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I never brag how real I keep it, because it’s the best secret
new by Roqayah for DYA: “UNIFIL has counted more than 10,000 violations of the ceasefire since it took effect … As our 82nd year of ‘independence’ begins, it is an all-too obvious reality that our sovereignty is under constant attack.”
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Last Week in Lebanon: For southern Lebanese, Israel's slow genocide is the new normal | Delete Your Account
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ep 254 of DYA: writer and organizer
@omarzahzah.bsky.social
joins guest host
@norabf.bsky.social
and me to unpack his groundbreaking new book on the tech industry’s digital settler-colonialism and how Palestinians have successfully changed the narrative in spite of it
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 254 – Terms of Servitude
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by returning guest-host Nora Barrows-Friedman and first-time guest Omar Zahzah to discuss Omar’s new book, Terms of Servitude: Zi...
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17 days ago
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ep 253 of DYA: the great and powerful Alexander Aviña returns to break down the Trump administration’s plans for regime collapse in Venezuela
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 253 – Days of the Dead
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by historian and returning guest Alexander Aviña. Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor...
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30 days ago
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new by Roqayah for DYA: "Reports from human rights organizations stress the disproportionate impact on Lebanese citizens. Living here, one experiences these violations not as abstract policy issues but as tangible intrusions on safety, dignity, and any kind of normalcy."
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Last Week in Lebanon: Drones over the Dahye | Delete Your Account
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about 1 month ago
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on the new DYA: Roqayah is joined in Beirut by war reporter Hadi Hoteit of @freepalestinetv to discuss the “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel’s targeting of rebuilding efforts in south Lebanon and popular support for Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 252.5 – Resistance Mindset (free preview)
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about 2 months ago
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don't miss Roqayah's latest for the DYA blog: "Sayyed Hassan was more than a military or political figure; he was a symbol of integrity, humility, and the kind of unwavering belief that leads one to choose death over a life of submission."
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Last Week in Lebanon: For Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on the anniversary of his martyrdom | Delete Your Account
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2 months ago
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ep 252 of DYA: Eliza Salamon, organizer with
@antiwarinitiative.bsky.social
and coauthor of a new report exposing Cornell University's role in the imperial war machine and the colonization of Palestine, joins Roqayah and me to break it all down
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 252 – R&D for the Devil
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Eliza Salamon, anti-Zionist Jewish organizer and recent alumna of Cornell University, whose direct ties to imperial violence she and her coauthor document i...
http://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/episode-252-rd-for-the-devil
2 months ago
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don't miss Roqayah's latest for DYA! $5/month gets you access to every column and bonus episode
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Last Week in Lebanon: Thousands march to honor martyrs of Israel's pager attacks | Delete Your Account
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2 months ago
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elite centrist/lib transphobia is one of those classic contrarian things where they’ve built up a huge pile of facially convincing “evidence” that collapses immediately if you put it under serious scrutiny
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ep 251 of DYA: Roqayah and I break down the factions of the Lebanese resistance, the US-installed puppet government’s campaign to disarm Hezbollah and the implications for national sovereignty in the Middle East
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Ep. 251 – To the Dispossessed of Lebanon and the World
This week, Roqayah and Kumars share some life updates and break down the latest developments in Lebanon as the government ramps up its campaign to disarm the Lebanese resistance and Israel’s deadly vi...
https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/ep-251-to-the-dispossessed-of-lebanon-and-the-world
3 months ago
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thought I saw Fetterman jaywalking in Pittsburgh but it wasn’t him
3 months ago
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grateful to still be collaborating, after all these years, with someone doing the kind of unflinching work Roqayah is doing in Lebanon. And it's still $5 a month to support us, read her latest column for DYA, and hear all of our bonus episodes
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Last Week in Lebanon: Israel's 4000+ ceasefire violations still unanswered by the Lebanese state | Delete Your Account
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3 months ago
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toxicofriendron radicans
4 months ago
basilica hands ✅
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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯
4 months ago
Miss Kitty was named after a character on Gunsmoke, which was about 60 years ago. Buddy and Dolly are probably more common among humans these days.
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if you give your pet a human name it better be something no human has actually been called in the last 60 years
4 months ago
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new by Roqayah for DYA: "A man from the village of Marja'oun told me, 'I know everyone wants the fire and the action to happen now, especially after all that we've been facing, but it isn't realistic. ... We are prepared to hold on as long as there is air in our lungs.'"
