{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6244c5e4400f8f0012a550fc/6961c93d1f21449d6d1eb81f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Venezuela: Crypto, Cults, and Grid War","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6244c5e4400f8f0012a550fc/1768016127832-071e284a-d474-46d1-af8b-3b8d46cf4d28.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Venezuela, Maduro's abduction, CIA, the CIA's penetration of Maduro's inner circle, Enrique “Rick” de la Torre, Tower Strategy LLC., Bitdeer, Atlantic Council, cryptocurrency, Tether, James B. Story, why it will be difficult to get oil companies to invest in Venezuela, regime tweak vs regime change, Trump's attempt to avoid democracy building, neo-liberal vs MAGA perspective on what to do with Venezuela, Gabriel Jimenez, Petro, Tareck El Aissami, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jimenez's time as an intern for Ros-Lehtinen, Ros-Lehtinen's CIA links, alleged \"Russian\" involvement in Petro, did the US/Trump initially sponsor Petro?, the dramatic change in US-Venezuela relations after 2018 after Jimenez's ouster from Petro, Reserve Right, Reserve's use in Venezuela, \"Reserve Rangers,\" Jimenez's role in Reserve, Leverage Research, Peter Thiel, Leverage's links to Reserve, Leverage as a cult/behavior modification operation, Zizians, Rationalist movement, San Francisco, the similarities between the Reserve Rangers and the Bay area Rationalist movement, were the Reserve Rangers CIA assets?, the resurgence of the CIA, Trump's foreign policy dominated by CIA, Marco \"Narco\" Rubio, grid war, Venezuela as part of global grid war the US is waging, ICE/DHS shootings, 2026 midterms, why the Trump administration needs a pretext for marital law, how grid war could lead to marital law domestically</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Resources</u></strong></p><p><a href=\"https://jackpoulson.substack.com/p/former-cia-venezuela-chief-is-raiding\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Poulson's Report of Tower Strategy LLC</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-venezuela-uses-crypto-to-sell-oil-and-what-the-us-should-do-about-it/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic Council's Recommendations on Tether re Venezuela</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrieljimenezm/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Jimenez's Linkedin</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/technology/venezuela-petro-cryptocurrency.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The NYT's Jimenez puff piece</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/meet-gabriel-jimenez-venezuela-cryptocurrency-genius-and-former-congress-850691\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Jimenez was depicted circa 2018</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRuwAmwbAO0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jimenez's Stonks Go Moon interview</a></p><p><a href=\"https://restofworld.org/2022/reserve-rangers-crypto-community-venezuela/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rest of World</em>'s Reserve Right puff piece</a></p><p><a href=\"https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/07/03/sam-altman-stablecoin-reserve-venezuela-ofac/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">On Reserve's ban in Venezuela</a></p><p><br></p><p>Music by: Keith Allen Dennis</p><p><a href=\"https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/</a></p>","author_name":"Recluse"}