#Politics

Bessma Momani

b_momani

More ranting:-a UNSC seat is for Canada; not for Trudeau-this is not American idol, stop making it about PM-wanting a seat at UNSC doesn't mean UN is perfect-UN needs major

David Bequette

dbequette

At home (US) I’m politically a progressive. But abroad I understand that democracy isn’t something that can be installed or copy & pasted. Democracy doesn’t take into consideration genocidal neighbors

raz zimmt

RZimmt

With the approach of #Iran's presidential elections, there is increased discussion in Iran concerning the possibility of a “military president” from the #IRGC who could channel his military skills to

RespekMyPoliticks

StanFritz

Everyone is worried about "White Gentrifiers" using their "Money, and Resources" to bring in Black presumably "Token" candidates into office. But no one is being honest about who let those

Civic Engagement Beyond Voting

AZCEBVus

We've heard this more and more lately, so here are EIGHT REASONS YOUR VOICE MATTERS IN STATE POLITICS:1/https://twitter.com/Tucson_Cowgirl/status/1361456735957909508 State laws directly affect our daily lives. From firearm regulations t

Eric Gonzaba

EGonzaba

Gay historian here : Probably not worth discussing, but just want to note that in Andrew Sullivan's farewell to New York Magazine, he claims that despite being a conservative,

Brian Beutler

brianbeutler

A perfect opportunity to test some of the ideas I wrote about here. It shouldn’t be a total non-story that literally everything Trump says in trying to appeal to voters

Steve Bullock Music

GuitarmoogMusic

This is an absolutely outstanding piece of personal writing from @rafaelbehr that very much chimed with me. Substitute Covid, depression and diabetes (all much less serious of course), and you

Jordan Weissmann 🗽

JHWeissmann

My initial take on Mitt Romney's child allowance proposal: It looks good. As @dylanmatt writes here, some of the pay-fors are controversial, and it may not reduce poverty as much

تحميد نور الله

NiceNortyBoi161

This is pretty weak reporting, A thread:https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/neo-nazis-go-bush-grampians-gathering-highlights-rise-of-australia-s-far-right-20210127-p56xbf.html This is an incredibly sensationalized framing of an issue th

Ananya Chakravarti

achakrava

I don't want to RT the #Ellipse video because it is incredibly disturbing propaganda but I am struck by how analyses of it are skirting around the effects of America's

Ames Grawert

AmesCG

Many people are going to argue (as here) that homicides are up in NYC because of criminal justice reform policies. I just don't buy it. We've been reducing incarceration for

Love, Yours

stopsayingthatx

This point in our American history will be used later on to discuss how important the seperation of church and state are. Bringing religion into politics is the most absurd

Ajay Singh Chaudhary

materialist_jew

A thing that was too far afield for my @JewishCurrents interview on Trump through the lens of the BJP/global organic crisis (https://jewishcurrents.org/neofascism-after-trump/) is the extreme flipside in the pattern: Macronism.

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

Pre-presidency: When he went on the Colbert Report for a segment about wanting to fly a cartoonishly large American flag at one of his golf courses but then had to

Mona Eltahawy

monaeltahawy

#WhyISayFuck: It is exactly because of this classist, pear-clutching, civility-as-cudgel fuckery https://www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-say-fuck I am from the “If they go low, I will fucking come for them” school of thought. I

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