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David Roberts
drvolts
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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Puff the Magic Hater
MsKellyMHayes
I think it's a mistake to conflate order and democratic norms. In times of crisis, maintaining or restoring order sometimes means subverting democratic norms. People often choose order, even when
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kashyap9991 🇮🇳
kashyap9991
I keep on asking these questions. What is your definition of Ecosystem? Does this Ecosystem mean that one can’t ask questions to Govt.? Does this Ecosystem mean that one has
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Jacob Mchangama
JMchangama
1/ This quote by @jasonintrator is mind-blowing. To argue that free speech is AS likely to threaten democracy as to make it flourish ignores 2,500 years of history as well
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Raksha Kumar
Raksha_Kumar
A list of those booked under #UAPA in the last 24 hours1) Masrat Zahra, Journalist2) Peerzada Ashiq, Journalist3) Gowhar Geelani, Journalist4) Meeran Haider, Student, Jamia 5) Safoora Zargar, Student, Jamia6)
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Eric Garland
ericgarland
Dear Media: The GOP is no longer making "legal arguments" about the election.They're fucking criminals who supported treason seeking to destroy democracy rather than face life in prison. This ain't
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Nicola Smith
niccijsmith
The UN has demanded answers over the alleged police harassment, intimidation and the arrest of frontline medics during the #HongKong pro-democracy protests. Medical workers - the people we rely on
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Brad Heath
bradheath
Bunch of law profs pile on in the 3d Cir.: "For the good of the country, for the good of the Constitution, for the good of democracy, and for the
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QuestLamp !
BlepMlem2420
What people don't think about when they want you to vote: a thread on voter suppressionPlease retweet when you're done reading! This is very important information for eligible voters in
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Larry Noble
LarryNoble_DC
Trump's responds to HHS IG's report on problems in hospitals by asking when she was appointed. Ans: Trump appointed her. When told she was also at HHS during Obama admin,
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Jacob Bacharach
jakebackpack
I forget who observed that most modern states rationalized first and then became democracies, whereas the US became a democracy first and therefore never fully rationalized to become a modern
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Mike
mikegulseth
A brief thread on a conversation with my 10 yr old surrounding proposed curriculum changes in #abed. Picked my daughter up from dance class last night and asked how it
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A.R. Buckle
JuliusGoat
It's also hard to overstate the fact that decimating the gains of the Civil Rights Movement and devastating our democracy was precisely the reason the radical far-right anti-democracy Roberts majority
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Manimugdha Sharma
quizzicalguy
I watched the debate on secularism being essential for democracy in India on NDTV. It was quite disturbing to watch. Old Right-wing falsehoods about India's founding parents not wanting to
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Everjoice Win
EverjoiceWin
It’s such a dif’cult being a Zimbabwean woman at this moment. We were told to wait until racism was eliminated, so that we could talk sexism. Ok. Independence came, we
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Steven Schooner
ProfSchooner
Here's @paulkrugman ringing the bell. America as we know it may not survive much longer.... we’re much closer to losing our democracy than many people realize. It's naive to deny
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