#Politics

why the hell do yall stan these politicians? They are not pop stars nor are they actors/actresses! They are ppl who quite literally have the power to impact your lives(
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I'd appreciate the current SBC debacle's similarities with the Conservative Resurgence in the 1980s if I thought anyone was learning anything from it. False accusations of liberalism, targeted professors, ignorant
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MDC and Mutati: To where?Mutati left the corporate world in 2001 to run for Parliament in his home area of Lunte. He would become one of the fastest rising stars
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What do the following electorally successful leaders - left, centre, right - have in common?- Biden- Obama- Ardern- Sturgeon- Reagan- Clinton- Johnson- BlairThe answer lies in how they communicate(d) their
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After the creation of #Pakistan in August 1947, Mirzali Khan urf Faqir lpi and his followers refused to recognise Pakistani rule and launched a campaign against the Pakistani state with
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To #Ohio Gov. @MikeDeWine: I'm Dr. Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder. I'm an Ohioan.1/ I'm beyond being polite. I demand that you clarify the precise conditions under which all our freedoms
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Last night I found an unhinged wordpad doc on my desktop from about a month ago. I'm feeling more at peace now, so I'd like to share some fun facts
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Tooze: “We talk ad nauseam about debt-to-GDP ratios and make complicated calculations of sustainability. But we know shockingly little about to whom we are indebted and where our interest payments
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Pence said many things last night that bothered me, but one line in particular stuck in my head this morning. He said, President Trump and I have the same plan
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Alright, redo of the thread I did before, since my old account got locked. So here we go, we'll start off with this.Give Catherine props, she does an excellent job,
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I've been a doctor for 17yrs. I was born Hindu. I am RW. Neither of those labels have EVER come in the way of my duty as a physician. I
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Listening to the ⁦@Mickcliff⁩ interview the 1st thing that jumps out is his US alt-right mispronunciation of AntiFa. They do that to avoid saying anti fascist because there is a
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Ok here's a truth that doesn't often get aired.There's a belief amongst many Desis that Britain loves to elevate idiot/mediocre Desis in order to 'prove the point'. In every sphere
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Joe Biden championed the 2005 Bankruptcy Bill making it harder for people to file bankruptcy and impossible to discharge student loan debt through bankruptcy.#WhyImNotVotingForJoe Joe Biden supported the disastrous Iraq
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The books on Eddie S. Glaude Jr’s shelf have shifted again and a few new titles are now visible, including GOODNESS AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION by Toni Morrison.@esglaude @uvapress Deep
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Been meaning to do a thread for ages on the global left’s blind spot on human rights issues in China, HK & Xinjiang, & why I’m hopeful that in the
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