#Politics

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

The Washington Post contacted all 249 Republicans in the Senate and asked them who won the 2020 presidential election. Only 10% told the truth that Biden did. 1% of them

BrianMier

BrianMteleSUR

A story about the Squad, #ForceTheVote and Brazilian politics: During the cold war, the US-backed Military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985) was encouraged to maintain 2 political parties so that it

Greg

How2Drink

So I finished “Crack” on Netflix, and they got Iran-contra in there, but not to the degree I’d like. I am continually shocked that the GOP continued to exist *at

Madeley

Madeley

The last thing I'll say on the subject today, is that asking marginalised people who see independence as a chance to make something new and better to forgive conservatives for

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

The US is in a dark moment, requiring serious people who can recognize real problems. People like Scott Walker helped to get us here: a divider who has undermined democracy.Fortunately,

Chase Thomas

ChaseThomas89

So I know we’re all mad at @SimGillDA right now. But last month, he recommended 22 changes to reform law enforcement use of deadly force. And they were great recommendations.

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

Today I spent several hours with a young woman who was radicalized by a variety of far right factions while living in Alberta. It really shook me up. My mother

Poseur

ATVSPoseur

One of the big rules of thumb is to not take election results to confirm your prior beliefs, so here are the things that surprised me and need to spend

Zaid Jilani

ZaidJilani

Is the theory of deterrence here that some 12 year old somewhere will not misbehave because they'll think, "This will break the New York Times after I win a Democratic

Katie Donington

KatieDonington

Today's pronouncement that heritage orgs shouldn't engage with histories of slavery/empire because they 'do Britain down' is straight out of the UKIP handbook. Literally. This is an extract from their

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

iyad_elbaghdadi

Stream of consciousness thread. Excuse the typos coz I'm not reviewing and not editing, just tweeting as it comes I think what's happening in the United States is that the

James Wilson

jamewils

Psychological scientists Martin Reinmann and Philip Zimbardo came with an idea as to why we are capable of horrible acts. In their 2011 paper," The Dark Side of Social Encounters",

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

A 2017 Domestic Policy Council memo from another Heritage Foundation alum laid out the framework for dismantling public sector unions and making it easier to fire employees, including the "originalist"

curtmills

CurtMills

I think ppl are going to be surprised, if horrified at the GOP’s durability. Major party collapse has only happened twice in US history, after Washington’s death and the age

American Values

Americas_Crimes

On this day in 1991, the US launched war against Iraq. The war began with a devastating air campaign, which directly targeted civilian infrastructure. The war killed over 100,000 people

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

I hv not even changed out of my pajamas today and was most definitely not planning on doing a Twitter thread, but after seeing this, I must, because Fred Gray

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.