Weekly Perspective

The United States struck Venezuela and took Nicolas Maduro into Custody.  Our team released a snapshot earlier in our Perspectives Property and wanted to share it courtesy of Heather Cox Richardson , as shown above. We close out this analysis with the following on John Mearsheimer 's perspective: 

A new year is at hand here at the Daily Outsider . We are hitting the ground running as we present this courtesy Eyewitness News ABC7NY , as a new era has begun in New York City , as Zohran Mamdani has been sworn in as Mayor of New York City .   We present this perspective courtesy Corey Rubin : Mamdani’s inauguration speech: three more observations By  Corey Robin  on  01.01.26 In addition to what I wrote earlier  today , I want to make three other observations about Mamdani's inauguration speech. First, Trump was almost completely absent from the speech. He came up, by name, only once, when Mamdani referenced the voters who cast their ballots for Trump in 2024 and then for Mamdani in 2025. He came up, by act, only once, when Mamdani made a reference to ICE raids . I don't think anyone believes Mamdani is not aware of Trump or what Trump can do to New York. So we have to ask why he refused to make Trump a feature of his speech. It's not because Mam...