Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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Authoritarians, propaganda, democracy/Historian/Consultant š„/Book: Strongmen, a NYT bestseller/ @caaspeakers /Substack on democracy threats ā¬ļø
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Psycho Idi Amin had a dream, so he said, that told him to expel all Asians from Uganda. This was 1972. Being Amin it was implemented in the most chaotic and brutal way possible, and it also tanked the Ugandan economy. Another win for dictatorship!.
worthwhile complex meditation by Mahmoud Mamdani on the 50th anniversary of his expulsion from Uganda by Idi Amin, and the forces that shaped it
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Unionās top diplomat that Beijing canāt accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China
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Another good day not to be the New York Times public editor.
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RT @McFaul: USAID will be back. Do not give up hope. Do not accept Trump's horrendous foreign policy decisions as permanent. That fatalismā¦.
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RT @wideofthepost: A third generation African with the middle name Kwame, who grew up in Africa, and was then as now a citizen of Uganda, tā¦.
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RT @ontologoff: I can't believe the NYT tried to find out if Mamdani's family ever intermarried with indigenous Ugandans and then mentionedā¦.
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RT @WajahatAli: I don't think the @nytimes editorial and leadership understand how terrible this Mamdani hit piece is and how it will furthā¦.
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Read #Strongmen, violence chapter, to know what's coming with ICE expansion. If you know anyone working for ICE, ask them if they will feel good about their "work" in a year or two. What will they tell their children?.
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RT @PeterHotez: Butā¦Iām a vaccine scientist, I develop vaccines, including a low-cost patent-free COVID vaccine that reached 100 million peā¦.
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RT @PatRyanUC: This bill is a BETRAYAL of the American people. Families will lose health care. Hospitals will close. Kids will go hungrā¦.
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RT @GraysonKisker: my parents own their own small business in PA. the BBB cuts to healthcare tax credits means their insurance costs go fā¦.
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RT @RevDrBarber: If they pass this bill of death in the House, thereās going to be a resurrection. If they do it on July 4th, weāre going tā¦.
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RT @PatRyanUC: Trumpās ripping healthcare from 17 MILLION people to finance record-breaking tax cuts for his billionaire donors. My Republā¦.
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Most incredible about this is that IU-Bloomington has long been the no. 1 university in the world for teaching Asian languages and cultures, with many programs not found anywhere else. They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs without any thought or debate.
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Authoritarians are always efficient at the things they care about: repression, corruption, propaganda. .
Alligator Alcatraz was built in 8 days. It took just over a week to create a massive concentration camp. Remember this the next time those in power claim they can't house the homeless, feed the starving or provide medical care to the poor. They can, they don't want to.
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RT @DarrigoMelanie: It costs taxpayers $89,425 to incarcerate one person at Trumpās āAlligator Alcatrazā per year. Thatās more than what 9ā¦.
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RT @GraysonKisker: if any elected democrat wants to make some compelling video content about millions of people losing healthcare, rural hoā¦.
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RT @ChristopherHahn: The Trump Economy lost more private sector jobs in June than Bidenās economy did in 4 years . Great job.
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Republicans are about to pass the largest increase in police funding *ever* in the United States, with almost all of that funding going to ICE and agencies that partner with ICE. Thatās not even including the additional funding for more incarceration/surveillance. This is the.
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A priority of the Trump administration is to solve Putin's problems.
Read the whole thread. And note (the good) Colby, who painstakingly reads all the Pentagon and security assistance literature, draws the following conclusion: "This is all beyond Hegseth's comprehension though. Whereas Bridge and Vought are malicious actors, deliberately.
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