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

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760 points coloneltcb | 7 comments | 25 Apr 25 23:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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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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NelsonMinar ◴[26 Apr 25 01:25 UTC] No.43800099[source]▶
Martin was also at the coup attempt on Jan 6 and on that day said "Like Mardi Gras in DC today: love, faith and joy. Ignore #FakeNews". https://archive.ph/jekzQ
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kristopolous[dead post] ◴[26 Apr 25 02:43 UTC] No.43800455[source]▶
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foogazi ◴[26 Apr 25 04:34 UTC] No.43800966{3}[source]▶
One time sure, 150+ on the Russia propaganda network ? I’m drawing my own adult conclusions about it: “The friend of my enemy is my enemy”
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1. alephnan ◴[26 Apr 25 05:05 UTC] No.43801091{4}[source]▶
That’s not how foreign policy and international politics work. Every country would be enemies with every other country in that case.

All the pro-Palestinian anti-Israel country would be enemies of the US then, including Japan. You’d be supporting Trump’s tariffs and anti-China us or them stance then towards every country that has friendly business relations with China, which is everybody at this point. Heck, even Taiwan and China are friends more than Westerners would like to think. Meanwhile, America is friends with countries like Saudi Arabia and countries that keeps a blind eye to the funding of terrorism in America

There’s a reason the famous saying is “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” rather than “the friend of my enemy is my enemy”

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2. eVeechu7 ◴[26 Apr 25 05:32 UTC] No.43801180[source]▶
Comparing the choices of individuals with foreign diplomacy is specious. It is much harder for countries to have principles than individuals.
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3. alephnan ◴[26 Apr 25 05:34 UTC] No.43801187[source]▶
The same can be said of boardroom politics and board of directors. Or investment circles such as tech venture capital
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4. watwut ◴[26 Apr 25 06:04 UTC] No.43801312{3}[source]▶
They don't have principles.
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5. psychoslave ◴[26 Apr 25 06:24 UTC] No.43801372[source]▶
"les états n'ont pas d'amis, que des intérêts."

States are very different beasts, unlike human individual which have clear skin borderies as a given, they are able to take parts of each other and assimilate them. Even when they are not in official direct opposition, rampant dirty plots are always going on in the parallel background of any the official sympathy to everyone, be it because even within a state there is a broad variation of contenders.

6. psychoslave ◴[26 Apr 25 06:40 UTC] No.43801431{4}[source]▶
Even "maximize the hegemonic monopolistic power of my claws" can be taken as mindset principles.

Having principles is orthogonal to striving adoption of ethical fair well being for everyone.

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7. watwut ◴[26 Apr 25 12:55 UTC] No.43803173{5}[source]▶
Yeah, but they don't really seem to have that either.