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Mar 24 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
Chevron told Biden they could produce 800,000 barrels a day from Venezuela, replacing 100% of Russia’s oil exports to the US. But the plan's being blocked by Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Bob Menendez, tweedle corrupt and tweedle corrupter —via @KPFARadio kpfa.org/episode/flashp…
And, of course, Charles Koch is using his influence to oppose the plan too, supporting the embargo of Venezuela, but not Russia. #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia #RussianInvasion #RussianOil #Putin #Venezuela #OilPrice #OilPriceHike
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And, weirdly, some greens, like Bill McKibben, are saying no to Venezuelan oil — as if the alternative right now was solar powered cars. Bill’s been a great voice for warning us about climate change. But this is about right now. soundcloud.com/gregpalast/fla…
Our choice isn't between wind-powered cars and Venezuelan oil. It's between #Putin’s oil and #Venezuela's. If the Ukraine invasion doesn’t show you that we've got to get off the oil fix, I don't know what will. But at this moment, we need to stop Putin's oil coming to the US.

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Whatever peace there is in #Ukraine is the result of the Minsk agreements of 2015 signed by Ukraine, Ukrainian Separatists, France and Germany and endorsed by Russia. 🧵
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The Minsk accords gave the eastern region protection from attack and some measure of autonomy — but not independence. On the basis of the agreement, Russia moved out of the Donbas.
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Beyond religion, this war is, just like the war in Iraq, about oil — the PRICE of oil. By rolling tanks to the border, Putin has successfully raised the price of oil to nearly $100/barrel. #Ukraine #UkraineCrisis
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Jan 27
I don’t think it’s just Trump that’s in trouble now that a grand jury is being impaneled. The GOP, incl. Brad Raffensperger, were playing fast & loose with accusations of voter fraud. Wouldn’t be surprised if Brad gets busted.

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There’s probably no one in the country who's more vicious when it comes to false, unsupported accusations of voter fraud than Brad Raffensperger. He's the Purge’n General of Georgia. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Brad Raffensperger's no hero. gregpalast.com/stealing-georg…
Raffensperger is the guy that wrongly removed 198,000 legitimate voters from the voter rolls of Georgia. We have their names and addresses. I did the investigation, and the @ACLUofGA put out my report. aclu.org/press-releases…
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Our action partner, @BlackVotersMtr, has boycotted Biden’s speech in #Georgia on the #VotingRights bills, refusing to act as a photo op prop. Understand the frustration: we’ve been screaming about Georgia as #JimCrow central for 8 years...
Laws alone won’t help: we need the Justice Department to stomp on the new "voter fraud vigilante" challenge system we uncovered. We need enforcement of the laws we have, Joe. gregpalast.com/georgias-origi…
And CNN and MSNBC should stop referring to #Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger as a "hero" just because he wouldn’t go to jail for Trump.
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Jan 9
It’s been said that the Declaration of Independence gave us democracy, and the Constitution took it away.

Full interview: politicsdoneright.com/2022/01/greg-p… 🧵
So, did our Founding Fathers make an unintended error in designating state legislators, not voters, the power to choose our President?
Nope. Our founding nobility chose the nobles of each state, the legislators — all then landed gentry — to choose the Electors who would in turn, choose the President.
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