#Legally

Thread: Common instances of passive voice in rules text that can be clearer with more direct voice.But first: Why do we so often write rules in passive voice? Outlining the
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Who wants to bet trump is gonna be late?either that or he rambles for about 90mins.https://twitter.com/davidgura/status/1324486521311973376 CNN is showing it but part of me bets that they're gonna cut away.
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The atmosphere has grown so contentious, Raffensperger said, that both he and his wife, Tricia, have received death threats in recent days, including a text to him that read, “You
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Some of the NYC mayoral candidates are including residency requirements for cops (requiring them to live within the 5 boroughs) as a major part of their police reform plans. Here's
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Minor pet peeve that is basically meaningless in our current political environment, but it still bothers me, so... Barack Obama is never going to be in the White House again,
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Can a clever media reporter please do a dissection of how we're watching in real-time as a domino-cascade of bad headline practice is turning "Subway doesn't use real tuna" from
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Strange. I remember evangelicals burning Harry Potter books in the 2000’s, Amy Grant losing her CCM audience for [checks notes] getting a divorce, and Andrew Breitbart starting a witchhunt using
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1.) LONG THREAD: Mexican Lynchings, Segregation, and Mass Deportations in the SouthThe history of systemic mistreatment, lynchings, segregation, and mass deportations of Mexican-Americans and Mexican Immigrants is a forgotten one
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I've spent today toggling between being baffled and being angry - reading post after post from anti-maskers (HOW IS THIS A THING) and science-deniers, folks who follow 45 wherever he
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Tons of respect to you @BDHerzinger, love your work, but your arguments in @LowyInstitute's Interpreter on why US needs to support transfer of sovereignty of #DiegoGarcia are both misguided &
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1/ ARE POLISH LGBT-FREE ZONES REAL: A THREAD.Since every single mention of the Polish LGBT-free zones is getting bombarded by far right trolls claiming these are lies and even politicians
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Which Mario Kart Character Would Be the Best F1 Driver? A Thread. Let’s first clarify that we’re using the characters from Mario Kart Wii, because it’s arguably the most popular
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When you pin people down, they will just say "Well... abortion." And here is the piece I intend to write at some point- voting Republican does not reduce abortion. At
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The Good Germans.An example of the fast-churning news cycle and an outdated mode of journalism that takes everything said to them by those in power in good faith.Two tourists/travelers/peoplefromoverseas arrive
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1/ A thread (I don't know length yet) with some points relevant to understanding President Trump's EOs today. 2/ Here are links to the EOs:On payroll taxes. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-deferring-payrol
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The government is planning to increase the minimum age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21.Do you think this is a good idea? While this seems progressive, a
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