#Politics

Pradheep J. Shanker

Neoavatara

I'm obviously a partisan, I voted against Obama, etc, etc...But that was the most dishonest, hyperpartisan and embarrassing speech of Obama's life. We are in a VERY bad place in

Looking Over Strange Terrain (LOST)

LookingOver

I was asked recently is Black men drawn to Trumps policies or away from Democrats attitudes? I have been pondering this question all day. I have not drawn any conclusions

Daniel Nixon

NixonWrites

Today in 'Dan pretends to be an investigative journalist', I take a little peek into the expenses of Stoke South MP, Jack Brereton. It makes for interesting reading. Let's have

ContextFall

ContextFall

There are many indications that inside actors played a part in the attack on the Capitol.Not just rhetoric, but actions that put lives of Members of Congress and Senators at

Nikhil Pal Singh

nikhil_palsingh

Debating Ellen Wood on race/class 20 years ago, Adolph Reed excoriated her economism: "Racial stratification emerged as a mutually constitutive element of capitalist institutions and evolved and became institutionalized, in

Matt Gurney

mattgurney

Alright, *cracks knuckles*, let's do the promised Twitter thread about the big shiny nothingburger the Liberals announced re: gun control yesterday.The important thing to understand is that this is yet

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Another blow to the Fox-Trump-GOP Evangelical base.Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion restrictions https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-louisiana-abortion-strikes-down/ via @CBSNews I don't think the MAGA people will be

Libro.fm

librofm

Thread of best books of 2020 lists! This year has been challenging to say the least, but there certainly was no shortage of great literature. We love yearly wrap-ups,

Dr. Asatar Bair

asatarbair

Marxists must necessarily be critical of capitalism; but no one can subsist on criticism alone. We must also put forth a set of concrete proposals to improve the lives of

Dara Lind

DLind

Even before today I was thinking about how much the Trump era (unsurprisingly for the b-roll president) has been shaped by visuals of masses of people. It starts with (the

Kristina Keneally

KKeneally

It’s taken months, but @PeterDutton_MP and @ScottMorrisonMP have finally been caught out for their #RubyPrincess cover-up.A recap of the shocking revelations from tonight’s @ABC730 report by @andrewprobyn https://www.abc.net.au/news/202

seeshell

Tentoads4truth

Atlantic Bridge, All the players, (Koch) please watch & RThttps://youtu.be/4Q8sRIoUIEA https://twitter.com/tentoads4truth/status/1067206918513422337?s=21 In 1997, Liam Fox founded a Think Tank called Atlantic Bridge under the patr

Aliette de Bodard

aliettedb

One of those days I really should do a thread of "writing advice I disagree with" It would start with "1. Conflict isn't the core of storytelling."(I know everyone's mileage

Damien Ma

damienics

Worth watching: young Xi Jinping interview as PS of Zhejiang. Reminisces about his time as smoking and working in rural Xi'an, where he apparently lived in a cave for a

Genna Reed

gennareed

THREAD ALERT: Today, @SenateCommerce will hold a hearing at 2:30pmET to consider the nomination of Nancy Beck as chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (@USCPSC), regulating 15,000+ products. Her

Ma$on

FirstGentleman

A brief history of how Black Californians ended up in Vancouver, Canada. In 1851 Sir James Douglas became the governor of the colony of Vancouver Island (which is confusing because

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