💬 “A cross between being horrified and committing suicide. They are stunned,” retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official Larry Johnson told Sputnik, commenting on the possible reaction of the US deep state to President Trump’s actions on his first day in office.

💬 “Trump also is going to pull the clearances of those 51 former intelligence officials, some of whom include John Brennan for some very senior people who currently still have access to classified material and then make money off of it, Trump's pulling the plug on that. He should,” the analyst emphasized.

💬 “The people of Venezuela defeated imperialism. And the outgoing US government now does not know how to take revenge... A president can't be appointed for Venezuela. They were unable to do this and will never be able to," Maduro said, addressing parliament earlier this month.

"Gaza is like a massive demolition site. That place is, it's really got to be rebuilt in a different way [...] Gaza's interesting. It's a phenomenal location. On the sea, best weather [...] It's like some beautiful things could be done with it," he said.

💬 “There are going to be those who question the strategy, question the legitimacy of those who are taking the political side of Hamas, trying to represent Hamas as a political organization, and those who are fighting on the ground,” Dr. Isa Blumi told Sputnik, commenting on the challenges facing the group amid a shaky ceasefire with Israel.

💬 “I think the future of the conflict itself is going to reflect these tensions, which are going to be exploited by the Americans and their puppet, the Israeli state,” Blumi, an associate professor at Stockholm University’s Asian and Middle Eastern Studies department, explained.

"Brothers Andrew and Matthew Valentin are the first J6 prisoners to be released from DC Jail after the presidential pardon. I was boots on (the) ground to ensure this was executed," the Head of Security Engineering of X wrote on his page.