#Politics

Finding Islam Project

finding_islam

A short thread peeking at the age-old tradition of Islamic gardens ~ "Gardens beneath which rivers flow" is a well-known and oft-repeated Qur'anic image of Paradise, and as with any

Nicolai von Ondarza

NvOndarza

Rumours are flying wild on how close we are to a #Brexit deal. My sense is that a deal is still possible, but the necessary compromises have yet to be

Asfandyar Mir

asfandyarmir

Three things which stood out in this story on China-Pak ties based on a “new U.S. intelligence assessment”:https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2020-08-06/new-china-pakistan-axis-undermines-us-in-afghanistan-strengthens-uig

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docrussjackson

Did you know that in the 1860s Missouri, the term #snowflake was used by abolitionists to refer to those who opposed the abolition of slavery? The term referred to those

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(DEATH TOLL) For those trying to calculate an accurate 9-month US COVID-19 death toll, the NYT reports that as of 11/14, the max undercount was 100K. So on any given

Michael Fletcher

mefletcher54

The word of one former KGB spy doesn't move the needle or add much to the story. It's been pretty obvious for a long time that Trump was significantly compromised

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump Commits Federal Felony and Impeachable Offense By Commuting Sentence of His Court Evidence–Confirmed Co-Conspirator in Pre-election Russian, Israeli, and Turkish Collusion; Stone Had Publicly Stated

anelki

anelki

this was always going to be a disaster.https://twitter.com/NeoconMaudit/status/1295470928206401543 Boston Universityhttps://twitter.com/JoshuaSGoodman/status/1295475373824770049 UNChttps://twitter.com/R_H_Ebright/status/1295503652271030272

Professional Recluse™

liminalmists

Everyone Shut up. I don't normally share my thoughts on important topics because I hate confrontation, but y'all have irritated me to the point of vocality. Want to amplify black

Center for the American Way of Life

CenterForAWL

The Claremont Institute's Center for the American Way of Life has officially opened its doors. Read our opening statement by Executive Director Arthur Milikh in @RealClearPolicy. A new conservatism must

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

All the bizarre and horrifying things he did are going to come back to us at random moments like half-remembered scraps of dreams. "Am I wrong or did the president

Alexander Kruel

XiXiDu

If you want to gauge China's potential, look at Singapore. Singapore is essentially a 278 times smaller version of mainland China but with a significant headstart. A Singapore with 1.4

Lost in Translation

dbach6632

So today we celebrate our independence and the formation of the greatest country on Planet Earth. Controversial statement? Sure is according to many. Many would say that we were, or

James Gibson

jamesalangibson

A lesson about fascism brought to you by selections from Wikipedia. Much of this will seem familiar, but perhaps not by the same name. Enjoy the thread. "The fascist view

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

1./ A thread. The Scottish Parliament was at its best and worst on Tuesday debating the Hate Crime Bill. The fine summation by @DAJCameron reminds us it has already lost

Nate Cohn

Nate_Cohn

Sometimes, American politics is complicated. Right now, it's extremely simple: the public has reached a harshly negative judgment of the president's handling of the most important issue facing the country,

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