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23 JAN 2026 · In the hours after the Jan. 3 US invasion of Venezuela, social media was inundated with fake videos and images. Some showed Venezuelans holding huge rallies in favor of the US invasion. Others showed US troops landing or firing from helicopters. Others showed Maduro being kidnapped. Not all were AI. Some were old, showing anti-government rallies from years past. Or from other places—other invasions or bombing raids, unrelated to the current US attack. But these videos racked up tons of views, misleading millions of people about what was happening on the ground. Many of those people still don’t know the truth. It was only the tip of the iceberg.
Today, host Michael Fox looks at the misconceptions, myths, and misinformation that has been spread about Venezuela in the wake of the US invasion and, together with political scientist Steve Ellner, dives headfirst into the biased reporting and slanted truths that have underpinned the mainstream narrative on Venezuela in recent weeks, years, and decades.
https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught on Latin America.
Hosted, written, and produced by https://www.patreon.com/mfox. Script editing by https://www.heathergies.com/
This podcast is produced in partnership between https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow and https://nacla.org/under-shadow.
Theme music by https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nexDyQCZI89JH8zsYu5wa and Michael Fox. Monte Perdido's new album Ofrenda is now out. You can listen to the full album on https://open.spotify.com/album/1THq4wHHqkY8yydUMJRmWj, https://www.deezer.com/pt/album/587476202, https://music.apple.com/za/album/ofrenda/1746696244, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1lCcdFJEQczm-VSiraOuUpGcbzLxnRXs or wherever you listen to music. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.
Guests:
https://steveellnersblog.blogspot.com/
https://x.com/talhagin?lang=en
Resources
- X users and media outlets fact checking the wave of fake videos and images posted online following the January 3 US invasion of Venezuela:
- https://x.com/Shayan86/status/2007878255135887709
- https://x.com/Shayan86/status/2008231629270008230
- https://x.com/Shayan86/status/2007896154097209392
- https://x.com/Shayan86/status/2007368249583739033
- https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.89P629E
- https://x.com/talhagin/status/2008182438992789759
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/technology/nicolas-maduro-ai-images-deepfakes.html
- https://en.tempo.co/read/2081394/fact-check-viral-video-of-maduro-arrest-celebration-is-ai-generated?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=dlvr.it#google_vignette
- Under the Shadow
- https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow
- https://therealnews.com/the-beginning-monroe-and-migration-under-the-shadow-episode-1
- https://therealnews.com/panama-us-invasion-under-the-shadow-episode-13
- https://therealnews.com/he-legacy-of-monroe-under-the-shadow-bonus-episode-4
- Michael Fox’s recent reporting on the boat strikes and the ramp-up for war in Venezuela:
- https://www.thenation.com/article/world/venezuela-trump-air-strike-monroe-doctrine/
- https://truthout.org/articles/caribbean-leaders-call-for-unified-latin-american-resistance-to-us-attacks/
- https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-monroe-doctrine-2-0-outlines-imperial-intentions-for-latin-america/
- NACLA’s https://nacla.org/a-curated-guide-to-the-us-attack-on-venezuela/
- Truthout’s ongoing reporting on https://truthout.org/section/war-and-peace/ and the US invasion of Venezuela
- Visit https://therealnews.com/ for all of The Real News’s coverage on this and so much more.
Support Under the ShadowPlease consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: http://patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.
You can check out Michael’s https://therealnews.com/thousands-march-against-trump-war-venezuela about the protests against US intervention in Venezuela. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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23 JAN 2026 · The Trump administration’s federal invasion and occupation of the state of Minnesota continues to sow chaos in the Twin Cities, but grassroots resistance to ICE and Trump has also exploded. And on Friday, Jan. 23, unions, community organizations, small businesses, faith communities, and Minnesota residents of all kinds will participate in a mass strike, a day of “No work, no school, and no shopping.” From Minnesota, we get firsthand accounts from https://www.instagram.com/simplyaminah/?hl=en, a union organizer and an active member and executive board member of Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America, and https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/nestes, an enrolled member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and an Associate Professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota.
Hosted and produced by Maximillian Alvarez. Post-production by Stephen Frank. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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22 JAN 2026 · Returning citizens are being funneled into exploitative temp jobs that pay poverty wages, deny them basic labor protections, and deepen the state’s control over their lives long after they’ve served their time. This week, Mansa Musa speaks with Katherine Passley and Maya Ragsdale, Co-Executive Directors of Beyond the Bars, about how Florida’s temp industry traps the most vulnerable workers and operates as a profitable and punishing extension of the prison system.
Guests:
- Maya Ragsdale is the founder and co-executive director of https://www.beyondthebars.org/, a worker center in South Florida building the social and economic power of workers with criminal records and their families.
