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Eric Bolling
This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Alrighty folks, welcome to 2026. The first Monday in 2026. At least that is. I won't read the prompter which says Tuesday, but that's okay, Monday it shall be. By the way, there are 51 more Mondays in 2026. Just want to let you know, Dow had a Monster Day. At one point it was 666.66 higher. But it ended about 670 points higher. Monster up. Move on. The first real trading day of the year because the other two had a trading day and a half. Trading day in 2026. New Year's Day, New Year day after New Year's don't count because no one was around to at their desks. 47 points higher in the S P, 165 higher in the NASDAQ. It gets even better. Gold up $125. Approaching that all time high of 45:50 or so. Ballpark again. Remember, had the big sell off at the end of the year. Now it's making its way back up. Oil up a dollar. Not great news. But jump over to crypto board guys because here's some good news for you in case you weren't paying attention. Bitcoin 94, 000. And by the way, some good news in the bitcoin market. I'm a technical trader. I've done this my whole entire life. 30 years of trading Wall street bitcoin by making a high of 94, 74720 took out a prior high, a short term high of 94, 600. New high. Which means technically technicians are looking at this right now. There's half the world trading on technicals. They believe that will be a further up move in at least bitcoin, if not the whole crypto market because bitcoin does lead the crypto market. All right folks, our first guest, Harvard law professor emeritus and author of the Preventive State the Challenge of Preventing Serious Harms While Preserving Essential Liberties. Always happy to have Alan Dershowitz with us. Mr. Dershowitz, first of all, this weekend President Trump gave the go ahead on Operation Absolute Resolve. Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores, brought them back to the United States. They've been charged in the United States Southern District of New York. It's no cakewalk for them, I'll tell you that right now. They've been charged with narco terrorism, conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons offenses. Was. First of all, let's start. I know why Trump did it. He knows New York. He knows Southern District of New York is pretty much the baddest badasses that there are as far as prosecutors in the country. Your thoughts? And I just want to ask you this. The left is all about saying this was an illegal arrest. You tell us. Break this down for us, Alan.
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Alan Dershowitz
Well, the same left that calls this an illegal arrest was thrilled when the United States under Barack Obama went after Osama bin Laden and killed him. Remember, they could easily have captured him and brought him to the United States to put him on trial, but they killed him. This was a kill operation, and it was not because he was dangerous. Osama bin Laden was killed for revenge because what he did was a horrible, horrible thing, killing all of those people. If that was lawful, this is even more.
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Eric Bolling
Forgive me, forgive me. I'm not a law professor. I'm not even a lawyer. I play one on TV sometimes. But it doesn't matter what they call legal or illegal. Is this a legal arrest? I think really that's what matters the most, not what politicians playing politics in the past.
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Alan Dershowitz
So go ahead and go after anybody anywhere in the world who has been indicted when the country won't bring them up for extradition. What Israel has done is the same thing. If you have people endangering your country from abroad, they don't have sanctuary, whether they're the president of the country or the head of a terrorist group, or in this case, both. And so the apprehension and bringing him to New York was entirely legal, number one. Number two, even if it was illegal, the Supreme Court has held repeatedly that doesn't impact the jurisdiction of the court to try him and hold him accountable for crimes he committed against the United States. Now we have to get to the issue of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed those crimes. And that's in front of Judge Hellerstein, a judge I've known for 50 years and was one of the fairest judges in the Southern District. So I think we're in for an interesting, interesting trial.
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Eric Bolling
Alan, why do you think Trump decided to do this? Surgically remove Maduro and his wife versus what Obama decided to do with Osama bin Laden?
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Alan Dershowitz
Well, I think Trump gave him a choice. He said, you can surrender. In fact, we'll give you a gilded place to live in Turkey. We won't even go after you. And he said no. And when you say no to Trump, you know that Trump's going to come after you. He's not going to take no for an answer. And I think this has sent a very powerful message to Colombia to Cuba, maybe to Iran. I hope to Iran. And so this was an important foreign policy decision as well as an important legal decision.
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Eric Bolling
Yeah, I would, I would. You know, I'm not sure this is your expertise, though. I would submit that Trump did this in Venezuela first because that would eliminate one of the places if he decides to move on, the mullahs in Iran or the ayatollah. That's one place that he, the ayatollah, could not hide himself. I mean, there certainly is potentially Cuba, maybe even Russia, but who knows? But eliminate the most obvious, I would say. But what about the other countries or dictators in the region? Should they be worried about their imminent arrest?
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Alan Dershowitz
Only if they are hurting American citizens. Mexico, Mexico, you know, in promoting democracy in other countries, that's the business of the people in those countries. But if they're hurting Americans the way Iran has hurt so many Americans or the way Colombia has hurt Americans, I think they have to be concerned, as Trump put it very delicately, they have to watch their rear ends.
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Eric Bolling
And Cuba as well. When I notice when the, the questions in that, in that January 3rd presser, the last question someone asked about Cuba, Trump lit up. He lit up, he talked about Cuba. He, he, he said, hey, Marco, why don't you address this? And Marco Rubio made no bones about warning the Cuban people. You don't mess with this president. You think there's something on the table in store for Cuba.