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Last Week in Lebanon: Truth, Justice, and the Bullet | Delete Your Account
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4 months ago
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ep 250 of DYA:
@codepink.bsky.social
national codirector
@danaka.bsky.social
on the demands of anti-imperialist solidarity work today, how they’ve been changed by the escalation of genocide in Gaza, and how CODEPINK is adapting to meet them
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 250 – Think Pink
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Danaka Katovich, Chicago-based organizer and National Co-director of the feminist antiwar group CODEPINK: Women for Peace, where she oversees all of the org...
https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/episode-250-think-pink
4 months ago
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All of our one-star podcast reviews are from people calling us liberals and getting mad at what we've said about Trump or the Russian Revolution or whatever. Please offset them if you like us by going to your podcast app of choice and giving the Boiled Leather Audio Hour a nice review
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The Boiled Leather Audio Hour
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this week on DYA: the first of a new series on the bonus feed with Roqayah and Lebanese war reporter
@hadihtt.bsky.social
of
@freepalestinetv.bsky.social
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 249.5.5 – Wartime Cafe (free preview)
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4 months ago
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new by Roqayah for DYA: “To many people of the region … the arms carried by Hezb'Allah and other resistance factions are shields of dignity, carried in the name of their people and the oppressed, and they refuse to abandon them.”
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Last Week in Lebanon: Reflections on Ashura | Delete Your Account
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5 months ago
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on the new DYA: an emergency update with Roqayah on the US-Israeli attack on Iran + a preview of
@urorientalist.bsky.social
and Navid Zarrinnal on the significance of Iran's retaliation, the influence of Iran's diaspora and the decolonization of the region
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 249.5 – Steel your nerves (update + free preview)
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5 months ago
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new from Roqayah for DYA: "'I hope this makes people realize how necessary the Lebanese Resistance is,' one woman told me. 'We don't expect anything from the two American assets in office. What are they going to do? Release another statement?'"
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Last Week in Lebanon: There was never a ceasefire | Delete Your Account
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6 months ago
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6 months ago
crabs in a bucket |
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A must listen:
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ep 248 of DYA:
@sinatoossi.bsky.social
, Assal Rad, Sina Rahmani and Navid Zarrinnal on Trump’s nuclear extortion and Iran's commitment to Palestinian liberation
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 248 – Iranian Exceptionalism
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by an all-star panel of new and old friends of the show to discuss the growing threat of war against Iran and the challenges of renewed nuclear negotiations as...
https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/episode-248-iranian-exceptionalism
6 months ago
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new by Roqayah for DYA: "Every occupier, no matter how well armed or well funded they are, will have his day, and in south Lebanon the people hold to this unwavering position: that the occupier will answer on our terms."
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Last Week in Lebanon: Israeli ceasefire violations surpass 2000 | Delete Your Account
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7 months ago
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ep 247 of DYA: the great and powerful
@radiofreeamanda.bsky.social
returns to chat with Roqayah and me about Trump's trade war, China's global leadership, how social media is undermining US propaganda, and the redemption of Deng Xiaoping
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Ep. 247 – President Xi, my country, the moon, yearns for freedom
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by returning guest Amanda Yee, an independent journalist and organizer based in Brooklyn. Amanda is also the co-host of The China Report on BreakThrough News a...
https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/ep-247-president-xi-my-country-the-moon-yearns-for-freedom
7 months ago
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new from Roqayah, exclusively for DYA: "This was not Dr. Atwi's first experience with Israel, as he narrowly escaped a previous assasination attempt in February. A local reporter at the scene described this as 'a pure act of revenge'"
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Last Week in Lebanon: Israel's campaign of assassination and terror across the South continues | Delete Your Account
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7 months ago
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8 months ago
I talked to many of the survivors of Michael Fuoco for this obituary. Experts say that following an abuser's death, that is crucial to give an account of their abuse to help with the recovery process of survivors.
paydayreport.com/on-the-death...
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On the Death Of Michael Fuoco & Respecting His Sexual Abuse Survivors
PITTSBURGH, PA - On Friday, my phone started blowing up with texts from local reporters about the death of infamous Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Michael Fuoco, who was found dead in his home last ...
