#Government

It still hasn’t sunk in that when I go downstairs I’ll never see an ASOS parcel with Emeka’s name on it again. I’ll never hear him barrelling down the stairs
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Wondering what's happened to the SNP over the last few years.Where is Independence in all those years since 2014? Now may not be the time to be lamenting the complete
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Nearly 100 years ago, mobs of white residents descended on Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ransacking Black businesses and murdering hundreds of African Americans. The Tulsa Race Massacre was
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As armed clashes occur in #Mogadishu between pro-#Farmaajo and #SNA/militia allied with opposition, a few thoughts on the three significant challenges and mistakes that paved the way to tonight's developments:
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Watching the protests and strikes across Belarus this week has been heart-breaking, inspiring, terrifying, and surprising. And I’m pretty sure that whether this episode ends in triumph or tragedy (and
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A wannabe Wang Ching-wei. Jimmy Lai's aide: Mark Simon. Mark Simon is ex US Navy with alleged ties to the CIA. Christian Whiton - US national security expert who served
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it's fall of 2002. all the news is about terrorism, al qaeda, saddam, iraq, etc. that's it, that's what's happening.if you'd said the true threat was a real estate bubble
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Meta-economics (thread) A bailout for debtors is an anti-bailout for savers. 'Globalism' is the result of a collaborative corporate strategy to reduce international trade barriers and corporate taxes. Populist movements
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You may have seen some misleading stories about trans people in the media recently. When one group, whether it's trans, lesbian, gay or bi people, are portrayed as deviants, it
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This is important. While "contact tracing" is essential to curbing the spread of #COVID19, new polls show many Americans don't want to do it. Let me explain what it actually
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I’m brushing my teeth in the morning. For a moment, I glance up at myself in the mirror. A thought occurs to me.How different could my life have been?No matter.
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I *cannot* believe people are actually calling to #endthelockdown. Are you fucking serious. Y'all. "Our numbers are low, why are we locked down?"To KEEP those numbers low.My God, how can
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The Department of Homeland Security has been seizing shipments of PPE. Hospital officials are having to hide shipments in food trucks to get their supplies. What the HELL is WRONG
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Why being pro-ship/anti-censorship is important to me as a Brazilian queer person, and also should be to you, a thread;TW // torture, homophobia, censorship Not even 60 years ago (from
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A Roadmap to Fully Reopen NigeriaMy wife, a physician & consultant cardiologist, has been 2ce in self-isolation during this Covid-19 saga & tested negative. Trying to understand the impact of
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A President Romney would've appointed judges who would've voted against marriage equality. I know that Romney is a more decent and honest man than is common in the Republican Party
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