#Legislative

1. It's Simcoe Day today — so let's talk about John Graves Simcoe and his weird, complicated relationship with slavery.The founder of Toronto was an avowed abolitionist... who also once
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we don’t have to wait until november for change to come to america, there are elected officials at every level who can change policy today. these demonstrations shouldn’t stop until
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Friday afternoon I got my classroom ready for fully onsite learning come Monday.Before I shut the classroom door for the weekend, I looked back at the tables filled with chairs
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CHURCHES CANNOT HOST POLITICAL RALLIES@TrumpStudents booked a rally supporting the re-election of @donaldjtrump for June 23 at the @dreamcitychurch in #Phoenix. Such a rally would be a violation of the
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Victoria first gave women the vote in 1863- before New Zealand and even before South Australia... by mistake. Victorians were very worried about the integrity of the electoral process so
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Patsy McGarry’s article in the Irish Times today is really problematic. 1) There was real substance to the last fortnight’s campaign. We have established that govt policy around survivors’ access
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THREAD: Former President Trump explained his most recent 2020 election truther conspiracy theory to MS Sen. Joel Carter and MS SecState Michael Watson when they saw him this past weekend.Allowing
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The NC supreme Court Petition is wholly basis on moral grounds and not on legal grounds.The fact that the powers enjoyed by Legislative Assembly after dissolution went to Parliament is
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(1/13) Mary Church Terrell was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to a wealthy family. She was your typical woman in society but had a passion for women’s rights reform and highlighted
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Several different kind of liability risk discussed here should be parceled out. 1/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-liability-idUSKCN223179?taid=5e9edcd95a107f0001b4cb70&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_
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Every state had big stakes on the ballot. I previewed them before Nov. 3 — and now we know enough to revisit it all.Here's a new thread on each &
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My colleagues and I parse words for a living. We haven't written the Great Kenyan Novel (yet), but the more experienced of my seniors have a clarity of language that
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What does @JytteGuteland propose in her draft @EP_Environment-report on the #EUClimateLaw? Some observations: First and foremost, the draft calls for a 2030 reduction target of -65%. It also asks the
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BOBI WINE IS AN ENEMY OF THE OPPOSITION IN UGANDA [A Thread, 1] With good support from Kyandondo East and the rise to a legislative seat, he prematurely broke on
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South Carolina!We need a Democrat to run for U.S. House SC HD 3!Jeff Duncan has been in the House since 2011. He doesn't represent us!His voting record: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/47967/jeff-duncanWe can do better!Nominat
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1. Why do I think #Trump tried to make money from testing? I got asked this by several accounts a few days ago. They were accounts I didn't previously know
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