SOFREP Cartoon: Venezuela’s Narco Carnival

A crooked carnival where narco boats explode for pocket change and everyone smiles through the smoke is the kind of sick joke the war on drugs tells without ever bothering to set up a proper punchline.

Morning Brief: Trump Dumps Marjorie Taylor Greene, Hundreds of Guardsmen Leave Portland and Chicago, Chileans Vote in Polarized Presidential Race

As Trump boots Marjorie Taylor Greene out of the MAGA family photo, federalized Guard units quietly file out of Portland and Chicago, and Chileans cast mandatory ballots with crime and migration front and center, you can see the same story stretching from Georgia to Santiago: fearful publics, strained institutions, and leaders turning security into the sharpest political weapon in the room. It’s Sunday morning, November 16th, 2025. Here is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Morning Brief: Trump Drops Tariffs on Some Foods, Man Executed by Firing Squad in South Carolina, Belgium Halts Ukrainian Lifeline

As Trump scrambles to ease grocery costs by cutting food tariffs, South Carolina presses ahead with another firing squad execution, and Europe’s $200 billion Ukraine rescue package stalls in Belgium, three very different fronts show how political pressure is reshaping hard choices at home and abroad. Welcome to Saturday, November 15th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.