#DEMOCRACY

The Economist

TheEconomist

Which races to watch, the role of postal votes and what happens if Donald Trump declares victory prematurely—our overview for election night. THREAD (1/11) https://econ.st/2HQyJQL The state that matters most

The Editorial Board

johnastoehr

GOP's extortion won't work this time by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/gops-extortion-wont-work-this-time?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. If there’s any doubt about the impact

Bridget Barrett

BridgetOBarrett

Everything about this blog post is WILD. A short thread. Apparently, according to Facebook's VP of analytics, only 6% of content on Facebook is political. If you’re wondering what “political”

The Pension War Room

yomeeks

This is your daily pension announcement: The ATRF is dropping the truth munitions! Check this shit out. Can you say boom? When they say "public statements" they mean the incorrect

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

All right.We need to talk about how Trump and the GOP are marketing themselves as the Southern Fire-Eaters who spurred secession and the Civil War and how that time bizarrely

JoeMamas 🥁

JoeMamas2020

We’ve been thinking a lot about how to deploy TEENS and YOUNG ADULTS who are politically engaged. Here’s a thread of ideas to share with them, feel free to throw

Chris Johnson

spiderfoods

My second favorite philosopher (after Kierkegaard) has to be, without a doubt, John Maynard Keynes *Super* fascinating excerpt from his first book, "Indian Currency and Finance", about how Indians' love

Sinan Aral

sinanaral

[ The Splinternet Manifests] We are now witnessing the factionalization of our information ecosystem in real time. Our human network is being torn apart, into two polarized tribes, as a

Lily Chang 常丽音

Mihlii1

https://mihlichang.medium.com/a-perspective-on-the-1989-6-4-protests-by-arctic-stranger-on-twitter-2b971ac2ea9cI translated this Twitter user's thread on the 1989.6.4 protests. A perspective I believe is sorely lacking in western discou

Mona Nicoara

monanicoara

In some ways, it's simple: during an international soccer match tonight, Romanian match official calls on Romanian referee to eject a player whom he identified, in Romanian, as "the black

Jan Zilinsky

janzilinsky

Larry Bartels reported *before the election* that 4 in 10 Republicans agreed that “a time will come when patriotic Americans have to take the law into their own hands” https://www.pnas.org/content/117/37/22752

Sarah Kendzior

sarahkendzior

"People are really hurting. They need someone who actually shows they care and who doesn't normalize authoritarianism. Biden aside, the big story is the losses in the House and the

Priyamvada Gopal

PriyamvadaGopal

So the news from Cambridge, which someone asked me to comment on, is beyond tedious. A government-ordered regulation suppressing protest (under the guise of free speech) has been pushed through

Sunsara Taylor

SunsaraTaylor

Thread (1):TRUMP LOST!FASCISTS GET OUT!Post that message -- or one of your own -- in your window across DC on January 6th.Why? Bc Trump *did* lose, but is now waging

Sadanand Dhume

dhume

1/6 Before I return to my Twitter sabbatical, here is an end-of-year list of six articles that have nothing to do with India or South Asia. Happy reading!1. Adam Garfinkle

Sarah Gardiner

S_B_Gardiner

Thread. A jumble of emotions as Pres Biden signed the first round of executive orders, including repeal of the Muslim Ban. I was a consular officer serving in Madrid when

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