Comments by "Meh Pluribus Unum" (@pluribus_unum) on "DW News" channel.

  1. Courage and creativity. My kudos to the Chinese people fighting for greater autonomy.
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  2. So, Hezbollah is targeting military installations while Israel is targeting residential complexes.
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  3. When the truth is your enemy, you are in the wrong side of history.
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  4. If "the enemy of my enemy" leads you to count on Russia, you are in deep trouble
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  5. Cowardice and sadism are the norm with the IDF, not an exception.
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  6. Russian Military: "Behold our proud backsides running away in glorious victory!"
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  7. All people tend to trade security for freedom. Authoritarian regimes and political parties constantly leverage this fact about human behavior; from the Republican party in the US, to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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  8. Genocide isn't self-defense.
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  9. What's driving the protests? Outrage and revulsion at the genocide in Palestine.
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  10. Likud made Hamas' [terrorist wing and the] Al-Aqsa Brigades the threat that they are. "...anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening Hamas. This is part of our strategy, to isolate Palestinians in Gaza from Palestinians in Judea and Samaria." - Benjamin Netanyahu (at a Likud party meeting in 2019)
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  11. "My message is that both Finland and Sweden have delivered on what they promised in the trilateral agreement they made with Türkiye last June in Madrid." "So the time is now to ratify and to fully welcome both Finland and Sweden as members. Thank you." - Jens Stoltenberg
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  12. On fire. The Russian response is to catch fire.
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  13. He's not a rioter, he is an insurrection leader.
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  14. The regime is trying desperately to stay in power is what it means.
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  15. NATO is the most important thing we have, yet the right-wing is ready to abandon it, as they continue to take Russian oligarchs' cash. If you vote, vote wisely.
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  16. Israel has no right to deprive the future of Gaza. Period.
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  17. Putin's puppies are yelping so loudly in the comments that it brings great joy to my soul. Let the pariah status spread until Putin falls.
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  18. The Gaza Strip is under belligerent occupation by Israel and has been for [56]² years. Period. That is the legal status of the matter. Netanyahu can wish it weren't true all he wants. ___________________________________________ ² CORRECTED: Was incorrectly 75 , which is how long Israel has occupied parts of what is now the state of Palestine -- not how long Israel has occupied Gaza
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  19. 🇺🇸🌊💙 Let's go! 💙🌊🇺🇸 Democracy and Decency over Demagoguery
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  20. Russia proudly declares "not defeat".
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  21. Modi built wealth inequality by design, not by mistake.
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  22. I welcome all who wish to come to the U.S., just don't go to Republican states, and definitely avoid Florida. Hate isn't an American or a conservative value. In America, friends don't let friends vote Republican. 🇺🇸🌈💜💙💚💛❤🌈🇺🇸
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  23. I can't be the only one ready for Elon to take his buddies Trump and Putin up there for early retirement.
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  24. There's nothing political about punishing insurrectionists for their crimes.
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  25. Eat the rich.
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  26. Stealing. Wagner is stealing in Africa.
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  27. To all Republicans in the United States of America: This is what your approach on asylum seekers and immigration will produce. There's nothing conservative about xenophobia.
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  28. Hindu nationalism is anathema to the Indian Constitution. Hindu nationalist terrorism is still just terrorism.
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  29. Charm from Netanyahu or Trump is like getting compassion from them; namely not possible on this earth.
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  30. Misogyny kills every day. With and without the authority of the state.
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  31. This is about pressuring Israel, not about providing a solution to the starvation forced upon Palestine.
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  32. Disinformation isn't dialogue.
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  33. Like other things, reportedly. Diapers. It's his diapers.
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  34. Isolationism doesn't boost the domestic economy because global trade and relations aren't going away.
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  35. It'll work as well as it did for the Americans in Vietnam -- as in; not well at all.
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  36. It's the Vice President. 💙🇺🇸 REGISTER. VOLUNTEER. VOTE 🇺🇸💙
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  37. 🇺🇸 ❤🤍💙 President Harris! ❤🤍💙🇺🇸 I agree with the best U.S. President in 60 years.
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  38. Putin's "Turd Reich" seems to be going to plan. '"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department!" says Wernher von Braun' - Tom Lehrer
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  39. I 100% agree with you. That said, it's a chair back in the photo, not a pillow.
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  40. Ian is consistently wrong with his political predictions, so ask him about China and capitalism; things he knows about.
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  41. 1:45 - 300 litres of fuel would have lasted 30 minutes in the hospitals 2 1250 kva generators. (1250 kva generator uses 256 litres per hour at full load).
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  42. A smart defense doesn't produce more extremism than it extinguishes.
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  43. The RNC last won the majority of votes in 2004, and then in 1988. The DNC won it in 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, and 2020.
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  44. When you start war in the neighbors front-yard, your backyard neighbors start erecting strong fences.
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  45. Ask Siberia about how anti-colonialist Russia is. "This colonial exceptionalism, or refusal to acknowledge the colonial nature of Russia’s political structures, is not based solely on the contiguity of Russia’s empires but rather on the official and long-standing claim that Russia did not conquer Siberia. Instead, it was invited and welcomed by the peoples living there, who entered into union freely with Russia."
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  46. Likud is as effective for Israel as United Russia is for Russia. Putin has expanded NATO at a record pace. Netanyahu has expanded recognition of Palestine at a record pace.
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  47. Meeting with Putin to negotiate peace when your country is already aligned with Russia -- though your domestic populace doesn't like it all that much -- is not diplomacy, it's theater.
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  48. If Israel took remembrance seriously, they would end their apartheid regime and wholesale theft of Palestinian lands and resources.
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  49.  @AkweliParker  - A smaller percentage of conservative and Republican voters supported Biden than supported Clinton. The Lincoln Project didn't move the needle at all, and is a for-profit media company, not an advocacy group.
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  50. So far: U.S.A. : 11 U.S.S.R.: 7 China : 3 Russia : 0
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  51. Question: Is DW constantly hyping whatever threat they can possibly use for clicks? Answer: Yes
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  52.  @pohanahawaii  - All people tend to. Some are better than others at resisting the tendency.
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  53. Modi-ctator.
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  54.  @gdiwolverinemale4th  - He doesn't love my country. He loves himself and Trump.
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  55. No. They use North Korea as their own geopolitical weapon -- so they have no interest in dulling that weapon.
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  56. Bleep blorp. (Just trying to fit in with the other early commenters)
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  57. The Ear Bandage Brigade are losing their minds today.
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  58.  @fvalemus5377  - The Taliban are not a problem because of Islam, they are a problem because of authoritarianism. It isn't about any belief or system other than the political structure of autocracy.
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  59.  @blolee-gc1sr  - Completely different actions and sentences. Politician and former radio host Tam Tak-chi did nothing like what Enrique Tarrio did. Tam DID NOT enter the country's capitol building by force in Hong Kong. Tam DID NOT interrupt the official process to effect the peaceful transfer of power in Hong Kong. Tam DID NOT amass dozens of heavily armed and trained militia members on the grounds of the capitol in Hong Kong. Tam DID NOT have supporters of him erect a gallows and noose on the capitol grounds in Hong Kong. "...sentenced Tam on 11 charges that included uttering seditious words, public disorder and incitement to take part in an unauthorized assembly. Tam was also fined HK$5,000 ($638)."
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  60. Let's hope the myth that there was ever a free market is dead.
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  61.  @blolee-gc1sr  - Xi isn't inviting you over for lunch. You keep trying to catch his eye though.
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  62. "On Thursday, Smith reportedly struggled for two minutes after the hypoxia started, and was conscious for several minutes before dying, eventually, after 22 minutes."
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  63. "Technically, Yuri Gagarin was a hypersonic projectile..." - @Perun The Russian bear is mad with rabies and covered with mange.
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  64. So, Putin did something that inadvertently helped Germany deliver a win for the fight to mitigate climate change? Beautiful! 🌻
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  65. The political ideology is different, but the criminal and nepotistic autocracy are the same with Maduro and Trump. If you are a U.S. voter, or could be one, check your registration status or register, and VOTE November 5th (or in early voting)! And don't forget, 22 states and the District of Columbia have same day voter registration and voting on election day.
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  66. Sanders made it clear in his comments [today], we are electing policy and defending democracy when we go to the polls and vote for Joe Biden and Democrats up and down the ticket in November.
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  67.  @browngreen933  - They were also "celebrity" members of the America First Committee. "The America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against American entry into World War II."
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  68. ½ multi-level marketing scammer convention, ½ stochastic terrorist convention; the twin of the US CPAC conference.
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  69. Putin's favorite Senator.
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  70. It's about the desire to murder under the guise of law. _"...the jury for the case itself voting against the death penalty."
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  71. Cash out your Rubles fast, before they're worthless.
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  72.  @sadoka  - My point is, [you're] peddling Kremlin talking points, so cash out quickly, whatever your chosen currency may be.
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  73.  @factsoverfear9771  - Stay on topic. The question was not "Whom can Wagner use to deflect attention away from their active criminal activity?"
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  74. The right-wing is continuing to blur the line between political speech and stochastic terrorism.
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  75. He's destroying Twitter intentionally in a transphobic rage.