- https://www.instagram.com/kat_thepoet_/?hl=en is co-executive director of Beyond the Bars. Passley was named the 2025 Labor Organizer of the Year by In These Times magazine.
Additional links/info:
- Beyond the Bars https://www.beyondthebars.org/, https://substack.com/@beyondthebarsfl, and https://www.instagram.com/beyondbars_mia
- Beyond the Bars, https://share.google/y2TXucfK2biP589jq
Credits:
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21 JAN 2026 · The state of Minnesota is under siege by our own federal government, and residents—immigrant and US-born alike—are living in fear. With the deployment of over 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota in recent weeks, this is the Trump administration’s largest and most violent so-called “immigration enforcement” operation yet—and with President Trump threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to protests over ICE’s terror campaign, the situation on the ground is extremely volatile. Amid this federal invasion, unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses in Minnesota are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency services), no school, and no shopping” on January 23.
In this urgent episode, we speak with three union members and organizers in the Twin Cities—Daniel Troccoli, Douglas Williams, and Janette Corcelius—about the situation on the ground in Minnesota, and about the proposed general strike this Friday.
Additional links/info:
- 1/23: ICE OUT OF MN https://www.iceoutnowmn.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/s/ice-out-of-minnesota-day-of-tr/1772691910085908/
- 1/23 ICE OUT OF MN https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8prcBH454vIp4emZH-jNOnReTw7PSvRzl0WynIIwdxrt6Cg/viewform?fbclid=IwY2xjawPeQqtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFla1NBSzJjYUtLMnRHeWdEc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjbEO-wLz9WVHHFTUQ-Hq6YyBx6knaMesfz4Y2rjueY2nrxDn28gc-dGROkI_aem_-BVbIIuPnle9BMMd0e44SQ
- Sarah Lazare & Amie Stager, In These Times, “https://inthesetimes.com/article/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting-labor-unions”
- Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes, “https://labornotes.org/2026/01/will-ice-ignite-mass-strike-minnesota”
- Suzanne Gamboa, Shaquille Brewster, & Colin Sheeley, NBC News, “https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-approaching-people-minneapolis-demanding-proof-citizenship-rcna254247”
- Rachel Leingang & Maanvi Singh, The Guardian, “https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/minneapolis-twin-cities-ice-dispatch”
- Joseph Cox, 404 Media, “https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/”
- John Hamilton, Democracy Now!, “https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/20/minneapolis_minnesota_ice”
Featured Music:
- Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song
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- Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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20 JAN 2026 · Today, people are protesting across the United States. They’re rallying. They’re walking off their jobs to mark the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of president Donald Trump.
It’s part of a nationwide protest called the “https://www.freeameri.ca/.” It’s organized by the https://www.womensmarch.com/, the group that led the huge women’s marches against Trump in his first term. More than 400 https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/free-america-weekend are happening throughout the United States. People are braving the cold weather, walking out of jobs and schools and standing up.
Today also marks the one-year anniversary of Stories of Resistance. This is the last episode of Season 1 of Stories of Resistance. Stay tuned for season 2 later this year.
Please check out our new season of Under the Shadow. It’s all about Trump’s onslaught in Latin America. You can listen and subscribe here: https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow
BIG NEWS! This podcast has won Gold in this year’s Signal Awards for best history podcast! It’s a huge honor. Thank you so much to everyone who voted and supported.
Sign up for the Stories of Resistance podcast feed on https://open.spotify.com/show/1GtnrSF03VgQCzyRIRUIAE, https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stories-of-resistance/id1803542348, https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-resistance--6566893, or wherever you listen. And please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. A little help goes a long way.
The Real News’s legendary host Marc Steiner has also won a Gold Signal Award for best episode host. You can listen and subscribe to the Marc Steiner Show here on https://open.spotify.com/show/3rN9PFDr2mOZSI4cGuI2p9?si=2e2ad6febf2f455c or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show/id1539971852.
Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his http://patreon.com/mfox: http://patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, videos, and interviews.
Written and produced by https://www.patreon.com/mfox.
Resources
- Real News Stories:
- https://therealnews.com/resisting-ice-immigration-stories-of-resistance
- https://therealnews.com/we-are-facing-a-tsunami-of-hate-amid-ice-crackdown-unions-and-community-groups-call-for-minnesota-shutdown-in-10-days
- https://therealnews.com/baltimore-marches-against-ice
- https://therealnews.com/ice-new-orleans-catahoula-crunch
- https://therealnews.com/iced-out-of-america
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTLioh6NSxs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQcMfFtjPDc
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtEOX41HSeo
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20 JAN 2026 · The Trump administration has said that the “second phase” of the ceasefire in Gaza is now in effect, but the fire has yet to cease. “What's happening now is that we are still being settled silently, we are still being killed slowly, away from the world's cameras,” Eyad Amawi, a father living in Gaza and a representative of the Gaza Relief Committee, tells The Marc Steiner Show this week. “That's the real meaning of the ceasefire.”
