Scott interviews Max Blumenthal about the political unrest in Venezuela. Blumenthal explains how dangerous it is that there’s been a mostly positive, and bipartisan, response to President Trump’s comments about intervening there. Just like when he was bombing Syria, the mainstream media finally praises him for being “presidential”. But Blumenthal wants to know—how is this any different than Russia trying to interfere in our elections, which the political mainstream finds so abhorrent?

Discussed on the show:

• “The Making of Juan Guaidó: US Regime-Change Laboratory Created Venezuela’s Coup Leader” (Consortiumnews)
• “Is the US Meddling in Venezuela? Max Blumenthal Asks US Congress Members.” (YouTube)
• Sandinista National Liberation Front
• “Moderate Rebels podcast” (Free Listening on SoundCloud)
• Colour revolution
• NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
• “The Weight of Chains” (Težina lanaca (2010) – YouTube)
• “Juan Guaidó: Venezuelans, Strength Is in Unity” (The New York Times)
• “2/1/19 Greg Palast on Avoiding Regime Change in Venezuela” (The Libertarian Institute)
• “U.S. Push to Oust Venezuela’s Maduro Marks First Shot in Plan to Reshape Latin America” (WSJ)

Director and writer of “Killing Gaza,” Max Blumenthal is a senior editor of the Grayzone Project and the author Goliath, Republican Gomorrah, and The 51 Day War. Follow Max on Twitter @MaxBlumenthal.

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