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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 4h
Trump’s State Department aims to “direct more than $175m of the…department’s…human rights fund to…an anti-communism fund,…a group advancing white Afrikaner rights in South Africa, a campaign against Brazil’s supreme court & programs that would reward ideological allies in Europe….” 9/30/26 … 1/
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Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad
Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8h
“In the years since [2020], several prominent Claremont associates have taken to openly glorifying Francisco Franco, Spain’s deceased murderous dictator, who…killed & imprisoned tens of thousands of his alleged enemies…and made Catholicism the official state religion…” By Jennifer Cohn, 5/25/24… 1/
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Claremont Institute Associates Glorify Deceased Dictator Francisco Franco & Promote Deceased Nazi…
Claremont advises Project 2025, which will go into effect if Trump wins
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8h
“One might even ask what took them this long to stage the first federally produced snuff film of the modern era, since today’s conservative movement is absolutely saturated in violence — encouraging it, glorifying it, and from time to time, committing it.“ By Paul Waldman
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The Public Doesn’t Want Hegseth’s Snuff Film, and Even Republicans Know It
Like all fascist movements, MAGA is built on violence - but they can tell when they’ve gone too far.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Very refreshing to hear an elected official speaking articulately. I reckon we will be hearing a lot more from Senator Ossoff in the next few years.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“‘There are basically two ways to know you have a future,’” Palantir CEO Alex Karp said. ‘One, you have some vocational training. Or two, you’re neurodivergent.’” 3/25/26 share.google/BSpEdevJ0wx9...
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Palantir CEO Says Only the Neurodivergent Will Survive the AI Takeover
It's getting weird, man.
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Richard Blumenthal @blumenthal.senate.gov · 11/10/2026
President Zelenskyy & Ukraine need & deserve magnified American support— not sabotaging insults. Recent Trump Administration threats undercut Ukraine’s brave fight & American security interests. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump says Ukraine should ‘get a new president’ after U.S.-Russia diesel deal
Ukraine’s Zelensky "wants to make problems for the world," Trump said Saturday, a day after praising Russia’s Putin.
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Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org · 09/10/2026
“The U.S. government, which for years had shunned Myanmar’s brutal military regime, now appears to be shifting course and engaging with it,” writes expert Joshua Kurlantzick. bit.ly/4hR5zxJ
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nearly 6,000 French high school students arrested in protests for better schools. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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France promises 3,000 extra teachers in bid to calm student protests
Education minister Edouard Geffray makes the offer after another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students.
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Richard Blumenthal @blumenthal.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
The President’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel is an embarrassment & makes us complicit in Putin’s war against Ukraine. 1/
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Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel prices
The move comes weeks ahead of the midterm elections.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Armored Republic has been included on the list of organizations that partner with “New Founding”, which is building Christian communities in Appalachia. Per Forbes, New Founding is backed by tech investor *Marc Andreeessen*, a close ally of Peter Thiel, JD Vance, & Trump. SOUND ON. 1/
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is what Christo-fascism looked like — specifically the Romanian fascism of the 1930s. Hegseth is a Christo-fascist. (1/3)
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 09/10/2026
Curtis Yarvin praising Hitler, Peter Thiel ranting nonstop about the Antichrist…and no one asks JD Vance about his deranged gurus? I’m old enough to remember when we had to talk about Obama’s pastor for a year or so. www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-cur...
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JD Vance catches heat after his favorite pseudointellectual praises Hitler again
A right-wing influencer praised by Vice President JD Vance got called out for praising Adolf Hitler – and it's not the first time.The vice president has openly acknowledged neo-reactionary political t...
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Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org · 08/10/2026
Myanmar's war has displaced health-care workers and destroyed its infrastructure, enabling disease spread to nearby Bangladesh, India, and Thailand, argues CFR expert Joshua Kurlantzick in Think Global Health.
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Myanmar's Health System Is Under Siege, Endangering the Region | Think Global Health
Myanmar's war has displaced health-care workers and destroyed its infrastructure, enabling disease transmission to neighboring Bangladesh, India, and Thailand
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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
are you fucking kidding me
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An initiative on the ballot in Washington State this fall would require families to pay for their daughters to have a genital exam or other sex test if they want to play sports AT ANY LEVEL, and the left is sleeping on it. I talked to KUOW:
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Polling shows ban on trans girls in girls' sports could pass in November
Washington state voters will soon weigh in on a ballot measure to ban transgender girls from playing on girls’ school sports teams. The initiative is controversial, but national and local polling sugg...
