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C C Couper 顾丽丽

@ibscholar.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at U of Birmingham researching SME internationalisation, collaboration, and networks. The paradox of human existence: each of us is unique, all of us are connected. Dialogue towards mutual understanding is the only way for peace.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
New post just out: The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed. In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
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Russia and the rise of the radical right
Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...
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Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage
A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…
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Rasmus Fleischer @rsmsflschr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Circular Economy 2.0 or The Technocapital Hyperobject at the End of Time Begins to Draw Itself Together
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Isabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social · 09/10/2025
“When historians look back on the collapse of the American empire, the only part that will baffle them for centuries to come will be that the poor voted over and over and over again to cut their own benefits in order to give more and more benefits to the rich and elite.” 👇 Interesting read
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 09/10/2025
More water bills rises announced today, on top of those already planned. Privatisation without competition, arguably the worst of both worlds
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 09/10/2025
⚡️Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Oct. 10, potentially disrupting the city's water and power supplies. "All emergency teams are monitoring the situation and ready to respond," Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
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Potential water, power shortages reported in Kyiv amid massive drone strikes
"Due to a massive enemy UAV attack on the capital, there may be outages in electricity and water services," Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 09/10/2025
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that it would investigate how Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving software handles railroad crossings as part of a wide-ranging investigation of incidents where the agency said Tesla vehicles have violated traffic safety laws.
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Tesla's Full Self-Driving software under investigation after railroad incidents
NBC News reported last month that Tesla vehicles using Full Self-Driving software sometimes fail to stop for train tracks.
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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Sure, let's award prizes to the Bunsen burners, Erlenmeyer flasks, and of course the inanimate carbon rods... It's getting harder and harder to separate satire from bad AI takes
Homer Simpson's inanimate carbon rod gets its day of honor
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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Private companies incentivised to put asylum seekers in hotels rather than bedsits as they could earn EIGHT TIMES as much profit, says @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social Hotel owners and private companies benefiting despite allegations of terrible conditions www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies. Reform says something unhinged ⬇️ Labour counters with their own unhinged policy ⬇️ Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged ⬇️ Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response ⬇️ And repeat...🔁
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5). An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 (🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"At the last count, we had incinerated 1 million pallets of PPE that cost £8.6 billion pounds to buy, literally up in smoke." @russellscott1.bsky.social talks #PPE scandal with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...
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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott
Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
In Scotland billionaires can get a 100% tax break on their shooting estates, but the poorest are hounded under a council tax debt system four times harsher than England. For my first FMQ as @scottishgreens.org co-leader I asked John Swinney to support Green plans to put that right.
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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
After the tea break, we continue with the "Research Misconduct and Integrity" session (Woohoo!). We start off with 'Retractions and Democracy Index Scores Across 167 countries' by Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi (online) We studied relationship between democratic status and retractions - sensitive topic. #PRC10
Slide showing study methods
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
[Sky News, which has spent years inciting hatred against migrants] Wow, how could this possibly happen?
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business
With Substack's latest launch, writers are actually ceding control of the billing relationship to Apple, which now owns and controls the subscription.
These transactions, subscriptions, and customers will no longer be accessible in their Stripe account.

Most importantly, that means that if writers choose to leave Substack, they won't be able to port their paid subscriptions over to another platform like they could previously. This predatory platform lock-in is incredibly dangerous for writers. It strips away data and control, while locking them into the platform.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
This graph shows why so called ‘stealth taxes’ are very effective. Who would have guessed that if the higher rate limit of about £44k from 2010 had been uprated by inflation it would now be over £67k? on.ft.com/47bGkm2
Graph showing if the higher rate limit from 2010 had been uprated by inflation it would now be over £67,000
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Caleb Bushner @calebbushner.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Tom Fishburne commemorated this a couple years ago and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. marketoonist.com/2023/03/ai-w...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/07/2025
Trump gets tariffs; Americans get price hikes reut.rs/45f1cGp
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Trump gets tariffs; Americans get price hikes
U.S. President Donald Trump is getting his tariffs. Companies are making it clear how they intend to deal with it - passing them on to American consumers.
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
What the hell is this? Recognise the state or don't, but don't act like this is part of some potty-training reward chart www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to ceasefire
Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting called amid humanitarian crisis in Gaza
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I've written a deep dive into Labour's partnership with US Blackrock; corporate land grabbing, freeports, AI Growth Zones, and US Vassalism. Please read, share, and, where possible, subscribe. I'm a volunteer uncovering the zonification of the UK. europeanpowell.substack.com/p/labours-co...
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Labour’s Corporate Capitulation: How Starmer’s BlackRock Partnership Betrays the Post-Corbyn Vision
The Labour Party under Keir Starmer has fully entrenched its partnership with BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, marking a stark betrayal of its post-Corbyn distrust of multinationals.
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CNN @cnn.com · 25/07/2025
Protesters in Scotland say they will mount a wave of resistance as President Donald Trump prepares to travel to the country for a five-day private visit: cnn.it/3IJfozY
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Protests expected as Trump arrives in Scotland for five-day visit | CNN
Protestors in Scotland say they will mount a wave of resistance as US President Donald Trump arrived in the country on Friday for a five-day private visit.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/07/2025
Donald Trump visit to Scotland expected to be met with wave of protest
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Donald Trump visit to Scotland expected to be met with wave of protest
Demonstrations to be held in Aberdeen and Edinburgh amid US president’s visit to Turnberry and Menie golf resorts Protest organisers anticipate a wave of resistance to Donald Trump from Ayrshire to Aberdeenshire this weekend as Scots take to the streets to express “widespread anger” at what they termed the US president’s increasingly extreme policies. The US president is expected to arrive in Scotland on Friday for a five-day private visit to his luxury golf resorts at Turnberry in Ayrshire and Menie in Aberdeenshire. Continue reading...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
‘Everyone in Scotland hates him': Hostile nation readies for Trump visit www.rawstory.com/trump-scotla...
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C C Couper 顾丽丽 @ibscholar.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Pay of Affinity Water CEO (company has 3.9m customers in London and south-east) jumps from £709,000 to £1.6m. Workers' wage didn't double. Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. It is class war.
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English water firm doubles CEO’s pay despite ‘elevated concern’ over finances
Boss of Affinity Water, which serves 3.9 million customers in London and south-east, receives £1.6m
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The Economist pushing failed neoliberal policies for the UK Low wages Welfare cuts Erosion of worker rights Privatisation Deregulation Silence on equitable distribution of income/wealth Corporate welfare Regressive taxation Failures of privatisation Social justice It is class war archive.ph/VLCVd
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Britain is cheap, and should learn to love it
Workers and assets are on sale to the rest of the world for bargain-basement prices
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CNN @cnn.com · 13/07/2025
"It’s looking more and more like Trump has botched an issue that, by all rights, should have been a great one for him. And ICE’s actions appear to be a big part of that," writes Aaron Blake | Analysis
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Analysis: Trump’s mass deportation is backfiring | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump and his administration continue to bet big on the issue that, more than any other, appeared to help him win him a second term in 2024: immigration.
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Ember Green @embergreen.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The UK spends less on welfare than almost any EU country & yet Labour have allowed for the “scroungers” rhetoric to mask their cruelty. Again. Brits need to learn that they too can have nice things. They just need to stop falling for the most obvious propaganda & stop voting for neoliberals.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Marines and DHS arrest anti-ICE protester after children were spotted in chains at the federal detention center in LA
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas" our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...
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Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous
Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
When asked which country is the most important ally to their own, many people around the world name the United States. This is the most common response in 12 of the 24 non-U.S. countries included in a new Pew Research Center survey. It is tied for the top response in three additional countries.

