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Here's a brief thread about the historical parallels between federal forces' "snatch-and-grab" tactics in Portland in comparison with US-backed Latin American military dictatorships in the '70s and '80s and the
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Your dishonesty and hypocrisy are staggering, Senator @LindseyGrahamSC. You love to trot out debunked Benghazi BS whenever you're in the hot seat (never mind the 8 Congressional inquiries that all
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I've led a fortunate life, much to be thankful for. I've been to 80 countries. Wherever I went I was thankful I lived in the U.S. where evils like autocracies
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leaving america sounds lovely, but this is an empire and you would have to leave the planet to really leave this country. nowhere on earth has independence or self-determination. globally,
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THREAD: The man you are about to see speak is a Deputy in Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s office, Konstantin KulikWatch these clips. SHARE and RETWEET THIS THREAD #BidenTapes For the better
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Did everyone see where Nikola founder @nikolatrevor got all kinds of hate over a donation he recently made? It made me sad.Let's recognize Trevor's accomplishments though: he recently set some
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The populist left has an extremely myopic and uninformed view of the American electorate. They believe (incorrectly) that a majority of Americans support progressive policies and that once a sufficiently
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For decades, receipt of multi-million $$ R01 @NIH grants has been crucial for med school research-focused faculty to gain promotion/tenure. **But this harms individuals & institutions** THREAD on why we
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Never in a million years did I think that a call of duty advertisement would draw our attention to a huge problem in America happening right now. The interview with
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It’s #AlienDay so as a wee huzzah to the greatest movie ever made (fight me), wanted to do a thread about Ron Cobb’s work on the film because it’s a)
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It has really bothered me today to see Jamaicans participate in all kinds of inflammatory conversation about descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. and what we encounter here. And
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Thread: For 2 years, I've been trying to answer a question that, despite its importance, has not been addressed adequately: what is the climate impact of the SUV boom in
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"The census count affects everything from how many seats in the House of Representatives a state gets to how trillions of dollars in federal funds are distributed to communities across
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Gonna start a collection of single-tweet reviews of books I've read in quarantine: City of Quartz: First tried to read this years ago but couldn't get through the first chapter,
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When I’m a bit free today, Under this tweet, I’ll give reviews of several alcohol brands and groups of alcoholic beveragesI’m a bit experienced and I’ve always believed knowledge exchange
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(THREAD) This thread contains the RED DAWN EMAILS, just published by @nytimes. If you're unable to take the time to read the whole backstory at the Times, you can read
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