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  76. Confirmed Cluster munitions attacks (by user): Ukraine: 1 Russia: 143 Est. Civilian Casualties from Cluster Munitions (by user): Ukraine: 0 Russia: 689
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  77. Nothing new, same old fascism.
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  78. Israel is manufacturing generations of extremism on both sides, not eliminating extremists on one side.
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  79.  @browngreen933  - But you probably knew that and it's part of your fanaticism for them.
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  80. "As the US Congress passed an historic $52 billion federal program to boost domestic chipmaking capabilities, it included one significant caveat: Companies that receive the funding have to promise not to increase their production of advanced chips in China." "It’s a condition that will certainly add to escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing. The curbs will hit companies like Intel Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., leading chipmakers that have tried to build their businesses in China. TSMC won’t be able to substantially upgrade or expand its existing facilities, effectively losing some growth opportunities in the world’s biggest semiconductor market."
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  81. Despite your handle, you seem to have learned nothing about kindness.
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  82. I see Boris helped you with your homework.
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  83.  @aaronkochenrath5863  - Xenophobia is: Ethno-nationalist. Right-wing. Isolationist. Destructive. Bigotry. But it's not conservative. Your definition of conservatism, if it includes xenophobia, is an anecdotal and self-justifying one, not the rational, factual, or historical definition. "Conservatism, a political doctrine that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices."
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  84.  @gdiwolverinemale4th  - I don't think I've seen a more lackluster slinging of "The End of the West" copypasta. You should find work that gives you more job satisfaction.
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  85.  @blolee-gc1sr  - MIsspellings, whataboutism, straw men, and projecting too? You really are the complete troll package.
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  86. It's a humongous toilet and garbage truck. Period.
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  87. Sergei Korolev: Father of the Soviet Union’s success in space - September 3rd, 2007 - European Space Agency
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  88. I think you misunderstand how much the Taliban's power is propped up by Pakistan, and how their domestic opponents were eliminated over the last four decades.
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  89. Get ready for economic hardship and greater isolation on the world stage, Argentina. The right-wing is always the wrong choice.
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  90. Pink Floyd were spiritually first, of course.
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  91.  @fir3drag0n1984  - Time won't be kind to your apologia.
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  92. Because they are using famine and hypothermia as a weapon of war, just as they advised al-Assad to do in Syria, and just as they did in Chechnya.
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  93. BFD!
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  94. Whataboutism is not a counter argument. The BJP thanks you for your servitude.
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  95. Mmmkay, Sun Tsu.
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  96.  @skygge1006  - Repositioning rapidly and leaving tons of equipment behind in many instances. If it looks like a duck in retreat, and it quacks like a duck in retreat, it's not a good duck season for the ducks.
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  97.  @mayamaarit  - I'm totally unclear on what you're trying to communicate here.
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  98.  @bachhongtran  - Actually, it is central to the issue. Because Israel occupies Gaza, it is required under international law to provide food, fuel, water, and electricity to the Gaza Strip. Because Israel occupies Gaza, it is required to enforce the rule-of-law, to provide security to the civilian population, and to conduct an evacuation and/or adequate sheltering of non-combatants in a conflict zone.
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  99.  @NgengeMkeni-uo5hq  - You aren't a serious voice on this issue if you don't understand international laws regarding occupation.
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  100. GFY, Russia.
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  101. Tories.
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  102. This is no doubt a tragedy, but all individuals involved know the risks and some paid to see a tourist attraction only available to the ultra-wealthy. Meanwhile hundreds of people are still missing after the boat they were using to escape war, famine, and climate catastrophe capsized. My compassion isn't primarily focused on the submersible right now, if I'm honest.
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  103. Fascist around and find out. 💛💙🇺🇦🇺🇸
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  104.  @tasspafitis848  - Deflection isn't a counter argument.
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  105.  @geoms6263  - Agreed. I'm talking about the Palestinians right to self-determination, not Hamas. Likud chose to fund Hamas in order to thwart the two-state solution.
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  106.  @Blodhelm  - We certainly can agree on that.
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  107. Grandpa looks so happy on his night field trip. Somebody should've "forgetten" to take him back to the Kremlin and just left him wandering the shoreline with a woolen sleeping roll.
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  108. Spoken eloquently and plainly; the Republican party is captured by people who, if not stopped, will bring dictatorship to the U.S. using white nationalist disinformation to discard democracy and dismantle the r[u]le-of-law in a return to the brutality of the rule-of-humans.
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  109. What's behind the rise in chocolate prices? We are. Human-induced climate change is impacting all agriculture significantly.
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  110. America's first America First.
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  111. Is it a real race without spectators? The world is not watching this the way the first space race was an international event.
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  112.  @michaelpetrovich5353  - If you think 8 years of training, security, defense and military aid is not help, I don't know what to tell you. NATO hasn't crossed the border with troops, but it's sending in trillions in help that's making all the difference in the world.
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  113.  @DanReiki  - My 2nd grader wants his schoolyard taunts back.
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  114. Elon Musk marks the beginning and end of Tesla Motors. He's the greatest liability and threat to the company.
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  115. If you are an American voter, you need to ask yourself why the elected Republican leadership is siding with Putin over Zelensky. And you need to make sure you vote in 2024!
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  116.  @puraLusa  - "Candidates must also resolve both disputes among themselves and territorial disputes with neighboring states before they can join the EU. This is likely to be extremely difficult for Ukraine. It is also a problem for Serbia and Kosovo."
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  117. Since the disastrous Citizens United ruling by the Republican majority on the Supreme Court, the Democrats have introduced or passed legislation [to] fix unfettered money in U.S.politics. Every year when Democrats present the legislation in Congress, Republicans block debate and voting on those bills. This is Republican created and maintained corruption. Full stop.
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  118. Putin bulldozing cemeteries of Russia's war dead and going around begging for bombs is a perfect image of Russia today.
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  119.  @benlemon849  - That's multinational on every count, actually. We are no slouches, mind you.
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  120. Tuck Frump.
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  121. It was inevitable. Whomever did it ripped the band-aid off.
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  122. C'mon, tell it right, hoser! "We were watching it very carefully to ensure we were doing what is necessary to protect Canadians, and we’re doing that in the context of the NORAD relationship, of course, so that when the United States made that decision to shoot it down, Secretary Austin did thank Canada because we were making these decisions jointly about imminent threats."
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  123. I.N.D.I.A.
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  124. Clickbait. (TLDR; 11:58 - Zelenskyy fears Trump will pull the plug entirely and hand massive swaths of Ukrainian territory and self-determination to Putin -- and alternately fears Harris may not ramp up aid to Ukraine, but maintain Biden administration levels of aid.)
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  125. Bigotry isn't becoming.
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  126. Erdogan would like to drag Turkey into his grave with him, just as Putin continues to drag Russia into his grave.
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  127. Pablum.
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  128. My sympathy is with the millions of Palestinians, not the tens of thousands of militants in Hamas' terrorist brigades. Hamas and Likud are fueling each other by design and political gravity.
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  129.  @pogonator1  - The corn Ukraine trades with China is corn grain, not ears of corn. "Corn can be considered either a grain or a vegetable, based on when it is harvested. The maturity level of corn at harvest affects both its use at meals and its nutritional value. Corn that is harvested when fully mature and dry is considered a grain."
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  130. Continued fossil fuel dependence is self-annihilation.
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  131. Paragraphs are your friend. (Unless like the OP autocorrect is sabotaging your formatting)
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  132.  @cliveloosley8018  - Too true. I retract my snark. 😂
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  133. The Republican party collaborated with Putin in 2016. The Republican party collaborates with Putin in 2024.
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  134.  user-pf8rb6ze7i  - Born in Ukraine. Lived in Ukraine [during] the Soviet Union. Ukrainian. 🇺🇦 🚀
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  135.  @konstantinbush295  - Stay salty, Boris.
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  136.  @Yalla_Habibi_Cat1  - Stay salty, Natasha.
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  137.  user-pf8rb6ze7i  - The USSR isn't the Russian Empire. It's an inconvenient fact that the father of Russian rocketry is Ukrainian.
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  138.  @Lukejb2Butterworth  - One party in this conflict is tearing children to pieces daily, usually with weapons made and sold by my country. Stop the deflection and face what is being done in the claim of self-defense.
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  139.  @Vijayintn  - My war crimes are lesser than your war crimes. Schoolyard-level logic is your rebuttal?
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  140. Putin continues to drag Russia into his grave with him.
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  141. Modi's Hindu-nationalism is destroying Indian society and the constitution.
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  142.  @ZhangLee.  - To look at land, sea, and air, Russia failed to achieve their objectives on the land, in the sea, and in the air. Metaphorically, they said they would take the eggs, the hens and the henhouse. So far they have a fistful of feathers and egg only on their faces.
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  143. Biden's labor favoring economic policy kept the globe out of recession, making the US economy the envy of the world again. 70% of Democrats are still backing Biden. Biden won the nomination by a very wide margin. Biden and Harris are a team for a reason, -- as the US Constitution and our party primaries provided the solution to the hypothetical problem being used to generate so much profit for the media companies currently.
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  144. Nothing to celebrate yet. If Russia doesn't like its growing pariah status in the West, they need only leave all Ukrainian territory.