But others say the U.S. is their nation’s greatest threat. This is the most common response in six countries and tied for top in two others. 

In neighboring Canada and Mexico, as well as in Argentina, Brazil and Kenya, the U.S. is the top response on both the ally and threat questions.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Dear @UKLabour, No matter what good you do domestically For so many of us, it won’t matter one tiny bit You will forever be the party complicit in genocide.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
1. Yesterday, 86 people were arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." They are the opposite of terrorists. They were protesting *against* terrorism. 🧵
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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 11/07/2025
AI opacity: One major issue with using AI for decisions about hiring, promotions, raises, and even layoffs, as I see it, is an often complete lack of transparency about interior decision trees—how is the LLM weighting the evidence?
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AI could determine whether you get hired or fired as more managers rely on the technology at work
There could be legal risks associated with using AI to determine who climbs the corporate ladder and who loses their job.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This drivel again FFS - let them parasitize some other country www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
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Flight of the non-doms: how worried should Labour be about the super-rich leaving the UK?
Reports say wealthy elite are leaving over tax changes – prompting a possible rethink by Rachel Reeves – but hard data is tricky to find
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
23% of foster places in England provided by private equity firms. Biggest firm made £104m operating profit, profit margin 21%. Some foster parents got just 80p an hour, forced on benefits. Obscene obsession with privatising everything. Political system is broken.
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Nearly a quarter of foster places in England provided by private equity-backed firms
Experts raise alarm over ‘commodification’ of vulnerable children as independent fostering agencies make millions in profit
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/07/2025
⚡️Explosions heard in Kyiv as Russia launches waves of drones on Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported hearing explosions in the capital overnight on July 6.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 05/07/2025
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Can’t make this up.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/07/2025
⚡️ Update: Russia’s July 4 drone, missile attack on Kyiv kills 2, injures 26. At least two people were killed, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The State Emergency Service reported that 26 others were injured.
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'Nothing but terror and murder' — Russia pounds Kyiv with record overnight drone, missile attack, 2 dead, 26 injured
Fires broke out across the city as Russia attacked the capital overnight on July 4. At least 23 people have been injured, with 14 of the victims hospitalized.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/07/2025
BREAKING: Israel has killed at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israeli forces again target people waiting for food and hospitals struggle to treat the wounded. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/9f3hg8
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Owners of collapsed oil refinery Prax Lindsey took £11.5m in pay & dividends. Workers will suffer. UK law on dividends is a mess, easily circumvented, as shown by BHS/Carillon, water companies. No central enforcer of company law, auditors ineffective. No corporate governance reform in sight.
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Owners of collapsed oil refinery Prax Lindsey took £11.5m in pay and dividends
Details of payouts to Winston Soosaipillai and wife Arani emerge as calls grow for couple to financially support 625-strong workforce
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Rod Stewart, the ageing millionaire rocker, asks Britons to vote for Farage/Reform. Millionaires won't suffer effects of racism; loss of human/worker rights, public services; destruction of the NHS, economic mayhem. Just binned a CD collection.
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Rod Stewart tells country to ‘give Farage a chance’
British rocker claimed that the Reform UK leader is ‘coming across well’ when asked about the political future of the UK
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Reeves expected to freeze income tax thresholds to raise funds after welfare U-turn. Why blame the poor? Govt has numerous choices: Tax capital gains, dividends at the same rate as wages Reduce pension tax relief to the ultra rich Increase NIC for ultra-rich. Wealth tax FTT Cut corporate welfare
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Reeves expected to freeze income tax thresholds to raise funds after welfare U-turn
Government’s concessions over welfare cuts leave chancellor with a growing hole in her budget
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/06/2025
MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF
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