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ForgedCrank

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19. Selective reporting
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:36 PM
Saturday

using propaganda is always a possibility.
None of us are plugged in with the local culture and mood, so a few hundred people running around celebrating could be overshadowed by thousands on the next street over vowing revenge on the US.
I'm always the skeptic, I don't trust the media, and I specially don't trust anything I see on social media. Only time will tell what level of damage has been done to not only Venezuela, but to America's position in global politics.

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