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President Zelensky suggests Trump's election can strongly affect war.

The result of the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election can "very strongly" influence the course of Russia's war against Ukraine, President Zelensky said during a press conference on Dec. 19.

According to the latest polls, Trump is the Republican frontrunner in the upcoming presidential elections.

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Miałem wrzucić dziś fikcyjny cytat z książki historycznej z przyszłości o tym, że nie przedłużenie pomocy militarnej Ukrainie przez USA pod koniec 2023 roku doprowadziło do katastrofalnych skutków dla całej Europy...

Ale, kur*a, fikcyjne cytaty mają to do siebie, że są fikcyjne, a nie realizują się na twoich oczach.

@ksiazki

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Republican Waste of Space!

The 118th Congress has few laws to show for its first year

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/118-congress-bills-least-unproductive-chart

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As GOP voters seem increasingly “meh” on culture war rhetoric, it’s bad news for the politician who has most publicly positioned himself as an anti-woke warrior.

Ron DeSantis Went Down With The Anti-Woke Ship

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/desantis-anti-woke-campaign_n_658098bee4b08e9b410b7af7

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Republicans Embarrass Themselves Yet Again On Behalf Of Trump!

No smoking gun to support Biden impeachment, Rep. Dingell says

“I’ve talked to numerous Republicans who have publicly and quietly said, ‘there’s no there there.’ They can’t find anything,” Rep. Debbie Dingell said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/17/dingell-smoking-gun-biden-impeachment-efforts-00132184

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McConnell: Border talks not done, quick vote would ‘not succeed’

There is a “lot of very technical work on drafting which takes time to get right,” McConnell wrote in a note to Republican senators.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/17/mcconnell-border-talks-not-done-00132188

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Books_of_Jeremiah, to histodons
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And now for an aspect of war that is more overlooked in general education and popular consciousness: the humanitarian efforts. had an interesting position in , first as a neutral nation, then as a participant. This is a small slice of that.

@histodons

https://booksofjeremiah.com/post/american-red-cross-humanitarian-montenegro-1915-1919/

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"Why is the US far right finding its savior in Spanish dictator Francisco Franco?" by Jason Wilson (#TheGuardian)

"Some US far-right figures have made renewed attempts to rehabilitate the 20th century Spanish dictator Gen Francisco Franco in recent months, praising him as an avatar of religious authoritarianism, and praising his actions during and after the Spanish civil war as a model for confronting the left in the US."

"The critics of this flurry of neo-Francoism say that the real target of this revisionism is domestic attitudes to US democracy."

"For Faber, parts of the the American right are captured by “the dream of order, where social order is more important than democracy, and democracy is a threat to social order”."

#Spain #USA #FranciscoFranco #US #FarRight #MAGA #Politics #Political #History

@histodons
@politicalscience
@politicaltheory
@academicchatter
@sociology

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/15/us-far-right-francisco-franco-spanish-civil-war

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House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson Claims God Prepared Him to Be a “New Moses”

Being religious is fine, but being a religious zealot leading the House of Representatives is not OK.

It should be setting off alarm bells from coast to coast!

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/mike-johnson-christian-nationalist-lawmakers-moses.html

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"This article outlines a chronology for understanding the cultural importance in Britain of this voyage, from the New England chroniclers to the postcolonial critiques of historians today. In between, it offers a thematic analysis of the different groups which could use the story in their construction of morality and identity, from Romanticists and abolitionists to Anglo-American diplomats and civic boosters."

Edmund Downey, Tom Hulme, Martha Vandrei, The Mayflower and Historical Culture in Britain, 1620–2020, The English Historical Review, 2023;, cead152, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cead152 @histodon @histodons

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Internal debate in govt over whether to give , which intl. court ruled 2 years ago were under "unlawful occupation", to legal owner . Islands' people were infamously expelled to build military base also used by . https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/07/uk-drops-plans-to-hand-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius/

@geopolitics @geography

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Today is apparently National "Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day" in Canada. I'm traveling back 400 years to watch Anne Hutchinson wipe the floor with Puritan Governor John Winthrop during her sedition trial. Where are you going? #NYC #Massachusetts #History #NewYork #NamingGotham #historymatters #awardwinning #books #histodon #booklovers #iykyk @histodons

rameshgupta,
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@pjandy @Rbratspies @histodons

OTOH, it is entirely possible that we are seeing #TimeTravelers from #Hitler's #Germany now in #USA.

