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Today, I established November 7th as Victims of Communism Day to honor those who have suffered under communism and remind people of the destruction communism has caused worldwide, including a death toll exceeding 100 million.

In Florida, we will tell the truth about communism. pic.twitter.com/Ojlao8f46t
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) May 9, 2022

DeSantis requires Florida students to learn about ‘victims of communism’ - New York Post

~"You want to win, but you want your enemies to lose? Isn't that a bit hypocritical?" - Gettr (Carl Benjamin)

Wait until students figure out that DeSantis’ Florida and communism are bedfellows! | Opinion - Miami Herald

Democrats Have Started Lying About the Stop WOKE Act Again - RedState

Parameters of Florida public education. Teaching about victims of communism, good. Teaching about victims of racism, bad. https://t.co/uYmqPbP0Ub
— Fred Grimm (@grimm_fred) May 10, 2022

Florida bans teaching critical race theory in schools - CNN

You can't say gay in Florida schools but Ron DeSantis is mandating teachers talk shit about communism.https://t.co/fSxtR5MmsG
— VICE News (@VICENews) May 10, 2022

Florida’s Anti-Grooming Bill - The American Conservative

Florida Is Making Students Sit Through 45 Minutes on the Horrors of Communism - Vice News

More disregard for free speech. Compelling people to speak in a desired way about a desired thing is blatantly unconstitutional. DeSantis and his supporters are fascists.

DeSantis signs bill mandating communism lessons in class, as GOP leans on educationhttps://t.co/oy4OTOGbHJ
— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) May 9, 2022

Free Speech Follies, Part I of IV - Tim Wise

Elon Musk’s Vision for Twitter Should Scare the Hell Out of You - Tim Wise

This is what a collapsing society looks like pic.twitter.com/7z7jCBnITf
— lg (@lasergiant1) May 10, 2022

Tried to take my kids to a classic @PizzaHut near DC last night and it was a wasteland. Guess they don't do dine-in anymore. Unmade boxes over all the tables, dirty, delivery drivers hanging out. Grew up with BookIt personal pans, red cups, and arcade games. It's all gone now.
— MAGA King Poso 👑 (@JackPosobiec) May 8, 2022

Pizza Hut in China vs Pizza Hut in America

Are you paying attention yet? pic.twitter.com/DhMml3wmx2
— MAGA King Poso 👑 (@JackPosobiec) May 8, 2022

Pizza Hurt: 12 Stale & Crusty Abandoned Pizza Hut Stores - Web Urbanist

Burlington, Vermont pic.twitter.com/ghqh0jihyk
— MAGA King Poso 👑 (@JackPosobiec) May 10, 2022

. @ElonMusk buy Pizza Hut and restore it to its former glory pic.twitter.com/4Xq0zsdRt1
— MAGA King Poso 👑 (@JackPosobiec) May 9, 2022

Remember what they took from you pic.twitter.com/oD50onGhkj
— MAGA King Poso 👑 (@JackPosobiec) May 8, 2022

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— MAGA King Poso 👑 (@JackPosobiec) May 9, 2022

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— Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeacefull) May 9, 2022

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— Cindy Lou (@LoneStarGal388) May 9, 2022

Posobiec trends nationally after call for 90s-styled 'Pizza Hut nationalism' - Post Millennial

They were one of us:

Trayvon Martin. Michael Brown. Alton Sterling. Botham Jean. Atatiana Jefferson. Ahmaud Arbery. George Floyd. pic.twitter.com/s1UhP5vncv
— McDonald's (@McDonalds) June 3, 2020

China McDonald's apologises for Guangzhou ban on black people - BBC

“Black trans women have a very simple message: stop killing us” - @imarajones https://t.co/KLsZbLzH7i pic.twitter.com/F7IGLPlAK4
— McDonald's (@McDonalds) June 29, 2020

“There’s not enough anti-racist research figuring out what’s wrong with racist policy” - @DrIbram https://t.co/4tEX0Mr6fM pic.twitter.com/nAefAc7QGr
— McDonald's (@McDonalds) June 28, 2020

