https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/hong-kong-pepe-the-frog-lihkg-copyright

This Hong Kong Pop-Up Store Started A Battle For The Soul Of Pepe The Frog

As rumors and lies run thick, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement is trying to hold on to the meaning of their frog mascot.

Last month, crowds snaked their way down a tiny side street of Hong Kong’s hip Sheung Wan neighborhood as people lined up to get inside a small bike store hosting a Pepe the Frog pop-up shop. You could buy Pepe T-shirts, socks, phone cases, and stickers. Online, however, rumors swirled —accusing the shop of being connected to a shady mainland Chinese Amazon storefront, diluting the revolutionary iconography of Pepe with tacky garbage.

But in the United States, the struggle over the meaning of the cartoon character Pepe, first created in 2005 by cartoonist Matt Furie, is split between white nationalists and meme enthusiasts, while in China, his double life is between an apolitical mainland Chinese emoticon and a pro-democracy mascot in Hong Kong.

Buzzfeed at it again

https://www.state.gov/statement-by-secretary-michael-r-pompeo/

NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly lied to me, twice. First, last month, in setting up our interview and, then again yesterday, in agreeing to have our post-interview conversation off the record. It is shameful that this reporter chose to violate the basic rules of journalism and decency. This is another example of how unhinged the media has become in its quest to hurt President Trump and this Administration. It is no wonder that the American people distrust many in the media when they so consistently demonstrate their agenda and their absence of integrity.

It is worth noting that Bangladesh is NOT Ukraine.

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