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Nick Reeves #FBPA #FBPE #ProgressiveAlliance
nickreeves9876
1/ This is the biggest story of Brexit politics. The 'Leaders Group' whose members are worth at least £50bn has given £130m to the Tory Party and has secret quarterly
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Adam Serwer 🍝
AdamSerwer
There’s no rhetorical defense that will convince people who think that black people voting is an affront to democracy. It’s not an issue of how votes are reported. It’s normative
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Jeff Mandell
jamandell
Inspired & excited to see so many Madisonians lawfully voting in today's Democracy in the Park event. Madison is a special place with many treasurers. Our city parks are one.
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SonaliRanade
sonaliranade
There is a difference between nationalism in the US and Europe on one hand, and India on the other, that we need to understand clearly.I am going to be very
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AntiNarcopathyPharmD
narceducator
We have reached stage three of a relationship with a narcissist: discard. US democracy is getting discarded.We can see the analogous behavior to a personal relationship discard of a partner
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Sophie Pornschlegel
spornschlegel
So after spending a few hours trying to get through the maze of publications on #NextGenerationEU & revised #MFF proposal (thanks @EU_Commission for this beautiful bureaucratic construction), here's my 2
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Theo Bass
theo_bass
Parliament has been historically very risk-averse and slow to implement technology solutionsPretty incredible to see it now committing to entirely virtual chamber in a matter of weeks (1/6)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/01/uk-set-up-vi
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nick
ntdPhD
a thread of unknown length. im not hollering at anyone specific. this is mostly a stream of consciousness. theres a through-line wrt history and tensions abt instrumentalizing democracy but i
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Nuong Faalong
nuongfaalong
Excessive money has become the yardstick by which we determine the relevance /seriousness of a political candidate. In Ghana while CSOs discuss the monetization of elections, the EC comes out
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Teri Kanefield
Teri_Kanefield
I just looked at my mentions and saw a whole lot people basically arguing for why it's all over.So we should all just give up?Look, nobody promised you a Democracy.
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Don Moynihan
donmoyn
I guess this really depends on your reference point - TBF, the word "coup" implies countries with inherently fragile democracies. Don't think the US looks so great compared to stable
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From the home of Eric Fidler
EricFidler
Meanwhile in Virginia, the commonwealth leapfrogs to the 21st c. by extending voting hours, allowing mail-in ballots for any reason, making Election Day a holiday, automatically registering voters at the
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Patrick Skinner
SkinnerPm
Please spare me the ‘long lines at voting places are inspiring’ hot takes. They’re a sign of a failing democracy where elected officials are afraid of their voters and make
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EthicalRenewal
EthicalRenewal
Democracy takes power from rulers and gives it to voters. (That’s it’s point.)Voters then vote, based on the information at their disposal.1/24#media#democracy If the information is corrupted, then the process
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Lucy Ashton
LutheBlue
Thread: The Govt says councils have to resume face to face meetings from May 8. They can no longer hold them online A legal challenge to this has been lostNow
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Yoram Hazony
yhazony
This says adding liberal judges to the US Supreme Court will save the Court’s legitimacy. This is true: It will make the Court legitimate in the eyes of those who
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