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Turkish President Erdogan is escalating military intervention in northern Syria and Iraq as the snap election approaches.

This is part of a political strategy to unite right-wing nationalist forces. It is also a continuation of a decades-long war on Kurds therealnews.com/stories/erdoga…
Surprise to, umm, absolutely no one anywhere — considering Erdogan illegally imprisoned the democratically elected leaders of the third-largest (and only left-wing) party in parliament, while also purging tens of thousands of his political rivals
Oh yeah, and multiple people in Turkey were arrested for criticizing Erdogan, as the polls opened for voting
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(Movie Review Thread) I just saw Peter Jackson's new film They Shall Not Grow Old, a documentary on World War I. The film is technically breathtaking, but I was shocked to see a film on WWI that is completely apolitical. It's about political mass slaughter but it avoids politics!
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By humanizing blood-soaked Dick Cheney, it makes his crimes all the more monstrous
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I interviewed peace activist @MedeaBenjamin of @CODEPINK, who stressed that US support for the Saudi monarchy must be fundamentally challenged.

Some US officials want a cosmetic change, simply replacing Crown Prince MBS, but the problem runs much deeper
.@MedeaBenjamin: "It's our job now to say this is not just about MBS... We have to use this time to re-evaluate the entire relationship. But it’s very difficult then, because there’s so much money that is involved in this."
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