jeremy scahill

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I can’t remember the last time I watched cable news except coverage of a live event. I don’t miss it at all. — PolitiTweet.org

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The 3,000 Americans who fought fascism before World War II https://t.co/0M6wLKiuFD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @intercepted: “The fundamental premise that the police exist to ‘protect us’ or ‘keep us safe’ — that’s a myth ... they’re essentially c… — PolitiTweet.org

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“The fundamental premise that the police were brought into existence to “protect us” or keep us safe, that’s a myth.” —@SimonBalto https://t.co/LzRYU9jtou — PolitiTweet.org

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Occupied territory: Why Chicago’s history matters for today’s demands to defund police. An in-depth conversation with historian @SimonBalto https://t.co/LzRYU9jtou — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nick_w_estes: The @ndncollective has setup a bail fund for the Mount Rushmore arrestees. The West River Bail Fund is going to the same… — PolitiTweet.org

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House Democrats, working with Liz Cheney, restrict Trump's planned withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Germany https://t.co/S5ttQElagH by @ggreenwald — PolitiTweet.org

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How a Kansas prison became one of the largest coronavirus hot spots in the country https://t.co/QpFhCyTtAG by @alicesperi, @stuartharmon — PolitiTweet.org

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We have a new @intercepted out today featuring two brilliant historians: @nick_w_estes on the crimes of the men carved on Mt. Rushmore & @SimonBalto on what the violent history of the Chicago Police Dept. from 1850-1970 teaches us about the present moment. https://t.co/OEMGK07Aaz — PolitiTweet.org

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@RyanSmithWriter @hfnabiel I’m not saying he was Andrew Jackson. I’m saying he was Abraham Lincoln. And he authorized the largest known mass execution in US history. And it was in the midst of a genocidal war against indigenous people waged by the country he was the president of. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Chalkperson So? It doesn’t erase the genocide or mass starvation or mass murder or the fact that he chose to mass execute those 38 people. It’s a minor footnote compared to the overarching crimes there. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hfnabiel @RyanSmithWriter My point was that tweeting that Lincoln also issued those pardons in response to my tweet struck me as a strange response when the overarching and most important context is the genocide and forced displacement, starvation. Seemed an odd thing to zero in on as a response. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mariamaelba: It happened. I managed to write about k-pop fandom & political involvement for @theintercept https://t.co/VBJcWL2Wj2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@RyanSmithWriter The phrasing of that Snopes "fact check" is actually a pretty horrible effort to slyly minimize the crime by claiming "context" makes those facts somehow muddy. The facts as I stated them are disgraceful on their own and "pardoning" other people doesn't make them any less so. — PolitiTweet.org

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@RyanSmithWriter You know what context is really missing from what you posted? The genocide against Indigenous people that was ongoing at the time and which Lincoln supported by personally signing off on mass executions of people who rose up because they were being intentionally starved. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aRedElephant88 @KSSS @notweirdorbad Missing from your context is the murderous campaign of mass extermination, mass starvation, systematic breaking of treaty obligations. What I wrote is an absolute indisputable fact and the "pardoning" of other people doesn't erase any of that or the public execution of 38 people. — PolitiTweet.org

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Historian @nick_w_estes discusses Lincoln and the other 3 presidents carved into Mt. Rushmore and their actions and policies against Indigenous people on today's @intercepted. Trump's white power revue plays Mt. Rushmore on July 3. https://t.co/Kexru30GOY — PolitiTweet.org

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In 1862, Abraham Lincoln authorized the mass execution by hanging of 38 Dakota Sioux whose tribe had risen up in Minnesota to fight mass starvation, treaty violations by the US government and the theft of their land. This is from the NYT report on the mass execution: https://t.co/xCUzCq9qsO — PolitiTweet.org

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The link for @SimonBalto's important new book on the history of the Chicago Police is below. Also below is my brief description of the book from today's @intercepted interview with Simon. https://t.co/wiv9vW4ODQ https://t.co/zbavt4bwpP — PolitiTweet.org

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As Trump brings his white power revue to Mt. Rushmore, Native American historian @nick_w_estes explains the crimes vs Indigenous people committed by the 4 presidents carved on the mountain & the story of the original people displaced from the Black Hills. https://t.co/OEMGK07Aaz — PolitiTweet.org

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. @SimonBalto’s “Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power” powerfully & unflinchingly documents the infuriating history of one of the most notorious police forces in the US, the Chicago Police. Catch him on @intercepted https://t.co/OEMGK07Aaz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SimonBalto: My pleasure to talk with ⁦@jeremyscahill⁩ for ⁦@intercepted⁩ about the police as protectors of racial and economic hierarch… — PolitiTweet.org

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New @intercepted: Confederacy, Inc. — Donald Trump, racist police, and the whitewashing of history (featuring @nick_w_estes and @SimonBalto) https://t.co/OEMGK07Aaz — PolitiTweet.org

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North Carolina city bans protests, protecting Confederate monument https://t.co/2D8CrcA6Ya by @aidachavez — PolitiTweet.org

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When does he get an MSNBC show? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @marclamonthill: For those who don’t know, Robin Kelley is one of the most brilliant, principled, courageous, and original scholars this… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @driftinghouse: "We are in a moment of great reckoning...a confrontation of the legacy of racism and genocide upon which this nation was… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KeishaBlain: "So if you think of #capitalism as racial capitalism, then the outcome is you cannot eliminate capitalism, overthrow it, w… — PolitiTweet.org

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Scholar Robin D.G. Kelley on how today’s abolitionist movement can fundamentally change the country https://t.co/Zu4i25wPHn — PolitiTweet.org

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“This vision of abolition is not better jails, better police, better training. It’s creating a new means of justice that’s not based on criminalization but based on affirmation and reparation,” says Robin D.G. Kelley. https://t.co/ww2barVQXS — PolitiTweet.org