#DEMOCRACY

What .@maddow is describing right now, between Republican Senators laundering Russian agitprop into fake investigations of Joe Biden, to the gutting of the Postal Service, to Pompeo having to sneak
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At least one part of the EU has finally realised it's impossible to work with the abusive regime in Hungary... You can't cooperate with a member state where rule of
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A key lesson from #impeachment is that too many of the disciplinary procedures in modern democracies are founded on the assumption that those at the top will enforce an informal
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When Steve King asked “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization – how did that language become offensive?” @GOPLeader stripped him of his committee assignments.Why is @mtgreenee just getting a stern
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I feel like some folks maybe need it spelled out:There is a difference between fascism and totalitarianism.Fascism is a far right ideology that aspires to far right totalitarianism.We already live
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I consider myself well published: http://www.emmettmacfarlane.com/publications.php And my work has been cited over 200 times, according to Google Scholar. Sound impressive? Well... let me briefly talk about some of my
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What's so astonishing about this is that it's not responding to any real grievances. No, the election wasn't stolen. No, Dems aren't Marxists — or pedophiles. No, BLM didn't go
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The truth is that many of us are complicit in the messes of our country. Many here especially your faves who have become the self acclaimed custodians of democracy, good
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A Thread:1.Ever since the #FarmersProtest in India started to take an ugly turn, #KhalsaAid International was found covertly stirring up an agitation & supporting the hate mongers. Once known for
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Fractals are supposed to be interesting. But they're also repetitive, and the Trump presidency fractal is boring. Every new episode encompassed all the terrible features of the whole presidency, reproduced
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One thing I think many people on the left don’t really understand is the extent to which a huge swathe of this country lives in an utterly different reality. It’s
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There is an endless litany of arguments against democracy and you probably know them all, already. Yes, I know the US is a republic, but spiritually it's a democracy; we
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Okay. Let's take a deep breath here. I too have a tendency for worst case scenarios, but the one below is VERY unlikely.Was just talking it through last night with
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As a part of its commitment to bolstering democracy, the Biden admin wants to renew US support for #civilsociety around the world. This is a welcome move. Some thoughts &
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This is a fun tweet butthe US will need to engage in a counter-insurgency campaign against white supremacy ... just like it did in the 1990s.https://twitter.com/MattGallagher0/status/1350141040343265284 When a counter insurgency
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I'm going to delete the entire Fife/Modi vaccine thing because...1. A piece of information I didn't have changed the situation and a correction won't have the same effect.2. I'm interested
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