#Siege

[Thread] I’ve been thinking about the dynamics of the police response to the HK protests in recent days and how dramatically it has changed since last year. I think the
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J'ai appelé encore aujourd'hui et ils ne répondent toujours pas https://twitter.com/_MarieAn/status/1222161168820850694 Je viens d'avoir des nouvelles en appelant le gardien, il m'a dit que l'agence ne reprenait pas so
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Remembering the brave civilian nurses, Augusta Chiwy and Renée Lemaire, who volunteered to work in one of the aid stations in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944
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WATCH: President Duterte leads the inter-agency task force meeting on Monday, October 5. LIVE: https://youtu.be/wsltiD0sqWY  Duterte: Disabuse your mind about corruption in government. I must admit and it would be
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As only 16 days are left until we complete a year of the August siege, and are still under continuous lockdown, the internet restricted from full speed, I thought i’d
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A little tidbit re the image used here by Ted Cruz (the turkey one has been around for at least half a decade btw). Like many of the ways the
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Just to distinguish the difference between rioting and protesting (Because apparently people are that stupid) I've comprised another thread.If anyone has any other thread ideas I'll happily consider them, and
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1/32: @Swamy39 @gvkrupa @jagdishshettyIn this series of tweets, I shall document some of my memorable personal experiences with Dr. @Swamy39 so that interested folks can get an insight into some
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Most modern historians present a milder view of yazid, and consider him a capable ruler, albeit less successful than his father. But yeah you can go trumpeting the validity of
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Thread on the greatest unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, a Frenchman, American Patriot, and honorary son to General George Washington, by the name of “Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert
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I’m hesitant to call attention to thisSomeone sent me via DMBefore I RT’d this-I called the Mayor’s office to verify, I was told“the Mayor did NOT request Federal Assistance”-I then
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At 1:34 pm ET a year ago, the senate recessed “call of the chair.” We went about our business grabbing lunch, checking emails, touching base w/staff working remotely, reading legislation,
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Lac Léman The mountain is armed „Gorges du Trient“ is really amazing Calming Can you spot all the holes of this bunker? Castle „La Bâtiaz“ We
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#THREAD "Fast forward three years after Unite the Right and it seems that everything that we had in 2017 and prior is gone." INCREDIBLY revealing fascist conversation on 8kun.It's also
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1. So. Richard Hofstadter. Where to start? 2. People have asked me why I'm obsessed with the late historian Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970). The short answer is that he's emblematic of
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Today is the Jayanti of Banda Singh Bahadur who was brutally tortured and executed in 1716 by the Mughals for his revolt and refusal to convert to Islam. A true
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