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Alan Dershowitz
Well, it's not the Cuban people who are messing with America. It's some of the Cuban leaders. Remember, socialism and communism are bad things, whether they're in New York City with Mondami or whether they're in Venezuela or Cuba. Socialists are not. There's no such thing as democratic socialism. Socialism inevitably leads to the end of democracy. As, as the mayor of New York said in his speech, he wants to do away with individualism and move toward kind of collectivism.
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Eric Bolling
You can't ownership, forget ism. He wants to move away from individual ownership and move towards collective ownership. We're going to get to Mamdani in just one second. The burden of proof for Maduro. How does this play out over what could be literally years, perhaps?
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Alan Dershowitz
Well, it will take at least a year or two. And there is a heavy burden of proof to prove because the charges are very open ended. Narco terrorism, conspiracy. There will be witnesses called, people will get deals and I'm sure they're going to even try to get a deal from his wife. We don't know what the relationship is between him and his wife, whether his Wife potentially could roll over and testify against him. But there seems to be, at least According to the 25 page indictment and appendices to the indictment, considerable evidence. But presumption of innocence applies not only to American citizens, but to any person brought in front of an American court. So they have a heavy burden to prove all the elements of the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. The first question that's going to come up is going to be an interesting one, and that will be bail. Whether he is entitled to have house arrest in some fancy gilded cage where he has paid security, people who his friends will pay for. We don't know whether he can afford to pay for anything because the government's going to try to seize all of his money. But he has friends that can pay for security guards. And I argued a case actually in the Southern District about that and prevailed in my case. But the courts are very tough on that. They say just because you're rich enough to afford security guards doesn't give you a benefit that poor people don't get. So that will be.
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Eric Bolling
I have two important questions. And then when I get to. Mom. Danny. So please. Tight. Why the wife? Why arrest the wife, too?
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Alan Dershowitz
Well, only if she. For two reasons. One, if she committed crimes herself, she's a lawyer. Second, if she may have evidence that her arrest will cause her to provide to the government, now she has privileges, also spousal privileges, etc. He has privileges. He's going to argue that he's a president and presidents can't be prosecuted. America, they're going to argue he wasn't a legitimate president. The judge said already he's going to put that decision off, but he'll have to decide that.
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Eric Bolling
One very quick question, your constitutional law professor, is. Is occupying or running Venezuela constitutionally sound?
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Alan Dershowitz
That's a very, very difficult and much different question. And the law on that is unsettled. And it's not really a question of law. You know, occupations have occurred all over the United States, occupied Germany and Japan. Israel's occupying the West Bank. We see Russia is occupying many parts of. We see occupation all over the world today. And it's not so much a matter of constitutional law. The Constitution doesn't really speak about that issue.
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Eric Bolling
Okay. So I guess any sort of challenges would end up at the Supreme Court level. I guess I'm just looking at what the left is probably going to.
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Alan Dershowitz
They would not accept a case on whether it's an occupation. They would turn that down.
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Eric Bolling
Got it. Got it. Okay. Mamdani. Mamdani. Wow. I don't even know where to start with this guy. First of all, he's sworn in, as you can see, under City hall number two. He brought in probably some of the least qualified people to run the Department of Education. And as we pointed out, the some sort of ownership of. He wants to change the way New Yorkers own things from individual ownership into maybe collective ownership. And then, Alan, you point out he was sworn in on the Quran. Tell us about that.
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Alan Dershowitz
Well, I don't mind being sworn in on Quran. That's fine. Jewish mayors like Beam was sworn in on the Jewish Bible, not the New Testament. That's fine. What I care about mostly is that he is a vicious anti Semite. He says every Muslim country has the right to be a Muslim country. He doesn't complain about Jordan being a Muslim country or Egypt, but you can't have a Jewish country. If you have a Jewish country, he won't recognize it. And he supports BDS boycotting only Israel, not boycotting Iran, not boycotting Cuba. He's an anti Semite. He hates Jews, he hates the Jewish state. And to have a mayor of the largest Jewish city in the United States be somebody who has attitudes like that toward Jews is extremely dangerous to the safety of Jews. So we will be keeping an eye on him. I will be looking at everything he does in terms of the potential for lawsuits. For example, if BDS boycott is directed against Israel, that's illegal. That's against New York law, it's against federal law. And we will have him in court faster than he can, you know, swear his oath of office. So be. Be on your guard, Mayor.
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Eric Bolling
We're watching you, Alan. He is famously said if Bibi Netanyahu step foot on plants a foot in New York City, he would have them arrested. Is there any legal grounds to do so?
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Alan Dershowitz
Well, I've spoken to Bibi. Bibi is my client. I've represented him. I put together a legal team to defend him. And when Bibi next comes to New York, I will be walking arm in arm with him. And if Mandami tries to arrest him, he will end up in court because that arrest would be unlawful. The United States government provides diplomatic immunity to anybody coming to New York who is the president, prime minister, coming to speak in front of the un so he would be acting unlawfully and we would take him to court immediately.
