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Alan MacLeod

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Senior Staff Writer/Podcast Producer, @MintPressNews. I mostly tweet about US/Mid East & Lat Am. politics, but complaining about corporate media is my passion.

Joined February 2014
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You don't need to be a history buff to be worried about this...
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Hey everyone. I'm trying to build up my Telegram community. If you're on there, follow me there, too. https://t.co/ywhzSkEhi3
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An absolute joke of a country. 🇩🇪
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Here's a full breakdown of the results. Venezuela, by the way, is prevented from voting at the United Nations because of US sanctions on the country.
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The United Nations has just passed a resolution attempting to end "torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment." Three countries voted against it: The United States 🇺🇸 Israel 🇮🇱 Argentina 🇦🇷
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🚨Instagram has suspended our MintPress News account. This is an attack on journalism and the Free Press. MintPress News is a leading 14 year old independent investigative news outlet exposing the architects of the US forever war machine. Our news outlet is run by me, Mnar Adley
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Take a second and just read this freaking headline.
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@MintPressNews There were nearly 1000 international observers from around 100 countries at Venezuela's 2024 presidential elections, including dozens of Americans, who noted that the Venezuelan electoral system is far superior to their own. My report from Caracas: https://t.co/vNMKUP7hoR
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While US politicians and media predictably denounce the socialist victory in Venezuela, American election observers endorsed the process.
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A personal message: @MintPressNews (where I work) is under threat. After cuts to our funding, we're turning to readers to make up the shortfall. Can you help us continue our work? https://t.co/KC1sUsjZv8
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He’s nothing if not consistent.
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"The case" for deleting your New York Times subscription has never been stronger. 🇻🇪
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They're calling it the most moral decision ever.
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Last year, I traveled to Caracas to speak with the Palestinian Ambassador to Venezuela, and uncovered an incredible network of solidarity reaching across the Atlantic Ocean. Read my report here. https://t.co/klP1q4zHN5
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Palestinian election observers in Venezuela reveal shared resistance against imperialism. MintPress explores the unwavering support between the two nations.
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Breaking: Even as his country is facing imminent attack, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took time out today to reaffirm his unwavering commitment to justice for Palestine. 🇵🇸🇻🇪 "We will not abandon this sacred cause until the ultimate goal is achieved: Palestine will rise,
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Yesterday, the United Nations voted on a resolution "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism & other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia & related intolerance." Virtually the entire West voted against it.
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An all-time community note.
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MintPress contributor Robert Inlakesh says Google services — Gmail and YouTube — just deleted his reporting documenting Israeli soldiers shooting unarmed Palestinian civilians, including children, and then banned him entirely. He wrote on X: “All my coverage of Israeli soldiers
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@MnarMuh explains how the US empire is using Israeli & Emirate proxies to fight a Cold War against Russia, China & Iran inside of Sudan to keep it chained to the US petrodollar, the IMF & World Bank.
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