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on the new DYA AFTER HOURS: Roqayah and I discuss US and Israeli escalation against Lebanon and Yemen, Trump’s latest attempt to extort Iran, and the unbowed Axis of Resistance
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 246.5 – BDS with Rockets (free preview)
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8 months ago
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new from Roqayah for DYA, with exclusive video footage from Beirut: "A local baker I spoke with said he would be opening his store within the hour because he wasn't afraid. 'What do they expect from us? To submit? To run? We are here to stay'"
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Last Week in Lebanon: (VIDEO) IDF bombs Beirut for the first time since "ceasefire" | Delete Your Account
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8 months ago
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new from Roqayah for DYA: "So far, Israel has committed over 1,500 violations of the ceasefire, including aerial surveillance, drone strikes, home demolitions, and attacks against livestock and agricultural heritage sites across South Lebanon"
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Last Week in Lebanon: IDF targets civilians with 50+ airstrikes across the South | Delete Your Account
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8 months ago
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ep 246 of DYA: historian extroardinaire Alex Aviña joins Roqayah and me to discuss the Democrats’ legacy on immigration, what has actually changed under Trump, and the true meaning of borders
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 246 – Mexico is the Wall
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined for the hour by Alexander Aviña, an expert on Mexican history and US imperialism in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is Associate Professor of History at Ar...
https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/episode-246-mexico-is-the-wall
9 months ago
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new from Roqayah: “A young man from Yemen…wanted it made clear: ‘We are here not just to support the greatest martyr, Sayyed Hassan, but to offer our solidarity and prayers to those who died for the sake of their homeland and Palestine.’”
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Last Week in Lebanon: 100 martyrs laid to rest in defiance of Israeli airstrikes | Delete Your Account
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9 months ago
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ep 245 of DYA: Roqayah and I discuss her on the ground reporting from the funeral of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the current state of the ceasefire in Gaza, and Israel’s latest escalation in the West Bank
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 245 – Settler Honeymoon
This week, Roqayah and Kumars present a news roundup from Lebanon and Palestine. They preview Roqayah’s on-the-ground coverage of the funeral of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, available exclusively to Delet...
https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/episode-245-settler-honeymoon
9 months ago
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Roqayah has a new column on the Delete Your Account Patreon with on-the-ground reporting and photojournalism from Lebanon, yours every week when you subscribe!
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Last Week in Lebanon: Lebanese Army tear-gasses pro-Resistance demonstrators | Delete Your Account
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10 months ago
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on the new DYA AFTER HOURS:
@raniakhalek.bsky.social
of
@btnewsroom.bsky.social
joins Roqayah and me to discuss Israel’s ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah and the victorious people of southern Lebanon
deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/episode-2435...
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 243.5 – Live from Lebanon (free preview)
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10 months ago
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ep 243 of DYA:
decolonizepalestine.com
cofounder Rawan Masri on Israeli escalation and Palestinian resistance in the West Bank
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 243 – Catch-22
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined for the hour from Ramallah by writer, translator and returning guest Rawan Masri, cofounder of the online archive and resource hub decolonizepalestine.com...
https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/episode-243-catch-22
10 months ago
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sorry I forgot I was supposed to post here again
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A fascinating and accessible explainer/story about the attempted coup in South Korea and the people (the People) who mobilized and stopped it.
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11 months ago
The most directly I've seen the "imperial boomerang" spelled out
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ep 242 of DYA: the legendary
@hermithwarang.bsky.social
of Nodutdol and
@therealnews.com
on South Korea's thwarted military coup, US imperialism in Northeast Asia and what comes next in the fight for Korean sovereignty
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Ep. 242 – Get In Loser, We're Making Asian NATO
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by Ju-hyun Park, engagement editor at The Real News Network and an organizer with Nodutdol for Korean Community Development. ...
https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/ep-242-get-in-loser-were-making-asian-nato
11 months ago
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on the new DYA AFTER HOURS: the stalwart
@asawinstanley.com
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@intifada.bsky.social
joins Roqayah and me to discuss the UK police raid on his home, Israel’s implementation of the Hannibal Directive on Oct. 7, and how Syria will impact the Axis of Resistance
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 241.5 – Hard Target (free preview)
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12 months ago
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so excited to share that the Coalition of Women in German is endorsing the academic boycott of Israel. This is the first time teachers and scholars in the field of German Studies have collectively committed to BDS. Read about our next steps here:
www.womeningerman.org/our-commitme...
12 months ago
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about 1 year ago
hey guys follow me on this new website called X
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Iconic timing at the Nan Goldin opening in Berlin last night: museum director Klaus Biesenbach passionately reaffirming the institution’s commitment to freedom of expression - just as its security staff quietly removed a protest banner right behind him.
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ep 241 of DYA: Rasha Abdulhadi on their poetry, organizing against genocide after the election, and disability politics on the left
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Delete Your Account Podcast: Episode 241 – Poetic Justice
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by Rasha Abdulhadi, writer, organizer, poet and author of several books including (2024). Rasha discusses a few of their poems i...
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Fox News host Pete Hegseth has said on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because "germs are not a real thing". Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye. "I inoculate myself,"
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doing The Omen franchise in “Machete order” (watching The First Omen without having seen any of the previous ones, buying a machete)
about 1 year ago
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