#POLITICAL

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

I think one of the very real dangers going forward is that moderate Democrats embrace a narrative going forward that the reason the police and military response on 1/6 was

Tanvangi 🦢🦉🤓

Tanvangi17

Ramdas Swami also known as Samarth Ramdas Swami was a 17th century संत. Born as Narayan in a Brahmin family on the auspicious day of Ram Navami in the year

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update August 8: It’s not just that we have a distrust of experts, it’s also that the people who dismiss experts think they’re experts themselves. 1/ In the last

Smaran Dayal

smaran

Sianne Ngai is describing her choice of Jameson's The Political Unconscious as part of the "A Book That Changed My Mind" series.(I posted a screenshot and deleted because she's asked

John Hayward

Doc_0

At this point, every sane American should be 100% devoted to voting for Trump just because he's willing to send people to help if local Democrat officials decide your life

Eric Boehlert

EricBoehlert

1. quick thread on the media's never-ending desire to claim GOP is "breaking" with Trump. and the danger that narrative poses;https://pressrun.media/p/mcconnell-plays-the-press-like-a 2. Beltway press played right into McConne

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

This political moment around @Liz_Cheney’s fate in GOP leadership is part of the fallout from the historic and infamous events of January 6th. @GOPLeader led his caucus over the cliff

Matt 🏳️‍🌈

BeardedHeckler

People have gray areas. Especially politicians. Obama did many good things domestically. Obamacare helped some people, got rid of lifetime limits on insurance, expanded Medicaid, and protected folks with pre-existing

Jay Rosen

jayrosen_nyu

As part of my own look back at 2020, I want to share these thoughts about an essay I wrote twelve years ago, in which I got some things right

Cormac Moore

cormacmoore

1/ There has been much talk on what date marks the creation of Northern Ireland with 5 possible dates cited. Two other moments greatly ignored in making partition a reality

Asim Ali

AsimAli6

To give an analogy, Hindutva was a marginalized ideology in 1980. So when Jana Sangh relaunched themselves as the BJP, Vajpayee declared that Gandhian socialism would be their foundational ideology.

Kevin Sabo

kevinmsabo

Let's put the comparisons between the 2003 and 2021 recall efforts to rest. There's no comparison. Gray Davis's approval ratings in the months before the recall hovered around 23 percent;

Ben Jacobs

JacobsBen

A (long) on Tuesday's Gulf Corporation Council Summit...Gulf leaders will meet in AlUla in Saudi, significantly the day before Joe Biden is certified. Ending the Gulf Crisis is top of

seeshell

Tentoads4truth

The Man Behind Citizens United Is Just Getting Started Citizens United was the culmination of years of work by Bopp to chip away at the nation’s campaign-finance regulations, often via

Kevin M. Kruse

KevinMKruse

Hey, look who's back and needs attention!No, I won't produce any new threads until you answer the old ones that you ran away from.Here, I'll do you a favor and

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

So here's a complicated position (or set of positions?) for you. My own ones.1. The narrative about antisemitism in Labour was a disgrace, a nonsense, and 99.7% false (and provably

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