#Democracy

"Follow the science" A thread about science and policy. 1/N Who am I to opine about this? I'm a scientist (physics degree). I have a masters degree in science and
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01) In the interest of thread efficiency, if you believe that every annoyance on this hellsite is due to a domestic source that is diametrically opposed to your political views,
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Pure idiocy from Conservatives who have spent too much time reading the Telegraph.They complain NZ hasn’t stood with Australia or spoken out on China. Incorrect. NZ issued two joint statements
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Constitutional issues are usually ignored by many Nigerians until their rights are affected in a visible and direct manner.However, here is your periodic reminder that the 1999 Constitution is a
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At first, my instinct was that this wouldn't be great for right-wing populists, which I touched in my @TheAtlantic essay from March: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-killed-revolution/608680/My view on this
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Equality Labs produced a report concerning hate speech on Facebook during 2018 and It reveals disturbingly real threats that Facebook content presents to an estimated 300 million Indian caste, religious,
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So a lot of (mostly digital) Democratic campaign strategists/staff have posted their thoughts on the Intercept article re: Biden and Hawkfish. I'm going to do the same. First off, read
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There are civil libertarians who will swear that they support the diminishing of State power but fail to address the electoral and political systems as a whole which are utilized
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(thread) I'm paying homage to the genre of @mochamomma 's teaching style twitter.Welcome to my classroom, i.e. How Educational Presses are Messing Up Hard Core, and i.e. What We Critically
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Ned Ryun: DEMOCRATS ARE DONE WITH DEMOCRACY...Those who want to preserve the consent of the governed need to vote accordingly on November 3.After a century of progressives hollowing out our
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Trump is obviously a worse president than GWB at this point and I don't really see the goal of pretending otherwise except to make some point about how you were
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Trump admits he's sabotaging the Postal Service so universal mail voting will be impossible during an election that will be conducted amid a pandemic this November "It means our markets
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1/n On one hand, I know the the NYT tax story is huge. It confirms and adds detail to what we knew all along about Trump's finances and criminal activity.
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"What political commitments should Pragmatists hold?" seems to be floating around Twitter in bits and pieces so I thought I'd test out some claims.I have some disclaimers along with reasoning
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1/ The ugly politics behind ‘VIKAS’ 2/ ‘Vikas’ is a word that can beat ‘sex’ or ‘porn’ as the topmost Google search, thanks to Modi who singlehandedly made this word
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I’ve got some more Florida turnout news. Y’all into that or no?If so, drop a like & follow this chain. Democratic turnout rates are higher than Republicans in every single
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