#Militia

I’m not the first to make this observation and granted it’s apples and oranges, but reaction to the red house defense vs reaction to Malheur occupation is informative. Otoh you
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What about those who remained in Afrin ? I spent some time going through @Caki____ 's data on kidnapping and ransoms since January 2018, collecting names and photographs of those
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This is what Trump has turned America into. What Alex Jones and so many rightwing conspiracy theories have turned America into: a country where people die of a disease they
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Hey everyone, I’m back and about to get on the metro to DC for today’s MAGA rally in the city. Last night Proud Boys and others attacked counter protesters at
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This Day in Labor History: December 25, 1831. The Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. This slave rebellion of up to 60,000 people, put down over the next couple of weeks,
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Now do you understand why Flint went without clean running water for so many years? Michigan GOP did that.To their own constituents. Using emergency powers. This is the first thing
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Today in history:Feb. 8, 1963 was the first Ba’thist coup d’état in #Iraq. They started a reign of terror until their banishment in November, same year. They toppled the govt
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I used to think I was pretty much just a regular person, but I was born white into a 2-parent household which now labels me "Privileged", racist and responsible for
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1. NEW: Facebook announced today it is cracking down on three types of groups:- QAnon- Militias- Anti-fascistsThe company says the goal is to limit the reach of groups that have
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Powerful piece by @BBCArabic Ravita Navai in the killings of political activists, women’s advocates, and charity workers by Iran-backed militias (the BBC investigation identifies Kataib Hezbollah), encouraged by Iran govt
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The American History Thread V.11763 to the presentA detailed look into our past. February 10, 1763The French and Indian war (Seven Years' war) ended with the signing of the Treaty
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This. My point here is that the research shows the key emotion is precarity, not actual disenfranchisment. People ate more vulnerable to radicalization when they feel like something is being
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Defenders of Rorke's Drift Private John Williams (AKA John Fielding) B Coy, 2nd Bn, 24th Regt.John Fielding was born in Abergavenny on the 24th May 1857 and was a worker
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There are at least 2 reasons why we should be talking about white supremacy re what happened at the Capitol yesterday. The first is the structural racism & bias in
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In the incriminating #WSJ video about #ProudBoys at the #Capitol on #Jan6, we see how the violent far-right group were at key points of entry during the stormingLook who we
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[Thread 1/] And at the local level GOP radicalisation continues: https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/el-paso-county-republicans-up-in-arms-in-advance-of-local-party-elections/article_995fd2e8-6585-11eb-9934-bbaf9b55148c.html [paywall thre
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