#Government

A few days ago I wrote a detailed thread explaining what happened in Arizona.I think it wasn't fully understood ..So I'll try explaining this way: The guy in the picture
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Thread: I've been consistently predicting #NoDeal for the last two years. Though I accept there are powerful arguments on the other side, my view hasn't changed.#Brexit @davidallengreen has cast the
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Does raising the minimum wage reduce the number of low-wage jobs?No."We also find no evidence of disemployment when we consider higher levels of minimum wages."https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/134/3/1405/5484905 Minimum wage i
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THREAD One of the weirder statistical consequences of the riot.You can only be denied a security clearance (or have a current one revoked) if the allegations made against you fit
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Q: Won't a carbon tax reduce CO2 emissions without hurting our economy?A: No. A carbon tax would raise energy prices, make every American industry less competitive, and offshore our CO2
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According to @The_TUC 71% of women are being turned down for furlough. The government can and should do more. But so can HR. We have an obligation - right now.
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Lots of talk over K-pop stans going political on Twitter yet there is a reason why the whole "never have I thought I would stand with K-pop stans" meme was
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The long-awaited Home Office review on grooming gangs has been published: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/944206/Group-based_CSE_Paper.pdfMuch of the debate has been on the eth
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Another day and another small business owner trying to desperately save their business. The announcement for 25% funding for arts complexes, sports and Agriculture societies is welcomed. The devil will
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5 Truths You Must Accept Before You Can GrowA short thread.3 mins read. 1. The World Will Never Quit Poking YouJust when you’ve improved your finances, your car breaks down.You
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One can not have a nuanced debate in South Africa it seems. On the right you have these tweets. The ratings agencies & Bloomberg think Tito’s plans are not credible.
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You’re diverging the issue - I’ve asked a simple question - what is it that the protestors are protesting for?and why are you and other journalists not trying to stop
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Bloomberg's attempts to strip low- and middle-income nation's of their independence and disenfranchise their citizens isn't new and isn't limited to the Philippines https://insidesources.com/bloombergs-philanthro-colonialism
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Just listened to Luke Johnson telling me that hospitals had plenty of capacity.So was the tripling of ICU capacity in my trust in my imagination? Was the fact we were
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A brief thread about Josh Hawley, Christianist Fascism, and what my upbringing taught me about the present political moment. I was raised in (overwhelmingly white) fundamentalists evangelical communities in the
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Polling has consistently showed that African Americans are more skeptical of taking the #Covid_19 vaccine than other groups of people in America, but the reasons for this aren't just based
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