I specialize in elections. From what I’m seeing in this referendum, with IDs, paper ballots, & a clear chain of custody, the DPR, LPR, Kherson, Zaporozhye regions have far more fair & transparent elections than the U.S., in SPITE of attempted shelling by Ukraine. Yet the U.S media-politic calls it a sham.

Meanwhile in the US, black box voting means your vote is done on a machine owned by the subsidiary of a ghost corporation, no paper ballots, no audits, easily hacked, no ID, can vote by mail with no ballot tracking or chain of custody & you’re a terrorist for questioning this.

I was on the ground in Nicaragua when the New York Times lied, saying they were closing polling locations (false) & that their elections were a sham, but along with other journalists, we destroyed that narrative. It seems like what the US calls a “sham” is actual sovereignty.

https://twitter.com/fiorellaisabelm/status/1573257666482298881?s=46&t=gVlU12SZFaUO6gUsnCNYoQ

https://t.me/insiderpaper/12561

Marshall Island you say... @ToreSays

Voting in Donetsk. People come with their families.

@russianhead

*Workers in Mariupol waiting their turn to vote in the referendum.

For the first time in a long time I can actually say, today in the DPR was a good day. Instead of reporting on Donbass civilians slaughtered by Ukrainian shelling, my day was filled with some optimism, filming Donetsk citizens and Mariupol citizens voting in the referendum (on whether or not to join Russia), also seeing an impressive, massive, newly constructed housing project in Mariupol which includes a kindergarten and a school for over 1000 children.

Oh, and by pure chance, being in Mariupol at the right place, right time, I met the mayor—no, not the runaway mayor cited by western media, the sources of endless propaganda & hoaxes—the actual current mayor, who did not leave his city during the fighting.

More updates tomorrow (I've been largely offline most of the day and do all the editing and writing myself, so it takes time, and internet :) )

Saint Lucia 🇱🇨