#GOVT

1) My friends, gird your loins. If you follow me for my optimism, you may want to skip this one.2) This will be the darkest, and possibly most depressing thread
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[THREAD - Taiwan geopolitics and WHO]A lot of people on my feed have been sharing about Taiwan vs the WHO. Let me offer my two cents on the situation, as
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Indian and Chinese armies are again at each other. It is important to learn a little history to understand the context of present-day problems. May 1951, which is watershed in
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Corona Scandals:Bungled tests Delayed lockdownsTravel from hotspots (Europe,NYC) seeding outbreaksNo Corona HotelsCDC Mask snafuPPE shortages & black marketsNursing home neglectHospital mis-mgmtMeatpacking/Prisons clustersAny others we
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Thread: Tesla and the Germans Pt 1What is the real legacy of Tesla’s work? During his life, Tesla made amazing discoveries. Helped by close working relationship with a man named
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Call ur congress member, no companies with factories in China should get a dime of bailout $.Shouldn’t reward the enemy who tried to kill u all with #ChineseVirus #WuhanVirus https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1240287662096908288
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Book thread for Yuval Levin's new book, https://amzn.to/2TvZxsi  @NationalAffairs Brilliant and worth the read, and I'm only 1/5 done. IMO, he correctly diagnoses today's hard to decipher ill - failing
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Julian Assange's extradition hearing, day 6 thread. We expect to see more testimony from @Reprieve attorney Eric Lewis today. #AssangeCase Yesterday's report: Eric Lewis: Julian Assange shouldn’t be extradited, would
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"Command" is the meaning of this week's Torah (Bible) portion, "Tzav."https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/  Primary reading: Leviticus 6:1 - 8:36https://www.sefaria.org/Leviticus.6.1-8.36?lang=bi&aliyot=0Supplemental readin
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Demystifying Ms. SONIA GANDHI Ji -without any Conspiracy Theories, ONLY FACTS -1.Many UNKNOWN Facts about Sonia ji #edvigeantoniaalbinamaino- From Antonia Maino to SONYA to Sonia2.The Forgotten Major Events in UPA
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A break from Covid19. I joined @foreignoffice 30 years ago today.L: Berlin 1990. Indie singer-songwriter mood. Lots of hair. R: Toronto 2020. Dad mood. Less hair & attempting a WFH
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Very good thread by @RoscoeBDavis1 which I'm going to riff off. Roscoe already covered many of the problems with this case...I'm going to discuss the politics of it, just why
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Here’s what we know about police violence, based on the data that’s been collected over the past several years. A thread (1/x). Despite the US govt’s unwillingness to track police
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Mayor @tedwheeler is currently introducing three amendments during the city budget hearing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UscNU90Jp6wI've not heard any mention of the Police budget reallocation Mayor Wheeler is putting forward an
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#HappeningNow: The fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention kicks off, with the theme 'Land of Greatness.'Later tonight Donald Trump will formally accept the Republican nomination for president.
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“A fascist govt, as Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian of authoritarianism at NYU, explains, has only one party, led by a dictator who through violence has shut down all opposition, including
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