#Democracy

David Roberts

drvolts

This is a superb history & analysis of Manchin from @awprokop -- a must-read for everyone. It helped me realize, on a deeper, more informed & nuanced level, that I

Michele Goodwin

michelebgoodwin

To promote white supremacy and the Confederacy, its leaders were willing to embrace chaos, destruction, mass carnage, and demolish lands--all for what were unjust principles from the start--including the enslavement

Liam Bright

lastpositivist

More than one person in the recent past has called me a "moderate" This perturbs me! I'm sceptical of representative democracy and the parliamentary road to socialism, I want to

InnerStation

StationInner

I do wish the Right (or whatever the f&^* Cerno is at this hour; hard to keep track..) would drop this meme that there was such a thing called 'The

Bes D. Socialist

besf0rt

socialism is not when the state does stuffsocialism is not more taxessocialism is not "equality of outcome"socialism is not "post-modern neo-marxism"socialism is not against individual freedomsocialism is not authoritari

Atticus Finch

Atticus59914029

A brief thread if that’s okay. I’ve been thinking about the Founders and about the end of slavery and of Jim Crow. It’s in vogue these days to cast aspersions

maura ♡

bwaymaura

Alright, here is my LONG awaited Soft Power rundown thread. Tw: mentions of stabbing, mentions of guns, and mentions of racism towards Chinese people and Chinese Americanshttps://twitter.com/bwaymaura/status/1265301853731983360 Soft Power i

Eric Garland

ericgarland

BREAKING: Mob grifters griftingOK I'M GETTING TIRED OF DESCRIBING THESE CRIMINAL. PEOPLE ARE DYING. CAN SOMEBODY DROP THE CRIMINAL AND COUNTERINTEL FILES FINALLY?https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1246187474558365696 There may be an old, bu

society inhabitant

nixonist

THREAD: The system may be (nearly) all-powerful, and yes, it is highly adaptive, but it is not all-intelligent, and there are limits to its adaptability. Our enemies have already made

Barnaby Raine

BarnabyRaine

We live in a disorienting age, when everyone sensible and moderate hates racism and anti-racism is mostly about dealing with statues and the legacy of the past, while colonial settlers

Stop Funding Fake News

SFFakeNews

THREADGoogle is profiting from & funding misinformation about the Presidential election.We estimate that 6 sites are making over $3million from ads placed there by Google.Here's how major brands are inadvertently

Travon Free

Travon

Ugh. Three fucking seats. Stolen. Elections have consequences. And while there are people in this country who want what the havoc this court can wreak on social progress, there are

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

When I was a student in history classes, a common mantra was: Don't judge past people by present standards; that's anachronistic.One of the shifts happening now is the opening up

Paige Williams ☕️

williams_paige

Extraordinary i'view w/McRaven, who oversaw clutch ops including killing of OBL. Began public warnings after Trump started calling reporters/free press the "enemy of the American people." Says: "The fact is, I've *f

David Atkins

DavidOAtkins

One of the peculiar dynamics of the American Problem is that U.S. conservative leaders don't represent or care about cities.They don't care if cities burn or grind to a halt

Jeet Heer

HeerJeet

1. So. Richard Hofstadter. Where to start? 2. People have asked me why I'm obsessed with the late historian Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970). The short answer is that he's emblematic of