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Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
Nobody is slaughtering Russians. The Russians butcher Ukrainian civilians they get their hands on and deliberately bomb schools, hospitals, and energy infrastructure. The Ukrainians kill soldiers and strike military hardware and oil infrastructure funding Russia's war machine.
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
I never want to hear about how Americans are propagandized again. We learn about the founding fathers' slaves in middle school, meanwhile grown ass adults in China think Mao was under democratic constraints somehow.
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
O papel da Argentina de Milei na fuga de Flávio Bolsonaro
Apesar de a Polícia Federal ter cancelado os passaportes do senador, autoridade migratória argentina comunica que ele entrou no país sem qualquer impedimento legal. dw.com/pt-br/o-papel-da-arge…
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
Por @teoycury: Fuga de Flávio contou com estratégia de desinformação; Assista #LiveCNNBrasil
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
"In the West, we refuse to acknowledge that Mao is actually respected and admired in China."
Many do acknowledge it, most of us just don't think a mass-murdering dictator is deserving of respect or admiration. It's a shame you think they are if they have the "correct" politics.
For once, the community note is actually useful. Millions of people did indeed die under Mao's reign. It was a tragedy.
But, for some reason, the Western mind seems incapable of grasping the complex impact of Mao. In the West, we refuse to acknowledge that Mao is actually respected and admired in China.
I've listed a few reasons in my original post. Unity and sovereignty are big ones. After a century of being carved up and subjected to imperialism, Mao unified China into a single central state. He removed foreign influence. He stood up to the US.
China’s status as a major power today rests on foundations built by Mao.
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
We don’t publicly flog people enough for being heinously wrong like this moron
Why should anyone take his opinions seriously when he’s this stupid?
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
The GOP's closing message is men complimenting other men on being hot (not that there's anything wrong with that)
Senate Majority @LeaderJohnThune (R-SD) calls Sen Bernie Moreno (R-OH) "eye candy" in response to the attention Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) has been receiving: "They both got it going on when it comes to that."
I don't believe that Flávio is in the USA yet. And for this supposed rescue mission of Jair, which would entail an invasion of Brazil, Trump's supporters and/or their children should be the first line to volunteer for this.
💯 This is a great point from Yglesias. The #GOP hyped up the threat of Ebola to the general public in the USA, which was a complete lie, in the 2014 midterm campaign.
Of course Xi loves what you're doing - you're actively destroying U.S. hegemony, and with it the role of the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency. You're paving the way for China to replace the USA as the reigning global power. MAGA is actually making America weak.
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
People who make statements like this should be subjected to the exact same kind of social ostracism as those who praise Hitler.
Read like half an hours worth of actual history on Mao Zedong (not written by a conservative/yank), and you’ll probably realise he is one of the greatest humans to have ever lived by the end of the night.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Historians including Chinese journalist Yang Jisheng using Communist Party archives estimate 36 million or more deaths from the Great Leap Forward famine under Mao Zedong, with broader scholarly ranges of 30-45 million or higher for that period alone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chi…
bbc.com/news/world-204…
chinafile.com/library/nyrb-c…
theguardian.com/world/2013/jan…
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
La Dirección Nacional de Migraciones informa que a las 22:50 hs del dia 27/10, ingresaron por el paso fronterizo de Puente internacional Tancredo Neves en la provincia de Misiones, los ciudadanos Flavio Nantes Bolsonaro, Fernanda Antunes Figueira Bolsonaro, Carolina Figueira Bolsonaro y Luiza Figueira Bolsonaro, quienes lo hicieron con documentación hábil de viaje sin ningún impedimento legal para el ingreso al país, asimismo los tránsitos fueron registrados por la autoridad de aplicación sin incidentes.
Por su parte, a las 23:30 hs, la comitiva ingresante abordó un vuelo privado despachado por la compañía Baires Fly S.A con destino a la ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador, según se informó en el plan de vuelo.
And let's not forget that this White House has chosen to actively support the regime of the despot who enables such torture. It's not neutrality - the Oval Office occupant is openly obsequious to Vladimir Putin. I don't don't get how MAGA thinks this is strength on the part of the USA.
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
Tortured Ukrainian POW back from Russian captivity. He has the word "JEW" carved in his back.
Russia, not Ukraine, is a Nazi state. No wonder both the far right and the far left support it.
LOL, the interior of the private jet in which Flávio is currently en route to the USA.
Veja como é o jatinho particular que está levando Flávio Bolsonaro e família aos EUA glo.bo/4e766uu #g1
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
Ed, he turned the Swamp into a gold plated Hot Tub
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
It's kind of funny that MAGA sued to achieve the very outcome that MAGA has been freaking out about online (Indians in U.S. colleges)
Asian-Americans in Harvard’s Incoming Class More Than Double, to 43.2 Percent
Newly released data on the Harvard College class of 2030 say the class is 43.2 percent Asian-American, a record high and more than double the level when Students for Fair Admissions first sued Harvard alleging racial discrimination in admissions.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that Harvard was unlawfully using race as a factor in admissions. Since then, the numbers of Hispanic and black students in the incoming Harvard classes have dipped, while the numbers of Asian-Americans have soared.
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
Saída do Brasil - O senador Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) e sua família estão viajando para os Estados Unidos na manhã desta quarta-feira. Seu voo partiu da Argentina, teve breve escala no Equador e seguiu com destino a Miami.
O voo de Flávio e sua família decolou às 6h22, no horário de Brasília, e segue rumo aos EUA, onde está previsto para chegar ao aeroporto Opa-locka Executive, em Miami, por volta das 10h40, segundo o site de monitoramento aéreo FlightAware.
Anteriormente, o voo LV-JQW havia pousado em Guayaquil às 5h46 no horário de Brasília para uma breve escala e não cruzou espaço aéreo brasileiro — sobrevoou o Paraguai, Bolívia e Peru.
O voo, que leva Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) e três familiares, saiu da Argentina na noite de terça-feira horas após a Direção Nacional de Migrações argentina ter afirmado que eles cruzaram a fronteira pouco antes das 23h. Eles levantaram voo minutos cerca de 40 minutos depois.
O governo Trump afirmou na terça que emitirá vistos para Flávio e sua família e permitirá que eles entrem nos EUA.
Os desenvolvimentos das últimas horas contrariaram informações vindas de agências de notícias e fontes dos EUA, que afirmaram que Flávio já havia deixado o Brasil e chegado aos EUA ainda na terça.
Leia mais no #g1 #g1política #política
Chris DiLapi (Big Twelve Conference Supporter) retweeted
Il giornalista argentino @pabloduggan aveva raccontato tutto quello che sarebbe successo già ieri pomeriggio, con gli orari esatti del volo
Às 23h09, o jornalista @pabloduggan já afirmava com todas as letras que Flávio Bolsonaro estava na Argentina e que posteriormente estaria no voo que decolou às 0h22!