#Election

Ruth Bader Ginsburg means more to me, & to women, than the men in our lives will ever understand. I grieve for her family but I also grieve for what
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****TW: rape, sexual assault****I have a feeling that throughout the general election season, we will start to see people say things like, “My candidate has less sexual assault/rape allegations than
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NEW: GSA letter @GSAEmily to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. releasing limited funds "in connection with a presidential transition" + lays out multiple threats (family, staff + even pets) to
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The reason you want a direct answer on court packing is exactly why Biden won't give one. If the Republicans slam through the greatest ideological shift in the court in
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(A wee thread) I keep getting asked whether I intend to seek selection to stand for the Scottish Parliamentary election next year.For the avoidance of doubt, I won't be seeking
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capitalism stumbles from one crisis to the next, and against this backdrop every election is taken for a mortal strugglebut the perpetrators of the crisis are never at risk, so
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Remember when NYT endorsed Klobuchar and Warren, neither of whom had enough support (individual donors, votes, electability) to win the general election?What was masked as female empowerment resulted in handing
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A low-key but persistent theme on the #labourdoorstep last year was that ‘the party hates white people’. Corbyn, of course, hated white people more than anyone else, but this is
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It all looks absurd to us because the convention isn’t aimed at us. It’s aimed squarely at Trump’s "base".Playing entirely to Trump's base isn't as stupid as it seems.Yes, Trump
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I’ll be your radio pooler covering Sen. Harris’ trip to Georgia today. Follow along for updates, including a planned get-out-the-vote rally later this evening. #gapol https://twitter.com/kamalaharris/status/1319636628634206209 Sen. @Kam
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in my mind these kind of threads are a bit naff/ gauche, but that's really something i should get over. so: a thread of things i have written that i
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1/10 @HeraldZimbabwe article about Cde Chehondo underlines the enduring validity of the maxim, ‘journalism is the first rough draft of history’. It also reflects the power of social media influencers,
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Over the past four years many have spoken of government ethics as though they were the province of Miss Manners. Now the lack of ethics has left 200,000 Americans dead
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If Republicans are still pissed about Kavanaugh, it demonstrates the level of victim mentality conservatives have and how disconnected it is from Democratic reality. At worst, Kavanaugh’s “mistreatment” is like
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THREADJoe Biden rally.We all saw @realDonaldTrump's peaceful protest in Pennsylvania last night, right?I'll use this absolutely pitiful display to confirm what I said earlier about Biden's communications system.https://www.youtu
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Anyway he’s willing to kill his own voters because he doesn’t think he needs voters. it’s fine I’m sure the lawyers or the generals or the courts or congress or
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