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Behind today’s headlines is a history of imperial outrage—including a Philadelphia contract man who wreaked havoc in early-20th-century Venezuela and helped oust a president.
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Where is the international outrage over the US assault on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro?
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Donald Trump staged an illegal coup. Chuck Schumer’s response? Empty words and meaningless parliamentary maneuvers.
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And yet, that’s what the Supreme Court appears prepared to do.
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