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on its just a meme people · c/genzedong · 24 pts · 2y

Where was their support for Eastern Ukrainians against government-backed neo-Nazis in the eight years before the Russian invasion?

Actually there was a small amount of support that ultimately got crushed: The Nation, 2016: Congress Has Removed a Ban on Funding Neo-Nazis From Its Year-End Spending Bill

And so, in July of last year, Congressmen John Conyers of Michigan and Ted Yoho of Florida drew up an amendment to the House Defense Appropriations bill (HR 2685) that “limits arms, training, and other assistance to the neo-Nazi Ukrainian militia, the Azov Battalion.” It passed by a unanimous vote in the House.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/genzedong · 3 pts · 2y

I don’t know about Max having vast wealth, as Ben put it, but his dad, Sidney Blumenthal, probably has a few million bucks, is well-connected, and seems to be a shady political operative, having allegedly been involved with Obama birtherism and the debunked Steele Dossier.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/genzedong · 8 pts · 2y

Aaron & Katie don’t seem to want to reveal their actual ideologies, but they seem to be reliably anti-imperialist & anti-chauvinist, and they never seem to portray capitalism in a favorable light. So they seem to at least be sympathetic to socialism.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/genzedong · 8 pts · 2y

Aaron Maté still live streams with Blumenthal on The Grayzone’s YouTube channel. Has he not yet left for contractual reasons or what?

on Jamal Khashoggi · c/comradeship · 8 pts · 2y

I’ve been going under the assumption that he was a CIA-or-whichever-Blob asset, and ended up on the wrong side of the Saudi royal family during MBS’s Year of the Long Knives.

on Landlordphobia · c/genzedong · 13 pts · 2y

Ackchyually the preferred nomenclature is housing provider. Berkeley Property Owners Association: Why We're "Housing Providers":

We politely decline the label "landlord" with its pejorative connotations.

Right, landleech it is then.