#Political

Social indiscipline starts with leadership indiscipline. If a minister or commissioner does not have to queue in line or wait in traffic like everyone else, why would anyone else? Nigerian
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1 US journalists: how did you cover the #ebola outbreak in eastern #DRC? I know, I know, most of you didn't cover it. But other people did, and you should
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Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr., Donald Trump, Joe Biden all have been credibly accused of (some even admitted to) sexual assault or inappropriate touching behaviors. This isn’t a new thing.
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A thread courtesy @vbanno Some thoughts below are from my colleague at IIT and the figures he quoted herein are copied from other sources.When the country decided to adopt the
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I've been torn on whether to post about George Floyd's killing and the response. Saying nothing risks suggesting I'm OK with it or don't think it's important. Commenting risks virtue
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Okay. A personal thread about #Karabakh - not pretending to be a conflict resolution expert, but as someone who spent a decade working mostly on human rights in Azerbaijan, lived
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I would love to hear the perspective as to why, after once again being ignored by their political leaders, supporters of the democrat party are willing to vote in someone
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As expected there’s been lots of “clergy should stay out of politics” since yesterday. Christians and people of all faiths take part in the national debate. This is democracy and
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“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.” - Joseph Addison *Incoming political thread* I didn’t watch the
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Now the Interior Ministry has blocked the bank accounts of the soup kitchens run by Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality, a CHP stronghold, that has been providing these services & collecting donations
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You know. Just the President of the United States retweeting a video that says “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” Just a reminder that he has inspired followers
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If we on Twitter indeed want to change Nigeria by exerting more influence *offline*, we should consider our inability to influence *offline* narratives "next door" on Facebook & WhatsApp as
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Brutal thread. Necessary reading.https://twitter.com/gwensnyderphl/status/1250105770386972673 It’s a great exercise to watch the Obama endorsement and then read this thread. The aspiration of the message and the love for the messenger should
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Evolving thoughts. I read @DavidTreuer 's fine book Heartbeat of Wounded Knee and in it he gives a broad history of the original peoples of NA. He traces various groups
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I RTed this thread by @mattsheffield yesterday because it contains crucial observations on conservative media. However, I strongly disagree with the idea that Trump’s supporters are being "misled" and I
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A side note on this - not mostly on Sewell, but on government-commissioned "independent" reports/"Commissions". The process *is* tricky and it is not (and should not!) be a purely "objective"
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