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  145. For your power and riches, Lukashenko, we will extract your people's sweat, treasure, and blood. It's collection time for the last one now, comrade. - Russia
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  146. We are the rulers of all this rubble! Destroying everything in order to take it isn't a demonstration of power, it's a confession of weakness.
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  147.  @jager6863  - You seem itchy for some reason. A democratic republic, in fact.
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  148. "On 12 April 1961, Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel hypersonically when his Vostok I return capsule reached Mach 25 on atmospheric reentry after the first manned orbital flight."
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  149.  @artman12  - Whataboutism won't fix what Modi has done.
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  150. When you are banning free speech, you have picked the wrong side of history.
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  151. It's not a European problem, it's a worldwide problem -- which you even alluded to.
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  152. These aren't protesters, they are extremists.
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  153.  @КристинаЙорданова-р8л  - Israel is far less safe today than it was on October 8th, 2023 because of the IDF's actions. Israel is currently manufacturing terrorists on both sides of the conflict, not removing them from one side.
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  154.  @somerandomboibackup6086  - False comparison. You are conflating Hamas with Palestine.
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  155.  @rodolphendessabeka8721  - If it was all actually Russian in heritage, it wouldn't be constantly in need of threats, duct tape, bribery, and bailing wire to keep it together day-after-day, hour-after-hour.
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  156.  @kingrichards9295  - India is balancing their diplomatic, economic, cultural, and strategic relationships with the West and the East. That's a commonly held view within and without India. From what I can gather, you believe India is doing too much geopolitical politics as the West and the East rely too heavily upon them and is being kept from focusing on domestic politics. My view is that criticism should be pointed at the ruling party of India, not at the West or the East.
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  157.  @kingrichards9295  - It's balancing, but it's not neutrality a la the Cold War anymore. I see the logic in India's position, but it remains true that they are a vital lifeline to Russia's economy -- despite the genocidal intent Putin has in Ukraine.
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  158.  @SeanD808  - No, he made Russia a pariah state starting in 2008.
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  159.  @Pointi69  - Oh, NS2 being blown up matters a lot. Though Russia didn't do it directly, they caused it to happen by leaving no other choice sooner or later.
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  160. The IDF isn't a professional military as much as it's an organized crime group. Three hostages escaped only to be murdered by the IDF. Time will reveal more and more crimes and atrocities. Of this I have no doubt.
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  161. Austerity for thee. Another superyacht for me. Austerity’s trinity of policies—fiscal, monetary, and industrial—work in unison to permanently shift resources away from the working people who make up the bulk of a society. This worsens their precarious conditions and redistributes [resources] toward the few savers-investors [esp. billionaires] at the top. Clara E. Mattei Author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
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  162. As corrupt and criminal as they come, Netanyahu is an enemy of democracy and decency.
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  163. A war criminal coming to interfere more in U.S. politics. B . D . S .
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  164. Operation Tail Between Legs is nearly complete.
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  165. For over 400 years, racism, xenophobia, and isolationism have been the motivating factors animating the white nationalists in the U.S.A. They have been wrong morally and politically for every one of those 405 years, including this year. VOTE!
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  166. Yes. We white people are the single most destructive force on earth. France has as much a problem with racism as we have here in the United States of America.
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  167. RNC is an extremist and authoritarian-wannabe group. Period.
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  168. Yea, let's blame the soldiers for their own deaths instead of taking the responsibility that goes along with the power. Russia is being destroyed by the rampant corruption and cowardice which Putin depends upon to stay in power. May Ukraine expel them completely.
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  169. I.N.D.I.A.! Hindu nationalism is destructive to Indian society, culture, and democracy. Just as white nationalism is destructive to US society, culture, and democracy.
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  170.  @akhripasta2670  - Your infantile simplification of the issue is not a counter argument. The BJP and Modi are divisive, destructive, and anti-democratic. Full stop.
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  171.  @bigoof1105  - Remember when Russia apologists could come up with relevant trolling?
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  172.  @bigoof1105  - You just explained how it is Russia apologia, and how it's not a reply to my comment.
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  173. No. The assault victim is the authority on consent in this matter. Period.
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  174. Biden is the best U.S. President in 60 years. The U.S. economy kept the world out of global recession and NATO has never been stronger.
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  175. No, commerce with China and Russia [does].
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  176. Trump peace is giving Russia anything they want. Stop sane-washing this fascist Republican.
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  177. Just a couple of ethno-nationalist pseudopopulist autocrats in another geopolitical "bromance".
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  178. Why? Because of the white nationalism of the Republican party. Period.
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  179.  @jeffrp8388  - Likud made a choice about who to strengthen and who to weaken. As I said, Likud made Hamas and the al-Aqsa Brigades the threat that they are today.
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  180. Putin has Stalin envy and will starve millions if not stopped. Thank goodness for Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO Countries.
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  181. Bwahaahaahaa. Autocracy is inherently a fragile system.
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  182. Yep. These are leaders.
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  183. The Indian people aren't Modi, but Modi is with Russia. Modi is an ethno-nationalist. Putin is an ethno-nationalist. Trump is an ethno-nationalist. Xi is an ethno-nationalist. Ethno-nationalism is anathema to democracy and peace.
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  184.  @kawaiikoto8800  - "Not just a river in Egypt". Russia is saddled with the incompetent fighting force corruption built for them.
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  185. @@MartinMurphy-xu5pc - Crimes against humanity are not how to deal with growing migration due in no small part to climate catastrophe engendered by fossil fuel extraction. Hold the people responsible for this crime accountable under the law.
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  186.  @amanverma7033  - lol you hate India and love [the BJP]¹. That's fine. Don't forget they are two different things. ______________________________________ ¹ CORRECTION as per @amanverma7033
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  187.  @amanverma7033  - Yep, you sure can. As can I and my family members in the US, UK, Australia, and India. Hindu Nationalism is anathema to patriotism in a pluralistic and secular democracy like India's.
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  188. March 2020 - 'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults. President Donald Trump insists he deserves no blame for divisions in America.
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  189. Shein and Temu sell landfill stuffing. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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  190. Friends simply don't let friends vote Republican..
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  191. The important detail is who is behind him -- namely extremist.billionaire Peter Thiel.
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  192. What are Russian elites afraid of? Upper floor windows, for one thing.
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  193. Doesn't speak and doesn't move.
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  194. Stop calling the white working class the working class. The working class has backed the Democrats for decades.
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  195. I believe Dorsey. Modi is a pathological liar and authoritarian.
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  196. When the will of the voters is your adversary, you aren't a legitimate political party anymore -- you're an insurgency.
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  197. Pro-Israel protesters are anti-Netanyahu protesters. Netanyahu is an enemy of all Israelis with his genocidal war.
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  198.  @pogonator1  - Corn imports to China are 99.9% corn as grain, not corn as a vegetable. If you don't like corn being a grain, tell the world grain markets, not me.
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  199. I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair. Regulators explained that the pads likely came loose as soap, used as a lubricant in the vehicle assembly process, prevented them from remaining stuck to the pedal. - Investopedia
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  200. Posturing.
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  201.  @lefttomboy3068  - China lost out to the U.S. regarding TSMC's future plans. Pelosi cemented the deal and the Chinese are throwing a geopolitical tantrum; like a spoiled child. "Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Chips and Science Act which includes $52 billion in funding designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. and improve competitiveness with China."
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  202.  @lefttomboy3068  - Pelosi's meeting with TSMC leadership was central to her visit to Taiwan.
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  203. Pardon my earlier reply which was about another Palestinian woman released. To your question about this case, he did not die and has said he wants her imprisoned longer. "Palestinian teenager who was sentenced to 12 years in prison earlier this month for stabbing her Israeli neighbor could be freed in a deal that will see Israel release 150 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 50 of the roughly 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Earlier this month, Nafoz Hamad was found guilty of attempted murder and obstruction of justice for stabbing Moriah Cohen in the contentious Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in December 2021."
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  204. Telling Israel to obey the laws of war while they engage in the war crimes of the siege of 2 million people and the collective punishment of 5 million people as we hand over crate after crate of weaponry and ammunition is peak hypocrisy and gall. ONLY the end of the apartheid regime in Israel and a two-state solution will bring lasting peace to Israel and Palestine.
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  205. Apartheid and myopic self-delusion aren't sustainable ever.
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  206. Yes, just as they have since WWII. Rape as a tactic in war isn't new, but Russia is unique in how widely this tactic is used by their forces. Putin has destroyed Russia for more than a decade.
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  207. India is a main purchaser of Russian oil, providing Putin a lifeline. Without India, Putin would be done.
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  208.  @darkroses3479 - Putin is a bully getting his comeuppance. You can rail against reality all you like. It's not budging. Due to the climate catastrophe unleashed by humanity, which is causing the sixth great mass extinction on earth, continued fossil fuel dependence is self-annihilation.
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  209.  @darkroses3479  - Does Putin really have a hairy mole on his left butt cheek? I figure you've got first hand knowledge whether this is true or not.
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  210. Donald Trump is the first U.S. President to lose millions of jobs since the Great Depression. Economists predict a wave of bankruptcies, massive unemployment, a very weak dollar, and skyrocketing inflation is [if] Donald Trump's economic agenda is enacted. Whereas under the Vice President's plan, economic growth will continue, household income will grow, manufacturing will expand, the dollar will remain strong, and unemployment will continue to remain low. There is [simply] no simply comparison.
