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Dan Beeton

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International Communications Director for ceprdc.bsky.social (CEPR). Member of NPEU and NPEU Members for a Democratic Union. Opinions mine. he/him

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The Trump-Rubio interventions, with the collaboration of the Bolsonaro clan, have made the Flávio campaign into another US regime change operation. This should be defeated, for the sake of Brazil and the whole hemisphere."
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"They wrote that those actions 'reflect a broader and deeply troubling pattern of interference by the Trump administration in recent electoral processes across Latin America', citing the recent midterm elections in Argentina and presidential elections in Honduras and Colombia."
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The Brazil exposure helped catapult Cerimedo into successful presidential campaigns in Argentina (Milei), Honduras (Asfura) and Bolivia (Paz). His arrest prompted Chilean lawmakers to create a commission to investigate Cerimedo’s possible role in that nation’s recent electoral shift to the right."
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Cuba is suffering through a man-made economic & humanitarian catastrophe, caused in significant part by deliberate policy choices of the US,” @ceprdc.bsky.social & 44 other groups write, urging House members to call a vote on Rep. Velazquez's Cuba War Powers Resolution cepr.net/newsroom/45-...
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45 Organizations Urge House Democratic Leadership to Call a Vote on Cuba War Powers Resolution
A coalition of 45 faith, peace, labor, health, and political organizations is calling on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and committee Ranking Members Gregory Meeks and Jim McGovern to immediat...
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nothing says confidence like trying to bribe people for votes.
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“By targeting the island’s mining, metals, construction & trade sectors, the administration will further restrict the Cuban government’s ability to manage a deliberately designed crisis that UN experts recently warned could become a ‘silent Gaza,'" Pedro Labayen Herrera said cepr.net/newsroom/cep...
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CEPR Condemns State Department Sanctions on ICAP Leadership and Cuban State Enterprises
The Trump administration announced new sanctions today targeting the leadership of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and 10 Cuban state-owned enterprises in the metals, mining,...
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🌐 ECUADOR NEWS ROUND-UP #27 Our latest round-up on Ecuador 🧵
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Ecuador News Round-Up No. 27: Electoral Authorities Block Participation of Opposition Parties in Local Elections and the CIA Is Accused of Targeting Ecuadorian Boats
Ecuador’s opposition faces new restrictions as Noboa expands militarization, US security ties draw scrutiny, and a Canada trade deal raises concerns.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As "mano dura" policies return to Bolivia — with rights monitors documenting excessive police force during June's protests, an extended state of exception, and the DEA's return after two decades — @ibtimes.bsky.social  reports on the remilitarization of the US-backed drug war.
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hausmann's use of AI is much less problematic IMO than the total lack of evidence for some of his academic "findings." See cepr.net/publications... and cepr.net/publications...
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Black Swans, Conspiracy Theories, and the Quixotic Search for Fraud: A Look at Hausmann and Rigobon’s Analysis of Venezuela’s Referendum Vote
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Do mass deportations help or hurt the economy? A new study from @brookings.edu examines employment data from US cities, those targeted by ICE raids and those which weren't. The study found that cities hit by ICE raids saw significantly greater job losses than the controls.
We compare employment outcomes between cities that experienced a sharp surge in ICE activity in the first half of 2025 and those that did not. This approach isolates the specific effect of enforcement surges on local economies and rules out other potential drivers of job loss, such as tariffs, war, inflation, and AI.

We find that employment trajectories in surge and non-surge cities were closely aligned before enforcement began. They diverged precisely when ICE arrests intensified. The gap widened over time, and the knock-on effects extended far beyond those directly targeted. In surge cities, employment fell most in immigrant-intensive sectors, but job losses spread further. American-born workers also experienced job loss.
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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My job is researching military history with an eye for catastrophic fuck ups and I've never come across something like this before. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ecuadorean fishermen say drones attacked them in the Pacific — English-speaking men in US-flag uniforms, no insignia. 8 missing, several injured. Flight data shows a patrol plane shifting course to stay pointed at all 3 boats. It's on no Pentagon roll, registered to a UPS store mailbox in Virginia.
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 12/08/2026
Bad news for paychecks: higher inflation from Trump's Iran war and slowing nominal wage growth are pushing down real wages
line plot of nominal wage growth, inflation, and real wage growth titled "Workers are losing ground to inflation. Year-over-year percent change in prices and wages"
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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
*Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech* by Daniel Boguslaw August 10, 2026 prospect.org/2026/08/10/p...
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Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics - The American Prospect
Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech.
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 10/08/2026
Too many Black families are grieving murdered loved ones and "mysterious circumstances". I grieve with the community that loved Tasia Fortune and who are demanding answers.
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Black Woman, 29, Found Hanging from Tree Behind Vacant Home in Mississippi and the Community Wants Answers
The body of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging in a tree behind a vacant house in Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 3
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“The Petro administration in Colombia was blamed for racking up public debt through supposed profligate spending, but the facts tell a very different story,” Paola Jaimes Santamaría said. “Much of this is actually a COVID story and began before Petro became president.”
