Kareem Rifai π
@KareemRifai
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anti-authoritarian advocate | syrian-circassian | currently @aei + m.a. @georgetowncss | alum @umich | all opinions my own
Joined June 2014
A decade ago, an Assad regime tank blew up my grandparents' home while they were still inside. The misuse of Syria videos in the Israel-Palestine information war spits on their memory. It must stop. My words for @Telegraph.
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After Vance accused Zelensky of not saying thank you, Zelensky is now tweeting individual thanks to every single world leader expressing solidarity with Ukraine.
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Black people trying to buy groceries, Taiwanese Christians trying to worship, and elementary school kids trying to go to class. One week.
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TRUMP: "We have an interesting deal with Japan, that we have to protect them, but they don't have to protect us. who makes these deals?". The United States! After we literally wrote in a pacifist clause into the Japanese Constitution and neutered their military!
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Presenting the TWITTER FRINGE HIGHLIGHT REEL OF 2024!. Back by popular demand, I've thrown together a list of the top tweets from the extremes for every month of 2024. Reply with your favorite month below. Starting off strong in January:
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I think it's because Russia has been the actual bad guy in real life for several centuries, Marge.
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Quite literally the exact time Charlie Kirk published this tweet, Putin bombed a medical center in Kharkiv.
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Speaking of clapping for a foreign country!
The only time democrats clap is for a foreign country. Not for cutting waste.Not for apprehending terrorists.Not for protecting women. Just Ukraine. Ita a cult.
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There are prisoners who have been locked away in Syrian prisons for so long with no outside contact that the videos you're seeing of their rescue are also the first time they've ever seen a smartphone.
Syrians are still being broken out of #Assadβs infamous #Saydnaya prison β as each layer underground is being accessed with time. Extraordinary scenes.
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For context: Venezuela has the highest crime rate index rating on Earth.
Q: What do you think about whatβs going on in Venezuela?. Trump: Itβs being run by a dictator. And itβs very safe. Itβs safer than many of our cities
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Russia has quite literally had the same leader since before I was born.
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Russia threatened international fire and fury if Finland joined NATO. In 2023, Finland did it anyways. Now Russia shares a nearly 1000 mile border with NATO Finland, just steps away from St. Petersburg. What did Russia end up doing?. Absolutely nothing.
@akafaceUS Admitting Ukraine to NATO would literally start World War III.
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This man, who has ruled Russia for 25 years, wants you to believe that it's of utmost importance that Ukraine holds an election while he ethnically cleanses them.
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Dismantling Twitter's best feature, Community Notes, because the truth and correcting Russian propaganda is inconvenient. This is after he spent years proudly taking ownership of the program despite it being invented before he purchased the platform.
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The "work" in question:
Our honorable Raisi worked tirelessly.
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The "guy on the left" fired every single judge on El Salvador's constitutional court, replaced them with loyalists, and had them eliminate his term limits to allow him to become President for Life.
The guy on the left was elected to a second term in a race with six candidates and holds the highest approval rating of any world leader. The guy on the right canceled elections, banned opposition parties, imprisons and exiles critics, enriched himself by embezzling foreign aid,
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But don't ask them how their last "elections" went.
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To be clear, not a single actual US adversary, including Russia and China, has received this type of insane public berating and acrimony from this White House so far.
"You've gotta be more thankful" -- remarkable scenes out of the White House as Trump and JD Vance team up to do Putin's bidding and demean Zelenskyy
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This is. the Turkish Embassy. They raised their flag over their embassy.
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You're never going to believe who wrote the Japanese constitution.
Been in Japan two weeks, have yet to see a single sign of American cultural influence. A situation not seen in maybe a century.
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JUST NOW: After launching a shock offensive this morning, the Syrian opposition is just 5 miles away from entering Aleppo City. They've barrelled through regime and Russian positions β taking over a dozen villages in Aleppo province. Stand with Syrians against Putin and Assad!
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Insane situation just unfolded in Syria. This man was found disoriented in a local village, released from one of the prisons. Immediately, people thought he was missing US journalist Austin Tice β turns out he was an American kidnapped in Syria that we didn't even know about.
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Russia deploying thousands of troops from North Korea: not WW3. Ukraine defending itself: WW3
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Remember when Assad teamed up with Iran and Russia to kill half a million people.
Remember when they hacked Assadβs email and all they could find was love notes to his wife
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Absolute shocking video: Clarissa Ward and CNN team find a prisoner left behind in a secret Syrian prison, hiding under a blanket. He immediately raises his hands, saying he's a civilian. He didn't know the Assad regime had fallen.
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Her second absolutely insane community note two days in a row.
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Random civilians are not carrying pagers in Beirut in the year of our lord 2024. Can we be serious please.
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Is this treating a woman like a flower?
"A #woman is a delicate flower and not a housemaid." A woman should be treated like a flower in the home. A flower needs to be cared for. Its freshness & sweet scent should be benefited from and used to perfume the air.
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Probably the most evergreen tweet I've ever authored
Oh look of course The LA fire department donated a bunch of their supplies to Ukraine.
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Mazen Hamada, the famous Syrian activist once arrested for smuggling baby formula into Damascus, has been found dead in Sednaya prison. During one of his many detentions, he was suspended from the ceiling with chains, tortured via electric shock, and raped.
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JUST NOW: The United States officially recognizes Edmundo Gonzalez as the true winner of the Venezuelan election.
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Be serious.
The Quran's lesson for human relations is: "Do not oppress and do not be oppressed" (2:279).
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See: how many times Zelensky has thanked the US.
It took me 30 seconds to find at least ten postings from Zelensky directly thanking the United States for their support. There are many more. This is pure BS.
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Small, but significant detail from this report from Clarissa Ward on the ground in Damascus today. Ward previously wore hijab in reports from rebel Syria. Today she speaks to a Syrian woman, both without hijab, with other women without hijab visible among rebels in the back.
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2008: Russia will stop at Georgia, we just need to negotiate .2014: Russia will stop at Crimea, we just need to negotiate.2015: Russia will stop at Syria, we just need to negotiate.2022: Russia will stop at Ukraine, we just need to negotiate.2024:.2026:.2028:.
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Iran just bombed Pakistan, a nuclear state. Thatβs the third country Iran has bombed in the past 24 hours. No comment from the βEscalation!!! World War 3!!!β crowd for some reason, which only seems to be in hysterics when Ukraine defends itself.
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American D-Day veteran meets and hugs Zelensky:. Veteran: "You're a savior of the people".Zelensky: "No no, YOU saved Europe.". πΊπΈπ€πΊπ¦ .
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Freedom for Syrians and Ukrainians from Russia in 2024.
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Left: Bashar al-Assad photoshoot in Aleppo last week, the ancient city he destroyed, where he blew up my grandparents' house with a tank. Right: Zelensky after spending months defending his country from ethnic cleansing. Can you guess which received more anger online?
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Not hyperbole β this is language copy and pasted from the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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Malaysia Airlines (2014): 298 dead.Azerbaijan Airlines (2024): 38 dead. One culprit: Russia
BREAKING: Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash on Wednesday, according to Azerbaijani government sources - Euronews.
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Don't let anyone ever say that the Venezuelan people don't want democracy.
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The man who stood with the Syrian people when very few others would. Rest in peace, Sen. McCain.
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I don't think anyone, myself included, the media, Western governments, etc. have actually processed what just happened. Control of Aleppo, one of the most embattled cities of the 21st century, was just overthrown in a matter of three days β without major casualties.
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Everything is war to this crowd except the actual war Russia started itself.
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JUST NOW: CNN confirms that Tulsi Gabbard was placed on the TSA Quiet Skies watch list, triggered by her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections.
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Mustafa El-Nezzel, a Syrian child born without limbs after his mother was gassed with nerve agent by ASSAD while she was pregnant. In SYRIA.
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In 24 hours, the goalpost has moved from "Europe should pay for it" to getting really, really mad when Europe says that they will in fact pay for it. Really obvious what the true agenda here is.
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Because it's not true. Hope this helps!.
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"The sanctions against Russia don't work but PLEASE remove them, I'm BEGGING".
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Speaking with Anderson Cooper in her last report from Homs, American journalist Marie Colvin called the war in Syria the worst conflict she had ever covered. Shortly after, her and French photojournalist RΓ©mi Ochlik were assassinated by the Assad regime. We will never forget.
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This guy is an employee of China's official state news agency. It's completely transparent what's happening at this point.
For American TikTok "refugees", here is a list of Chinese social media substitution apps.
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Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea right now:
In a stunning turn away from allies, the US sides with Russia to vote against a UN resolution condemning Moscow's war against Ukraine
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A US volunteer fighting for Ukraine died and communist Twitter thinks this is evidence that the US is invading Russia. Intellectual titans at work.
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Mustafa El-Nezzel is a SYRIAN child. He was born without limbs after his mother was gassed with nerve agent by ASSAD while she was pregnant.
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Irpin: π΄.Bucha: π΄.Hostomel: π΄.Mariupol: π΄.Kherson: π΄. Zelensky and his wife taking a picture:.π¨π±π€¬π‘π€―π¨π€πΏπ‘π€¬π‘π€¬.
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Russia:. β’ Mass-murders Ukrainians.β’ Mass-murders Syrians.β’ Neo-colonizes multiple African countries.β’ Assassinates its domestic opposition. But please tell us more about the chandeliers in the Moscow metro.
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The moment Glenn Greenwald is confronted over his pro-Kremlin lies about Ukraine, he starts incoherently screaming. An absolute must-watch.
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Eight years ago, today:. Turkish police officer MevlΓΌt Mert AltΔ±ntaΕ assassinated Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov β all caught on camera. AltΔ±ntaΕ shouted, "do not forget Aleppo, do not forget Syria," in protest against the Russian decimation of Aleppo.
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NEW: Germany has banned the transmission of Russian propaganda outlet RT.
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Happy Earth Day. This is what Putin has done to our planet.
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Find someone who loves you as much as Russian state media loves Tulsi Gabbard.