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  211.  @monkpkey  - Today: Trump's economic policies would lead to a 33% cut in Social Security benefits.¹ ______________________________________ ¹ According to a report from the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).
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  212. Russia is losing far more citizens of all ages because of this war than they can't for their way out with war crime kidnapping. Putin is dragging Russia into his grave with him.
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  213. The bear has put his paw in the hornet's nest.
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  214. The world does, but I don't know about investors.
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  215. Putin is an "ex-President walking".
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  216. Make no mistake, U.S. Republican leaders will pull the rug out from underneath Ukraine and betray their voters, their constituents, and their country if they gain the Senate or the White House in 2024. “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” [Kevin] McCarthy¹ (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia." - May 17th, 2017 ______________________________ ¹ Currently the Republican House Majority Leader, Representative Kevin McCarthy, who thanked Trump recently for aiding his historically difficult campaign to be the Republican party leader in the lower house of the legislature in the U.S.
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  217. A Ukrainian victim of Stalinism took the U.S.S.R. to the moon. Russia has never been outside its membership in the U.S.S.R. Sergei Korolev: Father of the Soviet Union’s success in space - September 3rd, 2007 - European Space Agency "Sergei Korolev is the man responsible for the first human spaceflight. Although the world knew of his achievements - Sputnik, Vostok, Soyuz - the man himself remained a total mystery until his death, as his identity was a well-kept state secret. A victim of Stalinism, after his death he became an icon of Russian rocketry and both his rocket and spaceship designs are still flying today. Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the son of a teacher of Russian literature, he was born on 12 January 1907 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Fascinated by aircraft, he designed his first glider when he was only 17. After graduating from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, he joined the University of Moscow and his interest shifted to rocket propulsion, at the time still a theoretical subject only."
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  218. Putin is Milosevic all over again. A pathetic and deluded narcissist pushing genocide in an attempt to remain relevant and in power.
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  219. 3:20 - Donald Trump extorted Ukraine by withholding Pentagon approved aid. That aid was only available because of the 2014 Obama/Biden European Deterrence/ Defense Initiative (this program means the US supplied 90% of Ukraine's defense and military aid and training since it began in 2014).
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  220. UPDATE: ISIS takes responsibility for the attack. (6:23pm EST) The odds that Ukraine is connected are exceedingly low. Lower than the odds that the Kremlin itself is involved.
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  221. Russia is simply ensuring their dependence upon China.
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  222. This comment makes your support for the Musk- Kissinger pro-Russian peace deal make much more sense now.
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  223. If anyone wishes to follow a reliable and independent source on this story, see bellingcat. "The ground surrounding one side of the crater shows a cone of scarring and pitting, consistent with the explosion of a munition at this site. Objects within this cone appear to have suffered extensive damage, including a fence which was largely destroyed by the explosion. As noted by Marc Garlasco, a Military Advisor at PAX for Peace’s Protection of Civilians team, the impact point does not appear to be consistent with the 500, 1000 or 2000-pound bombs used in Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs)."
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  224.  @tuff9486  - No, they most certainly do. “The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries like the Central African Republic and Mali. The United States will continue to target the Wagner Group's revenue streams to degrade its expansion and violence in Africa, Ukraine, and anywhere else.”
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  225. It'll be interesting to see your stance on bigotry in America now. We realize how great this country could be because we know the white nationalists who carry their racism like a badge of honor are enemies domestic of the Union.
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  226. Israel is targeting journalists. If they let in journalists, they would get more outcry for doing so, or they would have to try to prevent journalist deaths more.
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  227. Disinformation is openly peddled by many right-wing political parties. Why? Is it because they have unpopular policy ideas and rely upon manufactured fear for support?
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  228. Putin can pretend he didn't make the U.S. and NATO stronger all he wants.
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  229.  @thevictoryoverhimself7298  - Israel is required under law to provide for the population of Gaza. Full stop.
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  230.  @RubiaStorm  - The terrorism of an enemy doesn't justify terrorism from the victim nation. No ifs, ands, or buts.
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  231.  @lu544  - It may not matter to you, but it most certainly matters to the world and history.
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  232.  @theonlycaulfield  - Bye Caulfield.
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  233. China needs the US. The US needs China.
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  234.  @amanverma7033  - Deflection won't solve Russia's economic cliff problem.
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  235. For those who don't know, @amanverma7033 is an Indian troll peddling lies for Modi and Putin.
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  236.  @pikachu-ys9me  - Servitude isn't the same as respect.
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  237. This war criminal can't stay in power. The Russian people will remove him, sooner or later. Ultimatums from terrorists, even those with nukes, must always be rejected whenever at all possible, even at significant cost. In no way am I in any position to determine what is possible for Ukraine, and I support whatever decision they make, just as I support their heroic and valiant fight against Putin and his criminal cronies.
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  238. Precisely. A Ukrainian victim of Stalinism took the U.S.S.R. into space. Period! "Sergei Korolev is the man responsible for the first human spaceflight. Although the world knew of his achievements - Sputnik, Vostok, Soyuz - the man himself remained a total mystery until his death, as his identity was a well-kept state secret. A victim of Stalinism, after his death he became an icon of Russian rocketry and both his rocket and spaceship designs are still flying today. Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the son of a teacher of Russian literature, he was born on 12 January 1907 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Fascinated by aircraft, he designed his first glider when he was only 17. After graduating from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, he joined the University of Moscow and his interest shifted to rocket propulsion, at the time still a theoretical subject only." -
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  239. Heaven forbid people have a good time in private. If this is as bad as the incident was, it's a nothingburger.
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  240. Reflecting the maturity of his boss. Good riddance.
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  241. ​ @Cotac_Rastic - No, it's not. Keep up the deza though.
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  242. ​ @sarahbrown5073 - There will never be a shortage of 155mm shells. Try again. Some missile and longer range system ammo shortages exist, but are way overblown and don't concern 155mm shells.
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  243. Putin doesn't love you back.
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  244. Putin's ego is the number one enemy Russia faces.
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  245.  @georgefridman8432  NOT
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  246. Xi, like Putin, is letting internal politics destroy foreign relations.
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  247. If you are an American, you can support democracy and the national interests of the United States of America, or you can vote Republican. You cannot do both anymore. The Republican party is an extremist white nationalist insurgency now. Putin is more popular than Biden even today in Republican polling.
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  248.  @Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi  - RSS copypasta is as bland as uncooked noodles.
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  249. The truth about MPI and Modi's two non-standard added factors; maternal health and bank accounts. Some economists have argued that the devastating impact of COVID on poverty is missing in the report's findings — while others point out that the number and share of the population below the consumption poverty line, the traditional method of estimating poverty globally, is absent. "Real wages were stagnant for six years which had serious implications for consumption demands and this cannot be consistent with decline in poverty levels," - India's poverty debate: Truth behind the numbers by Murali Krishnan in New Delhi on January 23, 2024 in Deutsche Welle News.
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  250. Damage control, nothing more, nothing less. The Chef mourns the loss of ingredients for his genocidal recipe, not human beings.
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  251. #1 - The Republican party's authoritarianism and extremism.
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  252. If you are one of the people who is easily distracted from your country's real problems by manufactured fear and learned hatred, you are a tool being wielded by the wealthy. Be sure to check your pockets to see what the rich are stealing from you as you are distracted by their sideshow.
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  253. Not a defensible strike, cowardly and desperate, but also not merely to flood Kryvyi Rih. "The Russian attack was probably intended to damage Ukrainian pontoon bridges further downstream as part of efforts to disrupt the Kherson counteroffensive..." - The Institute for the Study of War (Wash. DC, US)
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  254. Yes.
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  255. What happened? 1 - An isolationist minority of elected Republicans demanded attached legislation limiting migration at the Southern U.S. border, in exchange for allowing a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on the aid bill for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel. 2 - The House produced a bipartisan bill limiting migration at the Southern border and the Senate passed with 75% approval a modified version. 3 - House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a vote on the House, where its likely to be passed -- and instead sent all Representatives home on recess.
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  256. Russia. Russia is responsible for blowing up the dam they placed mines on a long time ago.
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  257. This is the balloon inflating before it bursts. Russia-based economists say the economy is now showing serious signs of overheating as Moscow ploughs on with what it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine and that for all the current optimism, stagnation or recession now looms. - Reuters
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  258.  @TheSvRoma  - According to the latest survey¹, a majority of Palestinians (51%) supported a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, with slightly more support seen among residents of Gaza than among West Bank Palestinians. A quarter of respondents also said they supported “armed resistance” as a preferred solution to Palestinian-Israeli conflict.² The results also revealed a very low level of support among Palestinians for institutions, whether it be the Palestinian Authority or Hamas. _______________________________________ ¹ Prior to the terrorist attack by Hamas in Israeli occupied and sovereign territory on October 7th, 2023. ² Source: Arab Barometer - In early October, Arab Barometer, a central resource for quantitative research on Arab countries, completed its most recent survey in Palestine, offering unique insight into the views of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. The next day, Oct. 7, Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel.
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  259.  @somerandomboibackup6086  - Bye backup account.