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🌎 LATEST | US Escalation in the Americas 🇦🇷 #ARGENTINA — Milei guts his foreign land-ownership bill after backlash; renews China swap line 🇧🇷 #BRAZIL — US revokes Brazilian ambassador's visa as the diplomatic rift deepens
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US Escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America - Live Updates
As the Trump administration escalates involvement through Operation Southern Spear, CEPR will track developments across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Washington.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As international attention shift toward the war in Iran, Trump's interventions in Latin America have gotten overshadowed. But reactionary governments are popping up across the map, poised to undo decades of redistributive politics, social rights, & environmental regulation. Caleb Brennan reports.
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In Latin America, Trump Is Bringing Back That Old-Time Imperialism - The American Prospect
‘Hondurasgate’ exposed a plan to boost far-right American puppets across the Western Hemisphere.
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Sure, but the left is going to have to prove they can win outside of their strongholds like in rural areas of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Good to see Members of Congress denouncing Little Marco's neo-McCarthyite red scare witch hunt for what it is. The US is killing babies in Cuba and the Trump admin wants to silence and demonize anyone who speaks against that
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“Venezuela likely did not grow more rapidly despite increased oil revenues in the first quarter because the U.S. didn’t transfer to the Venezuelan government the totality of its increased oil revenues,” @ceprdc.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francisco Rodríguez said.
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Modern healthcare was built on the exploitation of Black bodies, from nonconsensual experiments on enslaved women to the theft of Henrietta Lacks’ cells. Now, Republicans call efforts to level the playing field “DEI” instead of addressing the inequities they helped create.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A letter led by Chuy García and Greg Casar — signed by 14 members of Congress, including @aoc.bsky.social , Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar — calls on the Trump administration to lift US sanctions on Venezuela so it can respond to the June 24 earthquakes, which have killed more than 4,500 people.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 26/06/2026
Cartoon:  your nurse is “deported to Haiti”
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📑 @commondreams.org shares the letter calling to end sanctions on Venezuela after the earthquakes. It notes that, as the NYT reported, the Trump administration keeps sanctions in place — even after seizing ~$8B in Venezuelan oil this year. By @corbettjessica.bsky.social
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100+ Economists, Scholars Demand End to Sanctions on Venezuela After Catastrophic Earthquakes | Common Dreams
Economists and scholars called for immediate action to unfetter Venezuela's humanitarian response and reconstruction from sanctions and debt burdens.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
NEW: 100+ economists and experts — including CEPR's Mark Weisbrot, Andrés Arauz, Dean Baker and Guillaume Long — call on the US to lift its sanctions on Venezuela after the earthquakes. Venezuelans "should not pay twice — first through disaster, then through sanctions."
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Over 100 economists ask US to lift sanctions on Venezuela to ease the impact of the earthquakes
Academics call for a moratorium on Venezuelan debt, and urge the IMF to restore Caracas’ access to the Fund: ‘The emergency is human before it is political’
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The election “is shaping up as a stark choice that could impact the future of the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and the rights of Indigenous communities.” Cepeda “has emphasized Indigenous rights, environmental conservation and reducing Colombia’s dependence on fossil fuels”
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 08/06/2026
Thomas Massie suggests the deadly assault was not an accident and calls on the US government to honour its survivors.
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US congressman demands probe into Israel's 1967 attack on USS Liberty
Thomas Massie suggests the deadly assault was not an accident and calls on the US government to honour its survivors.
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Colombia's Trump-aligned presidential frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella...is facing renewed scrutiny after journalist Daniel Coronell published documents allegedly showing transfers from companies linked to Alex Saab" totaling "more than $370,000" www.latintimes.com/colombias-tr...
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Colombia's Trump-Aligned Presidential Frontrunner Faces Scrutiny Over Transfers From Nicolas Maduro's Alleged 'Money Man'
A new investigation cites records from a closed civil case in Florida showing more than $370,000 in transfers made in 2014 while De la Espriella was actively representing Saab as his lawyer
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
There should be a hall of shame for worst Pittsburghers of all time
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"According to his lawyers, Chavarría testified that Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa & Interior Minister John Reimberg were behind the brazen daylight murder of Fernando Villavicencio, a journalist & anti-corruption presidential candidate who was gunned down ... days before the 2023 election."
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#NEW: CEPR backgrounder outlines what you need to know about #Colombia's pivotal vote this Sunday: who’s running, the candidates’ positions on key issues, and concerns and challenges regarding the election. We'll also be on the ground, sharing live updates 👇
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Colombia’s Presidential Election: What You Need to Know
Explore CEPR’s focus areas by topic and region. Our work provides timely, data-driven research and analysis on a broad range of critical domestic and international policy issues.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📢PITTSBURGH, if trade and tariffs are impacting your job, industry, or community, this is a space to speak up and be heard — to help shape what comes next.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13/05/2026
#OtD 13 May 1985 Philadelphia police attacked the home of Black liberation and environmental group MOVE, then dropped a bomb on it, killing 5 adults and 6 children, destroying 61 homes in the predominantly Black neighbourhood, and making 250 people homeless.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
As the war in Iran impacts low-income countries, a new issuance of special drawing rights can reduce the risk of financial crisis contagion + create tens of thousands of US export-related jobs without costing taxpayers a dime, Ivana Vasic Lalovic & Michael Galant write.
