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bottomofthehill

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16. Gave up the medal, kept the cash
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 08:33 AM
15 hrs ago

There is a million dollar plus prize, pretty sure she kept the cash. For herself.

So sad that what she fought for in her home country she could care less about here. Below from the Nobe Committee

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

In the past year, Ms Machado has been forced to live in hiding. Despite serious threats against her life she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions of people. She has brought her country’s opposition together. She has never wavered in resisting the militarisation of Venezuelan society. She has been steadfast in her support for a peaceful transition to democracy.

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She equates forfeiting a prize that she earned with being charitable and no_hypocrisy 17 hrs ago #1
She is as big of a piece of shit as he is. johnnyfins 16 hrs ago #2
And the pic was taken in front of the johnnyfins 16 hrs ago #3
Knut Hamsun, of Norway gave his 1920 Nobel to Joseph Goebbels. irisblue 16 hrs ago #4
Wow. ms liberty 16 hrs ago #6
Thanks for posting this. It should have been the headline for every corporate media story. sop 16 hrs ago #8
He wants the metal, not the medal. mobeau69 16 hrs ago #5
Don't forget that President Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize--legitimately. Rump has this childish vendetta toward Obama. LaMouffette 16 hrs ago #7
Nothing will fill the hole in his soul. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #12
The Nobel Committee should rescind Machado's Peace Prize immediately for violating their rules. sop 16 hrs ago #9
Yet another thing I formally admired, enshittified. Hugin 16 hrs ago #10
she just took that award and shit all over it. fuck her. nt Javaman 16 hrs ago #11
He looks so happy. As if he had won it himself. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #13
The fool took a dump on it. UTUSN 16 hrs ago #14
Wow, a second-hand Nobel. sinkingfeeling 16 hrs ago #15
Gave up the medal, kept the cash bottomofthehill 15 hrs ago #16
My Precious: Amaryllis 12 hrs ago #17
Maddowblog-Trump received a Nobel Peace Prize the same way he received a Purple Heart LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #18
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