I can see America from my house.
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they burned trade unionists alive and then privatized everything so it could be sold to foreign investors while literally liquidating entire generations of men and they did all this because yanukovych didn't want to let the IMF rape the country, really stellar work out there
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Hey @AIPAC - remember how you kept suggesting it was antisemitic to report that you were using shell PACs to hide how you were spending money (unsuccessfully) in these Illinois races? Care to apologize?
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New on TSOT: Inside the reporting/disclosure loopholes that seem to allow the CSE to conduct foreign cyber operations normally off-limits to them - and Ottawa to keep them off the public record
thestateofthingsca.substack.…
If Sinwar were Ukrainian and fighting an occupying Russian force, there would already be an best picture Oscar winning movie of his life.
Two years ago today, Hamas' leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in combat in Gaza –– personally fighting on the frontlines against invading Israeli soldiers.
Inexplicably, Israel chose to release its drone video of his last moments. Sitting in an armchair, hooded in a Palestinian kuffiyeh, his right arm blown off, covered in dust from artillery shelling, he resisted until his very last moment –– defiantly throwing a stick at the Israeli drone.
In releasing this video, Israel inadvertently helped solidify Sinwar's already formidable military legacy amongst his people. Viewed by Israelis as an arch villain and terrorist embodiment of evil, the Palestinians rather see him as the modern day successor of their long line of resistance heroes, going way back to Izz al-Din al-Qassam himself, and further, in the past 150 years of resistance to Zionist colonialism in Palestine.
The images of Sinwar's final moments eerily echoed his most iconic photo, below, in which he defiantly sat in a surviving armchair amidst the rubble of his home, destroyed by Israel in their 2021 aggression against the people of Gaza.
The video also blew years of Israeli propaganda out of the water: Sinwar had not been "hiding behind Israeli hostages" or cowering in a hole somewhere, or using his people as human shields.
He had been on the frontlines, personally commanding his troops and attempting to defend the southern city of Rafah.
Read more in @maureenclarem's contemporary report on Sinwar's death for @intifada. Link in reply.
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This Russian data center thing has let people go back to pretending some Russian bot spam is somehow greater foreign interference than Israel essentially owning 90% of Congress
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Yahya Sinwar is a great man of history and a true leader because he didn’t fear death. His willingness to die for his cause changed the entire world. Contrast that with our western ruling class. No vision. Willing to damn every future generation for just one more year in power
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Everyone should pay attention to Pakistan's pro-democracy movement
This is the biggest challenge to the US-backed military regime in years
"Field Marshal" Asim Munir badly lost the last elections to Imran Khan — but rigged the results & repressed speech
Supporters of jailed ex-PM Imran Khan march to Pakistan capital bbc.in/4hvYN1q
This X1,000.
I empathise the average Jewish person who has been taught the promise and fantasy of Israel and Zionism, but we're all grown ups and we have to deal with things as they are, what things are, is an abomination.
Your definition of Zionism does not matter. Nor does mine. Zionism is defined by its material manifestations. The purpose of a system is what it does. And the Zionist system does racism and genocide. Simple. Please spare me the arrogant insufferable graaating Oxbridge debates. Your opinions are irrelevant. People are dying.
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Satellite images are showing over 50,000 protesters have been killed in French protests.
I am getting information from this inside France tonight.
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Canadian media is at the point where the flagship publication of its largest newspaper chain is publishing an article invoking “Jewish law” against an anti-Zionist party leader.
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The Israelis cannot be any more clear what their goal is. They say it over and over without euphemism. But a mass psychosis has taken hold in most Western govts & media that refuse to engage with the monstrous reality of what this country is instead of the fantasy in their heads.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Gaza:
The biggest key to migration is: take away their hope.
If you annex up to the Yellow Line and say, "This is ours," and leave them with a tiny, crowded and destroyed area, everyone will understand that there is nothing to look for there and they will start searching for solutions for where to go.
That is the right thing.
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speak a little CHINESE for them Tilly!
EXCLUSIVE: AI actress Tilly Norwood glitches and starts speaking CHINESE during her interview with Piers Morgan and real-life actor Tom Conti...
