#Policy

John Rentoul

JohnRentoul

Some interesting findings in @YouGov poll of Labour members commissioned by Rebecca Long-Bailey's leadership campaign https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/m3og65nsmm/RLB_LabMembers_Feb20.pdf On every other attribute tested, Starmer wins:Effective oppositi

Gregg Beratan

GreggBeratan

Like everyone else I was heartened to hear @JoeBiden mention our community in his victory speech, but while it is an optimistic sign let us not forget that Biden was

Chad Stone

ChadCBPP

President Biden is calling on Congress for long-overdue reforms to the country’s outdated unemployment insurance (UI) system so that people out of work through no fault of their own get

Michael Schuman

MichaelSchuman

I think Xi Jinping should watch “Hamilton.” That would be a good starting point to help him figure out how his China lost nearly every friend it had in Washington.

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

The media narrative was **extremely terrible** for Biden when he came back to win South Carolina by 30 points after having been tied in the polls days earlier.https://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1246940465976360960 That SC

The Media Co-op

mediacoop

We'll be tweeting occasionally from the federal #NDP convention, which we are attending as media. Why are we at this convention? Unlike Canada's two main political parties, the Liberals and

FurorRises

FurorRises

BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink may now be the most powerful man in the world, overseeing not just the Fed’s new (potentially $4.5 trillion) corporate slush-fund, but also managing $27 trillion

Trey the Explainer

Trey_Explainer

Pisses me off knowing that we could have dozens of "Tuskers" (male Elephants with massive prehistoric-looking tusks) all throughout Africa but poachers and rich big game hunter assholes have virtually

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Scotland has a political consensus in favour of migration. This new @reformscotland paper explores policy lessons on migration, demographics and integration issues.https://twitter.com/chrisdeerin/status/1381508279038267392 The report notes

Blimi Marcus

MarcusBlimi

Measles time. Why do I critique @AgudahNews for mishandling the measles crisis? A. Anti-vaccine support stemming from Agudah leadership. B. Focus on PR instead of improving vaccination rates. C. Failure

Bjorn Lomborg

BjornLomborg

New York Times ran a sensational story on how many places will soon be underwaterUnfortunately, it misuses data to conclude disaster, creating unreasonable fearhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater

Robert Maguire

RobertMaguire_

The Trump administration has sought repeatedly to cut foreign aid programs tasked with combating corruption in a number of countries, *including Ukraine*https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/10/23/trump-administration-sought-billions-dollars-

Zoe Tillman

ZoeTillman

New: After concluding that USPS policy changes that led to mail delays are likely to burden voting rights (see: https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv2405-32), a DC federal judge has entered a comprehensive order that

Alida Garcia

leedsgarcia

Tomorrow illegally acting @DHS_Wolf will be appearing before the Senate about a job promotion. Some things he's done - not necessarily ranked by order of human devastation: Championing the Administration’s

Eric Rosand

RosandEric

Significant barriers to #CVE progress remain! 1. rise of populism and increasing democratic deficits worldwide,2. growing societal polarization...https://twitter.com/Strong_Cities/status/1309563576647065600 3. authoritarian and other govern

Ayesha Shahid

ayesharshahid

Excellent webinar by @PIDEpk on construction sector relief package. A diverse set of stakeholders participated and shared great industry insights. I was surprised to hear v mixed reviews about the