The Great America Show - January 05, 2026


Mid-Day Update： January 5, 2026


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Length

6 minutes

Words per minute

165.45544

Word count

1,108

Sentence count

97

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Hate speech

5

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Summary

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Tampon Tim Waltz announces he will not be running for re-election to the governor's office in Minnesota. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife are still in place. Marco Rubio questions why the U.S. did not get all of the other 5 fugitives out of the case.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fosso with this Great America Show midday update for Monday, January 5th.
00:00:04.660 Happy Monday, folks. I hope you all had a great weekend.
00:00:07.560 We're starting the week off with some really great news.
00:00:10.940 Tampon Tim Waltz, his political career seems to finally be over.
00:00:16.360 The ongoing Somali fraud scandal has brought an end to the governor's political career in Minnesota.
00:00:23.120 Tampon Tim Waltz announcing this afternoon he will not be seeking a third term.
00:00:28.380 Here's Waltz's statement.
00:00:58.380 So I've decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.
00:01:09.380 I know this news may come as a surprise, but I'm passing on the race with zero sadness and zero regret. 0.91
00:01:15.360 After all, I didn't run for this job so I could have this job.
00:01:18.780 I ran for this job so I could do this job.
00:01:21.260 Minnesota faces enormous challenges this year and I refuse to spend every minute of the 2026 doing anything other than rising to meet the moment.
00:01:31.400 Minnesota has to come first always. 0.74
00:01:34.720 Now, Axios is reporting that Senator Amy Klobuchar and Attorney General Keith Ellison could now jump in the race.
00:01:41.860 Klobuchar has reportedly already bought the website Domains.
00:01:45.540 Just days ago, Klobuchar and Waltz reportedly met over the weekend, possibly discussing this very news.
00:01:53.480 Great news.
00:01:54.680 Tampon Tim Waltz is a goner.
00:01:57.620 Over the weekend, folks, if you happen to turn on the news early in the morning on Saturday,
00:02:02.780 you'd figure out that Nicolas Maduro, the communist dictator of Venezuela, had been captured by the U.S. military and it's got the Marxist Dems going absolutely crazy, folks.
00:02:16.960 The same Democrats who called and put bounty on his head just a mere months ago.
00:02:22.340 So, they're now livid, they're abhorrent that the United States of America would go in and take out Nicolas Maduro,
00:02:31.600 a man who the Democrats, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, put a $25 million bounty on.
00:02:36.880 Of course, you're getting some people on the right, none other than Thomas Massey and the rest of the rhino ilk. 1.00
00:02:43.460 Senator Marco Rubio, who's been absolutely amazing as Secretary of State.
00:02:47.640 He made his media rounds over the weekend and he stopped by CBS's Face the Nation, as I like to call him, to Face the Nation.
00:02:55.500 And boy, the host.
00:02:57.440 I mean, just as dumb as the day is long.
00:03:00.140 She wanted to know why, when America went in to get Maduro, why they didn't get the five other fugitives out.
00:03:07.920 Take a listen, you can't make this stuff up, folks.
00:03:10.180 I'm curious because you just described the regime as still in place, essentially.
00:03:16.660 I mean, I'm curious why the Trump administration decided to leave it intact and only arrest Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
00:03:25.660 The person who controls the police, the chief thug, Diaz del Cabello.
00:03:30.680 He's the interior minister.
00:03:31.900 He's been indicted by the United States.
00:03:33.580 He was in that indictment the administration released.
00:03:36.760 He's a narco-terrorist. 0.82
00:03:37.980 There's a $25 million price on his head.
00:03:40.500 He's still in place.
00:03:41.940 The defense minister, who has deep ties to Russia, $15 million price on his head.
00:03:47.200 He is still in place.
00:03:49.460 I'm confused.
00:03:50.580 Are they still wanted by the United States?
00:03:53.260 Why didn't you arrest them if you are taking out the narco-terrorist regime? 0.98
00:03:58.240 You're confused?
00:04:00.080 I don't know why that's confusing to you.
00:04:01.700 They're still in power.
00:04:02.460 I mean, it's very simple.
00:04:02.960 You're not going to go in and wrap up.
00:04:05.300 But yeah, you're going to go in and suck up five people.
00:04:08.680 They're already complaining about this one operation.
00:04:11.320 Imagine the howls we would have from everybody else if we actually had to go and stay there four days to capture four other people.
00:04:17.460 We got the top priority.
00:04:19.200 The number one person on the list was the guy who claimed to be the president of the country that he was not.
00:04:24.800 And he was arrested, along with his wife, who was also indicted.
00:04:27.620 And that was a pretty sophisticated and, frankly, complicated operation.
00:04:30.300 It is not easy to land helicopters in the middle of the largest military base in the country.
00:04:36.240 The guy lived on a military base.
00:04:38.340 Land within three minutes, kick down his door, grab him, put him in handcuffs, read him his rights, put him in a helicopter, and leave the country without losing any American or any American assets.
00:04:47.600 That's not an easy mission.
00:04:48.880 And you're asking me why didn't we do that in five other places at the same time?
00:04:52.360 I mean, that's absurd.
00:04:53.160 I do think this is one of the most daring, complicated, sophisticated missions this country has carried out in a very long time.
00:05:03.020 Tremendous credit to the U.S. military personnel who did it.
00:05:06.220 It was unbelievable and tremendous success.
00:05:09.100 And today, an indicted drug trafficker who was not the legitimate president of Venezuela, who we don't recognize.
00:05:15.260 The Biden administration didn't recognize.
00:05:17.240 Sixty-something countries don't recognize.
00:05:18.920 The European Union doesn't recognize, and many countries in Latin America don't recognize.
00:05:23.500 He was a convicted, he was a indicted drug trafficker.
00:05:26.500 He was arrested.
00:05:27.620 His wife was arrested, also indicted.
00:05:29.060 Right, but the others, the others who were also indicted are still, the others who were also indicted are still in place.
00:05:34.820 So, that's the point of my questioning there.
00:05:38.020 But you talked about not being the legitimate president.
00:05:40.460 So you wanted us to land in five other military bases?
00:05:42.840 No, I'm asking why you chose that this was the limit of the military operation.
00:05:48.020 But to your point that you just made, that Maduro was not the legitimate president.
00:05:52.660 He was the guy who was claiming to be the president.
00:05:54.420 Right.
00:05:55.720 Well, the opposition...
00:05:56.840 He was the top target.
00:05:57.460 Folks, this is what we're up against.
00:05:59.160 A media that hates America.
00:06:00.600 A media that will do anything they can to undermine democracy.
00:06:04.460 An absolute joke.
00:06:05.700 And that news anchor, Face the Nation, should be embarrassed for herself. 1.00
00:06:09.220 What a total loser.
00:06:10.980 No nice way to say it.
00:06:12.080 Okay, folks, please be sure to join us tonight for the Great America Show.
00:06:15.860 We're going to be joined by former acting DIA head, Derek Maltz.
00:06:22.040 We want to get his take on this and everything else that's going on.
00:06:25.740 And who's next?
00:06:26.640 Is Cuba going down next?
00:06:27.960 Is it Mexico or Colombia?
00:06:30.300 We're going to be joined by Derek Maltz, former DEA agent and former acting head of the DEA,
00:06:35.820 tonight on the Great America Show.
00:06:37.140 That's 6 p.m. Eastern time.
00:06:38.300 We'll see you there.
00:06:39.320 I'm John Fossil with this Midday Update.
00:06:40.900 Have a great day, everybody.