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  260. There's a 25% risk of recession in the the U.S. according to the latest data. In contrast, the Republicans have delivered recessions every time they took the White House since 1984. Trump would make America’s inflation crisis worse, 16 Nobel economists warn - CNN, June 26th, 2024.
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  261. What can they achieve? Quite a bit if they choose to govern with an agenda supported by moderate and independent voters across the aisle. What will they achieve? Nothing. They will focus on Russian disinformation campaigns and undoing as much of the popular legislative achievements made by the last U.S. House of Representatives.
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  262.  @deaththekid3998  - It's the racism. Since the policy of enslavement, the US has always had a white nationalist party. It was once the Democratic party until the Democratic President signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act in the mid 1960s. At that point -- decades after civil liberties and the cause of the Reconstruction had been abandoned by the GOP with a big push from Hoover and the first fascist and isolationist America First movement -- the white nationalists moved into the Republican party.
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  263.  @Commandotoad  - Mine is a completely fair point. My statement in no way called the Taliban and the Republicans equivalents.
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  264. Putin continues to drag Russia into his grave with him.
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  265. Ethno-nationalism is a virulent threat to democracy worldwide. Whether it's Russia's Putin problem, the United States of America's Trump problem, India's Modi problem, Israel's Netanyahu problem, Italy's Meloni problem, Hungary's Orban problem, or China's Xi problem -- extremist ethno-nationalist minorities are leveraging fascist methodologies to replace self-determination with authoritarianism, and to replace majoritarian systems with oligarchs.
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  266. No recognition of Kosovo's status means no EU membership. Get your priorities in order, or give up your EU membership goals. Serbia can't have cake in their hands, and eat all the cake as well.
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  267.  @draganmarkovic491  - No, it can't.
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  268.  @draganmarkovic491  - Time will tell who's right and who's wrong. I don't see Serbia gaining EU membership unless they work with Kosovo to settle the issue.
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  269.  @draganmarkovic491  - No problem.
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  270. @@HammochiKisrilk - No, it absolutely has not. Being interested in countering its main geopolitical rival isn't actual anti-colonialism. Moscow is using Africa and the global grain market as two chess pieces in its war on Ukraine. End of story. The Kremlin is feeding you this lie.
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  271.  @williamdavis9562  - Nobody made Russia invade Ukraine in 2014 or again in 2021.
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  272. @@HammochiKisrilk - Also, Happy Week Two to your YouTube account.
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  273.  @williamdavis9562  - I don't like to think it at all, but it's patently obvious.
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  274. @@HammochiKisrilk - Your history book has both a gender and a name? Work on your ESOL skills before you troll for English-speaking audiences.
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  275. @@HammochiKisrilk - When your Kremlin noise is challenged because it's nonsense, it isn't hate.
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  276. @@HammochiKisrilk - You are the one working in a position that requires ESOL skills. There's nothing unkind in what I said regarding being better at the skills required for your chosen employment.
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  277. @@HammochiKisrilk - You are running through your training manual of emotion-laden responses. I'll give you that. Enjoy your trolling job. Bye now.
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  278.  @williamdavis9562  - Bye "William".
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  279. We found her already. Stop the bs.
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  280. India buys Russian oil and weapons as a part of its focus on itself. There's nobody pressuring India to perform this balancing act -- they choose to do the balancing themselves.
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  281.  @kingrichards9295  - India invited the FM of Ukraine. Russia doesn't do peace negotiations under Putin until they are handed a defeat.
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  282.  @kingrichards9295  - According to MEA, EAM S Jaishankar invited his Ukrainian counterpart to India, a fact both acknowledged by the ministry's statement and echoed by Minister Kuleba himself through a post on social media upon his arrival in the national capital.
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  283.  @languist  - I would say it was precisely because of their will. _____________________________________________ Addendum: Albeit a comeuppance they didn't foresee.
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  284.  @Abandoned_Account88  - In every region and nation on earth.
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  285.  @Abandoned_Account88  - You brought up the fallacy it's isolated to the Middle East when it's not. GFY with moving goalposts.
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  286. Iran is engaged in genocide against the Kurdish people. Turkey is as well.
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  287. Rick Wilson was instrumental in creating the insurgent Republican party. He is infamous for inflammatory and negative ad campaigns that are seemingly the only type of campaigns Republicans run anymore. I don't care what he has to say about the mess he helped create.
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  288. Moon People: Now this is a moon-worthy design! I don't want to see mylar again as long as i live.
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  289. Russia is Nazism today.
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  290. As Ukraine has pointed out, they are going to have to de-mine anyway because of Russian cluster munitions which also have a much higher failure rate. I do not support this decision, but the context is key.
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  291.  @Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo  - Yes, they have been using Russian CMs. You aren't sharing knowledge, you're working for the Kremlin.
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  292. Gerhard Schröder is friends with the ruble, not Putin.
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  293.  @servtheking5245  - Pooty isn't your daddy. I'm sorry.
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  294. Putin and Xi can threaten all they want. Neither can survive without western money.
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  295. Never trust the U.S. Republican party to keep their promises (or do foreign policy).
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  296. Republicans demanded attached legislation limiting migration at the Southern U.S. border, in exchange for spewing a vote on the a House of Representatives on the aid bill for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel. The House produced a bipartisan bill limiting migration at the Southern border and the Senate passed with 75% approval a modified version. House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a vote on the House, where its likely to be passed -- and instead sent Representatives home on an unscheduled recess.
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  297.  @noone6896  - Putinborg rabotat response Def(lection)Con(dition) 1 deployed. Target condition and targeting success undetermined.
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  298.  @noone6896  - Unfunny?! Setup: 7of9 walked into a bar. The bartender says, "what can I get you?" Punchline: 7of9 says, "We are BORG. You will be assimilated."
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  299. Russia is failing to keep their ammunition stockpiles safe, so they are hiding these behind the threat of nuclear disaster if Ukraine strikes their weapons at Zaporizhzhia.
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  300. Putin is destroying Russia for two decades or more.
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  301.  @mrjerzheel  - No, that's not how it happened at all. Yeltsin didn't work alone. The transfer of Russia's collective wealth into the pockets of a small clot of overnight oligarchs was helped in no small part by Western financial capitals including Wall Street. Yeltsin chose Putin because Putin wouldn't crack down on corruption and expose Yeltsin and his cabal. Then Putin secretly began bombing apartment buildings and swept into office with promises to end the terrorism that he himself was orchestrating. Currently, Putin is attempting to drag Russia into the grave with him. Full stop.
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  302. Condolences to the victims. Authoritarian regimes and corruption need each other to thrive. "'Corruption-Free India' Under BJP Government Is Just a Sham - Transparency International's latest survey has revealed that India has the highest bribery rate in Asia."
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  303. Yes. Next question.
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  304. Genocide parade now.
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  305.  @catalina5382  - I want real action as well, though here I'm only pointing out its a political act to raise pressure on Israel to bolster the U.S. ceasefire negotiations more than it is a practical act to deal with the mass starvation. It adds pressure on Israel mainly because it's the U.S. taking action with Jordan and other allies of the Palestinians which -- though vastly inadequate -- undermines Israel's genocidal and medieval siege tactic of mass starvation.
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  306. China is happy to have a second adopted son. Unfortunately, both of China's adopted children are deranged brats.
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  307. Trump's electoral base, sometimes called the right's Faith & Flag bloc, is only 10% of voters
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  308. Trump did not win the popular vote, and Trump won 304 Electoral College votes in 2016 to win, while Biden won 306 EC votes in 2020 to win.
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  309. The right wing populists love Putin. This is nothing more than support for an ethno-nationalist dictator on a genocidal campaign to erase Ukraine from the map.
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  310. Russia's adversaries couldn't have dreamed of unifying so much of Europe against Russian interests. Yet, that's precisely what Putin has done for them.
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  311. Nuclear "geopolitical Viagra" can't save Putin, or Russia from the decline Putin has engendered.
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  312. Pyhrric Putin.
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  313. We know Russia did it. Period.
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  314. Russia = Rubble for Rubles.
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  315. Russia is engaged in genocide and obviously staged the Kremlin stunt for their own citizens. In Russia dozens of stories of drones landing in yards, on roads, and other sites around Moscow and its suburbs are circulating. In short, Putin is always conducting active measures and spreading disinformation targeted at Russians. This is an active measure that'll only convince part of the Russian domestic audience.
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  316. As with all "understaffed" genocidal campaigns, the "soft targets" are the focus because hard targets are too hard for the insufficient forces.
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  317. Ron DeSantis' polling is in the poorly flushing toilet. There's nothing conservative about the Republican party anymore, it's an extremist insurgency against the United States of America now.
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  318. 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺 Shorter: Russia advances on the rubble they've reduced most of Bahkmut to because they are still using WWII warfare. Putin is dragging Russia into his grave with him.
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  319. The Gaza Strip and the West Bank contain members of the Israeli population. They are both occupied territories within the boundaries of Israel.
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  320.  @charlesgrant-skiba5474  - This fantasy that some other candidate would beat Trump is dangerous delusion.
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  321. Macron isn't acting like a leader, he's acting like the [Don] of a violent gang. A gang wearing badges is still a gang.
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  322. Leave Twitter or fund white nationalism. This is the only choice now.
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  323.  @PavlovsDog-kl8mo  - He's 100% behind Biden currently, so it's not a prospect anyway.
