#Political

1. The HBO series Plot Against America is exceptionally urgent and timely but maybe in a way that works against it winning the audience it deserves. 2. I mean a
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If I have to read another weepy political thinkpiece by a historian who wants us to know that Joe Biden will rescue the founders’ vision for America, so help meWouldn’t
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Tony Blair’s former political secretary claims there is “no such thing as British nationalism”, but New Labour was in reality itself a radical British nationalist movement.Thread 1/xhttps://twitter.com/johnmcternan/status/540566140582
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1/ Those bashing #1619project aren't quibbling over details, about which solid historians disagree. They are attacking the very notion (inarguable among reasonable people) of white supremacy's centrality to the nation's
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8. In one sense, progressives need to actually learn a language they have neglected for far too long. That is the language of finance and power. Learning languages takes time,
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everyone who insists on asking me “what’s the alternative?” does not want my answer, because it is uncomfortable, and requires far more than many, if not most of you are
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#ChangingIndia#Secularism#NarendraModi & his Government is alleged by its opponents to be pursuing a path of Hindu fundamentalist;a threat to the Indian secularism. The questions are;What is fundamentalism and does it
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The republicans I know are legit good people, non-racist, w/ legit concerns about the well-being of themselves/their family, and a lot aren't even white. Hope there can be an understanding
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If this is how @SpeakerPelosi and @TheDemocrats are going to message climate change—"framed" or *hidden behind marginal issues like "habitat" or "clean air, clean water" or even "health" or "mo
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Thread: Expressing Muslim sentiment through Bollywood songs It is said that there's a Bollywood film song to fit any situation. Most useful are the filmy sad songs that, at least
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The basis of #Lockdown logic rests on the following core motives, beliefs:1. Society must remain locked-down/socially distanced until 'cure' (vaccine) is ready.2. Now we must rearrange society, culture, life so
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Unpopular hypothesis thread for thought. H1: Because scientists are generally good people, they are particularly bad at recognizing evil at work in the world. H2: Because scientists are bad at
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DISPROVING ALL OF THE MISINFORMATION ON JOHN LENNON: A THREADtw // abuse , racism , homophobia , death disclaimer: i am not excusing his use of the n word, and
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Do you remember the moments after indyref? I remember thinking ‘yes! We won’ and was quite happy to forget about the whole thing and move on. In the coming days,
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Avid Bookshop is taking a day off.Booksellers will be getting a paid day off on Wednesday, November 4th, 2020.Read more here: https://www.avidbookshop.com/announcements  A note from Janet Geddis, business owner/founder:Late October
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1. Winning: Much of @TheDemocrats' advertising is focused on how unfit Donald Trump is. There is so much available that it's no surprise we have seen so much quality political
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