#POLITICAL

Rebecca Vincent

rebecca_vincent

Some observations on Julian Assange’s extradition hearing so far, after a very hectic start (and a very long day!) yesterday. Thread#FreeAssange 1/ Yesterday morning, @StellaMoris1, @cmihr and I attempted to

Tuesdays with(out) Toomey

TuesdaysToomey

So. While we are glad @SenToomey is finally stating the obvious about Trump, we make the following observations:1. Toomey says this is shocking new behavior from Trump. This is categorically

Ben Abbott

thermokarst

Yesterday, @SenMikeLee posted a picture of my children's public school, mocking their COVID-19 precautions. He apologized, but his sharing of the link triggered a flood of anti-science comments that caused

Dr. Asatar Bair

asatarbair

Who is the working class? A thread on Marxism and class theory.In the wake of the election, accusations are going back and forth about which party is focused on the

Chasing The Moon: The Book

ChasingMoonBk

August 17, 1933: Born on this day, Gene Kranz NASA's second flight director, best known for overseeing the Mission Control team during the first lunar landing and his essential role

Annalisa Merelli

missanabeem

As a reaction to attacks on the freedom of the press in India, here is a thread of independent, brave Indian publications you can support. Comment with yours, let's show

Khaled Homoud Alshareef 🇸🇦

0khalodi0

Lebanese Journalist Luqman Saleem was found dead, shot in the back of the head in an execution style elimination, Saleem a Journalist critical of Hezbollah and the Lebanese government shared

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

The F- for Biden’s climate plan was risible. The hair trigger denunciation of Beto’s climate plan was absurd. Backing Weiner’s primary challenger was antithetical to climate goals. And the idea

steven dudley

stevensdudley

Armando Eliu Melgar Díaz, alias “Blue” or “Clipper,” of #MS13 was charged by USDOJ with terrorism. I have some thoughts: to begin with, the MS13 is not a terrorist group,

Colleen Doran

ColleenDoran

This iconic sculpture of the great president Abraham Lincoln was the 1st government commission granted to a woman artist, the 18-year-old Vinnie Ream. Ream did the design and the final

Āyudhika

Satyamev1310

#Thread The events of the last few months, particularly the last few days, should make all nationalistic citizens feel alarmed. But unfortunately, that hasn't happened. The Communist-anarchist have been holding

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

By saying something stupid, offensive, cruel, and misogynistic, the troll set off an outrage that grew his profile and undoubtedly raised disturbing levels of money from people who love it

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/@roderickgraham claims @HPluckrose and @ConceptualJames" lied and took advantage of an honest process" when they got several papers, which argue for absurd positions, published in respected journals. This is a

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

The Washington Post contacted all 249 Republicans in the Senate and asked them who won the 2020 presidential election. Only 10% told the truth that Biden did. 1% of them

Dr. Jonathan Stanley

JonMarcStanley

Let's examine why Riddoch is wrong (this time). There are two periods where newly independent countries since 1945 have done exceptionally well. That is during the collapse of communism In

Khalid Anis Ansari 🇮🇳

KhalidAAnsari4

**The Perilous Seductions of Dalit-Muslim Solidarity**A few savarnas/ashrafs across religions will have no issues in embracing Bahujan/Pasmanda discourse. 1/n The motivations could range from altruistic ones and genuine commitment to

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