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Joe Cunningham retweeted
How many Chinese were murdered during that time?
Approximately 80 million.
Under “dictator” Mao, life expectancy in China increased by 30 years, literacy rates went from 20% to 70%, steel output grew from 1 million to 23 million tons, 47 million hectares of land was taken from landlords and given to peasants, and China was unified under a strong central state and got nuclear weapons.
Despite his failures, it does not take a rocket scientist to understand why Mao is revered in China.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Mao's Great Leap Forward and related policies caused an estimated 30-45 million famine deaths in 1959-1961 alone, with total excess deaths under his rule often estimated at 40 million or higher.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chi…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC43…
chinafile.com/library/nyrb-c…
Joe Cunningham retweeted
I support @NICKIMINAJ for White House press secretary
America needs a true American citizen and patriot in this role, and I can’t think of anyone more qualified
Joe Cunningham retweeted
Netflix's new documentary, THE TALE OF NORM MACDONALD, is kind of amazing, both in terms of its content (lots of Norm!) and its form (it recreates going down a video rabbit hole amazingly well). I talked about it with Norm chronicler @geoffedgers: thebulwark.com/p/the-tao-of-…
Joe Cunningham retweeted
To me there’s one very obvious reason Elizabeth Holmes doesn’t seem to understand what she did was wrong in You Can See Everything that I haven’t seen anyone mention and it’s not because “her mind works differently” it’s because a lawyer told her never to admit guilt on camera after a court orders you to pay $452 million in restitution if you were ever hoping to get it reduced.
Joe Cunningham retweeted
Your lives don't depend on smashing windows, Assbag
Joe Cunningham retweeted
Further reminder that Harrison Ford just plays himself in movies.
I once heard Mark Hamill talk about STAR WARS at a panel, and he said during A New Hope they shot the film out of order, so he was extremely particular about the continuity of the movie. While filming, he realized in the previous scene they shot much earlier they were just in the wet garbage compactor, but now, moments later, his hair would be dry. So he leaned over to Harrison Ford, worried about how his hair should actually be wet, stating mistakes like that would take people completely out of the movie.
Harrison Ford turned to him and dryly said, "Look, kid, if they're watching this movie and looking at your hair we're all in big trouble."
Joe Cunningham retweeted
#MESEN: NRSC and Susan Collins campaign launch new TV ad off Troy Jackson telling her to “shut up” at debate host2.adimpact.com/admo/view…
Joe Cunningham retweeted
I have no idea if Lindsey Graham hired gay prostitutes, but I do know it's incredibly lame to release these allegations only after he can no longer defend himself. Cowardly. What is even the point of this?
Joe Cunningham retweeted
He’ll be campaigning with Democrats by the weekend
NEW: Multiple federal sources confirm to @FoxNews that the suspect arrested for using a sledgehammer to behead a WW2 Iwo Jima monument in Quantico, VA on Tuesday is a Mexican illegal alien & former DACA recipient whose legal status expired this year.
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano has now been charged with felony destruction of property and trespass with intent to damage property.
Per federal sources, Soriano illegally crossed into the U.S. in December 1999. He was granted DACA by the Obama administration in 2014 and had it extended for years, most recently by the Biden admin in 2024, but he lost his DACA status in August of this year when it wasn’t renewed by the Trump administration.
Joe Cunningham retweeted
Frankenstein vows to destroy his monster.
Daily Mail: The Bush family are determined to bring down Trump - even if it means turning Texas blue to achieve it
dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Joe Cunningham retweeted
BREAKING UPDATE: Virginia’s Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas has been arrested by the Feds and is now in federal custody. She is charged w/ with Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Fraud, and Firearms Charge. DOJ press conference imminent.
BREAKING: @FoxNews is on scene in Portsmouth, VA where the FBI is raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas, a Democrat and close ally of VA Governor Spanberger. Fed law enforcement sources tell FOX this is in connection to a major corruption probe, and the FBI is serving multiple search warrants, approved by a federal judge, at her office and a next door cannabis dispensary. More to come with correspondent @AlexHoganTV, who reports that Lucas just showed up on scene as the FBI searches her office.
Joe Cunningham retweeted
why
why would you do this
Vivek Ramaswamy just told reporters, "It is an ad from our campaign, and the thing that I want to say is that I would love for this race and this election to be about the substantive issues that impact Ohioans, and unfortunately, Amy Acton has been hiding from those issues. She won't debate me."
He later said Acton's mother was not compensated.
(h/t WSYX ABC 6 on the ground)
Joe Cunningham retweeted
"Raiding" the Social Security Trust Fund didn't speed up the insolvency of SS.
The current problems are the result of
1) The design of SS
2) The 1972 law setting a generous inflation rate
3) Boomers didn't have enough kids.
washingtonexaminer.com/in_fo…
Joe Cunningham retweeted
This was a very hard interview. Truthfully, I wanted to avoid it. Sharing it feels scary & vulnerable — especially because, let’s face it, this place can be a cesspool. But we love Mom so much & hope this can be helpful for others who are touched by this cruel disease. Please consider watching: youtu.be/u2Lr3_hn76M?is=ttGH…
Joe Cunningham retweeted
I love The Bulwark because it's not just a website or a blog or a podcast, it's a whole COMMUNITY of likeminded, intelligent, reasonable people who are experiencing an acute mental breakdown.
#MaineSenate
The Bulwark says “Fuck Joe Manchin” for campaigning with Susan Collins.
thebulwark.com/p/frack-joe-m…
Joe Cunningham retweeted
BREAKING:
A billionaire wanted a Trump pardon.
His family gave Alina Habba a $50 million deal.
Julio Herrera Velutini's daughter hired Habba -- then a senior adviser to Pam Bondi at the Justice Department -- at $10 million a year for four years plus bonuses.
He got his pardon not long after.
Full Story: nyti.ms/47vemAQ
ALT Alina Habba, a woman with long brown hair wearing a dark pinstriped blazer and a diamond cross necklace, speaks at a microphone. Behind her are a blurred portrait and a red and gold flag.
Joe Cunningham retweeted
Section 338 tariffs are now being challenged in court! cnbc.com/2026/10/20/trump-ta…
