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Really excellent, quotable piece on antisemitism in The Spectator.
"It is customary in debates around contemporary anti-Semitism to maintain there is nothing inherently anti-Semitic about criticising Israel. That is true. But what is striking is just how much criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic." 1/
"It is customary in debates around contemporary anti-Semitism to maintain there is nothing inherently anti-Semitic about criticising Israel. That is true. But what is striking is just how much criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic." 1/
"No other state on Earth has its right to exist debated so vehemently. The partitions and border re-drawings that followed two world wars generated tensions and conflicts elsewhere, to be sure. But no one calls for an end to Pakistan or the erasure of Jordan. A double standard is applied — one of the oldest markers of anti-Semitism." 2/
"The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have sought, albeit imperfectly, to minimise civilian casualties. Hamas has worked to maximise them." 3/
Applebaum: Ukrainian drone technology now lets Kyiv control the frontline almost completely.
Ukrainians can see everything, making it very hard for Russians to move, and, by Ukrainian counts, kill more Russians each month than Russia can recruit. 1/
Ukrainians can see everything, making it very hard for Russians to move, and, by Ukrainian counts, kill more Russians each month than Russia can recruit. 1/
Applebaum: Ukraine’s long-range drones are now repeatedly hitting major Russian targets far beyond the border.
Refineries, pumping stations, and other oil-and-gas infrastructure, producing huge black smoke and knocking big facilities out for long periods. 2/
Refineries, pumping stations, and other oil-and-gas infrastructure, producing huge black smoke and knocking big facilities out for long periods. 2/
Applebaum: Putin and the regime have become paranoid about Ukraine’s ability to hit Moscow and maybe even target leaders.
That is why the internet keeps going down in Moscow and other cities and why, around the May 9 parade, it is almost completely shut. 3/
That is why the internet keeps going down in Moscow and other cities and why, around the May 9 parade, it is almost completely shut. 3/
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK 🧵
Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points.
1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS
Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.
Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points.
1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS
Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.
Just to quickly recap, it has been confirmed that the passengers & crew (including the 30 who disembarked on 24 April in St Helena) come from a total of 28 different countries.
The full breakdown of countries for both passengers 🟥 & crew 🟦 is detailed below ⬇️
The full breakdown of countries for both passengers 🟥 & crew 🟦 is detailed below ⬇️
When the 146 people remaining on the ship are repatriated to their home countries, each country will adopt their own local protocols.
However, the WHO are only recommending:
▪️SYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ isolation
▪️ASYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ monitoring
However, the WHO are only recommending:
▪️SYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ isolation
▪️ASYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ monitoring
25 BORING HABITS THAT WILL MAKE YOU UNRECOGNIZABLE BY JULY:
1. Drink water before coffee. Your body has been fasting for 8 hours.
1. Drink water before coffee. Your body has been fasting for 8 hours.
2. Make your bed. 90 seconds. The room looks completely different.
3. Read 10 pages before you open a single app. That’s 15 books a year.
4. Write 3 intentions for the day before touching your phone. Takes 3 minutes.
5. Go outside before your day starts. Even if it’s just to check if the sky is still there.
3. Read 10 pages before you open a single app. That’s 15 books a year.
4. Write 3 intentions for the day before touching your phone. Takes 3 minutes.
5. Go outside before your day starts. Even if it’s just to check if the sky is still there.
6. Eat one meal sitting down with no screen. Revolutionary, apparently.
7. Walk after lunch. 10 minutes. Your afternoon will feel different.
8. Sleep before midnight. Your brain does its best maintenance work before 2 AM.
9. Put your phone in another room when you sleep. Not on silent. Another room.
10. Write down 3 things you actually did today before bed. Not gratitude. Evidence.
7. Walk after lunch. 10 minutes. Your afternoon will feel different.
8. Sleep before midnight. Your brain does its best maintenance work before 2 AM.
9. Put your phone in another room when you sleep. Not on silent. Another room.
10. Write down 3 things you actually did today before bed. Not gratitude. Evidence.
Churchill and Jung understood something modern psychology forgets:
Depression feeds on abstraction.
