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The US State Department just approved the sale of $4.8 billion of fighter jets to Morocco's authoritarian monarchy.

While the US tries to overthrow Venezuela's elected leftist government, it continues to arm actual dictatorships that repress their people
thedefensepost.com/2019/03/25/us-…
In fact while the US (and France) supports the Moroccan dictatorship that is occupying and colonizing the Western Sahara, Venezuela's elected leftist government recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and has good relations with the Polisario Front
mppre.gob.ve/2019/01/30/act…
The US/France-backed Moroccan monarchy showed its loyalty to its neo-colonial masters by being the first Arab country to recognize Venezuela's Trump-appointed, unelected right-wing coup leader Juan Guaidó
middleeastmonitor.com/20190130-moroc…
US-selected Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó returned the favor by reassuring the Moroccan dictatorship that his puppet regime would consider withdrawing recognition of the Sahrawi Republic in the Western Sahara and sever ties with the Polisario Front
northafricapost.com/27544-venezuel…
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I explained why it's great Tulsi Gabbard is running for president and making ending regime-change wars a key issue—in this interview with @Lauren_Steiner

She has some problems, yes, but Tulsi is the only candidate making anti-war politics her top priority
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It's curious how this neoliberal activist that went on TYT and other media to make the "progressive" case for a Trump-led right-wing coup in Venezuela never mentions she has lived in the US *since 1986* -- over a decade before Chávez won his first election
It's common for rich, right-wing elites to lie about when they left Latin American countries that *later* had leftist governments.

Marco Rubio has built his entire career on this blatant lie.
It's qwhite noteworthy how racist the Venezuelan rich elite is. This is the "diaspora" that the wife of Venezuela's Trump-appointed right-wing coup leader met with in NY

This is NOT what Venezuela looks like. It's the elite whose families came from Europe
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Takes like this by @DavidKlion, punching left in corporate media, have aged so well: "Russia may be meddling in US politics. Where is the leftwing outrage?"

This article attacks leftists for rejecting "the growing consensus among US spy agency officials"
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The classic pro-imperialist anti-communist @DissentMag and its coeditor Michael Kazin also condescendingly attacked leftist skeptics of Russiagate, citing @DavidKlion for support

(Dissent softly supported the Iraq War and regime change in Libya and Syria)
dissentmagazine.org/blog/five-reas…
Good morning to everyone except the people who've built their career around punching left in corporate media and smearing any leftist who was skeptical about Russiagate and US intelligence agencies.

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