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Dennis Kucinich: the US engineered a coup to drag Ukraine into a conflict by Donald A. Smith, PhD In this April 2, 2024 interview with Judge Napolitano, Dennis Kucinich says: “What’s happened is that the U.S. State Department and U.S. Government basically engineered a coup in Ukraine and used that to drag Ukraine into a…
Why it’s so important to expose U.S. provocations in Ukraine
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NY Times lies about Venezuela and the influence of U.S. foreign policy
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Democrats Pass Resolution Opposing “Money as Speech” and Corporate Personhood
Progressives won a victory at the Washington State Democratic Central Committee meeting this past Saturday in Wenatchee. State Committee members from all across Washington State voted to pass a resolution entitled “Amending the U.S. Constitution to Reserve Constitutional Rights for People, not Corporationsâ€. (Related platforms and resolutions have been passed in Oklahoma, New Hampshire and…