.co/FQGinPO1i0 — Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) January 5, 2026