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Did Hillary Clinton Praise Italy’s New Fascist Leader?

Remarks from political figure and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton published in Italy in September 2022 received attention and criticism from Americans, thanks to a tweet parsing out two remarks regarding Italy’s incoming far right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. The tweet, which has since been deleted, featured two quotes from Clinton: “The election …

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Is the ‘OK’ Hand Sign Also American Sign Language for ‘Asshole’?

In March 2019, a Facebook user shared a meme (archived here) which claimed that the “OK sign” hand gesture is both favored by white supremacists, and that it is also American Sign Language for the word “asshole”: The meme’s text read: HERE’S A BUNCH OF WHITE NATIONALISTS FROM ORANGE COUNTY FLASHING THE HAND SIGN FOR …

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