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@doamuslims

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Umm Hamza al-Khateeb narrates the story of her son, Hamza, who was brutally tortured to death by Assad regime forces in 2011. She’s currently performing #Hajj in Mecca, alongside many Syrian victims of the Assad regime. "I am the mother of the first martyr, I am the mother of Hamza al-Khateeb. ...

@TrevorJukes1

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The United States is a British Crown colony, same as every other country on earth, they're all controlled by the same people. ...

@tbonier

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I know there were a lot of early takes last week that the Dem base stayed home. But as the votes continue to be counted, we now know that Harris won more votes than Biden in 4 of 7 battlegrounds and ran almost exactly even with him across the 7 states. ...

@CollinRugg

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NEW: 62-year-old Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead in his truck after he didn't show up for a legal interview linked to a case against Boeing. Barnett worked for Boeing for 32 years and retired in 2017. After retiring, Barnett spoke out about how Boeing was cutting corners on their airpl...

@MoreBirths

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Why Poland's Birthrate is Collapsing Poland's fertility will be just 1.1 births per woman in 2024, among the lowest in the world. This in a Catholic country with strict laws against abortion. Why is fertility in 🇵🇱 so low and what can we learn? 🧵, please share. <span class="quote-card" data-quote-in...

@books_rum

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After Oslo, the Palestinian Authority received at least $27 billion in aid from the IMF, the World Bank, USAID and other sources. It just made the PA more authoritarian and did nothing to stop Israel's land theft ...

@PepsMccrea

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Mining for student mistakes (&amp; misconceptions) isn't just good for learning. Done well, it can also strengthen classroom culture. Here's how: ↓ ...

@SizweLo

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For years, I’ve seen headlines, political commentators and politicians calling the Economic Freedom Fighters fascist. This did not make sense to me because I casually understood fascism to be a “capitalist” phenomenon, while the EFF is decidedly Marxist. I attempted to find out. ...

@Q_Meruem

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On this day, 2011, Libyan leader #MuammarGaddafi was k!lled by US-NATO-EU backed forces A leader, under whose rule Libya became a prosperous, literate &amp; had GDP per capita higher than the EU &amp; US A detailed 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 on how the death of a leader led the whole country to ruin: ...