#Politics

I was shaken when I read the letter Amnesty signed.A while ago I read this article by philosophers Robert Talisse & Scott Aiken, on democracy. https://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2020/11/democracys-hard-truths.htmlI just want to q
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Since we are suddenly extremely concerned about 'freedom of speech' of Indians living in other countries, thought I will do a quick thread on those arrested in India for their
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On the subject of #CrimeInfested. A thread.Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, owned and lived in a condo on 43rd floor of Trump Tower.Currently in prison for money-laundering, bank fraud,
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Libra SeasonHere we are, the equinox and of course the Libra season we have all been waiting for. And to be honest balance will be harder to find than ever.
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With one outrage always burying the next, too many people forget @realDonaldTrump 's abuses and what even @GOP leaders have said about him. Here is an ongoing thread about his
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Don't know how many people in India are keeping tab on dangerous turn #Pakistan domestic politics is taking due to various external & internal reasons.But what's happening has far reaching
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4/10/2020 - let's do a thread about the media. NBC News, 10/2/2017: "Trump's Right: His Media Coverage Is Mostly Negative"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-right-his-media-coverage-mostly-negative-n806681 This is
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1) Russia’s approval of an early vaccine candidate is reckless as it places domestic- and geo-politics ahead of science and medicine. According to the @WHO vaccine tracker, the Gamaleya candidate
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AS AMERICANS UNITE TO ENJOY TRUMP'S THRIVING ECONOMY, DEMOCRATS TRY A NEW DEVICE OF DIVISIVENESS: "DECEPTIVE PUSH FOR REPARATIONS""This is not uniting language. This is not language that furthers truth.This
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There are a couple really annoying things about the hydroxychloroquine thing. 1) Is it an effective therapy for COVID? Possibly. We need more study to know for sure. There are
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This is a powerful thread about how social care world is becoming an (even closer) adjunct to the NHS during #Coronavirus #COVID2019 epidemic. It raises some important and difficult questions.
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I just...Literally the moment I introduce myself--"hi I'm Kate and I use they pronouns!"--I have, by some folk's reckoning, already begun a "social/political" discussion at work.OTOH, I can't *not* introduce
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1] Away from the obvious economic crisis, the ED era has seen the rearrangement of political identities, & a clear ideological crisis in ZanuPF.The opposition itself has been left suffering
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Thread time. This one is important but complex, bare with me. I swear this is good info if you are a protester, live in Portland, or just want to resist
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I want to talk about this thing where you see someone on stage/screen presenting material about geekery, you decide you're attracted, and you send them mail or dm hitting on
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Not feeling great about the incentive structures being set up by how responses to antisemitism are covered in English-language media Those alologising, taking ownership, committing to improvement, etc. are constantly
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