#Populists

1)Nobody should wish Donald Trump ill.Though he may have little apparent empathy, that's no reason why we shouldn't.And in any case, the best way to end Trumpism is to beat

Marianne Williamson

1/ When I was young and we were protesting the Vietnam war etc., there was a sense that the Democratic Party was the establishment arm of the counterculture. 2/ Today,

Duncan Hothersall

The scare stories about indoctrinating and endangering children that you are so happy to endorse about trans rights are very easily extended to other LGBT rights, and then gradually to

The number 1 threat to the world we dwell in today is conservative America. No longer will we scratch our heads at how the Nazis got into power. Inherent thickness,

The biggest geopolitical impact of corona c/d be in Europe. The fight over coronabonds is about the EU getting its act together. Word of a compromise was met w/ cheers.

You didn't ask for this, but I'm doing it anyway, so tough: a bit of a defence of Laura Kuenssberg.If you come to this with your mind made up, you're

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It is weird that people think the crude logic of populism drifts anywhere but reactive? It has a simpleton's notions of self-interest and takes nations as political entities as somehow

Nominate Cathleen For Chair of Young Labour!

1/ (Thread) Yesterday I was asked to be an ‘ambassador’ for a new campaign on justice for students (@RefundUsNow2020). It has since emerged that this campaign is also working with

Tania Kindersley

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Here is what I don't understand. This could all have gone away if Dominic Cummings had said something like, 'I'm very sorry. I was desperately worried about my child and

I’m not even sure populists will have to make that argument to succeed. Our economies are crashing, millions of people will lose their jobs. That alone will be a big

ConditorMalorum

A Thread: My fear, with Biden - setting aside my problems with him as a person and with his legislative history, which are vast - Is that four years of

Cotto/Gottfried

DJT's surge with Venezuelan voters (read that Politico article) is yet more reason as to why the 'traditionalist conservative' and 'blue collar populist' approach to GOP politics (i.e. white grievance-mongering)

Claire Lehmann 🚀

Tweet calling Bill Gates a “vaccine criminal” gets 19.6K retweets. Many on the Left lost their minds after 2016, but in 2020 it’s happening on the Righthttps://twitter.com/realcandaceo/status/1250441046586097675 Populists defending the

Richard 🌞 Spencer

RichardBSpencer

My comments on @Indian_Bronson's and @eurog3nic's threads have elicited attacks from many sides. So let me explain my position. I think the working class is treated disgracefully in America, and

I feel like populist centrists and classical liberals (however defined) have a great deal look forward to, should Dems win it all. I don’t know why they can’t see it.

For those of us who study autocracies, including elections in autocracies, there were a lot of familiar messages, symbols, and methods on display this week at the #RNCConvention. THREAD 1.