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Date: January 6th, 2026 3:52 PM Author: lemon home “This market will resolve to "Yes" if the United States commences a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Venezuela between November 3, 2025, and January 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".”
“This market refers to U.S. military operations intended to establish control. President Trump’s statement that they will “run” Venezuela while referencing ongoing talks with the Venezuelan government does not alone qualify the snatch-and-extract mission to capture Maduro as an invasion.”
https://polymarket.com/event/will-the-us-invade-venezuela-in-2025?tid=1767732697146
https://x.com/trader_53/status/2008545328824549664?s=46 |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:35 PM Author: obsidian dingle berry get a life you fucking dork (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567289) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:42 PM Author: lemon home get off this bort you closeted fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567303) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:44 PM Author: obsidian dingle berry you really should do this. everyone here hates you and you are a dick chopping tranny retard pedophile. the world would be better off if you'd just go away once and for all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567306) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:03 PM Author: lemon home you are literally a closeted fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567363) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 9:45 AM Author: obsidian dingle berry you literally are jewishly projecting yet again. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568632) |
Date: January 6th, 2026 3:56 PM Author: Violet vibrant lettuce i don't see how this can be anything other than "yes". they defined it pretty broadly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567168) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:29 PM Author: Razzmatazz Personal Credit Line Karate LMAO we "controlled" their POTUS into a fucking black bag what kind of bullshit is this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567271) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:56 PM Author: Electric cruise ship It's fraud they need to pay out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567336) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:35 PM Author: burgundy 180 orchestra pit brethren The market is about an "invasion." It's about taking and controlling territory. That hasn't happened. It still might by the end of the month. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567449) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:41 PM Author: Marvelous Magenta Hell Philosopher-king The US controls the territory of Venezuela. The purpose of abducting its head of state was to establish control of Venezuela. The operation was successful
You are confusing the words "control" and "occupy" |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:43 PM Author: burgundy 180 orchestra pit brethren Which "portion" (see the definition in the link) does the US control? The US doesn't control Venezuela via an invasion any more than the US uses its power to influence a lot of countries. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567477) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:45 PM Author: Electric cruise ship Polymarket doesn't say the US has to control it with the intent to deprive Venezuela of that territory. Even a peppercorn of time is enough. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567484) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:47 PM Author: burgundy 180 orchestra pit brethren The market is for an invasion. The definition requires establishing control of a portion of territory.
Could you point on a map to which portion of Venezuelan territory the US invaded with the intent to control? You're right that it could be a small portion. |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: Marvelous Magenta Hell Philosopher-king https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_medium_no_crop/public/2019-02/venezuela_en.png?itok=aeBbLnHe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567497) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:48 PM Author: Marvelous Magenta Hell Philosopher-king The entire "portion" of Venezuela. The US controls the country of Venezuela, as a statement of fact, as demonstrated by the fact that it can simply remove its nominal political "head of state" at will, whenever it wants, as it just did (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567492) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:33 PM Author: Wild house seems like an easy "No". they dont and didnt intend to control any area of Venezuela, they captured its president and are pressuring the current government to do their will. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567286) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:43 PM Author: lemon home (Peter Thiel) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567304) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:44 PM Author: passionate chestnut space yes its not like orange man said we run it now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567305) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:50 PM Author: indigo vivacious ape site I say I run Cambodia. They appear to disagree. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567316) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:57 PM Author: Electric cruise ship Who does Polymarket think is the relevant authority on this? Maduro? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567341) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:01 PM Author: lemon home usually they say “a consensus of credible reporting” but they removed that language since it would make it harder to screw over their traders (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567356) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:43 PM Author: burgundy 180 orchestra pit brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567479) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 7:35 PM Author: emerald talented filthpig cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567713) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 8:45 AM Author: Glittery Doobsian Stead Patrolman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568504) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:45 PM Author: galvanic charcoal meetinghouse IRL Topicality moment (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567307) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:54 PM Author: Misunderstood Chrome Location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567330) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:56 PM Author: rebellious angry roast beef jew companies pay a small army of professional wordcels to exhaustively draft out the terms of selling you toilet paper, and they still leave ambiguities. why would anyone ever expect that degens gambling on geopolitical upheavals described in a blurb with no transparency or accountability would be a good idea? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567334) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:59 PM Author: Electric cruise ship It's not vague. The US intended to control Maduro's estate when it arrested him, and the estate is located in Venezuela. Even if the control was only fleeting, it damn sure wasn't unintentional (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567348) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:02 PM Author: rebellious angry roast beef jew (guy who no longer has $1,600) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567360) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:13 PM Author: Wild house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567396) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 6:19 AM Author: Chartreuse territorial juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568389) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:57 PM Author: milky address It's ambiguous on purpose so they can Jew people over after the fact. It's a feature. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567517) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:00 PM Author: Marvelous Magenta Hell Philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567526) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:11 PM Author: Electric cruise ship There's no ambiguity. Polymarket made a valid offer. The terms are clear. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567542) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:01 PM Author: Marvelous Magenta Hell Philosopher-king Obvious yes
But this is why you don't bet on stuff like this tbh. I wouldn't even put a substantial sum of money on an election on these platforms. You always run the risk of some Jewish bullshit like this |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:33 PM Author: burgundy 180 orchestra pit brethren This is a crystal clear "No." What's the counterargument that isn't just based on feelings?
