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DoomsdaysCW<p>Ummmm... From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a>:</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WagnerGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WagnerGroup</span></a> (Russian: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ГруппаВагнера</span></a>, romanized: Gruppa Vagnera), officially known as PMC Wagner (ЧВК «Вагнер»), is a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> state-funded private military company (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PMC</span></a>) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, and since then by Pavel Prigozhin. The Wagner Group has used infrastructure of the Russian Armed Forces. Evidence suggests that Wagner has been used as a proxy by the Russian government, allowing it to have plausible deniability for military operations abroad, and hiding the true casualties of Russia's foreign interventions.</p><p>"The group emerged during the war in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Donbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donbas</span></a>, where it helped Russian separatist forces in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> from 2014 to 2015. Wagner played a significant role in the later full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which it recruited Russian prison <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inmates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inmates</span></a> for frontline combat. By the end of 2022, its strength in Ukraine had grown from 1,000 to between 20,000 and 50,000. It was reportedly Russia's main assault force in the Battle of Bakhmut. Wagner has also supported regimes friendly with Russia, including in the civil wars in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Libya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libya</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentralAfricanRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAfricanRepublic</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mali</span></a>. In Africa, it has offered regimes security in exchange for the transfer of diamond and gold mining contracts to Russian companies. Wagner operatives have been accused of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/robbery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robbery</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a>, as well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torturing</span></a> and killing accused <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Deserters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deserters</span></a>.</p><p>[...] </p><p>"Early in 2020, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a>, founder of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> private military company, sought to provide military services to the Wagner Group in its operations in Libya and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mozambique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozambique</span></a>, according to The Intercept. By March 2021, Wagner PMCs were reportedly also deployed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zimbabwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zimbabwe</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Angola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Angola</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guinea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guinea</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GuineaBissau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuineaBissau</span></a>, and possibly the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_G</span><span class="invisible">roup</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PutinsArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsArmy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Two former <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/deputies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deputies</span></a> wept in court Wednesday as a federal judge sentenced them to years in prison and condemned their <a href="https://c.im/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> for breaking into a home with four other white officers and <a href="https://c.im/tags/torturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torturing</span></a> two Black men.<br>U.S. District Judge Tom Lee sentenced Christian Dedmon, 29, to 40 years in prison and Daniel Opdyke, 28, to 17.5 years.<br>Lee said Dedmon carried out the most 🔸“shocking, brutal and cruel attacks imaginable” 🔸against the two Black men, Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, and against a white man during a traffic stop weeks earlier.<br>Dedmon did not look at Jenkins and Parker as he apologized Wednesday, saying he’d never forgive himself for the pain he caused.<br>Jenkins, who has trouble speaking after being 💥shot in the mouth 💥during the January 2023 attack, said in a statement read by his lawyer that Dedmon’s actions were the most depraved of any of those who attacked him</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-goon-squad-sentencing-94d9dcfa00e582b9d50a6eb7288b058b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/mississippi</span><span class="invisible">-goon-squad-sentencing-94d9dcfa00e582b9d50a6eb7288b058b</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>Not a single <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monkey</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/survived" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survived</span></a> the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Neuralink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neuralink</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/experiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experiment</span></a>. I’ll bet Elmo can’t wait to start <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torturing</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/murdering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murdering</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/beings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beings</span></a> with this.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/science/elon-musks-neuralink-gets-us-fda-approval-human-clinical-study-brain-implants-2023-05-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/science/elon-musks</span><span class="invisible">-neuralink-gets-us-fda-approval-human-clinical-study-brain-implants-2023-05-25/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/161afa1312acab/718687131045855232?source=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tumblr.com/161afa1312acab/7186</span><span class="invisible">87131045855232?source=share</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>A <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USjury</span></a> on Tuesday concluded that a former <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Haitian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haitian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/mayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mayor</span></a> should pay $15.5 million over allegations he led a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/brutal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brutal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> against his <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PoliticalOpponents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalOpponents</span></a> that involved <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/murdering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murdering</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/torturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torturing</span></a> them.<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FederalJury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalJury</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> found <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/JeanMoroseViliena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeanMoroseViliena</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/liable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liable</span></a> on claims arising out of a long-running <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> by three Haitian citizens who accused him of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/persecuting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>persecuting</span></a> them or their relatives during his time as mayor of the rural town of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LesIrois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesIrois</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/former-haitian-mayor-owes-155-million-over-human-rights-abuses-us-jury-finds-100836363" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/former-haitian-mayor-owes-155-million-over-human-rights-abuses-us-jury-finds-100836363</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>