#Political

lock ree

mvprince10

Getting into political beef on social media with people you don't know is really just pulling a grenade and dropping it. After 2016 we learned that Russia and Iran are

Jonah Furman

JonahFurman

on the occasion of the NYU grad student strike, i offer: why, now and historically, have socialist movements had particularly strong bases in the so-called "pmc," the layer between the

Garrett M. Graff

vermontgmg

I'm disgusted at how news coverage today is soft-pedaling @SecPompeo's RNC speech as "breaking a norm." It was, according to Pompeo's own State Department, *illegal*. It shouldn't just be an

Ross Hawkins

rosschawkins

Did that press conference convince Conservative MPs? A few. But what really matters is it convinced them Dominic Cummings can hold on to his job… more on @bbcr4today MPs’ fury

Miles Tendi

MilesTendi

1/7. Yesterday @DMwonzora wrongly referred to Gukurahundi as civil war. Today he backtracks & decides to play politics by calling it genocide. Our politicians don’t understand the history of the

Ben Smoke

bencsmoke

know everyone is quite busy + don’t wanna be *that* guy but just a reminder that today is the last day that we can apply for a brexit extension and

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3neetee

Why most BL Stans are active about social and political issues: a thread When I say BL stans, I meant those fans who truly understand what Boys Love is. Boys

UAWarchivist

UAW_Archivist

A mover & shaker in labor and politics, many newspaper political cartoons depicted @UAW President Walter Reuther in the 1950s and 60s.Sometimes artists would send him the original sketches, and

Emily Atkin

emorwee

Just watched a long @ReliableSources segment on the links btwn covid denial and election denial, and what it says about the Republican Party. It was generally good, but *none* of

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

This thread does accurately describe CRT & I think most people will see why it is worthy of criticism. The current problem, however, is not this last generation (1970s-2010) but

Elie Mystal

ElieNYC

Sigh. @alfranken just said that Dems should "sit with" a 6-3 court and *wait for* the court to do something bad AND THEN, maybe, the Dems would have the political

Nichole Bauer

nmbauer

Most of us know that women have to be more qualified than men to win political office (or do anything). My new article @JOP explains why. …https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/doi/full/10.1086/705817 I argue that

Michael (Noble Continuation)

OmanReagan

There are lots of different people responding to Bernie dropping out today. There are campaign staff, they have their own thing to deal with. There are Bernie-haters, that's just like

Uncle Blazer

blakesmustache

Thread: Bill Barr’s political and legal ideology is the driving force behind Trump’s assault on democracyBill Bar believes that the Constitution invites the Executive and Legislative Branches to engage in

Gordon Maloney

gordonmaloney

Yvette Cooper is one of the most skilled political strategists there is, and I've seen a lot of extremely uncharitable tweets about her supporting the Tory immigration bill. But she

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

“The BBC must uphold the highest standards of due impartiality in its news output,” we are told, as it reprimands #EmilyMaitliss. I could buy that - perhaps - if the