“We must protect, honor, love, and defend [Black women] at all costs” - @KennyBurns https://t.co/t39SK88B1M pic.twitter.com/JDgQR4LsAF
— McDonald's (@McDonalds) June 28, 2020

I wanna buy all the old Pizza Huts back from the Chinese restaurants, stock them full of classic arcade cabinets, make a pizza buffet with unlimited marinara, and call them Pizza Home. pic.twitter.com/fJcqBfpMcu
— Donut Operator 🍩 (@DonutOperator) May 1, 2022

Pizza Hut is sponsoring Critical Race Theory & "Anti-Racist" curriculum in classrooms across the U.S.

Initially, we thought they were unaware. This is not the case.

Here is Pizza Hut & First Book explicitly supporting the CRT curriculum and what it looks like in the classroom. pic.twitter.com/XGptdM5Gks
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) June 12, 2021

Wendy's Anti-Communist advert 1985 pic.twitter.com/NWsmeQUNWd
— Secretary of Akkad (@AkkadSecretary) May 4, 2022

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These pizza hut tweets from @JackPosobiec may seem silly.

They are not.

In the 90's common elements of middle class suburban life and culture (like pizza hut) were seen (by 'sophisticated' taste makers) to be empty consumerist kitsch to be enjoyed by unsophisticated rubes... https://t.co/rfJSkIA4eK pic.twitter.com/fI1pGeMnfr
— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) May 9, 2022

McDonald's reset to change structure, cut costs, boost franchises - Reuters

McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook on digital kiosks, mobile ordering and more - Video

How McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook once saved burger chain from crisis - Express

Ex-McDonald’s CEO forced to pay back $105m in severance pay over nude pics - Independent

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"I'm a proud Londoner, a Brit, European, of Pakistani heritage, a Muslim - we all have multiple layers of identity - that's what makes us who we are. - Saqiq Khan

Conservatives and Zac Goldsmith ran an Islamophobic campaign against me but we will continue to tell non Muslims that Islam is about peace and co-existence, London Mayor @SadiqKhan says pic.twitter.com/WeN0VJSWTv
— Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaViews) May 10, 2022

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Britain in 2022…. 😳
Credit: Telegram pic.twitter.com/TIA3sWRiWE
— Jo 🇬🇧 (@pimpmytweeting) May 6, 2022

Deeply concerned to hear reports that women in Afghanistan will be forced to wear a veil.

These men in power should concern themselves with keeping women and girls safe, not policing what they wear.https://t.co/y4x1j7T0mn
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) May 8, 2022

What Does Islam Teach About Veils and Covering - thereligionofpeace.com

'Are you beach body ready?' Sadiq Khan bans body-shaming ads in London subway - Images

Sadiq Khan caught up with HRC today at the Clinton Foundation offices in Manhattan.

"Such a pleasure to meet Secretary @HillaryClinton in New York today to discuss a range of pressing issues facing London and the US including our recovery from Covid."@SadiqKhan pic.twitter.com/rbpnyXPeDl
— Hillary In Pictures (@HillaryPix) May 9, 2022

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Sadiq Khan ’open minded’ on decriminalising cannabis https://t.co/wwgbyYdBYj pic.twitter.com/JNL1EfUKOx
— City A.M. (@CityAM) May 11, 2022

Sadiq Khan’s time would be better spent focusing on knife and drug crime in London.

The Mayor has no powers to legalise drugs. They ruin communities, tear apart families and destroy lives. https://t.co/GGOBTubcLL
— Priti Patel (@pritipatel) May 12, 2022

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan blames Trump for sharp rise in abuse - BBC

Sadiq Khan says Elon Musk should think again before allowing Donald Trump back on Twitter - Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon says Twitter bosses need to make sure it’s not being used to incite hatred, as Musk says he’ll reverse Donald Trump’s ban.

Khan says the amount of online racist abuse he received went up when Trump was president, and down when he got banned. @LBC pic.twitter.com/ABg5fbyAet
— Rachael Venables (@rachaelvenables) May 10, 2022

Terms of Service - Twitter

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