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"All mimsy were the borogoves..." Avid reader, occasional world traveler, raises chickens in Texas.
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I create threads with excerpts and screen shots of news articles that I find interesting, and occasionally share a #GiftLink so those without subscriptions can read the whole article.

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2024-03-22 22:46:32

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Remember:
"the bombings were engineered by #Russian security agencies to justify a new war in Chechnya, and to help bolster Putin’s credibility as a law-and-order leader.
“In 2000, it was clear that the #FSB blew up the buildings in order to declare #war on the Chechen Republic, and this would result with Vladimir #Putin being elected a tough leader”...
“After 20 years... a lot has come out that, in fact, supports the theory.”
https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-russia-president-1999-chechnya-apartment-bombings/30097551.html
#Russia #Bombing #News
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2024-02-06 17:24:04

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@npub1xj8…egqe
Stealing children and "re-educating" them is a form of #genocide.
#Russia is attempting genocide against the people of #Ukraine
#Meme
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2024-02-02 11:40:48

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"When Fort Worth activist Opal Lee was invited in 2021 to stand alongside President Joe Biden as he signed the bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday, “I could’ve done a holy dance,” the 97-year-old told the Texas Observer recently. “But the kids said they didn’t want me twerking.”"
- @npub1hgr…2e7r
https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-museum-fort-worth-opal-lee/
🤣 Opal Lee is an American gem!
#History #BlackHistory #Juneteenth #BlackMastodon #FortWorth #Texas #US #USA
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2023-08-23 22:46:42

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"Willis indictment... is not only a grand narrative of what Smith characterizes as an attempt to defraud the #USA. It is also the tale of a frame-up, a grotesque travesty of justice in which the power of government was used to traduce and attempt to destroy an innocent and defenseless citizen.
As such, it tells us not just what #Trump did to try to hold onto power, but also what he will do if he ever gets hold of it again."
https://archive.is/XPbcf
#TrumpIndictment #USPol #News
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2023-08-10 17:32:36

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I would post a meme of an LBJ quote, but my instance can't post images lately. (Annoying) So here's the quote in text form.
President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-convince-the-lowest-white-man/
#Racism #Poverty #Politics #GOP #Republicans #USA #Quote

2023-08-09 15:16:08

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"He’d been disciplined by medical boards in over a dozen states, lost privileges in multiple hospitals and settled federal allegations of fraud, admitting that his company had performed procedures without any documented need....
And yet, after all of that, McGuckin is still seeing patients today, still adding to the nearly $50 million he has earned in the past decade in federal insurance reimbursements."
~@npub16nx…rj8k
https://www.propublica.org/article/pennsylvania-doctor-investigated-at-every-level-why-is-he-still-practicing?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Health #Healthcare #Fraud #Crime #USA #News

2023-08-03 11:44:10

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@npub1jk5…9uth @npub1we6…3uct
"Describing the origins of these flash mobs of rage will do more to serve audiences than merely repeating the lies told by propagandists, even to debunk them. People don’t just need to know that something they’ve shared isn’t true.
They need to know who had an interest in showing it to them in the first place. Who wanted them to be mad about it, and who’s getting something out of that anger."
https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/07/18/manufactured-outrage-is-big-business/
#LGBTQ #Bigotry #Journalism #Politics #News
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