Greg Palast reports that Venezuelans reject imposition of Guaido and Rep. Mark Pocan responds to listener phone calls in national town hall.
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Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 2 May 2019
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Investigative reporter Greg Palast reveals the mass media misrepresentation in Venezuela as the anti-government forces are dwarfed by supporters of Maduro despite hardships of the US embargo. --- Thom gives a sobering update of civilian causalities in Afghanistan. --- Congressman Mark Pocan takes listener calls from topics ranging from voting machines to the Loch Ness Monster. --- Thom reads from page five of the Mueller Report. --- Talk Media News with Ellen Rattner on AG Bill Barr, The Muslim Brotherhood, and Julian Assange.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Greetings by friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth, justice, peace, freedom, and the American way. |
| 0:23.0 | Tom Harman here with you. |
| 0:25.0 | And boy, what a day. |
| 0:26.0 | There's just so much that we're going to be talking about today, |
| 0:28.0 | but I want to start out with our old buddy Greg Palace, |
| 0:31.0 | the investigative journalist, |
| 0:32.0 | author, filmmaker, his mostis, the investigative journalist, |
| 0:32.6 | author, filmmaker, his most recent, |
| 0:34.7 | the best democracy money can buy. |
| 0:36.6 | Greg Palastpalast.com is his website. |
| 0:40.0 | You can tweet him at Greg underscore Palist and Greg welcome back to the program. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm going to the yes. |
| 0:46.0 | So you personally knew Ugo Chavez and no president Maduro of Venezuela. |
| 0:54.0 | Yes, and I could also say that I personally know most of the major opposition leaders as well. |
| 1:00.0 | I spent the years covering Venezuela on the ground for BBC television and the |
| 1:05.6 | guardian newspapers. So you know Juan Guido? No one knew him. |
| 1:09.4 | 80% of Venezuela never heard of this guy when he declared himself president but he got the one |
| 1:15.0 | vote that counts in Venezuela. Donald Trump endorsed him, said, you declare himself president, |
| 1:19.8 | I'll back you up. That's the leader of the so-called opposition we've talked about that you know that |
| 1:26.0 | here's the white guy trying to take over a nation of mestizos which |
| 1:30.0 | ain't gonna happen uh... in the post |
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