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Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney

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754 points coloneltcb | 2 comments | 25 Apr 25 23:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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tzs ◴[26 Apr 25 00:00 UTC] No.43799641[source]▶
> Before being named U.S. attorney, Martin appeared on Russia-backed media networks more than 150 times, The Washington Post reported last week. In one appearance on RT in 2022, he said there was no evidence of military buildup on Ukraine’s boarders only nine days before Russia invaded the country. He further criticized U.S. officials as warmongering and ignoring Russia security concerns.

This is getting ridiculous. Is there anyone associated with this administration who does not have a record of promoting Russia's positions?

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r053bud ◴[26 Apr 25 00:43 UTC] No.43799885[source]▶
We voted for this! This is “democracy” at work
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candiddevmike ◴[26 Apr 25 01:17 UTC] No.43800056[source]▶
Less than 30% of voter age Americans voted for this
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rchaud ◴[26 Apr 25 02:38 UTC] No.43800437[source]▶
The majority that did vote, voted for this. The participation rate has always been low in rich western countries. Given the standards of media literacy and civics education, there's no evidence that a higher participation rate would have changed the outcome.
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nntwozz ◴[26 Apr 25 03:21 UTC] No.43800641[source]▶
> The participation rate has always been low in rich western countries.

The general election in 2022 had 84,2% of eligible voters in Sweden.

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riffraff ◴[26 Apr 25 03:45 UTC] No.43800753[source]▶
Italy had 64% for the parliamentary elections in 2022, which is the lowest ever but it's pretty far from 30%.
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1. pokot0 ◴[26 Apr 25 03:56 UTC] No.43800816{3}[source]▶
just to note that if “30% voted for this” participation was roughly 60%
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2. wahern ◴[26 Apr 25 04:10 UTC] No.43800873[source]▶
63.9% per https://www.cfr.org/article/2024-election-numbers Which apparently was quite high. Only 3 presidential elections in the past 100 years exceeded 63%: 1960, 2020, and 2024.