The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.

Victims of chemical massacres can now speak freely without fear of retribution & are calling for fresh investigations.
So many western 'leftists' spread denial about chemical massacres. Hopefully those who propagandized for Syrian fascism will face their day in court.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

TV Presenter poses an unprecedented question to an elderly Syrian woman:

"You lived in the era of Hafez Al-Assad and Bashar Al-Assad, what do you have to say?"

"F**k both of them".

Some jubilant pictures from Damascus

The dictator's headfake: convince people you're forever...

... while secretly suspecting that one day they'll ride your statue through the streets like a sleigh.

One of the biggest lessons from Syria is that, just a month ago, almost no one could have predicted the Assad regime would fall today. The "realities on the ground" crowd would have denied such a possibility. A reminder of why people in Ukraine fight rather than surrender.

More prisoners were freed, and one of the detainees asked the photographer, “What is happening?” The photographer replied, “Assad has fallen. Look at how happy he is.”

[noticing a group of people having a nice time at the park] enjoy your echo chamber