It weakens when your hands touch something real.
Here are 7 cheat codes to shift your nervous system from depression into momentum:
1. Use your hands to build something.
Depression feeds on abstraction.
It weakens when your hands touch something real.
Here are 7 cheat codes to shift your nervous system from depression into momentum:
1. Use your hands to build something.
Churchill had bricks.
Jung had wood and stone.
They both knew something ancient:
The moment you use your hands to make something, your mental state changes.
Rumination loses power when attention is absorbed in a concrete act.
Depression wants you sealed inside your head.
Creation pulls you back into the world.
Jung had wood and stone.
They both knew something ancient:
The moment you use your hands to make something, your mental state changes.
Rumination loses power when attention is absorbed in a concrete act.
Depression wants you sealed inside your head.
Creation pulls you back into the world.
2. Walk outdoors without devices.
No music.
No podcast.
Just nature and you.
Walking brings back horizon, rhythm, weather, light, and ground.
Your mind opens because your body is no longer frozen in the same room with the same thoughts.
No music.
No podcast.
Just nature and you.
Walking brings back horizon, rhythm, weather, light, and ground.
Your mind opens because your body is no longer frozen in the same room with the same thoughts.
NEW RYAN COHEN INTERVIEW WITH BUSINESS INSIDER 🧵
Ryan Cohen says he never wanted to be CEO of GameStop.
Instead, he says he dreams of helming eBay and thinks he has a real shot at achieving that goal, despite critics' claims that the e-commerce giant is beyond his reach.
"I'm going to continue doing whatever I need to do in order to buy the business," the GameStop CEO told Business Insider in a phone interview on Friday. "I'm going to make myself CEO of both."
Ryan Cohen says he never wanted to be CEO of GameStop.
Instead, he says he dreams of helming eBay and thinks he has a real shot at achieving that goal, despite critics' claims that the e-commerce giant is beyond his reach.
"I'm going to continue doing whatever I need to do in order to buy the business," the GameStop CEO told Business Insider in a phone interview on Friday. "I'm going to make myself CEO of both."
Cohen surprised Wall Street earlier this week when he disclosed that GameStop had made an unsolicited bid of about $56 billion for eBay, which has a market value more than three times its size. He raised eyebrows again on Monday when he appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box," during which the hosts openly doubted whether the company could afford eBay and responded to his remarks with exhalations and chuckles.
"I'm not sure whether their questions were sincere or not," said Cohen, adding that he laid out a clear explanation of how he would finance a deal for eBay. "I don't know what is so complicated for them to figure it out."
A CNBC spokesperson said the "Squawk Box" interview "speaks for itself."
"I'm not sure whether their questions were sincere or not," said Cohen, adding that he laid out a clear explanation of how he would finance a deal for eBay. "I don't know what is so complicated for them to figure it out."
A CNBC spokesperson said the "Squawk Box" interview "speaks for itself."
Cohen, whose "half cash, half stock" mantra describing the financing quickly became a meme, said GameStop has about $9 billion in cash and that TD Bank had expressed confidence in placing roughly $20 billion in debt. Together, he said, would cover the cash portion of the bid. In the wake of his viral CNBC appearance, Cohen offered a more detailed explanation of his math, including on TBPN.
"What we're proposing is for existing shareholders to take half of their investment off the table, and that would be us providing them with $28 billion, which is like a 40% premium from when we started buying the stock," he told TBPN. "And then they would be getting roughly — I mean it depends on ultimately when the transaction closes — but they would be rolling the rest into the combined company of GameStop and eBay."
When speaking with Business Insider, Cohen suggested the stock component would be "earnings per share accretive" for GameStop shareholders because he said he could significantly increase eBay's profitability through cost-cutting, making the combined entities more valuable overall.