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War-torn global economy needs IMF emergency assistance
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has caused a major supply shock in the global energy market, disproportionately affecting energy importers, and the IMF has the power to provide relief by issuing hundr…
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Low- and middle-income countries are straddled with crippling public debt, hamstringing efforts to combat the climate crisis. At this week's IMF Spring Meetings, CEPR is calling attention to this issue. Ivana Vasic Lalovic breaks it down for this week's episode of "From D.C. Across the Americas."
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Richard Partington @rjpartington.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Iran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warns -- Growth forecasts cut for US and global economy, while UK suffers sharpest downgrade in G7. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Iran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warns
Growth forecasts cut for US and global economy, while UK suffers sharpest downgrade in G7
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"The fact that Venezuela's Central Bank is still being prevented from standing on its own two feet may speak to tensions within the Trump admin around the goals of US intervention in 🇻🇪" - Andres Arauz & Michael Galant in Phenomenal World.
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Producing Scarcity | Andrés Arauz & Michael Galant
The US siege of Venezuela has crippled the country's financial system. What are the preconditions for its recovery?
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Expanded cooperation between the US/Ecuador demonstrates that Washington is willing to overlook Noboa’s democratic backsliding, the closing of civic space & widespread allegations of human rights abuses by Ecuadorian security forces," Pedro Labayen told the Wyoming Star.
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EXCLUSIVE: US security ties, shrinking space: Ecuador in focus | Wyoming Star
  The latest phase of US engagement in Latin America is increasingly defined by security cooperation, and the political trade-offs that come with it. ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expert insights and breaking stories from the U.S. and around the world.
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The Trump administration is violating the Geneva Conventions with its oil blockade on Cuba, @ceprdc.bsky.social's Mark Weisbrot explains
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#NEW PRESS RELEASE 🇨🇴 CEPR Applauds Colombian Government’s Decision to Exit Investor-State Dispute Settlement System that Impedes Environmental Protection tinyurl.com/54yfnwej Read the full statement ⬇️
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CEPR Applauds Colombian Government’s Decision to Exit Investor-State Dispute Settlement System that Impedes Environmental Protection
CEPR applauds the decision announced yesterday that the Colombian government will exit the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
CEPR international research director @jakobjohnston.bsky.social was on Urban View Radio this week with Greg Carr & Lamont King to discuss recent news from Haiti and the Trump administration's intervention in the hemisphere. Watch the full interview here:
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Urban View Mornings Interview With Dr Jake Johnston 3-25-26
What to make of "The Shield of the Americas?" Discussing that and recent news from Haiti with Jake Johnston, Director of International Research at the Cente...
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EL PAÍS América Colombia @elpaisamericaco.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Expertos de más de 24 países instan al presidente colombiano a liderar una coalición internacional contra este sistema de resolución de disputas 🔗 elpais.com/america-co…
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"What began as an attempt to demonstrate the ongoing relevance of unrivaled US military power is fast becoming one of the most consequential strategic miscalculations of this century," CEPR senior research fellow Guillaume Long writes in @fortune.com. 
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The U.S. attacked Iran to show its power but the war is already lost. Epic Fury looks like an Epic Fail | Fortune
Even if Iran is militarily defeated, the U.S. political objectives are unlikely to be achieved — and Washington will stumble out of this war.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Tensions between Ecuador and Colombia have reached new heights after President Petro asserted that a bomb from Ecuador killed 27 Colombians amid ongoing joint military operations with the US Andres Arauz goes in depth on this week's From D.C. Across the Americas FULL: tinyurl.com/2dbxh355
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 19/03/2026
ICE detention deaths are now occurring at a rate of roughly one every four days. Three weeks ago that rate was one every six days. The pace is accelerating, and Congress has not launched a single investigation.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
With foreign troops set to deploy to Haiti, CEPR international research director  @jakobjohnston.bsky.social argues in @thenation.com that there is another way: to build something new, Haiti doesn’t need war. It needs peace.
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Haiti Doesn’t Need War. It Needs Peace.
As Haiti confronts deepening violence and political collapse, calls for military intervention risk repeating a long history of foreign policies that have destabilized the country.
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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"In exchange for ceding Ecuadorian sovereignty, Noboa can expect Washington to be a willing partner in continued acts of state violence and to ignore, if not embolden, a further deterioration of human rights and democracy in #Ecuador." -- Pedro Labayen Herrera of @ceprdc.bsky.social
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
82 million Americans can't afford health care, but Hegseth gets lobster? The Department of Defense spent $93 billion in September while many are skipping meals to afford doctor visits. That’s some bulls--t. My column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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82 million can't afford health care, but Hegseth gets lobster | Opinion
More than 82 million Americans are having to skip meals, borrow money or cut back on utilities so they can afford health care.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/03/2026
What is "The Shield of the Americas"? The new U.S. initiative lets Donald Trump play out an "imperial fantasy" and continues a long, bipartisan trend of political meddling in the hemisphere, says author and researcher @jakobjohnston.bsky.social.
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