#Concessions

I was of the firm opinion that David Cameron was the worst PM of the 21st century & last 30 years at least. I was sure he would continue to
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There may be more or less about Kerry's "loose lips" re Iran and Israel, but he's always had a problem dealing with dictatorships. That he's currently boasting of "progress" with
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Lots of discussions about the threat of nuclear war from the Kremlin and whether Putin is rational. I share my thoughts in this thread.To frame: I do not believe Russia
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I’m really enjoying how @kcarterjackson describes the tensions between Black and White abolitionists during slavery, especially because I think it informs the struggle today.There was compromise in the 1830s. Today,
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A thread.Trophy hunting (TH) is despicable: why would anyone want to kill for pleasure and not even eat their kill? 1/16 I am not a trophy hunter. I am not
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After finally seeing Biden’s insane China-hawk ad I believe even more strongly than I did before that all talk of the Left being able to by some means influence Biden’s
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If you just heard about Nagorno-Karabakh this week, it's OK not to have an opinion. Sit this one out, it won't hurt. And to reiterate my opinion: an effort by
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Let me explain elections again.Your job is to win. If you don't win, you receive nothing. Party primaries are contests between party members.Dems put the good of the party ahead
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Thread. As I’ve said, Putin and MbS want Trump to help them keep a tight grip on power at home. Oil price is key, and Trump is happy to raise
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To state the obvious this was a reckless statement by Trump that's likely to further complicate resolving the dispute over Ethiopia's dam. While it's certainly meant as supportive of Egypt,
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Strom Thurmond's goal in 1948 was not to win the presidency outright -- he wasn't on many ballots, and he knew he wouldn't play in the North. It was to
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Tories’ 2019 election manifesto pledged not to reduce standards in the pursuit of trade deals. “In all of our trade negotiations, we will not compromise on our high environmental protection,
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Folks in the academy telling you to get out of echo chambers < creating a space irl free of gaslighting or teachable moments.Y’all have exhausted me. I’ll be dammed (real
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Alright, I'm going to thread on this once so that I can just point here and never talk about it again.https://twitter.com/JustSayXtian/status/1280359403846111232 I believe, very much, that there should be a
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Back in 2008, when Bilawal was still playing with his toys, all Gas Load Management approvals were given by a PPP cabinet under his corrupt daddy’s control! Most of the
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1/3“Do the strikes work? It became known this morning that workers in one of the workshops of BelAZ refused to start work due to the dismissal of three of their
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