#Politics

I sent a version of this to the editors of Vox. (I have redacted some bits that are internal to Vox and shouldn’t be aired publicly.) Since this got buried
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Madrid's regional election was really interesting and here's why: 1. With a population of 6.8 million, Madrid is Spain's 3rd largest autonomous community (after Andalusia and Catalonia).It has Spain's highest
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IncredieWanna see us stupid "Puppets" of the world get ripped of by China and the global Elites for Trillions??Right in front of our fat fayces?? And we are gonna let
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Read this, & then try to deny the terrifying parallels between many of the techniques, policies & especially the rhetoric deployed by Boris Johnson's @Conservatives, Trump's Republicans & the Bolsanaro,
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this article claims CN argued "complaints about cancel culture are a matter of rich & powerful celebrities complaining about being justly criticized." The is false. What we argue is The
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1/ I work in automation (Autonomous Driving). Of course, no analysis of technology is complete w/o accounting for the economic & political system in which it's developed & deployed.When we
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Before the 1994 elections, the ANC campaigned using “RDP”, which promised to reallocate 30% of land to the Black majority. However, After "consultations" with the IMF and the World Bank,
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1/42 I sat at my dining room table and cried tears of relief when Sen. John McCain’s famous “thumbs down” put an end to Republican efforts in 2017 to
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When the Prime Minister is temporarily incapacitated, we essentially have Cabinet government. In practice, few difficult constitutional issues are likely to arise from this at all, esp in current conditions
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#Coronavirus Task Force @WhiteHouse Press Briefing23!!! Aprilhttps://youtu.be/qIpFA3ll7gE  https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1253426874857881601 @FoxNews Live: Trump joins Coronavirus Task Force for White House breifinghttps://youtu.be/7DEiX
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1/ Since Bernie dropped out I’ve been seeing a lot of (mostly) white nonsense about people withholding their vote & making the spurious claim that it is morally reprehensible to
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Everyone, a new MEGATHREAD is here!In 40 tweets I'll explain 40 mind-altering concepts.Reading time: ~7 minutes.Value: A lifetime.THREAD: 1. Littlewood's Law:Around once per month, each of us experiences a "miracle"
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I want to summarize what I read in Peter Schweizer's book, "Profiles In Corruption" about @joebiden.I honestly believe that for most people, even those who know about his escapades in
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Maybe let’s be honest about the impact of lockdown on charities, and what the chancellor’s announcement today of £750m for the sector really means.TLDR - I’m still sure it’s nowhere
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We’ve seen multiple threads recently about book sales being down significantly, indie bookstores (those bastions of delight) closing and/or teetering on the brink.1/x We’ve also seen multiple threads about how
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LONG THREAD1)Why did #Iran’s Mahan Air flight make headlines on July 23?Why did the pilot nosedive the plane in such fashion?Why did Tehran’s state media launch a propaganda frenzy?There are
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