Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
January 3, 2026
AI ISN’T A PERSON: No, Grok can’t really “apologize” for posting non-consensual sexual images.
GOOD NEW FOR SICK MICE: Combination therapy for Burkitt’s lymphoma dramatically improves cure rates in mice.
BIG CHANGE FROM HIS LOSER PREDECESSORS:
Well @PeteHegseth isn’t messing around. Neither is the department he leads.
Purpose, direction, and motivation go a long way. https://t.co/N53BsNanK4
— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) January 3, 2026
CONFUSION TO OUR ENEMIES:
When I so regularly say think it through, here is what I mean. A) you can be darn sure US knew of the travelling envoy and tracked them B) this gave them Maduro location at precise point and time C) This sets of alarm bells in China about somebody possibly passing information or… https://t.co/SwDL3meS0L
— Blume Industries CEO Balding 大老板 (@BaldingsWorld) January 3, 2026
It’s quite possible we had inside assistance from the Chinese. With all those Chinese students being sent to the US over the past 20 years, we must have turned quite a few of them. We hear about Chinese penetrating American institutions, but penetration goes both ways. Or maybe Maduro screwed over the Chinese government, and this is sub rosa payback.
UPDATE:
The 10 Best Things About Trump’s Venezuela Victory:
10. America’s enemies are terrified
9. Democrats went from siding with Somali fraudsters early in the week to communist narco terrorists who ignored democracy by the weekend
8. Libertarians are upset
7. Unleashing…
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 3, 2026
Democrats started the week excusing Somali fraud and are ending it being mad that we captured an indicted narcoterrorist communist who led a coup against Democracy.
Great work.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 3, 2026
RACE DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL: ‘Minority serving institutions’ are unconstitutional, DOJ says.
LEFTISTS WILL SUPPORT ANYONE WHO HATES AMERICA AND THE WEST:
My online feed includes Venezuelans celebrating Maduro’s ouster, Iranians praying for their own revolution, and some Western leftists doing their best to whitewash the brutal autocracies in Caracas and Tehran.
— Adam Zivo (@ZivoAdam) January 3, 2026
DOES ELON HAVE DRONES YET?
Then it is war https://t.co/KdlKDW6f61
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2026
THEIR PLACE IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY INSTEAD OF A BUNCH OF CORRUPT MULLAHS: Iran’s leader says rioters ‘must be put in their place’ as protest death toll reaches at least 10.
THAT WAS FAST! Maduro ‘captured’ and taken out of Venezuela after US military operation in Caracas: Trump.
We should turn him over to the new government for prosecution once it’s established.
More here.
Plus:
China didn't know. Their special envoy had met with Maduro to pledge undying support only hours before he was swept away.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) January 3, 2026
Contrast this with Putin’s failed special-forces snatch aimed at Zelensky at the beginning of the Ukraine invasion.
Snatching Maduro is the single most significant clandestine op by the US military in 60+ years.
They've never gone in and grabbed a sitting head of state with no preceeding war or military ops. They just fucking black bagged him with impunity in his own country. Goddamn.— Michael(Poltfan)((JapanDayTripper)) (@PoltFan69) January 3, 2026
— Fat Tina (@stayNcold) January 3, 2026
Plus:
What the press has still not realized is the potential flood of Venezuelan supply would reduce the geopolitical risk premium in oil, potentially dropping prices by $10-20 per barrel on expectations alone, keeping them range-bound between $50-70. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott…
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) January 3, 2026
On Facebook, Steve Stirling comments: “Maduro’s no loss. He and his predecessor Hugo Chavez have ruined Venezuela and driven 8,000,000 people out of the country (from a population of 28 million), besides rigging elections (they lost the 2024 one, of course) and all the other usual crap. They’re also a main support for the Cuban regime, which has likewise led to collapse there. The only actual legitimate leader of Venezuela is María Corina Machado, who just won the Nobel Peace Prize. The situation will become clearer over the next few days. Venezuela should be prosperous. They have the largest oil reserves of any individual nation, larger than Saudi Arabia’s, though it’s hard-to-process stuff.”
They were prosperous, before experiencing the “warmth of collectivism.”
What are the signals now? https://t.co/W8Yhq4ornH
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) January 3, 2026
It’s pretty clear at this point where leaks come from. https://t.co/hoRfVzO4Ga
— OC Scanner 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 (@OC_Scanner) January 3, 2026
I love the unstated implication here that it’s ‘the law’ stopping China from invading Taiwan and not Lockheed Martin and a quarter of a million corn fed americans https://t.co/i7h03d8DC0
— Adam Wren (@aswren) January 3, 2026
Plus:
But bombing Libya without any of that was fine. https://t.co/DqaIFCZhaj
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 3, 2026
LOL, Ben “Hamas” Rhodes.
