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Bulletins and News Discussion from July 15th to July 21st, 2024 - It's Joever (hexbear.net)

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Image is of Joseph Robinette Biden, who has stepped down and will not run against Trump in the 2024 election.

In the aftermath of Trump surviving an assassination attempt, many professional opinion-havers are now talking about the scourge of "political violence" that has overtaken, or will soon overtake America, and how we must not let chaos rule. This is, of course, patently absurd. The American government and its allies have been the greatest force of political violence on the planet since the beginning of colonialism, and the foundations of the country are made of corpses. Today, America commits political violence by forcing Ukrainians into the maw of Russian artillery instead of trying to reach a peaceful settlement, which Russia has repeatedly expressed interest in and offered Ukraine relatively favourable terms. They supply Israel with endless weaponry to destroy entire cities and populations, while Biden supporters insist that somehow things could be worse than daily massacres and mass starvation.

In May 1945, French police fired on protestors, causing retaliatory attacks on French settlers, killing about a hundred. In response, the French murdered 45,000 Algerians in a little under two months, in a frenzy of political violence called the Sétif and Guelma massacre. As the massacre was being completed, the International Court of Justice was established. It goes without saying that Algeria never benefited from the ICJ, and the War of Independence from 1954 to 1962 was made inevitable. Over a million Algerians were killed before France could bear the fighting no longer and gave up, and Algeria won itself a state. Comparisons to the ongoing war of independence and genocide in Palestine are obvious.

While the means of colonial violence have evolved over the centuries, the basic structure of it has not. As in Algeria, Vietnam, and Cuba, resistance groups in and around Palestine are fighting for a world with less political violence. The American government would drown every city in the developing world in blood to prevent peace.

The COTW (Country of the Week) label is designed to spur discussion and debate about a specific country every week in order to help the community gain greater understanding of the domestic situation of often-understudied nations. If you've wanted to talk about the country or share your experiences, but have never found a relevant place to do so, now is your chance! However, don't worry - this is still a general news megathread where you can post about ongoing events from any country.

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The bulletins site is here!
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Last week's thread is here.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA daily-ish reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful. Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.

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[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 67 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Zelensky is already having phonecalls with Trump apparantly.

Its so joever biden-fall

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[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 67 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They updated isitjoever.com and now it looks like the fucking NYT needle he-laughed

2016 flashbacks man

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[–] Neptium@hexbear.net 67 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The Manila Times - China-built Laos railway could be a game changer for Asean connectivity

VIENTIANE — A direct train service between the Thai capital Bangkok and Laotian capital Vientiane will begin on July 19, according to Thai Railway sources, that could herald a game changer for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) connectivity, making the dream of a pan-Asian railway a step closer.

Once this becomes a regular service, it would be possible to travel by train from Singapore to Beijing via Malaysia, Thailand and Laos.

At Boten on the Laos-China border, when I visited an exhibition on the first floor of the multi-story headquarters of the Haicheng Development Group, a map of the planned railway connections across the Asean region caught my attention. ‌> The exhibits are focused on how the company plans to develop Boten into a modern metropolis like Singapore or Hong Kong — not with a modern port but a railway hub for the region. It shows how the railways coming from China and going through Boten to Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore would potentially make the region a nirvana for trade, tourism and cultural interaction.

The China-built 414-kilometer-long railway across landlocked Laos, costing $5.9 billion, is the linchpin of the expanding connectivity across Southeast Asia. The Laos railway is a technological masterpiece that is becoming a major advertisement for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — even though it is often described as a "debt trap" by Western (and Japanese) media who point out that the project cost is about 39 percent of Laos' GDP, and that Laos will be choked with debt for at least two decades. But Laotians, who are now patronizing the trains in droves, dismiss any talk of a debt trap.

"I don't see it as a debt trap. Most Laotians don't see it that way either," said a government development economist, who does not want to be named because he has no permission to speak to the media. "China has helped us to catapult into the 21st century. It is an economic opportunity for a landlocked nation. I would like to ask the critics, would you build it for us?"

