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4 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read
The US government is funding NGOs in Venezuela that are urging people not to get the Cuban vaccine - the only one that is available.

Unreal levels of savagery. 🇺🇸🇻🇪
There isn't even one word the the story about the WHO, yet Bloomberg puts them in the headline to make it seem like it it's the Cuban and Venezuelan government who are the anti-science ones. Pathetic.
Also, as @v_zilber points out, "homemade vaccines" makes them sound like the medical equivalent of moonshine, adding to the scaremongering.
Did you know there was a CIA agent caught red handed attempting to blow up a Venezuelan oil refinery last year?

He's on trial right now. But there has been zero media coverage.

My @MintPressNews article:

mintpressnews.com/media-complete…
A recent US Dept of Health report celebrated their biggest achievements in Latin America in 2020. Among them was pushing Brazil to reject buying Russian vaccines and forcing Panama to kick out all their Cuban doctors just before the pandemic.

My article:

mintpressnews.com/media-campaign…

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My new @MintPressNews investigation.

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[Thread] My new @MintPressNews report into how the CIA fueled a massive opium addiction crisis in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.

mintpressnews.com/cia-afghanista…
When the USSR invaded Afghanistan, the CIA pumped billions into the Mujahideen, allowing them to take control over global heroin production to fund their war. Production went from 100 tons per year to over 2,000 by 1990.
After the Taliban came to power, they actually almost totally eradicated opium production. But then the US invasion happened, and opium production exploded:
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18 Jun
[Thread] The Washington Post presents itself as an adversarial newspaper.

But it consistently defends the interests of the wealthy and powerful (including its owner Jeff Bezos).

My new @MintPressNews piece:

mintpressnews.com/jeff-bezos-at-…
The Post's editorial board has consistently taken strongly conservative, elitist positions on virtually every major issue, including some of these all-time hot takes:
Unsurprisingly, the newspaper owned by the world's richest man has consistently opposed taxing the rich. I'm sure that's just a coincidence though.
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17 Jun
"Too much life". Image
They've changed the headline but it's still up:

thetimes.co.uk/article/stealt…
Capitalism is completely at odds with improving human well-being. Image
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12 Jun
(Thread) Why did Reddit appoint a hawkish director of a NATO cutout organization to become its Director of Policy?

My new @MintPressNews investigation into a very suspicious hiring.

mintpressnews.com/jessica-ashooh…
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Ashooh spent much of her time liasing with "moderate rebels" in Syria and devising ways to overthrow the Assad government. Image
Ashooh has virtually zero relevant experience for a social media company.

But her hire did coincide with a number of other eyebrow-raising moves that saw national security officials take key positions at major social media companies.
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4 Jun
Thread: My new @MintPressNews investigation into King's College London's Department of War Studies and how the notorious spy school is churning out many of the world's most influential journalists.

mintpressnews.com/spy-school-kin…
Last month, CNN Jerusalem Bureau Chief Andrew Carey sent a message to staffers to always remind readers that Palestinian health facilities are run by Hamas, almost legitimizing them as a target.

Carey is 1 of dozens of influential journos who graduated from the War Studies dept.
The Dept. of War Studies is already infamous for churning out intelligence agents for various 3-letter agencies.

But it also produces another, more troubling product: journalists.

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