"What we're proposing is for existing shareholders to take half of their investment off the table, and that would be us providing them with $28 billion, which is like a 40% premium from when we started buying the stock," he told TBPN. "And then they would be getting roughly — I mean it depends on ultimately when the transaction closes — but they would be rolling the rest into the combined company of GameStop and eBay."
When speaking with Business Insider, Cohen suggested the stock component would be "earnings per share accretive" for GameStop shareholders because he said he could significantly increase eBay's profitability through cost-cutting, making the combined entities more valuable overall.
The American Dream possesses a dark, ironic sense of humor. It is a system so robust, so inherently functional, that it allows even its most fervent detractors to ascend to the heights of power.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stands as the living embodiment of this paradox. She is the revolutionary who lives off the very capital she claims to despise. She is the proletariat hero who spends her weekends rubbing elbows with the glitterati. Most importantly, she is the ultimate proof that the meritocracy is dead, replaced by a theater of the absurd where a mediocre bartender can become a legislative titan through the sheer force of Instagram filters and grievance politics.
Her rise is a case study in strategic deception. By weaponizing the aesthetics of the working class while enjoying the security of the elite, she has mastered the art of the modern grift. This is not a story of struggle; it is a story of branding. We are witnessing the calculated manufacture of a martyr, one who uses taxpayer funds to finance her dance routines and campaign donations to subsidize her psychiatric care. She lectures the world on the immorality of wealth while her own financial disclosures reveal a woman who cannot manage a $174,000 salary, let alone a national economy. This three-part dissection will peel back the layers of this performative socialist, exposing the hollow core of a woman who is the greatest beneficiary of the very "oppressive" system she seeks to destroy.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stands as the living embodiment of this paradox. She is the revolutionary who lives off the very capital she claims to despise. She is the proletariat hero who spends her weekends rubbing elbows with the glitterati. Most importantly, she is the ultimate proof that the meritocracy is dead, replaced by a theater of the absurd where a mediocre bartender can become a legislative titan through the sheer force of Instagram filters and grievance politics.
Her rise is a case study in strategic deception. By weaponizing the aesthetics of the working class while enjoying the security of the elite, she has mastered the art of the modern grift. This is not a story of struggle; it is a story of branding. We are witnessing the calculated manufacture of a martyr, one who uses taxpayer funds to finance her dance routines and campaign donations to subsidize her psychiatric care. She lectures the world on the immorality of wealth while her own financial disclosures reveal a woman who cannot manage a $174,000 salary, let alone a national economy. This three-part dissection will peel back the layers of this performative socialist, exposing the hollow core of a woman who is the greatest beneficiary of the very "oppressive" system she seeks to destroy.
PART 1: THE MANUFACTURED MARTYR AND THE MET GALA MIRAGE
The narrative of "Sandy from the Block" is a masterful exercise in historical revisionism. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would have the masses believe she emerged from the crucible of the Bronx, a scrappy fighter forged in the fires of urban decay. The reality is far more pedestrian. Her upbringing in the affluent suburban enclave of Yorktown Heights, supported by an architect father who benefited from the very government contracts she now decries, paints a picture of bourgeois comfort. This was not a childhood of hustling tips in the hood: it was a life of picket fences and elite secondary education. She didn't grow up between the projects and the picket fences: she moved to the picket fences as fast as her family’s upward mobility would allow. This fabricated authenticity is the foundation of her political identity, a costume she puts on to sell socialism to a generation that has never seen it fail.
The mask slipped most spectacularly at the 2021 Met Gala. While the "peasants" were locked out by mandates she supported, Ocasio-Cortez sashayed onto the red carpet in a custom Brother Vellies gown emblazoned with the slogan "Tax the Rich." It was a moment of peak Machiavellian cynicism: wearing the rhetoric of the revolution while being entertained by the oligarchs. The subsequent House Ethics Committee investigation in July 2025 confirmed what any astute observer already knew: she is an elite who believes rules are for the "little people." The committee found she impermissibly accepted thousands of dollars in gifts, including the gown, shoes, jewelry, and professional styling. She even played the loophole game by bringing her fiancé, Riley Roberts, as a guest on a free $250 ticket, exploiting his non-spousal status to avoid immediate disclosure.