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  324.  @ldo1308  - If you want to stop Trump, voting third-party only helps if you are otherwise going to vote for Trump. Voting third-party helps Trump if you are otherwise voting for Biden. We don't have coalition governance, and unless and until we do -- your plan is deeply flawed. An astounding 7.8 million voters cast their presidential ballots for someone other than Trump or Hillary Clinton. The two biggest third-party vote-getters were Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson (almost 4.5 million votes) and the Green Party’s Jill Stein (1.5 million voters). But others received almost another 1.9 million votes as well. Libertarians and Greens may try to convince you that this reflects growing support for their parties. It doesn’t.
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  325. Putin doesn't love you back.
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  326.  @Angelicaarchangelica  - What you and @Joe Xavier are is apologists. No need to be coy.
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  327.  @Angelicaarchangelica  - I don't care what you tell other people or yourself about what you are doing. My opinion of your Putin apologia is unwavered.
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  328.  @paulskiye6930  - Can you cite any instances where the Ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions against civilians?
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  329.  @joexavier4070  - You know I can see other comments you've made on YT, right?
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  330.  @joexavier4070  - Nope. Thanks for the concern, however.
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  331.  @joexavier4070  - Mmmhmmmmm. You do you, Joe. Putin still won't love you back.
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  332.  @paulskiye6930  - Let's compare their use in this war: Confirmed Cluster munitions attacks: Ukraine: 1 Russia: 143 Estimated Civilian Casualties from Cluster Munitions: Ukraine: 0 Russia: 689
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  333. Taiwan wants the protection of the U.S. in order to live in peace. Stop using a false equivalence.
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  334.  @amacho1320  - The misuse of the word America is not going to be resolved in this YouTube comment section.
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  335. The cruelty is the point. Putin is a "political brutalist", just like his little pup Trump. The suffering of their victims is also a measured dose of shared guilt for their followers which must be routinely readministered. You can't have effective Brownshirts without the galvanizing taint of a burdened collective conscience. The violence and homicidal psychosis of the deployable mass isn't possible without this fundamental cleaving off the individuals from civil society at large.
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  336. ...and seventeen seconds.
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  337. I'll say yes.
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  338.  @dragonstormdipro1013  - Agreed. But it's not the world watching.
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  339. Then you support the Democratic candidates, because the Republicans are the only party in U.S. history that has taken rights away from Americans, and they are promising to take away more rights.
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  340.  @bigoof1105  - Whether you intend to be or not, your comment functions as Russia apologia. But, you keep flinging your misplaced hypocrisy claim as long as you like.
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  341.  @bigoof1105  - False equivalency and myopic ax-grinding in this context, while avoiding the point I made, functions as apologism.
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  342. Putin doesn't love you back.
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  343.  @mgronich948  - You are citing the words of the founder and former CEO -- acting as a clear, but somewhat insulated proxy for TMSC during the hard-fought competitive negotiation and lobbying effort while the two superpower rivals "courted" TMSC as they weighed whether "to look forward to the East or look forward to the West" as something TMSC said recently. Let's be clear here. China "lost the bid", : no small part because Pelosi cemented the US commitment to invest "in the pivot", through increased STEM, Visa programs, grants, and subsidies.
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  344.  @mgronich948  - Stop lying about TSMC and the U.S. It just makes you [look] desperate. "Liu and Pelosi’s meeting signals that the world’s most prominent chipmaker and biggest economy are strengthening their already close relationship. The U.S. is TSMC’s largest market, with U.S. buyers making up 64% of TSMC’s total sales last year, up from 60% two years ago. TSMC’s chip sales to American tech giant Apple alone made up one-quarter of TSMC’s revenue last year." "The meeting also indicated TSMC’s willingness to endure Beijing’s wrath. Beijing has repeatedly condemned Pelosi’s visit and said that all forms of retaliation, including military ones, remain on the table."
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  345. @MSD Group - Rationalizing the behavior of the bully by threatening more pain from the bully isn't advice, it's just showing allegiance with the bully in the conflict.
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  346. Also, a key thing about a bluff is, it only lasts until you play the card(s) you are bluffing. Once you lay those on the table, along with your true "strong suits", the power of the bluff is gone. "DOE Launches $140 Million Program to Develop America’s First-of-a-Kind Critical Minerals Refinery."
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  347. Republicans are responsible, not the people of the United States of America. Republicans are roughly 30% of US voters.
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  348. The US is getting screwed by Republicans.
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  349.  @languist  - Props for bringing the facts [in] the sturm und drang. 🙌
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  350.  @fitzstv8506  - 🖤💚❤ 143 now, going to 146 (with Ireland, Spain, and Norway official recognition articles coming soon) of the 193¹ countries in the U.N. voting body. ¹ There are currently 195 countries in the world, with only Palestine and Vatican City unrecognized).
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  351.  @fitzstv8506  - 🍉 ❤🖤💚
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  352.  @mortimersnerd8044  - it's also good for the Republican party, though they don't seem to see it.
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  353. The malignant narcissists always project. Bolsanaro, like Trump, stabbed his own nation in the back when he tried his auto coup d'etat.
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  354.  @cenewton3221  - False dichotomy. 90% of the aid money goes to U.S. companies and workers. Fastest US recovery on record. Lowest unemployment in 53 years. Our economy's growth surpassed China's for the first time in 48 years.
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  355.  @ahmedakhan1  - The US has pulled further ahead of China in the race for world's biggest economy, thanks in part to a vibrant American consumer. US gross domestic product rose 6.3% in nominal terms — that is, unadjusted for inflation — last year, outpacing China's 4.6% gain. - Bloomberg Financial News - Jan 25, 2024
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  356.  @ahmedakhan1 - Of all the economic and market curve balls investors have had to bat away this year, few will be as unexpected as the U.S. economy growing faster than China's. This was not how the 2023 consensus looked in January, when China was poised to break out of its COVID lockdown like a coiled spring, and the United States would buckle under the Fed's most intense rate-hiking cycle in 40 years and slip into recession. - Reuters, August 20th, 2023
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  357.  @Tabula_Rasa1  - You just don't like the facts, so you pretend it's flawed data.
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  358. Yes, about 15 years ago.
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  359. "Missed it by this much."... I posted the same point regarding cake, but you were first.
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  360.  mozzarellacheese3942  - I have first hand knowledge of the history of the conflict, but that's not the problem being addressed with my comment. If Serbia wants in the EU, the Kosovo issue must be resolved first. You can try to flip the problem around if you like, but Kosovo applied years later than Serbia.
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  361.  mozzarellacheese3942  - You can add whatever you like. My point was made without an opinion expressed because opinions on the failure of Serbia to resolve the issue of Kosovo's status don't change the facts regarding the failure of Serbia to resolve the issue of Kosovo's status.
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  362.  @amalkishor7906  - Geopolitics are everyone's business. Quit pretending your region's ethno-nationalism is beyond reproach. Its not. All ethno-nationalism is corrosive to self-determination and democracy. Full stop.
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  363.  @amalkishor7906  - I hope BJP subsidizes your work, because this copypasta is worthless to anyone else.
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  364.  @archismaanrudra876  - No such thing was said, BJP bot.
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  365.  @archismaanrudra876  - Done with this East v West noise that isn't applicable to my point at all? Be honest, Archismaan, Modi misses Trump very much and fell harder into "Putin's arms" after Trump lost in 2020.
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  366.  @MightyAvengingLeo  - Independents moved in the 2018 midterms, not 2020. 2016 2018 2020 Ind. D R D R D R 42% 43% | 55% 40% | 52% 43% Democratic support from true independents actually went down from the midterms to 2020. Independent leaners, right or left, didn't change much between 2016 and 2020.
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  367.  @DeltaEchoGolf  - I'm unfamiliar with the allegations or matter up which you are referring. Could you elaborate?
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  368. Ah...I get the suggested connection now. I assume you are insinuating that the allegations against former Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver involve similar behavior by Rick Wilson and/or Steve Schmidt? I've not seen any evidence of that, so I can't speak to anything beyond what I've read. What I know is: John Weaver is a sexual predator and despicable human being who claims to have had an awakening about the cult-like Republican party he helped create. As far as I know from reading about it when it broke, and refreshing my knowledge just now -- John Weaver wasn't sexting anyone under 18, however. We might be able to assume he wanted to, but we don't have evidence he crossed that legal line while crossing multiple moral boundaries.
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  369. A badge of honor. Kudos.
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  370. U.S. divisions are exaggerated by the E.C. Most Votes for U.S. President - 1992-2020 🔵 1992 - Bill Clinton (Democrat) 🔵 1996 - Bill Clinton (Democrat) 🔵 2000 - Al Gore (Democrat) 🔴 2004 - George W. Bush (Republican) 🔵 2008 - Barack Obama (Democrat) 🔵 2012 - Barack Obama (Democrat) 🔵 2016 - Hillary Clinton (Democrat) 🔵 2020 - Joe Biden (Democrat)
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  371. Good. They weren't buying anyway.
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  372. Plus the terrorism it inflicts on the population, not just immediately, but through unexploded ordinance killing children, farmers, etc. for decades after. The U.S. needs to give them up, especially since the [battlefield] benefit they offer can now be replaced with new tech, including drone swarms.
