#Democracy

Kyle Russell

kylebrussell

Starting a thread of books I finish in 2018. Book 1Lesson: think through the second- and third-order effects that might result from a short-term fix Book 2Lessons: Technical insights come

Molly McKew

MollyMcKew

We need to pull out of this tailspin of the self-fulfilling prophecy of political violence during and after the election before it is too late.We can start by understanding what

Jonathan Korman

miniver

OK, I’m coining a neologism:——————— hyperkludge———————A hyperkludge is a design which is not a good solution for much of anything, but is a tolerably bad solution for so many

Kevin Hargaden

kevinhargaden

Last night my colleague, Peter McVerry, went on the tv to talk about his life. The response has been fairly overwhelming. Even a prominent Fine Gael MEP couldn't resist agreeing

Tom Burgis

tomburgis

The law is becoming a weapon in the US election. That's what happens when kleptocracy starts to take hold.Here's why.(1/15)https://twitter.com/nytmike/status/1313990589499744256 Anyone who's witnessed elections in kleptocracies

Kelly Bauer

BauerJournalism

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will have a press conference on the George Floyd protests at 11 a.m. I will live tweet it.Follow for updates and let me know if you

Dr. Cameron Webb

DrCameronWebb

America is more than the sum of its parts, but that's because our strength comes from the diversity of our people. This National #HispanicHeritageMonth, our team is celebrating by honoring

PhennommANON

PhennommANON

@GovernorTomWolf #pennsylvania 1. Top lawmakers have called for #ImpeachWolf. He was served Mon June 16 amid the economic fallout of #COVID19, and the 2020 race riots in Pa, taxpayers in

Darren 🥚 🐣 🕊️

ReformedTrader

1/ Liar's Poker (Michael Lewis)Thread"Never before have so many unskilled twenty-four-year-olds made so much money in so little time. There has never before been such a fantastic exception to the

Clarkisha Kent

IWriteAllDay_

Black Activists on Anti-Imperialism: "As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the

Gwen Snyder is uncivil

gwensnyderPHL

(Thread)Unidentified federal special ops teams dressed in full military tactical gear have been shooting protesters in Portland and silently disappearing them into unmarked vans in the night.It is a pilot

Dr. Asatar Bair

asatarbair

There are six basic problems with the ‘Uyghur genocide’ narrative. A thread 1/x1. The logic problem: no genocide in history has ever occurred amidst rising population, life expectancy, and income

Cyber Hunts

Cyber_Hunnt

Thread: Yesterday we exposed Umar Khalid, which all places he visited before the Delhi riots. Everyone asked me the source of funding and support he got from. Here I am

quinn galloway

QuinnG1970

I’m writing this thread out of concern & affection for Leftist TwitterSince it looks like the Creepy Uncle Joey might buy us ~4 years of illusory calm & mediocre, incremental,

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Hi, Katrina,The history of the two major parties is a little more complicated than that. I can suggest a few good books (covers pictured in the next tweet).If you’re not

☀️ Chelsea Mérta ⚖️

ChelseaKMerta

You want to make some *real* change in Missouri?I mean, actually hitting the private prison industry and seeing a true shift in the criminal justice system?Then we need to talk