#Legitimacy

The Annoyed Man

TheAnnoyedMan

This is worth a thread...https://twitter.com/headasploding/status/1248990465720016896 One of the things that is very different between my generation (boomers) and younger generations is how much, and by what means, we had access

gathara

gathara

#BREAKING Emergency meeting of AU Foreign Ministers in Addis Ababa condemns extrajudicial executions by US police and urges President Donald Trump to exercise restraint and avoid escalating the situation. Envoys

Alison Greene

GrassrootsSpeak

On my continuing quest to understand how Mitch McConnell, who had an approval rating of 18%, managed to win reelection by 57%, I dug even deeperThe deeper I dig, the

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

This QT is my election livetweet thread. Now that things are winding down into a tight endgame with a cloud of murky lawsuits and doubt-merchanting hanging over them... I hereby

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

For a society to be unequal and stable, it needs a STORY. If you have less-than-enough and your neighbour has more-than-enough, it's natural to ask why you shouldn't take it

Rabbi Josh Yuter

JYuter

1. Starting a new thread of "I wish people would make up their minds" and will add examples of when I think of them. 2. I wish people would make

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) @duty2warn asks: How can the entire GOP leadership forsake its vows to the Constitution?The answer: They prefer Cult of Leadership to Rule of Law.GOP leadership ran for office—not to

jonwu.aztec

jonwu_

Celsius is one of the largest centralized gateways to crypto.It raised $864m of venture capital and at one point custodied over $3 billion of funds for 1m+ customers.As of today,

mrs panstreppon

mrspanstreppon

@DerWouter @Gummi_Gal In advance of tomorrow's luncheon at Palm Beach U. honoring @FLOTUS for being "an exquisite human being, a magnificent wife & life partner, a superb mother & an

Rising serpent 🇺🇸

rising_serpent

1. "Pursuit of Power" Obama's US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power undertook an unprecedented & underreported unmasking of the incoming Trump administration in her final days between Nov 2016

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

1/ Richard Hofstadter (historian)surveyed history from the founding of the nation through McCarthyism and noticed a pattern among a small impassioned minority on the fringes of the political spectrum.They believe

Alex Howard

digiphile

"In Nambia, the President compared a lawful whistleblower to a spy, & called for the person who told Congress about his abuses of power & efforts to cover them up

It's Going Down

IGD_News

Tucker Carlson is best known for mainstreaming white nationalism - but he's also the heir to the Swanson frozen foods fortune. Famous for 'Hungry Man' dinners, Swanson's empire, and in

TwkLGBTQIA+ Sarah

TWkLGBTQ

Hey everyone, I wanted to talk about this Eric Metaxas tweet from yesterday, because there's a lot to unpack. If you aren't already familiar with Metaxas, he wrote a biography

Sam Dylan Finch

samdylanfinch

I've spent the last couple weeks going through hundreds of pitches from writers (literally! HUNDREDS). And I'm noticing some common mistakes that writers are making when they pitch.So here's a

Olga Dryndova

OlgaDryndova

Short summary of political situation and latest trends in #Belarus (THREAD)1) Solidarity & self-organisation in society still highly present: crowd-funding for victims of repressions, solidarity chains/actions, humour as important solid