#Dissent

Zaid Jilani

ZaidJilani

I often say that the political and media environment was way more repressive under Bush than Trump. I understand it's been almost 20 years since Bush took office so many

Shermichael Singleton

Shermichael_

1.) It’s not necessary to put down Black people to make a point about the issues some face in our community. I, too, know all of the stats/problems, but a

Anthony Sanders

IJSanders

Yesterday the NY Ct of Appeals (NY's highest court) ruled he retroactive application of part of a rent control law violated substantive due process.Extremely rare win for economic liberty in

Martin Enserink

martinenserink

If you want to understand what the heck happened in Sweden the past 7 months, this story by @GretchenVogel1 is a must-read.https://bit.ly/2I5Bihw Some key take-aways in @GretchenVogel1's terrific longread: 1)

Abhishek

AbhishBanerj

During second wave, as with first, entire media is scanning Gujarat for every symptom of failure.This obsessive anti-BJP media bias is why Gujarat has better governance and Maharashtra does not.No

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

It’s *imperative* in the midst of a public health crisis that we able to question and CONTRADICT “Authoritative Sources” like the WHO when they appear to be lying to us

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

Thread asking some very difficult questions during a very difficult social shut down, depriving the world of social interaction.Who knew about COVid-19 before late December? And when did they know

Brendan Carr

BrendanCarrFCC

Great!First, I would like to speak with Dr. AI Fen. She worked at Wuhan Central Hospital and tried to sound the alarm on the virus.Could you un-disappear her so we

Del. Danica Roem

pwcdanica

Every Democratic presidential ticket since I cast my first ballot has featured a Catholic: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020. I voted for all of them - and I have

twilight sparkle

yourcompanionAI

This edit's going around but I really wanna talk about this first because like the second panel is obviously ridiculous but this first panel expresses a belief that I don't

Gabriel Malor

gabrielmalor

Reminder: when SCOTUS rules on administrative stays we know only at a minimum that five justices voted for the stay, plus whatever else they tell us. Here, only Justice Sotomayor

Cara

caraesten

reading essays by digital artists and as someone who's worked at well known tech cos her whole career, it always feels like artists overestimate the novelty of tech and underestimate

P. Sainath

PSainath_org

1/5. PM Modi has repeatedly told us that a) he will never allow MSP to die and b) he will double farmers incomes by 2022. Great. So what stops him

MajorFreedom+

major_freedom

@AustinSteinbart is #QThis is not an attempt to divide or rile but a statement of Fact.The only purpose of this thread is to implore you to THINK FOR YOURSELF.Consider the

David Graeber

davidgraeber

Required reading for everyone who feels that "anti-imperialist principles" or realpolitik oblige them to support the Assad regime. You're just validating systematic industrial-scale rape, torture, and murder as a means

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

Who'sreadyforSCOTUSopinion(s)at10?! Today is NOT the last opinion day of the Supreme Court's term. We don't know when that is yet! Big cases remaining: •contraceptive mandate•Oklahoma tribal lands•ministerial exception•T