Maduro Arrested: What's Next?

Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.7 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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🎙️ We walk through the Maduro capture and why it matters that the U.S. can go in, grab the guy, and get out—clean. We talk through the stakes in the region, the role of adversaries in propping up a failed-state mess, and why the oil angle is less about “needing it” and more about who gets to control it in our own hemisphere. 🫏 Then, the democrats trip over themselves to pretend they never spent years saying Maduro had to go, only to suddenly act shocked that anyone actually did something. We run through the Sunday-show spin, the fake confusion routine, and the weird scramble to frame an obvious win as a scandal. Their only reflex is to oppose whatever Trump does, even when it’s something they demanded yesterday. 🗽Did we miss a memo? Is the New York City mayor a global military commander? Plus, Tim Walz is stepping aside, Klobuchar is hovering, and a fraud fiasco that’s about power more than accountability.️ 📦 We close with a USPS driver in Florida allegedly trying to run down a ten-year-old over a misdelivered package, and a loose monkey in Tennessee that apparently wants to “shop local” by wrecking a music store. 00:00 - Maduro captured: why it matters and why it’s funny 03:47 - The failed state next door 05:35 - Rubio crushes the Sunday shows 07:19 - How the mission works and why defenses don’t matter 08:05 - The oil question and why our adversaries care 12:04 - Iran/Russia/China/Cuba ties and the pipeline logic 15:58 - Tactical details and the message it sends abroad 23:44 - Democrats flip to “illegal” and “unconstitutional” 31:10 - Chris Murphy then and now 39:44 - “Epsteinzuela?” 45:16 - Mamdani was “briefed” is pure comedy 50:53 - Minnesota fraud fallout 56:49 - Electability over accountability 01:05:10 - USPS driver vs. kid’s scooter in Florida 01:10:37 - Tennessee monkey hits the music store Our Sponsors: ➢Unleash American energy to be bigger and better than ever before, because when America builds, America wins. https://permittingreformnow.org/ ➢Beverage America believes in the promise that makes this nation great. Learn more at http://wedeliverforamerica.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We've learned all that with the events of Venezuela.
0:03.0	We're going to contextualize all of that.
0:06.0	The level of sophistication and precision and audacity of this mission is incredible.
0:15.0	I don't think it was possible, honestly.
0:17.0	I think we should take some of that oil because we need that Venezuelan oil in order to afford all these Somali daycares.
0:22.6	Oh yeah, that's true.
0:24.6	It's true.
0:25.6	You can't have a failed state in your backyard.
0:29.6	The way they executed this mission, it had to send a message to China, to Russia, to all of our enemies abroad, that America can do things that you
0:40.2	cannot.
0:43.2	Energy is all around us. It's how we move, how we build, and how we make every day a little
0:49.6	easier. We're all around. America's oil and natural gas, supporting 11 million good-paying American
0:56.6	jobs across the country and powering our way of life.
1:00.7	But energy demand is growing and fast.
1:03.8	That's why we need to overhaul our broken permitting process.
1:07.7	To unleash America's abundant natural resources, strengthen national security, and create a future where American energy leads the world.
1:16.6	What America builds today will help secure a more affordable, more reliable future with enough energy to go around for generations to come.
1:25.6	Our country can't wait.
1:28.3	We must pass permitting reform now to help secure American energy dominance.
1:34.3	Because when America builds, America wins, America's oil and natural gas,
1:40.3	paid for by the American Petroleum Institute.
1:50.0	Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
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