The market is "Will the U.S. invade Venezuela by...?" And they define "invasion" as "a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Venezuela."
Dropping some special ops in for a limited time to extract the president is far from an invasion--i.e., an "offensive intended to establish control over" over territory. If there were boots on the ground to take and hold territory, it would be another thing. But there are not and have not been.
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:35 PM Author: Wild house cr, not a close call imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567451) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:37 PM Author: lemon home Trump said the US would now run Venezuela. It’s so clear that they even had to address it in their statement screwing people over. There must’ve been a huge whale or polymarket insider on the other side of that trade (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567465) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:45 PM Author: burgundy 180 orchestra pit brethren The market isn't what wild things Trump says. (He also said we're going to "lock Her up." Where are we on that?)
The market is for an invasion controlling Venezuelan territory. That hasn't happened. |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:48 PM Author: Marvelous Magenta Hell Philosopher-king Narrator: "In fact, it did just happen two days ago." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567493) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: Electric cruise ship This is shitlib semantics. The actual verbiage says "commences a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Venezuela." Trump doesn't have to actually run anything, he only has to commence a military offensive with that intent. Having actual control is sufficient but not NECESSARY to prove intent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567498) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:54 PM Author: Violet vibrant lettuce this. it was a military offensive intended to establish control over caracas generally and at the very least maduro's residence for however long it was necessary in order to capture him.
the issue here is "control" and the time period it takes to constitute it. polymarket thought they were describing something more permanent and substantial, but they didn't spell that out and i think it's hard to argue that landing a bunch of helicopters into maduro's front yard, killing his security guards, and forcibly removing him wasn't taking "control" of his house which is a "portion" of venezuela. "intent" is there the minute you give the order. |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:57 PM Author: Electric cruise ship Under US law we damn sure exercised control over several acres of land in Venezuela for a period of some several minutes, and not by accident (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567514) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:47 PM Author: Electric cruise ship So Polymarket can call Trump a liar but Hampton Inn can't make DHS pay full price for hotel rooms? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567489) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:10 PM Author: spruce apoplectic theater digit ratio are degenerate gamblers actually whining that their gambling platform is being legalistic and dishonest? LOL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567539) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 7:20 PM Author: lemon home the thing is there are people on both sides of the trade so it doesn’t really make sense for polymarket to screw over their users. they’re just a bookie. unless a polymarket insider or whale with connections was on the other side of the trade and pulled some strings. either way what they’re doing is dishonest. at a minimum they should not have titled the market “invade” if sending the military into foreign sovereign territory and arresting its president doesn’t count. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567682) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 7:31 PM Author: Pea-brained gas station If there was a breaking news report that “the us is invading Venezuela” no one would be like “but that already happened”.
The common sense version says this wasn’t an invasion and nothing in their terms is enough to override that. |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM Author: Appetizing resort His house was invaded (briefly) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567813) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:11 PM Author: Appetizing resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49567795) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:17 PM Author: thriller rehab idea he suggested I'm 100% on Polymarket's side here.
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Date: January 7th, 2026 5:48 AM Author: Appetizing resort I was, too, until uh oh convinced me otherwise (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568381) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 7:59 AM Author: lemon home Kalishi screwing over bettors on 49ers game
https://x.com/dustingouker/status/2008748429024133125?s=46 |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 8:16 AM Author: Wild house now this is just a straight up scam (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568452) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 8:18 AM Author: Electric cruise ship Is Polymarket still fucking over its users? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568453) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:16 AM Author: Misunderstood Chrome Location Just made 60,000 dollars (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568707) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:29 AM Author: Appetizing resort ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568727) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:30 AM Author: Violet vibrant lettuce i can't believe any lawyer would agree with "no" here. the terms are so broad even a child could make a reasonable argument for "yes". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49568730) |
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Date: January 10th, 2026 10:01 PM Author: Appetizing resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49579920) |
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Date: March 5th, 2026 1:46 PM Author: UN peacekeeper (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2...#49718047) |