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Eric Bolling
Well, it will certainly be a spectacle, a show, as they say, must see tv. If that does in fact happen, I can't wait to hear. Go ahead.
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Alan Dershowitz
Commissioner of New York would not participate in an arrest of Prime Minister Netanyahu. And so that would cause him to fire or she to leave. The only qualified person he has appointed so far to run New York, my former student Jesse Tisch, who's a great, great police commissioner.
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Eric Bolling
Well, great, great, Alan. Always good to have you. Alan Dershowitz, Harvard law professor emeritus and the author of by the way, very quickly, before we leave you, I was told to say, make sure I say preventive state, not preventative state.
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Alan Dershowitz
It's preventive.
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Eric Bolling
Is there a difference, Professor?
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Alan Dershowitz
No, it's the same, but just. It's shorter. It's about what happened with mom, with. With Venezuela. What can you do to prevent terrible things from happening without violating civil liberties? That's the theme of the book.
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Eric Bolling
Got it, Got it. Always good to have you on, Alan. Thank you for your time.
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Alan Dershowitz
Thanks for having me.
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Eric Bolling
All right, folks, let me ask you something. And I said it right. I didn't say ask you something. I said, let me ask you something. Are you actually ready to own your own future? Because pressure doesn't care about motivation. It reveals preparation, not motivation, preparation. The edge is moving into arenas where standards are enforced, where performance is measured, where longevity. Look at that in the middle left. Shot in the middle right there. Longevity is built deliberately. And where people behind the curtain actually operate. Operate. This isn't speculation. It's direction. Over 8, 100 subscribers in just over three months. Hundreds of thousands of views. Almost 300,000 views and growing because people are done pretending. If January 20th usually marks the end of your resolutions or your momentum, maybe it's time to enter a different arena. This is the edge. Step up. Hit that subscribe button on YouTube.com ericboling the edge YouTube.com ericballing the edge or just aim your camera at that QR code. You will never be charged. I'm not selling information. Your info's rock solid. Safe with us. Please subscribe. We love having you. We'll be back. Two and a half minutes.
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Alan Dershowitz
So we started in the August 555. It was amazing. We lost. We lost weight that first week.
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Eric Bolling
I've gone down five notches.
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Oscar Elblue Ramirez
We on my belt.
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Alan Dershowitz
If you just follow the program, it works. I mean, this is so simple and so doable. And so I just thank y'.
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Eric Bolling
All. I have no more body aches. My mind is clear. My endurance is up. My heart is just fuller. I'm able to give more and be more present.
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Alan Dershowitz
It's changed our marriage. It's changed our relationship, and it's so sustainable. I can't say enough. This has been Life changing.
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Eric Bolling
Well, we all know this. A lot of people make New Year's resolutions to lose weight, do everything. But the reality is most don't stick. Like January 15th, January 20th. They're like, what was that New Year's resolution again? Here it is. Why so many weight loss efforts fail are the founders of Energized Health, both John and Chelsea Jubilee. Guys, really good to have you. These resolutions, I talk about it on Even on the Edge podcast. Like, you know, every year is the time to, like, really do something about your health, or you just want to talk about it for three weeks in January and then do it again next year. Tell us why this is so important. Cellular health is so important.
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John Jubilee
Well, just like you just heard this couple, right? And I'll let Chelsea talk about this a little bit, is, you know, everybody knows lose weight. Everybody knows lose weight. Unfortunately, they don't realize that they're losing water and they're losing muscle. They're actually losing their healthy weight. And that's why they quit every year, Eric, is because intuitively they understand, well, something really didn't work out. Even if I lost five or ten pounds, it was all water, it was all muscle. I don't feel any better. But when you get healthy at the cellular level, you feel better. But Chelsea will talk a little bit about what those guys, when they said their marriage is better, their clarity that they're showing up better, you know, share a little bit about that, babe.
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Chelsea Jubilee
Yeah. I mean, when we don't feel well, right, Whether we're overweight, we have a disease, or even just mental stuff going on inside, it doesn't matter how great we look if we don't feel good, right? And that's really the goal. So when that happens, when you achieve that, you achieve optimal health mentally, spiritually, and physically, your whole life actually starts to transform. And that's why, you know, we have so many testimonials of people that constantly will say, like how some people say we saved their marriage. You know, some people say our marriage is so much better, their relationships with their kids are better. Because the reality is, is we're in pain, we have brain fog, all this stuff going on to us physically, we're not going to show up our 100% best selves. That's just reality. And we know statistically, look, 90% of people that go on a New Year's kick, they're going to fail. They're going to fail. And there's a lot of reasons to why which we won't get in. But what we do know is that we can help them not fail. What we've designed is really almost fail proof. And we have the joy of helping tens of thousands of people not only just get rid of fat. Okay, not weight fat, because there is a difference. But feel their best show up their best in their relationship with their children, their spouses, their co workers. And here's the biggest thing too completely get their lives back and have true transformation very quickly.
