#POLITICAL

I've read this article by @profmusgrave 3 times. I can't muster a full thread, but I'm disappointed.It uses the "coup debate" as a cheap way to bash civ-mil experts. The
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I’m opening a new shoe shop (crazy, in these times of economic chaos, but bear with me) & I’ve decided that I’ll just sell average-sized women’s shoes (size 6 in
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I have received requests from people who want to know how we can engage the ICC on #EndSARS , #LekkiMassacre and other killings.This is international criminal law and the process
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Full list of last night’s pardons and commutations:https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/ They include Todd Boulanger, a lobbyist who was part of the Abramoff
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I’m pleased to say @REACHCenterEd has released: “The Effects of School Reopenings on COVID-19 Hospitalizations.” We think it’s the 1st US study involving COVID health *outcomes* & 1st w data
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The Two Faces Of The US Empire"The empire needs both faces. Without the murder face, it could not exist as an empire. Without the grinning face, the public would never
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Turkish choppers have airdropped hundreds of elite troops on top of Gara mountain to the west of Zap region in central northern Iraqi Kurdistan as Turkish defence minister announces a
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The False Promise of Peace in the Middle East , how powers work in darkness to hinder peace and destabilize the fragile region through fighting real reformers and peace seeking
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THREAD:AllSocial, a social media platform secretly run by pro-Trump operatives that gained data on 1.6M users and their "contacts," shut down last month w/ no explanation to its users.Shortly before
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I’m an @publicintegrity reporter & I’ve covered anti-immigrant hate rhetoric for nearly 30 years. Bear w/ me and I’ll share why this movement, nurtured by politicians & rightwing media, led
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I have alot of infomation on the united kingdom and everyone especially Americans and people from the UK needs to read this history is repeating it self. You need to
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Deep Dive on Prez Elections:So why do I think Trump has very good chances to win this election? After all, he is behind in the polling average in every single
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Some choose death over democracy by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/some-choose-death-over-democracy?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. I get why some people do not get why 72 million Americ
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This is an absolutely outstanding piece of personal writing from @rafaelbehr that very much chimed with me. Substitute Covid, depression and diabetes (all much less serious of course), and you
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Can a Gulf-based streaming platform compete with giants like Netflix by producing original content for local audiences? Saudi-owned MBC’s @ShahidVOD is trying and running into some unexpected problems.Follow along this
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1/30/1991: first combat use of another failure-prone weapon system - FASCAM mines #gulfwar30 #desertstorm30 Developed in the 1970s, FASCAM, or Family of Scatterable Munitions, were artillery-delivered mines ejected from 155mm
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