When the bill finally came due, her office scrambled. Staffers begged vendors to "keep costs down," essentially asking small business owners to subsidize the image of a woman who claims to be their champion. She paid $300 for a gown rental with a market value of nearly $3,000. This is the socialist playbook in microcosm: demand that others pay their "fair share" while you maneuver to pay as little as possible. The committee’s conclusion that her violations were not "knowing and willful" is perhaps the most damning insult of all: it suggests she is either too intellectually deficient to understand basic ethics or too entitled to care. She eventually repaid the $3,000 and made a measly donation, but the stench of the "Tax the Rich" hypocrisy remains. She is the girl from Yorktown Heights playing dress-up in the Bronx, a suburbanite who thinks a designer dress can mask the fact that she has become exactly what she pretends to hate: an out-of-touch aristocrat with a talent for viral marketing.
The narrative of "Sandy from the Block" is a masterful exercise in historical revisionism. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would have the masses believe she emerged from the crucible of the Bronx, a scrappy fighter forged in the fires of urban decay. The reality is far more pedestrian. Her upbringing in the affluent suburban enclave of Yorktown Heights, supported by an architect father who benefited from the very government contracts she now decries, paints a picture of bourgeois comfort. This was not a childhood of hustling tips in the hood: it was a life of picket fences and elite secondary education. She didn't grow up between the projects and the picket fences: she moved to the picket fences as fast as her family’s upward mobility would allow. This fabricated authenticity is the foundation of her political identity, a costume she puts on to sell socialism to a generation that has never seen it fail.
The mask slipped most spectacularly at the 2021 Met Gala. While the "peasants" were locked out by mandates she supported, Ocasio-Cortez sashayed onto the red carpet in a custom Brother Vellies gown emblazoned with the slogan "Tax the Rich." It was a moment of peak Machiavellian cynicism: wearing the rhetoric of the revolution while being entertained by the oligarchs. The subsequent House Ethics Committee investigation in July 2025 confirmed what any astute observer already knew: she is an elite who believes rules are for the "little people." The committee found she impermissibly accepted thousands of dollars in gifts, including the gown, shoes, jewelry, and professional styling. She even played the loophole game by bringing her fiancé, Riley Roberts, as a guest on a free $250 ticket, exploiting his non-spousal status to avoid immediate disclosure.
When the bill finally came due, her office scrambled. Staffers begged vendors to "keep costs down," essentially asking small business owners to subsidize the image of a woman who claims to be their champion. She paid $300 for a gown rental with a market value of nearly $3,000. This is the socialist playbook in microcosm: demand that others pay their "fair share" while you maneuver to pay as little as possible. The committee’s conclusion that her violations were not "knowing and willful" is perhaps the most damning insult of all: it suggests she is either too intellectually deficient to understand basic ethics or too entitled to care. She eventually repaid the $3,000 and made a measly donation, but the stench of the "Tax the Rich" hypocrisy remains. She is the girl from Yorktown Heights playing dress-up in the Bronx, a suburbanite who thinks a designer dress can mask the fact that she has become exactly what she pretends to hate: an out-of-touch aristocrat with a talent for viral marketing.
PART 2: THE TAXPAYER-FUNDED CIRCUS AND THE KETAMINE CONSULTANTS
AOC’s corruption is not the grand, cinematic villainy of the past: it is a petty, self-indulgent drain on the public trust. In December 2024, it was revealed she diverted $4,550 of her Member Representational Allowance to Juan D. Gonzalez and the Bombazo Dance Co. for "training." This was not legislative training: it was a series of dance and drumming sessions. Your tax dollars were literally used to fund her personal choreography. This is the behavior of a digital influencer, not a stateswoman. While her constituents struggle with the inflation her policies have exacerbated, she is twerking on the government’s dime. This is not a legitimate use of House funds: it is a personal enrichment scheme disguised as "cultural engagement."
