#Democratic

Unite in justice for the poor & oppressed

BreeNewsome

You can’t keep begging people to vote for you, demonstrate a total disregard for them once you get elected & then turn around & expect people to turn out again.

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

I don't think any politician in American history tried so hard to thread so many needles as Stephen Douglas. He really was THE dominant political player in the 1850s and

Ashlie Weeks

ashlie_weeks

THREAD: I haven’t touched politics bc I needed a break/SCOTUS should refuse 2 hear the election litigation by 45* as an initial matter. So many resources have been wasted &

Matt Glassman

MattGlassman312

The “let him have his legal process and then it will be over” crowd in the GOP isn’t going to win. We’re going to get the full spectacle of successive

Martin Morrey

martinmorrey

I hope we do eventually discover what really ties Johnson & Gove to #CummingsYou can see the Cummings watermark on everything Johnson's govt doesThe man seems set on destroying UK

Now, More Than Ever Rifer

TheLifeofRifer

Over the past two months we have borne witness to the most dangerous threat to American democracy since the Civil War. We have watched the president and his co-partisans attempt

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

I think Democratic Senators should feel as obliged to honor their promise as McConnell felt obliged to honor his own Merrick Garland rule about not confirming judges in an election

The Civil Liberal

cfthepodcast

For years, right up until present day, Republicans have repeated the talking point that “Democrats refused to accept the results of the 2016 election”. This is a lie. Here’s a

paula berman

_paulaberman

Happy to learn that the crypto community in Japan is interested in the @IdenaNetwork and Proof of Personhood! I got asked to suggest a few topics for discussion, so

Michael Conti

Michael31093553

CNN’s headline screams déjà vu, “Biden maintains a double-digit lead over Trump nationally.” That’s it then, the election is over. Trump supporters may as well pack it up and stay

Branko Marcetic

BMarchetich

Some stray thoughts about this predictable catastrophe, which so many of us spent the year warning about:1. Biden will be a very weak president under a cluster of epochal crises,

Charlotte Hill

hill_charlotte

1/ A few thoughts on my proposal with @leedrutman calling for a Federal Elections Agency: 2/ The core problem is that our distributed approach to elections—10,500 election jurisdictions, each with

Parliament Must Decide

newpaulhearn

Is the UK a representative democracy? Will it remain one?At least Brexit got many people thinking more about how democracy works or doesn't. I'll be honest, I never gave it

Paul Mason

paulmasonnews

The fascist danger is not over: a thread. 1/ What's important is that Trump incited the attack; the administration did not stop him; the chain of command protecting the legislature

David Andress

ProfDaveAndress

Things which are inseparable:- the Industrial Revolution & the profits of slavery;- mass education, the democratic franchise, & the height of imperialism;- the welfare state and incomplete decolonisation;- pretending none

Josh Fruhlinger

jfruh

i think a lot of the dysfunction in our government arises bc the founders thought of the executive branch in terms of either the king or a colonial governor appointed

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