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Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippines mayoral election from jail cell in The Hague (www.theguardian.com)
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Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has been re-elected as mayor of the city of Davao, the family’s stronghold, despite being imprisoned thousands of miles away in The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity.

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[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“We the people” can’t ‘own’ truth. That’s how you get Jewish space lasers and gay chemo frogs. The general public is just not smart enough to handle things these days. People owning their own truth is how you get Karen’s who ‘did their own research’.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying to support independent journalism like pro-publica. Not to all isolate ourselves further into our own media bubbles