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THREAD: June 25, 2020, marks eleven whole years without the King of Pop. While most people reading this was fortunate enough to have lived in the same time and space
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This is John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X” (1884). Although it doesn’t look remotely controversial today, when it was exhibited at 1884 Paris Salon, the public were so shocked & disgusted
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Ways to help Texas - please share as you never know who might need the help!Donate to mutual aid funds that work to provide housing, food and other support systems:https://www.gofundme.com/f/kick-the-cold-austin-mutal-aidhttps://checkout.sq
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In 2020, we tracked every cyclist killed by a driver on an American street, with a final tally of 697 cyclist deaths. We counted deaths reported by local media, so
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Project “Strategic Competition With China Crosscut”:White House asks US govt agencies to summit cross-cutting data on federal funding that aids or supports China, or that directly/indirectly counters the China’s malign
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Friends, especially White friends, in academic medicine wondering what you can do and what issues you can advocate for. A non-comprehensive breakdown by specialty. I remind you that pledging to
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I never stop being fascinated with the sheer scale of impact Cahokia has on the center and southeast of this continent. I'm teaching medieval Iowa this semester--goes back and forth
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Think Tankers Paid to Spy for Foreign Governments? In the fall of 2016, Donald Trump Jr. and other key aides to the future president reportedly met in Trump Tower with
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3 days ago I suggested Trump's ploy was dangerous, irresponsible & would "legitimise loonies". In National Populism, we argued that Trump was closer to a distinct American populism than fascism.
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Rant of the day: Alright....So I've watched every state legislature hearing in their entirety so far and here's what I've learned. 1.) The people in power want to make you
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I spend most of my time studying how people fight back against autocratic regimes in places like Russia. But as my fellow Americans worry about the potential of an authoritarian
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Trumpism can not be defeated by conventional political means. Defeating Trump was the easy part, Trumpism will not be eradicated by any election, campaign or political process.https://twitter.com/andrewfeinberg/status/1340123333799645186 Th
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The frieze of Harvard Law School's library is inscribed, "Non sub Homine sed sub Deo et Lege" - Not under Man, but under God and Law. Ours is a nation
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1/ This is a thoughful reply and allows me to clarify what I mean by "Trumpist", a term I use an insult. Read on if you care. (The Trumpists who
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Happy Haitian Independence Day! Two fascinating facts about the revolution, in addition to all the really great threads going around... Until Fredrick Douglass published his autobiography, the Haitian Constitution was
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Uranium stocks Let’s Get You Up to Speed on Uranium…The average citizen also doesn’t know nuclear power’s vital role in the American economy.America gets 19.5% of its electricity from
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