#Politics

I understand foreigners having this “whole America” sense even though that’s completely wrong. But man, even Americans don’t understand regional American influence in politics or society https://twitter.com/gweggie90/status/1250111229411995648 The pr
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I'm not sure what sort of politics opinion this is, but whenever I find out someone has gone to/is going to/ teaches at Oxford or Cambridge I always find it
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Physical therapy this morning, 30 minutes into a treadmill that's kicking my ass, doctor comes in:"I see you're a political writer. What do you think is going to happen when
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The truth is: we failed at checks and balances.We failed. We have to make new ones. And if that means nuking the legislative filibuster and/or expanding the Supreme Court, then
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1) What did General Flynn know that may have prompted the surveillance and unmasking by the Obama Administration? Timelines are important. Why was General Flynns son Michael Jr threatened should
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Let's be very clear what's happening while Pres. Trump urges this.Arizona experienced an inundation of folks seeking COVID tests over last week. It led to hours-long waits, denial of tests
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I’ve collected a few past comments by Joe Biden on #Brexit. Let’s start.1) Biden (Oct 10 2018): “From the US perspective, US interests are diminished with Great Britain not being
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Spanish yields will trade higher than BTPs in less than 2y. Thread SPGBs started yielding less than BTPs in 2016. Italian politics failed to bring solutions to the crisis while
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1/ Potentially interesting unreported journalism backstory? In 2018 Ohio reporter Kimball Perry (Cincinnati @Enquirer Columbus @DispatchAlerts ) died by self-inflicted gunshot. Some years ago he tried to dirty me up,
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Okay, I am putting this up because I am sick of COVID-19 panic porn that leaves the impression we have no answers. This is simply not the case. At the
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The Blairite vision for the labour party is basically a philanthropistic one. Instead of a participatory mass movement composed of radical unions, local CLPs etc. their vision is of a
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niall when they tell him to get educatedhttps://twitter.com/crawfordcollins/status/1303116769918291971 this tweet wasn’t mean to harm anyone, i understand that this is a delicate subject and the opinion of a white straight
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Here’s a bizarre coincidence:1. @NYTimes notes that Apollo CEO Leon Black inexplicably stood by Jeffrey Epstein, recently giving him $50M.2. Apollo lent the Kushners $184M while Jared was facing his
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There seems to a be real divide in people doing stuff and people horrified at people doing stuff, so I just wanted to share the middle line I'm trying to
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CONFIRMED: New Trump Pandemic Guru Will Push "Herd Immunity," a Scheme Expected to Kill At Least 2.5 Million Americans During the Pandemic; Trump Had Begun Privately Pushing Plan to Permit
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i get that politics make ppl sad and anxious but it frustrates me to no end when someone shows absolutely no interest in what’s happening like that’s LITERALLY what got
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