#Politics

Far be it from me to disagree with Constance Backhouse but no, a judge ruling and then meeting with a party to a case to receive "a gesture of gratitude"
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Please excuse a self-indulgent, somewhat rambling thread.I've been thinking about TM ever since I saw his anti-Semitic tweet earlier today. Actually, I spend more time than is probably healthy thinking
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Michael Anton: Don’t go wobbly—here are 6 reasons why Senate GOP needs to #FillTheSeat https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/19/confirm-a-justice-now/ REASON 1: The Alleged 2016 Precedent. “Republicans are both exercising their lawful power
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I purposefully didn’t wade into the discussion abt the Fukushima nuclear waste because so much of it is based on politics and not science. But today I saw this thread
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Kiki’s Delivery Service is an underrated Labor Day watch. Not only is it about the pains of turning a passion into a career, but it’s also about valuing your labor
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What I remember about President Obama:- Turning his back on #Iran's 2009 uprising- Allowing Assad gas innocent civilians in #Syria- Selling off America's Middle East allies- Bending over backwards to
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We're still updating our list of resources about food security and food system resilience during COVID-19. Here are some things we've added to it recently...https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nY92yHdIPGWxGwiTRNrzonrG_HQx9KLWIPmNYBPe5Ag/edit?
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Liberty Library(c) @dmills3710 1. Personal Writings2. Crimes Against Children3. Injustice Against Gen. Flynn4. Clinton Corruption5. Whistleblower JohnHereToHelp6. CPS, Family Court, Foster Care7. Tech, D.U.M.B.S., Targeted Individuals8. Lib
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We're about to kick off our 2-day workshop "Reexamining Dilemmas of Peacebuilding in the Era of Trump and COVID". Follow this thread to join the discussion! Organised by: @DrGydaSindre, @jishiyama,
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Thread:The argument that BJP came into power due to anti-incumbency and people getting fooled in the name of development only makes sense for the first term. The second term was
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Some thoughts on campus culture, which I think echo a number of things @yhazony have been arguing. Most campuses have an overwhelmingly left faculty and administration, but a somewhat more
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I recently tweeted about my time working in Obama’s mail room while in college. How he received a tremendous amount of hate mail, a disproportionate amount being racist (sometimes graphically).
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I'm one of the rapidly diminishing number of people who regularly buys a print newspaper. Naturally, I typically read the Guardian, Mirror, Morning Star etc. But from time to time,
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So, fatness and bisexuality. They have some shit in common.Some notes before we begin- This thread is the product of discussion in a bi fb group I'm in. Thanks to
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On a beaucoup critiqué la gestion du #COVID19 (#coronavirus) en #France. Malheureusement, aux #EtatsUnis, la gestion a également été catastrophique. Thread. Début janvier, le Conseil national de sécurité, chargé de
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If you were an Obama voter, take a sec to reflect on how your opinion about him evolved from 2008 to 2016. Not how it went from a binary 1
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