🧵There are many controversial characters inside Washington, but few have had a career quite as destructive as US government official, Victoria Nuland. From her earliest days helping to rip apart the Soviet Union and paving the way for gangster capitalism in Russia, to helping to oversee the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, to engineering a coup in Ukraine, Nuland has been at the forefront of aggressive US foreign policy for over three decades.
MintPress highlights some of her darkest moments.
2014 Ukraine Coup
Nuland flew to Kiev and even handed out cookies to protestors in the city’s main square.
A leaked phone call between Nuland and US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt shows Nuland herself handpicked the new president of Ukraine.
Libya
War on Terror
Pushing for more war inside Washington.
Nuland promoted regime change in Syria as the US funnelled billions to armed groups aiming to overthrow the Assad government.
During the 1990s, Nuland was stationed in Moscow, where she helped Boris Yeltsin destroy Russian democracy and turn the country into a failed state.
Nuland continues to be a Russia hawk, promoting policies that make nuclear confrontation more likely.
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🧵The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that chemical giant Bayer cannot be sued for its failure to warn the public that its weedkiller Roundup causes several types of cancer.
A host of studies have found that gylophosate, the key component of Bayer/Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, causes cancers in humans.
Bayer’s share price jumped nearly 16% following the ruling, as investors were expecting the company to have to pay billions in compensation.
🧵The Pentagon announces the bloodthirsty & Orwellian "Operation Total Extermination" against Latin American countries to dominate the region.
MintPress explains its plan...
Trump has started a joint military project with right-wing billionaire Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa that sees troops battle “terrorist organizations” and “drugs cartels”.
Operation Total Extermination will see a permanent FBI presence set up in Ecuador.
🧵A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phenomenon to Au10tix, the software X requires users (even anonymous ones) to use in order to verify their real identities.
A MintPress News investigation from @AlanRMacLeod explores this disturbing phenomenon.
Anonymous X users are noting their real identities are being Googled in Israel
Some have linked it to identity verification software Au10Tix, which users must give their names and ID’s to in order to join X’s premium service