Follow The Marc Steiner Show on https://open.spotify.com/show/3rN9PFDr2mOZSI4cGuI2p9?si=2e2ad6febf2f455c and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show/id1539971852
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16 JAN 2026 · Thousands have marched against Trump’s invasion of Venezuela. And leaders are leading the charge against U.S. intervention in the region, in some unexpected places. But Trump is now also pointing elsewhere in the region. Cuba, Colombia and Mexico are in his sights.
Today, host Michael Fox looks at the response around the world to Trump's invasion of Venezuela. He also takes a deep dive into Trump’s threats elsewhere across the region, and introduces you to some of the leaders and the people standing up to Trump both inside the United States and far beyond.
https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present.
Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump Administration’s onslaught in Latin America.
Hosted by Latin America-based journalist https://www.patreon.com/mfox.
This podcast is produced in partnership between https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow and https://nacla.org/under-shadow.
Theme music by https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nexDyQCZI89JH8zsYu5wa and Michael Fox. Monte Perdido's new album Ofrenda is now out. You can listen to the full album on https://open.spotify.com/album/1THq4wHHqkY8yydUMJRmWj, https://www.deezer.com/pt/album/587476202, https://music.apple.com/za/album/ofrenda/1746696244, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1lCcdFJEQczm-VSiraOuUpGcbzLxnRXs or wherever you listen to music. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.
Guests:
https://steveellnersblog.blogspot.com/
https://resistancewords.com/tamara-pearson/
https://muckrack.com/soyinigrey
https://x.com/Alexander_Avina
https://cepr.net/people/alexander-main/
https://liberalarts.du.edu/about/people/rafael-r-ioris
https://cnm.ufsc.br/corpo-docente/camila-feix-vidal/
https://x.com/GilmaGCamargo
Script editing by https://www.heathergies.com/
Resources for Under the Shadow:
- https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow
- https://therealnews.com/the-beginning-monroe-and-migration-under-the-shadow-episode-1
- https://therealnews.com/panama-us-invasion-under-the-shadow-episode-13
- https://therealnews.com/he-legacy-of-monroe-under-the-shadow-bonus-episode-4
- Michael Fox’s recent reporting on the boat strikes and the ramp-up for war in Venezuela:
- https://www.thenation.com/article/world/venezuela-trump-air-strike-monroe-doctrine/
- https://truthout.org/articles/caribbean-leaders-call-for-unified-latin-american-resistance-to-us-attacks/
- https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-monroe-doctrine-2-0-outlines-imperial-intentions-for-latin-america/
Other Resources:
Here is NACLA’s https://nacla.org/a-curated-guide-to-the-us-attack-on-venezuela/
Here is Truthout’s ongoing reporting on https://truthout.org/section/war-and-peace/ and the US invasion of Venezuela
Visit https://therealnews.com/ for all of The Real News’s coverage on this and so much more.
Support Under the Shadow:Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: http://patreon.com/mfox. There you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.
You can check out Michael’s https://therealnews.com/thousands-march-against-trump-war-venezuela about the protests against US intervention in Venezuela.
Written and produced by Michael Fox. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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14 JAN 2026 · People continue to take to the streets all across Iran, even as state forces massacre protestors and the US ramps up sanctions and threatens military intervention. While a total internet blackout remains in effect in the country, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with award-winning Iranian-Canadian journalist Samira Mohyeddin of https://www.youtube.com/@SamiraMohyeddin about what we do and don’t know about the crisis unfolding in Iran right now.
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13 JAN 2026 · Marc Steiner speaks with Geo Maher, abolitionist scholar and author of We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution, about the untenable goals behind President Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, and what the US bid to reassert imperial dominance in the Western hemisphere reveals about its declining place on the global stage.
Additional links/info:
- Geo Maher https://www.facebook.com/george.ciccariellomaher page and https://www.instagram.com/_g_c_m_/
- Geo Maher, Duke University Press, “https://dukeupress.edu/we-created-chavez”
- Geo Maher, Verso Books, “Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela”
- Mike Fox, Under the Shadow / The Real News Network, “https://therealnews.com/us-trump-invasion-of-venezuela”
Follow The Marc Steiner Show on https://open.spotify.com/show/3rN9PFDr2mOZSI4cGuI2p9?si=2e2ad6febf2f455c and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show/id1539971852
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Audio Post-Production: Stephen Frank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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12 JAN 2026 · Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, January 12, 2026.
TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide.
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