Pigeons are more interesting than you think

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GetSmart: Pigeons are more interesting than you think

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China’s Uyghur Muslim Genocide: In a statement on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said, “I have determined that the PRC [People’s Republic of China], under the direction and control of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party], has committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups.” Further, “These crimes are ongoing and include: the arbitrary imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of more than one million civilians, forced sterilization, torture of a large number of those arbitrarily detained, forced labor, and the imposition of draconian restrictions on freedom.” (full statement).

Context: Uyghur Muslims are a minority population in China’s western Xinjiang region. Multiple media outlets have reported on the CCP’s treatment of them over the past few years.

President Trump pardoned 74 people and commuted the sentence…