#DEMOCRACY

John Hayward

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An important lesson of the post-Cold War era, learned far too late: allowing totalitarian regimes to interface with the political, economic, and media systems of free nations is like installing

Eric Garland

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Yesterday, we heard from the House impeachment managers and a "response" from Trump's attorneys.Prediction: As per the analysis below, not only will the GOP refuse to convict, they intend

Richard Horsey

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I think Myanmar’s an interesting mediation case study. Key questions: Why hasn’t Myanmar conflict had a mediator? Does it need one? Traditional answer to both questions the same: No, because

Zal Haveliwala

zalu_haveliwala

On the 13th death anniversary of the first woman Prime Minister of a Muslim country, Benazir Bhutto. The daughter of the east lived through an illustrious life of politics filled

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD: THE GANDHIAN TYRANT]0/29This isn't a new story; wrote this some time last year but for Facebook. So still a first here. It's about a journey. Of a nation from

Kassandra Seven

KassandraSeven

Can We Deprogram Trumpism? “Dangerous groupthink thrives on secrecy and wants its members disconnected from non-believers. If they have no connection to anyone outside, they move further away from reality”https://www.damemagazine.com/20

Kasim Gilani

KasimGillani

The panic and fear amongst the ranks of the PTI government in response to Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani’s nomination as a joint candidate for Senate is amusing and very telling.

Telvin Griffin

TelvinGriffin

It’s clear Putin supports the Taliban as he ordered bounties on our American soldiers. It’s clear they are terrorist & enemies to America. Trump invited them to Camp David a

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

9/20. What Donald Trump is attempting to do has a name: coup d'état. Poorly organized though it might seem, it is not bound to fail. It must be made to

Andrea Upton 📚🌱

UptonAndrea

Previously I have written a couple of threads about UsForThem, this one is not so much about them, but more about the linked groups and in a way a continuation

Adam Wagner

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A year ago, the idea that you could close every restaurant, café and pub in the capital without a Parliamentary vote or even a debate would have been unthinkable. Today

Christopher Sprigman

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A few notes about this piece with @espinsegall. We lead off with a point about originalism, which is that the framers would not approve of courts interfering as deeply in

Alex Stevens

AlexStevensKent

Can we talk about Boris Johnson's chronic dishonesty? I don't just mean his over-optimistic promises, then lying about whether he's achieved them (e.g. frictionless trade, no GB/NI border, 'world-leading' Covid

Mark Scott

markscott82

.@facebook announced a bunch of efforts to combat electoral interference (mostly aimed at US). There’s lots to unpack here. Giddy up. So what is FB doing? Efforts focused on

Seb Abecasis | Not the BBC

sebabecasis

Meta-Take: Freedom and symbiosis I've written before about how a balance of power between different groups is perhaps the most essential factor in securing a free society.A second, complementary factor

Heidi Li Feldman

HeidiLiFeldman

Don’t be naive. McConnell and Barr are not trying to soothe Trump’s feelings. They want him to remain in power and they want the Senate to remain controlled by Republicans.

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