When I took the high-speed train recently from Boten — on the Chinese border — to Laos' capital Vientiane, I was greatly impressed with the efficiency of the service and the technological feat of building such a railway through some of the most rugged terrain in Asia, that included 74 tunnels. With just three stops on the way, you arrive at the Laotian capital in just over three hours, a journey that would have taken 2 to 3 days before the railway came.

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The high-speed train is operated like an airline, with the stations in the main cities looking like airport terminals. Like at airports, passengers and baggage go through security x-ray machines, and they have to wait in a large transit hall with cafés and shops, until about five minutes before the train arrives, when their boarding tickets are checked before entering the platform. During the journey, while the train travels at between 150-160km/hr, cabin crew dressed like air hostesses go around with trolleys selling eats and drinks.

"People fail to understand that Laos is a landlocked country, and logistically, we are disadvantaged at doing business with other countries. Laos shipments were going mainly through Thailand, and the costs were very high. This rail has high potential to assist Laos exports of minerals, agriculture and manufacturing produce to China and other countries," economics professor and vice president of Laos National University, Phouphet Kyophilavong, told IDN in an interview. "It's a big opportunity for us in terms of economic development. It should attract FDIs from China and other countries."

"Before the railway, traveling to the north was very difficult. Roads were bad, too many accidents and other problems. Now even poor people can travel to Vientiane and other parts, less costly than bus and air," added Phouphet. The Laos-China Railway Company (LCR) that runs the rail system is a joint venture between three Chinese state-owned enterprises that collectively hold a 70 percent ownership stake and one Laos state-owned enterprise that owns 30 percent. The agreement was signed in 2016 as a build-operate-transfer (BOT) concession agreement with the government of Laos.

Laos — which was a French colony for almost a century in the 19th and 20th centuries — never had a railway. Thus, the Chinese have set up the Laos Railway Vocational Training College in Vientiane to train a whole team of Laotians to run their railway. Twenty-year-old Fony Sulijul, who comes from a poor northern Laos village near Boten, is training at the college to become a railway technician. He told IDN that the railway is creating opportunities for young people in those remote areas to come to Vientiane to study because it wouldn't take 2 to 3 days to go back home — it takes less than 10 hours now. Chinese experts train While he studies Chinese at a local language school here in the evenings, during the day, he trains at the college to become a railway technician. "Chinese experts train us in working in the railway electrical system and its management. They teach in Chinese language but with Laos co-trainers," he said. "After finishing the three-year diploma course, I want to work for the Laos railway. I would like to be a train driver." He said that at present, the trains are driven by Chinese with a Laotian co-driver in the cabin.

Fony said that the Chinese trainers tell them, "We want to train you and leave you to run the train system" in three years' time.

The World Bank, in a report titled "Land-locked to Land-linked," published in 2020, said that if the countries undertake complementary policy reforms, the Laos-China railway could make Laos more attractive as an investment destination and link it to major production and consumption areas in China and the Asean region, allowing firms to access global value chains.

"A number of planned export processing zones around train stations could serve as attractive investment locations, as long as they are properly equipped and effectively managed. With efficient logistics services, Laos PDR could develop into a logistics hub, while targeted investments in agriculture and tourism could result in new export opportunities," the report said, predicting that with proper government policies, trade flows between Laos and China could be increased three-fold via the rail network.

Overseas critics have pointed out that the rail stations built in cities like Boten, Luang Prabang and Vientiane are 10 km or more from the city centers. But local development planners pointed out to IDN that this is a deliberate forward-looking strategy to develop industrial zones surrounded by new "villages" to spur economic activity and spread the populations from congested city centers.

Already, container goods trains ply the rail network at regular intervals. Phouphet said he is currently doing a study on how to maximize the use of the railway and what policies the government needs to come up with.

