A gambling website is taking a stance on whether or not the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro constitutes an American invasion of the country.Maduro was arrested by U.S. forces at his home in Caracas, Venezuela. The socialist leader has since claimed that he is innocent.'Then what the f*** would be an invasion?'The contention comes from Polymarket, a website bent on letting the user gamble on nearly anything, after posting the bet, "Will the U.S. invade Venezuela by ..." with certain date ranges listed.As reported by multiple outlets, Polymarket has decided it is not willing to provide payouts to those who said (with their wallets) that the capture of Maduro was indeed an invasion.This caused outrage on website, with commentators leaving remarks such as "Everyone is calling it invasion.""Then what the f*** would be an invasion?" another user said, according to MarketWatch.One commentator cited the death toll from the event, which was allegedly 80, and said, "So it’s not an invasion because they did it quickly and not many people died?"RELATED: GAMBLE: In huge new deals, ESPN and Google cave to the online betting economy Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images With the existing deadlines for the bet currently set at the U.S. invading Venezuela by January 31, March 31, or December 31, Polymarket has added "additional context" to its rules section for the page, defining what would constitute an invasion in the company's eyes."This market refers to U.S. military operations intended to establish control," it reads. "President Trump's statement that they will 'run' Venezuela while referencing ongoing talks with the Venezuelan government does not alone qualify the snatch-and-extract mission to capture Maduro as an invasion."It further added, "This market will resolve to 'Yes' if the United States commences a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Venezuela between November 3, 2025, and January 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to 'No'." Rumors have swirled around an account created on December 26, reported to be anonymous by the Financial Times, which allegedly bet more than $32,000 that Maduro would be removed by the end of January. This would have garnered the trader a $400,000 profit.RELATED: Trump DOJ ends battle with Polymarket after Biden's FBI raided CEO following 2024 election Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images There are still other outstanding bets surrounding Maduro, including whether or not bodycam footage of his capture will be released by Jan 31, with around $60,000 already wagered.Also, almost $200,000 has been bet on whether or not the capture was staged.Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) recently proposed legislation to prohibit insiders "from engaging in covered transactions involving prediction market contracts," per the Financial Times.For his own part, the first American pope, Leo XIV, recently called out gambling as a problem and a "scourge" that can tear families apart.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A far-left Nebraska state senator is defending her actions after she removed portraits hung in the Nebraska State Capitol as part of America's 250th anniversary celebration.On Wednesday, state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh (D) of Omaha took down multiple pictures and portraits from the Founders Museum, a traveling patriotic art display from PragerU meant to commemorate the heroes of the American Revolution.'Celebrating America during our 250th year should be a moment of unity and patriotism, not divisiveness and destructive partisanship.'Surveillance video shared on X by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen shows Cavanaugh removing the pictures while others pass by. A still-frame shared by Pillen further shows Cavanaugh beaming with glee as she carries the pictures away."Celebrating America during our 250th year should be a moment of unity and patriotism, not divisiveness and destructive partisanship. I am disappointed in this shameful and selfish bad example," Pillen said in the X post.Cavanaugh told the Nebraska Examiner that she believed the exhibit violated Capitol regulations. "We are not allowed to adhere anything to walls in the hallway of the Capitol," she explained."I have always been a stickler for the rules ... so I removed the prohibited objects."RELATED: Trump announces 'Patriot Games' high school athletic competition for 250th anniversary of founding The Founders Museum portrait shared by Gov. Pillen, though Cavanaugh denies taking this particular portrait down.Cavanaugh claimed she attempted to remove the images without damaging them and alerted the Nebraska State Patrol that she had stored the pictures in her office.The affected images were later recovered and restored to the Capitol walls.While leafleting is prohibited in the Capitol and on its grounds, some art can be displayed with approval. Speaker John Arch told the Examiner that the Nebraska Capitol Commission had authorized the Founders Museum exhibit.In response to Cavanaugh's stunt, PragerU asked on X: "Why would an elected official take a tribute to American history off the wall of the capitol?"Cavanaugh, described by the Examiner as "a Democrat in the officially nonpartisan Legislature," made national news in 2023 when she filibustered the Let Them Grow Act, which banned the genital mutilation of kids, by chanting a mantra about the importance of "trans people.""Trans people belong here! We need trans people! We love trans people," she repeated, slowly at first before building into a shrieking crescendo, during which she flailed about, wagging her finger and pounding the podium.Despite Cavanaugh's theatrics, Let Them Grow passed and was later signed into law by Gov. Pillen.RELATED: Left-wing lawmaker loses it, spews furious, pro-trans chant amid legislative session: 'Trans people belong here! We need trans people! We love trans people!' Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Anti-ICE protesters and rioters have forced Minneapolis public schools to shut down out of caution after a lethal shooting of a woman by federal agents.Protesters denounced the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement overnight at the same time that the governor and mayor, both of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, called for ICE to leave Minneapolis immediately.'All MPS-sponsored programs, activities, athletics, Community Education, including Adult Education, will be canceled.'"Out of an abundance of caution, there will be no school on Thursday, January 8, 2026 and Friday, January 9, 2026 due to safety concerns related to today's incidents around the city," reads a statement from Minneapolis Public Schools."All MPS-sponsored programs, activities, athletics, Community Education, including Adult Education, will be canceled," they added. "The District will not move to e-learning because that is only allowable for severe weather. MPS will continue collaborating with the City of Minneapolis and other partners on emergency preparedness and response."Some media reports tied the action to an incident where armed U.S. Border Patrol officers detained two staff members at Roosevelt High School after allegedly tackling people and pepper-spraying bystanders.A school official who spoke on condition of anonymity described the incident to MPR News."The guy, I'm telling him like, ‘Please step off the school grounds,’ and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he's trying to push me, and he knocked me down," the official said."They don't care. They're just animals," the official added. "I've never seen people behave like this."The Department of Homeland Security offered a far different version of the incident. DHS said agents were conducting an operation when a protester tried to impede them and rammed their vehicles. They gave chase and ended up near the school when a teacher "proceeded to assault a Border Patrol agent."DHS denied using tear gas at the incident, but witnesses contradicted that report.RELATED: 'ICE, get the f**k out of Minneapolis!' Democrat mayor calls ICE's self-defense claim for deadly shooting 'bulls**t' Another witness to the incident spoke to KARE-TV about the altercation."All of a sudden, a few high school-age kids came running and looking scared and maybe even tearful," said Evan Johnson, who was walking his dog near the school. "And there was a woman right next to me who was going to head over and start filming herself. And she told this little boy to get into her car. She asked him first if he was afraid of what's going on. And he just said, 'ICE is here.'"DHS said that at no point "was a school, students, or staff targeted, and agents would not have been near this location if not for the dangerous actions of this individual."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

On Wednesday, federal agents approached an SUV in Minneapolis that was strategically angled to interfere with their law enforcement operation. The driver, 37-year-old Colorado native Renee Nicole Macklin Good, disobeyed repeated orders to exit the vehicle, then drove into a federal agent who opened fire in self-defense.The agent who fatally shot Good is apparently no stranger to suffering injuries as the result of vehicular violence from radicals. In fact, he appears to be the ICE agent bloodied by another menace evading justice in Minnesota earlier this year.Munoz-Guatemala hit the gas, trapping the ICE agent's arm between the seat and the frame of the car.Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters on Wednesday, "The very same officer who was attacked today had previously been dragged by an anti-ICE rioter who had rammed him with a car and dragged him back in June. He sustained injuries at that time as well."On June 17, federal agents attempted to arrest Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala in Bloomington on an immigration order.RELATED: Woman who died plowing into ICE agent extolled by same liberal media that vilified Ashli Babbitt Photo by Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images Munoz-Guatemala is a 40-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala who was previously arrested for domestic assault, convicted in 2022 for serial sexual abuse of a minor, and convicted for driving without a valid license.Federal agents stopped the foreign sex offender's vehicle and ordered him to exit; however, Munoz-Guatemala refused to comply.As Munoz-Guatemala was preparing to speed away, an ICE agent smashed the rear window of the sex offender's vehicle and attempted to open the car from the inside. However, Munoz-Guatemala hit the gas, trapping the ICE agent's arm between the seat and the frame of the car.According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota, "Munoz-Guatemala dragged the federal agent for more than 100 yards, while weaving back and forth in an attempt to shake the agent from the car."Footage of the incident shows the sex offender accelerating down a residential street with the federal agent hanging from the car.The agent reportedly required 20 stitches for a deep cut in his right arm and an additional 13 stitches in his right hand.DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated at the time, "Instead of comparing ICE law enforcement to the Gestapo, Governor Walz should be thanking our brave law enforcement for arresting these violent criminals."A federal jury convicted the sex offender last month on one count of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous and deadly weapon, causing bodily injury.When asked to confirm that the ICE agent in the two incidents are one and the same, the Department of Homeland Security seemingly confirmed that they are by directing Blaze News to a press release about Munoz-Guatemala.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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