Day: January 8, 2026
The Iranian anti-regime protests have entered a completely new level tonight with mass protests in every city, Governor’s HQs stormed, police stations set on fire & strikes across Iran.
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Jan 8, 2026
. @StevenCheung47: “President Trump’s Peace through Strength foreign policy is a tried-and-true approach that keeps America safe and deters global threats. Efforts by the legacy media to sow internal division are a distraction that will not work. President Trump has full confidence in @DNIGabbard and she’s doing a fantastic job.”Natalia Drozdiak (@nat_droz)NEW: The White House excluded the US’s top spy chief Tulsi Gabbard from the planning to oust Maduro amid concerns about her past views on Venezuela.
Story W/ @KateSullivanDC @SalehaMohsin @nancook
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…— https://x.com/nat_droz/status/2009323197439840629
— RapidResponse47 (@RapidResponse47) Jan 8, 2026
. @VP: I’ve heard a couple of things. One, that I was kept out of the planning for the Venezuela operation—that’s false. And another, that @DNIGabbard was kept out…that’s completely false…I’m going to be as involved as @POTUS wants me to be. So far, that’s been very involved.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar)NEWSThe White House cut Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard out of months of Venezuelan planning meetings due to her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela.
Aides joked that DNI stood for “Do Not Invite.”
Full Story: bit.ly/49xqySd— https://x.com/yashar/status/2009320827154546968
— RapidResponse47 (@RapidResponse47) Jan 8, 2026
HSBC to pay France $312 million to settle dividend tax probe reut.rs/452vwow reut.rs/452vwow
— Reuters (@Reuters) Jan 8, 2026
