German authorities are warning about the rise of Syrian criminal family-clan structures in the eastern German state of Saxony, particularly in Leipzig, where police estimate that between 700 and 1,000 people belong to their wider environment. 4 large Syrian families are now a major focus of Saxony’s specialized Clan Task Force. Around 130 people within the broader network already appear in police records for criminal offenses. Authorities have linked individual members to violent crime, drug trafficking, money laundering, tax offenses, migrant smuggling, document forgery, illegal financial operations, social-benefits fraud and other forms of fraud. Firearms have also been seized during raids. Some clan members use networks of companies and frontmen to conceal criminal activity behind apparently legitimate businesses. Drugs are sold from the back rooms of bars and nightlife venues, while relatives provide bank accounts, vehicles and properties that make tracing money more difficult. Police say the groups’ intense family loyalty has caused investigations and prosecutions to collapse due to the absence of witnesses.

This oil deal with Venezuela is absolutely insane. President Trump just announced that the US has reached a deal to secure "majority control" of over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves. Furthermore, the US currently has ~46 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves. Combined with the 65 billion barrels covered by this agreement, the US would have domestic reserves plus control over ~111 billion barrels of oil. To put this into perspective, the entire world has roughly 1.57 TRILLION barrels of proven crude oil reserves. In other words, the US is set to control ~7.1% of all proven oil reserves in the world under this new agreement with Venezuela. At ~111 billion barrels, the US would be almost exactly in-line with the United Arab Emirates, which has 113 billion barrels of proven crude reserves, and it would exceed Kuwait's 102 billion barrels. Assuming the agreement is structured as outlined in President Trump’s announcement, the implications for global energy markets will be enormous. We will publish more in-depth analysis soon.

Every right-winger either leans Chad (jock) or Chud (autist). Chads are the traditional alpha males; Chuds are the intelligentsia. Working together, they will be unstoppable.