#Political

Russell

RussellSieg

Ramsey Clark recently died, age 93. LBJ's Attorney General.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-clark-obituary-idUSKBN2BY01G I recently learned in Friedman's Red Mafiya book AG Clark had a pretty strange career arc...He helped

Chittukuruvi

chittukuruvi4

#LalBahadurShastriJayanti #LalBahadurShastri A thread. I wrote in 2008 The Late Lal Bahadur Shastri, was also born on Oct. 2, in the year 1904 ( does anyone remember any centenery celebrations

Kevin M. Kruse

KevinMKruse

Since @kanyewest's tweets have apparently made this topic unavoidable, some thoughts on the history of the parties' switch on civil rights. First, it's important to note that, yes, the Democrats

Dr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall

lindstorian

Really bizarre that this happened on the same day that @TIME published the @obwax piece I consulted on about how this exact political anxiety is a predictable cycle in the

M_Methuselah

M_Methuselah

Something I don't understand about the "freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences" argument is that it's an extreme form of argument in favor of the wisdom/efficacy of a

Matt Finn

MattMattFinn

I was wrong. I had thought - from what I had read and heard - that the approach taken to A level grades was a fairly balanced solution to an

Sheila O'Malley

sheilakathleen

“It was that belief in the sinfulness of his own music, the sinfulness of himself, that set the music aflame with the frenzy of wickedness and the blackness of doom...he

AAdhira 🌙🇮🇳

Aadhiraspeaks

Shri Ram Mandir, view of an Ex secular :The Ram Janam bhoomi that's sacred to thousands of Hindus world wide had an an ancient temple even before 5th century CEThe

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

Well, guys. You know what this means. THREAD on how this was a racist, evil conspiracy theory just a couple months (or weeks) ago.https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1246053512267661312 To start, here’s @washingtonpost. Who obviously

Prep! Protect children. Perfect storm coming.

MarkCranfield_

This isn't the butchered, mangled pseudo-science of the political govt agency IPCC.This is actual, real science by one of the world's leading climate scientists.It tells us that the greenhouse gases

MLM (Morales Lula Maduro)

BibiIntifada

Here’s an important thread on the 2009 Constitution that Evo and the Movimiento al Socialism was able to pass democratically, radically changing the governments relation to the Bolivian people. First,

Richard Medhurst 🇸🇾🇵🇸

richimedhurst

Day 11 of the Julian #Assange extradition hearing begins.Live updates in this thread: While previous testimonies have focused on matters of US constitutional law, the Esp. Act., redaction of cables

sᴏᴘʜɪᴀ 🕊️ BLM

beaIrightjonah

exposing miss @/EX0TICBESSON for all of the things she's done, a thread all of the ss below are evidence to show y'all abbey's true colors. enjoy! first and foremost, let's

Roméo Marcantuoni

Seitanical

A thread on the CPDJ and DPP merger that is, once again, a bit more complicated than it has any right to be. Specifically, Kagawa representative Tamaki Yuichiro is not

E-go

EgoDriv

How to win an argument without having solid reasoning and proofA thread that should be illegal: Disclaimer: The following is not to be used to convince your interlocutor but rather

Bryce Oates

OatesBryce

Today, I'm writing letters to my Senators and Congressmember to #SaveThePostOffice. I stand with the @USPS and @APWUnational. I'm participating with @RuralOrganizing in a campaign to stand up to Trump