#DEMOCRACY

Jeet Heer

HeerJeet

In terms of actual criminal justice reform & police reform measures, what counts is local elections. That's where power is. And reformers have been winning big -- in fact much

ANI

ANI

I think all across the world it's becoming more apparent each&every day.Chinese Communist Party decreed an end to freedom in Hong Kong,violating UN-registered treaty&rights of its citizens-one of many int'l

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

The last four years taught us that the government ethics program was always too weak. We have a narrow window for reform so that a future administration can’t get away

Jeff Giesea🌴

jeffgiesea

There's something deeply disturbing about near-monopoly platforms deplatforming users with no due process or transparency. YouTube controls more than 70% of the online video sharing market. Its parent Google controls

Richard Scott 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳🔶 😷🧼🤲🏻

RichardAScott

** SHORT THREAD ON ELECTORAL REFORM **Only two countries in Europe use First Past The Post to elect their Parliament. One is a corrupt failed state where the ruling party

Sarah

Bohot_Sarah

If you are an Indian Muslim who is queerphobic or casteist then know that you are absolute scum. These are the 2 communities who have rendered unconditional support to your

Wesley Yang

wesyang

The thesis of the End of History is simply that there's not going to be a next stage that resolves all contradictions. The liberal democratic state is the terminus. You

Jennifer M. Miller

historianjennie

A lot has been said about this article today already but I wanted to add one thing: these types of arguments have been articulated by leading political scientists for a

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

My latest at @mmfa:Never, ever, ever let Trump's accomplices live down their attacks on democracy.https://www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-and-suppression/never-let-trumps-accomplices-live-down-their-attacks-democracy One thing I kept t

David Floyd

davidsocialsp

A short thread on the work that I’ve been doing - with @drdaggers and Kat Davis - on understanding the impact of the @Nesta / @DCMS Future News Fund. Our

Daniel de Kadt

dandekadt

Remember: "the paradox of preparation." Danger looms. You prepare for the worst and fight to prevent it from happening. Then it doesn't happen, and you think perhaps you overestimated the

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

You are utterly unfit to serve in high office. 6 people were killed. A mob of White supremacists, conspiracy theorists, fascist Proud Boys. Extremist Militia members and murderous thugs attacked

Daniel O'Maley

domaley

I need to make one thing clear. If all of the panelists on a panel are male, it's a #manel It doesn't matter if a women is moderator -- it's

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

It is incredibly dishonest, disrespectful, and unloving to ask people who have been harmed in a society to compromise with people who do not love them, deny their equality and

LotGH Dub Project 7'4'' 432 IQ

loghdub

Alas, I don't want to cheat you. So let's walk down the path of intrigue in Episode 30, "Lost Things" https://twitter.com/loghdub/status/1356430878273007617 This is where we're at plot-wise. To take Iserlohn,

Greg Hart

greghartpa

I keep questioning this (this morning over the firing of the SDNY's Berman), but seriously for my conservative friends, how the hell do you support what is going on? If

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