#POLS

Rachel Shelden

rachelshelden

Been thinking a lot about how this mirrors a major element of the lead up to and unfolding of the Secession Crisis in 1860-61. It's not a 1-1 comparison but,

Joe Sanberg #BlackLivesMatter

JosephNSanberg

With Tax Day today, it's worth taking a moment to look at how our broken tax system advantages the rich & big business, while perpetuating inequality & poverty in this

David Thompson

2Big2Prosecute

I don't think the most significant division in the socialist movement is over whether to put time into GOTV efforts ("electoralism"), or even over whether to do that for Dems.

Dr. Macallan, MD-ish

DrMdish

During every election I can recall we’ve been told this is the most important vote of our lifetimes. 1/ The hyperbole resonated because we knew they were important, but I

Josh Wolfe

wolfejosh

1/ It is generational arbitrage. Human nature is this: the masses are mostly credulous steerable sheep— many lost, needing to be led.The WISE and the CLEVER break—first from the herd

bikepandemic

bikepedantic

First (in the US that i've seen) of what i hope are many street network adaptations we make for active transportation during coronavirus! Let me know if you hear of

Christian Christensen

ChrChristensen

1) How do regional factors impact Sweden's #COVID19 deaths?Stockholm (pop 2.4m): 897 dead = 374 per milRest of Sweden (pop 7.8m): 614 dead = 79 per milSo, Sweden minus Stockholm

John Hayward

Doc_0

Straight and tough talk about Democrat political violence is good, but Trump needs to avoid comments that will help the Dems sell their "looting and murder will only stop when

Deficit Owls 🦉

DeficitOwls

An important piece of MMT-adjacent work that should get more attention is Bill Black's work on "control fraud," so here's a short thread on that.Control Fraud is when managers loot

Mike Guss

GussRuralWA

I'll say it: a lot of the anger you see in the streets is because the CARES Act, good piece of legislation that it was, was not administered properly by

Sam Cooper

scoopercooper

Transnational cartels, the Chinese Communist Party and Canadian politicians in spotlight after Richmond shooting — ‘Intelligence sources say Paul King Jin, attended meetings organized in Canada by the Chinese Communist

Joshua Stanton

freekorea_us

1/ U Mich Prof Walter Mebane did a statistical analysis of S Korean's Nat'l Ass'y election & finds that fraud may have changed some results.http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wmebane/Korea2020.pdfFriends have asked me what I

Fred Sargeant

FredSargeant

This Sunday I'd like to talk about Marty Robinson. Just before Stonewall, Marty found LGB activism. He understood intrinsically that the old style of activism promoted by groups like Mattachine

Ketan Joshi

KetanJ0

Sooooo I guess it's time to talk about personal responsibility vs leadership and systemic issues, hey.......https://twitter.com/DanielAndrewsMP/status/1297061294000939008 In my view, two things that are widely assumed to *help* with adh

Dan Medeiros

ManVsTweets

Brief thoughts about the RUN THIS CITY documentary series so far as I watch it: He tells you to look around at pictures of the other mayors & says “they’re

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

1./ Boo hoo. A young gay bloke with the backing of the bloated ego that is @MrJohnNicolson couldn’t even convince the local SNP to make him a candidate never mind