Even more disturbing are her campaign filings from 2025 and early 2026. The National Legal and Policy Center filed FEC complaints in March 2026 highlighting a pattern of payments totaling over $19,000 to Dr. Brian Boyle, a Boston-based psychiatrist specializing in ketamine therapy. These payments were deceptively labeled as "leadership training and consulting." If these funds were used for personal psychiatric services for herself or her staff, it represents a blatant violation of federal law. Campaign donations are intended for political advocacy, not for subsidizing the mental health of a representative who seems increasingly unable to handle the pressures of her own celebrity. It is the height of irony: a woman who screams about "wage theft" is allegedly using donor cash to pay for high-end "head-shrinking" while her own staff deals with the fallout of her narcissistic management style.
Despite the millions she has raised and the $174,000 salary she has pulled for years, her net worth as of early 2026 sits at a pathetic $49,000. She has no stocks, no investments, and no outside income. This is a woman who wants to manage a multi-trillion-dollar economy but cannot even manage a personal savings account. Her financial incompetence is a warning to the nation. She projects her own failure onto the successful, claiming that "no one earns a billion dollars" because she cannot conceive of generating value through anything other than grievance. She lives off the administrative state’s teat while her fiancé, Riley Roberts, enjoys the clandestine perks of her office, including House email access and travel benefits, all while she shields his finances from public scrutiny. This is the grift of the 21st century: a cycle of taxpayer-funded therapy, dance parties, and ethics complaints, all performed for a base of gullible followers who think she is fighting the oligarchy. In reality, she is the oligarchy’s most useful idiot.
AOC’s corruption is not the grand, cinematic villainy of the past: it is a petty, self-indulgent drain on the public trust. In December 2024, it was revealed she diverted $4,550 of her Member Representational Allowance to Juan D. Gonzalez and the Bombazo Dance Co. for "training." This was not legislative training: it was a series of dance and drumming sessions. Your tax dollars were literally used to fund her personal choreography. This is the behavior of a digital influencer, not a stateswoman. While her constituents struggle with the inflation her policies have exacerbated, she is twerking on the government’s dime. This is not a legitimate use of House funds: it is a personal enrichment scheme disguised as "cultural engagement."
Even more disturbing are her campaign filings from 2025 and early 2026. The National Legal and Policy Center filed FEC complaints in March 2026 highlighting a pattern of payments totaling over $19,000 to Dr. Brian Boyle, a Boston-based psychiatrist specializing in ketamine therapy. These payments were deceptively labeled as "leadership training and consulting." If these funds were used for personal psychiatric services for herself or her staff, it represents a blatant violation of federal law. Campaign donations are intended for political advocacy, not for subsidizing the mental health of a representative who seems increasingly unable to handle the pressures of her own celebrity. It is the height of irony: a woman who screams about "wage theft" is allegedly using donor cash to pay for high-end "head-shrinking" while her own staff deals with the fallout of her narcissistic management style.
Despite the millions she has raised and the $174,000 salary she has pulled for years, her net worth as of early 2026 sits at a pathetic $49,000. She has no stocks, no investments, and no outside income. This is a woman who wants to manage a multi-trillion-dollar economy but cannot even manage a personal savings account. Her financial incompetence is a warning to the nation. She projects her own failure onto the successful, claiming that "no one earns a billion dollars" because she cannot conceive of generating value through anything other than grievance. She lives off the administrative state’s teat while her fiancé, Riley Roberts, enjoys the clandestine perks of her office, including House email access and travel benefits, all while she shields his finances from public scrutiny. This is the grift of the 21st century: a cycle of taxpayer-funded therapy, dance parties, and ethics complaints, all performed for a base of gullible followers who think she is fighting the oligarchy. In reality, she is the oligarchy’s most useful idiot.