He argues that the Laos Railway project would take a long time to see economic returns. "But the social and economic impact on the society is already showing positive results. Surely, we have debts. But with China, we can negotiate on that," Phouphet says confidently. "China will not allow its neighbors to fail economically. Terms are always renegotiated. They (outsiders) always criticize Chinese loans. But this is a significant loan for Laos economic development."

Bonus article by The Diplomat: Laos and China Use BRI-funded Railway to Bring Their Armies Together

Western culture, built on centuries of colonial savagery and imperial domination, is incapable of conceptualising and understanding international relations without the use of force.

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 67 points 2 months ago

Pelosi threatening to shoot Biden's kneecaps and toss him into the sea to sleep with the fishes if he didn't quit:
https://archive.is/20240722034509/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/21/why-biden-dropped-out-00170106

“Nancy made clear that they could do this the easy way or the hard way,” said one Democrat familiar with private conversations who was granted anonymity to speak candidly. “She gave them three weeks of the easy way. It was about to be the hard way.”

[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 67 points 2 months ago

Per aldanmarki on twitter:

For more than 10 years, Saudi-backed opposition to the 'Houthis' have questioned their motives on pure semantics, questioning why they say "Death to Israel" when Israel has never attacked Yemen. It was one trump card they could use over & over again.

That changed today.

By attacking Yemen directly, Israel has fallen right into the Yemen trap. Domestic alliances in Yemen reflect global & regional politics. In the coming days we will see formerly irreconcilable parties join ranks against Israel and those who helped facilitate their attacks.

There's a reason why the US only conducted limited airstrikes in Yemen in response to attacks in the Red Sea. They understand that any major aerial assault could trigger bipartisan uproar and force the creation of new alliances jeopardizing decades of US foreign policy.

The US (and the UAE for that matter too) have a vested interest in maintaining a foothold in Yemen. One way they could do so practically was to stall the political process and keep the 'civil war' frozen.

Israel just potentially ruined all of that for them.

Every objective analysis of today's Israeli strikes in Yemen will inevitably conclude it to be a major self-own and fundamentally damaging to every single party imaginable besides Yemen and the Ansarallah.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago

Bangladesh has announced a nationwide curfew that will come into effect at midnight Friday, amid a telecommunications blackout that has cut the country of 170 million people off from the rest of the world, as clashes between students and security forces intensified.

Faisal Mahmud, reporting for Al Jazeera from Dhaka, said that the army had been deployed on the streets of the Bangladeshi capital.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/19/its-war-now-as-bangladesh-quota-protests-escalate-whats-next

Background

More images, from the NYT

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Ilhan Omar re-affirms the fraud of the #FrauDSquAd by immediately endorsing Kopmala top-cop without concession.

The whole #FrauDSquAd really. Worthless wastes of time money and energy. I hope the DSA implodes.

Thank you, Mr. President.

This was the president’s decision to make and I’m grateful for his years of service to our country. Thrilled to support @KamalaHarrisas our Democratic nominee and remain committed to working alongside her to defeat Donald Trump in November.

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[–] Leper_Messiah@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago (5 children)

CIA hit biden with the covid-cool gun lmao

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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago (6 children)

President Joe Biden’s campaign released a new memo Friday saying that there “is no plan for an alternative nominee”

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/19/biden-wont-drop-out-campaign-insists-in-new-memo-.html

Please just let it be joever already. Fucking iron law of institutions ass motherfuckers. This election is gonna reach whole new levels of "nobody loses like a democrat".

How can any observers still believe they actually want to win?

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[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

Video of the humble drone that Yemen sent to isntrael

hamas-base is saying it "identified the drone but did not intercept due to "human error".

Where's all your automated Nazified A.I. Iron Dome supremacy now?

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Trump is going to spend the next 4 months with that ear patch isn't he lol

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[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago (5 children)

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[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

In light of Ursula Von Der Leyen (wack name lmao) being reelected as president of the European Commission, I went digging into her past to see where in the family tree are the Nazis.

