The experience of living in a communist country (or post Soviet country) gives people some vital survival skills that Americans might want to learn in preparation for the next 3 years of #EmptyShelvesJoe.

The first one: Stop trusting state media. Mock it instead.
Second: Find a doctor who follows the science and respects medical freedom. Remember to check them out on social media before choosing a doctor, to make sure they aren’t political activists who will put partisanship over your health.
Third: Pay attention to what your kids are learning in school. Depending on where in the country you live, you might have to teach them everything yourself or find other alternatives.
Fourth: Don’t take for granted that you will be fine if you just comply and abide by the law. Communists don’t care about rule of law; they only care about rules, and they make their own rules. As Lavrentiy Beria said, “show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.”

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21 Oct
Last week, a @washingtonpost Fact Checker reached out to me to “fact check” @GovRonDeSantis statement opposing the DOJ memo, which threatens to silence concerned parents exercising First Amendment rights.

WaPo “fact-check” essentially accused Gov. DeSantis of making things up: Image
Here’s the beginning of my response. I just thought it was important not to accept the framing of the @washingtonpost “fact check” on its face.

Media are supposed to challenge regime narratives, not enforce them. Democracy dies in darkness, right? 😅 Image
And here’s where I explained very clearly to @washingtonpost — providing receipts — that the Garland DOJ memo was prompted by the NSBA letter calling parents “domestic terrorists” and urging the federal government to prosecute speech under the Patriot Act. 👇 ImageImage
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2 Oct
Today, there was an election in the country Georgia, which became independent from the USSR 30 years ago. GDP is $16 billion, more than 1000 times less than the USA’s. Average yearly income is ~$2,000. Yet EVERY voter is REQUIRED to show photo ID. & no one has a problem with it.
So if you think it’s too “expensive” or “complicated” to get an ID here… voters in foreign countries, far less privileged than any American, are able to navigate MORE bureaucratic systems than ours. No one complains about voter ID because they don’t want to be accused of fraud.
PS: Georgians only have one Election Day — they do not have weeks of “universal early voting” and there’s no vote-by-mail. Mobile ballot boxes are brought to homebound people on E-Day. COVID is there too, but it didn’t change the basic parameters of election administration.
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21 Sep
This is relevant to consider when you’re evaluating the media/Twitter/DNC narrative “they have legitimate asylum claims.” Asylum isn’t the same thing as economic migration, and people are supposed to seek asylum in the “First safe country” they arrive in, not necessarily the USA.
From my previous job working with East European political dissidents & opposition, I have some knowledge of how asylum works, and it’s a very specific (and legitimate) process for LEGAL immigration. But a relatively small proportion of immigrants have valid asylum claims.
For example: Haiti President was assassinated a few weeks ago. Many people ASSUME the wave of migrants in Del Rio today had to leave Haiti for political reasons due to that. But according to reporters on the ground interviewing them, they left Haiti years ago & lived in S.America
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6 Sep
THREAD: The day I realized lockdowns aren’t about health was in May 2020. I lived in Tbilisi, Georgia. A friend in Azerbaijan called me, upset. Her relative had a neurodegenerative disease; the only medication that helped wasn’t available in Az, he usually got it in Geo. BUT…
Both countries had closed their borders, because COVID. So I had to find a commercial truck driver in Tbilisi authorized to go to Azerbaijan and pay him 3x the cost of the meds to smuggle them across the border, in case he had to pay a bribe. Lifesaving prescribed medications!
My friend and I could afford that. But most people in these countries cannot. What did they do when they couldn’t get medicine due to lockdowns and border closures? We will probably never know.
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28 Aug
Look at this Cuban Communist regime official posting stupid memes about @GovRonDeSantis from a verified government account, after shutting down the internet for his entire country’s population.
I guess this is another example of what @marcorubio said, that the communist regime elevates the most incompetent and unprofessional people as long as they’re ideological fidelistas and/or can leverage nepotistic connections.
Incredible. “MinRex” is the Cuban ministry of foreign affairs. Bruno Rodriguez Parilla is the minister — the equivalent of the Secretary of State. 🤦‍♀️ Image
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18 Aug
Hey @bsfarrington. Sad to see this cheap political innuendo from AP. Should be “DeSantis & Biden Agree Monoclonals Save Lives.”

You KNEW this isn’t a story. You KNOW you can’t defend it. You said your “boss’s boss” wouldn’t change the headline—& you refused to tell me his name.
By the way, what I do know about the supposed “boss’s boss” — who supposedly forced @bsfarrington to write this non-story that he knows full well is total BS — is that his first name is Robbie and he works at AP in Atlanta. Would love to chat with him!
Mystery solved, I think. The boss’s boss is @ravinessman. Hi Ravi, my DMs are open and you can get my number from @bsfarrington. Happy to walk you through why this is complete nonsense and better understand your reasoning for clinging to this baseless headline.
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