#POLITICAL

Wow. Is that what y'all doin' now? Stop assuming things about people, really. Reminds me of earlier times when folks would be, "Are you really down for the cause?" Let's
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Interplay between economic shocks of Brexit & Covid-19 has been underdiscussed IMHO. Some talk from Government about how C-19 economic impact makes Brexit irrelevant. Superficially, sounds like it might be
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I know in the 21st context "too ambitious" is a misogynistic tell, but as I scribble about 18th century politicians it is amusing to see one of their most common,
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ABOUT CREOLE: A ThreadBecause we live in a majority English-speaking environment and EVERYONE generally identifies as "American," there are some specific concepts... ...for which most people *do not* have reference
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For those trying to understand the political opportunities for misinformation on an election day, zoom in on swing states & look closely at content that ascribes malicious motives to what
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This is absolutely awful. Alito has ripped apart due process protections for people who are on US soil.As of today, Al Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have more access to
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We’re Going On A Behr Hunt. A thread about hypocritical Corbynites, their stupidity and their antisemitism.Yesterday, Guardian journalist Rafael Behr published an extraordinarily compelling piece about having a heart attack
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In April 2016 Ali “Alexander” Akbar registered blacklivesmatterwatch[.]com, then a few months later corruptclinton[.]org through his Baton Rouge-based Vice and Victory political consulting firm. Was anyone aware Vice and Viceroy
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Bernie Sanders made shit extremely hard for Democrats these past four years while doing absolutely jack shit to help stop Trump and the Republicans from eroding. He is the rease
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How can a people so fundamentally kind and loving in such a beautiful country have such a horrendous crime rate? Actually it's because of these. Tragic paradox @allandouglas41 @CarolNarcisse @suezeecue
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I see the mycelium of another politics/art megathread forming, so: even though the "keep the politics out of art" people are all shuffling nitwits, here is their rational kernel:All those
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Peter Beadle on why he joined in founding CQuID:"Our current system discourages people from becoming involved in their own governance. Institutions that exist and should be making it possible for
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People ask me, how do you use #AcademicTwitter in a way that results in friendships, presentations, publications, grants, etc? Networking here is a lot like elsewhere, but I do have
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:)I'm more interested in how self-consistency checks fail under the load of dissonance.IF party reps (who may be assumed to have a vested interested in not being de-frauded by each
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Worthwhile to think about these questions in light of coup talk. My own hesitancy about that discourse stems from Nikhil’s point that political organization is hard work, coups, successful ones,
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Why should we believe that national conservatives can identify and use the power of government to enhance “the common good” when one of their favorite sons, Josh Hawley, has shown
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