From her grandfather's wiki page:

Albrecht belonged to a family of wealthy cotton merchants; his father was the cotton merchant Carl Albrecht (1875–1952) and his mother was the American-born Mary Ladson Robertson (1883–1960), who belonged to a prominent planter family from South Carolina. His father was a grandson of Baron Ludwig Knoop, one of the leading industrialists of the Russian Empire in his lifetime.[2]

Based on my knowledge of every rich European being a Nazi, it's very strange that there's absolutely no mention of the war. soviet-hmm

Also, isn't it just perfect that the highest ranking EU official is descended from slavers?

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[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Anonymous Dem staffer: “F**k it, I’m coconut pilled. I just want this to stop”

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[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago (13 children)

AOC and Bernie clearly have fantastic instincts

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[–] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Didn't see anyone else post this, but there have been major student-led protests in Bangladesh in recent days. Many student protestors have died, and I've seen reports of state police kidnapping people. The protests stem largely from an employment quota system for veterans of the war with Pakistan and their children (and children's children), and not enough jobs for them all. The state has asked universities to close. Students are aiming for a "complete shutdown" of the country, save for emergency services.

Non-archive link
Archive link

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[–] edge@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

Comment from the bet used by isitjoever.com

I'm surprised the dems said nothing for years while it was clear Biden his health was declining. And now since the debate they launched a full scale attack on him. This kind of was not on my bingo list. Why say nothing for years and now go full panic?

People who have been fooling themselves for 4+ years who finally saw something that made them unable to continue fooling themselves.

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago (3 children)

BidensWins (Jul 18): BREAKING: Hillary Clinton is telling donors to stick with President Biden. She’s never wrong.

data-laughing

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[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Great sign at the RNC counter protest

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[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The H5N1 bird flu that has infected 5 poultry workers in colorado (with about 50 more symptomatic but not yet confirmed positive) derived from the strain that's been infecting cows in the area.

When workers were killing the infected chickens, it was 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in Colorado, and strong industrial fans made it hard for workers to keep protective gear on their faces, Shah said.

So most likely birds -> cattle -> birds -> human. It's becoming more adapted to being able to jump between birds and mammals. Not good. So far it's not as deadly as previous instances of humans being infected with bird flu.

https://xcancel.com/JPWeiland/status/1813055104892768327#m

CDC says risk to humans is low. posadist-nuke

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[–] 11092001@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago

Obama outflanked Bernie again. 2-0

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Video of the tanker exploding
hamas-red-triangle
ever-given

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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Kinda finance news-ish:

A) intel likely about to be royally fucked (see gn video if you like, but basically there is a noticeable chance a whole generation of processors is boned)

B) gold at all time high scared (likely speculation that fed will lower interest rates tbh, cause jobs don’t appear that much and debt servicing is fucked) *ah dow jones as well, definitely interest rates

C) a lot of petit video bougie are saying their videos got got by ai harvesters meow-popcorn

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

There are some rumors I heard on some liberal media, that some goverments in Latin America are already preparing to receive mass deportations of immigrants if Trump wins the elections. Which is something Biden negociated with Venezuela, and is currently doing.

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[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago (2 children)

His brain could have melted live on TV in 2020, but no, it had to be one big genocide later

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[–] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Trump got shot a week ago

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[–] LargePenis@hexbear.net 64 points 3 months ago (8 children)

I've been made some research into this JD dude since reading his name this morning (I wasn't aware of his existence until a few days ago). The conclusion that I reached is that this guy kinda of a loser. Very strong beta energy from him, completely unremarkable republican who was on Aimee Terese's podcast like three years ago lmao. He converted to Catholicism, which I lowkey respect somehow. Trump should've picked a cooler dude to match the high energy post-assassination attempt

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[–] edge@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don’t smile because it’s Joever, cry because it happened.

(Remember having hope after Nevada in 2020?)

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[–] puff@hexbear.net 64 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Trump almost died? Wow. I didn’t know that. You’re telling me now for the first time. He led an amazing life. What else can you say? He was an amazing man. Whether you agreed or not, he was an amazing man who led an amazing life. I’m actually saddened to hear that. I am saddened to hear that. Thank you very much.

