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Hate to break it to you but from describing blood-soaked neocon McCain as an "unparalleled example of human decency," to throwing Ilhan under the bus, to now this on Venezuela, your fave @AOC has shown she's a coward who refuses to challenge US imperialism
.@AOC fawning over fanatic hawk McCain, who never saw a war he didn't like, was the beginning of the end.

Now that she openly admitted she is "deferring to caucus leadership" on the Trump-led rightwing coup in Venezuela, it's clear where her loyalties lie
It's been days since @AOC said she "defers to caucus leadership" (eg, neoliberal Pelosi) on the Trump-led rightwing coup attempt in Venezuela by rich racist oligarchs. She hasn't said anything else.

I guess her "democratic socialism" ends at the US border
telesurenglish.net/news/AOC-Refus…
This take from @AOC is atrocious. But unfortunately it's still not her worst. Don't forget she called war criminal John McCain an "unparalleled example of human decency."

She also "deferred to caucus leadership" on the US right-wing Venezuela coup attempt
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Ben Norton
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Here is neoliberal NY Times pundit Nicholas Kristof whitewashing the British colonial regime in Hong Kong.

He of course doesn't mention the UK colonialists' bloody massacre of protesters.

The corporate media yearns to turn HK back into a Western colony.

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What pro-imperialist neoliberal corporate media pundits won't tell you is the British colonial regime drafted a plan to ethnically cleanse all of Hong Kong and forcibly move its 5.5 million inhabitants to try to pacify its other colony, Northern Ireland
irishtimes.com/news/politics/…
What the Western corporate media almost never mentions is the 1967 uprising in Hong Kong against British colonial rule, led by leftists and unions.

The UK colonialists massacred dozens of protesters and threw thousands of leftists in prison without trial.
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Ben Norton
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This ridiculous article is how to NOT talk about Venezuela. It doesn't once mention the US sanctions, economic warfare, and blockade that have been suffocating this country for years.

While posing as leftist, it blames the neoliberal trope of "corruption"
psmag.com/ideas/corrupti…
I am here in Venezuela right now and it is very much NOT a "failure." The country is holding on and providing for its people, despite a mass-murdering blockade by the US empire.

I doubt @thor_benson has ever stepped foot here. His fake "leftist" take is objectively right-wing.
Considering the author pushes the childish conspiracy Russia is attacking the US plutocracy's fake "democracy" and Trump's in cahoots with bogeyman Putin, I'm not surprised he knows nothing about Venezuela

These are the corporate media's "leftist" pundits
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Ben Norton
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At @Moderate_Rebels, we spoke with China expert @CarlZha about Hong Kong and the anti-Chinese right-wing nativism fueling the violent protests.

HK media oligarchs publish ads comparing mainlanders to locusts, and "protesters" attack mainlander journalists
Here is video of the "peaceful" anti-China "protesters" in Hong Kong that the corporate media (and US/UK govs) love so much

These are more Western-backed "moderate rebels," who violently attack the state while the corporate media does propaganda for them
This video alone is proof that the Hong Kong gov is not the "authoritarian regime" that Western govs and corporate media claim it is, and also that China does maintain its autonomy.

In the US police state, cops would immediately SHOOT all the "protesters"
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