#Politics

Yolian Ogbu

yolian_ogbu

in 1956, W.E.B. DuBois refused to even register to vote arguing that "democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no 'two evils' exist. there is but one

Jackie (SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY out NOW) Barbosa

jackiebarbosa

I had an unexpected sleep-in this morning, so #RomanceCoversAs is getting a late start.I owe this week's theme to @ros_clarke and @OliviaWrites, who asked "romance covers as baked goods."I've seen

Michael Socolow

MichaelSocolow

Just got an e-mail from a scholar who, like myself, works with non-digitized archival materials & therefore has their research process temporarily suspended by the quarantine. They had a small

🎀 sonyasupposedly.com 🤖

sonyasupposedly

it's more performant to believe — or at least say — that you never incur collateral damage in pursuit of your righteous cause. so people do! the falsity doesn't negate

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Whatever else this means it massively increases the chances that 2020 will be another year of Brexit dominance of politics, as there won't be a trade deal by the end

John Nery

jnery_newsstand

Time to update Marx. History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as “bodabil.” But even the political burlesque, the legislative slapstick, that we are witnessing has very real stakes. A

Richard Chirgwin

R_Chirgwin

So, since the IT sector in Australia is congratulating itself into suckering the NSW government into a "rules as code" project, I'll tell you what I think, unfiltered by any

Barry Sheppard

barry_shep

A number of weeks ago I was asked to review the following book, Saving the State: Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar, which is on sale today from @Gill_Books. The

🌊Lindy - Daughter Of Liberty, Not Fascism🌊

TN_MamaBear

Intro--I am going to copy/paste a thread from @putinspuppetpl1 here, since it looks like that account MIGHT disappear sometime in the future, as the person stated at the end of

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

Anatomy of a Puff Piece: The “enduring mystique” of kollaborator journalism.The @nytimes Hicks diddler is a tipping-point in an existential crisis.With truth an endangered species, normalizing enablers of an illegitimate

Owen Jones 🌹

OwenJones84

The appointment of @AnnelieseDodds as Shadow Chancellor is critical: it suggests Keir Starmer's policy promises in the leadership election will be upheld.@NickTorfaen - a biographer of Attlee and Bevan -

Georgia House Democrats

GAHouseDems

We call on @GovKemp to abide by the federal court's ruling & not pursue a costly & frivolous appeal of the extreme right-wing #HB481 that @GaRepublicans championed. #gapol (1/6) Instead

It's Going Down

IGD_News

This week, Trump praised the police murder of anti-racist #Portland protester Michael Reinoeh while promoting tweets from racist Holocaust revisionist Styxhexenhammer666 + far-Right YouTuber Lauren Southern, both of whom work

POPSUGAR News

popsugarnews

Women are often underrepresented in newsrooms — they make up over half of the population yet less than a third of newsroom staff. And for women of color, the number

Sima Ladjevardian

SimaforTX

Since @DanCrenshawTX is in the mood to make a fool of himself today, I figured I'd help him out.Dan just dropped his new 'health care' ad, and *surprise, surprise* the

Katie Halper

kthalps

I’ve been a supporter of @ShahidForChange Buttar since learning about his campaign & while I hoped the allegations weren’t true I was prepared to publicly rescind my support. So I