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Imagine attending a vigil for someone to have it be disrespectfully crashed by right wingers excited to show off their racism & hate. Tonight, that’s the unfortunate reality for Kevin
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Insurrection Act Of 1807: a quick thread. (1) Im sure many of us are wondering exactly what this is. Especially many newcomers, so I wanna try to look into it
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What’s happening in Wisconsin absolute travesty State won’t delay April 7 election & GOP legislature refusing to mail ballots to every voter in order to protect right-wing state Supreme Court
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What are your favorite online exercises for Introduction to American Politics? Since some of us will be back at online this summer at least, let's brainstorm and I'll make a
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One of the most horrific of atrocities that security forces in Oromia commit is pulling political prisoners out of jail and executing them. They then leave the bodies in surrounding
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1. The much-anticipated presidential commission on the Supreme Court is finally here. My initial impression is that it’s very large (36), very progressive (about a 3:1 ratio), and very academic
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The Pentagon’s deputy inspector general Glenn Fine resigned today. Last month, Pres Trump removed Fine as chairman of the committee overseeing $2 trillion in emergency Covid-19 funds. IGs are under
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Things I hope Pence presses Harris on tonight:1. Is your running mate a sexual harasser and a quasi-racist who attempted to stop a little girl like you from going to
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1. JB Pritzker appeared on PBS Newshour last night. The Democratic governor of Illinois said the White House had arranged for personal protective equipment (PPE) to be flown in from
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Any time I say anything even tepidly approving of Biden an avalanche of pissed off Sanders supporters jump down my throat, so maybe that's why people are so quiet about
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When I was in Afghanistan I was in a situation in which we had all the resources to save the life of a teenage kid who was wounded in a
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1) Governor Hogan is holding a press conference outside of the reopened Laurel Medical Center. He is joined by @CEXAlsobrooks.I will thread the governor’s announcements and new actions.https://twitter.com/GovLarryHogan/status/1253036599849488393 2) T
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Hundreds currently rallying in Chicagos Federal Plaza. #GeorgeFloyd #Chicago Some of the signs and scenes here at Federal Plaza. #Chicago #GeorgeFloyd Bit of a stand off between protesters and police
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In honor of Juneteenth, a brief story about the America that almost was.I was at the Federal Archives once, searching for a very different document, when I came across a
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UpLink: Linking Up the Next Generation of Change-MakersJanuary 21, 2020 $LINKhttps://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2020/sessions/linking-up-the-next-generation-of-entrepreneurs https://twitter.com/GreenSockMonk
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Just when I think Cernovich can't possibly prove to me that he's even dumber than I thought, he has to go and prove me wrong. Cernovich actually believes Trump is
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