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Rand Trump Bromance, Neocon Update, The Wall Already Exists

Media Roots Radio

Abby & Robbie Martin

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4.6827 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2019

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Abby and Robbie Martin give an update to the ongoing US-backed coup attempt in Venezuela, the ridiculous government shutdown over a wall that already exists, the criminal prosecution of No More Death volunteers who leave lifesaving aid for migrants crossing the desert, Rand Paul's bromance with Trump and continued attempts to paint him as an anti-interventionist, an update on the neocons who have rebranded themselves as resistance heroes, and Trump's ever-changing timetable on the Syria troop withdrawal. Abby's Venezuela Reports: bit.ly/2FRgPup Best of Luck With The Wall: https://bit.ly/2g4EmuO Empire's War on the Border: https://bit.ly/2UxzKO2 No More Deaths Statement: https://bit.ly/2UxLlg9 Fat Joe & Bill Kristol: https://bit.ly/2EYnz9l Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Welcome to Media Roots Radio. This is Abby Martin.

0:31.8

And this is Robbie Martin. Thanks for joining us, everybody.

0:34.9

Thanks so much for joining us, guys.

0:37.4

Well, there's a coup underway in Venezuela.

0:41.8

Just as we were talking about Trump expanding the empire

0:44.3

and fomenting regime change and upping drone strikes

0:47.9

and bombing the, quote, shit out of terrorists and their families,

0:52.5

this happens.

0:53.9

So we know that they had their sights set on Venezuela,

0:56.1

the troika of tyranny, as John Bolton said. And just yesterday, Robbie, we just did a whole podcast

1:02.4

on the Venezuela situation as well as a whole bunch of other things. So please check that out,

1:06.9

because that's where the main brunt of, you know, what's unfolding is, is at right now.

1:13.4

But we need all of you to be in line in solidarity with the Bolivarian movement and against

1:18.5

regime change because I see a lot of kind of just talking out of both sides of people's mouths.

1:23.9

Maduro's bad.

1:24.9

Maduro is an authoritarian dictator, but I oppose regime change. It's like,

1:29.6

dude, why are we falling victim to this again? Now is not the time for that kind of wishy-washy

1:34.9

bullshit posturing. I don't, I'm sick of seeing people acting like that. I mean, I've even seen

1:40.5

some like paleo-conservative libertarians taking a stronger position than some of those

1:44.9

career leftists like Medea Hassan and Greenwald. So that says a lot. They're some of the most

1:51.9

anti-s, some of those people are super anti-socialist, but yet they are not saying those kind of things

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