Also, some cave-people tribal mentality among #MAGA could be attributed to that.

So, may be I should leave #TimeTravel an enigma as enduring #SantaClaus. Let believers believe!

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"Dark MAGA: The Latest Cycle in the Far-Right Aesthetics Laundromat" by Tim Squirrell (2022).

"Many people reading about the latest development in right-wing extremist aesthetics might think little of it or find it laughable – after all, Dark MAGA attempts to make a septuagenarian former President look cool and edgy. The problem with this reaction is that it both writes off the movement as fundamentally unserious – which it is not – and allows for further amplification by journalists and others who cover Dark MAGA as light news."

@academicchatter
@politicalscience
@politicaltheory
@sociology
@anthropology
@aesthetics

https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/dark-maga-the-latest-cycle-in-the-far-right-aesthetics-laundromat/

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Fake electors in Wisconsin first to admit Biden won election and face penalty

The group of Republicans formally acknowledged the wrongdoing and will be barred from serving as presidential electors again

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/06/wisconsin-fake-electors-admit-biden-won-2020-election?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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/ seems like accusing everyone of has a chilling effect… who knew

“[…] Among those practicing self-censorship since the Israel-Hamas war began, 81 percent said they were withholding criticism of Israel, compared with 11 percent withholding criticism of the Palestinians. Concerns about offending students and pressure from external advocacy groups were cited as the top reasons.

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2023-12-06/ty-article/.premium/growing-number-of-u-s-based-mideast-scholars-self-censoring-after-oct-7-hamas-attack/0000018c-3eb9-d826-ab9e-bfbfcc820000

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@palestine

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Die neue Folge des MWS-Podcasts „Wissen entgrenzen“ ist da!

@janinefunke spricht mit Andreas Greiner und Mario Peters (German Historical Institute Washington) über Mobilitätsentwicklungen ab dem späten 19. Jahrhundert in den Amerikas.

👉 https://ow.ly/euzg50Q9jFS 🎧

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Seriously, what really grinds my fucking gears is how Americans — especially American politicians — will refuse to see misery and suffering around the world as anything but in reference to .

Israel-Palestine, the Rohingya crisis, the Yemeni crisis, Iranian state violence, Russia's genocide against Ukraine, Kashmir, and so on — these aren't fucking games.

Not everything revolves around your stupid, annoying, irritating elections. Learn to speak for yourselves and not in or as the tongues of your ̶c̶u̶l̶t̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶d̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶ favourite politicians. Practice universal empathy for all loss of life.

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In 1917, 110 of the Buffalo Soldiers, the all-Black U.S. Army regiment, were convicted of crimes such as murder and mutiny after clashes with white civilians and police officers. 19 of the soldiers were executed. On Monday, officials announced they were overturning all those convictions on the basis that the soldiers were wrongly treated because of their race. The AP has all the details.

https://flip.it/InEVT3

@blackmastodon

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GOP speaker nominee Mike Johnson played a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election

Johnson, the latest Republican nominee for House speaker, led an amicus brief in support of a Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory in four battleground states.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mike-johnson-january-6-house-speaker-nominee-rcna122081

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McCarthy wants power so badly his teeth hurt!

Kevin McCarthy floats proposal to return him to power and make Jim Jordan assistant House speaker

McCarthy was ousted as speaker this month, and Jordan later failed three times on the House floor to secure the votes needed to win.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mccarthy-floats-partnership-jordan-assistant-house-speaker-rcna122037

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MAGA SHIT SHOW!

Two hours later, he quits!

Tom Emmer drops out of contention for House speaker, hours after winning GOP nomination

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/24/house-gop-speaker-vote.html?__source=androidappshare

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BREAKING NEWS!

Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis takes plea deal in Georgia election subversion case

Ellis pleads guilty to aiding and abetting false statements and writings, after becoming an outspoken critic of Trump recently

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/jenna-ellis-plea-deal-trump-georgia-election-case?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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