#GOVERNMENT

This column from @richarenberg defending the filibuster is a great example of political analysis that is at best stuck in the past/wrong and at worst dangerous misinformation. A thread.https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/512512-unintend
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Thread – The Buffoon in the White House (Irony)1. A pal passed this to me the other day, and I saved it for today. The author is unknown (at least
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Just came across a really great paper about bots and misinformation. "Middle East Twitter bots and the covid-19 infodemic", by @abulkhaezuran @nouraaljizawi at @citizenlab. I think it's a preprint?PDF: http://workshop-proceedi
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With so much public discourse on inconsequential topics like who the next President will be, I wish that we could devote the same energy to the global banking and monetary
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My new research is now published open access in British Educational Research Journal: 'Language, discipline and ‘teaching like a champion’. It's a critique of language and body policing in so-called
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Just like the plastics industry, which spun decades-long myths about plastic waste being recycled (it isn't, for the most part), the real estate industry is banking on us blaming climate
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This is a very major concern. Why reducing community transmission is so important. The more virus circulating, under immune pressure, the more likely it is to mutate, evolve and change.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/18/exclusive-b
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I just finished reading the new study on factors influencing school re-openings. I first want to thank the authors for their valuable contribution to our understanding: @KatharineStrunk @SReckhow @MattGrossmann Meg
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Back in 2016 TN Sen. @MarshaBlackburn was selected as one of only 4 members of Congress to serve as co-chair of Trump's transition team along with the likes of
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Here’s my question @SenTomCotton, if the Congress’s role is simply to rubber stamp the state certified electoral college then why include in the Constitution a mechanism, specific to the election
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BREAKING NEWS / DEVELOPINGSignificant 3-Year Delta, Tomorrow!18 posts to consider. CHECKMATE inbound. THREAD. 519 520BIG news week? Future proves past..NOTHING is a coincidence...PATIENCETHERE IS NO ESCAPE. THERE ARE NO DEALS.
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So, apologies in advance, but I want to do a quick little THREAD to explain my theory of what the Epstein story really is. I promise this isn't some crazy
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With one week left to have your donations to journalism doubled I’m starting a thread here to amplify newsrooms who are still working to hit their end of year goals.
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Will be tweeting about the @CFPB symposium on cost-beenfit analysis for the next hour #regulations opening question (in so many words): CBA? good, bad, worth it? Howell Jackson says it's
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Short background thread about the significancehttps://twitter.com/comparativist/status/1327224546089345024 China is somewhat peculiar in that there was no settled endonym (name you call yourselves) for what what we call China today for most
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A new strain of #COVID19 has evolved in England. It's 70% better at spreading from person-to-person. This is our punishment for not eradicating the disease over the summer. We gave
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