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The Trump Administration’s attempts to overthrow the government and sow confusion around the elections have been going so badly that it has been difficult to take what is a very serious attack on our democracy seriously. On Thursday the Trump...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Sun Nov 22, 2020 at 03:22 PM PST
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Trump’s Body Count: War Crimes Against Iran and Venezuela By Al Carroll Trump has been trying to overthrow the governments of Iran and Venezuela since he first took office. Both nations are bogeymen for American...
by Al Carroll
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on Wed Oct 28, 2020 at 06:51 PM PDT
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Greetings, beloved Daily Kos Community! It’s time for another edition of Picks of the Week!
I haven’t really got a question for you today. This week’s picks cover a lot of territory not widely discussed here on Daily Kos, and I couldn’t be happier....
by Jessica Sutherland
16 comments
on Sat Apr 06, 2019 at 02:19 PM PDT
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July 5, 2017
Congressman John J. Faso, 19th District, NY
1616 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Congressman Faso,
You say, “The ACA raised taxes by $1 trillion, including new payroll taxes for employers,...
by douglassmyth
1 comments
on Thu Jul 06, 2017 at 07:56 AM PDT
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The Government of Venezuela has failed the basic promise leaders make to their citizens. Right now a famine caused by mismanagement of public resources is underway in Venezuela. Like the Great Leap Forward and Holodomor this is not caused by a natural...
by Herticalt
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on Thu Sep 01, 2016 at 03:44 PM PDT
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Why, oh why don't all progressives support Bernie Sanders for President?
Why is he not getting the attention or excitement that Barack Obama received during his historic run?
How in the world, can ...
by LiberalCanuck
77 comments
on Thu Oct 29, 2015 at 02:48 PM PDT
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In Venezuela, protests are continuing; however, a split is developing between opposition groups.
Opposition moderates question the demonstrator’s tactics of blocking streets, setting up ...
by Eternal Hope
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on Sun Mar 02, 2014 at 08:46 PM PST
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from a speech by João Pedro Stédile,
Co-coordinator of the Landless Workers Movement of Brazil
Edited by Beverly Bell
João Pedro Stédile is an economist, co-founder and co-coordinator of the ...
by Bev Bell
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on Thu May 30, 2013 at 12:48 PM PDT
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The United States is refusing to recognize the outcome of the recent presidential election in Venezuela, which Chavez ally Nicholas Maduro won with 50.7% of the vote. Washington, virtually alone in ...
by Justin Zachary
233 comments
on Wed Apr 24, 2013 at 07:29 PM PDT
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Hugo Chávez in Brazil in 2003
Photo credit: By Victor Soares/ABr (AgenciaBrasil) [CC-BY-3.0-br (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
Economist Camille ...
by Bev Bell
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on Fri Mar 29, 2013 at 12:23 PM PDT
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Camille Chalmers at one of thousands of Chávez memorials around the Americas. Photo: Beverly Bell.
by Beverly ...
by Bev Bell
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on Thu Mar 28, 2013 at 08:20 AM PDT
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I've never posted a diary before but the response to Hugo's death has brought me out of hibernation. When it comes to Hugo Chavez, it appears as if people do not let those pesky things called facts ...
by winnerforlife
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on Wed Mar 06, 2013 at 06:00 AM PST
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It is shameful to see all of the comments in support of Hugo Chavez after his passing. He was an authoritarian, plain and simple and created a cult of personality to mask his woeful management of ...
by buildrail
155 comments
on Tue Mar 05, 2013 at 07:09 PM PST
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I just watched on CNN as Barack Obama spoke in Wisconsin.
He was brilliant!
Direct and strong, funny, inspiring and genuine.
After speaking a bit in heartfelt tones to the tragedy we are going ...
by abrelaboquita
12 comments
on Thu Nov 01, 2012 at 10:21 AM PDT
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Trivia question 1: who has reduced the percentage of people living below the poverty line by 28% over 5 years in office?
A. FDR
B. Lyndon Johnson
C. Hugo Chavez
D. Teddy Roosevelt
Trivia question 2:
by Jkreine
20 comments
on Sun Jul 22, 2012 at 01:18 PM PDT
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Harry Truman famously quipped :
"I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them and they think it's Hell."
by BoldProgressives
9 comments
on Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM PST
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Hugo Chavez, the enigmatic President of Venezuela, will be returning to Cuba for follow-up treatment after the earlier removal of a baseball-sized tumor from his pelvic region.
In a statement, the ...
by hotdamn
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on Fri Jul 15, 2011 at 07:04 PM PDT
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Today we will examine an embarrassing case in which Qaddafi backers get so busy fabricating stories that their web of deception develops logical contradictions that expose the whole illusion. This ...
by Clay Claiborne
14 comments
on Fri Jul 01, 2011 at 10:08 AM PDT
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Some of the crappiest reporting I've seen in a while:
CARACAS (Reuters) – Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo ...
by sacundim
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on Tue Mar 22, 2011 at 04:44 PM PDT
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Polemic and controversial Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has constantly been in the limelight over the past several years. As a man with obvious poor tact when it comes to speaking he often makes ...
by electronicmaji
176 comments
on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 08:24 PM PDT
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