[Link] Ex-Nato head says Putin wanted to join alliance early on in his rule

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Vladimir Putin wanted Russia to join Nato but did not want his country to have to go through the usual application process and stand in line “with a lot of countries that don’t matter”, according to a former secretary general of the transatlantic alliance.

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[Link] QAnon Influencer Who Calls Democrats Pedophiles Is an Actual Child Abuser

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. QAnon promoter David Trent has spent the last four years telling his tens of thousands of followers that the Democrats are pedophiles working as part of a global child sex trafficking ring run by the world’s elite.

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[Link] ‘Hard Not To Respect That’: Why White Nationalists Are Toasting the Taliban

Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com

When the Taliban captured Kabul in August, sealing a remarkable victory in its nearly 20-year war of attrition against the world's leading superpower, jihadist networks around the world erupted in jubilation.

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[Link] Pentagon burn survivors are thankful for life, though pain endures

Read: 23/9/2021 www.washingtonpost.com

Four severe burn survivors of the Pentagon attack, interviewed by The Washington Post for this story, have each charted a distinct course, holding up against seizing pain, physical limitations and debilitating trauma. They have anguished. They have celebrated. They have marked 20 years.

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