01 🧵 THE BIG QUESTION
The #HYBE case is at a crossroads. While authorities make the call, legal strategy must decide between a swift "exit" or a permanent "clearing." Here is why this choice will define their future. #DS_HYBE
The #HYBE case is at a crossroads. While authorities make the call, legal strategy must decide between a swift "exit" or a permanent "clearing." Here is why this choice will define their future. #DS_HYBE
02 🧵 THE STRATEGIC DILEMMA
Why does the path matter? I’ll break down:
- The Court Route vs. Dismissal
- Why a 'win' isn't always final
- The Travel Ban & BTS Tour
- Suing the Police, Media & Whistleblowers
#HYBE
Why does the path matter? I’ll break down:
- The Court Route vs. Dismissal
- Why a 'win' isn't always final
- The Travel Ban & BTS Tour
- Suing the Police, Media & Whistleblowers
#HYBE
03 🧵 THE COURT ROUTE: ADVANTAGES
The main benefit for #HYBE is finality. A ‘not guilty’ verdict is a definitive legal shield; the law prevents a reopen. It provides the absolute vindication a mere dismissal cannot offer, regardless of what critics say.
The main benefit for #HYBE is finality. A ‘not guilty’ verdict is a definitive legal shield; the law prevents a reopen. It provides the absolute vindication a mere dismissal cannot offer, regardless of what critics say.
🚨 BIG UPDATE FOR TIRUMALA DEVOTEES 🚨
TTD has officially released the August 2026 Darshan & Accommodation quota schedule. If you’re planning a Tirumala trip, SAVE this thread now 🙏🧵
TTD has officially released the August 2026 Darshan & Accommodation quota schedule. If you’re planning a Tirumala trip, SAVE this thread now 🙏🧵
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📅 Release Date: May 18
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Selected devotees must complete payment between: 📅 May 20 – May 22
⏰ Before 12 Noon
Former Russian PM Kasyanov: There is no real threat to Putin's life from inner circle, but Putin is increasing his security because problems are growing.
Attitudes toward the war and Putin’s regime are changing. 62% of Russians want to stop the war and move to negotiations.
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Attitudes toward the war and Putin’s regime are changing. 62% of Russians want to stop the war and move to negotiations.
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Kasyanov: Victory Day has always been a major date for Putin, and he has used it a lot. The parade sends a strong signal to the world.
I think we may hear him speak about ending the war soon, but only on his own terms. Still, the situation is moving and changing.
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I think we may hear him speak about ending the war soon, but only on his own terms. Still, the situation is moving and changing.
2/
Kasyanov: Ukraine has an advantage in drone attacks at all ranges. But the key now is transatlantic unity: Europe sees an aggressor and a victim.
Trump’s administration sees two guilty sides. Why should Ukraine make concessions?
3/
Trump’s administration sees two guilty sides. Why should Ukraine make concessions?
3/
6 erogenous zones of the female body that you should know:
-Thread-
1. Neck & Collarbone
-Thread-
1. Neck & Collarbone
Kiss, bite lightly, breathe warm air here.
The skin is extremely sensitive.
Run your tongue along the side of her neck → instant goosebumps and moans.
Start slow. Build tension.
The skin is extremely sensitive.
Run your tongue along the side of her neck → instant goosebumps and moans.
Start slow. Build tension.
2. Ears & Ear Lobes
Whisper what you want to do to her.
Gently suck or nibble the lobe.
This area connects directly to arousal nerves.
Most men ignore it. High-value men use it.
Whisper what you want to do to her.
Gently suck or nibble the lobe.
This area connects directly to arousal nerves.
Most men ignore it. High-value men use it.
