By Guest Post on Jan 15, 2021 12:54 pm
 
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“This is what we have been reduced to: A violent mob. A nation on the brink of martial law. A populace under house arrest. A techno-corporate state wielding its power to immobilize huge swaths of the country. And a Constitution in tatters.” “In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it […]
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By Richard Wolff on Jan 15, 2021 12:39 pm
 
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“The spectacle of political “leaders” disconnected from basic social realities survived Trump’s defeat.” The spectacle of political “leaders” disconnected from basic social realities survived Trump’s defeat. He and his GOP had shown little grasp of the two great crises of 2020: the crash of capitalism and the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump’s resulting political defeat did not […]
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By Vijay Prashad and Carlos Ron on Jan 15, 2021 12:19 pm
 
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On January 5, 2021, the newly elected National Assembly took its seats in Venezuela’s capital. That day the Lima Group released a statement most of its members signed saying that they did not recognize the legality of the assembly. They called upon countries around the world to “disregard” the assembly and to recognize instead the leadership of […]
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By Medea Benjamin Nicolas J.S. Davies and Marcy Winograd on Jan 15, 2021 11:30 am
 
This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Medea Benjamin Nicolas J.S. Davies and Marcy Winograd
Nuland would be a ticking time-bomb in Biden’s State Department, waiting to sabotage his better angels much as she undermined Obama’s second-term diplomacy. Who is Victoria Nuland? Most Americans have never heard of her because the U.S. corporate media’s foreign policy coverage is a wasteland. Most Americans have no idea that President-elect Biden’s pick for […]
Read more at Will the Senate Confirm Coup Plotter Victoria Nuland?
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By Guest Post on Jan 15, 2021 11:05 am
 
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Samantha Power has been an outspoken advocate of US humanitarian intervention, promoting the Iraq war and defending human rights abusers like Israel and Saudi Arabia. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) President-elect Joe Biden has selected longtime Democratic insider Samantha Power to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “There is simply no one better […]
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