#Politics

I was recently made aware of a Jackson TV segment in which @SenMikeShirkey inaccurately characterized his remarks to me about herd immunity. I stand by my reporting. A thread:https://jtv.tv/senator-shirkey-on-herd-immunity-masks-guns-in-cap
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Why??As close as we are to the endgame, I hear the Eeyores bleating louder..Why haven't arrests happened yet?Why aren't the DS being perp walked yet?Why hasn't Trump moved (on my
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Bit of a thread. I started working on this data set a couple months ago. Early accounts I found dated back to 2016 but in February I stumbled onto some
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Just want to flag what I think is important context for Facebook's decision not to take action on Trump's incitement to violence. Facebook's has track record of ignoring incitement to
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9 QUOTES for our PM Modi for he knows no books (except Sakha Chaap ones) and knows no Courage. #PMDaroMat1/10 "It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
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1/18Joe Biden is a fascist.In order to use an agreed upon definition, I am following Umberto Eco's 14 Points of Fascism.For reference:https://www.favreau.info/misc/14-points-fascism.php 2/181. Powerful and Continuing NationalismBiden ha
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I watched a documentary the other day called “active measures” and basically since then, I’ve been wondering how much outrage online is real and how much is manufactured in a
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The timing of the Senate committee hearing, with a Big Ten presence (chancellor and coach) testifying, yesterday, and the Big Ten return of football announcement, today, is WILD We’ll see
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I was in my 4th year at college, when I heard the words : "PinjaTod" for the first time. One of my buddies, in the room adjacent to mine, was
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Voter: My friend/family died because they couldn't afford chemo, we need free healthcareNeolib: So you're saying you support Trump Voter: Scientists say that a green new deal is the only
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Lots of people have searched for a historical parallel for what the MAGA movement and the Republican Party have become. Fascism comparisons certainly are apt. But the best historical parallel
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This is gonna be long, so I'll note the /end.I lived in Europe from when I was… maybe 7 years old until I was 14, when we moved back to
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Scandal: A threadQuote but don't reply, please! Who's your favourite Scandal character? Who was your favourite Gladiator? Who was the best Chief of Staff to the President? It's election day.
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 36After stats, a grab bag today – stuff that I’m reading, hearing & otherwise thinking about. @UCSFhospitals stable, w/ 17 cases, 4 intubated. Last 1200
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Waking this morning to the sad news that Milton Glaser has passed away, aged 91. The contribution, and sadly now the loss, of Milton to visual culture and education cannot
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One of the cool things about this field of study is an entirely new vocabulary that is coming my way. Starting a #thread of interesting new words I'm coming across
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