Zagazola Dismantles Masara Kim’s False “Jihadist Burial Attack” Narrative in Plateau
By: Zagazola Makama
The latest international media appearance by Plateau-based activist, Masara Kim Usman, has once again exposed how misinformation, emotional propaganda and outright fabrication are being weaponised to inflame Plateau’s communal crisis and falsely portray it as an “Islamic jihadist war” against Christians.
In his now-circulating interview, Masara claimed that armed Fulani jihadists attacked a burial ground during funeral rites in Barkin Ladi while mourners were burying victims of earlier attacks.
According to him, gunmen opened fire from surrounding hills, forcing locals to abandon proper burial rites and hurriedly dump corpses into shallow graves before fleeing for their lives.
He further claimed he personally witnessed someone being shot during the attack and that armed terrorists carrying sophisticated weapons and sniper rifles attempted to massacre mourners.
But there is one major problem with the entire dramatic story: absolutely nobody was killed or injured during the so-called burial attack.
Not one casualty, no one corpse, not one hospital record, not one medical or security report from multiple security agencies and not one single verified victim, except him.
The obvious question therefore remains if hundreds of armed “Fulani jihadists” attacked a crowded burial ceremony with sophisticated rifles and sniper weapons as claimed by Mr Masara, how did nobody die? How did nobody sustain injury? How does a “mass attack” end without a single casualty?
The answer is simple, because the narrative was fabricated and staged to create panic, attract sympathy and push a false genocide narrative to international audiences. Even Masara’s own videos exposed the inconsistencies.
By: Zagazola Makama
The latest international media appearance by Plateau-based activist, Masara Kim Usman, has once again exposed how misinformation, emotional propaganda and outright fabrication are being weaponised to inflame Plateau’s communal crisis and falsely portray it as an “Islamic jihadist war” against Christians.
In his now-circulating interview, Masara claimed that armed Fulani jihadists attacked a burial ground during funeral rites in Barkin Ladi while mourners were burying victims of earlier attacks.
According to him, gunmen opened fire from surrounding hills, forcing locals to abandon proper burial rites and hurriedly dump corpses into shallow graves before fleeing for their lives.
He further claimed he personally witnessed someone being shot during the attack and that armed terrorists carrying sophisticated weapons and sniper rifles attempted to massacre mourners.
But there is one major problem with the entire dramatic story: absolutely nobody was killed or injured during the so-called burial attack.
Not one casualty, no one corpse, not one hospital record, not one medical or security report from multiple security agencies and not one single verified victim, except him.
The obvious question therefore remains if hundreds of armed “Fulani jihadists” attacked a crowded burial ceremony with sophisticated rifles and sniper weapons as claimed by Mr Masara, how did nobody die? How did nobody sustain injury? How does a “mass attack” end without a single casualty?
The answer is simple, because the narrative was fabricated and staged to create panic, attract sympathy and push a false genocide narrative to international audiences. Even Masara’s own videos exposed the inconsistencies.
The same man claiming he was running for his life under heavy gunfire somehow managed to hold his camera perfectly steady, maintain smooth commentary with british accent, control his breathing, avoid visible distress, remain spotless without sweat or dust, and narrate events calmly like a movie correspondent.
At different times, he claimed he ran two kilometres. Later, the distance mysteriously became five kilometres. Yet throughout the footage, there was no sign of exhaustion, panic or trauma expected from someone supposedly escaping sniper fire and a coordinated terrorist assault.
At different times, he claimed he ran two kilometres. Later, the distance mysteriously became five kilometres. Yet throughout the footage, there was no sign of exhaustion, panic or trauma expected from someone supposedly escaping sniper fire and a coordinated terrorist assault.
Even more damaging to the propaganda effort was what appeared in the background of the footage itself. While Masara shouted dramatically about “Fulani attackers,” some women visible in the same environment were calmly walking without panic, without taking cover and without any indication that an active attack was taking place nearby. In the same background some youths were asked to run while the documentary was being shot.
