10:05 – 10:22 (17mins) Mike Brest, Defense Reporter at the Washington Examiner,

• The scale and scope of the operations — the largest U.S. buildup in the Caribbean in decades.
• The emerging legal gray zonebetween law enforcement and wartime targeting.
• How the campaign fits into the administration’s broader pressure strategy against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.
• What senior Pentagon and congressional sources are saying privately about the risks of escalation.

Mike’s been tracking these strikes from the start and can unpack what’s driving this new doctrine, what the intelligence community actually knows about the targets, and where oversight fights may go next.

The U.S. military has now carried out nearly 20 deadly strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels across the Western Hemisphere, killing roughly 75 people since September.

10:41 – 10:56 (15mins)  Weekly: Drew Thomas Allen  @DrewThomasAllen
Author, America's Last Stand: Will You Vote to Save or Destroy America in 2024
Host of ‘The Drew Allen Show’ podcast 
VP of client development at Publius PR & Editor of the Publius National Post.
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