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Amazing journalism following the experience of one family struggling to survive during Harvey. stitcher.com/s?eid=56257075…
I hope Trump and @FEMA_Brock will hear it. I know first hand that when they brush off people who didn't die due to a storm but just "happened" to die at the same time how much it stings.
My uncle died after being evacuated in Katrina. We were lucky. We found him. We got to say goodbye. But his death didn't just "happen." He experienced trauma. Our story is not unusual. It's never bothered me that it didn't "count." It bothers me that it is disrespected.
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Hi, I know it was on your to-do list to look at embassy holiday videos. In the spirit of #DigitalDiplomacy, my favs...
In the category of pretty traditional: @GermanyinUSA...bonus points for recognizing the multilingual aspect of the US.
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.@franceintheus brings 2! The first...simple. artistic...
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The @StateDept historians do amazing and critical work literally writing the official foreign policy history of the US. I learned something every time we met...which was often.
You can follow them on twitter: @HistoryAtState

(When they aren't furloughed)
It's also worth noting how often Secretaries relied on them...sending queries about tactics on negotiations, outcomes, etc.
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If the US govt were a Trump enterprise, he would quietly dump it, get someone to clean it up, and move on to Trump steaks, or ties or whatever.

He can't run away from the #shutdown and he has no one around him who knows how to solve it and save face.
oh just thought of one: he could resign
I hope someone in the WH reads this because it's a great idea. Trump gets to pull a Costanza and leave on a high note (ie, Washington is soooo broken...) and start a Wall Building Company and the rest of the world wins.
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#Trump said his Russian business efforts, including during the campaign were "Very legal" and "VERY COOL."

HAHAHAH....yep, I sure do agree with that. Very cool, indeed.

Of course, most of the media have no clue, though some of them do, b/c some have reported the truth.
Well, sommanab*tch! The link I saved from one of the media outlets that knew ...now seems to be gone. Of course I couldn't archive it because it was WaPo. They wouldn't let me archive it.
Well, here's another one, by Buzzfeed, no less. They KNEW that Trump worked WITH the FBI, yet they participated in the conspiracy against him to frame him as the guilty one.

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Who funds the IEA, the TPA, the ASI &co?
You know, the RW 'free trade' thick tanks advocating tax havens, "freedom" (no regulations like workers' rights or environmental protection), no welfare (no tax & no free healthcare).
Basically, "Only the wealthier survive" philosophy?
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*Could it be* that it has something to do with defending their funders' interests?
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Trump and Mussolini: 11 Key Lessons from Historical Fascism

Italian fascism provides a better model for our moment than Nazi Germany—and the comparison is not encouraging.

By: @Anis_Shivani for @AlterNet
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Fascism is a religion. The 20th century will be known in history as the century of fascism.
〰️ Benito Mussolini

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I’d like to draw some comparisons and contrasts between our present situation and that of #fascist Italy between 1922 and 1945. I choose fascist #Italy rather than #Nazi #Germany because it has always seemed to me a better comparison.
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BREAKING: The White House has said that US President #Trump is canceling his upcoming South America trip to remain in the US "to oversee the American response to Syria." - @NBCNews
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Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

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