#History

I really love when people invoke the history of World War II to make a hilariously wrong pointhttps://twitter.com/ksorbs/status/1326959404986535938 Here's the nicest thing the French who opposed fascism did after the
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An official Twitter account for the Trump campaign is promoting conspiratorial antisemitism - suggesting that Biden is being controlled by Bernie, a socialist Jewish puppetmaster. This isn’t remotely subtle.https://twitter.com/trumpwarroo
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Not only does @AOC completely expose Zuckerberg’s inadequacy as the head of, well, *any* group or organisation she shows that he is unwilling to answer basic questions about how his
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Travelogue: Owerri, Umuahia and Ojukwu's BunkerThe Air Peace flight was very punctual. In fact, I almost missed the flight because I went to MMA2 initially instead of the 'Old Local'
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reminder that esk!mo is a derogatory word used for us. that’s not our name. the history behind it is violent and has everything to do with colonization. not just land
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People throw around Marx's "we will make no excuses for the terror" quote because it sounds cool but don't actually engage with what it means: A thread Marx acknowledges that
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[Thread]Who Are [They]?We are at war with [them]. For years our #Military has protected our #freedom, keeping the enemy at bay. Without their sacrifice the enemy would have overrun our
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1. Much needed report by @BRRubin that places the intra-Afghan negotiations in the context of constitutional issues, ethnic politics, & history.https://www.usip.org/publications/2020/11/constitutional-issues-afghan-peace-negotiations-pr
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Based on the *process* momentum described in this report, the Afghanistan decision is shaping up to 1) no withdrawal by May 2) open-ended extension on drawdown until conditions on violence
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1/ Some of us have lived thru this-once before!1965 Selma Alabama voting rights march-1965 Watts Rebellion-1966 Hollywood Protests-1970 Kent State University Demonstrations-to mention-just a few. And each time-history has proven-that
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The avalanche of support in recent days for @JaniceDean and a small number of others working to expose Cuomo and the cover-up has been extraordinary. He should be held accountable
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1. Sitting overseas thousands of miles away from my beloved country right now, I’m a bit late with my thoughts on yesterday. It was certainly not America’s best foot forward.
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THREAD: We traveled more than a thousand miles across Colombia to examine how the pandemic and lockdowns are affecting everyday families, looking for a window into what is happening across
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1/nCentral banks generally don't have a problem with stronger FX (Fed aside); stances depend on four things imv: 1) cycle point, 2) monetary conditions2) growth composition3) FX reserves vs need
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THREAD: MORE THAN JUST TRUMP: Youre thinking as if Trump is a singular psychopathic phenom and this doesn't include a Mafia like structure GOP FED GOV cabal of co-conspirator psychopaths
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Top Democrats VERY CAREFULLY craft their language. Dismissing “Defund The Police” as a “slogan” instead of the sophisticated policy ask that it is, is a calculated move signaling that Dem
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