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Dec 3, 2025
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What drugs are coming out of Venezuela?

Recent reporting and specialist analyses show Venezuela is primarily implicated as a transit and facilitation hub for cocaine and, to a contested extent, as part of routes for other drugs — while alle...

Dec 13, 2025
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How much fentanyl is estimated to originate from Venezuela annually as of 2025?

Available reporting and official U.S. documents through 2025 consistently state that Venezuela plays at most a minor role in the fentanyl trade; U.S. and independent analyses report “no proof” that fe...

Dec 5, 2025
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how much fentanyl and what other main drugs come from Venezuela?

Available reporting shows Venezuela is primarily cited as a transit route for cocaine and other drugs, not as a major producer of fentanyl destined for the United States; U.S. and independent analysts...

Jan 11, 2026

whats the ice agents training?

ICE training is not a single, fixed course but a patchwork of programs that depend on job type: special agents typically complete inter-agency programs at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (...

Nov 16, 2025

DID CONGRESS ASK TRUMP TO RESIGN

Available reporting in the provided search results shows multiple instances where members of Congress, state officials, and civic groups publicly urged President Trump or Trump administration official...

Dec 2, 2025

Is there any truth to Trump allegedly raping a 13 yo girl provided by Epstein & maxwell

Available public records and recent reporting show no law-enforcement or court finding that Donald Trump raped a 13‑year‑old girl supplied by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell; multiple outlets no...

Oct 22, 2025

How much has ice cost American tax payers.

The central, verifiable claim across recent analyses is that Congress approved an unprecedented package in mid‑2025 directing roughly toward immigration enforcement and detention, with major line item...

Dec 16, 2025

How have Jordan Peterson’s health struggles affected his public appearances and work since 2019?

Jordan Peterson’s health crises since 2019 have repeatedly forced him off the public stage: he entered rehab for benzodiazepine dependence in 2019 and withdrew from tours and events , later developed ...

Dec 12, 2025

How many VAERS death reports after COVID-19 vaccines were confirmed as causally linked by CDC or FDA as of 2024?

Available reporting shows an internal FDA review of 96 pediatric death reports to VAERS from 2021–2024 concluded at least 10 of those reports met criteria for “likely, probable, or possible” causal li...

Nov 18, 2025

Did Virginia Giuffre mentioned Obama?

Available reporting shows no sourced instance in which Virginia Giuffre publicly named Barack Obama as involved with Jeffrey Epstein; recent document releases and Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and past ...

Dec 7, 2025

is Adam Schiff involved in accepting money from drug cartel in Venezuela

Available reporting and public records in the provided sources contain no allegation or evidence that Sen. Adam Schiff accepted money from a Venezuelan drug cartel; instead, the sources document Schif...

Dec 17, 2025

have any americans actually been deported

Yes — U.S. authorities have carried out large numbers of removals in 2024–2025: government and research counts put removals/deportations in the hundreds of thousands (ICE/MPI estimate ~340,000 for FY2...

Dec 12, 2025

How many deportations occurred under the Trump administration compared to other administrations?

Available sources report widely different counts and definitions for removals under President Trump’s second term: DHS statements claim as many as “more than 605,000” deportations and “more than 2.5 m...

Dec 7, 2025

is donald trump gay

There is no credible evidence in the provided reporting that Donald Trump is gay; recent items about the question are framed as rumors, opinion, polls or analyses of his record rather than factual rev...

Dec 12, 2025

Trump's doctor resigns

Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, resigned as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey after an appeals court found her appointment unlawful; reports say she le...

Nov 21, 2025

What is the training academy like for new ICE officers?

ICE’s entry-level deportation officers (ERO) train at the ICE Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia through the Basic Immigration Enforcement Training Progr...

Dec 3, 2025

were those venezualan boats fisherman boats or drug boats

U.S. authorities say the vessels struck off Venezuela were drug-smuggling boats; independent reporting and regional officials say many of the destroyed craft were small open-hulled fishing skiffs and ...

Dec 15, 2025

What specific antisemitic statements has Nick Fuentes made and when were they said?

Nick Fuentes has repeatedly voiced antisemitic claims ranging from Holocaust minimization or denial, to asserting Jewish control of finance, media and politics, to saying Jews “have no place in Wester...

Dec 2, 2025

What are the top liberal and conservative news outlets in the US by viewership in 2025?

Fox News was the largest U.S. cable news audience in 2025, regularly drawing well over 2 million primetime viewers in monthly and quarterly tallies (e.g., 2.334–3.091 million in sample months) and sec...

Nov 25, 2025

Which major US TV networks are generally seen as left-leaning or right-leaning?

Major U.S. broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) are generally viewed as more centrist or left-leaning in audience trust and usage patterns, while cable networks show clearer partisan slants — Fox News t...