#Political

I’m going to go ahead and admit it. I know very little about the “Proud Boys.” What I do know is leftists are claiming the group is rooted in “white
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This may seem like a “duh” moment, so stay with me as I attempt to explain some nuance.For many years, the right has talked about the Democrats and their enablers
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Vladimir Granovski acts as one of Dmitry Firtash's principal business/political consultants. Here he can be seen walking in a Vienna park in the company of Firtash & Ukrainian MP Mikhail
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Not sure why an American citizen holding a firearm is an issue, I guess “shall not be infringed” means something else to Andy.https://twitter.com/mrandyngo/status/1386903154915258371 Go ahead, post your comments, tell me
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A lot of evidence suggests that formal re-opening policies are only loosely correlated with people's behavior. Tennessee (+8%) and Kentucky (+8%) score exactly the same on Apple's mobility tracker even
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more people should know that in 1970 Congress came within a few votes of amending the Constitution to abolish the Electoral College you can read @jessewegman’s excellent book on the
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It’s tempting to view QAnon’s rise as a threat to democracy – especially with a believer poised to win a seat in the House of Representatives.But history suggests that conspiracy-based
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Because, inevitably, someone will snarkily ask why this is bad while tearing down Confederate statues is good, the answer is simple: these people are acting in support of white supremacism,
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The thing most Conservatives, Libertarians and other non progressives dont understand is that there is no middle ground to be found with Progressives. They will compromise if it advances their
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Haiti has reportedly rejected the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that was to be provided to the country by the @WHO.Wondering what to make of that? Here are some points to consider.https://haitiantimes.com/2021/04/08/haiti-rejects-covid-19-va
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This by @StevenErlanger, on German vs. French thinking about NATO is illuminating. Also worrying, for Macron has seen something that Germans - and the British - refuse to see: That
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Conquest’s second law says that any organization that is not explicitly right wing becomes leftist sooner or later. Why? Why does Cthulhu swim left? Why, in other words, is the
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1. This is very interesting. When efforts were first made to digitize land records in Punjab - in order to reduce litigation, increase revenue, and limit corruption - Patwaris across
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Just had a conversation with someone who isn’t a compulsive news listener like me, and it’s incredibly startling and worrying how different our perception of the pandemic lockdown is. For
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I am still a member of the Labour Party (I know, I know).This year I have received email after email advertising zoom discussions invariably & always about 'the disproportionate impact
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He has two goals - to suppress the Black male vote to not vote and get Tr*mp the 15% to 18% of the Black male vote.https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1316483389663244288 His audience are hotep
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