#Political

Paul Bohm

paulbohm

My notes on The Story of Civilization, Volume 1, Chapter 2: The Economic Elements of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant. In one sense the “savage” too is civilized: He

Dubula

killerguerilla

The funniest thing about the "China should have warned the world sooner" narrative is that all these western "democracies" did fuck all with the warning they did have. You could

Elad Gross 🇺🇸

BigElad

Today, I filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schmitt, his Chief of Staff and former Eric Greitens lawyer Justin Smith, and the custodian of records for the Missouri Attorney

Konstantin Kisin

KonstantinKisin

[Thread]There is an extensive gaslighting operation on the subject of the culture war.By way of context, broadly speaking, the "culture war" refers to a series of political and philosophical disputes

Ben Forstate

4st8

Last week when I teased that PA had a bellwether my plan was to create a thread on the concept of 'bellwethers' and why I'm not a huge fan, but

Catherine Fieschi

CFieschi

1/9 Longish thread on #Islam, #France and #journalism in reply to a number of convos--I would go to the wall for a religion-free public space. And I also get irritated

Jeremy Menchik

jeremymenchik

It’s tempting to dismiss the protesters in MI, VA, TX, CA, and MN as irrelevant wakadoddles. That’s a mistake. Social science research suggests continued protests could effect the 2020 US

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

Trump began his campaign in 2015 as an ideologically mixed populist who looked like he was having fun stirring things up. He has governed as an angry, incompetent right wing

Kungfu Pasmanda 2.0

AnisShafiullah

Definition of Muslim as per Allama Iqbal and Sir Syed was limited to few castes only. For instance, in Lucknow in 1886, Sir Syed says in his speech:"O brothers! I

Charlotte Alter

CharlotteAlter

Elise Stefanik and top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa had been close friends since middle school. In 2019, DeRosa told me that Stefanik was always "so morally supportive," even across political

A-Mac

A_Mac_0079

Okay, I said this already today, but here is my SERIOUS pitch; this thread.WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES! Melodrama and political drama? You like that stuff?

Ajay Manjrekar 🇮🇳

Cartoonistajay

Series of events in #HathrasHorror & the politics that followed.-Girl was strangled, suspect arrested.- Initial statement accused a guy named Sandeep.- Postmortem didn’t mention rape.- Chandrashekhar RAVAN came in.- Rape

Joey D'Urso

josephmdurso

During the election there was a sudden surge of pro-Boris Johnson Facebook comments which looked like Russian bots.I interviewed some of the commenters. They were British pranksters: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-50218615 https://twitter.co

Kim Wilson

phillyprof03

Chapter 5: Looted Bread, Stolen Labor is full of examples that illustrate how effective looting is as a political tactic. The Pittsburgh riot of 1877 stands out. "The rioting in

Cindy Gallop

cindygallop

.@sarahkendzior called it back in 2015. 'Every country that becomes a dictatorship started with a chorus of people saying, "It can't happen here." It can happen anywhere.' @AnandWrites https://the.ink/p/sarah-kendzior

LV Cabbie Chronicles

LVCabChronicles

It's my recollection that the first occasion where political correctness commandeered a completely benign and innocuous term was when they demanded that "Merry Christmas" be substituted for "Happy Holidays." It's