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@AlliFlowers In Kenya there are a few different native ethnic groups but Kenyans all lump Europeans and Americans into the same ethnic group *regardless of whether they are white or Black* and some Americans get very upset when I mention this, like it’s against the rules for Kenyans or anyone to do this.

@MisuseCase I would have thought it was pretty concrete since it’s a visible thing.

At some point, do the ultra-wealthy ever stop and think, “OK, I have enough money. I’m going to stop trying to fuck up the world for everyone else.”

“We hope that day will come soon,” said one Syrian refugee. “We hate Putin more than Bashar al-Assad. Why did [Putin] come to our country?"

Last year, the UN agency for human rights estimated that over 300,0000 civilians have been killed since the Syrian Civil War began in 2011.

If Ukraine risks being forgotten by the media, the Syrian Civil War receives even less coverage.

Over the last decade an average of 84 civilians have died every day, many of them as a result of Russian airstrikes.

The nation is in trouble, in short, because too many of us are willing to bend the rules of our democratic system to enshrine white Christian nationalism — and themselves as white Christians — as the law of the land. As PRRI subtitles its survey:

“State of the country: Pessimism, political violence, paranoia.”

#PRRI #democracy #WhiteChristianNationalism #authoritarianism #strongmen
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#MikeJohnson, new #evangelical Speaker of the House, said about #LGBTQ+ issues in October that the country is in peril.
“The only question is: Is God going to allow our nation to enter a time of judgment for our collective sins? Or is he going to give us one more chance to restore the foundations & return to him?” 🤮

"Foundations?" Like when our country was built on enslaving others & engaging in wholesale genocide against #indigenous peoples?

But your god is upset about trans kids?! 🤦🏼😵‍💫

A #Ukrainian military spokeswoman has said troops have pushed back occupying #Russian forces some 3-8 km from the left -- or eastern -- bank of the River #Dnipro. #Ukraine's army has said in recent days that it's taken several positions on the Russian- controlled side of the river near Kherson. Fighting has been reported -- incl by Russian military bloggers -- near #Krynky and Poima. Establishing a bridgehead on the Russian- controlled side has been a long- held Ukrainian objective.

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On Nov 19, 1906: White Employers in Texas Refuse to Hire Wrongfully Discharged Black Veterans calendar.eji.org/racial-injust

@AlliFlowers @GottaLaff Absolutely... Hamas is authoritarian and, therefore, anti-human rights. Authoritarianism is evil.

@selzero They don’t know what they’re talking about. They are blinded by hate of “Other,” even when they can’t see otherness. @Judeet88@universeodon.com

@lednabwm Too many people refuse to see that Hamas has been the government for Palestinians. @GottaLaff

@GottaLaff

“Palestinian people deserve state of their own..free from Hamas.."

Q: Who doesn't understand this?
A: A lot of people.

Via Aaron Rupar: (clip of Tapper/Raskin):

#Raskin calls out #DeSantis for claiming he didn't see Elon #Musk's antisemitic post four days after he published it:

"You showed it to him, and he still refused to condemn it."

@tofugolem @sqgl @parismarx

The GOP billionaires funding fascism want to cherry pick who can even get an education.

Every anti-democracy movement begins with gatekeeping on public education.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content

encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content

Education, along with unions, is a driver of social mobility.

Bigotted billionaires want to end social mobility for non-Christians, immigrants, women, & POC.

They never want another success story like Obama to ever happen again.

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He’s calling for a ceasefire, appears to be getting it…also laying out very pro-Palestinian plan for post-conflict, pledging to hold Israel accountable for settler violence

You know, everything that people said he shd do:

“Palestinian people deserve state of their own..free from Hamas..

“I have been emphatic with Israel’s leaders that extremist violence against Palestinians in W Bank must stop..those committing the violence must be held acctbl.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

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That's right, they don't think Jews are white. And we know what their intentions are toward people who they don't consider white.

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