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.@shireen818: Despite orchestrating "extreme suffering" in Yemen, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman went "virtually unchallenged" over his role in the war during his tour across the U.S.
Activists Demand Release of Manuel Duran, Prominent Latino Journalist in Memphis Jailed by ICE ow.ly/LBpG30jEJ9N
The Untold Story of How Fidel Castro’s Love Affair with ABC Journalist Altered U.S.-Cuban Relations ow.ly/XpIf30jEJ9L
As Cuba Gains a New President, Raúl Castro Steps Back, Not Down, from Power ow.ly/Hanj30jEJ9I
No End in Sight for US-Backed Yemen War as Airstrike Kills At Least 20, Including Bride, at Wedding ow.ly/fuDI30jEJ9G
"Manuel's story is incredibly important on an individual level but it also highlights some serious problem with due process in our immigration system," adds @splcenter attorney Kristi Graunke
Kornbluh on ABC journalist Lisa Howard's secret liaison with Fidel Castro: "Fidel was just dismissed as the devil incarnate, a communist… She secretly pressed the issue of improving ties… She established a channel of direct communication from Castro's office to the Oval Office"
Peter Kornbluh responds to Trump's comment that the U.S. is "taking care" of Cuba after Miguel Díaz-Canel's election: "Cuba has proven… it can take care of itself, that it doesn't need the U.S. to take care of it & this transition of leadership doesn't change that in any way"
The airstrike on a wedding in Hajjah on Sunday that killed 20 people occurred "nowhere near" the front lines, @shireen818 notes. "They struck the men's wedding [party] first… As rescuers were trying attend to the injured, they went and bombed the women's part of the wedding"
From Obama to Trump, Saudi Arabia has had extensive U.S. support in Yemen, says @shireen818. "They rely on countries like the U.S, U.K. and even Canada to supply them with the weapons needed to wage this incredibly destructive war on a country that really poses no threat to them"
Then—A prominent Latino journalist in Memphis, Manuel Duran, has been detained by ICE & faces possible deportation. We speak with @LatinoMemphis's @calvo901, @splcenter's Kristi Graunke and Duran's partner Melisa Valdez, 8-9AM ET: democracynow.org
Also today: @NSArchive's Peter Kornbluh on U.S.-Cuba relations and the transfer of power to President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Stream 8-9AM ET at democracynow.org
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