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 The White House is infested with ghouls: 

“‘Well, do those operations include going into #hospitals and murdering people in their beds...is that OK with you guys?’

State Department spox Matt Miller scrambles to answer: ‘#Israel has said that these were #Hamas operatives...I'm not able to speak to the facts of the operation.’” #politics #uspol #humanrights #genocide #Biden #Palestine https://x.com/halalflow/status/1752412510261518383?s=46&t=521hINbbUzSBIUxrCF_rbg 
 I quit Facebook years ago over this kind of right wing nonsense. Even with the demise of Twitter you couldn’t pay me to join Zuckerberg’s Threads. #covid #COVID19 #threads #socialmedia

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 The highest CO2 ppm reading on a Southwest flight this afternoon from Boston to Nashville (just after leaving the departure gate). #covid #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #travel #airquality 😷

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 “The State of Tennessee broke ground this morning on their own new cop city that will house the TN Dept of Safety, Homeland Security, & TN Dept of Corrections. The site is located on 800+ acres of beautiful rolling hills immediately next to 2 prisons & will include a mock village….appears to be separate and distinct from [Nashville PD's] plan to build their own ‘state of the art’ training facility” #StopCopCity https://x.com/nashpplsbudget/status/1707098184697196601?s=46&t=521hINbbUzSBIUxrCF_rbg 
 10 individual cops collectively cost NYC taxpayers $68 million in misconduct lawsuits at no cost to themselves. They’re all still on the force, with salaries + benefits. #StopCopCity https://gothamist.com/news/over-a-decade-10-nypd-officers-accounted-for-68-million-in-police-misconduct-payouts-report 
 Down in #Atlanta the sheriff and his wife have their own racket to run. #StopCopCity #RICO https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fulton-sheriffs-campaign-paid-wifes-companies-83586-so-far