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    Aug 8

    It's so very telling that the people most loudly and fervently calling on to control the flow of information on this platform are *journalists*

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  2. 15 hours ago

    Isfahan, you’re on the air with Jeremy

    🔴In 2014, Jeremy Corbyn flew to Tunisia & laid a wreath honoring Black September guerrillas who tortured & murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. Four years ago. Great reporting from .
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    16 hours ago

    UNC’s Nike deal is worth $37 million. Coach Roy Williams has a “personal service contract” with Nike worth at least $500k a year. But heaven forbid a b-ball player sell his own sneakers.

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    Aug 10

    Great scoop by ... Corbyn's wreath at grave of Munich terrorists

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    Aug 10

    NPR's response to this criticism: Interviewing people "does not mean NPR is endorsing one view over another. Our job is to present the facts and the voices that provide context on the day's events, not to protect our audience from views that might offend them."

    NPR interviewed the racist behind ‘Unite the Right 2’ and it was a disaster
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    Aug 10

    The Washington Post reviewed the non-disclosure agreement where Omarosa Manigault Newman was offered $15,000 a month to not talk to the media and do "diversity outreach" for the campaign.

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    Aug 10

    managing editor 👇👇👇👇👇

    Replying to @redsteeze
    This is not normal. Wow. THIS. Presented WITHOUT COMMENT. EYEBALL EMOJIS OMG
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    Aug 8

    Marzieh Taheri from Iran suffers from a debilitating brain disorder. An Iranian doctor in Louisville recently found a promising treatment for it and he has stepped up to treat her. But w/ , the decision is up to the US gov to issue her a visa.

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    Aug 10

    The World as It Wasn’t - first-rate review of aspiring novelist’s highly, er, original account of Obama on world stage.

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    Aug 10

    Erdogan is asking citizens again to take their dollars and euros and convert them to liras. A visit to bank branches in Istanbul today indicated that the opposite is happening

    Erdogan Responds to Plunging Turkish Lira
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    Aug 10

    Just started reading a book about how the CIA helped spread western art in communist countries in order to subvert totalitarian regimes. The book frames this as a bad thing. Me, I’m like, “DOUBLE THE CIA’S BUDGET, THIS IS ALL FANTASTIC."

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    Aug 10

    “Erdogan’s speech was quickly lampooned on social media, however. “When the landlord asks for the rent, is it possible to pay just by saying, ‘You have your apartment, but we have our Allah?’ ” Iskender Baydar wrote on Twitter.”

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  13. Aug 10

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    A non-polemic look at the impact of the Dahyan bus air strike. Coalition says that it abides by the same rules of engagement / positive ID / collat damage mitigation as Western air forces, but those air forces would not strike a bus, in an active market, with civilians everywhere
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    Aug 10

    Iranian intelligence officials*: they're just like us!! Sure, they oversee murder and torture, but they wear polos and jeans! * Azari Jahromi, minister of information and communication, responsible for censorship of online platforms. Previously an IRI intelligence officer.

    The new face of Iran: The youngest Minister meets with the youngest female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh, sporting a polo short and blue jeans - which has been very rare for government officials.
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  15. Aug 10

    Best birthday ever

    When its your 25th and , you must indulge! Thanks for stopping by and taking on family style for your special celebration,
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    Aug 10

    A great take on ’s influence in the US by ⁦⁩ in which he makes some points that many seem to miss. 👇🏼

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    Aug 10

    Eli Lake has a great column on John Bolton's use of the witch-hunt analogy to explain what the administration is doing today re Russian influence:

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    Aug 10

    Must-read from ant how , national security folks are are channeling all the wrong lessons from Cold War paranoia

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    Aug 10

    From (and ignore headline/sub head): A look at what is arguing regarding Russian information operations against the U.S.: Not a new phenomenon.

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  20. Aug 10

    Happy Friday. Here’s some bittersweet melancholy from Carmen McRae.

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