#Democratic

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

Has anyone worked out if it's a good thing that private capital gets to decide whether a democratically elected politician can speak directly to the people? (Not an attack on

DJ Ayres, Y’all

djayres

My public high school in Natchez, Mississippi had an official prom, which all the kids called "Black prom," and an unofficial "White Prom" in a hotel downtown. I graduated in

Yair Wallach

YairWallach

1/ One of the risks of using the term "Apartheid state" is that it could create the impression that Israel is an unusual anachronism - like South Africa was. A

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

ThreadWho’s up for another side-by-side?I’m beginning to think that perhaps the media’s coverage of Democratic and Republican cabinet appointees might be...a little different. I want you to look really, really

Ben Wikler

benwikler

NEWS: Trump campaign says it's filing to recount Milwaukee & Dane Counties. But as Trump said in 2016, “The people have spoken and the election is over.” Wisconsinites chose Biden.

Jacob Rubashkin

JacobRubashkin

A brief thread on Georgia runoff elections -- may have something much longer on all this in next issue but wanted to get some thoughts down (thread 1/x):Georgia is the

Tabitha McIntosh

TabitaSurge

What’s transphobic about saying ‘only women have cervixes’? I am going to go ahead and assume that many of you accusing me of libel and threatening SLAPP suits are speaking

Aidan Smith

aidan_smx

I need people to understand that when centrist Democrats say "we support the goals of defunding the police, we just need a better slogan!" they're lying to you. They actively

pete🐬

mistakewizard

one of the inevitable consequences of a larger & more appealing tent for socialism (especially thanks to bernie) was always going to be people A) mistaking themselves for socialists, and/or

Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg

Dan_UA

@AliVelshi notes provisionals aren’t breaking at the same rate for Biden. Sure. But here js the thing: you can’t count provisionals until you are done counting mail ins! What does

William Clare Roberts

MarxinHell

Ah shit: time to get into it. ...https://twitter.com/stevenmklein/status/1338839818059517952 Plato was building on Athenian democratic self-mythologizing when he made the tyrant the ultimate villain. Prior to the cult of Harmodius and

Gabriel Malor

gabrielmalor

This new lawsuit is against the PA secretary of the commonwealth and four election boards in heavily-Democratic counties. It raises due process, equal protection, and electors clause claims and is

Han-earl Park 🎸

hanearlpark

I’ve written elsewhere that I think what I do isn’t ‘free improvisation’ even as my practice is entirely improvised, and doesn’t enroll notation. [1/5]https://twitter.com/hanearlpark/status/1231005282211442695 I think more than a

Nathan J Robinson

NathanJRobinson

I don't see how anyone can think it's better for the left if Trump wins. It's much harder to organize when the president is actively waging war on unions, slashing

Mark Dubowitz

mdubowitz

I have my disagreements with this piece by ⁦@DanielBShapiro⁩ but there’s common sense in many of his recommendations. The U.S. & Israel share common goals; the important differences will be

Levina🇮🇳

LevinaNeythiri

1/4I love how Indian PM #Modi ji repeatedly reminds us that India is the MOTHER of democracy.Ostensibly Rig ved & Atharv ved both mention words like SABHA,SAMITI & Rajan/Raja (householder/leader).It

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