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This money is absolutely meaningless to Elon Musk, but it has the potential to completely rewrite your future. He's spent over $36 million in about 4 weeks, and he's adding millions a day. All to corrupt our government to push his agenda. Let your friends know what's up.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Alberta Separatists Face Scrutiny Over Dealings With US [State Department] Officials” 10/6/26 … 1/
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Alberta separatists face scrutiny over dealings with US officials
Alberta separatists have been accused of offering US officials access to the province's natural resources in return for support.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is such a sick, evil thing to say. Especially because he’s not saying this as a joke. Just as sick that his supporters are laughing at it
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
👀 In Aug, Fernando Cerimedo—a far right Latin American troll farm operator & ally of Brad Parscale & Roger Stone—was arrested in Bolivia for attempted femicide. But in Sept, the Trump admin accused the *prosecutor* of bribery, triggering his arrest in Bolivia in what some call US interference. 1/
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Bolivia jails prosecutor investigating Trump operative Cerimedo on Washington’s orders
Bolivia arrested its attorney general two days after US sanctions, removing the prosecutor whose case against Fernando Cerimedo threatened to expose the criminal connections behind Trump’s “Shield of ...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course when Russia said Ukraine had bioweapons labs what they really meant was that they did. There's a lot we don't know about the current situation. Russia should be bringing in experts from the WHO to clarify and advise. Will they? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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U.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantines
Officials said they need to learn more about the evolving situation before determining the potential threat to the United States.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I spelled out "superpower suicide" in this essay from May 2026. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
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Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
what an asshole
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putin’s fascination with the medieval takes the next step. www.newsweek.com/suspected-pl...
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Suspected Plague Death at Russian Lab Sparks ‘Anti-Epidemic’ Lockdown
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something I’ve heard about during my trip to the Gulf? War profiteering. Often by U.S. companies. Let me tell you what I learned. And why a Democratic Congress should do something about it
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program
Despite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Tech Bros won’t stop with the US & Argentina. This is a global project. Please read the thread. #PaxSilica
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Post-human necropolitics by the numbers www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born
Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I read about the break-ins in Finland and immediately remembered a story John Sipher told me years ago when he was stationed in Moscow. I don’t know if Russia is behind this but it does have the hallmarks of an old KGB tactic
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Someone Is Entering the Homes of Finnish MPs and Leaving Signs Behind
Today, for a change, I am not writing about explosions, arson attacks, drone incursions, information operations, or critical infrastructure going up in flames somewhere in Europe.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The presumptions of good faith and of regularity are made up court creations that fly in the face of commonsense and the structure of the Constitution. It should be a priority for Democrats and progressives to undo both. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Court upholds Tennessee’s GOP gerrymander, saying lawmakers deserve ‘presumption of good faith’
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gerrymandered map adopted by Tennessee Republicans that eliminated what was the state’s one Black-majority congressional district, based in Memphis.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
When Joshua Clemans wrote “Rise of the Dutch Republics” in 2024, he was a partner of New Founding, which is backed by Peter Thiel ally Marc Andreessen. The article was published by American Reformer whose board includes Thiel/Vance ally Chris Buskirk. 1/ americanreformer.org/2024/06/rise...
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Rise of the Dutch Republics
How the Peloponnesian War, the Dutch East India Company, and a Russian fruit peddler predict the greatest ventures of the 21st century.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The last Trump-Kushner-Witkoff “peace plan” for Russia-Ukraine had more on data center construction opportunities than on security guarantees that could make peace last. This time it’s an oil deal. The whole effort has been trying to sell out Ukraine for personal profit and neo-fascist solidarity.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.
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Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?
The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back
The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Argentina is about to be heavily colonized.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Of course Trump flatters AI. It flattered him first.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Days After Rubio Pulls Visa, Agents in Bolivia ‘Kidnap’ Attorney General Who Charged ‘MAGA’s Man in LatAm’ www.commondreams.org/news/roger-m...
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Days After Rubio Pulls Visa, Agents in Bolivia 'Kidnap' Attorney General Who Charged 'MAGA's Man in LatAm' | Common Dreams
The Bolivia Public Prosecutor's Office denounced the "kidnapping" of their attorney general, Roger Mariaca, after he was detained at the airport. Is this a political move by the US government to silen...
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justice26.bsky.social @justice26.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Days After Rubio Pulls Visa, Agents in Bolivia 'Kidnap' Attorney General Who Charged 'MAGA's Man in LatAm' | Common Dreams
The Bolivia Public Prosecutor's Office denounced the "kidnapping" of their attorney general, Roger Mariaca, after he was detained at the airport. Is this a political move by the US government to silen...
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