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How is the Buffalo shooter connected to fascism in Ukraine?

The US has empowered fascism in Ukraine. And in Russia. And, in the US.

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Carl Beijer
May 15, 2022
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Less than five minutes after news broke that a teenager in New York had murdered ten victims in a mass shooting, Twitter found a way to blame it on Ukraine. The line seems to have originated from a series of tweets by pro-Russia account UkraineMaps:

Shortly thereafter the same account added “inspiring lone wolf shootings” to its list of “war-crimes by U…

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