Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 - Trump grabs Venezuela’s Oil, floats buying Greenland & rewrites Jan 6; Klobuchar’s possible MN Gov bid

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🗓️ 7 January 2026

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Today’s Headlines: Venezuela’s getting even more chaotic as interim leader Delcy Rodríguez cracks down hard on any shows of support for Maduro’s ouster — with arrests, detained journalists, and armed gangs patrolling Caracas in the name of “order.” Meanwhile, opposition leader María Corina Machado went on Hannity to shower Trump with praise and offer to “share” her Nobel Peace Prize… which is extra awkward given reports that Trump-world thinks she would’ve become president if she’d literally handed that prize to him.Trump’s also insisting he consulted U.S. oil execs around the operation — the execs say “absolutely not,” and also that Venezuelan oil wouldn’t be profitable for a decade — but he’s now promising taxpayer-backed reimbursements anyway and claims up to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil will be turned over, with the revenue controlled by… him. Obviously nothing concerning there. Feeling bold, the White House is floating military-backed options to acquire Greenland for “Arctic security,” because why not escalate imperial cosplay while we’re here. On the fifth anniversary of January 6th, the administration launched a new government website rewriting the riot — denying officer deaths and blaming Democrats, Capitol Police, and Mike Pence — while the memorial plaque for officers quietly vanished and the Proud Boys marched again. House Democrats held their own hearing, where “MAGA Granny” Pamela Hemphill rejected her pardon and warned against Trump rewriting history. And in Minnesota, Sen. Amy Klobuchar is seriously weighing a run for governor to replace Tim Walz, though she hasn’t decided yet. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WaPo: Fear grips Caracas as a new wave of repression is unleashed in Venezuela WaPo: Venezuela’s Machado gushes over Trump while calling for new elections BOE Report: Trump administration has not consulted US oil majors about Venezuela, oil execs say NBC News: Trump says the U.S. may reimburse oil companies for rebuilding Venezuela's infrastructure Axios: Trump: Venezuela to turn over 30-50 million barrels of oil to U.S. Reuters: Trump discussing how to acquire Greenland, US military always an option, White House says NYT: Trump Administration Posts False Jan. 6 Narrative on Riot’s 5th Anniversary PBS News: WATCH: House Democrats hold special Jan. 6th hearing on five-year anniversary Politico: ‘A unique moment for Minnesota’: Dems await Klobuchar’s future move Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, January 7th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:05.7	by Betches Media. I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute
0:10.9	breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying
0:15.3	glass for the most important news. The situation with Venezuela continues to be a cloud of chaos.
0:24.4	With a nationwide crackdown as Maduro's Vice President Delci Rodriguez has moved to suppress
0:28.9	any public expression of support for Maduro's ouster.
0:32.3	The crackdown included civilian arrests, journalists being detained, and armed gangs deployed
0:37.1	across the capital of Caracas
0:38.5	to, you know, maintain order. Seems like Marco Rubio and or Stephen Miller are doing a heck of an
0:45.1	oversight job already. Meanwhile, the legit Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Karina Machado,
0:51.3	popped up on Fox News for an interview with Sean Hannity on Monday night,
0:55.1	where she gushed about Donald Trump, praising him for his courageous mission and adding that
1:00.1	she and the Venezuelan people want to, quote, share the Nobel Peace Prize with him.
1:04.5	And I'm sure that had absolutely nothing to do with reporting in the Washington Post that
1:08.7	White House sources say Machado would have been the
1:10.9	president if she had only given her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump instead of accepting
1:15.4	it herself. I'm not sure if it's more embarrassing that he would take it or that she would offer.
1:20.9	There is, of course, still the outstanding question of the oil. Despite Trump saying that he had
1:25.9	consulted with multiple oil companies before and after Maduro's capture on Saturday, the oil. Despite Trump saying that he had consulted with multiple oil companies before and after
1:29.0	Maduro's capture on Saturday, the oil executives are pulling in, I don't know her, claiming no such
1:35.0	consultation happened and that they didn't have advanced knowledge of the military operation.
1:39.9	I would be less inclined to believe them, if not for the fact that a Venezuelan oil project
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