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[–] PaX@hexbear.net 64 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Let this incident be a reminder of how supremely funny it would be if we had another late 90s, early 2000s type internet worm and all it did was show a silly message and consume all available resources to spread itself

sicko-wistful

Okay I don't post in this thread often so idk the line between shitposting/goodposting here so here's an actual thing that's concerning that makes this more serious:

If we ever get into a real cyberwar, we are so immensely cooked

One company fucks up an update and this happens

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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 64 points 3 months ago (2 children)

this year usa circus certainly delivered jesus christ. Assassination attempt, prophet dogs, president "catching covid" and "going to a nice farm", and we have 4 months left. If they get kamala as well on top of the ticket chefs-kiss

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[–] newmou@hexbear.net 64 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m guessing he picked Vance because he’s a weird loser who would never have the guts to go against Trump in office, and shit can easily be put on his doorstep if needed like Kamala

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago (5 children)

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. TO SPEAK AT 5 P.M. ET - STATEMENT

What will the worm say

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[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 63 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

I can’t believe libs actually think Trump will tone down and become more “presidential” because he almost got owned. Fascism averted because ear boo boo

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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 63 points 3 months ago (10 children)

second mention of parenti and caesar from adam.

Concerning.

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[–] Kieselguhr@hexbear.net 63 points 3 months ago

World leaders responded with shock, widely condemning political violence and wishing Adolf Hitler a speedy recovery. The Führer may be a divisive figure, but the leaders in the Allied command — who would prefer him not to take over Europe — were unequivocal in expressing their dismay on what it means and where it could lead. Allied leaders called the attack “despicable,” and described it as “a tragedy for democracies.” "We stand in solidarity with the Führer," they continued "The attack is madness that none of us should condone"

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 63 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All I want, all I want from the Lathe, just this one thing, is for the man who declared Covid to be over to die of Covid.

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[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 63 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'm going to preemptively coin the name "Kalamity Harris" in preparation for future events jokermala

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 63 points 3 months ago (6 children)

“We believe there is value in hearing from Presidential nominees directly” Twitch has reinstated Donald Trump's account

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 62 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

https://archive.is/FXruY

Full indictment document: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1360711/dl

For example, as described in more detail below, in or about June 2022, TERRY participated in a private, off-the-record group meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State regarding the U.S. Government's policy towards North Korea. Immediately after the meeting, TERRY met her primary ROK NIS point of contact, or "handler," and passed .him detailed handwritten notes Tr~~ " ·? that meeting. Weeks later, at the request of her handler, TERRY hosted a happy hour for Congressional staff under the auspices of the policy institute, or "think tank," where TERRY worked. 1 TERRY's handler attended the happy hour - which was paid for by the ROK NIS - posing as a diplomat, and mingling with Congressional staff without disclosing that he was a ROK intelligence officer.

Fun insight to spy work.

The ROK Government repeatedly rewarded SUE MI TERRY, the defendant, forher services. TERRY's ROK NIS handlers gifted her, among other things, a $2 , 845 Dolce & Gabbana coat, a $2 ,950 Bottega Veneta handbag, and a $3 ,450 Louis Vuitton handbag. They took TERRY to meals at upscale seafood restaurants, sushi restaurants, and multiple restaurants with Michelin stars. They also offered to provide TERRY approximately $37,000, worked with her to devise a plan to mask the true source of those funds, and deposited the funds into an unrestricted "gift" account that TERRY controlled at the think tank where she worked. And ROK Government officials paid TERRY on multiple occasions to write articles in both the U.S. and Korean press conveying ROK Government-provided positions and phrases.

Fun insight into how cheap these spies are.

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[–] edge@hexbear.net 62 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Crooks, immediately after firing the first shot:

Well, I’d like to see ol Donny Trump wriggle his way out of THIS jam!

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[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 62 points 3 months ago (1 children)

New theory: Trump was the shooters real dad.

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