And:
I voted for Trump to not get us involved in useless, endless wars.
A surgical strike on narco-terrorist facilities in our hemisphere that murder thousands of Americans, coupled with a precision extraction of the lawless bandit in charge, is not a useless, endless war.
So I'm OK…
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) January 3, 2026
I’m with some Cubans right now and they’re literally crying tears of joy.
Venezuelans are celebrating all over the globe too.
If anyone thinks this military operation was a bad idea you have NO idea how many votes we just gained for the midterms.
Trump is now the absolute hero…
— Joey Mannarino 🇺🇸 (@JoeyMannarino) January 3, 2026
My wife called him the second Simon Bolivar.
The new Liberator of Caracas. pic.twitter.com/rLXUnJKPj0
— Ralph Lindy (@TheRalphLindy) January 3, 2026
It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out in other parts of Latin America.
MORE:
This right here is the reason I joined the right.
They hate Trump so much that they end up defending a disgusting brutal communist dictatorship, an elite commissar class that lived like kings while starving millions.
Fuck the left. God bless the USA. pic.twitter.com/E1rDUJd4Ve
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) January 3, 2026
🚨BREAKING: Thousands of Venezuelans are waking up and celebrating the news of Communist dictator Maduro being captured by US forces
The Legacy Media won't show you this. pic.twitter.com/sQuix72jXY
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) January 3, 2026
We Brazilians love it as well cause we can once again dream about being free from the Narcos 🙂 Venezuela 🇻🇪 is FREE!
— Wagner Paiva Fernandes (Tesla is CHOAM) (@WagnerTesla) January 3, 2026
Before Chavez, Venezuela was rich and peaceful.
All the socialists retards are coming out to condemn what is happening in Venezuela, while all the Venezuelans are celebrating.
The people who want us to turn into a socialist hell hole don't even know the reality inside Venezuela, while the Venezuelans will tell you don't try…
— Peter McCormack 🏴☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 (@PeterMcCormack) January 3, 2026
FLASHBACK:
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 3, 2026
ICYMI: MARC THIESSEN IN THE WASHINGTON POST: The 20 best things Trump did in 2025: The accomplishments of a stunning year can’t be captured in just 10 items.
Related:
This analysis is a good example of what has really been bugging me lately.
It’s been one year. Trump II is in the process of paradigm-shifting victories on immigration, presidential control over the executive, and the enforcement of the CRA against the many illegalities of the… https://t.co/OjiTR63phH
— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) January 2, 2026
SALENA ZITO:
.@ZitoSalena: Trump has a way with Pennsylvania. This interview shows why. https://t.co/qXR653li9a
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 2, 2026
Full article here.
January 2, 2026
OPEN THREAD: How’s your new year going so far?
I HAVE A PAIR, AND I WOULD SAY “MEH.” Are image-stabilized binoculars good for stargazing? I mean, they’re certainly better than non-stabilized binoculars.
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: UBI For Me But Not For Thee? When a nation is colonized from the inside out.
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THREAD:
Are we to assume, @bariweiss, that there was a backlog of left-wing anti-Trump stories like this “in the pipeline,” so to speak, before you took over? https://t.co/1xtaLsetLz
— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) January 2, 2026
UPDATE (From Ed): This must be part of the “backlog:” Why? CBS Evening News Pushes Young Adults Pondering Climate Doom Before Having Kids.
Do CBS newsreaders not understand that we can find videos of their past scare campaigns, such as this classic from 1982, when Dan Rather handed his broadcast over to colleague who exclaimed with a straight face, “If these scientists are correct, about 25% of Florida would be flooded along with low-lying areas all over the world.” While I know that Gov. DeSantis has a lot to worry about, I’m pretty sure that isn’t at the top of his concerns in 2026:
CBS has been doing climate doomsdaying for well over half a century, since the first “Earth Day” in 1970. When do they get to the end of the backlog?
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Something in Dark Chocolate Could Slow Aging on a Genetic Level.
MARC THIESSEN IN THE WASHINGTON POST: The 20 best things Trump did in 2025: The accomplishments of a stunning year can’t be captured in just 10 items.
SOMEHOW I HAD MISSED THIS WHEN IT CAME OUT: How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away. The prosecutor who lost her job for pursuing a guy who was clearly being protected by the authorities is my former student, Kat Dahl. A very brave and determined woman who paid a serious professional price for trying to pursue justice.
NOW OUT FROM ANDREW WAREHAM: Building the City of Mammon.