#POLITICAL

Lux 🤷🏻‍♀️ Alptraum

LuxAlptraum

Ah yes, everyone knows that the blue city of Buffalo, NY is just crushingly expensive to live inhttps://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1328306874127671298 Also NYC has over 8 million residents so I’m not sure that

Emily Schultheis

emilyrs

1/ In Germany, a state-level government crisis in Saxony-Anhalt was narrowly averted this morning. The reason for the controversy? 86 cents.https://www.mdr.de/sachsen-anhalt/landespolitik/haseloff-zieht-medienstaatsvertrag-rundfunkstaatsver

(((E. Glen Weyl)))

glenweyl

There were roughly two approaches to the disease taken by developed countries, one I will call “socio-technical” and was used primarily in Asia and Australasia, but also in some notable

Michael Hobbes

RottenInDenmark

The reason I find all the vocab-scolding around "coup" and "fascism" irritating is because the consequences of exaggerating the threat of an explicitly anti-democratic political party are minor compared to

Old Salty Chief, OSC (SW) USN Ret

old_osc

[Thread] #MAGAWhat I see in America truly breaks my heart. We are a broken country we cannot come together to fight a foe that is killing 1000+ Americans each day.

Raghu Karnad

rkarnad

Why don't we stop describing the violent arrest of #MunawarFaruqui as a case of free speech vs religious sentiments. That's already false.It's a case-study of the new political entrepreneurship: find

Jeff Timmer

jefftimmer

There must be a reckoning for those Republicans in Congress and the Senate who spread the lies, stoked the mobs, and participated in the insurrection with their illegitimate objections to

Ken Foxe

kenfoxe

One of our longest running cases involves an attempt to access records held by the Registrar of Political Parties. The Registrar - who is the Clerk of the Dáil and

Comfortably Smug

ComfortablySmug

What if I told you that ACTUALLY, Sheldon is corrupt?AndThe minions have found the receipts You can't start the story on Sheldon Whitehouse being corrupt without mentioning @JackMcCJrYou see Jack

Tim Harford

TimHarford

Has there been a moment in modern history where so many people in free societies have believed such damaging lies?https://www.ft.com/content/b25595f4-9b91-4867-8091-3c38746d0524 1/ It’s easy to point to the US, where nearly

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

We wrote a several thousand word article meticulously analysing what is wrong with your book in the last Issue of The Radical Notion Alison, your response 'why do people bother

simon maginn

simonmaginn

I’ve just turned 59. I’ve voted Labour since I was old enough to vote. I voted for Kinnock, Blair, Brown and Miliband. I always thought the Labour party was my

Ryan Hartwig

realryanhartwig

Mark Zuckerberg just told @SenMarkey that FB doesn't make "exceptions". I have direct evidence that they do make exceptions. See thread with many examples and screenshots from when I filmed

Michael Shurkin

MichaelShurkin

1. My apologies to folks who follow me for defense and/or Africa stuff. This week--not to speak of the past 4 years--has been all about watching the political pathologies I've

Tim Wittig

Tim_Wittig

Used to work on the violent right-wing extremist threat back in the day (2008-11). Here are the big changes I'm noticing compared to then, left handed crayon-on-napkin edition: [thread]https://twitter.com/WylieNewmark/status/13476774038

Jon Worth

jonworth

A short about Ursula von der Leyen - not least in response to critique of me labelling her a "second rate" politician earlier"Second rate" is not quite right. Perhaps

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