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Andrew Follett Profile picture
@AndrewCFollett
Apr 15, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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So I recently tried to share a @TimKennedyMMA video ...only to be told "independent" fact checkers found it "partly false" that authoritarian regimes used gun control.

instagram.com/tv/CNdK-V9Fm86/

So I went down a rabbit hole...and TLDR is that fact checking is a total lie.
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"Independent" Politifact claims theres "no direct link" between said regimes and gun control.

Politifact's position is literally "Yes, Tim K's right that this happened, but authoritarian regimes didn't say they murdered people bc they were disarmed so he's wrong."

2/5
That is...extremely stupid.

Something someone could only believe if they were being paid to do it.

Speaking of that, seems like "independent" is owned by the Poynter Institute...so who funds Poynter?

politifact.com/who-pays-for-p…

3/5
So...I went to Poynter's website and...it lists its "Major Funders" as Facebook (which owns Instagram) and Google. And Soros of course.

poynter.org/major-funders/

So Facebook/Instagram's "independent" fact checker is...paid for by Facebook.

4/5
In summary, "independent" fact checkers are Fake News.

They are SO NOT INDEPENDENT that there's literally only one layer of separation...which can be tracked down in about 50 seconds.

Also, Big Tech wants to take our guns.

#2A #FakeNews

5/5

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Correct.

Iran getting crushed improved its bargaining position in some ways...which combined with their domestic politics is causing this zany outcome!

You can't lose harder what you already have lost.

This is best explained by...the 🇷🇺 vs 🇯🇵 Japan war. Image
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California and 7 other states (almost all blue) automatically mail out ballots to every voter

No verification.

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@davidshor would know this if he knew literally anything...but blocked me before I could tweet this. Image
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Democrats are in more trouble than you think, the 2028 POTUS primary risks a nasty bloodbath.

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Its not my graph.

Heres the source.

cepr.net/publications/w…
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We bought everything in white from France for around $310 million, everything in pink from Mexico for $482 million in a forced purchase, orange for $240 million, and Florida for $5 million.

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This was after Mexico fought a war to secede from France/Spain. Mexico has ZERO claim to any of this.

They literally sold that claim to us!
As for the "well, the Europeans couldn't sell it to us bc they stole if from the American Indians."

BS

Every native tribe also took the land by force from another...which took it by force from another...and so on and so forth.
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Never mentions WHY Trump is doing those things

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As for why the WHO is not our friend...I said so at the time during the pandemic.

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