Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed the US for the political turmoil in Venezuela, saying we “helped lead the devastation” through the use of sanctions.

“A lot of the policies that we have put in place has kind of helped lead the devastation in Venezuela and we have sort of set the stage for where we are arriving today,” the Minnesota congresswoman said during an interview Wednesday with Democracy Now!. “This particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually intervene and make regime change really does not help the people of countries like Venezuela and it certainly does not help and is not in the interest of the United States.”

The freshman Democrat added that there are “finally” members of Congress who agree with what she said.

Later in the interview, she also reiterated criticisms of Elliott Abrams, the US special envoy to Venezuela whom she sparred with at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in February.

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BREAKING NEWS: PELOSI SAYS ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR COMMITTED A CRIME OF LYING TO CONGRESS
by Kevin Ryan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Attorney General William Barr of lying to Congress.

“That’s a crime,” the California Democrat told reporters.

It’s the most serious allegation yet in the war of words over Barr’s handling of the Mueller report. The Justice Department has not yet commented on the stunning development.

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“The Democrats and you folks in the media are not concerned about the report. I think you’re concerned that the results aren’t what you expected. You’re finding out that everybody was sold a bunch of snake oil, and now the jig’s up.”

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BREAKING NEWS: FACEBOOK PERMANENTLY BANS SEVERAL RIGHT WING FIGURES, INCLUDING ALEX JONES, MILO YIANNOPOULOS, AND LAURA LOOMER
by Kevin Ryan

Facebook has announced permanent bans today on several right wing figures and organizations including Milo Yiannopoulos, Alex Jones, Infowars, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer, Paul Nehlen, and Louis Farrakhan, for being “dangerous.”

Facebook has removed all accounts, fan pages, and groups affiliated with these individuals after it reevaluated the content that they had posted previously and their activities outside of Facebook, the company said.

Developing story, more to follow…

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