Sir Winston Churchill's legacy is under frequent attack by political activists who peddle ahistorical lies.
From accusations of genocide to 'crushing' Welsh miners, I'm going to take apart as many of these fallacies as I can in a single thread.
(Sources cited at the end.)
Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵
Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.
“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”
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this was really nuts and i don't feel like it got enough attention?? We received an actual congressional proclamation just saying how cool wrascals are
this was really nuts and i don't feel like it got enough attention?? We received an actual congressional proclamation just saying how cool wrascals are
Today, let us remember Martin Luther King as he was: A Black radical anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, revolutionary Christian internationalist who was deemed an enemy of the State and assassinated for his radical work. Just about everything else is a lie.
Never…
Well except when the writer of Deuteronomy describes God as a mother eagle, hovering over her offspring.
And except when the book of Job speaks of God as having a womb
and giving birth to the frost of heaven. (1/4)
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For 1000 years, Arabic was the primary international language of commerce, scholarship & politics, much as English is today. Over the centuries, English adopted many words that were borrowed directly from Arabic
For Arabic Language Day, here are 20 words with Arabic origins…