The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack / Séamus Malekafzali

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Séamus Malekafzali returns to discuss his recent piece at The Nation, "The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack: How Trump’s illegal 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani—and the West’s indifferent response—laid the groundwork for the brazen abduction of Nicolás Maduro." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Séamus' article here: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-soleimani-venezuela-maduro/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.

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0:07.0	Jack!
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0:53.7	That's what we've been doing for a long time.
0:55.5	Maybe even more accurate would be to say,
0:58.9	we have not only been whistling by the graveyard,
1:01.2	but sleepwalking while whistling by the graveyard.
1:04.9	It's pretty amazing how we're able to ignore and deny,
1:09.4	willfully ignore and deny the reality around us.
1:12.1	And just does it aside real quick before we get to today's show.
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1:53.0	and electric bills go through the roof.
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2:01.5	they could not avoid, that you will have data centers one way or the other. Now they're
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