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President Joe Biden, the first chief executive to openly oppose the death penalty, campaigned on ending the practice. But his administration is now asking for the penalty to be reinstated in the case of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. https://t.co/36dDZDckNm — PolitiTweet.org

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New #Deconstructed podcast: @RyanGrim and @lhfang discuss leaked audio of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin speaking to the political group No Labels. https://t.co/aAtvm3MlNn — PolitiTweet.org

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Oddly, it turns out that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s “Atlantic security” now is largely about China, a country famously located on the Pacific, writes @schwarz. https://t.co/JSGpJdyVQY — PolitiTweet.org

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House takes first step to claw back war powers from White House https://t.co/hWj3auSBcp by @SaraLSirota — PolitiTweet.org

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A closer inspection of a Pentagon audit shows that former Defense Secretary James Mattis’s adviser Sally Donnelly received more than $1 million for her share of an Amazon consulting firm from British financier André Pienaar — not from an American investor. https://t.co/Q6KYYLjJ03 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @laurieablair: The "ex-marine" pastor, the Blackwater vet, the cyberwarrior, the defense minister. Our @theintercept exclusive on the… — PolitiTweet.org

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Internal ICE records, emails, and a court deposition by an ICE officer, show the agency referring to an advocacy group as a “known adversary” and closely surveilling the immigration and civil rights activists’ activities, both online and in person. https://t.co/SvMRcklonq — PolitiTweet.org

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“I interviewed a man in Vancouver here and he told me that he was one of the kids that buried the children … dig the grave, and put them in the grave. And he carries that memory, how many kids he had to do that for that they killed.” https://t.co/QpyA0N7TF2 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbwashing: ICE deemed human rights group an "adversary," internal records show. They also surveilled, chastised, and considered retal… — PolitiTweet.org

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The Vaccine Divide “I hear this very often: The mRNA vaccine works against the Indian variant. And I’m saying, what good is it to us if we can’t get it today.” — Leena Menghaney, @MSF_USA Video: @PaulAbowd https://t.co/q6IuND3yjy — PolitiTweet.org

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The revelations also raise questions about the shadowy activities of soldiers-turned-mercenaries abroad, and the extent to which they are reined in by the U.S. government—or not. Read the full story: https://t.co/lARqAHF2IK — PolitiTweet.org

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Two U.S. military sources confirmed that the Special Operations commands they work for had gotten wind of the Bolivia coup plot. But nothing ever came of it, they told The Intercept. One special ops source added, “No one really took them seriously as far as I know.” — PolitiTweet.org

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The claim that Cuban, Venezuelan, and Iranian operatives have successfully infiltrated governments, left-wing parties, and protest movements across Latin America has become a frequent right-wing talking point across the region in recent years. https://t.co/ObgtRgKfnA — PolitiTweet.org

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“My work right now is focused on avoiding the annihilation of my country and the arrival of Venezuelan and Cuban troops, and from Iran,” López said to a participant who appears to be Joe Pereira, a former civilian administrator with the U.S. Army who was based in Bolivia. — PolitiTweet.org

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The longest of the recordings is a 15-minute phone call with a person The Intercept has identified as Luis Fernando López, a former paratrooper and businessman appointed defense minister by Áñez in November 2019. https://t.co/wXRlmjpiHu — PolitiTweet.org

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The phone calls, along with leaked emails discussing a mass deployment of hired guns to coincide with the elections, reveal how Bolivia could have seen fresh bloodshed late last year. — PolitiTweet.org

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A top official in the outgoing Bolivian government plotted to deploy hundreds of mercenaries from the United States to overturn the results of the country’s October 2020 election, according to documents and audio recordings of telephone calls obtained by The Intercept. — PolitiTweet.org

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Luis Arce, a protégé of Morales, trounced a crowded field, winning 55 percent of first-round votes and eliminating the need for a runoff election. The Bolivian right wing, however, was not ready to relinquish power. https://t.co/VyShxk5D5B — PolitiTweet.org

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Amid mass demonstrations demanding new elections, Áñez finally allowed the balloting last fall. She also ran for president herself, only to drop out of the race after polls placed her a distant fourth. — PolitiTweet.org

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Áñez issued a decree preemptively shielding soldiers from prosecution. The armed forces soon afterward carried out multiple massacres while suppressing opposition to the new interim government. — PolitiTweet.org

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Instead, she reoriented the government away from Morales’s leftist approach and toward Donald Trump’s White House, adopting a strident Christian tone in contrast to Morales’s championing of Indigenous Andean culture. — PolitiTweet.org

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Amid widespread protests, a police mutiny, and pressure from the army, Morales was forced to step down and flee the country. Jeanine Áñez, a little-known evangelical senator, was hastily sworn in as caretaker president, promising to hold new elections within weeks. — PolitiTweet.org

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In October 2019, when former Bolivian President Evo Morales was on the ballot for a fourth term, the opposition accused him of rigging the election and the Organization of American States quickly echoed the charge. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden’s defense budget is a big win for hypersonic weapons contractors https://t.co/XnBLU8bdPc by @SaraLSirota — PolitiTweet.org

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After video of the “Death to Arabs” chant and others celebrating ethnic cleansing and murder circulated online, one of the Israeli coalition’s leaders praised the police for securing the march, but denounced the young, religious extremists. https://t.co/qVbmLAXEws — PolitiTweet.org

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In a private call on Monday with a group of major donors obtained by The Intercept, Sen. Manchin described an openness to filibuster reform at odds with his most recent position that will buoy some Democrats’ hopes for enacting their agenda. https://t.co/qarWBAU7kf — PolitiTweet.org

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“What this is, actually, is propaganda, because these are not news stories. They look like news stories, but they have a bias in favor of a political program or an ideology or a product.” https://t.co/ekDOjIjmOO — PolitiTweet.org

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“In the two months she was here waiting for her [asylum] process, she dropped 30 pounds,” said one asylum-seeker at the center. “Seems like she was in late stages of the disease, they finally took her away because she was vomiting, spitting up blood.” https://t.co/c0jpolvTIr — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryangrim: It’s a big week for leaked audio showing behind-the-scenes maneuvering to undermine democracy. We have documents and audio… — PolitiTweet.org

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According to the Congressional Budget Office, U.S. nuclear spending is anticipated to soon increase sharply due to plans for technological upgrades, rising to $41.2 billion next year and totaling $634 billion during the 10 years from 2021-2030. https://t.co/5EhbazDbfi — PolitiTweet.org