But last week the AP "broke" a long and breathless story from Havana that nailed the USAID (United States Agency for International Development) for just that. "The diabolical cloak and dagger scheme hatched in 2008 during George Bush’s term, (which may account for Democratic Senator Leahy’s dudgeon) amounted to setting up a “Cuban Twitter” named ZunZuneo (Cuban slang for a hummingbird’s tweet) in order for Cuban youths to text each other without snooping by Castro’s KGB-mentored secret police…..Seriously, Lady: PA Dem Who AG Barr Laughed at During Clown Show Hearing Took a Racial Swipe at HimUh Oh: Sheriff Refuses to Respond to Library's 911 CallsSo regarding their Havana bureaus, the Associated Press and MSNBC must feel very secure. Leahy complained to Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC about the USAID scheme.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is hosting a telephone town hall Thursday at 5:00 p.m. with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Republican Gov. Senator Patrick Leahy, Washington (district de Columbia). Senator Bernie Sanders, left, speaks during a town hall meeting … Phil Scott. Phil Scott, Rep. Peter Welch, Web Only, Image Got something to say? Phil Scott. But against the U.S. attempt to foil it. Rigorous nonprofit news for Vermont.Don't miss the best of VTDiggerThis is the second town hall with the full congressional delegation, the first was hosted by Welch last week, and will touch on what is being done at the state and federal level to curb both the spread of Covid-19 and the economic crisis.Mark Levine, Vermont’s health commissioner; Patsy Kelso, the state’s epidemiologist; Michael Harringon, acting commissioner of the Department of Labor; and Darcy Carter, the Vermont director of the Small Business Administration, will also be on the call to answer questions from Vermonters.Missing out on the latest scoop?
Senator Patrick Leahy, center, and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch confer as U.S. After all, it wasn’t easy converting a free and prosperous nation with a higher per-capita income than half of Europe, a flood of immigrants from same and the first Mercedes dealership in the Americas into a totalitarian pesthole that repels Haitians and features a glorious rebirth of communications by bongo-drum and transport by oxcart.In sum, a brief effort was made (lasting from 2008-12, and involving 68,000 of Castro’s hapless subjects) to allow Cubans (who pre-Castro enjoyed more phones and TVs per-capita than most Europeans) to communicate with each other in the same manner as do teenagers today in such places as Sudan, Papua New Guinea and Laos.In their own words, "a secret plan aimed at undermining Cuba’s communist government," was courageously exposed by the AP’s intrepid Havana bureau. Burlington Office 199 Main Street, 4th Floor Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: (802) 863-2525 (800) 642-3193 Washington Office 437 Russell Senate Bldg United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-4242 "What in heaven's name are you thinking?" (For you millennials, “Iran-Contra” was a Reagan administration plan to foil a Castro/Soviet takeover of Nicaragua.
U.S. As Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Leahy played a leading role in negotiating all four emergency relief bills to address the catastrophic economic and health impacts the virus has had in Vermont and across the country. The most recent package was passed by the Senate on Tuesday.Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Dover, Readsboro, Searsburg, Somerset, Stamford, Wardsboro, Whitingham Vermont's top lawmakers are holding a telephone town hall on the coronavirus pandemic. WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2020 – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will be hosting the third Vermont Congressional Delegation tele-town hall on Thursday, at 5 p.m., to provide an update on the coronavirus response and take questions from Vermonters. No.