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  373. China and Russia do a lot of threatening. Threats aren't a sign of strength, but of weakness.
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  374. NATO says it didn't happen, Putin lies with every breath. I'm not buying the hype.
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  375. Putin is asking his hand puppet for help because, "[y]ou go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time", as the war criminal Donald Rumsfeld infamously said when the US failed to keep peace in Iraq, probably intentionally. Putin is paying a common price of autocracy, nobody wants to tell you the truth and all your planning will be made with lies and flattery.
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  376. Even the IDF-owned trolls are tired of Israel's glaring hypocrisy.
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  377.  @sigmundsilber2210  - Replying with utter nonsense attempting to be a veiled threat can be revealing.
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  378.  @PresbyterianStandard  - Your bigotry is yours as an individual, not a national policy. The Republican party is attempting to turn back the clock, just like Putin is. They are both anachronisms.
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  379.  @Leviathan762-zh4lq  - I do, actually.
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  380. Biden is the candidate. Only Kamala Harris can replace him. Changing candidates any other way now isn't democratic, and won't improve chances against the white nationalist Trump. Stop making sweeping assumptions that a different candidate equals better odds.
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  381. This is all about semiconductors and dominance of the semiconductor market; central to modern weapons platforms and industrial equipment. China lost out to the U.S., and they are acting like a child. To not cover that fact is to not cover the story. "Pelosi and the chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Mark Liu, will discuss implementation of the recently passed Chips and Science Act, which provides $52 billion of federal subsidies for domestic chip factories, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Pelosi’s sensitive schedule." "The meeting, planned for Wednesday Taiwan time, comes as TSMC builds one chip factory in Arizona and considers expanding that project to include additional factories on the same site, one of the people said."
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  382. Poland should've just left the jets in Poland, which borders Ukraine, instead of moving them 400 miles further away from Ukraine and getting the US involved in the deal for no reason.
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  383. It's the same old tactics from the same old Russian mafia thug with a debilitating national inferiority complex.
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  384. China is salty that the U.S. and Taiwan are cooperating on semiconductors. Meanwhile they coddle Putin, hoping they'll have another dependent "hermit kingdom" soon enough.
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  385.  @imutimwiti7606  - Mass killings for migration are not justified under Saudi Arabian or international law. Your hate is a weakness, not a strength.
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  386.  @ChristopherFodor  - Twisting the language doesn't change the true meaning of the terms you misrepresent.
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  387.  @ChristopherFodor  - Then you are an isolationist. But that view isn't conservative.
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  388. Putin is a historical figure already, he just hasn't realized it yet.
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  389. Inspiring courage!
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  390.  @SurajMandal-lj6hc  - The Indian Constitution calls for a secular India, not an ethno-nationalist India. Period.
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  391.  @SurajMandal-lj6hc  - You have added nothing to my statement. The reason Hindu nationalism is the opposite of patriotism in India is because it's a secular state. Hindu nationalism weakens India. Full stop.
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  392. Right-wing Americans tried to install our own Orban. They are being prosecuted by the hundreds now for their coup d'etat attempt. The right is wrong.
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  393. Mini-Stalin will never love you, no matter how much you justify his genocide.
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  394. The Republican party refused to impeach the President when he withheld Pentagon approved aid to Ukraine in an extortion plot. That extortion plot relied upon President Zelensky of Ukraine lying to support a Kremlin active measure and disinformation campaign against the United States of America. Trump was literally doing Putin's bidding.
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  395.  @exodus888  - There's a third option you're overlooking. Capitalism kills planets.
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  396.  @exodus888  - There's a third option you ignored completely: Reduce. Reuse.
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  397. It's both, not either or. The Republican party is the obstacle to expanded and improved US social democracy, not a lack of funding. If we converted the entire Pentagon budget with the push of a button, the white nationalists would still continue to block using it for health care, housing, food, minimum monthly income and infrastructure.
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  398. Putin is dragging Russia into his grave with him.
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  399. Biden's U.S. economy prevented a global recession and is powering the world economy. Best job growth in 60+ years. Biggest infrastructure investment since the highway system was built. Russia prevented from taking Ukraine because of steadfast support from Biden and Democrats. Frankly, Biden is one of the most accomplished Presidents in modern U.S. history.
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  400. Putin screwed the pooch. Now it's returning the favor.
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  401. Yes. The Republican party will pivot back to being soft on Putin, despite his genocidal war in Ukraine. The Republican National Committee was hacked by Russian state groups, just like the Democratic National Committee. The difference? Putin hasn't released the RNC emails and continues to hold kompromot on top Republican politicians and groups, like the NRA; an organization labeled a foreign asset of Russia in 2016 as they laundered millions in Russian money before passing it on to Trump, Republican Senators, and Republican Representatives.
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  402.  @gdiwolverinemale4th  - Good luck with the Temu body armor, toy soldier boy.
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  403. Source for the bible quote and commentary: "What Is the Meaning of the Parable of the Tenants?" - The Jesus Film Project blog on December 10th, 2018
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  404.  @bobpadok5331  - Nothing, Bob. I'm smoking nothing. The sanctions on Russian fertilizers and grain aren't the cause of the famine Russia is using as a weapon. "Russia has blocked 20 million tons of grain from being exported from Ukraine 20 million tons of grain are trapped in Ukraine because of a Russian blockade of its ports."
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  405.  @eggiansyaah  - Trolls of a feather flocked together.
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  406. India is rapidly becoming Putin's main accomplice in his genocidal war in Ukraine. Modi is destroying India just as Putin is destroying Russia.
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  407. Xi's human and AI bots are itchy about this story. They won't move the needle.
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  408.  @Doyourbest4245  - Approximately 37, on average.
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  409.  @moonstone3662  - You are a troll peddling Russian narratives or disinformation distractions. I don't care about the things you say to earn your rubles. Goodbye forever, Moonstone3662.
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  410.  @littlegamer00  - This is landings on the moon. The USSR had 7 landings, the USA has 11, China has 3. This isn't about satellites, probes, orbits, etc. No landings by the USSR are missing from this data.
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  411.  @sukhbirsinghgidda7948  - Nope, it most certainly is only a member of the U.S.S.R., as it loudly proclaimed over and over again for decades.
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  412. The fact is, we don't know. We did know that he cheats at nearly everything he does. Marriage. Taxes. Contracts. Business deals. Handling U.S. intelligence...etc. etc. etc.
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  413. The latest polling shows that Trump has lost more supporters than Biden has lost after the debate. Clooney is not the representative of all Democratic voters, and 70% of Democratic voters still back Biden. The smell of vodka and borscht is all over this story and the press coverage.
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  414.  @Based_Is_Best  - Copypasta does not constitute a cogent political argument. And misinformed xenophobic red-baiting screeds are so droll.
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  415.  @frontenac5083  - The fact that I didn't add such bigoted "wisdom" as "Complete decerebrated nincompoops" (as you did) seems to bother you somehow.
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  416. Hindu nationalism is the greatest threat to India's prosperity, second only to corruption.
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  417.  @byron-ih2ge  - Hatemongers like Modi are not a joke.
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  418. Putin is losing influence in Africa, as his lies reveal.
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  419.  geranienbaum  - If they are dependent on Russian military technology, Russian mercenaries, or Russian or Chinese infrastructure or surveillance technology, they will wisely nod approvingly out of self-interest, no matter what they actually believe.
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  420.  geranienbaum  - In some cases, yes. In other cases, no.
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  421. A cult of personality turned into an insurgency. The Republican party in the U.S. still refuses to accept the truth about our own violent insurrection that was a part of an auto-coup d'etat attempt by the former President and members of their party at the highest level of all three branches of our government. The insurgency is ongoing here too. May you put down this insurrection, Brasileiros. 🇧🇷 💚💛💙
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  422.  @akhripasta2670  - BJP copypasta bot. The functioning of India's democracy depends on maintaining its founding constitutional secularism. Modi and the BJP are eroding India's strength and resilience because they can so easily distract their support base by fomenting fear and grievance.
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  423.  @Saagar_Sahu  - Hate isn't noble, and Hindu nationalism is an indicator of weakness, not strength.
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  424. Putin thanks you for your service.
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  425. Putin is an old dog unable to defeat new tricks.
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  426. I'm disgusted by my fellow white people as they trade away freedoms because of hate.
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  427. Bombing hospitals, schools and emergency responders is standard Russian operating procedure. The war crimes are wholly intentional and used to terrorize the population into leaving. Combined with the targeting of essential services like electricity, water and sewage, the city siege strategy of Russia is the same in Kabul, Grozny, Aleppo or Kherson.
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  428. Gerrymandering and unchecked dark money often accomplishes the tyranny of the minority in those elections, sadly.
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  429. Suspect was a Trump voter in 2016 and wanted a Haley-Ramaswamey ticket on 2024. According to a survey last year (2023): 33% of Republicans 22% of Independents 12% of Democrats ...believe political violence is sometimes justified. While Trump supporters were 6x more likely to believe so.
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  430. 60% of Americans are going to watch all or part of the debate. That's high interest for the US electorate. Your political analyst means it's not going to move the needle, it's not true that nobody cares.
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  431.  @artman12  - You clearly know nothing about me. I've been another voice in the minority crowd of us demanding self-examination, progressive policies, and domestic and international reparations for the Anglo-American empire my entire adult life.
