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"Tyrants and dictators get threatened by comedy and satire" -Bassam Youssef, Egyptian Political Refugee
houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-mat…
Egyptian officials detained a New York Times correspondent, @ddknyt, holding him incommunicado before forcing him onto a flight back to London without explanation, an escalation of a news media crackdown under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi nyti.ms/2DYCFJg
Sisi's regime executed 9 political prisoners. These are the final words of Mahmoud al-Ahmadi:

Judge: "You confessed"

Mahmoud: "We were electrocuted with enough electricity to last Egypt for 20 years"
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Seriously though... 11 orcas in this thing??
"There are 74 operational ocean theme parks in mainland China featuring whales and dolphins, according to the China Cetacean Alliance, which monitors the industry. More are under construction."
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Waleed Shahid demonstrates the horseshoe with fabricated controversy and an overdeamatic narrative and even uses the far right to prove his point.

Side note: Cernovich is a fan of AOC and Ben Shapiro et al don't actually suddenly like Feinstein now.
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.@_waleedshahid and the rest of the @justicedems will continue to stage these protests against Democrats and they will be boosted by the far right in 2020. They have no interest in actually working together. It's a shame.
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Overused and divisive contrarian buzzwords to watch for as the Bernie bots and Bernie bros hit 2020:

"neoliberal" or "neolib"
"neoconservative" or "neocon"
"warmonger"
"corporatist"
"war criminal"
"capitalist"

They are most often used negatively without any meaningful context.
"Imperialist"
"Centrist"
"Establishment"
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~ Tyranny - The Abuse of Power to Serve Selfish Ends ~

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1. Churnalism in action:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churnalism

- Former white supremacist claims in reddit AMA that neo-Nazis use Fortnight to recruit.

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