When I woke up on Saturday morning, I was shocked to learn that the US had toppled the Maduro Regime and was planning to take over the country. Being a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, two thoughts entered my mind as I was waking up and having my first black coffee of the day. To the first question, I can say the answer is no, or it is very likely to be no. I will concede: on the surface, there are some similarities between Venezuela in 2026 and Iraq in 2003. In both cases, we had an illegitimate regime ruling…
Author: Richard Marlowe
The Department of Homeland Security announced last December that US Customs and Border Protection will be collecting biometric data from all non-citizens when they enter or leave the country. According to the official announcement, “The final rule, effective Dec. 26, 2025, amends existing DHS regulations to authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an operational component within DHS, to collect facial biometrics from all noncitizens upon entry and exit at airports, land ports, seaports, and other authorized points of departure. This removes prior exemptions including diplomats and most Canadian visitors.” The rule primarily covers facial biometrics, although fingerprints may be required…
In an explosive video released by citizen journalist Nick Shirley, over $111 million in fraud was discovered in a single afternoon in the State of Minnesota. This comes amid revelations that half of the $18 billion in Federal welfare funds sent to Minnesota have been lost to fraud since 2018. At around $8 billion, the fraud is close to the $10 billion GDP of the country of Somalia. Nick spent an afternoon with a concerned Minnesota resident named David, who has been tracking the welfare fraud in the State of Minnesota for several years. The Somali community of about 100,000…
A 12-year old illegal alien named Pedro Luis was arrested in Lee County, Florida on two counts of armed robbery. Luis, a minor, allegedly attempted to rob two individuals at knife point. The first incident occurred at about 6:40pm last Friday. While the victim was walking down Chattanooga Drive, Luis emerged from the bushes, waved a knife and shouted “Give me your shoes!” The victim successfully evaded Luis, after shoving him. As the victim was running away, they reportedly felt something hit them in the back. When the victim turned around, Luis was gone. At about 6:46pm a report came…
Billionaire Elon Musk, a key supporter of President Trump’s successful 2024 White House bid, has begun major campaign finance operations to support Republicans in the 2026 midterms, according to both Axios and Fox Business. Musk previously headed the Department of Governmental Efficiency in early 2025. There was a subsequent falling out with President Trump over the Big Beautiful Bill and the President’s decision to withdraw the nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Musk called the Big Beautiful Bill “a disgusting abomination” and threatened to form a third party to challenge GOP incumbents. However, such a third party…
Wizz, a controversial app that has been called “Tinder for kids” has been used by sexual predators to exploit children, said a recent report by The Hill. “Like, literally, when you think of Tinder, that’s what it is…trying to hook up or, like, date,” said Jada Maisonet, a 16-year old high school senior from Manhattan. “People are literally meeting up with strangers, like kids their age. Its really weird.” The app, which allows users to ‘swipe’ in a way similar to Tinder, has over 16 million users and there have been numerous cases nationally when the app was used by…
Text messages revealed that accused Chinese foreign agent Linda Sun believed Andrew Cuomo’s then-Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was “more obedient” than Governor Cuomo in 2021. The texts were presented as evidence in Sun’s trial on eight federal charges of acting as an undisclosed foreign agent for the Communist Party of China. Sun served as Deputy Chief Diversity Officer from 2018-2020 under Cuomo and Deputy Chief of Staff to Hochul from 2021-2022. In addition to acting as an unregistered foreign agent, Trump’s Justice Department also accused Sun of forging Hochul’s signature when she was Lieutenant Governor to curry favor with Chinese…
On Thursday, CNN’s Jake Tapper announced the arrest of a “30-year old white man” in connection with the DC pipe bomb incident in 2021. Pipe bombs were found near the RNC and DNC headquarters just before the January 6, 2021 protests. Neither bomb exploded, but both were functional and dangerous. Except, the suspect, Brian Cole Jr., isn’t white. “Brian Cole Jr, a 30-year old white man from the DC suburbs was charged with transporting an explosive device in interstate commerce and with malicious destruction by means of explosion,” Tapper said as B roll of the arrest played on the screen.…
In a heated political battle on Tuesday, Congresswoman and New York Gubenatorial Candidate Elise Stefanik (NY-21) won a key concession from House Speaker Mike Johnston on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The confrontation started at about 9:00 AM on Tuesday, with Stefanik announcing on her Twitter/X account that Speaker Johnson was blocking a key provision of the NDAA that would require the FBI to notify Congress of any investigations of candidates seeking the Presidency or Federal office. Speaker Johnson claimed not to know of Stefanik’s amendment, saying, “All of that is false. I don’t exactly know why Elise won’t…
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were wounded “within eyeshot” of the White House on Wednesday afternoon and are in critical condition at separate hospitals. The Guardsmen were on “high visibility patrols” between 17th and High Street NW in Washington, DC when the incident occurred. Both Guardsmen were initially reported as dead, but FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that the two Guardsmen are alive, but in critical condition. The thoughts and prayers of everyone at Populist Sentinel go out to these two heroes who were defending the streets of our Nation’s Capitol from the current crime wave in…