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Eric Bolling
Guys, half a minute only. And you guys decide who answers this. You mentioned brain fog. We watched Bruce Willis deteriorating with with dementia and mental health disease can better hydration actually stave off some, some of the dimensions that we're seeing more and more of.
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John Jubilee
You know what? Absolutely. The brain is the most or supposed to be the most hydrated organ in the human body, more than 70%. And when the brain is dehydrated, you lose your neuroplasticity, you lose neurotransmitters, brain synapses. That is the root cause. Dehydration of the brain is the root cause of Alzheimer's, dementia, brain loss, brain fog. And by getting that cellular hydration in there, you really can reverse it. So guys, come and join us. This is our five, five five challenge. Join us today. It's for a week. Eric. Look, it's about 45 minutes a day. This can change your life and you're investing a cup of coffee. Guys, it's $5 to come and join us. But Chelsea and I will be here with you every day. If you uplevel to the vip, you get like an extra one hour session for several days with us where you can talk to us one on one. So make this your last New Year's resolution. This could be the last that's great. Ever made because this one will work.
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Eric Bolling
The last one to make that one. The one that works. John and Chelsea, Jubilee, always good to have you. Thank you. You guys so much energized health folks. Thank you. All right, folks, our next guest, our own Rav border correspondent who was recently on the border between Colombia and Venezuela. On this show he broke some major, major news. He was targeted by cartels trying to scare him away. Always have to have Oscar L. Blue Ramirez with us. Oscar, you sent us some really scary photos. Tell us we're gonna roll them while you tell us what you saw and what this is from.
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Oscar Elblue Ramirez
Yes, we were five days ago and the border, almost seven days ago at the border with Colombia, Venezuela. We reported there's a lot of tension. There was a deployment of the National Guard to the borders and this is the result of the extraction of Nicolas Maduro, the narco dictator, narco terrorist extraction. And after this extraction, you can see on the video, the Colombian authorities militarized the border that I was located at. This is exactly the same location. So Colombia already deployed the military to their borders. Not only Colombia, but also Brazil also has deployed on the part of Pacaraima, in the part of Babista and Roraima also they have deployed their authorities. This is the result of the attack of the United States. The explosions that you heard, that you saw, there's some graphic photos of the individuals who. They passed away. 32 Cubans, they were the ones that they were surrounding Nicolas Maduro. This mentions, and this tells you that the Cuban intelligence and Castriesmo and the communist extreme Cubans, they were the ones that they were in charge of the protection of Nicolas Maduro inside of Miraflores, in the governmental palace where he was safeguarded, like in a safe box, like in a fortress, where, you know, he was running away and going to a bunker. And then the authorities of the United States captured him and taken him now to justice.
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Eric Bolling
You know, I assume you saw the press conference with, with Trump on January 3, announcing the capture. We had known it happened the night before, early in the morning, whatever it was. I noticed him really light up when, when the, when the, the last question was about Cuba and Trump really, he got animated and, and I know, you know, so here's my question. You're. You were in the border between Venezuela and Colombia. Colombia has to be a bit nervous. They've been accused of similar things and also Cuba as well. Where do you think the Trump administration's, let's call it. Sights are set next?
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Oscar Elblue Ramirez
Well, you have, you have to, you know, the situation with Venezuela is going to take a little while. You have two other individuals who are bad actors, Yozel Cabello and Padrino Lopez. Those are the ones that they need to be extracted. And they asked Marco Rubio why he did not extract those two. And he said, you're making a big deal out of Nicolas Maduro. Imagine if I moved to three people. Now the situation with Venezuela is that also they has a big Iranian presence, fractions of Hezbollah near the dock area where they were loading. How crazy is that? Where they were loading all these illicit substances to the international waters. Now, if we move to what is going to happen, the trickle and domino effect, it has to do a lot with oil. Now, the Venezuelans were the ones that they were funneling oil and helping Cuba and also Mexico. It is the One that is also helping Cuba with oil. Just on the year 2023 to 2024, more than 7 million barrels of oil Mexico provided to Cuba. So what is going to happen now? The United States has control of this. They're going to apply more sanctions to Cuba or they're going to close the whole axis of oil from Venezuela to Cuba. That is the next thing. And I believe that the next step it is going to be inevitably to remove Diaz Canel, this communist dictator from, from Cuba and free the Cuban people. Also.
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Eric Bolling
Very quickly, since you bring up Mexico, there are far more drugs coming across our border from Mexico than ever worse coming from Venezuela. I think even one of the officials on the Sunday shows I saw saying 10% of the cocaine coming into the United States is, is Venezuela. I'd assume a lot more is coming from Mexico. Is Mexico going to see any sort of Trump fire?
