#Politics

Currently, the media is pushing this trend that there's money to be made. Invest in this and that. Discount/Sale here and there. Like zombies we do it. Even if we
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Do you really grasp it yet? Has it sunk in? It isn't hyperbole. When I and others say, "This is an existential war." "They are your enemy." "They want to
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Elizabeth Warren's excuse for not endorsing Bernie? "It’s less about the politics and much more about the crisis that our country is in, and I think that’s really where our
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Ok...got more info. While nothing has been ruled out, it's making more sense with factual info obtained that this accidentally escaped. That doesn't make it any less bad because of
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Y’all really tryna convince me women who look like her aren’t the standard of black men’s desirability and you won to beat my nego nose ass up.https://twitter.com/yung_keren/status/1199449707237531648 Girl nobody called
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Collective action problems and Covid: a thread. Many people, rightly, point out that Covid is not just a matter of individual choice, because it is a negative externality. Mary's behaviour
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NEW DOCUMENTS: We obtained emails from Brian Benczkowski, outgoing head of DOJ’s Criminal Division, that show him tracking Rudy Giuliani’s press mentions from October through January, as the DOJ tried
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1/4 Breaking-@MotherJones & @sjmichaels with a "Wow" deep dive here. -Incredible work.-John Pierce of Pierce Bainbridge covered. -***Absolute "Must Read."*** #Whistleblower #BlackLivesMatter https://www.motherjones.c
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Proposition: Cynicism is the scar tissue that we grow over wounds to our sense of decency.But, as with physical wounds, unless the wound is clean, the scar tissue traps infections
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[Thread.] Few comments about this NBC story, which is yielding the usual feast of reason and flow of the soul on social media.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/u-s-commander-intel-still-hasn-t-established-russia-paid-n12400
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Have seen many varieties of this observation, which is spot on and distressing. For context on how it got this bad, everyone should follow @radleybalko and read his book Rise
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1. Today I wrote up something that's been bugging me for awhile, which is how U.S. copyright/patent laws enable China to use American technology but lock Americans out of it.https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-qualcomm-case-why-china-uses
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It’s not unconstitutional and when you tweet stuff like this you look stupid and like you should never have been admitted to a top flight university.https://twitter.com/elisestefanik/status/1390266720544337920 I worked with Elise
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It's amazing to me to see #mapoli savvy-types claim that @edmarkey 's embrace of @aoc and the #greennewdeal came as some kind of surprise.It was the most natural thing in
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1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/24/europe-has-kept-down-pandemic-unemployment-us-hasnt-heres-why/ This article by @ankehassel and Kathy Thelen is a good example of how @monkeycageblog can bridge academic knowledge and public debate
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CERB student eligibility has been touched on in the new Q&A document and it's not what some folks had been hoping for: "For example if you are a student who
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