#POLITICAL

The Secret Barrister

BarristerSecret

I worry that this seismic change to our constitution is not being given the attention it urgently warrants. So I'll say again:The government wants to abolish jury trials in order

Jonathan Kay

jonkay

im repeatedly sent this NDP claim that there are "300 active far-right groups in Canada." when I've asked NDP officials to name them, they identify about 10—and even of those,

Jeremy Littau

JeremyLittau

With Biden preparing to take office today, a short reflection about being in higher ed teaching media courses the past four years: 1/ One of the core memories I have

Holly Brewer

earlymodjustice

I’m retweeting this one not because I agree with it, but because I want to emphasize that all of this is so speculative. What does the exclusion of the president’s

dr. tricia matthew

triciamatthew

I'm not going to do a hashtag syllabus thing, but here's stuff to read and listen to if you want to think more about my read of "Bridgerton"Imoinda's Shade: Marriage

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

Trump biographers—including me—and many Washington journalists are telling America that (a) Trump will never stop his coup attempt, (b) there's no bottom to what he's willing to do, therefore (c)

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyNow

#TodayInHistory Udham Singh is hanged to death in 1940 at Peytonville Prison, London for the assasination of Gen O Dwyer, in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. One of the

B.T. Harman

BT_Harman

When Trumpers are called on their political incorrectness it's, "You're a Marxist!" or "I can say what I want, lib!"And yet the minute a man puts on a dress, they

Joyce Alene

JoyceWhiteVance

1/ The statement accompanying Roger Stone's commutation is a piece of work, even for Trump. The full text is worth a read. Here are the final sentences, where Trump plays

Virginia Heffernan

page88

A new generation of thinkers have introduced the notion of trauma into the political equation. On Trumpcast, everyone from @davidmweissman to @BandyXLee1 to @ejeancarroll have spoken about it. I have

Askeladden Capital

AskeladdenTX

This @Accad_Koka podcast with @mgmgomes1 on heterogeneity / herd immunity is a MUST-listen. THREAD on interesting takeaways. To start with, Dr. Gomes is an expert and hardly a "COVID denier"

Alexander Reid Ross

areidross

Re: recent debates about the Boogs, I think that we need to separate rhetoric from reality. They're a far-right movement that uses ostensibly left-wing rhetoric in much the same fashion

Simon Lancaster

bespokespeeches

Trump’s Oklahoma rally speech was 1 hour 40 mins long. This is the length of a movie, and the audience is engaged throughout - chanting/cheering. Most speakers can only hold

Victoria Brownworth

VABVOX

THREAD So Wednesday morning I complained about mansplaining and this guy targeted me for harassment. First he said I couldn't be an expert because I am a journalist and they

Seahyung

KeyPaganRush

1)Many people don’t seem to understand MMT and fire off at it, but a lot of the points they try to make don’t make any sense because they do not

Ugo Gentilini

Ugentilini

The recent debate around school meals in the UK sparked the re-emergence of the "#cash vs #inkind food" dilemma.Here are some reflections based on global evidence. Hint: cash is better;

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