The New York Times and the use of Nazi imagery by Ukrainian troops

This article was originally posted as a thread on Twitter.

The New York Times palms off the deep historical and present-day links of Ukrainian nationalism to Nazism and genocide as merely “thorny issues,” i.e., a public relations problem for media propagandists, who are trying to sell NATO’s proxy war as a struggle for democracy.

The New York Times and the use of Nazi imagery by Ukrainian troops

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Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History (archived)

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NYT hypes China threat: They’re reading the internet

NYT hypes China threat: They’re reading the internet

That Beijing is mining publicly available information is not new or surprising but fear mongering about it in Washington is good for business.

The Times was passing on findings from an analysis by threat intelligence company Recorded Future, which says a Chinese open-source intel company has been mining publicly available information from the Office of Net Assessment, a Pentagon think tank, and the U.S. Naval War College.

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The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future. The company is called Recorded Future, and it scours tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find the relationships between people, […]

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That Time Ronald Reagan Starred in a World War II Movie Featuring Several Drag Performances

The U.S. military will no longer host drag shows at bases around the world, according to a new report from Associated Press. The news comes following a pressure campaign by Republicans to abolish anything associated with LGBT life during Pride Month. But banning drag isn’t just bigoted. It ignores the long history of drag in the U.S. military that stretches back over 100 years.

That Time Ronald Reagan Starred in a World War II Movie Featuring Several Drag Performances

State Department Won’t Say If It’s Working to Free US Citizen Detained in Ukraine

The State Department has refused to say if it’s engaging with the Ukrainian government over American citizen Gonzalo Lira, who was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) due to his political views on the conflict with Russia.

State Department Won’t Say If It’s Working to Free US Citizen Detained in Ukraine

This is how they will CONTROL every Ukrainian + U.S. wants to spread it.

We told you that the app that the U.S. was testing on Ukraine was coming to the U.S. next and it’s here. The app was created by Google and it is a government’s dream. It lets you track you and lets you track your neighbors. What more could a nefarious government agency want??

This is how they will CONTROL every Ukrainian via Redacted

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Criticizing George Soros is antisemitic … according to organization receiving money from Soros!

Yesterday, @KanekoaTheGreat turned us on to a story demolishing the credibility of Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll, and today he helps take a sledgehammer to someone else’s credibility:

Criticizing George Soros is antisemitic … according to organization receiving money from Soros!

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Commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces said to be in critical condition after being wounded

Quite sure we’ll find out soon enough if this is an accurate report. To my understanding Zaluzhny has not been seen for some time so it’s possible he’s been injured. Or is deceased?

Commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces said to be in critical condition after being wounded

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Was Zaluzhny, the Commander-in-Chief of the AF of Ukraine, Killed?

Recall the chronology of this disappearance. The first rumors about the elimination of Zaluzhny appeared after reports of the destruction of the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pavlograd, against which the Russian Armed Forces delivered massive strikes for two days in a row – on May 7 and 8.

Zaluzhnyi visits soldier’s wedding and witnesses marriage

Maksym also explained that the wedding took place earlier than it was reported on social media, so some Ukrainians were wrong when they connected this event with the NATO conference, which Zaluzhnyi did not attend due to the complex situation on the front.

Toilets are racist [parody]

Toilets are racist [parody]

I got parody vibes when I watched it, but one can no longer really be certain. Poe’s Law is more applicable than it has ever been.

When in doubt, check the person’s profile, as this will sometimes clarify things.

For example, according to her Twitter bio, anything in which she wears a mask or uses a filter is intended as parody.

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