#GOVERNMENT

Crystal | Black Lives Matter

crystalwillseeu

The UK government (via Rees Mogg) has said they will not consider any petitions unless they go through their official petition site. This means all the Change. org petitions that

Oregon Econ Analysis

OR_EconAnalysis

This new Washington Post article on state and local governments has Oregon in a unique situation: large revenue declines but job gains. Data technically right but misses unique context of

Benjamin Wittes

benjaminwittes

I will have more to say about this story after considering my legal options. For now, a few points...https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-who-published-leaked-documents/2020/07/30

Aisling Bea

WeeMissBea

Yes this is me wrestling. Now I have your attention, as you probably follow me on here because of comedy & not wrestling, could you do me a favour &

Lindsay Wiley

ProfLWiley

What did the US Supreme Court do last night? A thread for non-lawyers. One of the things non-lawyers often get wrong about constitutional rights is that they think of them

Resist Line 3

ResistLine3

Each February there is a campaign to bring awareness to the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Relatives (or MMIWR). Learn more from this thread. (1/8) CW:

PLC

Humble_Analysis

Four days ago, Oxford University published a report on US state government responses to Covid-19, showing a wide divergence in relative stringency with that divergence growing over time as 1/2

Robert Colvile

rcolvile

Throughout the pandemic, to a rough approximation, every single UK policy success has been built on a good database. And every single policy failure has resulted from a bad/nonexistent one.

BobbyPiton

BobbyPiton3

I just went to target to pick up some groceries and a bottle of wine. I thought I had my ID with me but had forgotten it in the car,

Dr Craig Dalȝell

thecommongreen

Under this system, my job as Head of Research for an influential think-tank is considered "unskilled" and I'm only allowed to work it because of where I'm from.https://twitter.com/pritipatel/status/1262430422954389504 Let&

The Hoarse Whisperer

TheRealHoarse

I read up on the last several men the federal government rushed to put to death this past month.Sister Helen is 100% right. None of the defendants would have come

Rajan Venkateswaran (സ്വാമി)

swamy64

For decades Volkwagon Beetle pulled off the biggest marketing hoax. The car has been in existence since late 1930's when Hitler came up with the concept of People' Car. Remember

M.S. Bellows, Jr.

msbellows

Why am I so adamant that the Nov. 6 insurrectionists need to be charged with MAXIMAL crimes, not mere trespass, and sentenced to decades behind bars?History.1/ Adolf Hitler led a

Burt Likko

burtlikko

I'm a white dude in America, well-educated and privileged to have had a background of economic comfort. Not affluence, but I've had some luxuries, like an education rich in history,

John G. Hartness - Impeach Him Again

johnhartness

I got called the "extreme left" today. I'm a fat, beer-swilling, chevy pickup-driving redneck from North Carolina with a shotgun leaning up in the corner of the room who just

Spencer Rascoff

spencerrascoff

(1) The #FTC and 40+ states sued #Facebook this week alleging anticompetitive behavior. Lawsuit here: https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/facebook_complaint_12.9.2020.pdf (2) @NYTimes article by @ceciliakang and @MikeIsaac:https://www.nyt

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