#DEMOCRACY

Institute for Christian Socialism

SmashMammon

The radical MLK is a stark contrast to the domesticated King whose legacy involves little more than rousing speeches, dreams of “color-blindness,” and the occasional march. King died a radical

Tim Wise

timjacobwise

1/ Let's be honest: how many of you "reasonable" conservatives imploring Dems to reach across the aisle and make nice with Trump voters would have demanded that Trump voters to

Rep. Arthur_Chen

ArthurC28445273

I have an announcement.Next house elections, I will be rerunning. This thread will explain my ideas, and why I would be a good choice. If you do not know me,

Suhag A. Shukla

SuhagAShukla

Two weeks apart in two democracies. Two monuments to democracy breached. Two capital city’s police attacked. This is what fake news, conspiracy theories and religious radicalization wrought.This is hard for

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

There're gonna be 10K @KamalaHarris VP think pieces. I won't be writing one, but I'll say this: Not only are Black women the Democratic Party's most loyal base,BW are the

Andrew Sharp

buckeye_201

Wesley Lowery's column on moral clarity and journalism made a lot of great points. I also really appreciated this response to ithttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/journalism-debate.html Particularly this quote: "I still bel

EveJustWantedToKnowShit⏳

myfinewords

Thread:Follow the MoneyIf you've been following me for a bit, you know that I believe the United Nations is behind everything we are currently witnessing.All of it.Right down to the

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

4/Now, this looks a lot like guilt by association, but it's actually worse.Woke people think if someone is racist, and you aren't aggressively fighting them every chance you get, you

JackWBower

Trumpet1984

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GA SENATE RACESI think it’s so important to get this disseminated that I will donate $1 to the Ossoff & Warnock campaigns for every RT. I

Bill Kristol

BillKristol

1. Short thread.A friend writes (but asks that he not be credited by name, as he's concerned about his family's security!):"If you have ever been to Prague, you may have

Diana B. Henriques

dianabhenriques

I've been thinking a lot about how the GOP/Trump response to the pandemic compares to the GOP/Hoover response to the Great Depression. Same issue: Does government have a duty to

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

Post “Hope and Change” you see a real asymmetry between the parties in that Democrats lack a credible account of how they are going to deliver on their supporters’ aspirations.

Prateek Raj | प्रतीक राज

PrateekRaj_

I doubt this. Norms of innovation, tolerance and democracy are far more developed in the west than elsewhere. The equality and inclusion enjoyed by women, minorities and LGBTs in the

The Editorial Board

johnastoehr

Trump pits GOP against patriotism by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/trump-pits-gop-against-patriotism?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. I think some Republicans are beginning to sweat. Not

T.K. of AAK!

AskAKorean

What an exchange between the newly appointed Unification Minister Lee In-yeong and defector-turned-Assembly Member Thae Yong Ho:Thae: "Do you still believe in Juche? Why is it so hard to tell

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/OK, just for fun, let's talk about capitalism starving millions of people to death!Yes, that's not a typo, I said "capitalism"... 2/I recently purchased "The Great Big Book of Horrible

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