#DEMOCRACY

Siddharth

DearthOfSid

Unpopular reports on 2020 Delhi pogrom. A thread. "The activists behind the citizenship protests did not need to organise a riot to attract global media coverage and international criticism of

ABC News

ABC

BREAKING: Pres. Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a tweet.https://abcn.ws/32uEqe1 MORE: Pres. Trump was particularly displeased that Esper had opposed using active duty military under the Insurrection Act to

Miles is thankful Smith

IVMiles

1/ Im devoted to the works of Paulette Jiles--*News of the World* is as fine a novel as has been written in the last decade--and am enjoying reading her poetry

Dave Pell

davepell

1/ How, after four years of this, can many Americans keep finding themselves shocked by Donald Trump’s behavior?A psychoanalyst friend Dr. Michael Levin helped me explain.“This disconnect exists because we’re

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Maximus_4EVR

-Currently, Republicans have a state delegation majority with 26 (likely 30 in the new Congress) out of 50. Ergo, Trump wins.-Prez Trump has clearly discussed and been briefed on a

self-made debtor ☭

babadookspinoza

This is some chilling rhetoric from House Republicans. I’m hearing echoes of the kind of “lawfare” tactics behind the US-backed 2016-18 soft coup in Brazil and some other countries. Despite

James Gibson

jamesalangibson

A lesson about fascism brought to you by selections from Wikipedia. Much of this will seem familiar, but perhaps not by the same name. Enjoy the thread. "The fascist view

Jeff Pearce

jeffpropulsion

Just a reminder that as the international community lectures Ethiopia over how it conducts its affairs, who it should allow in, its sovereignty, etc., an egomaniacal buffoon in the U.S.

Christian Lorentzen

xlorentzen

This is interesting to revisit.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/24/tuesday-and-after-talk-of-the-town Updike at the top, with a fine piece of prose. 'Tinkling', 'glittering', 'nightmare ballet'. He was ever

Ryan Goodman

rgoodlaw

McConnell "has made clear in private discussions that he believes now is the moment to move on the weakened lame duck."He "has told associates he believes President Trump committed impeachable

Spargles 🇦🇺

spargles

A guide to Australian political parties for foreigners: The main centre-right party whose overall ideology I would describe as Liberal Conservatism. Divided between a more neoliberal faction ("Wet Liberals") and

Gabe F. Guidarini

GabeGuidarini

Complete political ideology county map of the United States, by Gabriel F. Guidarini. State map, insets, ideology summaries, and methodology report in thread. Insets of New England and Virginia/Maryland: US

Geraldo Cadava

gerry_cadava

THREAD: This election was about how the most racist man in the room expanded his Latino support, perhaps by 9% from '16 to '20 (see Latino Decisions Election Eve Polls)—and

Surya Kanegaonkar

suryakane

Frankly, the US should never be showing up in Delhi to deliver sermons on human rights to the world’s largest and most diverse democracy. Let’s take a look at America’s

Erich Parpart

erich_parpart

The only reason why the lese-majeste law still exists in Thailand is that the coup-makers want to keep it as a political tool to silence dissidents. Here is my recap

Indian Bronson 🍥

Indian_Bronson

Goldeneye really is the best Bond film. It site at the juncture of the transition to a post Cold War world, opening in the late USSR—007 gets haunted by ghost

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