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pnwmom

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1. I'm not going to take seriously an author who's written a book blaming Obama and the Ds

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Apr 5, 2021, 03:52 AM

Apr 2021

for the rise of Trump.

I'm not going to help his book by linking to Amazon, but this is the blurb there.

The horror is all around us. It proliferates our daily news. It dominates social media. The economy is in shambles. The COVID pandemic is spreading like wildfire while we face the strangest US election in modern history. If you want to make sense of it all, (name of book) is required reading. In CounterPunch's latest book, radical historian Paul Street recounts the Democrats' culpability in the rise of Trump and explains how his neofascist horrors took root during the Obama years, and will live on even if Joe Biden is victorious in November.

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Some Standard Cynical CIA-Style Cuba Covid Reporting at The Washington Post [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2021 OP

I'm not going to take seriously an author who's written a book blaming Obama and the Ds pnwmom Apr 2021 #1

Counterpunch is a trusted news source here? AnrothElf Apr 2021 #2

Please don't hesitate to post the link to your source for Che Guevara... whole families shot.... Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #3

Your efforts here are appreciated. Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #4

Thank you, Voltaire2! Victims of "perception management", sadly. Not by accident, either. Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #7

He was a psychopath EX500rider Apr 2021 #6

Thanks for sharing that source, very interesting! Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #9

"I don't know if you really want to rely upon..." EX500rider Apr 2021 #10

It would be appropriate if you would post the link to your incident story from La Cabana Fortress. Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #11

Woops, I misremembered the facts in that case... EX500rider Apr 2021 #12

I saw that in the Wikipedia. Does it compare with My Lai, with gunning down civilians in Iraq, Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #13

Other people have done bad stuff... EX500rider Apr 2021 #14

Oh, now I see.I should get all huffy that he shot a sadistic greedy mob-connected dictator's thug. 👍 Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #15

He executed I.e murdered multiple people EX500rider Apr 2021 #17

Oh, now I see.I should get all huffy that he shot a sadistic greedy mob-connected dictator's thug. 👍 Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #16

I read that WP piece and was disgusted by some of those comments. sinkingfeeling Apr 2021 #5

They've been on the war path against leftist leaders, particularly in the Americas a looong time. Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #8

Wikipedia review of US-supported vicious dictator Fulgencio Batista and why the revolution happened: Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #18