#Politics

The Concept of Taboo Explained (a thread): When Denzel says “This is the darker side of taboo” it’s because the album is meant as a loop. the listener comes straight
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This piece from 2011 by Jay Rosen is really interesting in light of attitude of many punter to many News Corp journos losing job yesterday.I see many journalists blaming punters
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Do yourself a favor. Get off the timeline for a minute. Turn off your TV for a second.Take a few deep breaths. Text someone you love and let them know
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One Trump surrogate wants to "nuke China." "The United States could wipe Iran off the map." Screech from Trump's far-right base Fox News plus Gordon Chang This Your average neocon
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The insouciance with which Congress has decided “yes, this is the moment to recess for a month” with no ability to work remotely just drives home the hubris that afflicts
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Thread with a list on some histories of partition: The other day I met someone who told me very little has been written on the partition of India. This is
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This post is in memory of my father, who died six years ago today. He was very liberal in many of his views and politics, but also religiously conservative in
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Some thoughts on cultural warfare, spiritual warfare, and liturgical warfare: 1. If there's a culture war, who's the enemy? If my neighbor with a face and a name is my
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This is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever seen.https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1311282192337772546 A quick word on WHY this is dumb, to connect it to something I've been thinking about. One thing you learn
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BUILD THE WALLThat’s something I though I’d never say. But with each passing day I believe in it more and more. Here’s why.I never wanted Trump to be president. He
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Jeremy Corbyn is one of the most singularly vile, despicable, gaslighting, lying racists that has ever despoiled British politics. Rabbi Pinter (z"l) *resigned from Labour* writing to Jeremy Corbyn about
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A lot of folks have been wondering about how Joe Biden will handle the single biggest issue in global geopolitics right now: China. It will help to understand what policy
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technical phrase for @PringleLATimes @AleneTchek's co-bylined piece is "bonkers on speed and crack"THREADhttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-23/california-national-guard-fighter-jet-election-coronavirus-protests t
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THREAD: Hey Texas @GovAbbott has another press conference today. Typically we'd live tweet it, but we decided that while Abbott continues to parrot Trump, we’re going to highlight local
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If you're bummed about what's happening tonight with Bernie's results, here is a thread for you that I hope will make you less bummed. Rarely do we have moments that
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"Bernie or bust" voters are ridiculous. The idea that you would choose to let someone like Trump run the country you live in, especially after seeing the last for years
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