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JUST NOW: British security chiefs are expressing alarm after Tulsi Gabbard was approved by the Senate intelligence committee today. A senior security official expressed hope that Gabbard would be blocked by the Senate. Another said, "she is completely unfit for the role."
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JUST-RELEASED: In further written questioning, Sen. Warner asks Tulsi if she was aware that the foundation that paid $20000 for her trip to Italy is chaired by Pierre Louvrier, a Russian oligarch-connected businessman. Tulsi says she doesn't recall. Warner follows up by saying
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Briahna Joy Gray eye-rolling at the mention of the mass kidnapping of Ukrainian children by Russia.
Donβt be like AOC and endorse genocide. Abandon Harris.
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See also: minutes before meeting with Trump and Vance, Zelensky expressed his gratitude to the US for the umpteenth time.
An important visit to the United States. In Washington, I met with a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. Senate. Our discussions focused on the continued military assistance for Ukraine, relevant legislative initiatives, my meeting with President Trump, efforts to achieve a just
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JUST NOW: Pro-Russia MEP Clare Daly has lost her seat in the European Parliament.
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David Sacks has warned of an imminent WWIII nearly every single month for the past two years.
For the sake of our children and the entire world, we cannot fatalistically accept that WIII is inevitable or has already begun. I find that view bizarre, even psychopathic. In fact, diplomatic off-ramps exist, and they are easy to find.
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Reactions to Nasrallah's death:. Guys named Jackson from San Clemente, California. vs. People who actually had to live through Hezbollah's reign of terror
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NEW: All three Baltic states are tearing up the 2001 agreement that has kept their electrical transmission system controlled by Moscow. All physical connections with Russia and Belarus will be severed and resynchronized with continental Europe instead.
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every time
Are liberals just not seeing these exploded children or do they just not care idgi.
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For every non-Syrian: I invite you to be emotional and share this moment with us. We need your continued support through this transition. We need a plural democracy for all Syrians. We will never let Iran and Russia rule us again.
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The Houthis just attacked an American-owned ship. It was carrying humanitarian aid. To Yemen.
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Yesterday, Russia suspended all grain shipments to Syria. Today, Zelensky announced preparations to send Ukrainian grain to Syria. Free Syria and Ukraine have stood together for the past decade β and will continue to stand together.
Today, following reports from our government officials, we agreed on actions regarding Syriaβprimarily humanitarian and security efforts aimed at stabilization. For Ukraine, this is important: the calmer the situation in such regions, the more actively the world can help us.
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Hi β actual Arab Muslim here who had a Jewish pediatrician for my entire childhood. Not sure what you talk about at your appointments, but we mostly stuck to whether or not I was eating enough vegetables.
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Speaking like an expert on Israel-Palestine for weeks just to let it slip that she doesn't know who Mizrahi Jews are.
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This is a SYRIAN woman bombed by ASSAD in Idlib not even three days ago for the love of god. 21,000 likes. Literally covering up Assad's war crimes in real time. Actually sickening.
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The routine for the next 24 hours: the people cheering on the Houthis firing missiles at ships full of foreign civilians for the past month now pretend that the Houthis are just "innocent Yemenis" being striked by the imperialists for no reason.
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We literally had US troops on the ground to enforce that armistice, and those troops are still in South Korea nearly a century later. David Sacks accidentally arguing for a security guarantee backed by US troops for Ukraine. Cerebral.
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Do you think the US government moderates the Los Angeles subreddit?
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I know this point has been made a million times, but the old Twitter algorithm would not feed me nonsensical antisemitic conspiracy theories about the Jewish mayor of Asheville purposefully making Hurricane Helene hit her own city.
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Imagine you're a very famous Chinese streamer on Taobao Live, living in Shanghai. You go onto Weibo and post this exact statement, but about China. By night, the police are at your door dragging you to prison. That's the country seeking to fill an American hegemonic vacuum.
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JUST NOW: Syria's Education Minister unveils the new government's education agenda:. β’ Boys and girls will have equal access to to education.β’ Religion, both Muslim and Christian, will continue to be in the curriculum.β’ Assad Ba'athist studies and testing will be eliminated
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My mom and dad will finally be able to visit their parents' graves, for the first time ever.
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Russia's final acts before withdrawing from Syria: bombing as many hospitals as possible. Totally on brand.
β’ Idlib University Hospital.β’ Ibn Sina Hospital.β’ Idlib National Hospital.β’ Idlib Maternity and Obstetrics Hospital.β’ Idlib Health Directorate. 24 hours. 5 Syrian health centers bombed. The culprits: the Russia-Assad coalition.
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I think North Korea sending its forcible conscripts to Russia to murder Ukrainians is horribβ. OKAY BUT DID YOU KNOW THE US HAS MILITARY BASES?
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On Aug. 6th, RFK Jr. got lunch with Scott Ritter. 24 hours later, Ritter's home was raided for FARA violations on behalf of Russia. On Aug. 9, RFK Jr. thanked Tim Pool profusely for his support. Less than a month later, Tim was implicated in a Russian influence operation.
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Once again, this is what every other uncle walking down the street in Aleppo looks like.
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