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Oscar Elblue Ramirez
Well, it has to be. It was a domino effect from the illicit substances that were coming from Cartel de los Olles and also directed to the Sinaloa Cartel and El Cartel Jalis conueba generacion. And from here they were building their, you know, their laboratories. This is why the Trump administration has been pushing massively on the 25% terrorists to Mexico and suffocating the president of Mexico to pressure her to attack the Carters. This is going to be an incredible move and almost a checkmate if Donald Trump does everything the way strategically that he has been doing, pressuring every single country with the economy with Sanchez, with also inevitably the tariff and from there having control and pressuring them to expose dirty politicians to his full narco terrorists. And that is going to be the next move. Mexico. The Mexican president has come out and says that she condemns the arrest and the extraction of of Nicolas Maduro, that she says that it was an invasion of her sovereign nation. Again, you know, defending narco terrorists and not only not calling them what they are, narco terrorists so that it will be the next move to see how they are going to be pressuring still Mexico to expose them.
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Eric Bolling
I want to ask you this very quickly. Maria Corina Machado, opposition leader, won the Nobel Prize, dedicated to Trump, seems to have a lot of support. Trump didn't think she had enough support. Do you boots on the ground think she has the support of the Venezuelan people around the country?
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Oscar Elblue Ramirez
Well, the legitimate president is not her. It is Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. That was the guy that he was running for president. Maria Corina Machado was the vice president. Now, if Trump is saying that it is because he doesn't feel secure that the support must go 100% to her and possibly it is 100% to Edmundo Gonzalez Urutia. Now, it is a lot of people, they have the power. So Trump is going with the people that they actually have half the power right now. And that is the corrupt Del C. Rodriguez, that she's the one that stepped up to the plate and took the initiative to run the country of Venezuela. That's who Trump is negotiating right now. That is the one that basically said, we are going to have negotiations now with the United States of America. And that is the one that is up next to obey and to understand that, you know, this is the most important thing, Eric. Chavismo in socialism. It is on the verge of ending in Venezuela and it was the contaminated cancer that it was spreading all over the continent.
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Eric Bolling
And Cuba was very reliant on Venezuela, as they are Iran and, and Russia. Even Oscar Elblue, please, always, as we say, please be safe. Thank you for your reporting.
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Oscar Elblue Ramirez
Thank you so much, Eric. It's always an honor to be with you.
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Eric Bolling
Always good. Always good. Have Oscar on safe. Oscar. All right, folks, two and a half minutes. Be right back. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Joe Biden circa 1989. What we need is another D Day, not another Vietnam, not another limited war. And we think we should go one step further. Let's go after the drug lords where they live with an international strike force. There must be no safe haven for these narco terrorists and they must know it. Sounds a lot like Trump today, doesn't it? Oh, yeah. Hypocrisy is alive and kicking along the left of American politics. One of the most glaring examples came from the most embarrassing vice president in American history. Quoting the post, Donald Trump's actions in Venezuela do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable. The that Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator. By the way, she said illegitimate. That will play in later. Does not change the fact that this action was both unlawful and unwise. Alan Dershowitz would disagree. Then why did you, Cammie and your boss raise the bounty for Maduro from $15 million up to $25 million under your watch? What about that? Trump came up with 15. You came up with 25 million. Hypocrisy is such an ugly color and yet Democrats wear it so well. New York City mayor now Zoan Mamdani, took a break from the warmth of collectivism to pretend like his opinions on America's foreign policy actually matter.
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Alan Dershowitz
I called the president and spoke with him directly to Register my opposition to.
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Eric Bolling
This act and to make clear that it was an opposition based on being.
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Alan Dershowitz
Opposed to a pursuit of regime change. To the violation violation of federal international law and a desire to see that be consistent.
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Eric Bolling
Hey, mom. Dummy. I thought your job was to hire unqualified women to head up the fire department and to promise New Yorkers things you'll never be able to afford to give them. Stay out of global affairs, little jihadist boy. Please. Also, if socialism is so great, why is it completely rely on violently stealing the wealth produced by capitalism? I'm digressing here. Back to Democrat hypocrisy. Like Mayor Pete, who once cared about the plight and freedom of Venezuelans. Read that. Illegitimate takeover of the Venezuelan National Assembly. He hated Maduro back then, but somehow cares less about it if President Trump does something about it. Oh, old and obvious pattern now. What a total hypocrite. Or how Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock rallied against no more forever wars. I would agree with you there, Senator. Maybe the only thing we agree on. But then why did you vote yes on five major bills to tune of $172 billion in aid to Ukraine? Just the very forever war you can love to hate. Or how about this one? The year is 2020. Chuck Schumer criticizing President Trump for not bringing an end to the Maduro regime. Good thing we have the Internets to remind us, right, Chucky? He brags about all these things he.
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Alan Dershowitz
Wants to do or is doing, but.
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Eric Bolling
His actions belie his words. Maybe the best metaphor was his claim to bring democracy to Venezuela. There was a big policy there.
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Alan Dershowitz
It flopped. And the President brags about his Venezuela policy. Give us a break.
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Eric Bolling
He hasn't brought an end to the Maduro regime.
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Alan Dershowitz
The Maduro regime is more powerful today.
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Eric Bolling
And more entrenched today than it was when the President began. And what's this? Democrat Senator Chris Murphy explaining how Maduro remains in power hurts America.