Watch the full interview at 7pm (BST)👇
📺 youtube.com/piersmorganuncen…
@piersmorgan | @TillyNorwoodX
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This how Symone and Eugene think Palestinians should protest/resist against the IDF
During his interview with MSNOW's Symone Sanders-Townsend and Eugene Daniels, Hasan Piker talks about Hamas, the Palestinian resistance as a whole and the issue with the concept of a 'perfect victim.' He compares it with other liberation movements throughout history: "And that is the issue at the heart of the matter; people want perfect victims. Whether they be Black people engaging in the Civil Rights' struggle, historically, whether it be the forces against apartheid in South Africa, whether it be the liberation struggle in Algeria. The expectation from the white moderate or the expectation from people who enjoy the order that exists in civilized society, is that people are not supposed to fight back and try to even match the intensity or the violence of the occupation, the colonial entity or the forces of police brutality that are defending white supremacy. So, that's the reason why I make this distinction. I want people to start thinking; what would they do in that situation? What would they do if they lived in the world's largest open air prison that's hermetically sealed, that is a nuclear armed state, that is backed by the most powerful entity on the planet?"
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Express vocal support for Palestine and Jewish billionaires will co-ordinate to harm or end your career, and then Jewish groups will gloat about it while also pretending such things don’t happen 👀
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One day the German establishment is pontificating about the AfD post-Nazi threat, next day they’re rounding up Ukrainian war refugees to kill Russians & die on the eastern front.
Germany’s FM tells @ronzheimer they expect Ukraine to mobilize the necessary amount of men for the war effort against Russia and that Germany can provide data of Ukrainians living in Germany and receiving welfare.
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> Gets refugee status in Canada (along with family)
> Gets welfare from Canada
> Gets first employment to support family in Canada
> Goes to a public university supported by taxpayers in Canada
> "Only in America is this possible…"
I turn 50 today. This is a message to my kids but I offer it to you in case any of it rings useful.
I was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 in a country that, at the time, was about to enter a decades long civil war. My father was able to get stationed at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada for four years in the early 80s - when some of the fighting was most severe - and which from our vantage point in Canada gave us some respite from an otherwise omnipresent conflict.
He came as a diplomat but then my father filed for refugee status after four years when his life was threatened by militants. We stayed in Canada as refugees. My dad never really landed on his feet and we grew up on welfare.
My mom stepped up. She did an incredible thing and put our family on her back and kept marching forward. Sometimes the steps were very small but she always tried to keep moving forward.
I worked at Burger King starting at 14, giving my paycheck to my mom and dad to support our family in the role that I was assigned - earn enough to pay for our bus passes because we couldn’t afford a car.
I was a loser growing up. Some friends, some good memories but mostly forgettable and lonely. I wasn’t very studious but did get my act together in my final year and got into a great university.
I immigrated to the US soon after graduating and found an opportunity. Things clicked and I have been traveling a path to find myself ever since. Only in America is this possible…
I worked hard, followed the rules, paid my taxes and stayed in California out of loyalty for the opportunities it has given me despite its dysfunction.
I found my wife here. Had my kids here. Found my tribe here.
There have been some very hard times as well - deaths, divorce, financial pain, mistakes of omission and mistakes of commission. You can’t dwell on these things - they are weights that will pull you down if you’re not careful. Learn from them. Respect them. BUT MOVE ON.
To think 50 years ago I could have ever gotten a chance to meet the people I’ve met and have had the experiences I’ve had would have been mind boggling to my parents. It’s mind boggling to me now.
We forget often and try to convince others it’s not true but America truly is the best country in the world. Everything and anything is possible here. I can testify. Be grateful to be here.
This is the only place that gives EVERYONE a chance to live a great adventure. The first 50 years have been that for me - an incredible adventure.
Notice there is nothing here about accomplishments or money. Because it doesn’t matter and it won’t matter.
You will be dust in less than 100 years from now and the decision to be remembered won’t be yours so stop sweating it. It’s not in your control.
So what is in your control?
Be kind. Have fun. Work on something meaningful to you. Find your tribe. Try to find perspective. Find an incredible partner. Have a bunch of kids. Live an adventure. Forgive your parents - they were doing the best they could even if that wasn’t what you deserved.
I will do what I can to make my next 50 years a wild ride.
You should too.
I love you and thank you. ❤️
🙏🏽🙏🏽
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That @matthewstoller needs to be paid or oriented to hate McKinsey is one of the dumbest conspiracy theories the NYT has ever published.
In the 15 years I've known Matt: if he's awake he's spouting venom toward the McKinseys of the world. Sometimes even when he's not awake.
NYT's influencer story implies Matt Stoller posted about McKinsey on City Hall's orders. He isn't in the group chat, which they also knew.
The story also traces zero city dollars to a single pro-Mamdani post.
Way below standards from the @nytimes
