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@KonstantinKisin

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You’re struggling to understand why some people are vaccine hesitant. The “let me help you” megathread: Imagine you’re a normal person. The year is 2016. Rightly or wrongly, you believe most of what you see in the media....

@3SkullJoe

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#ONEPIECE Theory The Checkered Fate of Shanks ...

@NormOrnstein

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David, I understand why journalists want to take this stance. But the fact is we have had no reflection, no willingness to think through how irresponsible and reckless so much of our mainstream press and so many of our journalists have bern and continue to be 1 <span class="quote-card" data-quote-in...

@TruueDiscipline

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1/ Thread about Indian people outside of India and the USA. There isn't going to be a thesis or an argument made, just facts about Indians in various countries. Will discuss: NZ Australia UK Canada South Africa Uganda Malaysia Singapore Fiji Trinidad and Tobago ...

@mfphhh

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Sullivanism - the curbs of doom To understand the hesitant behavior of the US government in supporting Ukraine, it helps to watch an interview of security advisor Jake Sullivan from 2020, in which he described concepts of US foreign policy: [From debates with @spartyflyboy] 1/19 ...

@Kasparov63

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The latest US sanctions are deliberately late because they are aimed at forcing Putin to negotiate. Undoubtedly, Russia was warned in advance, otherwise the effect of these measures could be devastating. 1/4...

@ThePollLady

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Nicolás Maduro declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election. US fervently desired to overthrow his government. Even Elon Musk, tweeted his support to the opposition. Lets understand the fixation. Thread 🧵 ...

@anneapplebaum

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Once again, more comprehensively: I wrote what I think about this election before it happened, will put it all together here. My book Autocracy Inc, described the background, the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, everywhere <a target="_blank" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse...

@WajahatAli

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This will be a post that will piss everyone off, and I welcome it but here it is. Based on data we are learning, this isn't a blowout Trump win. Numbers don't back it up. Not a landslide. Not a damning referendum. Harris didn't run a terrible campaign. In fact impressive considering she had 2.5 m...