michaelluongo
@michaelluongo
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Novelist, journalist, editor, photographer, professor, author 16 books-travel, culture, and more on 100 countries all 7 continents. http://t.co/LVDveFeQmV
New York, New York
Joined October 2008
TEDx a year ago…��exactly a year ago today, I gave what was probably one of the most important talks so far I’d ever given, at the Purdue University TEDx, on rebuilding the tourism sector in war-torn countries. A year goes by so quickly. https://t.co/LPLRxJZ6GQ
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Watch this. Trump’s demolition of the East Wing perfectly explained: “This is what fascist regimes do - they hit you in the head again and again until you forget what normal looks and feels like.” (Credit: chez.chuck, Instagram)
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Never before in living memory has it been as urgent for America to have a strong opposition party. Which is why it’s so important for Democrats to take the steps I lay out in this video. And if there are Democrats who won’t — we need to replace them with those who will.
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Greg Bovino & his ICE minions came into this grocery store in Little Village & no sooner than they did they were denied entry! This shop owner said you can turn right around & leave because you’re on private property & if you don’t have a Signed Judicial warrant get out. They did
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Francesca Albanese speaks for humanity when she speaks for Palestinians 🇵🇸: ‘It’s not 75 years since the Nakba. It’s 75 years OF the Nakba.’ It’s a land grab. It’s ethnic cleansing. It’s genocide. https://t.co/RbXLz5kiR7
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Colombia President Petro: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil. They want to turn the region into another Lybia, full of slaves."
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Another feast being prepared at Mar-a-Lago as Trump demands states cut food stamps
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.@ZohranKMamdani visits vets at the Volunteers of America Commonwealth Veterans’ Residence. Speaking about the government shutdown, SNAP benefits & some vets admitted they didn’t vote for him & gave some advice —>
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Scenes from inside an UNRWA school in Gaza, which has been turned into a shelter for the displaced who lost their homes in Israeli airstrikes.
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The farewell of the Palestinian child Aysam Ma‘alla, who died after being critically injured from inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli occupation forces during an assault on olive pickers near the town of Beita, south of Nablus.
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It is actually a “class war,” but the billionaires had to frame it as a “culture war.” Why? Because many MAGA are working class. So the billionaires frame it as “White v Black,” or “Christian v non-Christian,” or “Gay v Straight” etc etc.
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@krystalball Did Dems force Joe Manchin & Kirsten Sinema out as they derailed Biden's weak agenda? Did they force John Fetterman out? Did they force Pelosi, Jeffries, Clyburn and Hoyer out for endorsing, campaigning for and contributing to anti-abortion Dem Henry Cuellar? No, most Dems
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A new YouGov survey finds that nationally, Mamdani's policies are actually quite popular, including 57% support of government-owned grocery stores. This is nationally, not just NYC:
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@roddreher Never Trumpers have been pointing to the problem of MAGA making common cause with and empowering white nationalists since 2015. This was entirely predictable. Charlottesville was hardly the first alarm. 🚨
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“‘Between 30 and 40 percent’ of the Zoomers who work in official Republican Washington are fans of Nick Fuentes… Even young Christians — especially trad Catholics, I learned — are neck-deep in anti-Semitism. They even use it as a litmus test of who can and can’t join their
I spent a long weekend in Washington. Here is what I learned about Groypers, Jew haters, and the fight for the conservative soul and future. It’s not pretty.
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@JoyceCarolOates One of my favorite Raging Bull tidbits: the real Jake LaMotta asked his ex wife after the premiere “was I really that bad?” and she responded “you were worse”
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interesting - only been to Pittsburgh once in the mid-90s, when it was where Queer as Folk was supposed to take place - I did like the city - https://t.co/KPBAOBUONi?
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While there are many yardsticks for calculating housing affordability, the western Pennsylvania city stands out as uniquely livable.
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