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An indulgent thread:I have known a handful of people in my life that I would characterize as truly strong & confident. The signal characteristic of such people is that they
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I am not exaggerating when I say that reading this story caused me physical pain.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/undecided-voters-2020-presidential-debates/2020/09/27/0911c650-fd9e-11ea-8d05-9beaaa91c71f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politic
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There's been lots of talk about political media & how to reform it. Here's a clarifying frame:The mission of political media in a democracy should be to create a disincentive
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Rs trying to ramp up legal penalties against protesters is a perfect illustration of the mentality that has made the US justice system a dumpster fire. There's barely even a
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Your must-read today: @RottenInDenmark debunks the "39 sex-trafficked kids recovered from double-wide trailer in Georgia" story, which was almost entirely bullshit that the rest of the media credulously passed on.
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One thing I like to think about is how much everyone hates Ted Cruz. Not just his political opponents, but his colleagues, especially, along with his past roommates & acquaintances.
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In Whitefish, Montana, a young woman named Samantha Francine is confronted by a large white man with balled fists, shouting, "Black Lives Matter? Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!" She
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Everyone hates Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, which is fine, but I am curious exactly what people think he should have done. Seems like the mayors of these cities
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Escalating street violence -- precisely what Trump wants & probably his only real hope of getting reelected.https://twitter.com/TheRealCoryElia/status/1299908378810957825 1. Yes obviously I know it's MAGA fucks doing this. 2. Both s
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A great thread on the thudding obviousness of Trump's bid to establish autocratic rule in the US. It's the same every time, everywhere. You have to put quite a bit
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Welp, @EricLevitz has precisely captured my thoughts. America's problems are structural, not tied to Trump, and it's difficult to see how even a Biden victory would slow the downward spiral.https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/rn
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On any given day in America, you could uncover thousands of illustrations of systemic racism in action. You could uncover dozens & dozens of examples of BLM advocates peacefully protesting.
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