The right decries Lenin as bloody and a monster because it's estimated in his 5 years in power they killed roughly 28k people a year by some estimates. What they ignore completely is that this is not done in a vacuum and the 17 years prior, Czar Nicholas II killed around 52k a year in his 17-year reign including pogroms against Jews encouraged by the crown. While the Russian civil war killed some 7-12M people, it did help end WWI which killed around 9-15M. Just some context folks. War is hell and by today's standard in vacuum Lenin was a horrible man, but by compared with what came before him, he was a down right nice guy, and was hoping to get tot point where they could abolish the death penalty. STALIN on the other hand was a monster who only beat in terms of mass murder by Nicholas' grandfather who massacred Jews and Tartars by the millions. His legacy is what killed the USSR in the long term. It never became what Lenin had hoped though they did reach a certain level of prosperity which many old Russians remember fondly under Brezhnev.
‘It’s the new anti-vaccine talking point’: Conservatives are saying they ‘identify as vaccinated’ following CDC’s new mask guidance dailydot.com/debug/conserva… #SmartNews 
‘It’s the new anti-vaccine talking point’: Conservatives are saying they ‘identify as vaccinated’ following CDC’s new mask guidance
Right-wing Twitter users say they are 'identifying as vaccinated' in the wake of new mask guidelines from the CDC.Mikael Thalen (The Daily Dot)
Scoop: Lincoln Project offshoot aims to boost civics education #SmartNews 
Scoop: Lincoln Project offshoot aims to boost civics education
The Franklin Project aims to unify people opposed to partisan dysfunction and authoritarianism.Glen Johnson (Axios)
Joe Rogan Says ‘Straight White Men’ Won’t Be Allowed To Talk If Society Gives In To ‘Woke’ People’s Demands brobible.com/culture/articl… #SmartNews 
Joe Rogan Says 'Straight White Men' Won't Be Allowed To Talk If Society Gives In To 'Woke' People's Demands - BroBible
Joe Rogan says "straight white men" won't be allowed to talk if society gives in to demands of woke culture.Jorge Alonso (BroBible)
via @YouTube This series is Amazing & heartbreaking. The trans-atlantic slave trade was not usally glossed over, but not nearly as horrifically detailed as it actually was. Only the Nazi death camps could begin to compare the evil hopelessness of it all 
YouTube: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course Black American History #1 (CrashCourse)
Restaurant and retail owners have 2 options nowadays: stop treating their workers like garbage or stop having workers at all
The media has helped spread this narrative, too. Articles from NPR, Fox News, and others have portrayed business owners as hard on their luck victims of circumstance who just can't catch a break. Workers - if they're included in the stories at all - are presented as shiftless, careless louts who aren't thinking of what's best for the company's bottom line.Restaurant and retail owners have 2 options nowadays: stop treating their workers like garbage or stop having workers at all
I talked to several service industry workers. One thing is clear: they aren't staying home because of unemployment checks.www.msn.com
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Let's talk about 1033 and nuance.... via @YouTube 
YouTube: Let's talk about 1033 and nuance.... (Beau of the Fifth Column)
From the Republican official who runs elections in Arizona’s largest county:
https://twitter.com/stephen_richer/status/1393662268542386178
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Won't that just double the number of homeless people? How is this progress?
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Israel PM Netanyahu vows to continue Gaza attacks for ‘as long as necessary’Israel PM Netanyahu vows to continue Gaza attacks for ‘as long as necessary’
Three Palestinians were killed in bombardments early Sunday as the UN security council prepared to meet later in dayGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
COVID-19 survivors, even those who weren’t very sick, have a 50% greater risk of death zmescience.com/medicine/covid… #SmartNews 
COVID-19 survivors, even those who weren’t very sick, have a 50% greater risk of death
"It is not an exaggeration to say that long COVID-19 is America's next big health crisis," said concerned scientists.Tibi Puiu (ZME Science)
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The Mississippi Supreme Court just used a technicality to completely throw out voter-approved amendments #SmartNews 
The Mississippi Supreme Court just used a technicality to completely throw out voter-approved amendments
In a brutal loss for direct democracy in Mississippi, the state's supreme court struck down a ballot amendment on Friday that legalized medical marijuana in the state. But the ruling didn't stop there.Cody Fenwick (Alternet.org)
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Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media #SmartNews 
Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday, the latest step by the military to silence reporting from the territory ami…Fares Akram (Associated Press)
Let's talk about Charlie Brown and Trump supporters.... via @YouTube 
YouTube: Let's talk about Charlie Brown and Trump supporters.... (Beau of the Fifth Column)
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Kroger
*Pandemic profits grew 70% to $2.8 billion
*Doubled buybacks and dividends to $1.9 billion
*Closed stores and laid off 250 workers where cities required $4/hour hazard pay
*Cut median worker pay 8%, to $24,000
*Gave CEO 6% raise, to $22.4 millionKroger, Blasted for Ending Hazard Pay, Gave CEO $22 Million
Kroger Co. Chief Executive Officer Rodney McMullen found himself in a hailstorm of criticism last spring over hazard pay to frontline workers.Anders Melin (Bloomberg)
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A Republican House member just described January 6 as a 'normal tourist visit' - CNNPolitics
"Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol and walked through Statuary Hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes taking videos and pictures," Clyde said. "You know, if you didn't know the TV footage was a video from January the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit."A Republican House member just described January 6 as a 'normal tourist visit'
The Republican Party's attempts to rewrite the history of the January 6 riot at the US Capitol took another dramatic step forward at a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday, when Georgia Rep.CNN
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Wake up, Florida
DeSantis pick for utilities board is daughter of future Florida Senate president
Gabriella Passidomo will serve as a commissioner with the Florida Public Service Commission.Malena Carollo (Tampa Bay Times)
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President Joe Biden’s budget for military assistance to Israel is higher than his global climate change response. #priorities
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Sort of revelation probably misinterpreted because it was written coded about current events, not future predictions like the evangelicals believe. If you read the bible skip over numbers, earliest and worst book, and leviticus and deuteronomy are dull AF too.