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Chris Murphy
So over the past decade, Nicolas Maduro, the brutal dictator of Venezuela, has presided over a stunning collapse of the Venezuelan economy that has caused nearly 8 million Venezuelans to leave that country, most of which destined for the United States. Part of the reason why we saw 10,000 people showing up at the border every day last year. Number that the United States just can't handle with current resources because of the meltdown of the Venezuelan economy.
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Eric Bolling
Okay, got it. So Maduro's in power in 2024, Joe Biden's president, but somehow it's Trump's fault And get him out because Trump failed. Okay, okay. So what you're saying, Chris, is that communism is no good for an economy, our economy. That's what you're kind of saying there. Because it's true. You're right. And New York is about to find out all about that truth. Well, even CNN's Dana Bash had to call out Murphy's total hypocrisy.
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Chelsea Jubilee
In 2019, you wrote an op ed and you called for Maduro to be gone. You said, let's get one thing straight. There should no longer be any debate about Maduro's lack of democratic legitimate legitimacy. The Trump administration is right to put restoring Venezuelan democracy at the center of our approach to this crisis. A return to a stable democracy is in the interest of the Venezuelan people and the United States and the hemisphere. We don't know what's going to happen with regard to the civilian leadership there. Tom Cotton, which is here saying that he hopes that there are democratic elections. Isn't that what you want?
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Eric Bolling
See that look at his face. Yeah. Dead. The rights. Yeah. Chris, isn't that what you wanted? Maybe so, but not all lefties in America want that. Is it at all surprising that some young communists in Minnesota of all places, just worship the likes of Maduro's predecessor and mentor, Hugo Chavez? Hugo, should I say, who all but destroyed Venezuela. Once one of the most powerful economies on the planet, Chavez made sure that.
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Chelsea Jubilee
Millions of kids who never had access to education would. He did so by sometimes using the Venezuelan army to seize the property of US Companies. He seized the oil and used that.
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Eric Bolling
Money for the Venezuelan oil, nationalized the.
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Chelsea Jubilee
Oil to pay for social services.
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Eric Bolling
The quality of life for the poor.
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Chelsea Jubilee
In Venezuela skyrocketed, and today the US Empire bombed his grave. They want to destroy the memory of.
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Eric Bolling
The hero, Hugo Chavez. The hero, Hugo Chavez, who stole his way to burying the Venezuelan oil industry into its submission. There are hundreds of thousands of young Americans who agree with him. Maybe it was her. No idea. Minnesota. That's what's so insane, folks. They vote. Those people vote. They vote for people like Senator Chris Van Hollen, who wines and dines known criminal illegal aliens, but also said this about Maduro last year. The right thing. Recognizing the real winner here, Gonzalez. And this is why the United States is now going to use its levers and influence to push for a negotiation to have a transition to the truly elected leader, Gonzalez. Now, obviously, we know Maduro and his cronies do not want to go quietly into the night. But the United States needs to work with our partners, allies in the region, to ratchet up the pressure on behalf of The Venezuelan right, Chris. Right, right, right. Maduro did as he pleased in that election, didn't he? Despite what Joe Biden asked him to do.
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Chelsea Jubilee
The Biden administration also recently rolling back sanctions in exchange for the promise of free and fair elections. Here was President Biden when he was asked about criticism of the deal.
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Eric Bolling
It's okay because free Americans people have held illegally and the magnetic deal with Venezuela at the whole free election so far they maintain their requirements. That's right folks. Joe Biden rolled back sanctions against Maduro who promised him he would hold fair and free elections. And like a good little dictator with zero respect for Biden, he did the exact opposite. You know what else I'm old enough to remember? When Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Shady Clinton toppled Gaddafi in Libya and then the left Americans left them there to die in Benghazi. Four of them.
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Chelsea Jubilee
The fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for.
