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Reporter, national and foreign affairs. Bosch Fellow. Al Jazeera veteran. I tweet about: China/Asia | Germany/Europe | Cuba | USA. Instagram:

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  1. Retweeted
    Aug 12

    Do you understand why we don't want an "alternate" history of the Confederacy ? The first one hasn't been defeated yet.

    119 replies 6,028 retweets 14,519 likes
  2. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    Free will was a mistake. Free wifi was even worse.

    Do you regret free will now?
    63 replies 1,131 retweets 3,705 likes
  3. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    Oh, you guys are doing a fine job of doing that all by yourselves.

    Might I suggest the flood thing again?
    56 replies 1,034 retweets 3,624 likes
  4. 2 hours ago

    Is she saying people should be coming together with Neo-Nazis?

    2:2 We must all come together as Americans -- and be one country UNITED.
    2 replies 4 retweets 4 likes
  5. 3 hours ago

    Are we allowed to call Trump a racially divisive leader now, or was that only for the black president before him?

    1 reply 15 retweets 43 likes
  6. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    August 13, 1961: Building of the began. For the 28 years it stood, at least 140 people died at the wall

    4 replies 88 retweets 46 likes
  7. 7 hours ago

    Ah, the irony. Unlike in America, they punch Nazis in Germany.

    Drunken American man in Dresden, Germany assaulted by passer-by after giving Nazi salute multiple times.
    4 replies 67 retweets 149 likes
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    11 hours ago

    “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” Last FB post of Heather Heyer, killed in

    106 replies 2,910 retweets 3,817 likes
  9. 12 hours ago

    This has aged well.

    1:00
    Clinton gave an entire speech a year ago on the "radical fringe" she said was taking over the GOP thanks to Trump.
    5 retweets 12 likes
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    16 hours ago
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    20/ Put away your Dr. King quotations. Stop saying you voted for Obama. Press pause on Beyoncé. We need to do the actual work.

    5 replies 155 retweets 663 likes
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    16 hours ago
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    19/ No one's coming. This is it. We're the ones who have to fix it. And nothing will be fixed with silence. Nothing. Silence will kill.

    3 replies 195 retweets 687 likes
  12. Retweeted
    16 hours ago
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    15/ I have enabled white supremacy every time I've been silent. So have you. We need to recognize this and no longer be silent.

    3 replies 216 retweets 736 likes
  13. Retweeted
    16 hours ago
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    8/ How many times have you heard your racist uncle rant at the Thanksgiving table about "illegals stealing our jobs"? Be honest.

    14 replies 124 retweets 652 likes
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    16 hours ago
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    7/ How many times have you seen a "good kid" in a polo shirt say something racist and let it go? Be honest with yourself.

    9 replies 160 retweets 728 likes
  15. 13 hours ago

    Can't imagine a single non-white kid applying next year with this statement that won't even call protesters for what they are.

    We strongly condemn the unprovoked assault on members of our community tonight.
    2 retweets 6 likes
  16. 14 hours ago

    "He had an African-American friend so ...," she said before her voice trailed off.

    NEW: Mother of Charlottesville suspect: "I just knew he was going to a rally ... I thought it had to do with Trump"
    1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
  17. Retweeted
    17 hours ago

    Why will Donald Trump attack Muslim gold star parents, but not condemn neo-Nazis and the KKK?

    153 replies 1,199 retweets 3,148 likes
  18. Retweeted
    14 hours ago

    “I’ve never been called a kike before in my life,” said one rabbinical student at the Charlottesville rally

    7 replies 83 retweets 59 likes
  19. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    Would *LOVE* to know the name of Mr. 82nd Airborne Division here rendering Hitler's Nazi salute. The 82nd jumped into Normandy on D-Day.

    940 replies 8,897 retweets 10,843 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Aug 12

    Please retrieve your large adult sons from Charlottesville.

    2 replies 43 retweets 179 likes

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