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  432.  @LearnWithVikram7  - As a Son of the American Revolution with a relative serving in every war since 1776, I honor my ancestors by upholding the ideals of our Constitution, it's foundational separation of Church and State, and the vigilant effort to continue to perfect this Union. Your slander is lazy and just more rationalizing of your own unexamined bias and intolerance.
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  433.  @artman12  - Useful idiocy isn't progressive liberalism and increased social democracy.
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  434.  @LearnWithVikram7  - India need only honor its own secular constitution to redress the corruption and insurgency of the BJP's religious authoritarianism.
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  435.  @LearnWithVikram7  - Mind my business? You engaged in the discussion. You peddle anti-western pablum, so you don't mind your business either, do you Vikram?
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  436.  @LearnWithVikram7  - To answer your question, yes, I've protested every war of choice and crime against humanity done in my name. I don't mistake nationalism or colonialism for patriotism, and you shouldn't either.
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  437.  @LearnWithVikram7  - I send my best regards to you and yours. I've no quarrel with any human, only with human activity. What I see in Modi and the BJP is mirrored here with Trump and the Republicans. Political actors using division and disinformation for personal power and financial gain. Diversity and multiculturalism should be embraced and harnessed for their intrinsic multiplier factor for wider peace and prosperity.
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  438. The right doesn't want to deal with the immigration issues, they just want to exploit the problem as a political distraction because they have no policy prescriptions for anything.
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  439. Russia is a threat to the world. Period.
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  440. Putin is toast. It's only a matter of time now.
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  441. A plea to дед from his little ones that he not forget to pick them up on his way back home.
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  442. The U.S. has never wavered from the one China policy. China is throwing out their chests because what they really fear is the Taiwanese demanding the autonomy China promised them, but then broke those promises again and again. China's squeaking and squawking is meant to intimidate their own citizens, the Taiwanese, and the Hongkongers. The U.S. will defend Taiwan if China invades and breaks their promises to the Taiwanese people. China knows this, as evidenced by their South China Sea military buildup.
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  443.  @mgronich948  - “Isolationism, national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries. Isolationism has been a recurrent theme in U.S. history.“ - Encyclopedia Britannica
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  444. Twist his arm behind his back more.
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  445. Kim Jong Un has an adopted brother now, as Mother China takes in the wandering, emaciated bear cub that is Putin today.
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  446.  @goukux5908  - That's the debate, isn't it; dedicated to clicks, or journalism
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  447.  @DarkSkay  - Is CCP hyping or escalating? It is one or the other. Regarding Deutsche Welle, it's not just this story, but all the hyping they've been doing for over a year now. They intentionally ramp up the rhetoric in their headlines and video thumbnails for clicks, no matter what the actual level of risk is.
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  448. They won't.
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  449. @@mezzmneth - I thought you two might "hit it off".
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  450. First President since the Great Depression to lose jobs. He was a disaster.
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  451. Whelan has been his own worst enemy regarding gaining his release. He was in possession of a flash drive with the names of Russian border guards on it given to him by a Russian. Whelan and Griner's cases are wholly different.
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  452.  @martytube821  - Whelan's detention is far more justified, and his case much more complicated. False equivalency is the bread and butter of the right wing, however. So you do you.
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  453.  @lu544  - Whelan is not an equivalent detainee. To suggest this is a net loss is pathetic grievance peddling. Turn off FOXNews.
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  454.  @lu544  - Despite your view, Biden and the Democrats did better in the midterms than any party since 1934. The public is done with grievance peddling politicians who can't govern, but you apparently aren't.
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  455.  @lu544  - It's the facts, plain and simple. The Republican party is reaping the consequences of what they've sown for five decades. The white vote under 25 doesn't believe their hype about being better with the economy, because the proof in the pudding has proved it wrong for the fourth time in modern history.
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  456.  @Samirustem  - Yes, they do. But getting them released isn't an equivalent process to getting a civilian caught up in geopolitical gamesmanship like Brittney Griner released.
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  457.  @lu544  - You can take it however you like.
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  458.  @lu544  - In my view, it is great. But you keep doing you.
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  459. Whether it's Putin, Modi, Trump or Xi, ethno-nationalism is deadly for democracy and peace.
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  460. Putin's nuclear threats are bloviating. They aren't red lines because they've been crossed more times than 5th Avenue in NY.
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  461. Goodbye Gaza. Netanyahu and Trump will begin their project of beachfront luxury condos for billionaires built on the bones of babies.
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  462.  @DarkAngelEU  I think he just said what he has to say about it.
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  463. This is lunacy. Trump is going to turn Gaza into Monaco of the Middle East, a playground for billionaires built on the bones of those killed in the genocide of Palestine.
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  464.  @TheArthurkan  - By accident, it is.
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  465.  @jonye7511  - I harbor serious doubts that the IDF is putting the environment first. "... it was reported that the IDF has dropped more than 25,000 tons of explosives in Gaza since the start of the war. It has also been reported that soil will turn infertile, and chemicals from white phosphorus weapons used in Gaza will linger in the air for years."
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  466.  @bobbykiefer4306  - With part of the billions the Israeli administrations [have] sent to Hamas over the last couple decades¹ as a part of their agreement regarding Gaza, Hamas has built defenses against flooding. "The tunnels were built by well-trained and educated engineers who considered all possible attacks from the occupation, including pumping water,' Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan asserted."
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  467. ¹ For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group. The idea was to prevent Abbas — or anyone else in the Palestinian Authority’s West Bank government — from advancing toward the establishment of a Palestinian state. Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad. Hamas was also included in discussions about increasing the number of work permits Israel granted to Gazan laborers, which kept money flowing into Gaza, meaning food for families and the ability to purchase basic products. - For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces by Tal Schneider on 8 October 2023 in The Times of Israel
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  468.  @Crustymarine  - Provide your argument as to why I'm ignorant about the Hamas tunnels and their resistance to and defenses against flooding. Or will you just fling latrine ammo again, as appears to be your wont.
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  469.  @Crustymarine  - Prove your case. "While Army engineers faced a daunting task in destroying these systems, they nevertheless had developed a number of methods for doing so. The least effective was by mechanical means, as bulldozers and plows could not displace any but the shallowest of tunnels and only with great difficulty could they be deployed in densely vegetated and remote areas. Flooding also proved ineffective because the Viet Cong had dug additional wells deep inside to prevent the tunnel complexes from becoming saturated." - U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers Headquarters (official website)
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  470.  @Sam_Guevenne  - My opinion will be borne out or belied by the facts as time reveals them. Hamas claims they prepared for the likelihood of Israel and/or Egypt trying to flood their tunnels. I believe them, and -- again, in my view -- Vietnam proved it is quite possible to frustrate attempts to flood tunnel networks with pretty straightforward (and very old) human engineering features and methods. You don't believe them.
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  471.  @Crustymarine  - No supporting citations. Minimal framing of your argument. Feckless engagement. You are a busy troll.
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  472. Putin is dragging Russia into his grave with him.
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  473. Putin continues to bleed both Ukraine and Russia with his debilitating Stalin-envy.
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  474. Precisely so.
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  475. ​ @ConnorLonergan - National referendum, or it's undemocratic.
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  476.  @0arjun077  - Not the point being made at all.
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  477. Physical violation is the Putin way: · Physically violates Ukraine's territory in 2014 & 2022 · Physically violates thousands of Ukrainians · Physically violates any Russian protesting the war · Physically violates Chernobyl's Red Forest · Physically violates Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ... [what's next?]
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  478. Russia is rapidly becoming a laughing stock.
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  479.  @freeloader247  - noted
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  480. If you want to give your hard-earned money to a con-man and convicted felon, support Donald Trump.
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  481. If you don't cover the U.S./Taiwan semiconductor deal, you aren't covering Pelosi's visit. Biden has brought back U.S. influence in the South China Sea after Trump was Xi and Putin's lapdog.
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  482. The most depraved issue, but not the only issue.
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  483. Biden is a pro, and the need to work with Saudi Arabia isn't something he can change. Iif we want to support Ukraine, we need to continue to wield the influence we have with Saudi Arabia because of the collective failure to get off oil. We keep up the foreign relations we have with OPEC countries, or Russia will prevail and the floodgates on human tragedy in Eastern Europe won't close for decades, while Ukraine ceases to exist outside of history books.
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  484.  @benbo7042  - ALL CAPS. (your turn in our game of "Mon-Sequitur" again)
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  485.  @GDM41  - Squirrel and Moose still driving you crazy Boris?
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  486.  @lemontadams3029  - Uh, no. Current Exchange Rate: 1 Ruble = 1¢ The Ruble is rubble.
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  487. Racism. It's not journalism when you use baiting headlines, it's just business.
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  488. Anyone in my voting bloc (whites) who thought a Trump administration would somehow improve the situation in Palestine or initiate some kind of exposure and extrication of the Islamophobia in the left -- you were sorely mistaken. I'm deeply sorry. Fwiw, I'll always fight together with you to end this autocratic regime and the one in apartheid and g-cidal Israel.
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  489. China is unhappy that the U.S. is working on breaking up its relative semiconductor monopoly.
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  490. The right-wing is 100% wrong.
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