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@skedeschi

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I'm a middle eastern historian. My own family were made refugees. And this is my honest view of the Nakba (“catastrophe”) - the displacement of around 700,000 Palestinian Arabs during the 1947–49 war surrounding the creation of Israel. A thread. 🧵...

@sfliberty

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Ludwig von Mises was 57 years old when the Nazis seized his life's work. They confiscated his library, his manuscripts, his home, everything. He fled to America with nothing but the clothes on his back and couldn't speak English. Most people would have given up. Mises started over. 🧵...

@BalazsOrban_HU

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IN JUST TWO WEEKS, THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN! AS SOON AS PÉTER MAGYAR AND HIS TISZA PARTY WON THE ELECTIONS, YESTERDAY’S CRITICISMS WERE REWRITTEN AS TODAY’S PRAISE! <a target="_blank" href="http://1.As" color="blue">1.As</a> long as the patriotic Fidesz-KDNP led by @PM_ViktorOrban won 🇭🇺Hungary...

@StateDept

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Mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization and undermines the stability of key American allies. Today the State Department instructed U.S. embassies to report on the human rights implications and public safety impacts of mass migration....

@Frank_Stones

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The UAE exits OPEC and OPEC+. A seismic shift for global oil markets. 🛢️🇦🇪 The news emerging from the Persian Gulf today is enough to make even the most seasoned market observers tremble, and for once, it is not directly related to kinetic warfare. 🧵 ...

@SpencerJJoseph

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🧵 1. 'Arab antisemitism is not a response to the creation of Israel, it is the driving force behind the Arab-Israeli conflict. Too many people reverse cause and effect. They blame the antisemitism suffered by world Jewry on the existence of Israel' <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jns.org/antise...

@Logo_Daedalus

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All this "Eddington discourse" &amp; no one is talking about tribal sovereignty in the US being used to build data centers in the same way it was used to build casinos after the 70s-- they're talking about if poking fun at White Girls doing BLM Activism is ontologically evil lol...

@marcomavina

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So excited to finally share my job market paper! The post-Floyd “Great Awokening” was driven by affluent white liberals and emphasized recognition over redistribution. Consistent with elite capture of identity politics. Feedback very welcome! Link below. ...