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- In 2010, President Obama [directed the CIA](http://www.salon.com/2010/04/07/assassinations_2/) to [assassinate an US citizen](https://theintercept.com/2017/01/30/obama-killed-a-16-year-old-american-in-yemen-trump-just-killed-his-8-year-old-sister/) in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki, despite the fact that he had never been charged with any crime, killing him [with a September, 2011 drone strike](https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2011/sep/30/anwar-al-awlaki-yemen-live). Two weeks later, a separate CIA drone strike in Yemen [killed his 16-year-old American-born son](http://www.salon.com/2011/10/20/the_killing_of_awlakis_16_year_old_son/), Abdulrahman, along with the boys 17-year-old cousin and several other innocent Yemenis. In a predictable display of bipartisanship, in January 2017, Trump ordered a SEAL strike, and reports from Yemen [quickly surfaced](http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-yemen-qaeda-idUKKBN15D094) that 30 people were killed, including 10 women and children. Among the dead: the 8-year-old daughter of Anwar Awlaki, sister of the 16 year old killed by Obama. [1](https://theintercept.com/2017/01/30/obama-killed-a-16-year-old-american-in-yemen-trump-just-killed-his-8-year-old-sister/)
- [Escalated the war in Afghanistan](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120991044), deploys an additional 30k troops in 2009.
- [Admitted to supporting and arming Neo-Nazis and other ultra-nationalist groups like the Azov battalion in Ukraine to overthrow it's former pro-Russia govt](http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2015/february/02/obama-admits-us-role-in-ukraine-overthrow/), [2](https://www.globalresearch.ca/washington-was-behind-ukraine-coup-obama-admits-that-us-brokered-a-deal-in-support-of-regime-change/5429142). Ukraine now has a [pro-US, nazi-glorifying government](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/10/21/how-to-mainstream-neo-nazis-a-lesson-from-ukraines-new-government/) with [ultranationalism, anti-semitism, neo-nazi pogroms, and attacks on LGBT groups.](https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/neo-nazis-far-right-ukraine/)
- [Leaked transcripts show Victoria Nuland, a US diplomat in Ukraine, picking Yanukoviche's replacement in the coup.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957)
- [A leaked phone call of the Estonian foreign minister states that the famous Maidan sniper attack was actually ordered by the US-funded opposition.](https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/03/05/leaked-eu-officials-speculate-kiev-snipers-acted-on-protesters-orders/) This means that Yanukovich's government was not behind the sniper attack, but somebody in the US coalition.
- [Obama and Hillary Clinton rigged Haiti's 2010 election, threatening the then-president with removing US financial aid, unless their OAS candidate, Michel Martelly, won the election, after he forced other popular candidates to drop out.](http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2046634,00.html) This is a continuation of ["Operation uphold democracy"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Uphold_Democracy), in which US troops invaded Haiti to overthrow democratically elected president Jean-Baptiste Aristide in 1991, who is still in exile. [Lobbied to lower Haiti's minimum wage to $0.30 / hour.](https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/wikileaks-haiti-let-them-live-3-day/)
- Obama continued backing [Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president who helped the US fight Saddam, giving him $2B every year](https://theintercept.com/2014/10/02/feigned-american-support-egyptian-democracy-lasted-roughly-six-weeks/). After Mubarak was exposed for corruption in the 2009 Arab Spring, the US entered talks with [Suleiman, a CIA collaborator and Mubarak's vice president intelligence chief known for torturing people on behalf of the US.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Suleiman) The US then granted him asylum and medical treatment.
- Obama continued support for Israel and their genocide of Palestineans, leaving a parting gift of his presidency to Israel of [$38B in military aid over the next 10 years.](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-israel-statement-idUSKCN11K2CI) “Prime Minister Netanyahu and I are confident that the new MOU will make a significant contribution to Israels security in what remains a dangerous neighborhood,” Obama wrote.

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I also use the android app XPlayer, a video player you can mute, so I can listen to audiobooks / music while I work out.
## Week
Day | Workout
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Mon | chest and arms
Tues | legs and core
Wed | back and triceps (pullups)
Thurs | legs and core w/ dumbells
Fri | shoulders / traps and hiit
## Equipment
- Dumbbell set