#American

John Hayward

Doc_0

Middle-aged people grew up hearing that the Red Scare and McCarthyism were the worst things ever, the ultimate modern American sin, almost on par with racism or slavery. Hollywood made

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

The right-wing freakout over Twitter banning Trump mirrors the broad arc of the myth of the "liberal media." At the end of the day, despite decades of right-wing columnists, magazines,

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HIGHIQSTIMHEAD

Incel is the most ridiculous insult. Every sexual encounter I have had with the modern woman has felt as if I am submitting to sin and enabling her to act

R. Volney Riser

RVolneyRiser

Had (minor) toe surgery yesterday. The podiatrist's clear instructions were that I spend all of today with my foot propped. Naturally, a good tweet from earlier instead has me up

Renee DiResta

noUpside

I was a prop trader/mm for 7 yrs; one thing that struck me when I started looking at social networks was how much more active Wall St regulators were at

The Undefeated

TheUndefeated

Today we celebrate football trailblazer George Taliaferro – the first Black player drafted to the NFL.In seven NFL seasons, Taliaferro played an unheard-of seven positions: QB, RB, WR, punter, kick

Blake Bailey

BlakeBaileyOn

Thread: (1) This piece is a laundry list of instances in which Roth ascribes racist attitudes to fictional vulgarians--thereby proving, to the author's mind, that Roth himself was racist.https://www.salon.com/2021/02/07/philip-roth-and-

Halie Soifer

HalieSoifer

I have worked with some of the dedicated public servants under attack, including NSC Intel Director Maher Bitar. Maher is a brilliant foreign policy and intelligence expert and committed American

Erika Barthelmess

porcupinedoc

Thanks @eJett and @CSULBMammalLab for alerting me to great question from @zoecology! North American porcupines have a huge geographic range so the answer may depend somewhat on location. Not sure

Adam David Long

adamdavidlong

One of the underappreciated and underdiscussed aspects of Judges -- at least American judges but I suspect that this is pretty universal -- is that most of them are mostly

Dr Matthew Ford

warmatters

The M1 Garand's design history had significant impact on the structure of post-SWW small arms discussions.A thread on Colonel René Studler, American attitudes towards small arms & one of the

The American Sun

NewAtlantisSun

Read Nixon’s Memoirs to see why they ousted him and the same patterns re-emerge.1/ Identify and criticize the unelected power of a biased media. “You are fake news.” 2/ Decentralize

corey robin

CoreyRobin

One of the things that makes me hopeful, longterm, is that this analysis, which several of us were pushing from the beginning of Trump's regime (and before that, in fact),

Why do Republicans hate our country and our laws?

lousywithhumans

GOP is a billionaire superpak. Hates the worker. Please use the links here to prove it. #1 Kochs own them. #2 Gerrymandering summits (how they steal elections) #3 How laws

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

I know Bill Maher is a bit of a one-trick pony, but it's not Christianity at the root of QAnon/MAGA—it's white supremacy.Black Americans are more religiously devout (and Christian) overall

Martellus Bennett

MartysaurusRex

I see Booger digging for gold but only found shit. Every athlete in the world is trying to build their brand. These old heads get on TV and speak from

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