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Eric Bolling
A walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? What difference at this point does it make to kill four American military people, personnel? I'm also old enough to remember when Barack Hussein Obama designated Venezuela as a national security threat. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro lashed out at the US after President Barack Obama declared Venezuela a national security threat and signed an executive order approving new sanctions against the country. So let's see. Barack Hussein Obama killed Osama bin Laden. No congressional approval needed. Apparently Obama invaded Libya. The opposition kills Gaddafi. No congressional approval. Biden killed the Al Qaeda leader in 2022. No congressional approval. President Trump brings Maduro back alive to the United States. The Democrats lo their self righteous minds. Remember Obama sent more than 26,000 bombs to six countries in his final year alone. No congressional approval. I'm just here with the hypocrisy receipts, that's all. As always, as promised. And here's where I stand. Maduro is a dictator. He's a corrupt villain who sucked his country dry, pushed his citizens into poverty while he drank from the golden cup and lived like a king. That's communism in a nutshell. But those very same types of villains live right here among us folks in Ohio, in Minnesota, in Massachusetts, all over this country. Judges protect these people. Governors and mayors and councilmen and women protect these people. Fraudsters are right here in America robbing the American taxpayers blind while their entitled selves live in comfort through all the corruption. All while government officials turn the other cheek for the votes. Just a reminder that if we want to capture villains like Maduro. We have many in America to capture right here as well. Might as well start on them first. We'll be back. Two and a half minutes. All right, folks. The new year means new financial goals. 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First time to buy gold and take advantage of that Rebate up to 10 grand when you buy by January 30th. Just text that word America to 989-898. Claim your eligibility today. Again, America. That's the word you type in the box at the bottom when you text to 9898. 98. This is a long time come. This makes me so happy to read. It's official. He's officially dropped out of the race for Minnesota governor. Tampon Timmy Walls. Imagine the delicious fall from grace. This guy was so close to being the vice president now. A shameful withdrawal couldn't have happened to a better guy. It's no surprise that 2026 is set up to look a lot different for Tim Walls. The fraud scandal in his state keeps growing and it's becoming more and more difficult to believe that Tampon Tim had no part in it, let alone knew nothing of the massive network of stealing from the government that took place right under his nose. Seems like at the very least, Tim should have been more concerned about governing and less about stocking boys. Bathrooms cover their non existing menstrual needs. I think that would be a better use of his time and effort. Evidence of fraud keeps trickling out, but this one takes the cake, I think. A now removed post on Craigslist in Minneapolis, of course, calling for child actors to come to a daycare site where funding was cruelly ripped away without cause. Actors. Folks who are looking to hire child actors actually said that word right there. For three days while the state is present on site. They're willing to pay fifteen hundred dollars per day for actors. That's quite the salary that they're able to pay. Wonder who's paying for all that? Tim Wallace can say what he wants today, but all he had on his mind right after the new year was his running outfit. Perhaps a little bit gift from some appreciative admirers. Beautiful Minnesota day again. Quick fact fit check. Hope always says this. People ask, how do you run in this weather? Brooks Glycerins Craft windproof pants, Nike quarter zip, Thermal Under Armour hat, great wool socks on both feet and hands and. And just run. Whoever thought that guy, that guy shouldn't even be in the public eye. This is the ultimate of Freudian slips, by the way. A Somali woman talking about losing child care all while wearing one of the biggest rocks on her left hand. That ring costs more than most American years. Yearly salaries are. By the way, watch.
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Alan Dershowitz
If child care is cut, I'm unable.
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Eric Bolling
To work or go to school.
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Chelsea Jubilee
I understand fraud is bad.
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Eric Bolling
Wonder who paid for that ring. This Somali says that Minnesota belongs to his people. Wait until you hear his logic. And somehow that means they're allowed to rob the taxpayers blind. We got that right. A lot of Somalis don't know this, but the name Minnesota actually stems from two Somali words, one being Minan. It comes from the southern dialect of Somalia, which means home. And the second is Sota, which is like sota, there she is, home, there she is, Minnesota. So technically we actually are the natives here. Either that or it's the Dakota Indians, which is really named after. Dude, sorry to bust burst your Somali bubble. Another nightmare became a reality last weekend with the inauguration of Comrades Mamdani as the New York City mayor. RIP to the Big Apple. It's over, folks. And for some reason Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was there to oversee the proceedings. I guess they're both Democrat socialists. I kind of get that. Well, maybe because Karl Marx himself was otherwise engaged buried somewhere. And it was purely irony that Bernie Sanders tried to make out like Zoran isn't a communist. Right before Zoran said just about the same thing most communist things could say. You know, all of us have heard how Iran's opponents have called the agenda that he campaigned on radical communistic oh, and absolutely unachievable.
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Alan Dershowitz
I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist. Together we will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.
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Eric Bolling
Oops. Oops, Sorry, Bernie. You're wrong. We're both communists. Call it what you want. Democrat socialists or communists. And just to further clear up any confusion to where Mayor Mandani stands on the whole communist thing, it's pretty obvious when his tenant director, tenant director, office operator, says things like this. I think the reality is, is that for centuries we've really treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good. And we are going to transitioning to treating it as a collective good and.
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Alan Dershowitz
Towards a model of shared equity will.
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Eric Bolling
Require that we think about it differently. And it will mean that families, especially white families, but some POC families who are homeowners as well, are going to have a different relationship to property than the one that we currently have here. What she said. Did you hear what she said? They're going to transition from individual ownership to a collective ownership. The state, the government, owns everything. This is a disaster. This is an absolute collapse waiting to happen. Believe it or not, it gets worse with this tenant director, Sia Weaver, a clear cut communist of the highest possible dimension. Her old Twitter account now deleted. Once posted that, I'm quoting her. Private property, including, and kind of especially homeownership, is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as wealth building public policy. Good luck, New York. We wish you well. Meanwhile, Eric Swalwell is promising that if he becomes governor of California, all ICE officers will be unmasked and arrested on his watch. Nothing to see here, folks.
