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InfoInThePublicInterest

InfoInterest

Democracy Shell GamesThe US Electoral College Presidential System is IMO unrepresentative - despite the claims that it isIn 48 states it gives all the electoral votes for the state to

Andrea Chalupa

AndreaChalupa

THREAD: Mitch McConnell endangers our democracy. From refusing to alert us about Putin's attack in 2016, to his racist obstruction of Obama, to blocking hundreds of bills to improve our

Daniel Marans

danielmarans

New: Once a front-runner, Bernie Sanders' contempt for the Democratic establishment and traditional campaign tools won him adoring fans, but undermined his path to the White House. An in-depth look

jacob, reporting for duty o7

jacob_posts

ranking the us individual state flags. ohio's at #1, mostly for not being flag shaped putting south dakota at #50. very ugly flag! at #49 maryland. in some ways more

Igor Bobic

igorbobic

Protesters have breached the Capitol. They’re outside the Senate chamber This is happening Police officers are holding them steps away from the Senate chamber, which is locked. Senators are inside.

Washington Post Opinions

PostOpinions

"Invincible" Trump tells us to live with covid-19, Dana @Milbank writes. These people died trying:https://wapo.st/3d2DEsW On Monday night, as Trump was filming his video (without a mask), the West Des

Carl Allen

RealCarlAllen

1/xWho's ready for an election thread and a (statistically literate) poll analysis & update?There's an OBSESSION with "what the polls missed" in 2016. If you follow me, you'd know: the

Worth Rises

WorthRises

Starting a #Thread with the ways that incarcerated workers are coming to the public’s rescue during #COVID19 for just pennies per hour.#LaborIsLabor and incarcerated workers deserve real wages and employment

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Superspreading—South Dakota surpassed 3,000 active #COVID19 cases Thursday while becoming the state with the highest per capita surge in the nation. Iowa & North Dakota next in hot spot rankings.

Randi White

RandiWhite

It's 8/1/20-95 Days to go. This country is a mess and there's SO MUCH WORK TO DO until Election Day. Time to FOCUS on what we need to do. VOTE.

diane #ForAll straub

didikins4life

Thread of Quotes from Republican lawmakers regarding #SCOTUS nominations in a Presidential election year. Hold them to their words because if their word means nothing..they don’t belong in a position

Tim Wallace

wallacetim

I run into these comparative maps all the time—showing one territory superimposed over another—so I'm gonna start dumping them all into this one thread.1. Middle East in orange over the

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Those COVID apps some colleges are trying to force students to download? Worse than useless. You know what else is worse than useless? Bringing the students together for a few

L 🤺

SomeBitchIKnow

1. President Trump ordered for travel to be restricted on January 17, amid the ridiculous impeachment scandal that Democrats were frothing at the mouth over. https://twitter.com/imwithripsey/status/1300887688917254148 On January 11, the

Eric Rauchway

rauchway

Readers of this feed may know that I believe Roosevelt campaigned on the New Deal in 1932—contrary to a widespread impression he did not. George Selgin of Cato says "Rauchway

Bloomberg Green

climate

1/ Biden's goal to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 will require sweeping changes in the power generation, transportation and manufacturing sectors.It will also require a tremendous