In their words · Updated August 5, 2026
14 verified quotes on the record, July 24, 2026 to August 5, 2026. Every one is a character-for-character copy from its source; the lens colors mark the outlets and channels that carried the words, never the person.
Posted it themselves Aug 5
“In its war of aggression against Iran, the US Army has used up "virtually all" of its stockpile of long-range precision missiles, Reuters reports. And the US still lost. The US is also running out of interceptors needed for its air defense. Source: https:// reuters.com/world/us-has-u sed-virtually-all-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-2026-08-04/ …”
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Posted it themselves Aug 4
“Not satire: The fascist Israeli regime wants to make a medieval moat with crocodiles to surround Palestinian political prisoners. But the barbaric, 12th-century plan was delayed because... an animal rights group complained. Israelis care more about crocodiles than Palestinians.”
on Israel's plan for a crocodile moat around Palestinian prisoners
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Posted it themselves Aug 2
“The imperialist gangsters who run the US and Israeli regimes are preparing massive attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure. They plan to destroy power plants and refineries, in a terrorist plot to leave Iranians in the dark. This is a huge escalation, and Iran will retaliate.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 27
“We live in an absolutely insane world where this genocidal war criminal who has slaughtered tens of thousands of Palestinian women, mutilating their bodies, openly boasts of how the US & Israeli regimes ousted the prosecutor of the ICC, and cynically claims it's justice for women”
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Posted it themselves Aug 2
“Poll after poll shows that China is much more popular than the US around the globe. The US empire has nothing positive to offer the world, only war & genocide. So the US government is spending more and more money to demonize China. That's all it can do. https:// pbs.org/newshour/world /u-s-looks-to-boost-anti-china-spending-worldwide-by-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-documents-say …”
on US spending to counter China's global popularity
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Posted it themselves Jul 31
“Peru's far-right US puppet leader was just inaugurated as president, and immediately, in her 1st speech, she announced a state of emergency to deploy the military locally to maintain "order". Keiko Fujimori is the daughter of a US-backed fascist dictator who committed genocide.”
on Keiko Fujimori declaring a state of emergency and deploying troops after her Peru inauguration
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Posted it themselves Jul 31
“The far-right US puppet leader in Peru, Keiko Fujimori (the daughter of a fascist dictator), has only been in power for 3 days, but she has already: -used a state of emergency to deploy the military locally -ordered the arrest of social movement leaders”
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Posted it themselves Jul 28
“When Colombia's incoming far-right US puppet president Abelardo de la Espriella lived in Miami, he worked with "white powder lawyers", defending Latin American drug traffickers. The US empire loves drug lords: they have no problem selling off their countries to US corporations.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“The celebration of the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution this year in Nicaragua featured something unique: a large military parade. It was a clear message to the US empire: The Sandinistas will fight to defend their country against constant US attacks.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“This is the president and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA cutout that destabilizes countries for the US empire. He lies about Nicaragua and vows to continue funding its right-wing, anti-Sandinista opposition. The NED helped fund the 2018 coup attempt.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 28
“In China, I pay 18.8 yuan ($2.78 US dollars) per MONTH to use a rental bike as many times as I want, for up to 120 minutes each session, with no limit on sessions. There are bikes everywhere, on every corner. Keep this in mind when you see absurdly inflated US GDP statistics.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 28
“Because the US regime is not actually a democracy. It's an authoritarian capitalist oligarchy that maintains a bloody, anti-democratic global empire. The fact that so many people still believe the US is a democracy is a testament to the success of the extreme brainwashing.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“Nicaragua's Co-President Rosario Murillo gave a speech in which she emphasized that, YES, Nicaragua will still hold elections. The reports in the corporate media claiming otherwise, echoing US government propaganda, are fake news. This is what Co-President Murillo said: "The”
on Nicaragua's commitment to elections despite corporate media propaganda claims
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“The US regime has precisely the dystopian, Kafkaesque, authoritarian system that it accuses its adversaries of supposedly having.”
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