The historic deal would more than double U.S. oil reserves by drawing from a country that has the world's largest proven reserves.

"Calling this deal huge would be an understatement," one of the officials said. "It is massive."

Adding pressure to get the deal signed: the wars in Iran and Ukraine, which have disrupted global oil supplies and raised prices.

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now at a 40-year low.

The fields in question, which have 90 billion barrels of proven reserves, used to be controlled by former Venezuelan insiders — including some who've been indicted — as well as interests once controlled by China, the official said.

In return for giving the U.S. an ownership stake, Venezuela's government would benefit from private companies, including American firms, developing the fields and returning more oil revenue to that country.

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/trump-venezuela-oil-deal-talks

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Man arrested near U.S. Capitol with guillotine in pickup truck bed
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U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) have arrested a man who was allegedly carrying a life-sized guillotine in the bed of his pickup truck.

Submissions are open for this year's Based Con Based Book Sale.
https://basedbooksale.substack.com/p/call-for-authors-2026-basedcon-based

The Socialist Far Left New York Government is trying to force vaccines onto the Amish Community.

New York’s Amish community is issuing an ultimatum to state bureaucrats: leave us alone or we’re packing up our buggies for greener pastures.

The threat has been sparked by a vaccine mandate fight that the 25,000 strong religious community is taking all the way to the Supreme Court.

It takes place as state Health Department officials continue to slap thousands in fines on tiny, one-room parochial Amish schools which have refused to comply with a Cuomo-era vaccine decree.

The Amish are the healthiest population of people in America & now the Socialist Government wants to pump poison into their kids.

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Buc-ee’s CEO favors ‘conservative, business-friendly, family-oriented’ states while expanding
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The founder and CEO of Buc-ee’s, Arch “Beaver” Aplin III, has made it clear that as his travel center expands across America, it will prioritize conservative, business-friendly environments.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: In the summer of 2010, a year after the infamous ‘Green Movement’ riots in Iran, several articles suddenly appeared

One was an article by The Guardian, describing a shocking incident involving the practice of stoning adulterers, which has not taken place in Iran for decades.

The author has now come out and admitted that the entire article was fabricated, from beginning to end. Now imagine how many more articles are simply made up.

@Middle_East_Spectator

Trump Declares National Emergency, Bans Use Of Foreign Equipment In US Power Grid. White House said an “unusual and extraordinary foreign threat” to the US electricity grid was found.

Just because it's formulaic doesn't mean it isn't a good story.

🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇨🇳 White House official Peter Navarro agrees with Steve Bannon that Canada is now a "wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese Communist Party"

"Vancouver is now big Hong Kong," Navarro says

📎 Aaron Rupar

"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the IRS could revoke the tax-free status (https://nypost.com/2026/01/30/business/scott-bessent-eyes-top-cop-for-treasury-to-crack-down-on-shady-nonprofits/) of left-wing nonprofits such as George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, three sources familiar with the matter have told The Post. It is part of a Trump-backed crackdown on “bogus” charities (https://nypost.com/2025/12/17/business/woke-private-equity-watchdog-braces-for-trump-administration-crackdown-on-political-nonprofits-sources/), and Treasury officials are drawing up a sweeping audit of outfits deemed to be using and abusing Uncle Sam’s tax code, the three people briefed on the Treasury Department’s internal policy deliberations said. Bessent’s inner circle is drafting a blueprint that could ultimately strip non-compliant organizations of their 501(c)(3) status, according to two of the people familiar with the plans. The reviews could result in massive back payments and civil penalties, the same sources said."

https://nypost.com/2026/08/27/business/trump-admin-set-to-target-george-soros-nonprofit-in-tax-crackdown/

Babylon 5 Did NOT Ripoff Star Trek Deep Space 9

Eldest Darkspawn, “Dad, was this… legal?”

https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/babylon-5-did-not-ripoff-star-trek