#Regime

Required reading for everyone who feels that "anti-imperialist principles" or realpolitik oblige them to support the Assad regime. You're just validating systematic industrial-scale rape, torture, and murder as a means
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How ON EARTH did the government manage to temporarily mislay 16,000 test results, putting thousands of people at risk of contracting #COVID19?I try to explain it here.Warning: you may find
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Maybe it’s because I remember the Cold War but it’s truly hard for me to believe that anyone is using the word “comrade” unironically The majority of the people I
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Without my consent, a lebanese bank has closed my LBP account, without even notifying me.My bank account showed a sum of 58,000 LBP at my last card transaction.Now it’s zero.1/6
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I suppose we need a thread on why this is complete baloney, so here goes...https://twitter.com/GregHands/status/1305835646939017219 The UK can't actually be listed until it is a third country. Therefore, it could
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THREAD1)Sen. @ChrisMurphyCt & other Democratic senators had a secret meeting with Iranian FM @JZarif during the Munich Security Conference last week.Me:Not surprised. Murphy is a regular at sessions held by
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The Seattle Mariners started 2020 with a bottom-5 roster because of a lack of proven talent, pitching stability, and the fact it was going to be a developmental year for
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In India, it's never about ideology. It is only about civilisation. And to put it on record this is why PM Modi faces a massive smear campaign from a powerful
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1/n: My @CASIPenn Working Paper : Deceleration, Pandemic, Recession: Does India have a Plan? has been officially published now. You can read it here. Here is a short thread summarising
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#BREAKINGU.S. President Donald Trump pardons former national security adviser Gen. Mike Flynnhttps://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-pardons-michael-flynn-his-former-national-security-adviserBack in the early days of the Trump
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As promised, I'll start an english thread explaining our documentary #TheSearchForAssadExecutioners or simply #AssadExecutioners by @AJArabic . This is the first scene in the documentary. It is showing Asmaa Assad
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One of the more rewarding post-GE2020 reads, this article by Today is particularly interesting for two things. First, the trace of internal disputes within the ruling PAP, and second, its
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Anyone disagreeing w/ Bruton is being dishonest. The West/the AU/Ethiopia threw everything they had, and more, at Eritrea long ago. Isaias responded by giving them an imperturbable, 20+ year poker
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This reminds me of the time I read a wikipedia article about "whataboutism" and it cited Soviet Propaganda as a "classic example". Specifically it referenced the popular soviet mantra "...and
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Turkey isn't exerting a stealthy operation. For years Ankara offered various solutions to end mass flow of refugees. 1st offer to enforce no fly zone in Northern Syria was rejected
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On this #Pentecost, I’m not sure. But I feel like maybe, just maybe: We might be experiencing revival. Pandemic, protests, and revival. Maybe. Who would have thought. [thread] I consider
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