However, it is a good example of the kind of “history” people get when they only listen to radio/tv/print pundits — to the point where the media’s version (on whichever movie screen you are watching) supplants any actual historical reality.

We are all living in alternate universes.

1. The CIA did not overthrow the Government of Iran in 1953. They aided the lawful authority (the Shah) in preventing his own overthrow. NB, the Iranian legislature had been prorogued and the prime minister was subject to lawful dismissal. Operation Ajax wasn’t known at the time to be a CIA operation (and one suspects that agents exaggerated their exploits), so no one in Congress was ‘upset’ about it.

2. The CIA didn’t overthrow Allende, either. The Chilean flag-rank officers threw him out on their own initiative. (Outfits like the Institute for Policy Studies have been throwing out chaff for decades on this point).

Who they respect is the resident clown-sociopath. That tells you something about the character of the people who’ve collected in the House Democratic caucus.

However, a cursory reading shows that times, dates, people, and controversial statements are probably more accurate than Mr. Schiff’s reading of the phone call transcript, although the spin is obvious, as are some of the omissions of, shall we say, exculpatory material for the Republicans.

It’s useful to know what movie the left theater is watching.

https://www.justsecurity.org/66271/timeline-trump-giuliani-bidens-and-ukrainegate/