#DEMOCRACY

P. Sainath

PSainath_org

1/5. The farm laws exclude civil court jurisdiction and bar prosecution of officers of central and state governments, and also “any other person in respect of anything” if done “in

Jan Schakowsky

janschakowsky

[THREAD]You are living in an alternative reality if you don't believe Members' lives were in danger on January 6th, whether in the Capitol building, or across the street in our

Anna Gallagher

CLINICexec

THREAD: This draft proposed rule is Orwellian, and goes against our fundamental belief in the dignity of the person and the sanctity of family. It is a 328-page instruction manual

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

Someone's suddenly worried about a ruinous defamation suit that could put them out of business.https://twitter.com/existentialfish/status/1341078245878472706 2/ I'll add to this that the expansion and abuse of litigation against new

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

This article needs some context. Good thing I’m prepared to offer some.https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trumpism-wont-happen-in-canada-but-not-because-of-our-politics/ WOW! I’m stunned by the hubris and ignorance of this

Tim Bousquet

Tim_Bousquet

I was going to return to the "more information" issue, but I'm told there's no more time for me. FWIW, I don't think I deserved to be yelled at by

Shayne Krige

shaynekrige

People like to regale me with stories about how they now know actual people who have COVID-19. As if the virus wasn’t serious until one of the 28,000 victims was

GET A GRIP 💙

docrussjackson

Free speech is precious, & like democracy, fragile.Divisive thugs, who spread conspiracy theories, demonise minorities, pretend white people are under attack, & use deliberately inflammatory rhetoric for personal & political

timelyman

timelyman

He set up his con months ago: Voter Mail Fraud. There has never been any evidence to support this. But it was his hill to die on. He railed against

Sreenivas Bidari 🇮🇳

BidariSreenivas

To a tweet asking for best book on introduction to philosophy, I suggested #WillDurant ‘s #ThePleasruesOfPhilosophy#Nostalgia made me reach out to it in my shelf & start reading it again.

Tacit Subtext

TSubtext

Conspiracy thinking is fascinating to me. I have a few relatives mired in it - pretty broadly from kooky alien conspiracies to horrifyingly hurtful Alex Jones type of bull. This

Erica De Bruin

esdebruin

Okay, a brief thread about this 'coup' framing. Coups involve overt attempts unseat a sitting executive, backed by the use or threat of force. The types of steps Trump is

Mary Ellen Klas

MaryEllenKlas

Media exposure is currency. Now, researchers have proof that when a politician - state and national - is more ideologically extreme, he/she gets more coverage, especially on television. Brace yourselves

𝔖𝔲𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔞𝔥 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨

suzania

1/ Last night, at Trump Tower, there were maybe ten Trump supporters, and 60 journalists. At one point, one of the supporters said "Whatever happens, we're going to stay peaceful."

Ruth #BLM

FullofRuth

Let’s carry this fiasco onto the world stage and look at the damage unfolding there. The visible destruction of American democracy and the rise of fascistic thinking in America legitimizes

Damian Coory - THE OTHER SIDE AUSTRALIA Podcast

DCoory

AUS DAY THREAD: A country can't survive without RESPECT for its own core culture & sense of nationhood. Multiculturalism is a myth. Ppl come to Aus for our culture of

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