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Tulsa 1921 pogrom

mardi 1 juin 2021 à 02:00

In Tulsa, nobody dared talk about the 1921 pogrom against blacks, especially not the few survivors. Official records were destroyed. It took persistence and hard work to pull the story into the open.

Election officials

mardi 1 juin 2021 à 02:00

*Republicans who embraced Trump’s big lie run to become election officials.*

Since they endorse cheating, Republican extremists will vote for them so that they can cheat.

People power

mardi 1 juin 2021 à 02:00

The "people power" methods of making autocrats step down no longer work. Repressive regimes have learned that they can crush a dissident movement, then survive being hated.

We see this today in China, Belarus and Burma, but it was Egypt, Bahrain, Turkey and Syria that demonstrated this.

China and Russia are setting up an informal bloc to defend repressive countries that are willing to have a bad relationship with the US. Colombia won't reach out to them, but countries farther from the US will.

Archaeology in the UK

mardi 1 juin 2021 à 02:00

Archaeology in the UK is in crisis because projects can't hire Europeans any more.

Secret lists

mardi 1 juin 2021 à 02:00

Even if the US takes you off the no-fly list, you may still be on some secret list that cues other countries to interrogate you blindfolded for days.

There is no way to confirm whether you're on one of these lists, and no legal procedure for getting yourself taken off.

I'm richer than you! infinity loop