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If I Ruled the World, I would instruct the presidents of every media outlet to air this video in prime time. I would instruct every professor in every university to show it in every class. And then, I would freeze every social media account, until the owners of said accounts watched this seven minute public service announcement in its entirety. However, because I don't rule the world, and because I don't really harbor authoritarian tendencies, (I think,) I can only share the wisdom of Mr. Hudson on my personal page and encourage you to do the same. And invite him onto my podcast, at his convenience.
🧵 TICK-TOCK: The pro-Maduro support wasn't born overnight. Here’s the paper trail between these U.S. organizers and Maduro’s Venezuela. Thank you to all of the researchers who helped me connect the dots.
🗓️ 2003 — Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro back the Francisco de Miranda Front, a socialist organization that became a part of the global International People’s Assembly @peoplesassembly, creating the backbone of an international “solidarity” apparatus designed to defend the socialist "Bolivarian" project abroad and forge alliances with U.S. groups.
🗓️ 2013 — Nicolás Maduro takes power. The solidarity infrastructure is already in place.
🗓️ 2019 — As Maduro faces international pressure, The People's Forum Manolo De Los Santos organizes a pro-Maduro protest outside Venezuela’s consulate in New York City, physically blocking opposition figures from entering.
🗓️ 2019 — Party for Socialism and Liberation leader Claudia De la Cruz travels to Caracas for an International People’s Assembly conference, urging socialists worldwide to “collectivize” the anti-imperialist fight and promotes the message with #HandsOffVenezuela.
🗓️ 2019 — The People’s Forum hosts Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in New York City. He demands an end to U.S. sanctions. He urges the audience to protest U.S. actions with the help of The People's Forum.
🗓️ 2019 — After a failed coup attempt, De Los Santos appears on Venezuelan state TV , boasting of organizing U.S. religious leaders to “battle ideas” against U.S. “imperialist aggression.”
🗓️ 2021 — The Singham network's Vijay Prashad and De Los Santos pose with Maduro on election day. Public endorsement. They all pose with thumbs up for “Sovereignty against imperialism.”
🗓️ 2021 — De Los Santos speaks at a Caracas conference livestreamed on Maduro’s own account, holding a manifesto titled “Plan to Save Humanity.”
🗓️ 2022 — De Los Santos returns to Caracas for the International Anti-Fascist Summit, reinforcing operational coordination with these global organizations.
🗓️ 2023-2024 — The same network repeatedly mobilizes “Hands Off Venezuela” protests in the U.S., while Venezuelan flags increasingly appear at unrelated causes, from anti-police protests to anti-Israel rallies.
🗓️ April 2024 — Maduro publicly recognizes De Los Santos at a Bolivarian Alliance conference.
🗓️ Fall 2025 — These same players lead coordinated U.S. protests again erupt in support of Maduro.
🗓️ Jan. 3, 2026 — U.S. military forces capture Maduro. Within minutes, the same network activates with graphics, slogans, protests, like a switch flipped on.
This wasn’t solidarity.
It was a long-running relationship, tested, rehearsed, and ready.
@Fishing4Yeshua@catturd2 Govt contractors that already had their contracts paid before the shutdown did not lose money. They are private companies with contracts, just like on the commercial sector.
I hope I'm wrong.
But tonight feels like some sort of invisible line has been crossed that we didn't even know was there. The last time I felt like this was 9/11 when it was clear, without knowing the how and the what, that the world was about to change forever.
Like the rules of the game had been permanently altered and there was simply no going to back to the innocent, peaceful past.
I didn't feel like this when an attempt was made on President Trump's life. If I had to rationalise why I didn't, I guess it's because several US Presidents have been shot at and even assassinated. Somehow it was within the realms of the possible, no matter how awful.
But to murder a young father simply for doing debates and mobilising young people to vote for a party that represents half of America? This is something else.
Charlie's death is a tragedy for his wife, his children and his family. I don't pray often. I am praying for them tonight.
But I fear his murder will be a tragedy for all of us in ways we will only understand as time unfolds.
I hope I'm wrong.
@SecVetAffairs It would be great if the various support for education and retraining (VR&E) would not restrict those veterans who separated prior to 2013. With the many changes in technology in the past decade, retraining and education can help older veterans keep up.
🧵 1/ If the residents of DC want to be part of a state, the solution is *not* DC statehood
Any solution should involve reverting land ceded by Maryland for the creation of DC—excepting only a narrow corridor encompassing the White House, Capitol, & Supreme Court—to Maryland
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