#Partisan

kashiwagi

kwamurai

The story of modern government is the attempt to abolish judgement. To outsource decisions to some set of "neutral" procedures which will self-execute, free from the corrupting influence of human

John Bailey

John_Bailey

Thread 1. @EchelonInsights has done 8 weeks of polling to better understand how families are navigating COVID-19. We just released an analysis today on reopening schools, summer plans, and what

Charlie Anderson

EconCharlie

THREAD: Today's the last day of the $600/week unemployment benefits. This was completely foreseeable & avoidable. Four months of Republican dithering is now throwing 30 million+ people over a financial

Corrine McConnaughy

cmMcConnaughy

What does “white feminism” look like in its purest form? I give you some primary source material from the records of the ERA Club of New Orleans—a white women’s suffrage

Davey Alba

daveyalba

NEW: A network of 1,300 websites aim to fill a news void left by vanishing local papers across the U.S. It is built on propaganda ordered up by conservative advocacy

ContextFall

ContextFall

We need to accept that the 24-Hour News Cycle does us more harm than good.Our society just isn't equipped to maintain it while keeping it useful. We've been conditioned to

Mike Bechthold

mike_bechthold

My hackles have been raised by Max Hastings' review of Anthony Beevor's #Arnhem book. What an obtuse, self-serving, and pompous review. The @nybooks should be embarrassed to publish this kind

Gayorta

AortaGay

Thread on #MayDay #MayDay2021 also known as #InternationalWorkersDay). History: “Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers' Day of May Day. For many others there

Bebo the III

BebopOtt

This is a bad idea and I’m going to explain why I’m way too much detailGET READY https://twitter.com/chicagotribune/status/1265076598476288001 In 2009, Rahm was Obama’s Chief of StaffDems just won control of

Melissa Ryan

MelissaRyan

For this week's newsletter, I took a break from the trolls and instead wrote about @AndyBeshearKY's Coronavirus response and the meme culture that has sprung up to support it. #TeamKentucky

Ghskeptic

Ghskeptic1

CYNICISMFor a long time, I have always contemplated why taking part in the most important part of the democratic process was worth my time – Elections. I would go get

John Hayward

Doc_0

The Democrat convention was a celebration of themselves. The Republican convention is a celebration of the American people. No contest. The Democrats offered a lot of airy and ridiculous rhetoric

Eric

IAmTheActualET

1/ 3 months ago today, Iowa ended all COVID restrictions. As you can see, it turned out to be a complete disaster, as all the replies in the thread below

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

US Politics Isn’t ‘Polarized’; It’s In Almost Universal Agreement"They do not allow for any mainstream discussion of *IF* the oligarchic empire should continue to exist; all their issues, arguments and

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

One thing that I think people off-campus (and even some people on campus) might not fully understand is the capacity of universities to self-regulate reasonable standards around speech. Given that,

Citizens for Ethics

CREWcrew

Let's talk about the Hatch Act The Hatch Act is one of America's most important ethics laws. It prohibits people in government from using their official position for partisan political