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Chris Murphy
What would you bring to the table as a governor of California? You have immense powers as governor of California, and your responsibility is to protect the most vulnerable in the state. So if the president is going to send ICE agents to chase immigrants to the fields where they work, what I'm going to do is make sure that they take off their masks and show their faces, that they show their identification, and if they commit crimes, that they're going to be charged with crimes. If it's falsely imprisoning people, if it's kidnapping, if it's assault, battery, they're going to be held accountable. I also think if the governor has the ability to issue driver's licenses to people in California, if you're going to wear a mask and not identify yourself, you're not going to be eligible to drive a vehicle in California. There's a lot you can do. But most importantly, you have to go on offense. Otherwise, the most vulnerable in our community will always be on defense.
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Eric Bolling
Leave it at that. Democrat Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen Moore somehow insists that Republicans own the media. Same media that cover for Joe Biden for four years. The media that hid the Hunter Biden laptop from hell and called it Russian disinformation. That media. Well, I appreciate cnn, but I'll tell you, you know, Republicans own most of the media. They control Fox News and X, or meta, whatever you call it. You know, right now, the president has purchased or allowed his allies to purchase TikTok. We are hard pressed to get our message out. These Democrats, they're communists, they're socialists. They're not American. They're just not American. We'll be back. Two and a half minutes. All righty, folks. Every January, people make promises, resolutions. And by January 20th or so, most of them disappear. The Edge isn't about promises. It's about pressure. The conversations here at the Edge are moving deeper into standards, legacy, consequence, into how serious people sustain performance. Look at that guy right there. Think about that guy right there, Ray Lewis. How recovery and longevity are engineered. That's a hyperbaric chamber, believe it or not, for inflammation. And how decisions inside real institutions shape what the rest of the world sees. See that strike zone camera? We're going to dig into that too. In less than a quarter, the edges crossed. 8, 100 subscribers. Nearly 300,000 views, closing in on 14,000 watch hours. Not because it's easy listening, because it's hard and it's real. So if you're ready to really own your own future instead of restarting it every January, this is where it gets built. Go right there. Go to the ad. Subscribe. Hit that just with your phone, with your camera. Just hit that QR code. Hit the yellow line again. Never going to charge you a penny. Not marketing it, not selling any lists or anything like that. Just to show YouTube how fast we're growing. And they see it and they know it. YouTube.com ericbulling the edge. YouTube.com use eric bowling in the edge. In the search box. Hit that one. The edge. And you're with us. We really, really want you with us. All right, this week, millions, ten, hundreds of millions of Americans have been watching the bowl games and college football playoffs. And I've also been doing some research on what's really happening in college athletics. I came across a couple of really great op EDS by an American patriot, Louisiana governor Jeff Landry, and a conservative activist and women's sports icon, Riley Gaines, both very close friends of mine, they get it right. College football used to be about tradition, school pride, team loyalty, earning the scholarship, wearing the jersey, competing for something bigger than yourself. Today, that foundation is starting to crack. What we now have is a fragmented system with unclear rules, broken incentives. Really. Notre Dame, not in James Madison University. In what Conferences competing against each other, schools fighting for short term advantages. And the sport is a whole lot weaker because of it. President Trump has acknowledged there's a serious problem in college athletics, and he's right. The system isn't sustainable. Here's the key point Landry and Gaines highlight, and it's one most people don't realize. When conferences, conferences, sell their media rights separately, they're actually making less money than they would if college football sold those rights together as one unified product. NFL does it, the NBA does it. And that collective approach dramatically increases the value of the media deals. Right now, college football is leaving billions on the tape, billions on the table negotiating piecemeal TV contracts. That lost revenue just doesn't hurt football. It puts Olympic sports, women's programs, and smaller schools especially at risk. A unified media rights structure would create more total revenue, more stability, and fewer internal fights. It would allow schools to pay athletes fairly, invest in their own programs, and preserve the broad ecosystem of college sports. This isn't about centralizing control or destroying conference autonomy. It's about smart markets. It's about using a proven model that already works for other sports. College football doesn't need radical change. It needs common sense. It needs structure. It needs leaders willing to put the long term health of the sport ahead of short term conference politics. Landry and Gaines are right to sound the alarm and right about the solution. If college athletics want to survive, selling media rights together is the only logical way forward. Mad Dog, jump on for a second. I got to ask you a question. Do you like this new college football playoff? I can't stand it. I'd like them to go back to either what they used to do. The top, I don't know, eight teams have a playoff that way instead of, oh, one from here, one from there, one from there. What are your thoughts?
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Alan Dershowitz
I think they should stay unified together.
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Eric Bolling
You have no idea. And you just heard the monologue and you liked it. Yeah, got it, got it. Look, they can negotiate, they can barter together as a group. That's what the NFL does. You pay the NFL, CBS pays the NFL, Fox pays the NFL. Now Netflix pays the NFL and every streamer pays the NFL and they get a bigger package and they divvy it up by. By teams, by markets and market share. That's. That's the most fair way of doing it. It always is. It always should be. Anyway, I stand with Riley Gaines and my good friend Jeff Landry. Have a great night, folks. Welcome back. 2,026. First full week, first real week of 2026. Warm is coming up next. We'll see you tomorrow. This is an I heart podcast, guaranteed human.