I am a good futurist! I already have these in the scifi book I'm currently writing!World's smallest single-chip system can be injected into the body
Engineers at Columbia University have developed the smallest single-chip system ever created, which can be implanted with a hypodermic needle to measure temperature inside the body, and possibly much more.Nick Lavars (New Atlas)
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Hank is correct, @Azure Cerulean --what I have is the 1980s video disc, not the laser disc. Still have a working player, too.
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I might as well add that I also have Star Trek The Movie in this format…and I stand corrected that my Star Wars copy is RCA. It’s Fox, and I have a pic of it posted on Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/86272149100025931/
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I sure hope this person takes climate change seriously. Could you imagine how embarrassing and hypocritical it would be if this person did not?
Can you imagine if this person actually knew what a hypothesis is?
https://twitter.com/TheRightCant/status/1393260832436506626
Proud Boys leader received Covid-19 stimulus loans worth $15,500 #SmartNews 
Proud Boys leader received Covid-19 stimulus loans worth $15,500
Enrique Tarrio received two paycheck protection program loans intended for small businesses, for ‘security systems services’Jason Wilson (The Guardian)
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Reporter who saw Marjorie Taylor Greene chase AOC through Congress said she was definitely screaming, which Greene denied #SmartNews 
Marjorie Taylor Greene definitely screamed at AOC: WaPo reporter
Greene claimed she was just "talking" to Ocasio-Cortez, a suggestion knocked back by Jacqueline Alemany of The Washington Post, who was there.Mia Jankowicz (Business Insider)
mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carl… #SmartNews Im sure he will take full credit for mask easing as opposed to, you know, actual scientists who saw the death rate reach s finally safe level. Had they killed the mask mandate sooner more people would have died and hospitals overcrowded
'Real Time With Bill Maher' Hit With Cancellation After Host Tests Positive for COVID-19 #SmartNews If he wasn't such an arrogant anti vaxxer id be a bit more sympathetic. 
'Real Time With Bill Maher' Hit With Cancellation After Host Tests Positive for COVID-19
Real Time with Bill Maher won't air on HBO this week after host Bill Maher tested positive for the coronavirus. Despite being asymptomatic and vaccinated, Maher still tested positive at HBO's pre-testing ahead of the weekly show.Andrew Roberts (Popculture.com)
Liz Cheney says she regrets voting for Trump in 2020 #SmartNews I can't believe leopards works eat MY face! - lady who voted for the leopards eating people's faces party 
Liz Cheney says she regrets voting for Trump in 2020
Liz Cheney said she regrets voting for Donald Trump in the 2020 election, speaking in a "This Week" interview with ABC Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.Jonathan Karl (ABC News)
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Joe Manchin's folly: Republicans don't want bipartisanship — they want power #SmartNews 
Joe Manchin's folly: Republicans don't want bipartisanship — they want power
The entire Republican Party is determined to prevent as many Democrats from voting as possible. Manchin must see itSalon.com
Pentagon Surveilling Americans Without a Warrant, Senator Reveals via @VICE 
Pentagon Surveilling Americans Without a Warrant, Senator Reveals
A letter obtained by Motherboard discusses internet browsing, location, and other forms of data.Joseph Cox (VICE)
Corruption in America: How the US became the center of global kleptocracy - Vox
Spoiler: Obama?!
Corruption in America: How the US became the center of global kleptocracy
The US has become the key cog in the machine of modern kleptocracy worldwide. But it didn’t start with Trump.Casey Michel (Vox)
I think sometimes about how (not) far my youth was from WWII... how a Gulf War equivalent of MAS*H wouldn't happen today, considered "too soon"... but this math stopped me in my tracks.Those Who Fail to Learn from History... - Steady
I [Dan Rather] was born 70 years after the start of the [Civil] war. It is the equivalent of 1951 from today, history to be sure but not exactly ancient.Those Who Fail to Learn from History...
The history of the Civil War and the Reconstruction that followed, as well as segregation, and the racial violence, economic suppression, and civil rights injustices that continue to our present time have not been sufficiently confronted, not by a lo…Dan Rather and Steady Team (Steady)
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