#Policy

Hunger is rising for Kentucky kids. In addition to passing a broad relief bill that helps families make ends meet, Congress must not leave town until they extend Pandemic-EBT, providing
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(THREAD) 25 WAYS TRUMP STEALS THE 2020 ELECTION When Trump tries to steal the election via a series of October/November surprises—which everyone who knows him, but also just every American, knows
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OK. The idiot @CraigMurray is insinuating in his blog that Dominic Cummings was in Barnard Castle on April 12th to broker some dodgy deal with GSK, which has a premises
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Why we CANNOT trust CHINA a THREAD. 1.The Chinese coronavirus spread could have been halted by 95% had they acted 3 weeks earlier or by 66% had they acted 1
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I've heard from a few people surprised by Dr. Brendan Hanley's, er, combative tone during yesterday's news conference. I'd prefer to believe that Dr. Hanley, like a lot of us,
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1/ This May be the most significant thing that’s been said during this “silent war.”Read and re-read. And think about what’s REALLY going on.... https://twitter.com/brandonbeckham_/status/1249723629073395712 2/ The puzzle pieces are
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I planned to talk about my passion today (like stuff I do to keep myself happy and occupied), and it'll mostly be academic stuff I suppose, since I'm a uni
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Philip K Dick's sequel to The Man in the High Castle was universally panned when published posthumously and against the late author's wishes. 1/ The 1999 novel laid out a
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Would you suck a penis instead of going to prison?There is actually a very simple personality test that I developed myself that can tell precisely who would serve the jail
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Well since ol' Tracy got the 'rona and Big Jason has spent all day being yelled at by Big Erin, ol' Vic has hidden in the basement with a bottle
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oh cool the graph that they showed for Spain was the ECDC one by date of report (which shows an increase consistently) not by date of symptoms (which is more
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Some thoughts on what we mean when we talk about "American exceptionalism," and where the concept even comes from, kicked off by @kbennhold's great story on the topichttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/world/europe/coronavirus-american-e
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I need graph paper.I go to the grocery store. They have no office supplies at all.The next day I go to the drugstore. They have lined paper but no graph
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The specifics that he DID unlawfully ask the queen to suspend parliament.The specifics that his £350M on the side of a bus was a half-truth intended to deceive.The specifics that
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Some thoughts on recent stoushes, and my own position, which evidently confuses people. I’m sure the @ASPI_ICPC report is mostly accurate. It’s an impressive piece of work. But the empirical
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Spartans were the baddest dudes in ancient Greece. Even the ancient Greeks knew this. But did it help them? Not really. A thread: So, after the Peloponnesian war, Sparta was
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